Round 1: Olympics

  • 1. Which athlete lit the Olympic torch at the start of the games?

  • 2. What did Simone Biles say she suffered from when performing one of her vaults?

  • 3. How many world records were broken this year at the Olympics?

  • 4. Why did Japanese Olympian Miu Goto have to have her gold medal replaced?

  • 5. Where did Great Britain finish in the medals table?

  • 6. Bonus: How many of each medal?

  • 7. Who is now the most decorated Olympian?

  • 8. Bonus: How many medals do they have?

  • 9. What year did the modern Olympics begin?

  • 10. What number Olympiad was Tokyo 2020?

  • 11. Which Olympic gold medallist is appearing on Strictly this year?

  • 12. How many sets of twins participated in this year's games?

Round 2: Hops or Hoppers?

  • 1. Holland Lop

  • 2. Argente Bleu

  • 3. Golden Champion

  • 4. Enderby Island

  • 5. Tiger

  • 6. Lionhead

  • 7. Gresham Hopper

  • 8. Swedish Hare

  • 9. Honeydew

  • 10. Saxon Gold

Round 3: Closest to

  • 1. How many pages are in Leo Tolstoy's 'War & Peace' (Penguin edition)

Round 4: 3 is the Magic Number

  • 1. In Alexandre Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers', D'Artagnan joins with the three titular characters. What are their names?

  • 2. Name the first three 'Pirates of the Caribbean' films.

  • 3. On whom does Mark Antony call upon to "lend me your ears" in his speech in Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'?

  • 4. On three occasions there have been three sequential English/British monarchs who shared the same name (i.e. the three kings in a row had the same name). What were the three names of the kings?

Round 5: Where in the World?

  • 1. Rue de Rivoli, France

  • 2. Bennelong Point, Australia

  • 3. 1 Canada Square, UK

  • 4. 86 Brattle Street, USA

  • 5. 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, USA

  • 6. 350 Fifth Avenue, USA

  • 7. Boulevard de Parc, France

  • 8. Homey Airport, USA

Round 6: Numbers!

  • 1. How many King Louis's were there in the history of the French Monarchy?

  • 2. How old was the youngest medal winner at this year's Olympics?

  • 3. How old was Adele when she made her first album?

  • 4. What number does Spinal Taps amps turn up to?

  • 5. Which number sonnet is 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' from?

  • 6. Which 'Oceans' film starred Al Pacino?

  • 7. How many hours ahead is the further time zone + GMT?

  • 8. How many legal moves can a white choose from to open a game a chess?

  • 9. In minutes, how long is a quarter in an American Football game?

  • 10. What bingo call is 'Dancing Queen' used for?

Round 7: Closest to

  • 1. Xie Qiuping from China is the current holder of the title of the longest hair in the Guinness Book of World Records. She has held the record since 2004, when her hair was officially measured. How long was her hair at that point?

Round 8: Bad Movie Descriptions

  • 1. Woman's 'to do' list gets completed.

  • 2. A politician befriends a black guy and builds a boat.

  • 3. Amputee drives truck around Australia for 2 hours.

  • 4. Fat guy takes his clothes off in front of his mates.

  • 5. Couple gets disqualified from singing competition.

Round 9: Double Up (Be Unique!)

  • 1. BB

  • 2. CC

  • 3. FF

  • 4. GG

  • 5. KK

  • 6. MM

  • 7. RR

  • 8. PP

  • 9. TT

  • 10. ZZ