Birthday Quiz Games
If you're putting together a birthday party and want something a bit more personal than a generic pub quiz, these are worth a look. Everything here is themed around a specific year, so the questions actually mean something to the birthday person and the people who know them. All printable PDFs, so you buy, download and print at home.
60th Birthday Quiz Questions and Answers
These quizzes are all built around 1966. Good for getting people talking about the year before they've even started on the actual quiz questions.
Born in 1966 Older or Younger Trivia Quiz
Players guess whether each celebrity is older or younger than the birthday person. It moves fast, needs no specialist knowledge and usually starts a few arguments. Good one to kick off the evening with.
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1966 Before or After Trivia Quiz
Did each event happen before or after 1966? Players have to decide on everything from chart hits to world events. People who weren't born yet often do surprisingly well, which makes it good for mixed age groups.
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Born in 1966 Mystery Celebrities UK Picture Quiz
Close-up cropped photos of British celebrities who were born in 1966. Harder than it sounds. Guests try to name them all, which tends to go on longer than expected once people start debating.
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Dingbats are picture puzzles where each image represents a song title, film or TV show. These three are all themed around the 1960s, so they fit naturally into any 60th birthday night.
1960s Hits Dingbats Picture Quiz
Each clue is a picture that represents a 1960s hit song. Players decode the images to get the title. Useful if you don't have a Bluetooth speaker set up, and it tends to suit tables better than doing it as a big group.
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1960s Movie Dingbats Picture Quiz
Classic 1960s films turned into picture clues. Bond, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Italian Job and plenty more. Film fans will get some straight away and be properly stumped by others, which is usually the sign of a decent quiz round.
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1960s UK TV Show Dingbats Picture Quiz
British television from the 1960s as picture puzzles. People who lived through it will have strong opinions about the answers. Younger guests enjoy the puzzle side even if they don't recognise all the shows.
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If you want to run a full evening rather than a single round, these packs bundle ten quizzes together covering 1966 and the 1960s. One PDF, everything included.
Born in 1966 Birthday Quiz Pack UK
Ten quizzes built around the UK picture of 1966. British chart hits, UK TV, famous British faces born that year and more. The UK focus makes it feel more personal for British parties.
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Born in 1966 Birthday Quiz Pack
Ten quizzes covering 1966 across music, sport, film, TV and world events. Good all-rounder if you've got guests from different backgrounds and don't want to lean too heavily on any one topic.
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Born in 1966 Birthday Quiz Pack For Her
The 1966 bundle with the content weighted towards things that tend to go down well with female guests. Fashion, female icons of the era, culture and more. Worth considering if the birthday person is a woman.
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All themed around 1976. Good year for it, with a lot to cover across music, sport and what was happening in the world.
Born in 1976 Older or Younger Trivia Quiz
Older or younger than the person turning 50? Players compare well-known celebrities against the birthday person. Simple to run, no prep needed beyond printing, and people always think they're going to do better than they do.
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1976 Before or After Trivia Quiz
Before or after 1976? The year of the long hot summer, the Sex Pistols and quite a lot else. Players work out which side of that year each event falls on. Plays quickly and suits all ages.
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Born in 1976 Mystery Celebrities UK Picture Quiz
Cropped close-up photos of British celebrities born in 1976. Guests try to name them all. Works as a standalone round or alongside other quizzes as part of a longer evening.
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Picture puzzles themed around the 1970s. Good alongside any 50th birthday night, covering the music, films and TV shows from the decade.
1970s Hits Dingbats Picture Quiz
1970s chart hits as picture clues. Glam rock, disco, pub rock, it's all in there. Players decode the images to get the song title. Good for tables of four or five where people can argue quietly among themselves.
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1970s Film Dingbats Picture Quiz
Jaws, Star Wars, The Godfather, Saturday Night Fever. The 1970s had some films worth knowing about. This round turns them into picture clues, which trips up film fans in a satisfying way.
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1970s UK TV Show Dingbats Picture Quiz
Fawlty Towers, The Sweeney, Porridge, and more. British TV from the seventies as picture puzzles. People who were around for it will have strong views. Everyone else will enjoy the puzzle side.
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Ten quizzes in one download, all themed around 1976 and the 1970s. Enough to fill a full quiz night without having to buy anything separately.
Born in 1976 Birthday Quiz Pack UK
Ten quizzes focused on the British experience of 1976 and the seventies. British music, TV, sport and faces from that era. Makes the content feel relevant rather than generic.
