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General Knowledge Pub Quiz

You're taking part in a pub quiz, can you answer these general knowledge questions for your team?
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What planet is closest to the sun?
Mercury
'Under Pressure' was released in 1981 as a collaboration between David Bowie and who?
Queen
What global sporting event typically takes place every 4 years in both the summer and winter?
Olympics
In 'Back to the Future', Doc expressed his surprise that which actor was the president?
Ronald Reagan
Al Gore lost the 2000 Presidential election by a razor thin vote from which state?
Florida
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer starred in this 1965 film adaptation of a play
Sound of Music
On a triangle, the square of what is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides?
Hypotenuse
This famous director is known for Psycho and North by Northwest
Alfred Hitchcock
Which famous playwright wrote Hamlet and Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Which famous pop-group won Eurovision for Sweden in 1974?
ABBA
Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were prime ministers for which British party from 1997-2010
Labour
Who has won Wimbledon the most amount of times?
Roger Federer
Which British-run city was handed back to China in 1997?
Hong Kong
What telecommunication method was invented by Samuel Morse in 1837?
Morse Code
Which famous Australian environmentalist was killed by a stingray in 2006?
Steve Irwin
What was the highest grossing film of the 1990s?
Titanic
What was the former capital city of Japan before Tokyo?
Kyoto
In 'A Christmas Carol', Scrooge is shown what by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come?
His Grave
What is the longest-running soap opera in the world with over 10,000 episodes?
Coronation Street
Who directed Jaws and Jurassic Park?
Steven Spielberg
Who founded famous animation studio 'Studio Ghibli' in 1985?
Hayao Miyazaki
What us the biggest country on Earth?
Russia
What year was Beatles member John Lennon murdered?
1980
Albert Einstein is most famous for his theory on what?
Relativity
Barack Obama won a Nobel Prize for what in 2009?
Peace
What is the name of the invisible line that splits the Earth into its North and South Hemispheres?
Equator
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2 Comments
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Level 82
Nov 29, 2025
Please accept hypoteneuse which seems to be a commonly-used alternative spelling.
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Level 34
Nov 29, 2025
Thanks for letting me know! Just added that on as an option