Free weekly pub quiz - week 43, 2026
19 Oct - 25 Oct 2026. Four rounds of ten questions (European cities, World cities & landmarks, History & dates, Music & culture), a team answer sheet, a host sheet with answers and a source for every question, and a tiebreaker. Print it, read it out, done in about an hour.
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How to run it in about 60 minutes
You need: the question sheet for the host, one team answer sheet per team, pens, a phone timer and a small prize.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 0:00 (5 min) | Welcome. Teams of up to 5, one sheet per team, no phones for answers. 1 point per correct answer, 40 points in total. |
| 0:05 (10 min) | Round 1. Read each question and its four options twice, leave about 30 seconds, teams tick one letter. After question 10 read the answers while teams swap sheets and mark them. |
| 0:15 (10 min) | Round 2, same rhythm. |
| 0:25 (5 min) | Break. Note each team's score on the scoreboard on the host sheet; this is when the bar sells drinks. |
| 0:30 (10 min) | Round 3. |
| 0:40 (10 min) | Round 4. The hardest questions are at the end of each round. |
| 0:50 (5 min) | Final tally while music plays. If teams are level for a prize place, read tiebreaker T1: closest year wins; T2 if still level. |
| 0:55 (5 min) | Results from last place to first, prize, and a word about next week. |
- Disputes: the host's word is final. Every answer on the host sheet links to its source; questions come from public encyclopedia facts, so correct anything you know to be out of date.
- Make it friendly for people who come alone: invite single guests to join a table, or pair them up at the start.
- Want more? Host from a TV with countdown and a live scoreboard for free in Host mode, or use a city kit.
Question sheet - week 43
19 Oct - 25 Oct 2026
Round 1 - European cities
1. Estádio da Luz is the home ground of which Lisbon club?
- A. Sporting CP
- B. C.F. Os Belenenses
- C. Atlético CP
- D. S.L. Benfica
2. Vienna sits on which river?
- A. Danube
- B. Rhine
- C. Elbe
- D. Vltava
3. Bitterballen, a classic Dutch bar snack, are usually served with which condiment?
- A. Ketchup
- B. Tartar sauce
- C. Sweet chilli sauce
- D. Mustard
4. Escudella i carn d'olla, a traditional Catalan dish, is what kind of food?
- A. A tart
- B. A cold salad
- C. A soup
- D. An omelette
5. Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is part of which district?
- A. Eixample
- B. Gràcia
- C. Ciutat Vella
- D. Sant Martí
6. Porto's São Bento station vestibule is decorated with about 20,000 what?
- A. Azulejo tiles
- B. Stained-glass panes
- C. Bronze plaques
- D. Oil paintings
7. Cacio e pepe is a Roman pasta dish made mainly with black pepper and which cheese?
- A. Pecorino romano
- B. Mozzarella
- C. Gorgonzola
- D. Ricotta
8. Pont Neuf means 'New Bridge', yet it is the ... standing bridge across the Seine in Paris.
- A. Longest
- B. Widest
- C. Oldest
- D. Newest
9. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol lies roughly how far below sea level?
- A. At sea level
- B. About 3 metres below
- C. About 30 metres below
- D. About 300 metres below
10. The Santa Justa Lift connects the Baixa with which higher square?
- A. Praça do Comércio
- B. Praça da Figueira
- C. Largo do Carmo
- D. Largo das Portas do Sol
Round 2 - World cities & landmarks
11. The Taipei Dome, opened in 2023, is used mostly for which sport?
- A. Basketball
- B. Badminton
- C. Baseball
- D. Table tennis
12. Which condiment is famously left off a Chicago-style hot dog?
- A. Ketchup
- B. Mustard
- C. Relish
- D. Chopped onion
13. Where in Toronto is High Park located?
- A. East of downtown Toronto
- B. West of downtown Toronto
- C. On the Toronto Islands
- D. North of the airport
14. Which NBA team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden?
- A. Brooklyn Nets
- B. New York Knicks
- C. Boston Celtics
- D. Philadelphia 76ers
15. Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' hangs in which New York museum?
