Free pub quiz questions and answers.

Sweden has more than 267,000 islands, though fewer than 1,000 are inhabited.

Vatican City covers roughly 0.49 square kilometres.

Mandarin has more native speakers than any other language.

The Jack of Spades and Jack of Hearts are shown in profile with one visible eye.

A dodecagon is any polygon with twelve sides and twelve angles.

The yen has been Japan’s official currency since 1871.

The Pacific Ocean covers more area than all of Earth’s land combined.

In Roman numerals, L is 50 while C is 100 and D is 500.

Each side begins with eight pawns and eight other pieces.

Leonardo began the portrait in the early sixteenth century.

O-negative red cells can be given to patients of any ABO blood group in an emergency.

Hydrogen has atomic number 1 and is the universe’s most abundant element.

Cluedo was first published in Britain in 1949.

The whole country officially observes China Standard Time despite its width.

Canberra was selected as the capital as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne.

ISBN stands for International Standard Book Number.

Jupiter is more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined.

Babies have more bones, many of which fuse as they grow.

Opposite faces on a standard die add up to seven.

The unicorn has appeared in Scottish heraldry for centuries.

Twelve multiplied by twelve equals 144.

Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813.

Karaoke combines Japanese words meaning empty and orchestra.

Adult male giraffes can grow to more than five metres tall.

January, March, May, July, August, October and December each have 31 days.

Rumours became one of the best-selling albums of all time.

He performed as David Bowie to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees.

Adele named her first three studio albums after the age she was while making them.

A modern concert grand harp typically has 47 strings.

Mercury fronted Queen from the band’s formation until his death in 1991.

Ringo Starr joined The Beatles in 1962.

A clarinet makes sound using one reed attached to its mouthpiece.

Rolling in the Deep opened Adele’s album 21.

A standard piano keyboard has 52 white keys and 36 black keys.

A sharp sign raises a written pitch by one semitone.

Antonio Vivaldi published the four violin concertos in 1725.

The festival takes place at Worthy Farm near Pilton in Somerset.

Purple Rain was released in 1984 as the soundtrack to the film of the same name.

Soprano is the highest commonly recognised female classical vocal range.

Liam and Noel Gallagher formed the core of Oasis’s best-known line-up.

Waterloo gave Sweden its first Eurovision Song Contest victory.

Billie Jean appears on Michael Jackson’s 1982 album Thriller.

The London half of Live Aid was held at the original Wembley Stadium.

Stairway to Heaven appeared on Led Zeppelin’s untitled fourth album in 1971.

Madonna released Material Girl as a single in 1985.

Trumpets produce sound from the vibration of a player’s lips through a brass mouthpiece.

The most common ukulele tuning uses four strings: G, C, E and A.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky composed Swan Lake in the 1870s.

Victoria Beckham was known as Posh Spice in the group.

Yo-Yo Ma began performing the cello in public as a child.

The Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin is the show’s main setting.

The silent film Wings won at the first Academy Awards in 1929.

Jodie Comer won both an Emmy and a BAFTA for the role.

The red pill reveals the truth of the Matrix to Neo.

Jaws was released in 1975 and became a landmark summer blockbuster.

The Sorting Hat places Harry in Gryffindor in his first year at Hogwarts.

Central Perk is the friends’ regular meeting place in New York.

James Bond was created by author Ian Fleming.

Sheriff Woody is voiced by Tom Hanks in the original films.

Johnny Depp first played Jack Sparrow in The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Most of Game of Thrones takes place across the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos.

The show deliberately leaves Springfield’s US state unspecified.

Parasite became the first non-English-language film to win Best Picture.

Greta Gerwig directed Barbie and co-wrote its screenplay with Noah Baumbach.

Iron Man launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008.

Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk.

Walter takes the name from physicist Werner Heisenberg.

Paddington arrives in London from darkest Peru.

Succession follows the Roy family and their global media empire.

Kate Winslet starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1997 film.

The TARDIS is the Doctor’s time-and-space machine.

Princess Fiona is voiced by Cameron Diaz in the original films.

Tolkien’s three-volume novel was published in the 1950s.

Joaquin Phoenix won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.

Hayao Miyazaki directed My Neighbour Totoro for Studio Ghibli.

Other so-called flying mammals glide rather than generate powered flight.

Jupiter rotates once in just under ten hours.

Diamond scores 10 on the Mohs scale of mineral hardness.

The W comes from wolfram, an older name for tungsten.

Each water molecule contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.

Iron minerals in Martian soil give the planet its reddish colour.

Plants use carbon dioxide, water and light energy to make sugars.

The skin is the body’s largest organ by surface area and weight.

The exact speed is 299,792,458 metres per second.

Water’s boiling point changes when atmospheric pressure changes.

DNA’s two strands wind around one another in a double helix.

Blue whales can grow to around 30 metres long and weigh well over 100 tonnes.

Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll, which captures light energy.

The heart has two atria and two ventricles.

At room temperature, a pH of 7 is neutral.

Gravity gives objects weight and keeps the Moon in orbit around Earth.

The Sun is about 150 million kilometres from Earth.

Seismologists study seismic waves produced by earthquakes and other sources.

Nitrogen accounts for about 78 percent of Earth’s atmosphere.

The liver is the largest solid internal organ.

Most frogs begin life in water before changing into air-breathing adults.

Au comes from the Latin word aurum.

Most human cells contain 46 chromosomes arranged in 23 pairs.

Saturn’s rings are made mainly of ice particles with rock and dust.

Like all insects, honeybees have three pairs of legs.

