If anyone is looking for some bingo themed quiz questions for your next pub quiz, I’ve got you covered.
I’ll even give you the answers, because i’m nice like that.
You can use as many of the following questions as you like mixed in amongst other quiz questions on different topics, or, if your quiz is aimed specifically at bingo enthusiasts – maybe you run a bingo club and are offering a quiz in the bar as something a bit different – you can pinch the whole set of questions and answers and take all the credit afterwards. I won’t mind.
You could even nip over to the bingo jokes page on this site and throw a few topical gags in between the questions.
Do what you like with them really, they are a handy resource even if you just want to learn a bit of bingo trivia – enjoy!
Top 30 Bingo Quiz Questions
Here you go then, 30 bingo related quiz questions and their answers:
| # | Question | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A 90 ball bingo ticket has how many spaces? | 27 spaces (9 columns x 3 rows) |
| 2 | What two word phrase is used to announce the start of a bingo game? | Eyes Down |
| 3 | Which number ball often illicits wolf whistles from players when called? | 11 (legs eleven) |
| 4 | Which late TV host was significant in popularising bingo in the early 1960s? | Eric Morley |
| 5 | Which quote from The Importance of Being Earnest is the nickname for the number 59? | Brighton line |
| 6 | In online bingo, what does the acronym RNG mean? | Random number generator |
| 7 | Which BBC game show hosted by Bob Monkhouse was based on bingo? | Bob’s Full House |
| 8 | Another bingo based gameshow called Lucky Numbers ran from 1995 to 1997. Who was the host? | Shane Richie |
| 9 | Players might give a “quack, quack, quack” reponse to which number in bingo? | 22 (two little ducks) |
| 10 | Which Royal couple called a game of bingo in a care home during the 2021 COVID lockdown? | William and Kate |
| 11 | The most money ever won at bingo in the UK was £1,167,795, but what was the location of the bingo hall? | Scotland |
| 12 | Which legendary singer and actor was nicknamed bingo as a child, and adapted the nickname to create his famous stage name? | Bing Crosby |
| 13 | Where is bingo thought to originate from? | Italy |
| 14 | In America, bingo originally had a different name. What was it? | Beano |
| 15 | After the merger of Granada and Coral, which famous bingo company was created using letters from the names of both companies? | Gala |
| 16 | There was a farmer had a (what?) and bingo was his name-o. | Dog |
| 17 | Queen Elizabeth enjoyed a game of bingo, but instead of calling house, which alternative word would she use? | Palace |
| 18 | Which British daytime TV show was sponsored by Foxy Bingo from 2008 until 2017? | The Jeremy Kyle Show |
| 19 | In what decade did the first bingo hall open in the UK? | The 1960s |
| 20 | In onling bingo chat room lingo, what does 1TG mean? | One to go |
| 21 | Which type of bingo is the most popular in the USA? | 75 ball bingo |
| 22 | Which bingo brand was formerly known as Top Rank? | Mecca Bingo |
| 23 | Which popstar played bingo with Dary Hannah in one of his music videos? | Robbie Williams, Feel |
| 24 | When the smoking ban came in it caused huge problems for bingo halls. What year did that happen? | 2007 |
| 25 | Which popular treat is used as a nickname or ‘call’ for number 26? | Pick and mix |
| 26 | What year did the first ever online bingo site launch? | 1996 |
| 27 | Slingo is a game that combines elements of bingo and what other type of game? | Slot machines |
| 28 | Merkur Bingo in Cricklewood is the biggest bingo hall in the UK, but what is the capacity? | 3,000 |
| 29 | Which 1991 film features a scene in a bingo hall, in which Dan Ackroyd is interrupted from kissing Jamie Lee Curtis, when his daughter, Vada, calls a false bingo? | My Girl |
| 30 | What date is National Bingo Day? | 27th June |