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The Rules8 rounds
10 Questions each round
Our answer is the only answer (argue and have points deducted)
Each team must nominate in advance one double points round
No Cheating! (FINE: Disqualification)
8 Rounds
1. Know your clients
2. Sport
3. Geography
4. Popular culture
5. Science & Nature
6. True or False
7. Local Knowledge
8. Picture round
Know Your Clients
1. In which country was the
original Carling brewery from
which Carling Black Label gets its name?
Know Your Clients
2. In Nigeria it was called the Danfo, in
Portugal it was known as Pão-de-Forma (or
the Breadloaf), in Denmark it was referred to
as the Rugbrød (Rye bread) – what do we know it as?
Know Your Clients
3. Which of our brands carries the name of
the second richest African person in the world?
Know Your Clients
6. Which client of ours owns these brands -
Jockey Club (Argentina) Hollywood (Brazil), Wills (India), Sweet Afton (Ireland)?
Know Your Clients
7. Which of our current global clients in the
1960’s was one of the world’s leaders in diabetes medicines?
8. Which car brand which we work on got its
name from the Latin translation of its founder’s surname of Horch?
Know Your Clients
Know Your Clients
9. Which beer brand gets its name from
Exocoetidae in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii?
Know Your Clients
10. Which of our PR brands is a common name for
smooth-barked trees and shrubs in three closely related
genera of Eucalypt?
ANSWERS1. In which country was the original Carling brewery from which Carling Black Label
gets its name? Canada
2. In Nigeria it was called the Danfo, in Portugal was known as Pão-de-Forma (or the
Breadloaf), in Denmark it was referred to as the Rugbrød (Rye bread) – what do we
know it as? The Kombi or the VW Bus
3. Which of our brands carries the name of the second richest African person in the
world? Allan Gray
4. In which country was Stimorol created? Denmark
5. Which client of ours owns these brands - N’Gola, Zorok, Pure Blonde & Poker?
SABMiller
ANSWERS6. Which client of ours owns these brands - Jockey Club (Argentina) Hollywood (Brazil),
Wills (India), Sweet Afton (Ireland)? BAT
7. Which of our current global clients in the 1960’s was one of the world’s leaders in
diabetes medicines? Revlon
8. Which car brand which we work on got its name from the Latin translation of its
founder’s surname of Horch? Audi (August Horch. "Horch", meaning "listen" in
German, becomes "audi" in Latin).
9. Which beer brand gets its name from Exocoetidae in the order Beloniformes of class
Actinopterygii? Flying Fish
10. Which of our PR brands is a common name for smooth-barked trees and shrubs in
three closely related genera of Eucalypt? Gumtree
ANSWERS1. What number was on Lewis Hamilton’s 2014 F1 championship winning car? 44
2. Who holds the football world record for the largest transfer fee? Gareth Bale
3. Which cricket ground in 1999 hosted this infamous moment in SA sporting history?
Edgbaston
4. Name this famous Swedish Golfer? Henrik Stenson
5. Which city is the next Summer Olympic Games going to be in? Rio
6. From which sport does the High Five originate from? Baseball
7. What year? 1996
8. What is the only sport that has been played on the moon? Golf
9. The world’s first TV ad aired in the USA in 1941 before what American sport?
Baseball
10.Who is this? Shakes Mashaba
GEOGRAPHY
3. If your geographical position was 0°
latitude, 0° longitude, where in the world would you be?
GEOGRAPHY
4. What is the name of the tallest
uninterrupted waterfall in the world?
a) Niagara Falls b) Angel Falls
c) Victoria Falls
GEOGRAPHY6. The light of distant stars is affected by?
a) The Earth’s atmosphere
b) Interstellar dust
c) Both a & b
d) None of the above
GEOGRAPHY8. In which country are women more likely
to get promotion to the boardroom in big
companies?
a) Britain
b) USA
c) Ecuador
ANSWERS1. Apart from water, what runs through the mouth of the River Amazon and Lake
Victoria? The Equator
2. In which country is Timbuktu? Mali
3. If your geographical position was 0° latitude, 0° longitude, where in the world would
you be? Atlantic Ocean
4. What is the name of the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world? Angel Falls
5. Which Italian city is this? Naples
6. The light of distant stars is affected by? C – Both A & B
7. In which country is the Bay of Pigs? Cuba
8. In which country are women more likely to get promotion to the boardroom in big
companies? Britain
9. Where are most Heinz baked beans consumed in the whole world? UK
10.Which is the only continent without a true desert? Europe
POPULAR CULTURE
1. What was the name of John Lennon's
album that was released one month before his death?
POPULAR CULTURE
2. “Start spreading the news, I’m leaving
today” are the opening lines of which song and artist?
POPULAR CULTURE5. Which recording artist was arrested and
taken to jail after being kicked out of rehab
for refusing to take a drug test in March of
2014?
a) Lil Wayne b) Chris Brown
c) Justin Bieber d) Britney Spears
POPULAR CULTURE6. Which singer has just been selected to
headline at the 2015 Superbowl half time show?
POPULAR CULTURE
9. What is Kim
Kardashian eating on
the front cover of the
Jan 2015 Elle UK magazine?