- A. Museum of Modern Art
- B. Guggenheim Museum
- C. Whitney Museum
- D. Brooklyn Museum
16. Into how many community areas is Chicago officially divided?
- A. 67
- B. 72
- C. 77
- D. 87
17. What is notable about the residential community on the Toronto Islands, the largest of its kind in North America?
- A. It is entirely floating
- B. It runs entirely off the grid
- C. It is open only in summer
- D. It is car-free
18. What was Toronto officially called before it was incorporated as a city in 1834?
- A. Kingston
- B. Newark
- C. York
- D. Simcoe
19. How many stories does the Empire State Building have?
- A. 88
- B. 102
- C. 110
- D. 120
20. Toronto's Distillery District holds the largest collection in North America of what kind of architecture?
- A. Victorian-era industrial architecture
- B. Art Deco cinemas
- C. Brutalist towers
- D. Georgian row houses
Round 3 - History & dates
21. In which century was Zaragoza's stone bridge, the Puente de Piedra, built?
- A. The 15th century
- B. The 11th century
- C. The 13th century
- D. The 18th century
22. Which building on Dam Square in Amsterdam was originally built as the city hall in the 17th century?
- A. The Nieuwe Kerk
- B. The Royal Palace
- C. The Beurs van Berlage
- D. The Rijksmuseum
23. Which prime minister organised the relief and rebuilding of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake?
- A. The Duke of Wellington
- B. António de Oliveira Salazar
- C. Vasco da Gama
- D. The Marquis of Pombal
24. Mediolanum, the ancient city on the site of modern Milan, served as a capital of which empire?
- A. The Western Roman Empire
- B. The Byzantine Empire
- C. The Holy Roman Empire
- D. The Ottoman Empire
25. The Pantheon in Rome was rebuilt in its present form under which emperor?
- A. Augustus
- B. Trajan
- C. Hadrian
- D. Nero
26. Which king founded Madrid's Royal Botanical Garden in 1755?
- A. Philip II
- B. Charles III
- C. Alfonso XII
- D. Ferdinand VI
27. A large factory built in Zaragoza in 1982 produces cars for which brand?
- A. Seat
- B. Opel
- C. Renault
- D. Fiat
28. Trajan's Column in Rome commemorates the emperor's victory in which wars?
- A. The Punic Wars
- B. The Gallic Wars
- C. The Dacian Wars
- D. The Marcomannic Wars
29. Which medieval castle stood where Stockholm Palace stands today, until it burned down in 1697?
- A. Tre Kronor Castle
- B. Gripsholm Castle
- C. Kalmar Castle
- D. Birka Castle
30. The Jardin du Luxembourg began with the Luxembourg Palace, built as a residence for which widowed queen?
- A. Anne of Austria
- B. Marie de' Medici
- C. Catherine de' Medici
- D. Marie Antoinette
Round 4 - Music & culture
31. What happens to the giant monuments on the final night of Valencia's Falles festival?
- A. They are floated out to sea
- B. They are burnt
- C. They are auctioned
- D. They go to a museum
32. Which opera house in Milan is officially known as Teatro alla Scala?
- A. La Fenice
- B. San Carlo
- C. La Scala
- D. Teatro Regio
33. Which museum has displayed the Mona Lisa since 1797?
- A. Musée d'Orsay
- B. The Louvre
- C. Centre Pompidou
- D. Musée de l'Orangerie
34. In which village near Zaragoza was the painter Goya born?
- A. Calatayud
- B. Tarazona
- C. Fuendetodos
- D. Borja
35. Which Klimt work, painted in 1902 for a Vienna Secession exhibition, is on display in the Secession Building?
- A. The Tree of Life
- B. Danaë
- C. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
- D. The Beethoven Frieze
36. The Fountain of the Fallen Angel in Retiro Park is said to be the only prominent sculpture dedicated to whom?
- A. Judas Iscariot
- B. Prometheus
- C. The Devil
- D. Cain
37. Which architect designed the building that houses the Prado Museum?
- A. Ventura Rodríguez
- B. Francesco Sabatini
- C. Juan de Villanueva
- D. Juan de Herrera
38. Valencia's Central Market is described as one of the main works of which style?
- A. Valencian Gothic
- B. Spanish Baroque
- C. Neoclassicism
- D. Valencian Art Nouveau
39. Piazza del Campidoglio on the Capitoline Hill was designed by which artist?
- A. Michelangelo
- B. Raphael
- C. Bernini
- D. Palladio
40. Which composer of 'Orpheus in the Underworld' was born in Cologne?
- A. Richard Wagner
- B. Jacques Offenbach
- C. Johannes Brahms
- D. Robert Schumann
Tiebreaker (host reads it only if teams are level)
T1. In which year did Rembrandt move into the Amsterdam house that is now the Rembrandt House Museum?
