1

Chicago born Robert Prevost, or Bob to his friends, made the news last Thursday, why?

2

Awarded for the first time in 1929, what awards ceremony was first held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel? 

3

“What is the official language of Bahrain, Kuwait and Morocco?”

4

Name these four Italian, Serie A football clubs.

5

On a six sided dice what number is always opposite to one?

6

Name any president of the USA who has won a Nobel Peace Prize except Barack Obama. There are threeto choose from

7

Name any country in Africa that starts with the.letter G, except Ghana.. There are four to choose from

8

Name the countries where you might find these natural landmarks

9

Name any actor who has played the part of Obi Wan Kenobi in any official Star Wars film? 

** not including voice actors

10

100 hundred people were given 100 seconds to name as many golfers as they could who appeared in the 2023 Ryder Cup in golf between Europe and the USA- You will get one point for s correct answer. Two points for a name that fewer than ten people named and three points if they give a correct name that nobody mentioned. There are 24 possible answers.

11

Name these four computer games

12

Two answers required here, what are the two most populated cities in Egypt?

13

What was the title of the 2019 film which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film and was described by its creator as “a comedy without clowns and a tragedy without villains.”

14

Name these four people, all of whom have served as Chancellor of Germany

15

Name any one of the three Asian countries that meet at the Golden Triangle, the point where the Mekong River meets the Ruak Rivers

16

Which Eastern European country, a member of the EU,  removed its king (Tsar) Simeon Borisov, in 1946 only to elect the same man as Prime minister in 2001?

17

Timbuktu is an ancient city but not the capital of which African country?

18

Name these four US artists

19

In a recent vote run by a radio station in the UK, which 1984 hit by George Michael was voted to be Britain’s favourite song of all time?

20

In English it is called cauliflower, in Swedish Blomkål, it comes in many colours but what colour is most common?

21

According to their creators, Nintendo, who is the  older twin, Mario or Luigi?

22

You will hear excerpts from three songs, each of them comes from a famous stage and movie musical, name the three songs and name the three musicals. 

 

1

He became Pope Leo XIV

2

The Academy Awards. (Oscars)

3

Arabic

4

a. Juventus
b. AS Roma
c. AC Milan
d. Fiorentina

5

Six

6

Jimmy Carter

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

7

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Gabon

8

a. Australia – Great Barrier Reef
b. Nepal or China – Mount Everest
c. Brazil – Rio Bay
d. Zimbabwe – Victoria Falls
e. Mexico – Paricutin Volcano
f. USA – Grand Canyon

9

Alec Guinness or

Even McGregor

10

1 POINT
Jordan Spieth

Rory McIlroy 

Viktor Hovland

Justin Rose

Nicolai Hojgaard

Ludvig Abergs

2 POINTS

Tommy Fleetwood

Rickie Fowler

Sepp Straka

Shane Lowry

3 POINTS

Tyrrell Hatton

Jon Rahm

Brian Harman

Scottie Scheffler

Matt Fitzpatrick

Robert MacIntyre

Patrick Cantlay

Max Homa

Xander Schauffele

Brooks Koepka

Justin Thomas

Sam Burn

Collin Morikawa

Wyndham Clark

11

a. Super Mario Brothers 1985
b. Assassins Creed 2007
c. Tetris 1985
d. Minecraft 2009 

12

Cairo

Alexandria

13

Parasite

14

a. Otto von Bismark
b. Willy Brandt
c. Helmut Kohl
d. Angela Merkel

15

Thailand

Myanmar

Laos

16

Bulgaria 

17

Mali

18

a. Roy Lichtenstein
b. Andy Warhol
c. Jackson Pollock
d. Jean Michel Basquiat

19

Careless Whispers

20

White

21

Mario

22

a. Defying Gravity
b. Wicked
c. Memory
d. Cats
e. America
f. West Side Story

1

Chicago born Robert Prevost, or Bob to his friends, made the news last Thursday, why?

2

Awarded for the first time in 1929, what awards ceremony was first held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel? 

3

“What is the official language of Bahrain, Kuwait and Morocco?”

4

Name these four Italian, Serie A football clubs.

5

On a six sided dice what number is always opposite to one

6

Name any president of the USA who has won a Nobel Peace Prize. There are four to choose from

7

Name any country in Africa that starts with the.letter G, except Ghana.

8

Name the countries where you might find these natural landmarks

9

Name any actor who has played the part of Obi Wan Kenobi in any official Star Wars film? 

** not including voice actors

10

100 hundred people were given 100 seconds to name as many golfers as they could who appeared in the 2023 Ryder Cup in golf between Europe and the USA- You will get one point for s correct answer. Two points for a name that fewer than ten people named and three points if they give a correct name that nobody mentioned. There are 24 possible answers.

 

** There are no two point answers 

11

Name these four computer games

12

Two answers required here, what are the two most populated cities in Egypt?

13

What was the title of the 2019 film which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film and was described by its creator as “a comedy without clowns and a tragedy without villains.”

14

Name these four people, all of whom have served as Chancellor of Germany

15

Name any one of the three Asian countries that meet at the Golden Triangle, the point where the Mekong River meets the Ruak Rivers

16

Which Eastern European country, a member of the EU,  removed its king (Tsar) Simeon Borisov, in 1946 only to elect the same man as Prime minister in 2001?

17

Timbuktu is an ancient city but not the capital of which African country?

18

Name these four US artists

19

In a recent vote run by a radio station in the UK, which 1984 hit by George Michael was voted to be Britain’s favourite song of all time?

20

In English it is called cauliflower, in Swedish Blomkål, it comes in many colours but what colour is most common?

21

According to their creators, Nintendo, who is the  older twin, Mario or Luigi?

