House of Games: Question Smash: 104 New, Classic and Fiendishly Difficult Rounds

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Test your celebrity knowledge with these questions. We’ve given you the first name or names of famous people’s children, and it’s your quizzers’ jobs to say who their parents are. Distinctly Average ( first played on Episode 1): The pairs are given questions which they must write answers to on their tablet computers, and the average of their answers is taken as their answer, and the closest pair to the correct answer win themselves a point. What is the name of the song that begins with the lyrics: ‘It’s a God-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair’? Mouse of Games ( first played on Episode 4): The team are shown a short description of a film, which has had one letter from its original title changed. The players have to give the answer to the description of this changed title for a point. They're also given the year of the release of the original film.

And The Answer Isn't ( first played on Episode 5): Each player is given a question with 4 possible answers. One is correct, but the other 3 are false answers created by the celebrities who aren't answering this question. They need to find the correct answer for a point. Pret A Manger is a popular sandwich chain in the UK, but what does the French name mean in English?What is the first Railway station after GO on a UK Monopoly board and a set of cryptic clues found in newspapers? Osman sits on a chair to the left of the screen, while the 4 celebrities sit on adjoining chairs. Osman hits a button on his table which activates a round generator, which is displayed on a big screen. He then explains what the round is about and in what format it will take place (i.e., whether it's a buzzer round, a pairs round, or one where the players require use of their tablet computers.). Five rounds are played each day, with the final round always being "Answer Smash". In most games, a point is awarded for a correct answer, but in "Answer Smash", points are also deducted for incorrect answers. This country singer and actor who sang, ‘Live Like You Were Dying’ is married to Faith Hill and loves sushi. This character by J. K. Rowling is linked with an insect which lives on a cellulose, wood, grass and vegetative diet.

For this round, you have to answer each question as normal, with the final question tying them all together. Which two musicians collaborated on Another Way to Die, the theme song to 2008’s 007: Quantum of Solace? Which 2014 Seth Rogan film caused the North Korean government to threaten action against the United States? Conchita Wurst won Eurovision for Austria, Scotland held an independence referendum and voted ‘no’, and Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away. Characters in this show include a dog called Eddie, a Mancunian carer called Daphne, and a character called Maris who’s never seen.What’s in a Name 9 Questions (I have used Richard Osman but you can adapt to include friends and family names) The PowerPoint has Macro and VBA Programming to make “Z-A ” round work so you must enable Macros to run** What's in a Name? ( first played on Episode 2): The players are given statements, of which the answer comes from the full name of the celebrities. Each celebrity has 2 answers come from their name, and a point is given for a correct answer, but if the celebrity gets a correct answer from their own name, they get 2 points.

The rules are simple; you get two clues and you must ‘smash’ the answers together to get a new answer which links and blends both together. Sometimes the answers are linked, and sometimes the two answers make a brand new word when smashed together! Is It Me? ( first played on Episode 1): Each team member is given a card with something specific on it. Osman asks questions and each player must raise their card up if they think that the answer on the card is correct to the statement, and lower their card if they don't think it relates to them. Tablet games This Round Is in Code ( first played on Episode 3): The players are given a category, and answers are shown in alpha-numeric code (i.e. A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.). The players have to unscramble the codes to get a point. Was Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins the better lead singer? Who cares, this band was a favourite of my mother’s daughter. What is the popular name for the tallest and oldest living trees in the world, and who played a starring role in Natural Born Killers and also White Men Can’t Jump?Solve each of the 3 puzzles by matching pairs. One answer will be left over each time. For the final puzzle, what do the three left over answers have in common.