Write a year. The team closest to the correct year wins.
Team answer sheet - week 43
19 Oct - 25 Oct 2026
Round 1 - European cities
- 1ABCD
- 2ABCD
- 3ABCD
- 4ABCD
- 5ABCD
- 6ABCD
- 7ABCD
- 8ABCD
- 9ABCD
- 10ABCD
Round score: ____ / 10
Round 2 - World cities & landmarks
- 11ABCD
- 12ABCD
- 13ABCD
- 14ABCD
- 15ABCD
- 16ABCD
- 17ABCD
- 18ABCD
- 19ABCD
- 20ABCD
Round score: ____ / 10
Round 3 - History & dates
- 21ABCD
- 22ABCD
- 23ABCD
- 24ABCD
- 25ABCD
- 26ABCD
- 27ABCD
- 28ABCD
- 29ABCD
- 30ABCD
Round score: ____ / 10
Round 4 - Music & culture
- 31ABCD
- 32ABCD
- 33ABCD
- 34ABCD
- 35ABCD
- 36ABCD
- 37ABCD
- 38ABCD
- 39ABCD
- 40ABCD
Round score: ____ / 10
Tiebreaker and total
Tiebreaker answer (a year): ________
Total score: ____ / 40
Tick one letter per question. Overwritten answers do not count.
Host sheet with all answers and sources (spoilers - open when you are ready)
Host sheet with answers - week 43
19 Oct - 25 Oct 2026
Round 1 - European cities
1. Estádio da Luz is the home ground of which Lisbon club?
- A. Sporting CP
- B. C.F. Os Belenenses
- C. Atlético CP
- D. S.L. Benfica ✓
Answer: D - S.L. Benfica (Lisbon, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Estádio da Luz
2. Vienna sits on which river?
- A. Danube ✓
- B. Rhine
- C. Elbe
- D. Vltava
Answer: A - Danube (Vienna, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Vienna
3. Bitterballen, a classic Dutch bar snack, are usually served with which condiment?
- A. Ketchup
- B. Tartar sauce
- C. Sweet chilli sauce
- D. Mustard ✓
Answer: D - Mustard (Amsterdam, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Bitterballen
4. Escudella i carn d'olla, a traditional Catalan dish, is what kind of food?
- A. A tart
- B. A cold salad
- C. A soup ✓
- D. An omelette
Answer: C - A soup (Barcelona, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Escudella
5. Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is part of which district?
- A. Eixample
- B. Gràcia
- C. Ciutat Vella ✓
- D. Sant Martí
Answer: C - Ciutat Vella (Barcelona, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Gothic Quarter, Barcelona
6. Porto's São Bento station vestibule is decorated with about 20,000 what?
- A. Azulejo tiles ✓
- B. Stained-glass panes
- C. Bronze plaques
- D. Oil paintings
Answer: A - Azulejo tiles (Porto, level 2/3) Wikipedia: São Bento railway station
7. Cacio e pepe is a Roman pasta dish made mainly with black pepper and which cheese?
- A. Pecorino romano ✓
- B. Mozzarella
- C. Gorgonzola
- D. Ricotta
Answer: A - Pecorino romano (Rome, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Cacio e pepe
8. Pont Neuf means 'New Bridge', yet it is the ... standing bridge across the Seine in Paris.
- A. Longest
- B. Widest
- C. Oldest ✓
- D. Newest
Answer: C - Oldest (Paris, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Pont Neuf
9. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol lies roughly how far below sea level?
