RuPaul's Drag Race UK
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50 free RuPaul's Drag Race UK trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
RuPaul's Drag Race UK arrived in 2019 and quickly became one of British television's most-streamed entertainment shows, turning drag performers from clubs and cabaret stages into chart acts, panto headliners and prime-time regulars. It kept the American format and gave it a local accent: regional humour, soap spoofs and a prize that, for years, was not money. This quiz covers the main show and its international spin-off: who won, who walked, who judged, which celebrities were impersonated in the Snatch Game, which musicals and dramas were parodied, and which challenge songs reached the charts. It is written for fans who watch every week and for casual viewers who remember the big moments. Each answer comes with a short explanation, so you will pick up a story or two even on the ones you miss.
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Q 01The success of RuPaul's Drag Race UK was credited with helping to bring back which defunct television channel in 2022?
BBC Three
BBC Three returned to television in February 2022 with a Drag Race spin-off that drew five times more viewers than anything else on the channel's first day.
Q 02Challenge winners on RuPaul's Drag Race UK receive a badge that spoofs the famous prize of which children's show?
Blue Peter
Blue Peter badges inspired the RuPeter Badge, and the UK vs. the World spin-off later added a golden one for the queen who wins its lip sync.
Q 03Which queen, named RuPaul's UK drag ambassador in 2015, went on to win the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK?
The Vivienne
The Vivienne, named for a love of Vivienne Westwood clothes, became the first drag performer to compete on Dancing on Ice in 2023.
Q 04Which American politician did the first-series winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK impersonate to win the Snatch Game?
Donald Trump
Donald Trump shared that Snatch Game win with another queen's political impression, and the two acts were later revived for a spoof news web series.
Q 05Which Glasgow queen won the second series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, becoming the show's first Scottish champion?
Lawrence Chaney
Lawrence Chaney borrowed the surname from silent film star Lon Chaney, the man of a thousand faces, as a nod to a love of impressions.
Q 06Which queen from Tunbridge Wells won the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK at just 19 years old?
Krystal Versace
Krystal Versace had started doing drag at 13, inspired by watching Sasha Velour compete on the American show.
Q 07Which long-running soap did the final four of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 spoof in their last acting challenge?
EastEnders
EastEnders became BeastEnders, with the queens playing send-ups of Kat Slater, Dot Cotton and Phil Mitchell.
Q 08Which RuPaul's Drag Race UK judge said she joined Celebrity Big Brother to build support for a British version?
Michelle Visage
Michelle Visage finished fifth in the Celebrity Big Brother house in 2015, then waited four more years for the BBC to launch the show.
Q 09Which rotating judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK had his chat show spoofed in a series 4 challenge called Catty Man?
Alan Carr
Alan Carr has said filming is so secretive that he turns up not knowing which queens are left or who the guest judge will be.
Q 10Before series 6 introduced prize money, what did winners of RuPaul's Drag Race UK receive alongside the crown?
Their own online show
Their own online show was the only prize until £25,000 arrived in series 6; one earlier champion said the money spent on outfits could have bought a house.
Q 11Which Irish chat show host joined the judging panel of RuPaul's Drag Race UK from its very first series?
Graham Norton
Graham Norton's own BBC chat show was later recreated for a series 6 improv challenge, in which teams of queens ad-libbed a live episode.
Q 12The very first lip sync on RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019 was performed to New Rules by which singer?
Dua Lipa
Dua Lipa fits a house habit: most lip syncs on the British show use songs by UK-based or British artists, and hers returned in series 2 and 3.
Q 13Which former Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist won series 4 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK without ever facing elimination?
Danny Beard
Q 21Which series 2 queen returned to win the second RuPaul's Drag Race: UK vs. the World and its £50,000 prize?
Tia Kofi
Tia Kofi, whose name plays on the offer of tea or coffee, collected the first cash prize ever awarded on a British version of Drag Race.
Q 22Which series 3 queen of RuPaul's Drag Race UK was the first cisgender woman to compete in the whole franchise?
Victoria Scone
Victoria Scone placed in the top two in week one but injured a knee during that lip sync and had to leave before the third episode's challenge.
Q 23Which queen left RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2 after a positive COVID-19 test and was invited back for series 3?
Veronica Green
Danny Beard was the first bearded winner of any Drag Race franchise and went on to host the show's aftershow, The After Shave.
Q 14Which winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 5 went on to win Celebrity MasterChef as well?
Ginger Johnson
Ginger Johnson was modelled on the fiery redheads of Hollywood's golden age, such as Lucille Ball and Rita Hayworth.
Q 15Which Lancashire queen won series 6 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK and collected the show's first cash prize?
Kyran Thrax
Kyran Thrax took home £25,000 and is the drag daughter of series 3 contestant Charity Kase.
Q 16Which finalist of RuPaul's Drag Race UK became the first Drag Race queen anywhere to sign a major-label record deal?
Bimini
Bimini Bon-Boulash signed a joint deal with Relentless Records and Sony Music in July 2022, having started performing drag professionally only in 2019.
Q 17Which Welsh queen from Newport survived four lip syncs in one series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK to reach the final?
Tayce
Tayce later became the first drag queen to compete on Strictly Come Dancing, winning its 2024 Christmas special with maximum points from every judge.
Q 18Which runner-up of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 1 had auditioned for The Voice UK back in 2016?
Divina de Campo
Divina de Campo sang an aria from The Pirates of Penzance and no chair turned, though judge Boy George later said he regretted not picking her.
Q 19Which Belfast queen from series 1 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK returned to win the first UK vs. the World?
Blu Hydrangea
Blu Hydrangea became the first Northern Irish queen to win across the franchise, and later finished runner-up on Ireland's Dancing with the Stars.
Q 20Which West End musical did RuPaul's Drag Race UK send up in its first Rusical, sung live in series 2?
Cats
Cats became Rats: The Rusical, the British show's first musical challenge and the first Rusical anywhere in the franchise to be performed live.
Veronica Green had won the series 2 Rusical before the long production break, and ended up finishing ninth in both of her series.
Q 24Which queen was the first out trans woman to compete on RuPaul's Drag Race UK, joining the cast in 2022?
Dakota Schiffer
Dakota Schiffer won a paired design challenge in week three and later played singer Pete Burns in the Snatch Game.
Q 25Which series 2 queen of RuPaul's Drag Race UK was a qualified mental health nurse raised in a Traveller community?
Cherry Valentine
Cherry Valentine began drag while working in a children's psychiatric unit and explored that upbringing in the BBC documentary Gypsy Queen and Proud.
Q 26Which queen walked off the stage instead of lip-syncing to stay in RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 2?
Ginny Lemon
Ginny Lemon left during You Keep Me Hangin' On, in the last episode filmed before lockdown halted production for months.
Q 27When RuPaul missed an episode of RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 4, which former contestant joined the judges?
Raven
Raven, RuPaul's own make-up artist, became the first former contestant to judge on a RuPaul-fronted series, while a fellow judge hosted in his place.
Q 28Which comedian turned down a permanent judging role on RuPaul's Drag Race UK because she did not live in London?
Dawn French
Dawn French settled for a guest spot instead, judging the stand-up comedy challenge in series 2.
Q 29Which Spider-Man actor was the very first guest judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2019?
Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield judged a premiere with two runways, and its challenge was won by the queen who went on to take the crown.
Q 30The first episode of RuPaul's Drag Race UK asked for a hometown look and an outfit inspired by which royal?
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II shared that premiere with a Queen of Your Hometown runway, a category the show has brought back to open several later series.