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Summer

1) What was the original purpose of piers when they were built in the 19th century?

2) What falls on the longest day of the year?

3) Which was the first National Park in Britain?

4) British Summer Time starts and ends on the last Sundays of which two months?

5) Where are the Proms, the eight-week summer celebration of music, held?

6) With which TV comedy duo would you associate the song 'Bring Me Sunshine'?

7) Which UK city will host the Commonwealth Games 2026 this summer?

8) In which London art gallery is the annual Summer Exhibition held?

9) Which are the three summer signs of the Zodiac?

10) Which singer wrote the song 'Boys of Summer'?

Arts

11) Which former manager of The Sex Pistols claimed to have invented punk?

12) Who in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar was "the noblest Roman of them all"?

13) What was Elvis's house in Memphis called?

14) The area of Wessex has been immortalised by which author?

15) Who popularised the Cheshire Cat?

16) Who composed the Enigma Variations whose Nimrod is played often at funerals?

17) Which Tyne and Wear town does the crime author Ann Cleeves live in?

18) What is a 'pas de deux'?

19) Which character in the pantomime Cinderella is secretly in love with her?

20) What would you expect to see at Sadler's Wells?

Sport

21) Where is Britain's largest annual sailing regatta?

22) How many teams are competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup?

23) Who captained England's victorious football team in 1966?

24) Which football club has won the FA Cup most times?

25) With what sport do you associate Nico de Boinville?

26) In which county is Formula One's Silverstone Circuit?

27) Which football club has its offices and car park in England but its pitch in Wales?

28) For what is Murrayfield Stadium famous?

29) Can you name three of horse racing's five British Classics?

30) What is the maximum number of clubs allowed in a golfer's bag?

Food & Drink

31) Of which two fruits is a loganberry a hybrid?

32) Beef, onion, potato and which other vegetable form the traditional Cornish Pasty?

33) What fast food outlet was the first in Britain to open in Preston in 1965?

34) What is the main ingredient in hummus?

35) What bakery product do both Chelsea and Bath make?

36) What is the name of Newcastle's iconic beer?

37) What is the most popular beer drunk in Britain?

38) A cronut is a hybrid of which two sweet treats?

39) Which Yorkshire town is known for its famous, Cheddar-like cheese?

40) Which county is called 'The Garden of England'?

Business

41) What's the UK biggest company?

42) What is the opposite of a bear market?

43) Which Belfast shipyard built the Titanic?

44) In business what do the letters PLC stand for?

45) What was the name of the British bank that collapsed and helped trigger the global financial crisis in 2008?

46) Which is Britain's largest bank?

47) What do the letters of the tax-efficient ISA stand for?

48) Who is the main rival company to Christie's?

49) What replaced Twitter?

50) Which entrepreneur began by trading from a houseboat?

Films + TV

51) What are the British Oscars called?

52) Where was the Berkshire location for the television series 'The Office'?

53) In which decade did Big Brother first air on Channel 4?

54) Who won The Celebrity Traitors?

55) Which Irish star won the Academy Award for best actress at this year's Oscars?

56) Who stars in both Big Show and The Wheel?

57) Which area in north west London is BBC sitcom Amandaland set?

58) Who plays comedy character Alan Partridge?

59) Who wrote Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral?

60) What is the medical condition portrayed by actor Robert Aramayo in the film I Swear?

Kings and Queens

61) Which English king between 1154 and 1553 did not have the Christian name Henry, Richard or Edward?

62) Which king founded the Church of England?

63) Who was king during the Great Fire of London in 1666?

64) Which queen ruled for longer: Victoria or Elizabeth 2nd?

65) Who took to the throne after Edward VIII's abdication?

66) What was Richard Ist's nickname?

67) Who was known as the 'Mad King'?

68) Who ruled first: Henry 8th or Elizabeth 1st?

69) Which Tudor monarch attempted to restore Catholicism to England?

70) Where is Queen Victoria buried?

British Countryside

71) What is England's national bird?

72) Which mountain range is called the 'backbone of England'?

