Round 1: New Year’s Day

  • 1. January 1st is the first day of the year in our calendar. What is the calendar called?

  • 2. The ball was dropped for the first time in Times Square to signal the start of which year?

  • 3. In which year was the first Top of the Pops broadcast on 1st January?

  • 4. Which famous novel was published on 1st January 1818?

  • 5. On 1st January of which year was the Euro introduced?

  • 6. In British and Manx folklore, the first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day, who is seen as a bringer of good fortune for the coming year is called, what?

  • 7. On 1st January of which year was the first episode of The Archers aired on national radio?

  • 8. On 1st January 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation, which granted freedom to slaves, was issued by which American president?

  • 9. The first British mobile phone call was made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone on 1st January of which year?

  • 10. If someone is born today, what astrological sign are they?

Round 2: Skylines

  • 1. Which city?

  • 2. Which city?

  • 3. Which city?

  • 4. Which city?

  • 5. Which city?

  • 6. Which city?

  • 7. Which city?

  • 8. Which city?

  • 9. Which city?

  • 10. Which city?

Round 3: Ditloid Puzzles

  • 1. 10 Y in a D

  • 2. 18 H on a G C

  • 3. 7 W of the W

  • 4. 14 D in a F

  • 5. 54 C in a D (with J)

  • 6. 90 D in a R A

  • 7. 1 W on a U

  • 8. 57 H V

Round 4: Champagne

  • 1. In the name of the famous champagne house Veuve Clicquot, what does the word 'veuve' mean in French?

  • 2. Spraying champagne at sports events started in 1967 by winner Dan Gurney at which French race?

  • 3. Which British politician has a Champagne named after him? It is thought that he drank 42,000 bottles of Champagne in his lifetime.

  • 4. What is the name of the technique of opening a champagne bottle using a sword?

  • 5. What is the name of wire the keeps the cork in place on a Champagne bottle?

  • 6. On average, how many bottles of Champagne are produced each year? (nearest wins)

Round 5: Fireworks

  • 1. Calcium is used in fireworks to: A. Produce sound effects B. Deepen colours C. Burn brighter and longer

  • 2. Fireworks designers use copper chloride to create which colour that is also the hardest colour to produce?

  • 3. What is used to make fireworks burn longer and brighter? A. Titanium B. Oxygen C. Zinc

  • 4. What is used in fireworks to create smoke clouds? A. Oxygen B. Titanium C. Zinc

  • 5. What is used to create sparks in fireworks? A. Titanium B. Oxygen C. Zink

  • 6. What expression, used to describe a disappointing event, stems from the miniature explosive device, usually cylindrical in shape and with a paper fuse at one end, which fails to ignite if it gets wet?

  • 7. What company is said to be the largest consumer of fireworks in the world?

  • 8. The first documented use of fireworks in the UK is at the wedding of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York. Which year? (Closest wins the point)

Round 6: Who am I?

  • 1. Who am I?

  • 2. Who am I?

  • 3. Who am I?

  • 4. Who am I?

  • 5. Who am I?

  • 6. Who am I?

  • 7. Who am I?

  • 8. Who am I?

  • 9. Who am I?

  • 10. Who am I?

  • 11. What's the connection?

Round 7: Music

  • 1. What's the missing line?

  • 2. What's the missing line?

  • 3. What's the missing line?

  • 4. Name the artist

  • 5. Name the artist

  • 6. What's the next line?

  • 7. Name the artist

  • 8. Name the artist

  • 9. Name the artist

  • 10. Name the artist

  • 11. What song is Ross trying to play?

Round 8: Mystery Round

  • 1. Homemade item

  • 2. Autograph of a famous person

  • 3. Screwdriver

  • 4. Something beginning with Z

  • 5. Musical instrument

  • 6. Baby Jesus

  • 7. Chess king

  • 8. Something that rhymes with socket

  • 9. Sock with a hole in it

  • 10. Rat / mouse

  • 11. Dustball

  • 12. Food item with oldest best before date