Are You Smarter Than Your Partner? A Couples Trivia Board
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Original independent practice resource. Not official television questions. All values are virtual.
TXT planning aid: enter questions manually; this is not a game import.

Alternate who reads and who gives the final answer. Before play, each person may flag an unfamiliar topic without losing points. This is a shared activity, not a compatibility test.
Optional memory replacements: privately agree the first-film title, a dated trip destination or a favourite shared meal; record one accepted answer and three alternatives. Get both people's agreement and use the complete factual defaults whenever a memory is disputed.
Use two turns in each of the five shared-interest categories, then both write a private answer to the Final Challenge. The host grades each final before showing the scores.
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Use Game details, Categories, Add questions, Customize and Review & launch. Put two regular questions in each of five categories; keep the Final Challenge separate.
Copy each prompt, all four choices, correct answer and explanation manually. These sheets are planning aids, not imports or slide decks.
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Date-night shared-interest board
Prerequisites: Simple recipes, maps, language and music patterns. Choose this factual default before optional agreed memories.

Question 1 | Dinner maths
A restaurant bill is $64 before tip. What is a 25% tip?
A. $12
B. $16
C. $18
D. $20
Accepted answer: B. $16
Explanation: One quarter of 64 is 16. This is a calculation exercise, not tipping advice.

Question 2 | Dinner maths
One recipe uses 200 g flour for four portions. How much for two portions at the same ratio?
A. 400 g
B. 50 g
C. 150 g
D. 100 g
Accepted answer: D. 100 g
Explanation: Two portions are half of four, so halve the flour.

Question 3 | Shared words
Which term describes a word or phrase that reads the same forward and backward, ignoring spaces?
A. Palindrome
B. Anagram
C. Homophone
D. Acronym
Accepted answer: A. Palindrome
Explanation: A palindrome keeps its letter order when reversed, as in level.

Question 4 | Shared words
Which pair are anagrams after ignoring spaces?
A. Silent and silence
B. Listen and listing
C. Listen and silent
D. Listen and enlistment
Accepted answer: C. Listen and silent
Explanation: Listen and silent use the same six letters once each.

Question 5 | Weekend maps
You walk 3 km east and 4 km north on perpendicular paths. What is the straight-line distance back?
A. 6 km
B. 7 km
C. 5 km
D. 1 km
Accepted answer: C. 5 km
Explanation: The paths form a right triangle; 3² + 4² = 5².

Question 6 | Weekend maps
A train leaves every 20 minutes starting at 09:05. What is its third departure?
A. 09:45
B. 09:25
C. 10:05
D. 09:35
Accepted answer: A. 09:45
Explanation: The first three departures are 09:05, 09:25 and 09:45.

Question 7 | Home science
Why does a metal saucepan usually have a wooden or plastic handle?
A. They remove gravity
B. They create extra heat
C. They make water boil at room temperature
D. Those materials conduct heat less readily
Accepted answer: D. Those materials conduct heat less readily
Explanation: A poor heat conductor reduces heat transfer to a hand; handles can still get hot.

Question 8 | Home science
A sealed bottle contains only water and ice. As the ice melts without leakage, what happens to total mass?
A. It doubles
B. It stays the same
C. It becomes zero
D. It always halves
Accepted answer: B. It stays the same
Explanation: Melting rearranges the state of water without adding or removing matter.

Question 9 | Music and patterns
A tune repeats a four-beat pattern six times. How many beats are played?
A. 24
B. 10
C. 20
D. 28
Accepted answer: A. 24
Explanation: Six groups of four beats give 24.

Question 10 | Music and patterns
A film lasts 1 hour 50 minutes. Starting at 19:20, when does it end?
A. 21:20
B. 20:10
C. 21:10
D. 22:00
Accepted answer: C. 21:10
Explanation: Add one hour to 20:20, then 50 minutes to 21:10.

FINAL CHALLENGE | Final Challenge
Two people choose one starter from three and one main from four. How many different starter-main pairs can either person choose?
A. 16
B. 7
C. 24
D. 12
Accepted answer: D. 12
Explanation: Each of three starters pairs with four mains, so there are 3 × 4 = 12 pairs.