1. The last Mission Impossible film was announced this week, what is it called?Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2. Who has been announced to be stepping down from Match of the Day?Gary Lineker
3. Who has resigned after a report of a child abuse scandal?Archbishop of Canterbury (Justin Welby)
4. Which bank has stopped employees from using WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Skype on company devices?NatWest Group, to stop staff using them to communicate with each other (needs to be strictly business).
5. Bitcoin hit its record high (again) yesterday, what price did it hit in GBP or USD (nearest 10k)?£70k / $90k
6. Hwang Dong-hyuk lost how many teeth due to the stress of filming season one of Squid Game?8 or 9 (he said “eight or nine”)
7. What law has recently been proposed, making it legal for over 18s to do what?The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill - would make it legal for over-18s who are terminally ill to be given assistance to end their own life.
8. New Wicked toys have been printed with an incorrect link on the back that led to what?A porn website (wicked.com)
9. Who is competing in an upcoming professional boxing match on November 15th (both people for the point)?Jake Paul and Mike Tyson
10. Trump announced today that Elon Musk will be leading what new group?Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

1 point for artist, 1 point for title, 1 point for connection, out of 21

1. Intro - The xx
2. Eruption - Van Halen
3. Genesis - Justice
4. Da Funk - Daft Punk
5. Cliffs of Dover - Eric Johnson
6. T69 collapse - Aphex Twin
7. YYZ - Rush
8. Sandstorm - Darude
9. Aerodynamic - Daft Punk
10. Axel F - Harold Faltermeyer

Connection: All instrumental (no lyrics)

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1. Beyonce
2. Charli xcx
3. Donald Glover
4. Barack Obama
5. Donald Trump
6. Keir Starmer
7. Elon Musk
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Rihanna
10. Hugh Grant
11. Jenna Ortega
12. Jack Black

Example: Number of toes a human has (10) + number of days in a week (7) = 10 + 7 = 17 All answers will be integers (whole numbers), no decimal or fractional answers 2 points (1 for your working, 1 for correct answer)

1. Bones in the human body + number of cm in a m?206 + 100 = 306
2. Proverbially the number of lives a cat has × number of continents?9 * 7 = 63
3. Boiling point of water in Celsius - cents in a dime?100 - 10 = 90
4. Number represented by the Roman numeral XL ÷ Inches in a hand?40 / 4 = 10
5. Number of sides on a dodecagon + iPhone number?12 + 16 = 28
6. 6 minutes in seconds ÷ number of beers on tap?360 / 10 = 36
7. Number of years in a millennium × number of hands a monkey has?1000 × 2 = 2000 (also accept 1000 × 4 = 4000)
8. Ounces in a pound + number of planets in the solar system?16 + 8 = 24
9. Keys on a standard piano ÷ spider legs?88 / 8 = 11
10. Approximate population of the Earth + atomic number for Hydrogen?8,000,000,000 (8B) + 1 = 8,000,000,001

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. In which European city is the Charlottenburg palace?Berlin
2. The town of Arundel is in which county?West Sussex
3. Limnology is the study of what geographical feature?Lakes
4. How is the British singer Dylan Mills better known?Dizzee Rascal
5. Claude Monet was born in what century?19th (1840)
6. Dei donum appears on the coat of arms of which Scottish city?Dundee
7. The Megacorporation Buy N Large is a central organisation in which animated film?WALL-E
8. In which state is the exterior of Paddy’s Pub in It’s Always Sunny filmed?California (Los Angeles)
9. What type of vehicle was a Sunderland?Flying boat
10. A sidewinder is what type of creature?Snake