Weekly Blog wk44 2024 – including a FREE Animals themed quiz

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.

How to Increase Trade in your Pub

Creating a Pub Quiz Checklist

How to Add Table Top Quiz Rounds to your Pub Quiz

The Biggest Pub Quiz Mistakes as a Host

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?   

Click below to download a PDF of this page.

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.

Mega Quiz 20
Mega Quiz 40
Mega Quiz 40
Table Top Quiz A
Table Top Quiz B
Table Top Quiz C

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