Pastimes 1
1. On a standard British Monopoly board, if you are on Free Parking and roll a five, on which property would you land?
Fenchurch street station
2. What is the name given to the activity where participants use GPS or mobile phone and maps to hide and seek containers at specific locations marked by coordinates all over the world.
Geocaching
3. 360 Varial, Ollie, Nollie, and Frontside Air are terms in what pastime?
Skateboarding
4. What is the name of the tennis game that is considered to be the first video arcade game?
Pong
5. What is the name of the pastime where people throw themselves down hills in large plastic balls?
Zorbing
6. Researchers in Australia's Queensland University announced in 2011 that doing what for 6 hours a day reduces life expectancy by five years?
Watching TV
7. Which card game has the same name as a Portuguese resort?
Faro
8. Released in July 2016, which Nintendo video game used GPS to search & capture virtual creatures?
Pokemon Go
9. What Latin ballroom dance alludes to bullfighting and means 'double step'?
Paso Doble
10. In which pastime would you use a creel?
Fishing
Pastimes 2
1. Gurning is a (sometimes competitive) activity involving distortion of what?
One's face
2. A Treskilling Yellow holds the record auction price for what collectable?
Postage stamp
3. What two types of dance are also parts of the NATO phonetic alphabet?
Foxtrot & Tango
4. In the classic version of monopoly, if you were on water works and rolled a two, which square would you land on?
Go To Jail
5. What handicraft takes its name from the French word for hook?
Crochet
6. In surfing, men in grey suits are what?
Sharks
7. In the Mario computer games, what is the name of Mario’s brother?
Luigi
8. What do cruciverbalists create?
Crosswords
9. What is the colour of the number 13 on a roulette wheel?
Black
10. Round the Clock, Hare and Hounds, Cricket and Shanghai are all games played on which type of board?
Darts
Pastimes 3
1. In which pastime would you use a French knot or a gros point?
Embroidery
2. In popular culture what are Devils bones?
Dice
3. What is the name of the oblong metal ring with a spring clip, used in mountaineering to attach a running rope to a piton?
Carabineer
4. Rappelling is another name for which pastime
Abseiling
5. What does a funambulist enjoy doing?
Tightrope walking
6. What would you be doing if you are using Punch and twists, tulip twists and the three bubble roll-through?
Balloon modelling
7. In Contract Bridge what are used to denote the four players' positions?
The points of the compass
8. Double Dutch and Dipsy Doodles are terms used in which activity?
Skipping
9. Vexillology is the study of what?
Flags
10. Which chess piece must move in an L shape?
Knight
Pastimes 4
1. In the game of Monopoly, what is the name of the character on the board that is locked behind bars?
Jake the jailbird
2. In a game of cluedo, which weapon begins and ends with the same letter?
Revolver
3. How many rows of aliens are there at the start of a standard space invaders game?
5
4. How many dice are used in a game of Yahtzee?
5
5. How many balls are used in a game of croquet?
4
6. Miles “tails” Prower is a character in which video game series?
Sonic the Hedgehog
7. The rhumba, salsa, mambo & cha-cha-cha all originated in which country?
Cuba
8. What does a digitabulist collect?
Thimbles
9. How many dots on a standard die?
21
10. How many tiles are there in a standard game of Scrabble?
100