Pub Quiz — week of Friday, 1 May 2026
Make each day questionable.
21 questions from 25 Apr 2026 – 1 May 2026. Tap an answer to reveal whether you got it right.
Saturday Saturday, 25 April 2026 ›
Q1
Which US city's name means The Fields or The Meadows
Answer:
C. Las Vegas
The most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the seat of Clark County
Q2
Who succeeded Callaghan as Labour leader?
Answer:
A. Michael Foot
Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983
Q3
Who wrote the controversial memoir Spycatcher?
Answer:
B. Peter Wright
Banned in England due to its allegations about government policy and incidents
Sunday Sunday, 26 April 2026 ›
Q1
Janet Horne was the last person in Britain to be tried and executed for witchcraft in...
Answer:
B. 1727
The neighbours accused Horne of having used her daughter as a pony to ride to the Devil
Q2
Which part of the human body is made up of the mandible and the maxilla
Answer:
A. Jaw
In mammals, the jaws are made up of the mandible (lower jaw) and the maxilla (upper jaw)
Q3
Which uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean has ownership disputed by Britain and Ireland
Answer:
C. Rockall
Possession of Rockall was for many decades deemed imperative to claims to the vast surrounding fisheries and oil-rich Atlantic seabed
Monday Monday, 27 April 2026 ›
Q1
Which dog is the largest of the terrier breed
Answer:
D. Airedale
Also called Bingley Terrier and Waterside Terrier
Q2
Who wrote the poems Jabberwocky (1871) and The Hunting of the Snark
Answer:
B. Lewis Carroll
"Jabberwocky" is a nonsense poem written by Lewis Carroll about the killing of a creature named "the Jabberwock"
Q3
The battle of Bunker Hill was the first major engagement of which war
Answer:
B. American Revolutionary War
Armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution
Tuesday Tuesday, 28 April 2026 ›
Q1
Who was the last US president to wear a hat at his inauguration?
Answer:
C. JFK
And despite his personal aversion to hats, Kennedy opted to wear the then customary black top hat
Q2
Who is NOT one of Scooby Doo's human friends
Answer:
B. Thelma
It's *Velma* I'm afraid
Q3
The Hoover Dam is on the border of which 2 US states
Answer:
D. Nevada and Arizona
A concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, constructed between 1931 and 1936
Wednesday Wednesday, 29 April 2026 ›
Q1
A zinfandel is used for making what?
Answer:
B. Wine
It's a grape
Q2
What's the world's third biggest ocean?
Answer:
A. Indian
Covering 70m km2 or 20% of the water area of Earth's surface
Q3
Heinz beans. In a standard 415g can, how many beans?
Answer:
A. 465
After opening its London office in 1896, the company opened its first UK factory in Peckham
Thursday Thursday, 30 April 2026 ›
Q1
Which packet of chocolate am I describing “ BLANK is a brand of truncated cone-shaped chocolates with a caramel middle. Now made by Nestlé
Answer:
C. Rolos
I should have made that the very last quesiton
Q2
A study in scarlet was the first novel to feature which well known literary character?
Answer:
B. Sherlock Holmes
The book's title derives from a speech in which Holmes describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet"
Q3
Which sport is known as America's past-time
Answer:
A. Baseball
Today's baseball is a North American development from Rounders.
Friday Friday, 1 May 2026 ›
Q1
Vermilion is created when you mix which two colours?
Answer:
D. Red and Orange
A toxic pigment from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide)
Q2
The Magician's Nephew is the first chronological book in which famous children's series?
Answer:
D. The Chronicles of Narnia
Fans have strong opinions about the order in which the books should be read.
Q3
How many edges on a cube?
Answer:
B. 12
A cube has eight vertices and twelve straight edges of the same length, so that these edges form six square faces of the same size.