22

You will hear excerpts from three songs, each of them comes from a famous stage and movie musical, name the three songs and name the three musicals. 

 

1

He became Pope Leo XIV

2

The Academy Awards. (Oscars)

3

Arabic

4

a. Juventus
b. AS Roma
c. AC Milan
d. Fiorentina

5

Six

6

Jimmy Carter

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

7

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Gabon

8

a. Australia – Great Barrier Reef
b. Nepal or China – Mount Everest
c. Brazil – Rio Bay
d. Tanzania – Victoria Falls
e. Mexico – Paricutin Volcano
f. USA – Grand Canyon

9

Alec Guinness or

Even McGregor

10

1 POINT
Jordan Spieth

Rory McIlroy 

Viktor Hovland

Justin Rose

Nicolai Hojgaard

Ludvig Abergs

2 POINTS

Tommy Fleetwood

Rickie Fowler

Sepp Straka

Shane Lowry

3 POINTS

Tyrrell Hatton

Jon Rahm

Brian Harman

Scottie Scheffler

Matt Fitzpatrick

Robert MacIntyre

Patrick Cantlay

Max Homa

Xander Schauffele

Brooks Koepka

Justin Thomas

Sam Burn

Collin Morikawa

Wyndham Clark

11

a. Super Mario Brothers 1985
b. Assassins Creed 2007
c. Tetris 1985
d. Minecraft 2009 

12

Cairo

Alexandria

13

Parasite

14

a. Otto von Bismark
b. Willy Brandt
c. Helmut Kohl
d. Angela Merkel

15

Thailand

Myanmar

Laos

16

Bulgaria 

17

Mali

18

a. Roy Lichtenstein
b. Andy Warhol
c. Jackson Pollock
d. Jean Michel Basquiat

19

Careless Whispers

20

White

21

Mario

22

a. Defying Gravity
b. Wicked
c. Memory
d. Cats
e. America
f. West Side Story

1

Chicago born Robert Prevost, or Bob to his friends, made the news last Thursday, why?

2

Awarded for the first time in 1929, what awards ceremony was first held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel? 

3

“What is the official language of Bahrain, Kuwait and Morocco?”

4

Name these four Italian, Serie A football clubs.

5

On a six sided dice what number is always opposite to one

6

Name any president of the USA who has won a Nobel Peace Prize. There are four to choose from

7

Name any country in Africa that starts with the.letter G, except Ghana.

8

Name the countries where you might find these natural landmarks

9

Name any actor who has played the part of Obi Wan Kenobi in any official Star Wars film? 

** not including voice actors

10

100 hundred people were given 100 seconds to name as many golfers as they could who appeared in the 2023 Ryder Cup in golf between Europe and the USA- You will get one point for s correct answer. Two points for a name that fewer than ten people named and three points if they give a correct name that nobody mentioned. There are 24 possible answers.

 

** There are no two point answers 

11

Name these four computer games

12

Two answers required here, what are the two most populated cities in Egypt?

13

What was the title of the 2019 film which won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Film and was described by its creator as “a comedy without clowns and a tragedy without villains.”

14

Name these four people, all of whom have served as Chancellor of Germany

15

Name any one of the three Asian countries that meet at the Golden Triangle, the point where the Mekong River meets the Ruak Rivers

16

Which Eastern European country, a member of the EU,  removed its king (Tsar) Simeon Borisov, in 1946 only to elect the same man as Prime minister in 2001?

17

Timbuktu is an ancient city but not the capital of which African country?

18

Name these four US artists

19

In a recent vote run by a radio station in the UK, which 1984 hit by George Michael was voted to be Britain’s favourite song of all time?

20

In English it is called cauliflower, in Swedish Blomkål, it comes in many colours but what colour is most common?

21

According to their creators, Nintendo, who is the  older twin, Mario or Luigi?

22

You will hear excerpts from three songs, each of them comes from a famous stage and movie musical, name the three songs and name the three musicals. 

 

1

He became Pope Leo XIV

2

The Academy Awards. (Oscars)

3

Arabic

4

a. Juventus
b. AS Roma
c. AC Milan
d. Fiorentina

5

Six

6

Jimmy Carter

Woodrow Wilson

Theodore Roosevelt

7

Gambia

Guinea

Guinea Bissau

Gabon

8

a. Australia – Great Barrier Reef
b. Nepal or China – Mount Everest
c. Brazil – Rio Bay
d. Tanzania – Victoria Falls
e. Mexico – Paricutin Volcano
f. USA – Grand Canyon

9

Alec Guinness or

Even McGregor

10

1 POINT
Jordan Spieth

Rory McIlroy 

Viktor Hovland

Justin Rose

Nicolai Hojgaard

Ludvig Abergs

2 POINTS

Tommy Fleetwood

Rickie Fowler

Sepp Straka

Shane Lowry

3 POINTS

Tyrrell Hatton

Jon Rahm

Brian Harman

Scottie Scheffler

Matt Fitzpatrick

Robert MacIntyre

Patrick Cantlay

Max Homa

Xander Schauffele

Brooks Koepka

Justin Thomas

Sam Burn

Collin Morikawa

Wyndham Clark

11

a. Super Mario Brothers 1985
b. Assassins Creed 2007
c. Tetris 1985
d. Minecraft 2009 

12

Cairo

Alexandria

13

Parasite

14

a. Otto von Bismark
b. Willy Brandt
c. Helmut Kohl
d. Angela Merkel

15

Thailand

Myanmar

Laos

16

Bulgaria 

17

Mali

18

a. Roy Lichtenstein
b. Andy Warhol
c. Jackson Pollock
d. Jean Michel Basquiat

19

Careless Whispers

20

White

21

Mario

22

a. Defying Gravity
b. Wicked
c. Memory
d. Cats
e. America
f. West Side Story