Weekly Blog
Weekly Blog wk33 2025 – including a Ship Themed Quiz
Aug
the Weekly Blog wk33-2025
Get ready to set sail with this week’s Weekly Blog and there is a free Ship themed quiz this week, that you can include 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
Tue 12 Aug
UEFA Champions League- 3rd Qualifying Round
6.00 Viktoria Plzen v Rangers
Thu 14 Aug
UEFA Conference League – 3rd Qualifying Round
7.45 Dundee United v Rapid Vienna
Ship 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 ship lay dormant in 12,000 feet of water for 73 years before it was located and photographed for the first time in 1985?
2 William Bligh was captain of which famous ship?
3 The Ever Given container ship caused huge disruption to global shipping after blocking which canal in 2022?
4 What was the name of the ship that Deacon Blue sang about in 1988?
5 Which city shares its name with a former practise of kidnapping people to work on ships?
6 The Argentine ship, General Belgrano, that was sunk during the Falklands conflict, survived which famous attack 40 years earlier?
7 Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis married which former US First Lady?
8 Which B is material used to stabilise a ship?
9 Which country is home to seven of the world’s ten largest shipping ports? Is it Japan, Thailand, USA or China?
10 In 1872, which ship was found mysteriously abandoned in the Atlantic by the British ship ‘Dei Gratia’?
This week in History
This week's favourite one-liner
I’m selling copies of the book ‘Maths For Dummies’. £5 each or 3 for £20.
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 generation does Forrest Gump belong to?
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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.
