Collins Pub Quiz: 10,000 easy, medium and difficult questions

12 Is a pollack a freshwater or seawater fish?

13 Who publish a magazine called The Watchtower?

14 On what part of your body would you wear a stole?

15 Bruce Wayne is the real name of which comic-book hero?

16 Which ancient Greek author wrote the fable of The Tortoise and the Hare?

17 What name is given to the stiff slender leaf of a conifer?

18 Which canal runs between London and Birmingham?

19 Captain Haddock is which fictional character’s best friend?

20 Which is the southernmost capital city in the world?

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QUIZ 6 – Art

1 Which famous painting was stolen from the Louvre art gallery on 20th August 1911?

2 Which Spanish painter’s name comes from his having been born on Crete?

3 Picasso and Braque established which 20th-century art movement?

4 Timothy Spall portrayed which English artist in a 2014 film?

5 Which representative body of artists was founded in 1768?

6 Who painted The Singing Butler (1992)?

7 The Monarch of the Glen by Edwin Landseer features which male animal?

8 Which English artist painted The Blue Boy (1779)?

9 What was the first name of Surrealist painter Magritte?

10 Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by which artist?

11 Which potter won the 2003 Turner Prize?

12 What is the name of the board on which an artist mixes paint?

13 Who was the 17th-century Dutch portrait painter of The Laughing Cavalier?

14 The Scream (1893) was painted by which Norwegian artist?

15 In which city is the Prado Museum of art?

16 With what instrument of martyrdom is St Catherine of Alexandria depicted in art?

17 Which painter was famous for his “matchstick” figures?

18 La Primavera was painted by which Italian artist?

19 What was Rembrandt’s nationality?

20 What term is given to a painting on three separate panels joined by hinges?

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QUIZ 7 – Pot Luck

1 Country House and Girls and Boys were hits for which band?

2 What was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, to protect him in the afterlife?

3 Near which Kent port is the English opening of the Channel Tunnel?

4 Which town is the location of the University of Surrey?

5 On an archery target, how many colours are there?

6 What are the Southern Lights also called?

7 What is an accompanied vocal solo in a cantata?

8 Who invented the phonograph?

9 Which fictional character had a diary published at the age of 13¾?

10 In which county is Colchester, Britain’s oldest recorded town?

11 What type of creature is cartoon character Yogi?

12 Who sang the 1971 hit version of Without You, a 1994 hit for Mariah Carey?

13 Who played the title role in the film Elizabeth: The Golden Age?

14 Is Zambia ahead of or behind Greenwich Mean Time?

15 Which type of cloth is made from flax?

16 What is the name for the part of a willow tree that bears pollen and nectar?

17 In the 1968 film Oliver!, which actor played the role of Fagin?

18 What part of the body would be affected if you suffered from myopia?

19 What is the official language of Morocco?

20 In a pack of cards, how many eyes can be seen on the Jacks?

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QUIZ 8 – Geography

1 What name is given to the line of rocks off the western point of the Isle of Wight?

2 Queensland is a state in which country?

3 Kirkcaldy is in which historic county of Scotland?

4 Which Scottish island was linked to the mainland by a bridge in 1995?

5 ATL is the international airport code for which US city?

6 Which Italian city is said to be built on seven hills?

7 What name is given to the series of lakes mainly found in Norfolk?

8 Which is the southernmost US state?

9 Dover lies opposite which French port?

10 Spain and Portugal comprise part of which peninsula?

11 In which mountain range is Ben Nevis?

12 Nassau is the capital of which Caribbean island group?

13 Which is the world’s deepest ocean?

14 In which county is Royal Tunbridge Wells?

15 What is the Spanish name for Spain?

16 The river Liffey flows into which sea?

17 In which English county is the town of Bromsgrove?

18 What is the form of address for an Italian married woman?

19 What is the capital of New York State?

20 Of what are there 100 in a US dollar?

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QUIZ 9 – Pot Luck

1 What term is given for lines that run from the centre to the edge of a circle?

2 Tenerife is part of which island group?

3 What collective name is given to foods such as fusilli and linguine?

4 With which city is the Sally Lunn bun associated?

5 How many stomachs has a cow?

6 In 2011, which band had a hit with Paradise?

7 What is the chemical symbol for iodine?

8 Who wrote the novel 2001: A Space Odyssey?

9 In the English alphabet, what is the 13th letter?

10 What is a sheepshank?

11 On which part of your body would you wear a homburg?

12 If you betray your country what crime do you commit?

13 In the Bible, who was the father of Shem, Ham and Japheth?

14 What was Elvis Presley’s first chart hit in the UK?

15 Cape Canaveral was formerly known by what name?

16 Who directed the 1966 thriller Torn Curtain?

17 Which orchestra was founded in Manchester in 1858?

18 What term is given to the young of a whale?

19 Who played the title role in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom?

