1. What was Donald Trump doing in Pennsylvania this week?Working at a McDonalds
2. Mattel and Aardman are teaming up to develop a new stop-motion animation TV series of which beloved TV show first shown in 1990?Pingu
3. Lionsgate and Luca Guadagnino are set to reboot which cult classic 2000 horror film?American Psycho
4. Name any 2 bands/artists added to the Performer Category of the Rock and Roll hall of fame? (1 point for each)Ozzy Osbourne / Kool & The Gang / A Tribe Called Quest / Dave Matthews Band / Mary J. Blige / Cher / Foreigner / Peter Frampton
5. Which film character has been given an official British passport from the home office?Paddington Bear (Brown)
6. Liam Payne died recently in which country?Buenos Aires, Argentina
7. What part of Newcastle was there an explosion that destroyed 3 homes?Benwell
8. A Christmas, 25th Anniversary special is set to premiere in December for which children’s TV show in stop motion?SpongeBob SquarePants
9. How has Elon Musk been encouraging voters to sign his petition to support Donald Trump in the presidential contest?Giving them $1 million
10. What has the NHS asked the public to do in order to help fix the NHS?Asking people to submit their own ideas (like adding a Wetherspoons to help morale)

Name the artist, and song title, 1 point each, and there is a connection

1. thank u, next - Ariana Grande
2. Royals - Lorde
3. Instant Crush - Daft Punk, Julian Casablancas
4. bad guy - Billie Eilish
5. Diet Pepsi - Addison Rae
6. Love Me - The 1975
7. Rush - Troye Sivan
8. Ginseng Strip 2002 - Yung Lean
9. Nasty - Tinashe
10. Bunny Is A Rider - Caroline Polachek
11. TiK ToK - Kesha

Connection: All featuring artists on brat

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1. (Yorkshire) Wensleydale cheese
2. Cheddar Cheese
3. Stilton Cheese
4. Melton Mowbray Pork Pie
5. Cornish Clotted Cream
6. Jersey Royal Potatoes
7. Newcastle Brown Ale (protected until 2007)
8. Irish Cream
9. Scotch Whisky
10. Bramley Apple
11. Vale of Evesham asparagus
12. Yorkshire Rhubarb

Example: Anyone but You / Twisters = Glen Powell or Black Swan/Thor = Natalie Portman

1. Bridge of Spies / DunkirkMark Rylance
2. Inception / Shutter IslandLeonardo DiCaprio
3. Fantastic Four (2005) / LightyearChris Evans
4. Borderlands / Thor: RagnarokCate Blanchett
5. Call Me By Your Name / Little WomenTimothee Chalamet
6. Megamind / The Wolf of Wall StreetJonah Hill
7. Hellboy / Pacific RimRon Perlman
8. Mamma Mia! / Sophie’s ChoiceMeryl Streep
9. Mother! / Silver Linings PlaybookJennifer Lawrence
10. Wicked (2024) / Men in Black: InternationalAriana Grande
11. What film are all of these actors in?Don’t Look Up

So to remind, +2 points for every correct answer, -2 for every wrong answer, and +10 if you get all 10 correct, so 30 points up for grabs

1. What year did construction of the Berlin Wall begin?1961
2. What is the common name for people who prefer to be called Yupik?Eskimos
3. Which word in computing is used to describe half of a byte?Nibble
4. How much is the letter “H” worth in scrabble?4
5. After how many years is a wooden anniversary?5
6. The flowers of the curry tree are what color?White
7. What is the fin on the back of a whale called?Dorsal
8. What zodiac sign would you have if you were born today?Scorpio (also accept Libra)
9. What is the Taj Mahal built with?Marble
10. What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time (highest grossing) (not adjusted for inflation)?It