How to Create a Quiz Game for a Pub Quiz

A pub quiz is a lively trivia night where teams of friends answer questions on various topics, from pop culture and history to quirky facts and random trivia. With Faabul, you can create engaging and interactive quizzes tailored to suit any topic or audience. You can also use ready-made quizzes specifically designed for a pub quiz.
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Creating Your Own Pub Quiz Game

Ready to build an awesome quiz game for a pub quiz? Create an account on Faabul, and you can start.

1. Prepare Questions for Your Pub Quiz

Choose a topic for your quiz and mix in a variety of question types, including true/false, multiple-choice, and short answer. On Faabul, you can create your own quiz, get AI assistance in generating questions, or pick from a library of ready-made quizzes. For more detailed instructions, see How to create a quiz.

2. Set the Rules

How many participants are there, and how are they divided into teams? Decide on how many questions you will have and how much time you will give participants to answer questions. With Faabul, you can run live quiz games for up to 200 participants and control the pace of the quiz.

3. Invite Pub Quiz Guests

Invite your guests. The participants can join the pub quiz by scanning a QR code or entering a text code, with no need to download an app or create a user account. You will get a QR code and a text code automatically for each quiz, so everyone can join quickly and play in real time.

4. Host Your Pub Quiz

As the host, you will guide the quiz and decide when to move to the next question. Following each question, you can provide the correct answers and explanations. You can show the leaderboard at any point to keep the excitement up. Faabul will automatically evaluate the winners once the quiz is over. You can see more details at How to Host Your Own Quiz Game.

This is what your pub quiz can look like:

Ideas for Pub Quiz Questions

Ready to take your pub quiz to the next level? The quiz can include topics such as:

General knowledge

  • What is the chemical symbol for gold?
  • What is the smallest bone in the human body?
  • What is the chemical symbol for gold?
  • Who invented the World Wide Web, and when?
  • What is the capital of Finland?
  • Which colors make up the Olympic rings?
For ready-made general knowledge quizzes, check out the Trivia quizzes.

World geography

  • What’s the smallest country in the world?
  • What's the longest river in the world?
  • What is the largest country in the world?
  • What three colors make up the flag of Lithuania?
  • Zagreb is the capital city of which country?
  • What is the highest mountain in Britain?
For more geography quizzes, check out Travel and Geography.
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Pop culture and music

  • Where is Billie Eilish from?
  • Put the following members of the Kardashian-Jenner family in order of age, oldest to youngest: Khloé, Kylie, Rob, Kourtney, Kendall, Kim, Kris.
  • Who plays Barbie in the 2023 movie of the same name?
  • When did Four Weddings and a Funeral premiere?
  • Put these Tom Hanks films in chronological order: Catch Me If You Can, Forrest Gump, The Terminal, Bridge Of Spies.
Explore more ready-made Entertainment quizzes.

Sports

  • Who came second in the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2019?
  • What does FIFA stand for in English?
  • In which sport would you perform a "slam dunk"?
  • What is the name of the prestigious annual tennis tournament held at the All England Club in London?
  • In American football, how many points is a touchdown worth?
  • What is the national sport of Japan?
Browse ready-made Sport quizzes.
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Food and drink

  • Which country is brie cheese originally from?
  • What is the most expensive fruit in the world?
  • What alcoholic drink is primarily made from juniper berries?
  • What grain is the Japanese spirit Sake made from?
  • What is the hottest chili pepper?
  • What country drinks the most coffee?
Check out the Food and Drink for more quizzes on this topic.

Science

  • How many elements are there in the periodic table?
  • What is the largest organ in the human body?
  • What does DNA stand for?
  • Astraphobia is a fear of what?
  • What is the chemical symbol for Potassium?
  • Who developed the theory of evolution?
  • Which famous scientist specializes in primates?
Discover more ready-made Science quizzes.