Test your knowledge of geography, sport, literature, TV and film, showbiz, history and moreThere are plenty of quiz nights on around the city for you to get stuck in to.

With Christmas just around the corner, there’s no better time to gather a group of friends, throw on some festive jumpers and test your wits at the local pub quiz.

No matter how clever you are, there are always a common few pub quiz questions that leave tables stumped, with players feeling that the answer is on the tip of their tongue but they can’t quite formulate it.

We’ve put together a selection of 80 quiz questions that cover a broad range of topics. These could provide the answers and quiet the annual cries of “Ah come on lads, we should know this one”.

For families with people living abroad who couldn’t make it home for the holidays, this list is perfect for a virtual pub quiz. Likewise, if you’re hosting a big crowd on Christmas Day, once dinner is over you even could split up into teams for a bit of ‘friendly’ family competition.

You can find the full list of questions and answers below – and if you’re playing, no peeking!

Rainbow over BantryRainbow over Bantry(Image: Getty)Geography Quiz Questions

1. Which county is Bunratty Castle in?

2. What is the only American state with a name that consists of just one syllable?

3. What is the capital of Switzerland?

4. Which county has the smallest population in Ireland?

5. What is the most spoken language in the world?

6. Which country has the longest coastline in the world?

7. Fort Knox is located in which US state?

8. How many countries are there in the world?

9. What is the longest river in the world?

10. Which Central American country has a name which translates to English as “The Saviour”?

Geography answers

1. Clare

2. Maine

3. Bern

4. Leitrim

5. Mandarin

6. Canada

7. Kentucky

8. 195

9. Nile

10. El Salvador

Leesiders love their librariesLiterature quiz questions

1. Who wrote the hit novel Normal People, which was adapted into a series for RTE?

2. What is the name of the final book in the Harry Potter series?

3. How many ghosts appear to Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?

4. Who wrote Dracula? (He’s a Dubliner)!

5. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, how old is Juliet supposed to be?

6. Fifty Shades of Grey was originally fan-fiction based on which young adult book series?

7. What is the name of Margaret Atwood’s sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale?

8. What is the name of the headteacher in Roald Dahl’s Matilda?

9. Who wrote Angela’s Ashes?

10. Charles Dickens wrote A Tale of Two Cities. What are the two cities?

Literature answers

1. Sally Rooney

2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

3. 4 – Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come

4. Bram Stoker

5. 13 years-old

6. Twilight

7. The Testaments

8. Miss Trunchbull

9. Frank McCourt

10. London and Paris

Roy Keane shares a laugh with Johnny Sexton and Dave KilcoyneRoy Keane shares a laugh with Johnny Sexton and Dave KilcoyneSport quiz questions

1. What was the score of the 2022 World Cup final? (Bonus point for the penalty score)

2. Where are the 2028 Olympics going to be held?

3. Who is the only player to have scored in the Premier League, Championship, League 1, League 2, Conference, FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, Champions League, Europa League, Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup?

4. Who has won the most All-Ireland senior football championships?

5. The Stadium of Light is home to which English football club?

6. How many club All-Irelands has Joe Canning won?

7. Who is the top scorer for the 2024/2025 Premier League?

8. Which player has won the most All-Ireland senior titles?

9. What year did Shane Lowry win the Open?

10. Who is the only Premier League team to have gone a full season unbeaten?

Sports Answers

1. 3-3 (4-2)