73) What is the most common tree in Britain?

74) More than the Royal Oak and the Crown Inn, what is Britain's most popular pub name?

75) Which is Scotland's largest island?

76) What is the largest lake in England?

77) What are the largest mammals found in Britain?

78) What is the longest river in Scotland?

79) Which British ancient stone circle is larger in area than Stonehenge?

80) Which two national parks can be found in Devon?

World Travel

81) On which Italian island is the active volcano Mount Etna?

82) Which are the three Low Countries?

83) What do Rome, Jerusalem and Bath have in common?

84) In which city is Red Square?

85) Which is the largest island in Asia?

86) Which is the largest: Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania?

87) Which Australian animal is a cross between a duck, a beaver and an otter?

88) What is the official language of Brazil?

89) How many states comprise the United States of America?

90) Where is Flemish most often spoken?

Counties

91) Which county is on the most westerly point of Wales?

92) Name all four English counties beginning with the letter B

93) In which county are Frome, Chard and Shepton Mallet?

94) How many counties make up Ulster?

95) Where is nicknamed 'God's Own County'?

96) Which two counties border Scotland?

97) How many counties does Devon border?

98) Can you name the two British counties beginning with the letter O?

99) In the Cornish language, by what name is Cornwall known?

100) What county has Salop as its abbreviation?

• Adam Jacot de Boinod was a researcher for the first BBC series QI, compered by Stephen Fry, and is an author of three books including 'The Meaning of Tingo'

Answers:

Summer 1) Landing stations for transport 2) Summer solstice 3) The Peak District (1951) 4) March and October 5) Royal Albert Hall 6) Morecambe and Wise 7) Glasgow 8) Royal Academy 9) Virgo, Leo, and Cancer 10) Don Henley

Arts 11) Malcolm McLaren 12) Brutus 13) Graceland 14) Thomas Hardy 15) Lewis Carroll in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 16) Edward Elgar 17) Whitley Bay 18) A ballet duet 19) Buttons 20) International dance

Sport 21) Cowes 22) 48 23) Bobby Moore 24) Arsenal 25) Horseracing 26) Northamptonshire 27) Chester FC 28) The home of Scottish rugby 29) The Derby, The Oaks, The One Thousand Guineas, The Saint Leger, and The Two Thousand Guineas 30) 14

Food & Drink 31) Blackberry and raspberry 32) Swede 33) Kentucky Fried Chicken 34) Chickpea 35) A bun 36) Newcastle Brown Ale 37) Guinness 38) Croissant and doughnut 39) Wensleydale 40) Kent

Business 41) Shell 42) Bull 43) Harland & Wolff 44) Public Limited Company 45) Northern Rock 46) HSBC 47) Individual Savings Account 48) Sotheby's 49) X 50) Richard Branson

Films + TV 51) BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) 52) Slough 53) 2000s (2000) 54) EastEnders 55) Jessie Buckley 56) Michael McIntyre 57) South Harlesden 58) Steve Coogan 59) Richard Curtis 60) Tourette's syndrome

Kings and Queens 61) King John (1199-1216) 62) Henry VIII 63) Charles II 64) Elizabeth 2nd 65) George VI 66) Richard The Lionheart 67) George III 68) Henry 8th 69) Mary I ("Bloody Mary") 70) Frogmore Estate in Windsor

British Countryside 71) The robin 72) The Pennines 73) The English oak 74) The Red Lion 75) Lewis and Harris 76) Lake Windermere 77) The red deer and roe deer 78) River Tay 79) Avebury 80) Exmoor and Dartmoor

World Travel 81) Sicily 82) Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg 83) All have seven hills 84) Moscow 85) Borneo 86) Lithuania 87) Duck-billed platypus 88) Portuguese 89) Fifty 90) Belgium

Counties 91) Pembrokeshire 92) Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol and Buckinghamshire 93) Somerset 94) 9 counties 95) Yorkshire 96) Northumberland and Cumbria 97) Three (Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset) 98) Oxfordshire and Orkney 99) Kernow 100) Shropshire