General Knowledge Quiz

We’ve seen lots of people quizzing to get through lockdown and some of those people have been using this as a way to raise funds for the hospice. If you’re hosting a virtual pub quiz for friends, family or colleagues and would like a bit of guidance then look no further. Bringing friends, family and complete strangers together for some mild amusement and a bit of a chat through the medium of virtual pub quizzes.

Hanging out with your pals on Zoom is great, but when you’ve been stuck inside for a month you might run out of things to discuss. Enter the humble pub quiz, which gives you a chance to get silly (and competitive) with pals and provides you with something to talk about as well. It’s not always easy to guide a big gaggle of people through 25 rounds of questions though, so here are some tools that might help you out. With pubs shut, quiz lovers have moved online. It helps to do some simple prep if you’re hosting, including choosing the best tech and deciding on costumes

Once you have assembled your contestants and chosen a day (AhaSlides multiple choice poll is handy for narrowing down a date and time), you will need to pick a platform to host your quiz on. The Guardian’s technology editor, Alex Hern, explains: “Zoom is an obvious default choice to start with. It’s capable of hosting large groups of viewers, into the hundreds, and provides ample tools to the host to share images and video, mute or kick out irritating audience members, and generally control the flow of the event.”

So get the gang together on Zoom - or just get the family around the table - and see who can answer the most. Just like the real thing, each one has its own approach to the format – some are online versions of professional quiz outfits that ask you to submit answers, while others are simply one-person Facebook Live communities that are designed for relaxed family viewing.

Here are 20 new general knowledge quiz questions on everything from the Queen to geography, right down to Pret a Manger

1) One Direction is known for being the runners-up in The X Factor in 2010, but who came first?

2) Which singer has the most UK Number One singles ever?

3) What was Britney Spears’ first single called?

4) Who is the only singer to have ever performed more than one James Bond theme song?

5) Who were the three headliners of Glastonbury 2019?

6) Who is the only musician ever to have been awarded the Nobel prize for literature?

7) Which Beatles song was banned from the BBC for its lyrics?

8) Who was the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a self-written song?

9) What is the real name of U2’s guitarist, known as The Edge?

10) What is David Bowie’s real name?

11) Which year was the Premier League founded?

12) Real Madrid won the first five European Cups - but which club was the second to win Europe's elite competition?

13) Who holds the record for most consecutive Premier League appearances (310)?

14) Which club won the 2017 UEFA Super Cup?

15) Who was manager of Manchester City when they won their first Premier League title?

16) Who has scored more career goals - Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi?

17) Which Dutch player was voted 'European Player of the Century' in 1999?

18) Who scored the first Premier League hat-trick?

19) Which English referee officiated the 2010 World Cup final?

20) Wayne Rooney scored his Premier League first goal against which team?