20 Pub quiz questions for a fun quiz

Pub quizzes are a great way to bring friends, family or colleagues together for a fun and challenging evening. However, coming up with good quiz questions is an art in itself. In this blog post, we share some tips for coming up with quiz questions that are both fun and challenging, along with 10 sample questions to get you started.

Tips for Coming Up with Good Pub Quiz Quiz Questions:

1. Vary in Difficulty Level:
   Make sure your quiz questions contain a mix of easy, medium, and difficult questions so that participants of all levels can participate and feel challenged.

2. Select Interesting Topics:
   Select topics that are interesting to your audience. Think of pop culture, history, sports, science, and general knowledge.

3. Be Creative with Answer Options:
   Make the quiz more fun by adding funny or surprising answer options, even if they are not correct. This creates more interaction and discussion among the participants.

4. Keep it Current:
   Add current events to your quiz questions to increase relevance and keep participants informed of what is happening in the world.

5. Test Your Questions:
   Before organizing your quiz, test your questions with a small audience to make sure they are clear and understandable to everyone.

20 sample pub quiz questions

1. Believe it or not, in 2024 there was another small corona outbreak. What was the name of the corona variant that was active during the summer?
   a) ThINK variant
   b) FliRT variant ✅
   c) ACTiVE variant
   d) KiSS variant

2. In 2024, Spain won the World Cup. Which country did Spain defeat in the semi-finals to reach the final?
   a) France ✅
   b) Germany
   c) Portugal
   d) England

3. What is the largest ocean in the world?
   a) Atlantic Ocean
   b) Indian Ocean
   c) Pacific Ocean ✅
   d) Southern Ocean

4. Which country won the eurovision songcontest in 2024?
   a) France
   b) Switzerland ✅
   c) The Netherlands
   d) Sweden

5. What language is spoken in Brazil?
   a) Spanish
   b) Portuguese ✅
   c) English
   d) French

6. Which driver has won the most Formula 1 championships?
   a) Lewis Hamilton
   b) Ayrton Senna
   c) Michael Schumacher ✅
   d) Sebastian Vettel

7. What was Disney's first film produced?
   a) Cinderella
   b) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ✅
   c) Sleeping Beauty
   d) Peter Pan

8. From which city do The Beatles come?
   a) London
   b) Manchester
   c) Liverpool ✅
   d) Birmingham

9. What is the smallest country in the world?
   a) Monaco
   b) Liechtenstein
   c) Vatican City ✅
   d) San Marino

10. What was the name of the Turkish city Istanbul until 1923?
    a) Byzantium
    b) Antioch
    c) Nicaea
    d) Constantinople ✅

11. in 2024 rapper Drake got into a beef with another rapper. Which rapper are we looking for?
    a) Travis Scott
    b) Kendrick Lamar ✅
    c) J. Cole
    d) Kanye West

12. Who became the artist with the most Grammy wins for Album of the Year in history when she won her fourth in 2024?
    a) Taylor Swift ✅
    b) Beyoncé
    c) Adele
    d) Billie Eilish

13. What do you call an octagonal shape?
    a) Octahedron
    b) Hexagon
    c) Decagon
    d) Octagon ✅

14. Which actor plays Ken in the blockbuster film "Barbie" from 2023?
    a) Brad Pitt
    b) Ryan Reynolds
    c) Ryan Gosling ✅
    d) Chris Hemsworth

15. In which 1994 film by Quentin Tarantino do John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson play roles as hitmen?
    a) Reservoir Dogs
    b) Jackie Brown
    c) Pulp Fiction ✅
    d) Kill Bill

16. Which of the following are the names of Kim Kardashian's children?
    a) North, West, South, East
    b) Saint, Saintly, Halo, Angel
    c) Chicago, Illinois, Windy, Lake
    d) North, Saint, Chicago, Psalm ✅

17. What is the currency of Poland?
    a) Euro
    b) Ruble
    c) Złoty ✅
    d) Koruna

18. Donald Trump is running for president again in 2024. Who is his running mate and should become his vice president?
    a) Nancy Pelosi
    b) Kamala Harris
    c) James David Vance ✅
    d) Marco Rubio

19. What colors are the rings in the symbol of the Olympic Games?
    a) Red, blue, yellow, green, black
    b) Blue, yellow, green, black, white
    c) Red, blue, yellow, green, purple
    d) Blue, yellow, black, green, red ✅

20. In which french city did the 'Tour de France' of 2024 end?
    a) Nice ✅
    b) Marseille
    c) Paris
    d) Bordeaux