the Weekly Blog wk19-2025
Summer is coming!!! and there is a fab festival themed quiz you can include on your quiz. 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 5 May
Premier League
8.00 Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest
Tue 6 May
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
8.00 Inter Milan v Barcelona
Wed 7 May
UEFA Champions League Semi-finals
8.00 PSG v Arsenal
Thu 8 May
UEFA Europa League Semi-finals
8.00 Bodø/Glimt v Tottenham
8.00 Manchester United v Athletic Club
UEFA Conference League Semi-finals
8.00 Chelsea v Djurgarden
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 1st to 25th 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.