20 Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

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QUIZ 10 – History

1 What was an old five-shilling piece called?

2 In 1913, what make and model of car became the first to be mass-produced on an assembly line?

3 To which island was Napoleon first exiled?

4 What was the surname of Henry VIII’s sixth wife?

5 Which religious movement in the Christian church was founded by brothers Charles and John Wesley?

6 Ukraine and Belarus were a part of which country until 1991?

7 Which WWII battleship shared its name with a 19th-century German statesman?

8 Which “metallic” period occurred around 1000BC?

9 During which war did the Battle of Marston Moor take place?

10 Which November 11, 1918 event is marked every year on that date?

11 What name is given to a member of the pre-conquest population of Mexico?

12 During which war did Operation Desert Storm take place?

13 What nationality was explorer Vasco da Gama?

14 William of Orange was married to which queen?

15 Who was the longest-reigning British king?

16 In which century was Christopher Columbus born?

17 What was East Germany’s official name?

18 The Getty family made their fortune from which commodity?

19 Who was victorious at the battle of Bannockburn in 1314?

20 Which was the first complete motorway to be built in Britain?

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QUIZ 11 – Pot Luck

1 What is the currency of Australia?

2 In 2010, who took over the Radio 2 breakfast show from Sir Terry Wogan?

3 Which Christmas food has the Latin name Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera?

4 Who was the author of the second Gospel?

5 Which strategy game is played on a board in the shape of a six-pointed star?

6 In which century was Leonardo da Vinci born?

7 Who topped the charts in 2000 with Life Is a Rollercoaster?

8 In Scrabble®, how many points is the letter J worth?

9 Which African country lies immediately north of Sudan and east of Libya?

10 The zodiac sign Virgo covers which two calendar months?

11 Which colour of snooker ball has the second highest points value?

12 How many feet are there in a dozen yards?

13 Of what is graphology the study?

14 Who starred as Caractacus Potts in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?

15 Which TV quiz show is hosted by Jeremy Vine?

16 Hibernia was the Roman name for which country?

17 Who was the last viceroy of India?

18 What is an ampersand used to mean?

19 Which biblical character demanded the head of John the Baptist as a reward for her dancing?

20 What type of creature is a sika?

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QUIZ 12 – Out and About

1 Maastricht airport is in which country?

2 Which French phrase in English means a road closed at one end?

3 What do Americans call a sidewalk?

4 What is the name given to the key of a map?

5 If you were arriving at Piccadilly mainline railway station, where would you be?

6 How is a footpath indicated on a map?

7 The Clacket Lane services are on which motorway?

8 El Al is the national airline of which country?

9 What nationality was the airline entrepreneur Sir Freddie Laker?

10 Which American train service connects many US states and several Canadian cities?

11 What is the nickname of London’s public transport system which is mostly underground?

12 A juggernaut is what type of vehicle?

13 Which railway service makes exclusive use of the Channel Tunnel?

14 What name is given to the noisy line that warns a driver of the edge of the road?

15 What term describes a stretch of road where stopping is not allowed?

16 In internal combustion engines, which device produces the mix of air and petrol?

17 Which country does a car come from if it has the international registration letter D?

18 What would you be travelling in if you were in a Pullman?

19 Which car company has the Corolla range?

20 Galileo Galilei airport is in which country?

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QUIZ 13 – Pot Luck

1 Which German bacteriologist gave his name to a dish used in laboratories?

2 In the radio phonetic alphabet, what is the code word for the first vowel?

3 What is the capital of Tasmania?

4 How is the midwinter described in the title of a well-known carol?

5 What is the former name of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City?

6 Whom did Muhammad Ali beat in the “Rumble in the Jungle”?

7 Which ten-letter word for a colour combines two words to do with water?

8 My Sweet Lord was a 1971 hit for which member of the Beatles?

9 In which century was Abraham Lincoln born?

10 What kind of creature is an anchovy?

11 What does the initial “E” in E-number stand for?

12 In the painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, what is the goddess standing on?

13 Which ship was crushed by pack ice in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915?

14 Which former name of an Israeli port is spelt like a land measurement?

15 How many tricks make up a grand slam in bridge?

16 Which actor starred in the 1980 film Raging Bull?

17 After whom were teddy bears named?

18 Which duo topped the charts in 1984 with Freedom?

19 Which side of a ship is on the right as you face forward?

20 Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Michael Caine starred in which 1972 film?

