The Beautiful Game
Proud sponsor of Washington Spirit and DC United’s home field
Audi
“Fair Winds”, Argentina
Buenos Aires
1978 slasher film starring Jamie Lee Curtis
Halloween
The pH of pure water
7
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”; George Orwell (1949)
1984
Traditionally deep fried in batter and served with chips
Fish
Former England Captain, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF
David Beckham
“Dam in the Amstel River”, Netherlands
Amsterdam
Born October 31st, 1961 - New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for his work on the Lord of the Rings trilogy
Peter Jackson
The study of how liquids behave when they are in motion, and how they are used in mechanical applications
Hydraulics
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”; Jane Austen (1813)
Pride & Prejudice
Gordon’s, Bombay Saphire and Beefeater – all varieties of London Dry ______?
Gin
USWNT legend, captain of the victorious 2019 World Cup squad; retired in 2023 after 203 international appearances
Megan Rapinoe
“January River”, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Classic Halloween colors, Black & Orange: the former representing death, and the latter ___ ?
Harvest
Gaelic for, “Water of Life”; varieties include Scotch, Rye and Bourbon
Whiskey
“All this happened, more or less.”; Kurt Vonnegut (1969)
Slaughterhouse-Five
A village in Cambridgeshire, famous for cheese
Stilton
Loftus Road, Selhurst Park and Craven Cottage are all football grounds located within this city
London
“I See a Mountain”, Uruguay
Montevideo
Halloween occurs approximately halfway between the Autumnal Equinox and which other astronomical event?
Winter Solstice
Absolute boiling temperature of water (Kelvin)
373 K
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice”; Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1967)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
A sweet pie filled with a mixture of fruit, spices and suet, traditionally served during the Christmas season
Mince Pie
If any part of the head, body or feet is in the opponents' half (excluding the halfway line) and any part of the head, body or feet is nearer to the opponents' goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent, then a player is _______ ?
Offside
“Fragrant Harbor”, China
Hong Kong
The amount spent annually by Americans on Halloween costumes for pets
(to the nearest $100m, +/-200m)
$700,000,000 !!!
Weak, attractive electrostatic interactions between water molecules, arising from the polar nature of the water molecule
van der Waals Forces
“What came first, the music or the misery? Did I listen to music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to music?”; Nick Hornby (1995)
High Fidelity
A soft boiled egg, encased in sausage meat, coated in breadcrumbs and deep fried until golden brown; delicious!
Scotch Egg