Between January and April I posted over a dozen “Oven-ready quiz rounds”, for reasons explained in this introductory piece. I return to the theme now, with two short rounds (5 questions in each) about The Beatles and Games.

The Beatles

Here are 5 questions about the Beatles (John Paul George and Ringo). The answers to three of them are song titles. The other two answers are band members. We only need the first name. No extra points for knowing the full names, or birth names, of any of the Fab Four.

1 Which Beatles release was the UK’s best-selling single of the 1960s?

2 Which Beatle was the first to become a grandfather?

3 What was the title of the Beatles song that reached #1 in the UK in November 2023?

4 On the cover of the album “Abbey Road”, which Beatle is barefoot?

5 According to the Official Chart Company, what is the most streamed Beatles song in the UK?

Games

Snooker, Darts, Chess, Scrabble, Monopoly: Most of us have tried them, or watched them being played, at least once. Here are 5 questions about these leisure pursuits.

1 In Scrabble, what is the only letter that is worth exactly 5 points?

2 On a dartboard, what number is directly opposite the 20? [If you want to compare a dartboard to a clock, the number 20 is at 12 o’clock; so, what number would be at 6 o’clock?]

3 What is the value of the brown ball in snooker?

4 In chess, which pieces can only move diagonally, and always remain on squares that are the same colour as the one they start on?

5 On a Monopoly board [the usual, classic, London edition of the game], starting at Go and heading clockwise, what is the name of the first station that you come to?