Pub Quiz

[HISTORY] Which Soviet leader’s *glasnost* and *perestroika* preceded the USSR’s 1991 collapse?

[MOVIES] Which 1955 Best Picture winner remains the shortest at just 90 minutes?

[HISTORY] Which 28 Jun 1914 event is seen as the spark of World War I?

[MUSIC] Which album has logged over 1 000 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart?

[GEOGRAPHY] Which desert is often cited as the driest place on Earth (<2 mm rain / yr)?

[SPORTS] Which nation holds the record of 9 men's water‑polo Olympic golds?

[HISTORY] Who became the first human to orbit Earth on 12 Apr 1961?

[HISTORY] The Zimmermann Telegram tried to enlist which nation against the USA?

[SPORTS] Which swimmer first won the same individual Olympic event four Games in a row?

[SPORTS] Which high‑jumper popularised the 'Fosbury Flop' technique at Mexico 1968?

[MUSIC] Which band’s *Greatest Hits* album has spent 282 weeks in the UK Top 10?

[ANIMALS] Which mammal makes the longest annual migration (~22 000 km)?

[MUSIC] Which female artist owns the most #1 albums on Billboard 200 (14)?

[MOVIES] Which film is the only silent‑style movie to win Best Picture since 1929?

[MUSIC] Which album’s 8 Grammys put it joint record for most wins in a night?

[ANIMALS] The insect that can leap 100× its body length is the…

[GEOGRAPHY] Which waterfall boasts the planet’s tallest uninterrupted drop (979 m)?

[ANIMALS] Heaviest confirmed insect (71 g) is a giant species of…

[SPORTS] Which country led the gold‑medal table at Athens 1896 (11 golds)?

[MUSIC] Which song spent a record 19 straight weeks at #1 on Billboard Hot 100?

[HISTORY] Which 1962 confrontation brought the superpowers to nuclear brink?

[MUSIC] First K‑pop song to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 was…

[HISTORY] The 1973–74 oil embargo was enacted by which producer organisation?

[GEOGRAPHY] Alert (82° N), the world’s northernmost town, belongs to which country?

[ANIMALS] Slowest moving mammal, averaging 0.24 km/h, is the…

[MUSIC] The best‑selling physical single worldwide (≈50 M) is…

[ANIMALS] The deepest‑diving mammal recorded (~3 000 m) is the…

[MOVIES] Which Best Picture is the only X‑rated winner in Oscar history?

[MOVIES] What was the first sequel ever to win the Oscar for Best Picture?

[ANIMALS] At ~2 g, the smallest bird on Earth is the…

[HISTORY] Which 1919 treaty formally created the League of Nations?

[MUSIC] What was the first single ever to debut at #1 on the Hot 100 (1995)?

[SPORTS] Who is the only person to win Olympic gold at both Summer and Winter Games in different sports?

[MUSIC] Longest UK Singles Chart #1 run (18 weeks) belongs to which 1953 song?

[HISTORY] On what date did the Berlin Wall first open to free passage?

[ANIMALS] The longest‑lived vertebrate known (400+ years) is the…

[SPORTS] Which city hosted the first Olympic Games in the Southern Hemisphere?

[SPORTS] Samuel Wanjiru’s 2:06:32 Olympic marathon record was set in which city?

[GEOGRAPHY] Vulcan Point—an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island—is in…

[ANIMALS] The loudest sound produced by any animal (230 dB clicks) comes from the…

[MUSIC] Which artist replaced themselves at #1 on Hot 100 three different weeks in 2024?

[GEOGRAPHY] The Eurasian pole of inaccessibility sits deepest inside which country?

[GEOGRAPHY] The deepest spot in the Atlantic, Milwaukee Deep, lies within which trench?

[MOVIES] Which 2020 Best Picture became the first non‑English‑language winner?

[GEOGRAPHY] At about 3 650 m, what is the world’s highest administrative capital city?

[MOVIES] Which 2016 Best Picture winner was first mis‑announced as *La La Land*?

[GEOGRAPHY] Which nation spans all four hemispheres due to its Pacific islands?

[HISTORY] Which 1993 treaty founded today’s European Union?

[SPORTS] Who scored the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics, at Montréal 1976?

[SPORTS] Youngest individual Olympic champion (13 yrs 268 d, 1936 springboard) was…

[MOVIES] Which 2017 Best Picture winner features a mute protagonist who never speaks?

[MOVIES] Which film swept all 11 of its nominations, tying Ben‑Hur and Titanic?

[GEOGRAPHY] Which sovereign state has the shortest coastline at roughly 2.8 km?

[ANIMALS] Which species is the largest living fish on Earth?

[ANIMALS] What is the world’s fastest land animal, reaching ~110 km/h?

[SPORTS] In which city did Usain Bolt set the 9.63 s Olympic 100 m record?

[MOVIES] What was the first Best Picture winner directed by a woman (2009)?

[GEOGRAPHY] Which river passes through or borders ten countries—the most of any river?

[MOVIES] Which 1993 black‑and‑white film won Best Picture and Best Director for Spielberg?

[HISTORY] Operation Overlord, begun 6 Jun 1944, is better known as…