Host your own virtual event: RANDOM ROUNDS With virtual quizzes becoming so popular at the moment, we wanted to help you host your own events but with a difference. To mix things up a little, instead of just trivia style general knowledge questions, this pre-prepared quiz includes a selection of random rounds to really add some fun to your hosting duties and get the virtual party started!

Virtual Quiz Tips

1. Use a video platform such as Zoom or Skype and invite all participants to the meeting at a set day & time. Ensure they can all access the platform or download if required beforehand to reduce any technical delays.

2. Suggest all team members have a pen and paper at the ready, drinks and snacks are optional - but recommended!

3. Split the questions into even numbered rounds (for easier marking) and have each team take a photo of their answers after each round and send it to the host - WhatsApp works well. Round 1. Challenge your quizzers to list these SOCIALSOCIAL MEDIAMEDIA in order of most to least.

Questions Answers

1. Followers: Ricky Martin, Cardi B, Cardi B / Gary Lineker / Ricky Martin Gary Lineker

2. Followers: Lorraine Kelly, Dominic Calvert-Lewin / Jax Jones / Lorraine Kelly Jax Jones, DCL

3. TikTok Followers: Ant & Dec, Niall Horan, Ant & Dec / Billy Ray Cyrus / Niall Horan Billy Ray Cyrus

4. YouTube Subscribers: Molly Mae, Anthony Joshua, Anthony Joshua / F2Tekkz / Molly Mae F2Tekkz

5. Instagram Followers: David Beckham, Will Smith, David Beckham / Tom Cruise / Will Smith Tom Cruise

All answers correct as of April 2020

SHARE YOUR VIRTUAL EVENT FUN WITH US #NECSTAYATHOME FETCHFETCH THETHE ITEMITEM Round 2.

For this fun round, you’ll be challenging your contending quizzers to find items around their houses. To make it a little harder, the item will need to be worked out from each riddle. Each team should nominate one person to be the runner for each question before you read the riddle and start the guessing. The person that finds the correct item and brings it back to show on the screen wins. Take it in turns so everyone gets to join in the mayhem!

ITEM ONE ITEM TWO

Although this thing has a spine Sometimes to get inside a door It doesn’t have a face All you need to do is knock Although it is not clothing Other times you will need this thing It gets stored in a case So the door you can unlock Item needed: Book Item needed: Key

ITEM THREE ITEM FOUR

I’m something in your bedroom In the morning and at night You can find inside a case A tube of this should be squeezed I’m used by you every night So that your teeth can be cleaned As it’s where you rest your face And help keep your parents pleased Item needed: Pillow Item needed: Toothpaste

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ITEM FIVE ITEM SIX

If you have one of these I am often long and thin Then dry you will remain And get held inside a stick Hold it above your head My outside is made of wax It will keep off the rain And inside there is a wick Item needed: Umbrella Item needed: Candle

ITEM SEVEN ITEM EIGHT

I am something which is used This is something on a roll When you’re wrapping up But it’s not a plane about to fly someone’s gift It is found in a bathroom Because I am adhesive And comes in single or double-ply It means the paper doesn’t shift Item needed: Toilet paper Item needed: Sticky tape

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Get their brains ticking with these questions that rely a lot on ‘guestimating’! Organise your scoring system so the closest answer scores 2, second scores 1 and furthest scores nothing.

Questions Answers

1. In 2012, how much was Edvald Munch’s The Scream $119.9 million sold for in US Dollars?

2. In metres, how long is the Golden Gate Bridge? 2,737 metres

3. As per Wikipedia, how many episodes of the Simpsons 679 episodes have been aired to date?

4. How many league goals did Ian Wright score in 239 goals his career?

5. How long did record breaker Tom Sietas hold his breath 22mins, 22secs for underwater in 2012?

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This round is based on the popular TV quiz – Family Fortunes. For each round, the key is to get the most popular answer that was given when the same question was asked to a group of 100 people. For this round, teams must discuss and choose one answer that you think was the most popular answer. Feel free to award points for some of the other less popular answers if you wish, we’ll leave the scoring system up to you!

1. Name something you might find in 2. Name something you should take your bathroom. with you on holiday. And the top 5 answers were... And the top 5 answers were... Bath Passport Toilet Suitcase Shower Money Mirror Sunblock Cabinet Phrase book

3. Name something both men and 4. Name something you spread. women wear. And the top 5 answers were... And the top 5 answers were... Trousers Butter T-Shirt Jam/Marmalade Jeans Margarine Glasses Bed Sheets Tracksuit Germs

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5. Name something that gets dirty. 6. Name something you might do to And the top 5 answers were... your hair. And the top 5 answers were... Car Shoes Wash It Bath/Shower Comb/Brush Floor Plait Teeth Cut Dye

7. Name something you might catch. 8. Name someone who wears white And the top 5 answers were... gloves to work. And the top 5 answers were... Fish Doctor A Cold Dentist Bus Clown Ball Mime Train Magician

9. Name a type of seafood. 10. Name something you might see at a football match And the top 5 answers were... And the top 5 answers were...

Fish Footballers Crab Pitch Lobster Football Shrimp/Prawn Goals Squid Fans

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For this round, it’s easier if you create a playlist on your music streaming platform. Find the below songs to add and play each song for 10-15 seconds. Some of these really get the brain ticking…

1. BBC Wimbledon Tennis Theme

2. Antiques Roadshow Theme

3. Ecce Homo Que Est Faba (from Mr. Bean Theme)

4. The Show Theme

5. Ski Sunday Theme

6. Come Dine with Me Theme

7. Holby City Theme

8. Blind Date Theme

9. Bullseye Theme

10. Countdown Theme

11. The Crystal Maze Theme

12. Knight Rider Theme

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Questions Answers

1. What is Harry Potter’s middle name? James

2. What is the most eaten food in the world? Rice

3. What watercraft travels underwater? Submarine

4. What is the largest land animal? African Elephant

5. What is a canine? Dog

6. What is the yellow of an egg called? Yolk

7. Name an instrument that begins with the letter X? Xylophone

8. What is the name of Beauty in ‘Beauty and the Beast’? Belle

9. What country would I be in if I was having lunch Spain in Barcelona?

10. In Thomas the Tank Engine, what colour train is Percy? Green

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