2. Los Angeles

3. Gary Hooper

4. Kerry

5. Sunderland

6. Four (Joe has won them with his club Portumna)

7. Mohamed Salah

8. Henry Shefflin

9. 2019

10. Arsenal

Cillian Murphy in ‘Oppenheimer'(Image: Universal Pictures)Showbiz quiz questions

1. What year did David and Victoria Beckham get married?

2. What is Lady Gaga’s real name?

3. What are the names of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s children?

4. Tom Cruise is a member of which religion?

5. Who won the latest series of Love Island UK?

6. Who won the first-ever series of X Factor?

7. How many times has Katie Price been married?

8. Who was named the youngest self-made billionaire in 2019?

9. Amanda Holden has a feud with which TV presenter?

10. What is Hozier’s real name?

Showbiz answers

1. 1999

2. Stefani Germanotta

3. North, Chicago, Saint and Psalm

4. Scientology

5. Toni & Cach

6. Steve Brookstein

7. Three (Peter Andre, Alex Reid and Kieran Hayler)

8. Kylie Jenner

9. Phillip Schofield

10. Andrew Bryne

Red Abbey, Cork City.History quiz questions

1. Who was Taoiseach on VE Day, in 1945?

2. What was the name of Henry VIII’s first wife?

3. What year did the battle of Clontarf take place?

4. Whose assassination in June 1914 sparked the First World War?

5. In what year was the Chornobyl disaster?

6. How many years did Nelson Mandela spend in prison?

7. What year was Michael Collins killed?

8. Which country was the first to give women the right to vote, in 1893?

9. How many sitting US presidents have been assassinated?

10. The Troubles in Northern Ireland were brought to an end in 1998 with the signing of what document?

History answers

1. Eamon De Valera

2. Catherine of Aragon

3. 1014

4. Archduke Franz Ferdinand

5. 1986

6. 27 years

7. 1922

8. New Zealand

9. Four (Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and JFK)

10. The Good Friday Agreement or Belfast Agreement

Closeup drop of clean transparent medication spilling from end of needle of disposable syringe against blue backgroundScience quiz questions

1. How many people have walked on the moon?

2. Who discovered Penicillin?

3. What is the smallest planet in the solar system?

4. On the periodic table, what symbol stands for silver?

5. What is the largest organ inside the human body?

6. What is Pyrophobia?

7. In computer science, what does USB stand for?

8. At what temperature are Fahrenheit and Celsius equal to each other?

9. Who wrote A Brief History of Time?

10. What is the collective noun for a group of giraffes?

Science answers

1. 12

2. Alexander Fleming

3. Mercury

4. Ag

5. Liver

6. Fear of fire

7. Universal serial bus

8. -40

9. Stephen Hawking

10. A tower

Siobhán McSweeney with the Female Performance in a Comedy Programme Award for ‘Derry Girls’ (Image: Getty)TV and film quiz questions

1. What is the longest-running soap opera in Ireland?

2. George Clooney starred as Doug Ross in which US medical drama?

3. What film won the Best Picture Oscar in 2020?

4. In what year did Blue Peter first air?

5. Who directed Jaws?

6. Phoebe Waller Bridge’s Fleabag popularised which alcoholic beverage?

7. What is the highest-grossing Pixar film?

8. At the end of Game of Thrones, who ended up on the Iron Throne?

9. Who was James Bond immediately before Daniel Craig? (Hint, he was born in Meath)!

10. In which fictional town is Stranger Things set?

TV and film answers

1. Fair City

2. ER

3. Parasite

4. 1958

5. Steven Spielberg

6. Canned gin and tonic

7. The Incredibles 2

8. Bran Stark

9. Pierce Brosnan

10. Hawkins, Indiana

True or false quiz questions

1. You only use 10% of your brain

2. The Royal Family are not allowed to play Monopoly

3. In your lifetime, you’ll produce enough saliva to fill two swimming pools

4. A child could swim through the veins of a blue whale

5. It’s possible to hear a lion’s roar from five miles away

6. Lightning never strikes the same place more than once

7. The youngest person to climb Everest was 10 years old

8. Buzz Aldrin was the first person to ever urinate on the Moon

9. It’s illegal to kill a fly in the Houses of Parliament

10. It would take about an hour to drive to space

True or false answers

1. False

2. False

3. True

4. True

5. True

6. False

7. False

8. True

9. False

10. True

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