Round 1: Answersmash round

The goal is to find the correct answer to two clues and smash them together with the link. e.g. Which country invaded the Falklands in 1982 and who had a hit with ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’? ANSWER – ARGENTINA TURNER (Argentina – Tina Turner)

  • 1. Which English ‘Sharpe’ actor is mixed with a can of legumes on cooked bread?

  • 2. Who is the alter ego of Spiderman, and who is Miss Piggy’s boyfriend in The Muppets?

  • 3. What is the capital city of Hungary, and what is a traditional Italian sauce made with pine nuts, basil, garlic and olive oil?

  • 4. Who starred in ‘The Martian’ and the Bourne movies, and what was Courtney Cox’s character called in Friends?

  • 5. A word that blends the sounds and combines the meanings of two others

  • 6. Who played the lead role in the film Magic Mike?

  • 7. Which superhero has the secret identity Diana Prince?

  • 8. Which pair of TV presenters host Saturday Night Takeaway?

  • 9. Which play by William Shakespeare features the warring Montague and Capulet families?

  • 10. Which celebrity skating show was presented by Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby?

Round 2: More wordplay

The description will describe two words that sound the same, e.g. Q: DNA in casual wear. A: Genes/jeans

  • 1. Ejected from a seat of power

  • 2. Hid in the corner like a yellow-belly

  • 3. Kismet at the local fundraiser

  • 4. Something in a computer you can get your teeth into

  • 5. Would you need to rotate to play this part (e.g. in a show)

  • 6. Would you see a leading dignitary riding one of these?

  • 7. Devoured all but four of a dozen

  • 8. Provide an additional commercial

  • 9. Funny and the funny bone.

  • 10. Pieces of a chain and a member of the cat family

Round 3: Name the book cover

Below are snippets of book covers. What books are these images taken from?

  • 1. Book 1

  • 2. Book 2

  • 3. Book 3

  • 4. Book 4

  • 5. Book 5

  • 6. Book 6

  • 7. Book 7

  • 8. Book 8

  • 9. Book 9

  • 10. Book 10

Round 4: Music from 2010

You will be played short snippets of music from 2010. Name what song is playing.

  • 1. Song 1

  • 2. Song 2

  • 3. Song 3

  • 4. Song 4

  • 5. Song 5

  • 6. Song 6

  • 7. Song 7

  • 8. Song 8

  • 9. Song 9

  • 10. Song 10

Round 5: Musical theatre lyrics

What musical did these lyrics come from?

  • 1. It's time to try defying gravity

  • 2. Then I found my way, 'cause you can't stop the beat

  • 3. Through despair and hope / through faith and love / 'til we find our place / on the path unwinding

  • 4. And now the tears have stopped / He sits and counts the days to go / And treats his ills with daily pills / Just like marilyn monroe

  • 5. I am inimitable, I am an original

  • 6. Looking out for a place to go / Where they play the right music

  • 7. Remember that I was a writer, I wrote books and psalms and meditations

  • 8. He had it coming / he only had himself to blame

  • 9. Everything free in America / For a small fee in America

  • 10. The fears that once controlled me can't get to me at all

Round 6: City Skyline

Guess the city by the photo of the skyline

  • 1. City 1

  • 2. City 2

  • 3. City 3

  • 4. City 4

  • 5. City 5

  • 6. City 6

  • 7. City 7

  • 8. City 8

  • 9. City 9

  • 10. City 10

Round 7: Celebrity anagram

Unravel the anagram to make a well known celebrity's name!

  • 1. Ham Knots (3, 5) Hint: loves typewriters

  • 2. Galileo Janine (8, 5) Hint: allegedly married someone with a vial of their blood around their own neck

  • 3. A Creamy Hair (6, 5) Hint: has an impressive five-octave vocal range

  • 4. Obscenely Woken (7, 7) Hint: first solo-artist to have six consecutive albums hit and debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart.

  • 5. Trainer Nut (4, 6) Hint: pseudonym originating from duo with then husband

  • 6. Made Jeans (5, 4) Hint: died aged 24

  • 7. Annie Redcaps (5, 7) Hint: Freddie Mercury once allegedly snuck into a gay bar as this person. This person's wedding train was 25ft long

  • 8. Image Mights (6, 5) Hint: never plans on retiring. National treasure.

  • 9. Arcade Sizzle (6, 6). Hint: has bagged 5 UK #1s, most known for pioneering Grime music

  • 10. Salutation mend (6, 8) Hint: has starred in Downton Abbey, Harry Potter and Nanny McPhee

Round 8: Squad round!

Each question should be answered with the name of someone in squad (as per WhatsApp group, but minus Wayne, Rimsha, and Margo))

  • 1. Name one of two Sagitarriuses in Squad.

  • 2. Whose birthday falls on 2 July (every year)?

  • 3. What part of India does Ishaan live in?

  • 4. Who studied at the University of Sussex?

  • 5. Who plays cello?

  • 6. Whose former twitter handle was @DancingMalfoy?

  • 7. Who has probably dyed their hair the most number of different colours?

  • 8. What month was the current group chat created?

  • 9. Who currently lives on Hadleigh Road?

  • 10. Who never read The Poppy War but would definitely recommend you read it!

Round 9: Very general trivia

  • 1. Area 51 is located in which US state?

  • 2. Which restaurant's mascot is a clown?

  • 3. What is cynophobia the fear of?

  • 4. How many stars does the EU flag have?

  • 5. What alcoholic drink is mainly made from juniper berries?

  • 6. What year did Facebook launch?

  • 7. What was the original name of the search engine "Google"?

  • 8. Named after the mallow flower, mauve is a shade of what?

  • 9. What's the periodic table symbol for Potassium?

  • 10. What disease can be caused by a lack of Vitamin C?

Round 10: True/false round

  • 1. The color orange is named after the fruit.

  • 2. The Lego Group was founded in 1932.

  • 3. The sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel is 666.

  • 4. There are 86400 seconds in a day.

  • 5. "Santa Claus" is a variety of melon.

  • 6. "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." is a grammatically correct sentence.

  • 7. Nova Scotia is on the east coast of Canada.

  • 8. While known for ‘What a Wonderful World’, jazz musician Louis Armstrong also sang a theme for a James Bond film.

  • 9. Prince William is taller than Prince Harry.

  • 10. Idina Menzel sings 'let it go' 21 times in 'Let It Go' from Frozen