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Born in 1976 Birthday Quiz Pack For Her
The 1976 bundle put together with female guests in mind. Female icons of the era, fashion, music and culture from the seventies. Worth picking if the birthday person is a woman and you want it to feel a bit more tailored.
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All built around 1986. Big hair, shoulder pads, some of the best and worst pop music ever recorded. These quizzes put that year to work.
Born in 1986 Older or Younger Trivia Quiz
Are these celebrities older or younger than the person turning 40? Easy to run, no knowledge required, and people tend to get more competitive about it than you'd expect. Good icebreaker.
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1986 Before or After Trivia Quiz
Chernobyl, Top Gun, the World Cup in Mexico. Players decide whether each event happened before or after 1986. Fast-paced and tends to get loud once people start second-guessing each other.
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Born in 1986 Mystery Celebrities UK Picture Quiz
Close-up photos of British celebrities born in 1986. Guests try to name them all. The cropping makes it trickier than expected, even for people who think they're good with faces.
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Picture puzzles themed around the 1980s. Three options covering music, film and British TV from the decade.
1980s Hits Dingbats Picture Quiz
Eighties chart hits as picture clues. Wham, Madonna, Duran Duran, it's all in there. One of the more popular rounds for 40th birthday nights, probably because people are very confident and often wrong.
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1980s Film Dingbats Picture Quiz
Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Ferris Bueller. The eighties were good for films. This quiz turns them into picture puzzles, which is a decent way to catch out people who reckon they know every one.
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1980s UK TV Show Dingbats Picture Quiz
Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Grange Hill. British TV in the 80s had no shortage of shows people still argue about. Picture clues for all of them, answers on a separate sheet.
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Ten quizzes in one download, covering 1986 and the 1980s. Enough for a full quiz night, with answer sheets included throughout.
Born in 1986 Birthday Quiz Pack UK
Ten quizzes with a British angle on 1986. UK chart hits, British TV, homegrown celebrities and events from that year. Puts British content front and centre rather than defaulting to the American stuff.
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Born in 1986 Birthday Quiz Pack
Ten quizzes covering 1986 and the wider 1980s across music, sport, film and world events. Good choice if you've got a mixed crowd and want to cover a bit of everything.
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Born in 1986 Birthday Quiz Pack For Her
The 1986 bundle with the content weighted toward female guests. Female artists, fashion, film heroines and the cultural moments that mattered to women growing up in the eighties.
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All based around 1996. Britpop, the early internet, some genuinely odd world events. Plenty to work with.
Born in 1996 Older or Younger Trivia Quiz
Older or younger than the person turning 30? Players use celebrities from sport, music and entertainment to find out. Quick to play, no knowledge required and tends to get competitive fast.
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1996 Before or After Trivia Quiz
Did Dolly the sheep come before or after 1996? What about the Spice Girls? Covers pop culture and world events from around that year. Works for all ages and throws up some good conversations.
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Born in 1996 Mystery Celebrities UK Picture Quiz
British celebrities born in 1996, cropped close up so they're not immediately obvious. Works well at 30th birthday parties where guests tend to know today's faces pretty well and enjoy proving it.
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Picture puzzles themed around the 1990s. Music, films and TV from the decade, depending on which one you pick.
1990s Hits Dingbats Picture Quiz
Nineties chart hits as picture clues. Oasis, TLC, Backstreet Boys and more. People who grew up with these songs are convinced they'll ace it, and mostly they're right, but there are enough difficult ones to keep it interesting.
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1990s Film Dingbats Picture Quiz
Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Titanic. The nineties had big films and plenty of them. This round turns them into picture clues, which is a good way of catching out anyone who's seen them all multiple times.
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1990s UK TV Show Dingbats Picture Quiz
Friends, Neighbours, The Fresh Prince. British TV screens in the nineties were packed. This round covers the shows people still talk about, as picture clues that reward both memory and puzzle instinct.
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Ten quizzes in one PDF, all themed around 1996 and the 1990s. Everything you need for a full quiz night without having to piece it together from separate products.
Born in 1996 Birthday Quiz Pack UK
Ten quizzes focused on the British side of 1996. UK chart hits, British TV, homegrown celebrities and things that were actually happening in the UK that year rather than just what was on in America.
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Born in 1996 Birthday Quiz Pack
Ten quizzes covering 1996 and the nineties across music, sport, film, TV and world events. Good if you've got a mixed crowd and don't want to bet everything on one subject area.
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Born in 1996 Birthday Quiz Pack For Her
The 1996 bundle with content chosen with female guests in mind. Girl bands, female film leads, fashion and the cultural moments that shaped growing up as a woman in the nineties.
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