POPULAR CULTURE10. As of April 2014, what is the highest
grossing movie in 2014?
a) The Lego Movie
b) Captain America – The Winter Soldier
c) 300 – Rise of an Empire
d) Noah
ANSWERS1. What was the name of John Lennon's album that was released one month before his
death? Double Fantasy
2. “Start spreading the news, I’m leaving today” are the opening lines of which song and
artist? New York New York, Frank Sinatra
3. Who is this? K.O.
4. From which musical does the song Memory come? Cats
5. Which recording artist was arrested and taken to jail after being kicked out of rehab for
refusing to take a drug test in March of 2014? A) Chris Brown
6. Which singer has just been selected to headline at the 2015 Superbowl half time
show? Katy Perry
7. What was Disney’s first full-length, animated film? Snow White
8. Name the actress being judged for her recent transformation. Renee Zellweger
9. What is Kim Kardashian eating on the front cover of the Jan 2015 Elle UK magazine?
A cupcake
10. As of April 2014, what is the highest grossing movie in 2014? A) Captain America -
The Winter Soldier
SCIENCE & NATURE
1. Roughly how many stars are in the Milky
Way galaxy?
A) 100 Billion
B) 100 Trillion
C) 200 Trillion
SCIENCE & NATURE2. How long does it take for the sun’s rays to
travel from the sun to earth?
A) 8Hours
B) 8daysC) 8 minutes
SCIENCE & NATURE6. What is the length of
the longest recorded
Chicken flight?
A) 7 seconds
B) 13 seconds
C) 8 seconds
ANSWERS
1. Roughly how many stars are in the milky way : A) 100billion
2. How long does it take for the sun’s rays to travel from the sun to earth? C.8 minutes
3. Name the only fruit that grows its seeds on the outside? Strawberries
4. What is the largest living structure on earth? Great Barrier Reef
5. What contains more sugar? A) Lemons
6. What is the length of the longest recorded Chicken flight? B)13 Seconds
7. Name the only mammal that can’t jump? Elephant
8. What animal has been responsible for the highest number of deaths in Africa?
Hippopotamus
9. What colour does lobster blood turn when exposed to oxygen? Blue
10.What is the maximum number of times you can fold a piece of paper? 7
True or false1. The bladder of a fully grown African male
elephant can hold more fluid than the standard petrol tank of a VW beetle?
True or false
3. The DNA of a
common variety of the
tomato is more
complex than the DNA of a human being.
True or false
4. The official ball sponsor Slazenger
supplies the Wimbledon tournament with
54,000 specially branded tennis balls each year.
True or false
5. In some parts of Albania nodding your
head means no and shaking your head means yes.
True or false
7. There is a category and a
record holder in the latest
Guinness Book of World
records for the most
basketballs slam dunked by a parrot in a minute.
True or false
8. In the building of the
Great Wall of China an
officially estimated 4.5 billion bricks were used.
True or false
9. Fleas can jump up to
200 times their height -the
equivalent to a man
jumping to the top of the Empire State Building.
ANSWERS
1. The bladder of a fully grown African male elephant can hold more fluid than the
standard petrol tank of a VW beetle. FALSE
2. In Las Vegas there is one gambling machine for every adult resident of the city.
FALSE
3. The DNA of a common variety of the tomato is more complex than the DNA of a
human being. TRUE
4. The official ball sponsor Slazenger supplies the Wimbledon tournament with 54,000
specially branded tennis balls each year. TRUE
5. In some parts of Albania nodding your head means no and shaking your head
means yes. TRUE
ANSWERS
6. There are an estimated one hundred thousand ants on earth for every human
being. FALSE
7. There is a category and a record holder in the latest Guinness Book of World
records for the most basketballs slam dunked by a parrot in a minute. TRUE
8. In the building of the Great Wall of China an officially estimated 4.5 billion bricks
were used. FALSE
9. Fleas can jump up to 200 times their height -the equivalent to a man jumping to
the top of the Empire State Building. TRUE
10. The cigarette lighter was invented before the safety match. TRUE
Local Knowledge
1. How many steps from Geometry on the 2nd
floor to the Buzz on the 5th?
A)93B)73C)53D)33
Local Knowledge
3. On the Ogilvy internal phone directory we
are listed by our first names – which letter has the most entries?
Local Knowledge
4. What street was the Ogilvy & Mather
Rightford Searle Tripp & Makin office before moving to Woodstock?
Local Knowledge
5. If I get on a train at Woodstock station
heading out of town – what is the next station?
Local Knowledge
9. Which of the following is not a name for a
part of Cape Town – Harare, Barcelona, Montevideo & Tokyo.
Local Knowledge
10. The motto of the City of Cape Town
(and of UCT) is Spes Bona which is Latin for what?
ANSWERS1. How many steps from Geometry on the 2nd floor to the Buzz on the 5th C) 53
2. What number Sir Lowry Road is the Ogilvy building. 41
3. On the Ogilvy internal phone directory we are listed by our first names – which letter
has the most entries? M
4. What street was the Ogilvy & Mather Rightford Searle Tripp & Makin office before
moving to Woodstock – Roeland Street
5. If I get on a train at Woodstock station heading out of town – what is the next
station? Salt River
6. The V&A Waterfront – what does the A stand for? Alfred
7. By what name do you all know Otta Helene Maree? Helen Zille
8. Khayelitsha is the Xhosa word for what? New Home
9. Which of the following is not a name for a part of Cape Town – Harare, Barcelona,
Montevideo & Tokyo. Tokyo
10.The motto of the City of Cape Town (and of UCT) is Spes Bona which is Latin for
what? Good Hope.