- A. At sea level
- B. About 3 metres below ✓
- C. About 30 metres below
- D. About 300 metres below
Answer: B - About 3 metres below (Amsterdam, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Schiphol Airport
10. The Santa Justa Lift connects the Baixa with which higher square?
- A. Praça do Comércio
- B. Praça da Figueira
- C. Largo do Carmo ✓
- D. Largo das Portas do Sol
Answer: C - Largo do Carmo (Lisbon, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Santa Justa Lift
Round 2 - World cities & landmarks
11. The Taipei Dome, opened in 2023, is used mostly for which sport?
- A. Basketball
- B. Badminton
- C. Baseball ✓
- D. Table tennis
Answer: C - Baseball (Taipei, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Taipei Dome
12. Which condiment is famously left off a Chicago-style hot dog?
- A. Ketchup ✓
- B. Mustard
- C. Relish
- D. Chopped onion
Answer: A - Ketchup (Chicago, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Chicago-style hot dog
13. Where in Toronto is High Park located?
- A. East of downtown Toronto
- B. West of downtown Toronto ✓
- C. On the Toronto Islands
- D. North of the airport
Answer: B - West of downtown Toronto (Toronto, level 1/3) Wikipedia: High Park
14. Which NBA team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden?
- A. Brooklyn Nets
- B. New York Knicks ✓
- C. Boston Celtics
- D. Philadelphia 76ers
Answer: B - New York Knicks (New York, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Madison Square Garden
15. Van Gogh's 'The Starry Night' hangs in which New York museum?
- A. Museum of Modern Art ✓
- B. Guggenheim Museum
- C. Whitney Museum
- D. Brooklyn Museum
Answer: A - Museum of Modern Art (New York, level 2/3) Wikipedia: The Starry Night
16. Into how many community areas is Chicago officially divided?
- A. 67
- B. 72
- C. 77 ✓
- D. 87
Answer: C - 77 (Chicago, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Community areas of Chicago
17. What is notable about the residential community on the Toronto Islands, the largest of its kind in North America?
- A. It is entirely floating
- B. It runs entirely off the grid
- C. It is open only in summer
- D. It is car-free ✓
Answer: D - It is car-free (Toronto, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Toronto Islands
18. What was Toronto officially called before it was incorporated as a city in 1834?
- A. Kingston
- B. Newark
- C. York ✓
- D. Simcoe
Answer: C - York (Toronto, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Toronto
19. How many stories does the Empire State Building have?
- A. 88
- B. 102 ✓
- C. 110
- D. 120
Answer: B - 102 (New York, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Empire State Building
20. Toronto's Distillery District holds the largest collection in North America of what kind of architecture?
- A. Victorian-era industrial architecture ✓
- B. Art Deco cinemas
- C. Brutalist towers
- D. Georgian row houses
Answer: A - Victorian-era industrial architecture (Toronto, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Distillery District
Round 3 - History & dates
21. In which century was Zaragoza's stone bridge, the Puente de Piedra, built?
- A. The 15th century ✓
- B. The 11th century
- C. The 13th century
- D. The 18th century
Answer: A - The 15th century (Zaragoza, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Puente de Piedra (Zaragoza)
22. Which building on Dam Square in Amsterdam was originally built as the city hall in the 17th century?
- A. The Nieuwe Kerk
- B. The Royal Palace ✓
- C. The Beurs van Berlage
- D. The Rijksmuseum
Answer: B - The Royal Palace (Amsterdam, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Royal Palace, Amsterdam
23. Which prime minister organised the relief and rebuilding of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake?
- A. The Duke of Wellington
- B. António de Oliveira Salazar
- C. Vasco da Gama
- D. The Marquis of Pombal ✓
Answer: D - The Marquis of Pombal (Lisbon, level 2/3) Wikipedia: 1755 Lisbon earthquake
24. Mediolanum, the ancient city on the site of modern Milan, served as a capital of which empire?
- A. The Western Roman Empire ✓
- B. The Byzantine Empire
- C. The Holy Roman Empire
- D. The Ottoman Empire
Answer: A - The Western Roman Empire (Milan, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Western Roman Empire
25. The Pantheon in Rome was rebuilt in its present form under which emperor?
- A. Augustus
- B. Trajan
- C. Hadrian ✓
- D. Nero
Answer: C - Hadrian (Rome, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Pantheon, Rome
26. Which king founded Madrid's Royal Botanical Garden in 1755?
- A. Philip II
- B. Charles III
- C. Alfonso XII
- D. Ferdinand VI ✓
Answer: D - Ferdinand VI (Madrid, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid
