Weekly Blog wk06 2026 – including a Football Themed Quiz

Love it or hate it, football is everywhere and there is a football 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 2 Feb (Premier League)
8.00 Sunderland v Burnley

Tue 3 Feb (Carabao Cup)
8.00  Arsenal v Chelsea

Wed 4 Feb (Carabao Cup)
8.00 Manchester City v Newcastle United

Wed 4 Feb (Scottish Premiership)
7.45 Rangers v Kilmarnock
8.00 Aberdeen v Celtic

London 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     European Champions, the England women’s football team go by which nickname?

2     Which footballer turned TV pundit is Frank Lampard’s cousin?

3     England’s most-capped footballer in the men’s game has scored how many goals during his international career?

4     What was the name of Celtic’s home ground before it was changed to Celtic Park?

5     Which former Man United manager was sacked by Bayer Leverkusen in 2025, after just three games in charge, setting a new record for the shortest managerial run in the Bundesliga?

6     In which year was the first floodlit football match played at Wembley Stadium? Was it 1925, 1935, 1945 or 1955?

7     Who was the last male footballer to win the BBC Sports Personality Of The Year?

8      In which city would ‘The Owls’ play ‘The Blades’ in their local football derby match?

9      The face of which footballer appeared on 2.5million Newcastle Brown Ale bottles in 2006 to mark his retirement?

10    Which club currently has the youngest manager in the English Premier League?

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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)

If you spell “sitting in the tub” s-o-a-k, and you spell “a funny story” j-o-k-e, how do you spell “the white of an egg”?

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