60 general knowledge questions and answers for your online pub quiz

Online quizzes could see a surge in popularity with restrictions on socialising reintroduced by the UK government. Those allocated with the role of quiz master during lockdown now face the tricky task of curating a quiz that appeals to all participants. Create a quiz that is too difficult and you risk dissent from frustrated competitors. Too easy and you run the risk of boring your unchallenged chums. We’ve compiled a list of sixty questions that come somewhere in between impossible and straightforward from a range of popular categories. Help yourself... Film and TV 1 Which actress, model and singer served 18 days in prison for tax evasion in 1982? 2 Which other TV soap, other than EastEnders, did Ross Kemp star in? 3 What is the name of the second James Bond film? 4 What is Postman Pat’s surname? 5 In the film ‘The Great Escape’ what were the code names of the 3 tunnels? 6 ‘Man on the Moon’ was the biopic of which US comedian? 7 In ‘Only Fools and Horses’, by what name did Trigger always call Rodney? 8 James Dean starred in three films: East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and…? 9 In ‘Doctor Who’, who was the creator of the Daleks? 10 Which actor worked as a translator for the Swedish hockey team during the 1980 Winter Olympics? Geography 1 Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? 2 Fort Knox lies in which American state? 3 How many states of the United States of America have a Pacific coast? 4 Which country`s national flag has the most colours? 5 In which present day city is the remains of Carthage? 6 What is the deepest lake in the world? 7 What is the highest mountain in Europe? 8 What is the only African country never to have been occupied by a foreign power? 9 Which is the only one of New York`s five boroughs to be located on the mainland? 10 In which country are the Angel Falls, the highest waterfalls in the world? History 1 Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day? 2 Who was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in 1948? 3 The 1812 Overture was written to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon in which city? 4 What was the original name of the Royal Air Force? 5 In what year did the United States enter the First World War? 6 What Viking is said to have discovered America? 7 Who is the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated? 8 What name was given to the Chinese peasant uprising of 1900? 9 How many UK monarchs were there in the 20th century? 10 The inhabitants of which English town hung a monkey during the Napoleonic wars? Music 1 Which Beatle led the way across the zebra crossing on the Abbey Road album cover? 2 Which group formed in 1977 and named themselves after their financial status at that time? 3 What group with a palindromic name had a hit single that was also a palindrome? 4 Which boy’s name was the title of the debut album released by Amy Winehouse? 5 By what name is Schubert`s Symphony No. 8 better known? 6 Which Spice Girl released the album Schizophonic? 7 In which American state is the museum called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 8 In music, which is the lowest male voice? 9 How is Gordon Sumner better known? 10 Does a record turntable revolve clockwise or anti-clockwise? Politics 1 In which US state was Barack Obama born? 2 Who was the speaker of the House of Commons from 2000 to 2009? 3 Who was the last prime Minister of the Liberal Party? 4 What does the W Stand for In George W. Bush’s name? 5 Who was the last leader of the Soviet Union? 6 What is Donald Trump’s Twitter handle? 7 Which politician once worked as a presenter on This Morning? 8 Which word, derived from the Greek for few, means a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people? 9 What colour are the seats in the House of Lords? 10 Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain when Edward VIII abdicated the throne in 1936? Sport 1 Which US city is home to sporting teams known as the Titans and the Predators? 2 What is the offiical national sport of India? 3 1994 World Cup winner José Roberto Gama de Oliveira is better known by which name? 4 How many successive pots must a snooker player make to score a 147 break? 5 Which rugby super league team have the nickname ‘The Wire’? 6 Who lit the Olympic torch at the 2000 Sydney Olympics? 7 In 1744, which British golf course established the first golf club? 8 Who won the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup? 9 Which country won the 2005 Elephant Polo world championship? 10 By what name is the professional wrestler Mark Calaway better known? Film and TV answers 1 Sofia Loren 2 Emmerdale 3 From Russia With Love 4 Clifton 5 Tom, Dick and Harry 6 Andy Kaufman 7 Dave 8 Giant 9 Davros 10 Viggo Mortensen Geography answers 1 Venezuela 2 Kentucky 3. 5 (California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Hawaii) 4 South Africa 5 Tunis 6 Lake Baikal 7 Mount Elbrus 8 Liberia 9 The Bronx 10 Venezuela History answers 1 William I 2 Mahatma Gandhi 3 Moscow 4 Royal Flying Corps 5 1917 6 Eric the Red 7 Spencer Perceval 8 Boxer Rebellion 9 6 10 Hartlepool Music answers 1 John Lennon 2 Dire Straits 3 ABBA with SOS 4 Frank 5 Unfinished Symphony 6 Geri Halliwell 7 Ohio 8 Bass 9 Sting 10 Clockwise Politics answers 1 Hawaii 2 Michael Martin 3 David Lloyd George 4 Walker 5 Mikhail Gorbachev 6 @realDonaldTrump 7 Anna Soubry 8 Oligarchy 9 Red 10 Stanley Baldwin Sport answers 1 Nashville 2 Hockey 3 Bebeto 4 36 5 Warrington Wolves 6 Cathy Freeman 7 Muirfield 8 Harry Kane 9 Scotland 10 The Undertaker