27. A large factory built in Zaragoza in 1982 produces cars for which brand?
- A. Seat
- B. Opel ✓
- C. Renault
- D. Fiat
Answer: B - Opel (Zaragoza, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Zaragoza
28. Trajan's Column in Rome commemorates the emperor's victory in which wars?
- A. The Punic Wars
- B. The Gallic Wars
- C. The Dacian Wars ✓
- D. The Marcomannic Wars
Answer: C - The Dacian Wars (Rome, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Trajan's Column
29. Which medieval castle stood where Stockholm Palace stands today, until it burned down in 1697?
- A. Tre Kronor Castle ✓
- B. Gripsholm Castle
- C. Kalmar Castle
- D. Birka Castle
Answer: A - Tre Kronor Castle (Stockholm, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Stockholm Palace
30. The Jardin du Luxembourg began with the Luxembourg Palace, built as a residence for which widowed queen?
- A. Anne of Austria
- B. Marie de' Medici ✓
- C. Catherine de' Medici
- D. Marie Antoinette
Answer: B - Marie de' Medici (Paris, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Jardin du Luxembourg
Round 4 - Music & culture
31. What happens to the giant monuments on the final night of Valencia's Falles festival?
- A. They are floated out to sea
- B. They are burnt ✓
- C. They are auctioned
- D. They go to a museum
Answer: B - They are burnt (Valencia, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Falles
32. Which opera house in Milan is officially known as Teatro alla Scala?
- A. La Fenice
- B. San Carlo
- C. La Scala ✓
- D. Teatro Regio
Answer: C - La Scala (Milan, level 1/3) Wikipedia: La Scala
33. Which museum has displayed the Mona Lisa since 1797?
- A. Musée d'Orsay
- B. The Louvre ✓
- C. Centre Pompidou
- D. Musée de l'Orangerie
Answer: B - The Louvre (Paris, level 1/3) Wikipedia: Mona Lisa
34. In which village near Zaragoza was the painter Goya born?
- A. Calatayud
- B. Tarazona
- C. Fuendetodos ✓
- D. Borja
Answer: C - Fuendetodos (Zaragoza, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Francisco Goya
35. Which Klimt work, painted in 1902 for a Vienna Secession exhibition, is on display in the Secession Building?
- A. The Tree of Life
- B. Danaë
- C. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
- D. The Beethoven Frieze ✓
Answer: D - The Beethoven Frieze (Vienna, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Beethoven Frieze
36. The Fountain of the Fallen Angel in Retiro Park is said to be the only prominent sculpture dedicated to whom?
- A. Judas Iscariot
- B. Prometheus
- C. The Devil ✓
- D. Cain
Answer: C - The Devil (Madrid, level 2/3) Wikipedia: Fuente del Ángel Caído
37. Which architect designed the building that houses the Prado Museum?
- A. Ventura Rodríguez
- B. Francesco Sabatini
- C. Juan de Villanueva ✓
- D. Juan de Herrera
Answer: C - Juan de Villanueva (Madrid, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Museo del Prado
38. Valencia's Central Market is described as one of the main works of which style?
- A. Valencian Gothic
- B. Spanish Baroque
- C. Neoclassicism
- D. Valencian Art Nouveau ✓
Answer: D - Valencian Art Nouveau (Valencia, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Mercado Central, Valencia
39. Piazza del Campidoglio on the Capitoline Hill was designed by which artist?
- A. Michelangelo ✓
- B. Raphael
- C. Bernini
- D. Palladio
Answer: A - Michelangelo (Rome, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Piazza del Campidoglio
40. Which composer of 'Orpheus in the Underworld' was born in Cologne?
- A. Richard Wagner
- B. Jacques Offenbach ✓
- C. Johannes Brahms
- D. Robert Schumann
Answer: B - Jacques Offenbach (Cologne, level 3/3) Wikipedia: Jacques Offenbach
Tiebreakers
T1. In which year did Rembrandt move into the Amsterdam house that is now the Rembrandt House Museum?
Answer: 1639 (Amsterdam) Wikipedia: Rembrandt House Museum
T2 (only if still level). In which year was the University of Cologne originally established?
Answer: 1388 (Cologne) Wikipedia: University of Cologne
Teams write a year; closest wins. Equal distance: use T2.
Scoreboard
| Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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