the Weekly Blog wk50 2025
There is a Radio 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
Mon 8 Dec (Premier League)
8.00 Wolverhampton v Manchester United
Tue 9 Dec (UEFA Champions League)
8.00 Atalanta v Chelsea
8.00 Inter Milan v Liverpool
Wed 10 Dec (UEFA Champions League)
8.00 Bayer Leverkusen v Newcastle United
8.00 Club Brugge v Arsenal
8.00 Real Madrid v Manchester City
Thu 11 Dec (UEFA Europa League)
5.45 Ferencvaros v Rangers
5.45 Utrecht v Nottingham Forest
8.00 Basel v Aston Villa
8.00 Celtic v Roma
Thu 11 Dec (UEFA Conference League)
8.00 Aberdeen v Strasbourg
8.00 Shelbourne v Crystal Palace
Radio Gaga 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 national Radio station began broadcasting to the nation 58 years ago with Tony Blackburn hosting the first show?
2 The radio-code, ‘Wilco’, is an abbreviation of which two-word term?
3 Which sixties classic is playing on the radio when Bill Murray’s character wakes up each morning, in the film ‘Groundhog Day?
4 Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories are better known by what name?
5 Which Radio 2 DJ recently raised almost £10million for Children in Need, running five marathons in five days?
6 In 2016, Western House, the home of BBC Radio 2 was renamed to honour which broadcaster whose career at the BBC spanned almost 50 years?
7 Which superhero is the alter-ego of radio news reporter Billy Batson?
8 Which bank holiday shares its name with an international radio distress signal?
9 Which cooked meat shares its name with an amateur radio operator?
10 In 2021, Queen Elizabeth congratulated which BBC radio show as it marked its 75th anniversary?
This week in History
This week's favourite one-liner
Gary Barlow just blocked me on Instagram. Whatever I said whatever I did, I didn’t mean it.
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)
If seven adults can eat seven cupcakes in seven minutes, how long would it take 30 adults to eat 30 cupcakes?
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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.


