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Weekly Blog wk31 2024 – including a FREE Barry themed quiz
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the Weekly Blog wk31
There is a FREE Barry 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
Men’s and Women’s Olympic football on all week.
Barry 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 ‘You’re The First, My Last My Everything’ gave which Barry a No.1 single?
2 On which make of bike did Barry Sheene win his two motorcycle world championships?
3 Which Barry is the last surviving member of The Bee Gees?
4 Which Barry won four individual world speedway titles and took part in a record 87 World Championship races?
5 Who shot Lola’s boyfriend, Tony in the lyrics of Barry Manilow’s ‘Copacabana’?
6 Composer John Barry wrote the scores for eleven of which film series between 1963 and 1987?
7 Which Barry was nicknamed ’The Clones Cyclone’?
8 In 1986, a cover of which Barry Ryan song gave The Damned their biggest hit single?
9 Barry Allen is the alter ego of which superhero?
10 In 2016, Gareth Barry passed which footballer’s record of playing in 632 Premier League matches?
This week's favourite one-liner
I remember watching Rachel Riley on ‘Countdown’ and getting aroused. 7 letters, not bad.
This week in History
28 July 1540 Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
28 July 1945 A US Army B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 injuring 26.
28 July 1965 Edward Heath became the new leader of the Conservative Party.
28 July 1984 The Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
28 July 2001 Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
28 July 2018 Australian Wendy Tuck became the first female skipper to win the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
29 July 1945 The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream music.
29 July 1948 After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the Olympic Games opened in London.
29 July 1973 F1 star Roger Williamson was killed during the Dutch Grand Prix.
29 July 1981 Prince Charles and Diana married at St Paul’s Cathedral.
29 July 1987 Margaret Thatcher and Francois Mitterrand signed the agreement to build the Channel tunnel.
30 July 1930 Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the first FIFA World Cup Final.
30 July 1935 The first Penguin book was published, starting the paperback revolution.
30 July 1966 England beat West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium.
30 July 1971 Apollo 15’s Lunar Module Falcon landed on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
30 July 2007 Britney Spears divorced Kevin Federline.
31 July 1959 Cliff Richard and the Shadows had their first UK No.1 single with ‘Living’ Doll’.
1 Aug 1498 Christopher Columbus became the first European to visit what is now Venezuela.
1 Aug 1893 Henry Perky patented shredded wheat.
1 Aug 1907 The first Scout camp opened on Brownsea Island, in Poole Harbour, Dorset.
1 Aug 1936 Summer Olympic Games opened in Berlin.
1 Aug 1976 Elizabeth Taylor divorced Richard Burton for the second time.
1 Aug 1976 Niki Lauda had a major accident during the German Grand Prix that almost claimed his life.
1 Aug 1981 MTV was launched.
2 Aug 1900 The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded.
2 Aug 2018 Apple became the first US listed company to reach $1 trillion in value.
3 Aug 1936 Jesse Owens won the 100 metre dash at the Berlin Olympic Games.
3 Aug 2004 The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopened after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
WHO’S CELEBRATING? This week’s birthdays
James Hetfield 61
Barack Obama 63
Meghan Markle 43
Yungblud 27
Louis Walsh 72
Amber Rose Gill 27
Billy Bob Thornton 69
Paul Anka 83
Bill Berry 66
Ferne McCann 34
Robin van Persie 41
Geri Horner 52
Charlize Theron 49
Bruce Dickinson 66
David Duchovny 64
Tina O’Brien 41
Graham Thorpe 55
Wesley Snipes 66
Sam Mendes 59
Steve Hillage 73
Charli XCX 32
Lee Mack 56
Alexei Sayle 72
Brian Conley 63
Andi Peters 54
Hillary Swank 50
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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)
Without which element would a female become a male?
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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.
