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🎸 Noughties UK Music 5/5

1. Which Sheffield band's 2006 debut album, 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not', was at the time the fastest-selling debut album in UK chart history? (Name the band)
✓ Arctic Monkeys
2. Cheryl, Nadine, Nicola, Kimberley and Sarah were put together as Girls Aloud in 2002 on which ITV talent show? (Full name of the show)
✓ Popstars the rivals
3. So Solid Crew went to number one on the UK Singles Chart in August 2001 with a garage track named after how long each MC got on the mic. What number is in the song's title?
✓ 21
4. In 2003, aged 19, Dizzee Rascal became the youngest-ever winner of the Mercury Prize. What was the title of his winning debut album?
✓ Boy in the corner
'Boy in the Corner' accepted for 'Boy in da Corner'.
5. In December 2003 The Darkness's 'Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)' led the midweek chart but was kept off Christmas number one by a slow cover of a Tears for Fears song. Name that song.
✓ Mad World

⚡ Back to the Future 2/5

1. In Back to the Future, what speed must the DeLorean reach to travel through time? (Number and units)
✓ 88
2. In Back to the Future Part II, what exact date in the future do Marty and Doc travel to? (Day, month and year)
✗ 08/11/2015
Answer: 21 October 2015
So close: right year, but they arrive on 21 October, not 8 November.
3. Behind the scenes: which actor was originally cast as Marty McFly and filmed for several weeks before being replaced by Michael J. Fox? (Full name)
✗ Don't know
Answer: Eric Stoltz
4. In Back to the Future Part III, what false name does Marty give himself when he arrives in the Old West in 1885? (Full name)
✓ Clint Eastwood
5. In the original film, lightning strikes the Hill Valley clock tower on Saturday 12 November 1955. At exactly what time? (Hours and minutes)
✗ 5pm
Answer: 10:04 pm

🌱 Gardening 2/5

1. Which world-famous RHS flower show is held every May in the grounds of the Royal Hospital in London? (Name of the show)
✓ Chelsea
2. Mophead hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) tend to produce blue flowers in acid soil. What colour do the same plants usually turn in alkaline (chalky or limy) soil? (One colour)
✓ Pink
3. Which garden pest has bright red adults about 8mm long, while its grubs hide under a coat of their own wet black excrement as they strip the leaves of lilies and fritillaries? (Common name)
✗ Ladybird
Answer: Lily beetle
4. The great 18th-century landscape gardener known as 'Capability' Brown was born in Kirkharle, Northumberland, in 1716. What was his real first name?
✗ Leonard
Answer: Lancelot
One letter-swap too far: Leonard isn't Lancelot.
5. Britain's best-known cooking apple, the Bramley, grew from a pip planted by a girl called Mary Ann Brailsford in the early 1800s, and the original tree still survives. In which Nottinghamshire town is it? (Town name)
✗ Sherwood
Answer: Southwell

⛏️ Minecraft 2/5

1. Which green Minecraft mob silently creeps up on you, hisses, and then explodes? Its design famously began as a mistake while Notch was modelling a pig. (Mob name)
✓ Creeper
2. In 'A Minecraft Movie' (released April 2025), which actor played Steve? (Actor's name)
✓ Jack Black
3. What is the MINIMUM number of obsidian blocks needed to build a working Nether portal frame? (A number)
✗ 12
Answer: 10
The four corners are optional, so the minimum is 10.
4. In 2014 Microsoft bought Mojang, the Swedish company behind Minecraft. To the nearest half-billion, how many US dollars did Microsoft pay?
✗ 1.5 billion
Answer: $2.5 billion
5. The original Minecraft soundtrack, including much-loved tracks such as 'Sweden' and 'Wet Hands', was composed by Daniel Rosenfeld. What is his alphanumeric stage name?
✗ Dan355
Answer: C418

🚇 London Underground Routes 5/5

1. Easy one to start. What colour is the Central line on the Tube map?
✓ Red
2. You're at Heathrow Airport and want to get to Cockfosters with no changes. Which Underground line do you take? (Name the line)
✓ Piccadilly
3. The Northern line extension that opened in 2021 runs from Kennington to Battersea Power Station. Name the only station in between.
✓ Nine Elms
4. You're on the Jubilee line at Canary Wharf, heading east towards Stratford. What's the next station?
✓ North Greenwich
5. The Victoria line runs from Brixton to Walthamstow Central. Three of its stations are south of the River Thames. Name all three.
✓ Vauxhall Stockwell brixton

⚽ Football Superstars 3/5

1. Erling Haaland set the Premier League record for goals in a single season, 36 in 2022-23. Which country does he play international football for?
✓ Norway
2. Jude Bellingham joined Real Madrid in summer 2023 for an initial fee of 103 million euros. Which club did he leave to join them? (Club name)
✓ Borussia Dortmund
3. Which Barcelona and Spain midfielder became the first player to win the women's Ballon d'Or three times, winning it in 2023, 2024 and 2025?
✗ Maria Sanchez
Answer: Aitana Bonmatí
Putellas won before her, but the three-time winner is Aitana Bonmatí.
4. In 2024, which Spanish midfielder became the first Manchester City player to win the men's Ballon d'Or, collecting the award on crutches after a knee injury? (Name as he is commonly known)
✓ Rodri
5. Before he joined Chelsea in January 2014, Mohamed Salah played his first European club football in Switzerland. Which Swiss club signed him from Egypt in 2012?
✗ Zurich
Answer: FC Basel

🎤 UK TV Talent Shows 3/5

1. Which mobile-phone salesman from Port Talbot sang 'Nessun dorma' on his way to winning the very first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007? (Full name)
✓ Paul Potts
2. Which X Factor winner had the 2008 Christmas number one with a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'? (Name the singer)
✓ Alexandra Burke
3. Which presenter of the ITV talent show Opportunity Knocks was known for the catchphrase "I mean that most sincerely, folks"? (Full name)
✗ Les Dawson
Answer: Hughie Green
Les Dawson hosted the BBC revival. The 'most sincerely' catchphrase belonged to Hughie Green.
4. Which newsreader, partnered by Brendan Cole, won the very first series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2004? (Full name)
✓ Natasha Kaplinsky
5. Who won the first series of The Voice UK in 2012 as a member of Sir Tom Jones's team? (Full name)
✗ Andrea Begley
Answer: Leanne Mitchell
Andrea Begley won series 2 (2013). Leanne Mitchell won the first series.