Questions for Quizmasters

A collection of questions for pub quizzes

1291 questions in 10 categories with answers

Copyleft: feel free to use these questions in your quizzes. We aim to have accurate answers to short questions.
This is not a game, there's no scoring, and questions are provided as a service only.

Latest question added on Monday, 29th June 2009:

Fame at last

10^th January 2009. We've received a very nice message from John Bowe:

Just like to thank you for your questions that have been used on my impossible pub quiz on John Bowe saturday radio show in Ireland. The show has been going for over 4 years and we have used your questions regularly.
Cheers
John

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About the quiz...

Triskel is on Calle San Vicente Ferrer 3 (metro Tribunal) and holds its quizzes on Mondays at 10 pm. The quiz is usually on holiday over Christmas and New Year, Easter Monday, and mid-July to the beginning of September, but the bar is still open.

Website by Luis de Avendaño. Questions compiled by Luis, Alex, Tony, Peter, Steve and Antonio with thanks to Declan and Clive. Please send corrections and amendments to These questions have all been used at the Moore's Irish Pub quiz (formerly O'Donnell's) and at Triskel. New questions are added at irregular intervals. However, if 1291 questions are not enough, we recommend you check TriviaBug.

Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, Whitaker's Almanac, The Compact Edition of The Oxford English Dictionary, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Collins Gem Fact File, Diccionario Enciclopédico Espasa 1 and Wikipedia. Web hosting by pair Networks. This page layout was last updated on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 @ 7:22am CEST (Europe/Madrid). This website was first published on January 1st, 1999 at www.avendano.org/quiz.