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QUIZ 14 – Nursery Rhymes

1 Where did the little boy live in Baa Baa Black Sheep?

2 Where did Miss Muffet eat her curds and whey?

3 Who marched ten thousand men up and down a hill?

4 Tom the piper’s son stole which animal before running away?

5 Which profession follows tinker, tailor and soldier in a nursery rhyme?

6 In the rhyme This Little Piggy, what did the third little piggy eat?

7 Who stole the tarts made by the Queen of Hearts?

8 Who cut off the tails of the three blind mice?

9 What did the Incy Wincy Spider climb up?

10 Little girls are made of which substances, according to the traditional rhyme?

11 After Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall, who tried but failed to put him back together?

12 Who was told to “put the kettle on”?

13 Which musical instrument is mentioned in Little Boy Blue?

14 Where does the Muffin Man live?

15 In Sing a Song of Sixpence, what was the Queen eating in her parlour?

16 What did Little Jack Horner pull out of his pie after he stuck his thumb in it?

17 In Hickory, Dickory, Dock, which creature ran up the clock?

18 When Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch water, what did Jack break when he fell down?

19 After Little Bo Peep lost her sheep, what was she advised to do?

20 What did the girls do when Georgie Porgie kissed them?

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QUIZ 15 – Pot Luck

1 An image of which Australian animal can be found on the tail of a Qantas aeroplane?

2 Who became leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?

3 Which group were Rockin’ All Over the World in 1977?

4 What are the first and last planets in our solar system, listed in order of their distance from the Sun?

5 Which “ology” is concerned with the study and treatment of crime?

6 In films what do the letters PG stand for?

7 Which actor played Frank Drebin in Police Squad! and the Naked Gun films?

8 In the 15th century, which teenage girl led the French army against the English?

9 What number is represented by the Roman numeral M?

10 The programme Any Answers gave listeners the chance to comment on which programme?

11 Who played Vito Corleone in the 1972 film The Godfather?

12 Guiseppe Verdi is most famous for which type of musical work?

13 What is the name of the rocky headland at the southern tip of South America?

14 In which year was Ashes to Ashes a hit for David Bowie?

15 Who was the brother of Cain in the Bible?

16 What colour is Noddy’s hat?

17 Murray Walker commentated on which sport?

18 Where is a cummerbund worn?

19 Fountains Abbey is in which county?

20 Which Dutch cheese is famously round and red?

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QUIZ 16 – Fictional Couples

1 Dawn and Tim finally become a couple at a Christmas party in which UK mockumentary sitcom?

2 Ken and Barbie® dolls were made by which American toy manufacturing company?

3 Clark Kent and Lois Lane worked for which newspaper?

4 What are the first names of Fred and Wilma Flintstone’s neighbours, Mr and Mrs Rubble?

5 Whom did Princess Leia marry in Star Wars?

6 How many children do Homer and Marge Simpson have?

7 Which princess did Shrek fall in love with?

8 In which city did Romeo and Juliet live?

9 Where in Essex did Gavin from Gavin & Stacey live?

10 In which Jane Austen novel did Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy fall in love?

11 In the TV show The Big Bang Theory, who dates Sheldon Cooper?

12 What were Lady and the Tramp eating when they shared their first kiss?

13 Pongo and Perdita are a couple in which Disney film?

14 What is the surname of Morticia and Gomez?

15 What was the name of Ross and Rachel’s baby in the TV series Friends?

16 Edward Cullen and Bella Swan became a couple in which film series?

17 Which Hogwarts house were both Ron and Hermione sorted into?

18 Jack and Vera Duckworth were a couple in which TV soap?

19 Who is the primary on-and-off love interest for Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City?

20 Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy were both girlfriends of which character?

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QUIZ 17 – Pot Luck

1 Which was the first National Park to be established in Britain?

2 Which two Australian animals are featured on the country’s coat of arms?