the Weekly Blog wk44
Here we go with another Weekly Blog including a free Animals themed 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

Tue 29 Oct (League Cup)
7.45 Southampton v Stoke City
8.00 Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday
Wed 30 Oct (League Cup)
7.30 Brighton v Liverpool
7.45 Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
7.45 Manchester United v Leicester City
7.45 Newcastle United v Chelsea
7.45 Preston North End v Arsenal
8.15 Tottenham v Manchester City
Wed 30 Oct (Scottish Prem)
7.45 Celtic v Dundee
8.00 Aberdeen v Rangers
Animal 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 type of animal is Larry the thirteen-year resident of 10 Downing Street?
2 A sign of insincere grief is often referred to as the tears of which animal?
3 What breed of dog was Ethel’s little ‘Willy’ in the early episodes of ‘EastEnders’?
4 Which cheese, hails from Cyprus and is made from a mixture of goat’s and sheep’s milk, has a high melting point, so it can easily be fried or grilled?
5 Which animal did Robbie Burns describe as a ‘Wee, sleekit, cowrin’, tim’rous beastie’?


6 What was introduced in 2000 to put an end to the mandatory six months stay in quarantine for animals travelling into the UK?
7 What type of animal is Peppa’s friend Emily in the Peppa Pig series?
8 In rhyming slang, if you had a ‘Monkey’ and a ‘Pony’ how much money would you have?
9 What type of animal were the ‘Blue Peter’ pets Freda, George, Shelley, Maggie and Jim?
10 The head of which animal features on a bottle of Coleman’s Mustard?
This week's favourite one-liner
My boss said he needs to talk to me about my immature behaviour. Like that’s going to happen during conker season.
This week in History
27 Oct 1938 DuPont announced a new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called ‘nylon’.
27 Oct 1936 Mrs Wallis Simpson obtained her divorce, that would allow her to marry King Edward VIII.
27 Oct 1960 Ben E King recorded ‘Spanish Harlem’ and ‘Stand By Me’ in NYC.
27 Oct 1961 NASA tested the first Saturn I rocket.
27 Oct 1964 Cher married Sonny Bono.
27 Oct 1982 China’s population passed the 1 billion mark.
27 Oct 2018 Leicester City’s owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died with four others in a helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium.
28 Oct 1492 Christopher Columbus sighted Cuba and claimed it for Spain under the name ‘Juana’.
28 Oct 1726 The novel ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by Jonathan Swift was published.
28 Oct 1900 The second modern Olympic Games opened in Paris.
28 Oct 1971 Prospero became the first British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
28 Oct 2002 Eminem released ‘Lose Yourself’ the first rap song to win an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
28 Oct 2023 Matthew Perry died.
29 Oct 1618 Walter Raleigh was beheaded for allegedly conspiring against King James I of England.
29 Oct 1923 Turkey became a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire.
29 Oct 1951 Frank Sinatra and his first wife Nancy divorced after 12 years of marriage.
29 Oct 1960 Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) beat Tunney Hunsaker in his first professional fight.
29 Oct 1986 Margaret Thatcher opened the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
29 Oct 1998 Space Shuttle Discovery took off with 77-year-old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space at that time.
29 Oct 2003 Iain Duncan Smith resigned as leader of the Tory Party.
29 Oct 2015 China announced the end of their one-child policy after 35 years.
29 Oct 2020 Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was suspended from the Labour Party.
30 Oct 1938 A radio broadcast of HG Wells ‘The War of the Worlds’, narrated by Orson Welles, caused a mass panic.
30 Oct 1961 The Soviet Union tested a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb named Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever detonated.
30 Oct 1974 ‘The Rumble in the Jungle’, Muhammad Ali KOed George Foreman in the 8th round to regain the world heavyweight boxing title.
31 Oct 1926 Harry Houdini died.
31 Oct 1955 Princess Margaret called off her wedding to the divorced Group Captain Peter Townsend.
31 Oct 1984 Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her security guards.
31 Oct 1993 River Phoenix died.
31 Oct 1996 Elizabeth Taylor divorced Larry Fortensky. Her eighth and final divorce.
31 Oct 2011 The United Nations announced the world’s human population had passed the 7 billion mark.
31 Oct 2011 Kim Kardashian divorced basketball player Kris Humphries after just 72 days.
31 Oct 2020 Sean Connery died.
1 Nov 1604 William Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘Othello’ was performed for the first time.
1 Nov 1611 William Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest’ was performed for the first time.
1 Nov 1982 Honda became the first Asian company to produce cars in the United States.
1 Nov 1997 ‘Titanic’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet had its premiere.
2 Nov 1936 At 3pm the BBC began the world’s first regular high-definition TV broadcast service from Alexandra Palace, North London.
2 Nov 1959 The first section of the M1 motorway was opened.
2 Nov 1983 The single ‘Thriller’ by Michael Jackson was released.
2 Nov 1990 British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB.
2 Nov 2006 Rod Stewart and Rachel Hunter were divorced.
2 Nov 2008 Lewis Hamilton secured his first F1 Drivers’ Championship.
2 Nov 2020 Baby Shark by Pinkfong became the most-watched video on YouTube with over 7.04 billion views.
The table top quizzes are a great introduction to your quiz nights. The 20 Question Table Top Quizzes and our popular Face Race 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.
WHO’S CELEBRATING? This week’s birthdays
Vanilla Ice 57
Marcus Rashford 27
Anthony Kiedis 62
David Schwimmer 58
Nelly 50
Roseanne Barr 72
Dolph Lundgren 67
Ian Wright 61
Kendall Jenner 29
Michael Vaughan 50
Peter Jackson 63
Matthew McConaughey 55
Bryan Adams 65
Tilda Swinton 64
Kasper Schmeichel 38
Emma Stone 36
Sally Field 78
Gary Player 89
Kris Jenner 69
Yasmin Le Bon 60
Larry Holmes 75
Johnny Marr 61
Sharron Davies 62
Danny Cipriani 37
Adam Ant 70
Ben Fogle 51
Art Garfunkel 83
AJ Prichard 30
Matt Smith 42
Edwin van de Sar 54

Check out these great blog posts. Some 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)
Why are demons and ghouls often seen out together?
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.