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name droppers
The teams have to slip famous names into an everyday conversation which the opposing team has to try and spot.

name that barcode
Anyone who regularly visits our modern supermarkets will know that the barcode is an ingenious device for identifying the individual price of a product - the item is picked up by the cashier who simply runs it past an electronic reader three or four times before holding it up and calling out How much is this? At which point the price appears as if by magic in no more than 10 or 15 minutes. The Chairman reads out the pattern for some of his favourite barcodes for the teams to identify.

name that motorway
The Chairman plays the teams a few seconds of a well known British motorway for them to identify.

name that novelist
The Chairman plays the teams a few seconds of a recording of a writer at a typewriter, and they have to identify them.

name that tube
The panellists are asked to suggest new tube station names after being sponsored.

name that tune
This game provided Roger Whitaker with the title for his new album of whistling classics  sorry, that should be Maim That Tune. Actually thought to be too difficult for the teams, who instead play Name That Motorway and Name That Novelist.

national anthems
The panellists are asked to suggest song titles appropriate for use as a Country’s national anthem.

nativity radio times
The teams are asked to suggest TV, Radio and film titles likely to have been featured in a Christmas souvenir double issue of the Radio Times dating back to the times of the nativity.

new definitions
Many of the words we use today have a meaning which is quite different from the original. For example the term terrific as in the sentence This game is a terrific one. clearly means really good. But it used to mean instilling terror and it still can given a subtle change of context. For example if I say This game is a terrific waste of my and everybody else’s bloody time, and always will be. the original meaning becomes all too apparent.

new jobs
As the economic downturn bites even deeper, many workers are having to think about a change of career. The former boss of Railtrack is now a headmaster at the only comprehensive in Britain without a timetable, and today’s guest Phill Jupitus left school to train as a chauffeur but after failing his driving test and getting lost on the way home had to take up mini-cabbing instead.

Each team member will play the part of someone who has changed occupation. As he performs this new service for his team mate the opposing team must guess from the exchange what his old job might have been. The title of the previous job is announced to the listeners by the Mystery Voice.

new meanings
or uxbridge english dictionary
The teams are asked to suggest some well known words for which they have identified some brand new meanings.

In a cunning piece of marketing this round has been renamed in recent series to Uxbridge English Dictionary, which just so happens to be the name of the book with the collection of some of the best new meanings.

new versions
The Chairman invites the teams to perform a well known scene in a new style. Scenes played out include Macbeth in the style of Noël Coward, and a scene from My Fair Lady in the style of Tennessee Williams.

nonsense word for word
Each member of a team takes it in turn to say a random word. There are different rules on what words are allowed, they are:

• Words that are not connected with the one previously said.
• Words that are not connected with the one previously said but starting with the same letter.

not in the mood
The teams are asked to sing songs but changing it to reverse the mood.

note for note
The members of one team start by exchanging a series of unconnected musical notes which Colin plays on the piano. The opposing team should challenge it they spot a recognisable tune. If the chairman uphold the challenge, then the challengers take over.

notes and queries
Glancing at a copy of the Guardian there is an interesting section which they call Snots and Quezie. With this in mind the panellists have to pool their considerable knowledge and to provide answers to niggling little questions.

nursery rhyme
The teams are asked to update some traditional nursery rhymes to give them contemporary relevance.

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