WEEKLY BLOG wk02. Available each week on the Quiz On Demand website and as a pdf download that you can print and take with you. This week’s birthdays, a featured Brit Pop quiz, mid-week sport, this week in history, and some of the fab quiz questions that didn’t make it onto this week’s quizzes.
MID-WEEK SPORT… taking place this week
Monday 11 January 2021 Celtic v Hibernian
Tuesday 12 January 2021 Sheffield United v Newcastle United Burnley v Manchester United Wolverhampton Wanderers v Everton
Wednesday 13 January 2021 Manchester City v Brighton & Hove Albion Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
Thursday 14 January 2021 Arsenal v Crystal Palace
BRIT POP QUIZ… From the hazy crazy days of the nineties, here’s a Brit Pop feature quiz you can add as an extra round to your weekly pub quiz. Give it a go!!!
1 What is the surname of the Oasis brothers Liam and Noel? GALLAGHER
2 'Female of the Species' was the fourth single off which Liverpool band’s debut album ‘Spiders’? SPACE
3 Richard Ashcroft was the singer with which nineties band? THE VERVE
4 In the lyrics of the Pulp song 'Common People, 'She came from Greece she had a thirst for knowledge. She studied what at Saint Martin's College? SCULPTURE
5 Which Blur song shares its name with a Manchester music festival? PARKLIFE
6 'Good Enough' and 'Staying Out For The Summer' were which bands best known songs? DODGY
7 Which Brit Pop band formed in York in the early nineties? SHED 7
8 Which band won a gong for best British Single at the 1996 Brit Award for ‘Roll With It’? OASIS
9 Briefly known as Seymour, before opting for their current name? BLUR
10 Ocean Colour Scene's 'The Riverboat Song' was used as an intro tune on which nineties TV show? TFI FRIDAY
WHO’S CELEBRATING? This week’s birthdays
Rod Stewart 76 Heather Mills 53 Dave Grohl 52 Mason Mount 22 Zayn Malik 28 Jack Jones 83 Pat Benatar 68 Jeff Bezos 57 Frankie Bridge 32 Newton Faulkner 36 Howard Stern 67 Pitbull 40 George Foreman 72 Pixie Lott 30 Claudia Winkleman 49 Cody Simpson 24 Mel C 47 Kate Moss 47 Mary J Blige 50 Liam Hemsworth 31 James May 58 Jamie Vardy 34 Orlando Bloom 44 Rachel Riley 35 Bill Bailey 56
ONE-LINERS
Here are a few one-liners to keep your quiz night faithful enthralled.
I think men who shorten their name to Pat are missing a trick.
I'm selling my Harry Potter books, quid each.
I worry the up-coming lettuce shortage is just the tip of the iceberg.
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
1928 The Soviet Union ordered the exile of Leon Trotsky. 1942 Henry Ford patented a plastic car. 1949 RCA introduced the 45 RPM record. 1950 The first prototype of the MiG-17 made its maiden flight. 1956 Elvis Presley recorded the single 'Heartbreak Hotel'. 1957 Anthony Eden resigned and Harold Macmillan became British Prime Minister. 1957 The Cavern Club opened on Matthews Street in Liverpool. 1959 Motown was founded by Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records. 1964 'Hello, Dolly!' began a run on Broadway of 2,844 performances. 1967 The first Super Bowl was played featuring the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. 1968 Johnny Cash performed live at Folsom State Prison. 1969 The Soviet Union launched the Soyuz 5 space station. 1973 Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii was broadcast live via satellite. 1981 'Dynasty' starring John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Joan Collins made its TV debut. 1982 Margaret Thatcher's son Mark was found after missing for 6 days in the Sahara Desert. 1995 The OJ Simpson murder trial began in LA. 2007 JK Rowling finished the 7th and last Harry Potter novel in room 552 of the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. 2012 The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sank off the coast of Italy.
THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR Every week I have the pleasure of putting the quizzes together for the Quiz On Demand website. Here are a few that made me laugh but didn’t make it on to this week’s quizzes and were left on the cutting room floor.
How much should someone spend on a bottle of wine? ABOUT 15 MINUTES
Which word begins with an E and only contains one letter? ENVELOPE
What kind of coat is best put on wet? COAT OF PAINT