Weekly Blog wk04 2026 – including an Australia Themed Quiz

Australia Day is coming-up mate! And there is a free Australia theme 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

Mon 19 Jan (Premier League)
8.00 Brighton v AFC Bournemouth

Tue 20 Jan (UEFA Champions League)
8.00 Bodo Glimt v Manchester City
8.00 Inter Milan v Arsenal
8.00 Tottenham v Borussia Dortmund

Wed 21 Jan (UEFA Champions League)
8.00 Chelsea v Pafos
8.00 Marseille v Liverpool
8.00 Newcastle United v PSV

Thu 22 Jan (UEFA Europa League)
5.45 Bologna v Celtic
5.45 Fenerbahce v Aston Villa
8.00 Rangers v Ludogorets Razgrad
8.00 Sporting Braga v Nottingham Forest

Australia 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 mammal, native to Australia, gives birth to the smallest babies, relative to the adult’s size?

2     What is separated from Australia by the Bass Strait?

3     In 2011, Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win which sporting event?

4     Julia Gillard was Australia’s first female what? Was she the first female pilot with Qantas, Australia’s first female chief of Police, Australia’s first female darts champion or Australia’s first female prime minister?

5     The Hunter Valley is Australia’s oldest producer of what?

6     In 2006, the Australia Zoo in Queensland became the final resting place of which Australian?

7     Which O is the vast, remote arid area of Australia?

8     Australian cricket star, Shane Warne, made his TV acting debut with a cameo role in which soap?

9     Does the Great Barrier Reef lie off the north, south, east or west coast of Australia?

10    Australia competes against which country for Rugby Union’s Bledisloe Cup?

This week in History

This week's favourite one-liner

Fact of the day! Kerry Katona doesn’t actually own a cat.

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 was the name of the actor Raymond Burr’s brother who was a lumberjack?

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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.

Mega Quiz 20
Mega Quiz 40
Mega Quiz 40
Table Top Quiz A
Table Top Quiz B
Table Top Quiz C