Weekly Blog wk19 2026 – including a Festival Themed Quiz

The festival season is just around the corner and there is a fab festival 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

Mon 4 May (Premier League)
3.00 Chelsea v Nottingham Forest
8.00 Everton v Manchester City

Tue 5 May (UEFA Champions League – Semi-finals)
8.00 Arsenal v Atletico Madrid

Wed 6 May (UEFA Champions League – Semi-finals)
8.00 Bayern Munich v PSG

Thu 7 May (UEFA Europa League – Semi-finals)
8.00 Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest
8.00 Freiburg v Sporting Braga

Thu 7 May (UEFA Conference League – Semi-finals)
8.00 Crystal Palace v Shakhtar Donetsk
8.00 Strasbourg v Rayo Vallecano

Festival 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 annual event, billed as the world’s largest arts festival, will run from the 7th to the 31st August in the Scottish capital?

2     Which festival is organised by Michael and Emily Eavis?

3     The annual ‘Bug Jam’ festival, that has taken place at the Santa Pod Raceway since 1987, celebrates which model of car?

4     Which Cumbrian music festival will take place at  Lowther Deer Park?

5     Which annual rock festival takes place at Donnington Park motor racing circuit?

6     In which decade did the first Reading Festival take place, with performances from Eric Burdon, Traffic and Focus?

7     Which rock star died the day before the first Glastonbury Festival?

8     Who was booed by sections of the crowd at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival for performing with an electric guitar?

9     Which two-site festival takes place over the August bank holiday weekend in Berkshire and Yorkshire?

10    Which singer became Glastonbury Festival’s youngest ever solo headliner when she took to the Pyramid stage in 2022?

This week in History

This week's favourite one-liner

My friend went bald several years ago but still carries that old comb with him… He just can’t part with it.

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)

How many seconds are there in a year?

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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