The quiz is on holiday until Monday, September 6^th, 2010

Questions for Quizmasters

A collection of questions for pub quizzes

1450 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.

New question added on Monday, 31^st May 2010:

'What is Aqua Regia?'

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The best audience is intelligent, well-educated, and a little drunk.
Alben W. Barkley (1877-1956)

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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

Thank you 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.

The quiz is held in English and consists of eight rounds of ten questions. Each round is on a topic or theme.

The quiz is currently on holiday but the bar is still open. Next quiz will be held on the 6th of September 2010.

Questions compiled by Luis de Avendaño. Additional questions provided by Alex Carter, Antony Reid, Antonio Vázquez, Declan Forde, Peter Moore, Steve Owen, John Wirnsberger and Clive Mendes. 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 1450 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 Friday, August 20^th, 2010 @ 12:04pm CEST (Europe/Madrid).

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