Round 0 - Team Name
Decide on a team name. The best named team, as judged by myself, will receive 2 bonus points. The second best 1 bonus point.
Round 1 - In The News
1. Two brothers were recently charged for fighting police offers at which UK airport?
2. What artist secured Christmas #1 for the second year running?
3. What was the most watched thing on Christmas day tv this year?
4. Which Coronation Street character had their final episode on the soap after 50 years over Christmas?
5. King Charles’s Christmas speech was the first in a decade to be recorded outside of where?
6. A busker in Cambridge gained attention over the Christmas period for his act of busking inside of what?
7. What regular event in Stormont NI, broke its attendance record for Christmas day?
8. On the topic, Northern Ireland also recorded its highest ever what on Christmas Eve?
9. After 248 years, the USA declared what to be their national bird on Christmas eve?
10. The best preserved what was recently recovered by scientists in the Siberian permafrost
Round 2 - 1-10
In this round there are 10 questions and the answer to each is a number from 1-10. Each number is the answer to one question only. So if you don’t know it, there’s still a 1/10 chance of guessing right!
1. Number of countries Antarctica is split between
2. Binary number 1001 in decimal terms
3. Number of phases of the moon
4. Number of clubs Ryan Giggs played for in his senior career
5. Number of studio albums Nirvana released
6. Number of mainline fast and furious films
7. Duration in years of the second world war
8. Number of sports in Wii sports
9. Atomic Number of Helium
10. Number of chambers in the heart
Round 3 - Music
As per usual, 1 mark for the song name and 1 mark for the artist. A further 2 bonus points for getting the link between the songs. The scores from this round will be multiplied by 0.75 to balance out points with the other rounds.
Round 4 - Me, Myself and AI
Probably the scariest round I’ve ever made. Below you’ll find 10 categories taken from the British Photography awards. In each category there are two photos. An actual photo that was nominated for the award, and an AI created image. All you have to do is tell me which is the real photo. Answer A for the left photo and B for the right photo.
Round 5 - Rank of 3
A round many found difficult a couple of years ago. Lets see if it creates the same troubles this year.
All you have to do is rank the lists below from most to least, highest to lowest etc
1. Rank these UK cities by how north they are (most to least):
i. Manchester
ii. Sheffield
iii. Leeds
2. Rank the value of these studs from Lego video games from highest to lowest:
i. Silver
ii. Blue
iii. Purple
3. Rank these songs by how long they stayed at number 1 on the UK charts(longest to shortest)
i. Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
ii. Imagine – John Lennon
iii. Mr Brightside – The Killers
4. Rank these songs by Spotify streams (most to least)
i. Don’t look back in anger – Oasis
ii. Imagine – John Lennon
iii. Mr Brightside – The Killers
5. Rank these countries by how many colours their flags have (most to least)
i. South Africa
ii. Brazil
iii. New Zealand
6. Rank these actors by Oscars won (most to least)
i. Tom Hanks
ii. Meryl Streep
iii. Peter O’Toole
7. Rank these drivers by Grand prix victories (most to least)
i. Michael Schumacher
ii. Lewis Hamilton
iii. Sebastian Vettel
8. Rank these prime ministers by how long they held the position for (across all terms, longest to shortest)
i. Winston Churchill
ii. Tony Blair
iii. Margaret Thatcher
9. Rank these materials by density (most to least)
i. Calcium
ii. Gold
iii. Iron
10. Rank these distances from longest to shortest
i. 1 mile
ii. 2 kilometres
iii. 2000 yards
Round 6 - Children's TV themes
All you have to do in this round is tell me the children’s tv show these theme tunes come from. They’ve been selected from a wide range of eras so don’t worry if you’re a more mature child…
Round 7 - Brands That Built Britain
Below are zoomed in pictures from 12 classic British brands. Some are modern logos and some are older variations. Just tell me the name of the brand.
Round 8 - 2024 Year in Review
The fan favourite year in review round. All of the events below happened within 2024. You just have to tell me which month each event happened in. There is only one event per month of the year. Use the events as the questions and the months as the answers.
1. Taylor Swift releases her 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” setting a Spotify record for over 300 million streams in one day.
2. Extreme flash flooding in Spain’s south-eastern Valencia region
3. King Charles diagnosed with cancer
4. Eurovision Song Contest won by Nemo from Switzerland
5. UK holds a general election
6. 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings commemorated in Normandy
7. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin resigns in the wake of a report into a church sex abuser.
8. A bridge spanning the harbour in Maryland is hit by a container ship destroying it.
9. Donald Trump narrowly avoids assassination as bullet grazes his ear
10. United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shot and killed outside a hotel in Manhattan, New York
11. Keir Starmer condemns escalated right-wing violence around the country aimed at immigrants and ethnic groups and promises to accelerate court sentencing.
12. Luke Littler becomes the youngest finalist of the PDC World Darts Championship at the age of 16 years (supposedly…)