Question 1

True or false: The Brexit referendum result was decided by a margin of less than 2%.

Accepted Answer

True. Leave won 51.9% to Remain’s 48.1%, a gap of only 1.3 million votes out of 33 million cast.

Question 2

True or false: The Brexit campaign's '£350 million per week for the NHS' claim was widely criticized as misleading.

Accepted Answer

True. Leave campaigners admitted the figure—promised for the NHS—was inaccurate after the vote, though it influenced many.

Question 3

True or false: The UK held a second Brexit referendum called the 'People's Vote' in 2019.

Accepted Answer

False. No second referendum occurred. A 'People's Vote' campaign pushed for one, but Parliament never approved it.

Question 4

True or false: The Brexit referendum had the highest voter turnout of any UK national election since 1992.

Accepted Answer

True. Turnout was 72.2%, exceeding the 2015 and 2017 general elections, driven by high public engagement.

Question 5

True or false: Northern Ireland voted Remain, but the UK as a whole left the EU.

Accepted Answer

True. 55.8% of Northern Irish voters supported Remain, yet the UK-wide result overruled them, causing unique post-Brexit tensions.

Question 6

True or false: The UK's Brexit referendum was legally binding on Parliament.

Accepted Answer

False. It was advisory. Parliament retained sovereignty and could have ignored the result, though politically it didn't.

Question 7

True or false: Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory, voted overwhelmingly to Leave the EU.

Accepted Answer

False. Gibraltar voted 95.9% Remain, the highest Remain percentage anywhere in the UK or its territories.

Question 8

True or false: The official Leave campaign broke spending limits in the 2016 referendum.

Accepted Answer

True. Vote Leave was fined and referred to police for exceeding its £7 million spending cap by nearly £500,000.

Brexit referendum Trivia Questions