Round One: General Knowledge

Q. Which country gives a Christmas tree to the UK every year to be displayed in Trafalgar Square?

A. Norway

Q. Recently more than 250,000 people (and counting) signed a petition to ban who from entering the UK?

A. Donald Trump

Q. In a standard UK Monopoly game, the green set consists of Bond Street, Regent Street and which other?

A. Oxford Street

Q. Which drinks company uses a bat as its registered trade mark?

A. Bacardi

Q. What is the traditional gift given on 15th wedding anniversary?

A. Crystal

Q. Hippophobia is the fear of which creatures?

A. Horses

Q. “You talkin to me?” is a famous line from which film?

A. Taxi Driver

Q. Jon Snow is a fictional character in which TV series?

A. Game of Thrones

Q. Who joined Sir Alan Sugar as his right hand man in this year’s Apprentice?

A. Claude

Q. What is the name of Peppa Pig’s little brother?

A. George

Round Two: Model Making

Give each team a small ball of play-doh or blue tack and give them five minutes to create a full nativity scene.

(To be judged on: creativity, level of detail and characters included).

Round Three: What’s the next line? (Lyrics round)

The mood is right/The spirits up/We’re here tonight/And that’s enough/

A. Simply having a wonderful Christmas time

Paul McCartney Wonderful Christmas Time

Here’s to you/Raise a glass for everyone/Here’s to them/Underneath that burning sun

A. Do they know it’s Christmas time at all

Band Aid, Do They Know It’s Christmas

Hello from the other side/I must’ve called a thousand times/To tell you I’m sorry for everything that I’ve done

A. But when I call you never seem to be home

Adele, Hello

I just want to tell you how I’m feeling/Got to make you understand/Never gonna give you up/Never gonna let you down

A. Never gonna run around and desert you

Rick Astley, Never Gonna Give You Up

We’ll take this way too far/It’ll leave you breathless/Or with a nasty scar

A: Got a long list of ex-lovers

Taylor Swift, Blank Space

I feel my heart underneath my skin/And I feel my heart beating/Oh you make me feel

A: Like I’m alive again

Coldplay, Adventure of a Lifetime

They had a broken keyboard/I bought a broken keyboard/I bought a ski blanket

A: Then I bought a kneeboard.

Macklemore feat. Ryan Lewis, Thrift Shop

But he keeps on forgetting/what he wrote down/The whole crowd goes so loud

A: He opens his mouth, but the words won’t come out

Eminem, Lose Yourself

Some day you will find me/Caught beneath the landslide

A: In a champagne supernova in the sky

Oasis, Champagne Supernova

My sister will be suspicious/God your lips look delicious/My brother will be there at the door

A: Waves upon a tropical shore

Idina Menzel and Michael Buble, Baby it’s cold outside

Round Four: Picture Round

a) Soap foamb) Bubble wrapc) Crystal glass

a) Ceramic bowlb) Lipstickc) Red paint

a) Teabagb) Cotton woolc) A wig

a) X key on a keyboardb) Road markingsc) A stitch on a t-shirt

a) Cigaretteb) Apple Stalkc) Pepperami

a) Candleb) Curtain Polec) Spaghetti

a) Incense Stickb) A Biscuitc) Sawdust

a) Vinylb) Penc) Jupiter

a) Book Pagesb) Carpetc) Moustache

a) Brass Keyb) Tablec) Leather boot

a) Garden Ornamentb) Leather Brogue c) Cake

a) Snowflakeb) Parsnipc) Common Cold bacteria