Round 1

1. Spelling: MANDATORY VACCINES

2. What is the maximum non-consecutive terms that a US President can serve? (22nd Amendment)
2

3. The Budweiser trademark dispute is one of the longest-running legal battles in history. The two Budweiser companies are based in which 2 countries?
USA & Czech Republic

4. What year was 1 year before 999 BC?
1000 BC

5. In Grease, when the National Bandstand was filming in the gym, Danny and Cha-Cha won by dancing to which song
Born To Hand Jive

6. Ivo Karlovic of Croatia (who holds the record for the fastest serve), once served a tennis ball faster than Concorde’s top speed?
FALSE (156mph serve v 1,354 mph Concorde)

7. Which of these contains more teaspoons of sugar: Can of Heinz tomato soup or a can of Pepsi?
Pepsi

8. Which film character has been played on-screen by both Alec Guinness & Ewan McGregor
Obi-Wan “Ben” Kenobi

9. Who are the current main sponsors of the English Football League Championship?
Sky Bet

10. The Brazilian War of Independence in 1822 saw Brazil break free from the United Kingdom of…. what?
Portugal

11. Which singer teamed up with Eurythmics on the song “Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves”?
Aretha Franklin

12. Which of these towns is closer to Gibraltar: Torremolinos | Benidorm | Santander
Torremolinos

Final Round

Connect 4

1. Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw what at George W. Bush in 2008?
Shoe

2. Which chemist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie

3. What small object made of metal links to Leonard Osborne & Freddie Spender?
Nail

4. Actors from which family both starred in Wall Street in 1987?
Sheen

5. Link: POLISH

Final 5

6. Which landmark is locally nicknamed “La dame de fer”?
Eiffel Tower (translate – the iron lady)

7. Who wrote the music to Torvill and Dean’s 1984 gold winning performance?
Maurice Ravel

8. With a net worth estimated to be around $16.27 billion, the richest man in Sweden is chairman of which company (a brand that is well known in the UK)?
H&M (Stefan Persson)

9. Who was the first female jockey to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup? + Which year was this?
Rachael Blackmore

10. Which queen gave her name to a group of five super-dreadnoughts built for the Royal Navy during the 1910s inclusing HMS Barham & HMS Warspite?
Queen Elizabeth (-class battleship)

 

Additional

Countdown

Answer: WALKABOUT

Letters: KOALA BUT W

Clue: A journey into the bush.

Catchphrase

1. Artic Monkeys
2. Wolf Of Wall Street
3. Jean Genie
4. Dragon Den
5. Billy Ocean
6. Rock n Roll Star
7. War Of The Worlds
8. The Life Of Pi
9. Petshop Boys
10. Don’t Put Too Many Irons Into The Fire

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Bonus / Tie Break Questions

Sir Captain Matthew Webb was the first man to swim the English Channel. Which year did he complete this challenge?

1875

(He raised over £2,400. It was his second attempt)