Pub Quiz — week of Friday, 8 May 2026
Make each day questionable.
21 questions from 2 May 2026 – 8 May 2026. Tap an answer to reveal whether you got it right.
Saturday Saturday, 2 May 2026 ›
Q1
Which of these is NOT a top 3 population city in the USA
Answer:
D. Hill Valley
Hill Valley is a fictional town in California that serves as the setting of the Back to the Future trilogy
Q2
West Side Story. What are the names of the two gangs?
Answer:
A. Jets and Sharks
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City
Q3
Who wrote the science fiction novel Dune
Answer:
B. Frank Herbert
Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials (1963–64 novel Dune World and 1965 novel Prophet of Dune)
Sunday Sunday, 3 May 2026 ›
Q1
By area, what's the largest state in Australia?
Answer:
A. Western Australia
Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a land area of 2,527,013 square kilometres
Q2
In 1664, New Amsterdam was renamed to what?
Answer:
C. New York
New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, was a 17th-century Dutch settlement at the southern tip of Manhattan Island
Q3
Who directed the 1954 classic movie Seven Samurai
Answer:
B. Akira Kurosawa
the story of a village of farmers who hire seven samurai to help defend their village
Monday Monday, 4 May 2026 ›
Q1
Ralph, Jack, Simon, Piggy and Roger are the principal characters in which 1954 novel?
Answer:
C. Lord of the Flies
British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island and their disastrous attempts to govern themselves that lead to a descent into savagery
Q2
How many cubic centimetres in a cubic metre?
Answer:
D. 1000000
1 metre = 100 cm, so: 100 x 100 x 100 = 1,000,000
Q3
What was the name of the company Leonard Rossiter worked for in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Answer:
A. Sunshine Desserts
I didn't get where I am today by not knowing ths one
Tuesday Tuesday, 5 May 2026 ›
Q1
Which spicy politician said, in 1986, that northerners die of 'ignorance and chips'
Answer:
A. Edwina Currie
Harsh but fair
Q2
What's the capital city of Tibet
Answer:
C. Lhasa
Lhasa come home
Q3
When George Bush Snr was elected president, who was his democrat opponent?
Answer:
D. Michael Dukakis
He was the 1984 nominee
Wednesday Wednesday, 6 May 2026 ›
Q1
The TV series M*A*S*H. What does MASH stand for?
Answer:
B. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
For mash get S*M*A*S*H
Q2
Which Scottish university is named after a Jeweler and Inventor
Answer:
D. Herriot-Watt
Sterling / Stirling was tempting
Q3
Which world cup was the first to use Red and Yellow cards?
Answer:
A. Mexico 70
Time for an early bath
Thursday Thursday, 7 May 2026 ›
Q1
The poems Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding are collectively known as the four what?
Answer:
C. Quartets
TS Elliot
Q2
Which letter in braille consists of a single raised dot
Answer:
A. A
Did Z tempt you?
Q3
What are separated by the Cook Strait
Answer:
B. The islands of NZ
Strewth! Did you get that one?
Friday Friday, 8 May 2026 ›
Q1
What are the first and last events in a decathlon?
Answer:
D. 100m and 1500m
And who was Daley's big rival?
Q2
Where in the body would you find the round window and the oval window?
Answer:
B. Ear
Sorry about option D
Q3
The internet address .ao signifies which country?
Answer:
B. Angola
Couldn't think of a washing machine gag