Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
British History
In what year was the Battle of Culloden?
How many monarchs reigned during the 19th century?
Who, in 1835, produced durable silver chloride camera negatives on paper and conceived the two-step negative-positive procedure used in most non-electronic photography up to the present?
Charles Dodgson is remembered as an early photographer, but what else is he famous for?
In what year was slavery abolished in the British empire?
What links playing cards in 1588; windows in 1696; candles in 1709; wallpaper in 1712?
Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
Physical Science & Mathematics
What are the three states of matter?
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Who discovered that the earth revolves around the sun?
Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
In mathematics, what is the mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14159 known as?
What subatomic particle has its name taken from James Joyce’s work Finnegans Wake?
Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
Classical & Ancient World
What is the name of the home of the Greek Gods? Olympus
Which body of the water was called mare nostrum by the Romans? Mediterranean
Ask and Embla are the Norse equivalent to the Christian what? Adam and Eve
What was the name of the Egyptian God of the Sun? Ra
In Roman mythology, who is the goddess of the sewers? Cloacina
Which word derives from the Latin for “sand” and originally denoted part of a Roman amphitheatre that was covered with sand to soak up the blood from combat? Arena
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2024.
Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
Classical & Ancient World
What is the name of the home of the Greek Gods?
Which body of the water was called mare nostrum by the Romans?
Ask and Embla are the Norse equivalent to the Christian what?
What was the name of the Egyptian God of the Sun?
In Roman mythology, who is the goddess of the sewers?
Which word derives from the Latin for “sand” and originally denoted part of a Roman amphitheatre that was covered with sand to soak up the blood from combat?
Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
Literature
Which Tolstoy novel begins “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”? Anna Karenina
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016? Bob Dylan
Who wrote A Child’s History of England? Dickens, 1853
Who succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in Nov 1850? Tennyson
Apart from his novels, what is Anthony Trollope remembered for? Introduction of pillar boxes to UK
Which two-word term was popularised by a 1948 Robert Heinlein novel of the same name, which inspired a science fiction franchise centring on a character named Tom Corbett? Space Cadet
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2024.
Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
Literature
Which Tolstoy novel begins “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”?
Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016?
Who wrote A Child’s History of England?
Who succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in Nov 1850?
Apart from his novels, what is Anthony Trollope remembered for?
Which two-word term was popularised by a 1948 Robert Heinlein novel of the same name, which inspired a science fiction franchise centring on a character named Tom Corbett?
Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.
General History
How long, in days, was the year 46BC? 445 days; the longest year in human history. It had three extra leap months inserted by Julius Caesar as preparation to make his new Julian Calendar match up with the seasonal year.
According to the 1516 Bavarian Reinheitsgebot, what are the only ingredients allowed in beer? Water, barley & hops, although yeast was also used but not stated.
Who was the first woman to die in an aviation-related incident? Sophie Blanchard (a balloonist who died in 1812)
In what year was the Battle of Lepanto? 1571
In 1800, the capital of the USA was transferred to Washington DC from which city? Philadelphia
The War of Jenkins’ Ear (a term coined by British historian Thomas Carlyle), 1739-1748, between Britain and Spain, was fought where? Caribbean
Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2024.
Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month. As always, they’re designed to be difficult, but it is unlikely everyone will know all the answers – so have a bit of fun.
General History
How long, in days, was the year 46BC?
According to the 1516 Bavarian Reinheitsgebot, what are the only ingredients allowed in beer?
Who was the first woman to die in an aviation-related incident?
In what year was the Battle of Lepanto?
In 1800, the capital of the USA was transferred to Washington DC from which city?
The War of Jenkins’ Ear (a term coined by British historian Thomas Carlyle), 1739-1748, between Britain and Spain, was fought where?
