Office party quiz

Office party quiz questions with answers, ready for the big screen

Thirty quiz questions for a company dinner or year-end party, in six rounds of five, with the answers. Easy enough for every table to score, with a few that start arguments. Plus a round about your own company and how to run it all on the night.

Before you start

  • Play in teams by table. Shy guests join in, and the table that wins cheers together.
  • Give 20 seconds a question. Shorter feels rushed after dinner; longer and the room goes quiet.
  • Each round of five takes about four minutes with the answer reveals, so one or two rounds fit between courses.
  • Mix easy and hard. If nobody gets a question right, it is not fun, it is a test.

Round 1: General knowledge

  1. How many hearts does an octopus have? Three.
  2. Which planet has the most known moons? Saturn.
  3. How many time zones does Russia have? Eleven.
  4. Which country has the most islands in the world? Sweden.
  5. Which continent has no permanent population? Antarctica.

Round 2: Food around the world

  1. Kimchi is a national dish of which country? Korea.
  2. Paella comes from which country? Spain.
  3. What is the main ingredient of guacamole? Avocado.
  4. The rice in nasi lemak is cooked in what? Coconut milk.
  5. Which spice is the most expensive by weight? Saffron.

Round 3: Closest number wins

Guests type a number; the closest answer scores, so nobody needs to know it exactly.

  1. How many keys does a standard piano have? 88.
  2. How many bones are in the adult human body? 206.
  3. In what year did the first iPhone go on sale? 2007.
  4. How many countries are members of the United Nations? 193.
  5. How tall is the Eiffel Tower, in metres? 330.

Round 4: Movies and music

  1. Which band sang "Dancing Queen"? ABBA.
  2. In Finding Nemo, what kind of fish is Nemo? A clownfish.
  3. Which K-pop group released "Dynamite" in 2020? BTS.
  4. Which Disney film has the song "Let It Go"? Frozen.
  5. Bollywood is based in which city? Mumbai.

Round 5: True or false

  1. Bananas are berries. True.
  2. You can see the Great Wall of China from space with the naked eye. False.
  3. Goldfish only remember things for three seconds. False.
  4. Lightning never strikes the same place twice. False.
  5. Sealed honey can stay edible for thousands of years. True.

Round 6: About us

The round people talk about on Monday. Write five questions about your own company:

  • In which year was the company founded?
  • Whose baby photo is this? Use a picture question, with a few volunteers from the management team.
  • Which office or department has the most staff?
  • What was the CEO's first job?
  • Closest number: how many cups of coffee did the office drink this year?

Running it on the night

  • Put the questions in before the night, or paste them from Excel.
  • The questions and the countdown show on the big screen; guests answer on their phones.
  • Fastest right answers score more, and streaks keep the leading tables honest.
  • End with the podium on the screen and a prize for the winning table.
  • Have one person play the whole quiz once on their phone the week before, to catch typos and wrong answers.

Try it free

Run this quiz in Yaypick for free with up to 20 people, enough for a rehearsal with your committee. On the night, the same event also runs your lucky draw and Best Dressed voting.

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