the Weekly Blog wk48 2025
There is a soaps themed quiz included this week. Welcome to WEEKLY BLOG, available online and as a pdf download that you can print and take with you. Packed with additional content to assist quiz hosts, DJs and presenters.
Mid-week football taking place this week
Tue 2 Dec (Premier League)
7.30 Bournemouth v Everton
7.30 Fulham v Manchester City
8.15 Newcastle United v Tottenham
Wed 3 Dec (Premier League)
7.30 Arsenal v Brentford
7.30 Brighton v Aston Villa
7.30 Burnley v Crystal Palace
7.30 Wolves v Nottingham Forest
8.15 Leeds United v Chelsea
8.15 Liverpool v Sunderland
Wed 3 Dec (Scottish Premiership)
7.45 Aberdeen v St. Mirren
7.45 Celtic v Dundee
7.45 Dundee United v Rangers
Thu 4 Dec (Premier League)
8.00 Manchester United v West Ham United
Soaps Themed Quiz
Each week there is a great themed quiz , so you can include an extra round or simply use as additional quiz content. The answers are on the PDF download, just click the download button at the bottom of this page.
1 Which soap character has had twenty five girlfriends and three wives over the last sixty five years?
2 In 1989, which soap dropped the word ‘Farm’ from its title?
3 Which ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge played Harlow Robinson’s aunt Harriet in ‘Neighbours’ as the characters reunited in London to solve a family mystery?
4 Which former soap star had a 1991 chart-topper with ‘Any Dream Will Do’?
5 Which fictional area of London is a mix of Walthamstow and Stratford, the areas where TV soap creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland were born?
6 Which soap starring John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Joan Collins made its TV debut over 40 years ago?
7 The demise of May Hardman was which TV soap’s first death?
8 In 2021, which ‘Emmerdale’ character made soap history by becoming the first to get a covid jab?
9 Ray Quinn played Anthony Murray in which soap between 2000 and 2003?
10 Who played Beth Brennan in ‘Neighbours’ before quitting the soap to pursue her singing career?
This week in History
This week's favourite one-liner
Apparently hippos swim and run faster than humans. So, if you are ever in a triathlon with a hippo, make sure you make the most of the cycling stage.
WHO’S CELEBRATING? This week’s birthdays
great ideas, tips and tricks on promoting your pub quiz
THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR
Here’s one that made me laugh but didn’t make it onto this week’s quizzes and was left on the cutting room floor. (answer on the pdf download)
What is the name of the style of music that mixes Techno and Disco?
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Make sure to check back next week for a brand new Weekly Blog post. In the mean while check out this week’s quizzes. Brand new quiz content all ready to download and use on your quiz event.


