30 easy questions for your home pub quiz

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Questions

1. Who usually presents the 10pm news on BBC One?
2. What is the capital of Wales?
3. What number is a baker's dozen?
4. How many times have England won the men's football World Cup?
5. What is the currency of Portugal?
6. A marathon is how many miles?
7. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are best known for which annual award ceremony?
8. Where would you wear brogues?
9. In what year was the Battle of Hastings?
10. Which dutch artist famously painted sunflowers?
11. On what birthday do British citizens first receive a telegram from the Queen?
12. EastEnders is set in which fictional London borough?
13. What does "www" stand for in the context of an internet address?
14. Which of these precious metals is more expensive per ounce, gold or silver?
15. Which is bigger, A4 paper or A5 paper?
16. Who plays Del Boy Trotter in Only Fools and Horses?
17. What is the capital of the USA?
18. Levi Strauss is best known for manufacturing what kind of clothing?
19. Name the 1975 Steven Spielberg film about a shark
20. What does the television channel's name ITV stand for?
21. Which English King beheaded two of his wives?
22. H20 is the chemical formula for what?
23. Which gas is used to fill balloons?
24. In which fictional city does Batman reside?
25. In the traditional rhyme, how many mice were blind?
26. What is the number 5 in roman numerals?
27. What colour is the bullseye of a dartboard?
28. What side of a ship is starboard?
29. Ian McKellen played what wizard in The Lord of the Rings?
30. What year did World War One begin?

Answers

1. Huw Edwards
2. Cardiff
3. 13
4. Once (in 1966)
5. Euro
6. 26 (actually it's 26.2, but we'll accept 26)
7. The Oscars
8. On your feet, they're shoes
9. 1066
10. Vincent Van Gogh
11. 100th
12. Walford
13. World Wide Web
14. Gold
15. A4
16. David Jason
17. Washington DC
18. Jeans (and denim goods)
19. Jaws
20. Independent Television
21. Henry VIII
22. Water
23. Helium
24. Gotham
25. Three
26. V
27. Red
28. Right
29. Gandalf
30. 1914