Weekly Blog
Weekly Blog wk23 2025 – including a Manchester themed quiz
May
the Weekly Blog wk23-2025
There is a Manchester themed quiz included this week, you can throw in as an extra round. 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
No major mid-week football on TV this week
Manchester 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 What is the name of the large shopping centre in Manchester city centre, built in phases between 1972 and 1979 at a cost of £100 million?
2 HM Prison Manchester is better known by what name?
3 Which town in Greater Manchester has been home to the world pie eating championships since 1992?
4 Which famous female political activist was born in Moss Side in 1858?
5 Which Manchester band took their name from the World War 2 slang term for a military brothel for German officers on leave?
6 Located in Manchester, what is the name of the oldest public library in the English-speaking world?
7 Which fruity soft drink was created in Manchester by John Noel Nichols, in 1908?
8 Which big name cereal brand has a factory in Trafford Park?
9 The world’s only swing aqueduct at Barton carries which canal over the Manchester Ship Canal?
10 How long is Manchester’s famous curry mile? Quarter of a mile, half a mile, three quarters of a mile or one mile?
This week in History
This week's favourite one-liner
I never believed my dad was stealing from his job as a road worker. But when I got home, all the signs were there.
TABLE TOP QUIZZES
The table top quizzes are a great introduction to your quiz nights. The 20 Question Table Top Quizzes and our popular Picture Quizzes have been around since the nineties and are a firm favourite with quiz teams. Simply hand these sheets out as teams arrive, they get teams talking and helps create an earlier trade. 20 questions and answer boxes, it’s all ready to print and use. Just print as many as you need.
Give them a try for FREE
Just CLICK on the Quizzes below
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 letter would you put in front of number one to make it disappear?
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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.
