Answer Smash Questions
Based on Richard Osman’s House of Games ‘Answer Smash’ round.
You’ll find 50 questions divided into 5 rounds and a free printable version you can print off further down the page – Enjoy!
How to Play
The goal is to merge two clues to make a word in the style of the example below.
Example: The opposite to Leave, and who had a hit in 2019 with the song ‘Cruel Summer’?
Answer: STAYLOR SWIFT (Stay – Taylor Swift)
Round 1 – Countries
1 – The Country with Budapest as its capital, and the ex-footballer who is the face of Walkers Crisps?
2 – The Country with the oldest flag in the world, and the Co-founder and CEO of Facebook?
3 – The Country that the Al-Thani family has ruled since 1825, and the Sauce often served with fish in the UK?
4 – The skirt-lifting dance popular in French Cabaret, and the Country with Ottawa as its capital?
5 – The country with the white flag with the red dot, and the Emperor of France from 1804 until 1814?
6 – The country that’s home to the world’s largest castle, and the British car brand of four-wheel drive vehicles introduced in 1948?
7 – The country where you would find the Jawa Dam, and the actor who played Ray Stantz in the Ghostbuster films?
8 – The Country with Lisbon as its capital, and the Israeli actress that plays DCs Wonder Woman since 2017?
9 – The country that won the FIFA World Cup in 1978, 1986, and 2022, and the singer of the theme for the James Bond film GoldenEye?
10 – This country was known to the ancient Romans as Arabia Felix, and the 1997 extraterrestrial film starring Will Smith?
Round 2 – Celebrities
1 – The actress who played Hermione Granger, and Sega’s Blue, Speedy Character?
2 – The actor who played Dirty Harry in the 1971 action thriller film, and the famous music festival held in New York in August 1969?
3 – The animated series that features a small curious monkey, and the actor who played Dr Doug Ross in ER?
4 – A strong, regular beat or pulsation, and the two-time Oscar winning actor who had his seventh child aged 79?
5 – Another word for Yearly, and the actor that played Tony Montana in the film Scarface?
6 – The actress who played Jane Foster in Marvel’s Thor Films, and someone a Karen might demand to speak with?
7 – The actor who played Lee in Rush Hour, and the French luxury fashion house founded in 1910?
8 – Citizens of the Republic of India, and the actor who played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings films?
9 – The native spice to the Banda Islands of Indonesia, and the actress who played Mikaela Banes in the 2007 live-action film Transformers?
10 – Who is Bernard Jeffrey McCullough better known as, and the world’s biggest burger chain?
Round 3 – Food
1 – The common name for a Gallus gallus domesticus, and the comedian famed for his ‘tickling sticks’?
2 – This ghost is the first of three spirits to appear to Ebenezer Scrooge, and what are Ruote, Gemelli and Pappardelle?
3 – The first European to discover Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand, and Maryland’s biggest selling sweet treat?
4 – The number equal to 10 times 100, and Rubens and BLTs are types of what?
5 – The portable toilet, used bedrooms before there was indoor plumbing and flushing, and a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas?
6 – A traditional Mexican corn or wheat tortilla topped with a filling and, a private tutor who trains?
7 – The filling of a bounty chocolate bar, and an implement for cracking nuts?
8 – The third largest land mammal on Earth, and the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus?
9 – A legume of the family Fabaceae, and a TV series starring Cillian Murphy as the infamous Tommy Shelby?
10 – Who is Jamaican deejay Moses Anthony Davis professionally known as, and an edible stone fruit produced by the tropical Mangifera indica tree?
Round 4 – Singers & Songs
1 – What type of god was Disney’s Maui, and a 1977 ‘Royal’ song by the Sex Pistols?
2 – Singer of the 1960 hit ‘The Twist’, and the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut?
3 – The Dolly Parton Song, made famous by Whitney Houston in 1982, and the world’s biggest video sharing / social media platform?
4 – The band who had a hit with the song ‘Creep’ in 1992, and a continuous pain that is unpleasant but not usually strong?
5 – Which song starts with the line “Yo, I’ll tell you what I want”, and a 1963 sing by The Ronettes?
6 – A place used for social gambling, and Bob Marley’s his first hit song outside of Jamaica?
7 – Keith Moon was the drummer for this band, and the town where The Grinch resides?
8 – The singer known as the ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’, and if you are timid or apprehensive, you’re said to be what?
9 – To end a law, and Yorkshire born singer/songwriter with the hit song ‘Perfect’?
10 – A monastery ruled by an abbot, and American singer-songwriter and wife of Jay-Z?
Round 5 – TV & Film
1 – Jason Momoa plays this DC superhero, and a cocktail consisting typically of whiskey, vermouth, and bitters?
2 – Reality TV show narrated by Iain Stirling, and a 1983 Song by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers?
3 – The London art gallery that houses the UK’s national collection of international modern art, and the American sitcom TV series featuring the Dunphy Family?
4 – The world’s strongest insect, and the 1988 Tim Buton Film featuring Michael Keaton as the lead character?
5 – The actor who played Anthony in TV sitcom ‘The Royle Family’, and in which film would you hear the line “Feed Me, Seymour!”?
6 – A sudden rise in the incidence of a disease, and the TV show starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul as Meth dealers?
7 – A man who looks after the home and kids while his partner provides, and the TV series of Easy Company of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division?
8 – The 2014 Murder mystery series based in Minnesota starring Billy Bob Thornton, and a player who defends the goal?
9 – 2001 Disney Pixar movie featuring Mike Wazowski, and to be confined in a jail or prison?
10 – Marvel’s superhero plated by Chadwick Boseman, and something that’s been placed in a vertical position?
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