Free Tie-Breaker Pub Quiz Questions & Answers

Stuck with a draw? You’re in the right place. A great tie-breaker settles the score, and we’ve got plenty for free.

Writing a tie-breaker question is actually harder than you think!

A good tie-breaker shouldn't be something that is just general knowledge, and ideally not an obvious number. How high something is, what year a shop opened their doors, or how many episodes of a TV show are all good examples of a tie-breaker.

This Week's Tie-Breakers (Last updated: 7th September 2026)

We include two tie-breaker questions in our weekly quiz pack. These two brand-new questions are from this week’s quiz:

At what age did Dolly Parton write her first song?

- 6

How many solo studio albums did Dolly Parton release?

- 49

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More free tie-breaker questions for your next pub quiz:

  1. How many people submitted their tax return on Christmas Day 2024?
    - 4,409
  2. How many people were on the New Years Honours list for 2025?
    - 1203
  3. How many miles per hour does the International Space Station travel at?
    - 17,500 mph
  4. How many miles as the crow flies, are there between the two extremities of the island of Great Britain, John O'Groats and Lands End?
    - 603 miles
  5. In what year did Lidl open their first UK store?
    - 1994
  6. How many books were released in 'The Famous Five' series?
    - 21
  7. How many cities are there in the UK?
    - 76
  8. No calculators allowed. How many minutes are there in a year?
    - 525,600
  9. How many members of Parliament are there?
    - 650
  10. In what year was the UK's first motorway opened in Preston, Lancashire?
    - 1958
  11. How long is Hadrian's Wall Path in miles?
    - 84
  12. How much in dollars did Banksy's shredded 'Girl With Balloon' artwork sell for at auction?
    - 25.4 million
  13. How many episodes of US sitcom Friends were there?
    - 236
  14. According to the NOAA, what is the Earth's circumference in miles?
    - 24,855
  15. How many operas did Mozart compose?
    - 22
  16. What are the odds of winning the Lotto National Lottery? 1 in how many?
    - 45,057,474
  17. In what year were Monster Munch crisps first introduced?
    - 1977
  18. In a freedom of information request, it was revealed that there were how many calls made to the speaking clock from the Houses of Parliament over the three year period between 2018 and 2021?
    - 517
  19. How high is Mount Everest in metres?
    - 8,849m
  20. In what year was the first Glastonbury festival?
    - 1970