Round 01Questions 01–05
Rhyme on Time
Every answer is a rhyming pair—let the definitions set the beat.
Question 1: What rhyming phrase describes an ideal line-up of exceptionally talented people, in sport or at work?
Question 2: What rhyming phrase describes a country losing highly skilled workers when they move abroad?
Question 3: What rhyming nickname describes a modern slang definition referring to someone who exploits or appropriates another community's lifestyle without giving proper credit or respect?
Question 4: When you get down to the essential, practical details of a matter, what rhyming expression have you got down to?
Question 5: What rhyming expression dismisses language as meaningless nonsense, especially jargon intended to sound impressive?
Round 02Questions 06–10
Peak Performance
Name the country whose highest mountain is given—no climbing gear required.
Question 6: Mount Fuji, a volcano whose near-symmetrical cone has inspired centuries of art.
Question 7: Kilimanjaro, also the highest mountain in Africa.
Question 8: Aconcagua, also the highest mountain in South America.
Question 9: Mount Elbrus, a twin-summited volcano in the Caucasus.
Question 10: Puncak Jaya, also called the Carstensz Pyramid, on the island of New Guinea.
Round 03Questions 11–15
Opening Gambits
Name the novel from its opening line. No turning to the back.
Question 11: Which novel begins, 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife'?
Question 12: Which novel begins, 'Call me Ishmael'?
Question 13: Which novel begins, 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen'?
Question 14: Which novel begins, 'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day'?
Question 15: Which novel begins, 'Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much'?
Round 04Questions 16–20
Nature Got There First
From fast trains to sticky feet, human ingenuity has some wild role models.
Question 16: Burrs clinging to his dog's fur inspired Swiss engineer George de Mestral to invent which branded hook-and-loop fastener?
Question 17: Before humans developed sonar, bats were navigating by listening to returning echoes. What is this natural ability called?
Question 18: Which small lizards can cling to glass using microscopic hairs on their toes, inspiring reusable dry adhesives?
Question 19: The long, pointed bill of which diving bird inspired the streamlined nose of Japan's 500 Series Shinkansen bullet trains?
Question 20: Which aquatic flower gives its name to the 'effect' in which water beads up and rolls off a leaf, carrying dirt away—a trick copied in self-cleaning coatings?
Round 05Questions 21–25
Dough You Know Me?
Name the dumpling or filled-pasta dish—little parcels, big ambitions.
Question 21: Which Italian filled pasta is typically made by sealing a filling between two thin sheets of dough, then cutting it into little squares?
Question 22: Which Polish dumplings are often filled with potato and fresh curd cheese, then boiled and sometimes fried?
Question 23: Which Japanese crescent-shaped dumplings, often filled with pork and cabbage, are commonly pan-fried and then steamed in the same pan?
Question 24: Which Turkish dish consists of small meat-filled dumplings, typically topped with garlic yoghurt and melted butter flavoured with red pepper?
Question 25: Which Georgian dumplings have pleated tops twisted into a knob and commonly contain meat and hot broth?
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