Quiz Questions and Answers

Round 1: Geography - Questions

1) What is the capital of Chile?

2) What is the highest mountain in Britain?

3) What is the smallest country in the world?

4) Alberta is a province of which country?

5) How many countries still have the shilling as currency?

6) Which is the only vowel not used as the first letter in a US State?

7) What is the largest country in the world?

8) Where would you find the River Thames?

9) What is the hottest continent on Earth?

10) What is the longest river in the world?

Round 1: Geography - Answers

1) Santiago

2) Ben Nevis

3) Vatican City

4) Canada

5) Four – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Somalia

6) E

7) Russia

8) London, UK

9) Africa

10) River Nile

Round 2: History - Questions

1) What did the Romans call Scotland?

2) Who was made Lord Mayor of London In 1397, 1398, 1406 And 1419?

3) Who was Henry VIIIs last wife?

4) Who was the youngest British Prime Minister?

5) In which year was Joan of Arc burned at the stake?

6) Which nationality was the polar explorer Roald Amundsen?

7) Who was the first female Prime Minister of Australia?

8) Which English explorer was executed in 1618, fifteen year after being found guilty of conspiracy against King James I of England and VI of Scotland?

9) Which English city was once known as Duroliponte?

10) The first successful vaccine was introduced by Edward Jenner in 1796. Which disease did it guard against?

Round 2: History - Answers

1) Caledonia

2) Richard (Dick) Whittington

3) Catherine Parr

4) William Pitt (The Younger)

5) 1431

6) Norwegian

7) Julia Gillard (2010-2013)

8) Sir Walter Raleigh

9) Cambridge

10) Smallpox

Round 3: Sport - Questions

1) What are the five colours of the Olympic rings?

2) In football, which team has won the Champions League (formerly the European Cup) the most?

3) How many players are there in a rugby league team?

4) Which horse is the only three-time winner of the Grand National?

5) Since 1977, where has snooker's World Championship taken place?

6) In tennis, what piece of fruit is found at the top of the men's Wimbledon trophy?

7) Who won the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019?

8) In bowling, what is the term given for three consecutive strikes?

9) How many world titles has Phil Talyor won in darts?

10) In golf, where does the Masters take place?

Round 3: Sport - Answers

1) Blue, yellow, black, green and red

2) Real Madrid (13)

3) 13

4) Red Rum

5) Crucible Theatre

6) Pineapple

7) USA

8) A turkey

9) 16

10) Augusta National

Round 4: Politics - Questions

1) Who was the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated?

2) How long does Prime Minister’s Questions last?

3) How many Members of Parliament (MPs) are there?

4) What is the middle name of Angela Merkel?

5) America's Republican Party is commonly referred to as the GOP - what does the GOP stand for?

6) Who is Donald Trump's vice president?

7) In which year did Britain originally join the EEC, now known as the European Union?

8) How many of the six founding members of the European Union can you name? A point for each.

9) What is the name given to the group of people who make sure MPs attend important votes?

10) On what subject was the first referendum in Britain?

Round 4: Politics - Answers

1) Spencer Perceval - May 1812

2) 30 minutes

3) 650

4) Dorothea

5) Grand Old Party

6) Mike Pence

7) 1973

8) Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands

9) Whips

10) Joining the EEC

Round 5: Food and drink - Questions

1) Which nuts are used in marzipan?

2) What is the most famous Mexican beer?

3) Which country is the origin of the cocktail Mojito?

4) What is Japanese sake made from?

5) Which vitamin is the only one that you will not find in an egg?

6) What is the chemical formula for Table Salt?

7) What does IPA stand for?

8) Which meat is used in Glamorgan sausages?

9) What ingredient is included in food in a Florentine style?

10) Which fish is the main ingredient of Scotch Woodcock?

Round 5: Food and drink - Answers

1) Almonds

2) Corona

3) Cuba

4) Rice

5) Vitamin C

6) NaC1

7) Indian Pale Ale

8) None, they are made from cheese

9) Spinach

10) Anchovy

Round 6: Celebrity - Questions

1) Which singer was known amongst other things as 'The King of Pop'?

2) What is Cher's last name?

3) What is the name of Kim Kardashian's eldest child?

4) Who was the winner of the first ever UK series of ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’?

5) Which English supermodel was born is Streatham in May 1970?

6) Which footballer has the most Instagram followers in the world - as of 2020?

7) Tom Cruise is an outspoken member of which religion?

8) Who is Dolly Parton married to?

9) American singer Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta is best known by which stagename?

10) Taylor Swift grew up on what type of farm?

Round 6: Celebrity - Answers

1) Michael Jackson

2) Sarkisian - full name Cherilyn Sarkisian

3) North West

4) Tony Blackburn

5) Naomi Campbell

6) Cristiano Ronaldo

7) Scientology

8) Carl Dean

9) Lady Gaga

10) Christmas Tree Farm