Each of the seven players has a designated position and court area.

Hosts Uruguay beat Argentina 4–2 in the final.

The Gentlemen’s Singles trophy is topped by a small gold pineapple.

Olympic events are held in a 50-metre long-course pool.

A successful conversion after the try can add another two points.

A standard maximum uses 15 reds with 15 blacks, followed by all six colours.

An eagle is two under par, while a bogey is one over.

The Tour de France is a multi-stage road cycling race.

Each side fields eleven players in every standard form of cricket.

The standard marathon distance is 42 kilometres and 195 metres.

A shuttlecock can be made with feathers or synthetic materials.

The French Open is staged on red clay at Roland-Garros in Paris.

A batter is out after a third strike, subject to the dropped-third-strike rule.

The chequered flag is shown as cars complete the final lap.

The Ryder Cup is a team contest between Europe and the United States.

The outer bull is worth 25 points and the inner bull is worth 50.

A standard match has two halves of 45 minutes.

NBA stands for National Basketball Association.

The Ashes series dates back to 1882.

Despite its name, a boxing ring is a square platform with four corners.

Wides and no-balls do not count among the six legal deliveries.

The coxswain steers and coordinates the crew.

Curlers sweep the ice to influence a stone’s speed and path.

The rider with the lowest cumulative time wears the yellow jersey.

Each indoor volleyball team fields six players at a time.

A negroni combines equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari.

Steam makes choux pastry rise and creates its hollow centre.

Halloumi has been made in Cyprus for centuries.

Bergamot is a fragrant citrus fruit grown mainly in southern Italy.

Hummus blends chickpeas with tahini, lemon juice and garlic.

Guacamole originated in Mexico and is based on mashed avocado.

Marzipan is traditionally made from ground almonds and sugar.

Tofu is made by coagulating soy milk and pressing the curds.

Paella developed in the Valencia region on Spain’s Mediterranean coast.

An Americano combines espresso with hot water.

Pesto alla Genovese traditionally combines basil, pine nuts, garlic, cheese and olive oil.

Tzatziki is usually made with strained yoghurt, cucumber, garlic and herbs.

Tequila must be made from blue agave in authorised regions of Mexico.

Arborio’s starch helps give risotto its creamy texture.

Egg whites trap air when whipped and are stabilised with sugar.

The five basic tastes are sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami.

Naan is pressed against the hot inner wall of a clay tandoor.

Miso usually combines soybeans with salt and koji culture.

Sugar is heated until it forms a thin, glassy crust over the custard.

Gazpacho is a chilled soup associated with Andalusia in southern Spain.

Tempura uses a light batter that is fried until crisp.

Mozzarella di bufala is made from Italian Mediterranean buffalo milk.

A mojito combines rum, lime, sugar, mint and soda water.

Kimchi is a Korean tradition of fermenting seasoned vegetables.

Robusta beans generally contain nearly twice as much caffeine as Arabica beans.

The border opened on 9 November 1989 after 28 years.

Earhart completed the solo flight in May 1932.

Volcanic ash preserved much of Pompeii for later excavation.

King John sealed Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215.

The fire began in a bakery on Pudding Lane in September 1666.

Augustus became Rome’s first emperor after the end of the Roman Republic.

The Great Pyramid was built as a tomb for the pharaoh Khufu.

William the Conqueror defeated King Harold II at Hastings in 1066.

Henry VIII reigned from 1509 until 1547.

Titanic sank in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1912.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon in July 1969.

Gutenberg developed his printing system in Mainz during the fifteenth century.

The storming of the Bastille took place on 14 July 1789.

Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in May 1979.

The Berlin Wall divided East and West Berlin for 28 years.

The stone carries the same decree in hieroglyphic, Demotic and Ancient Greek scripts.

The Colosseum opened in the first century AD under the Flavian emperors.

The Mayflower carried English settlers who established Plymouth Colony.

English ships and severe weather disrupted the Armada’s invasion plan.

The Black Death devastated Europe in the mid-fourteenth century.

Nicholas II abdicated during the Russian Revolution in 1917.

The declaration was adopted by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776.

Mansa Musa ruled the Mali Empire during the fourteenth century.

The Medici family supported artists including Michelangelo and Botticelli.

The ancient games were held at Olympia in honour of Zeus.

Ljubljana is one of Europe’s smallest capital cities.

The Danube separates the historic districts of Buda and Pest.

Kilimanjaro stands near Tanzania’s border with Kenya.

Kazakhstan covers about 2.7 million square kilometres.

The Volga flows for about 3,530 kilometres through Russia.

Antarctica is a polar desert and is larger than the Sahara.

The Italian peninsula has a distinctive boot-like outline.

Ottawa lies in Ontario on the border with Quebec.

Mount Everest rises to 8,848.86 metres above sea level.

Africa contains 54 widely recognised sovereign states.

The Mediterranean connects to the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar.

Hawaii is an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean.

The Inca citadel stands high in Peru’s Andes Mountains.

Wellington sits at the southern end of New Zealand’s North Island.

Russia spans eastern Europe and northern Asia.

The River Thames flows through London before reaching the North Sea.

The Sahara stretches across much of North Africa.

Switzerland uses the franc rather than the euro.

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the five oceans.

The Eiffel Tower was completed for the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris.

Marrakech lies west of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

Lake Titicaca sits high in the Andes between Peru and Bolivia.

Reykjavík is the world’s northernmost capital of a sovereign state.

The Pyrenees extend from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea.

Angel Falls drops from Auyán-tepui in Venezuela’s Canaima National Park.