Friday pub quiz: 20 questions and answers
Friday, 30 October 2026. Four rounds of five: Science & Nature, Sport, Food & Drink, Literature. Each round starts easy and finishes hard. Tap "Show answer" to check as you go, or find them all at the bottom.
Round 1: Science & Nature
What is a hedgehog's back covered in?
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Spines
A tadpole grows up to become which animal?
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Frog
What is the pH of pure water at room temperature?
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7
What colour is the blood of a horseshoe crab?
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Blue
What is the boundary between Earth's crust and mantle called?
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The Moho
Round 2: Sport
In golf, the short-cut grass around the hole is called the what?
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Green
Which German won Wimbledon in 1985, aged just 17?
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Boris Becker
The Football Association was founded in which year?
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1863
What is the fewest darts needed to finish a 501 leg?
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Nine
Which Spanish golfer won the Open in 1979, 1984 and 1988?
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Seve Ballesteros
Round 3: Food & Drink
What style of beer is Guinness?
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Stout
In an Arctic roll, ice cream is wrapped in what?
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Sponge cake
Which type of pastry wraps a classic beef Wellington?
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Puff pastry
Which pasta's name means 'little tongues' in Italian?
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Linguine
Kirsch is a clear brandy made from which fruit?
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Cherries
Round 4: Literature
In Alice in Wonderland, who keeps shouting 'Off with his head!'?
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The Queen of Hearts
Heathcliff is the brooding hero of which novel?
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Wuthering Heights
Who wrote the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind?
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Margaret Mitchell
Who wrote the debut novel White Teeth (2000)?
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Zadie Smith
Who wrote the Russian novel Fathers and Sons?
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Ivan Turgenev
All the answers
Round 1: Science & Nature
- Spines
- Frog
- 7
- Blue
- The Moho
Round 2: Sport
- Green
- Boris Becker
- 1863
- Nine
- Seve Ballesteros
Round 3: Food & Drink
- Stout
- Sponge cake
- Puff pastry
- Linguine
- Cherries
Round 4: Literature
- The Queen of Hearts
- Wuthering Heights
- Margaret Mitchell
- Zadie Smith
- Ivan Turgenev
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