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WEEKLY BLOG wk20. This weekend it’s ‘Eurovision’!!! and here’s a FREE Quiz 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 SPORT… taking place this week

Tue 18 May Manchester United v Fulham Southampton v Leeds United v Manchester City Chelsea v Leicester City

Wed 19 May Everton v Wolverhampton Newcastle United v Sheffield United Tottenham v Aston Villa Crystal Palace v Arsenal Burnley v Liverpool West Brom v West Ham United

EUROVISION QUIZ…

1 Which country will stage the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest after winning the event in 2019?

2 Which dance troupe shot to fame after providing the interval entertainment at the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest hosted by Ireland? RIVERDANCE

3 Which song won the Eurovision Song Contest for the forty years ago?

4 In 2009, who took over the UK commentary from the late great Terry Wogan? GRAHAM NORTON

5 The UK famously gave ABBA how many points for ‘Waterloo’? NUL POINTS

6 What is the maximum duration for a Eurovision song? Is it two, three, four or five minutes? THREE MINUTES

7 Which pop duo have twice represented Ireland at Eurovision? JEDWARD

8 Which Australian singer represented the UK in 1996 with “Ooh Aah Just A Little Bit”?

9 Heavy metal band secured a surprise victory in 2006 for which country? FINLAND

10 How many times has the UK won Eurovision? FIVE

1967 with 'Puppet On A String'. 1969 Lulu with 'Boom Bang-a-Bang'. 1976 with ''. 1981 with 'Making Your Mind Up 1997 with 'Love, Shine a Light'. WHO’S CELEBRATING? This week’s birthdays

Pierce Brosnan 68 42 Nick Heyward 61 Megan Fox 35 Novak Djokovic 33 Louis Theroux 51 Marshmello 29 62 Chris Froome 36 Sam Smith 29 Judy Finnigan 73 Leo Sayer 73 Grace Jones 73 Hazel O'Connor 66 Stuart Bingham 45 75 Jeremy Vine 56 Tom Daley 27 Busta Rhymes 49 Rick Wakeman 72 Bernie Taupin 71 Mr T 69 Toyah Willcox 63 Janet Jackson 55 Noel Fielding 48 Robert Kilroy-Silk 79 Sugar Ray Leonard 65 Naomi Campbell 51 Pete Townsend 76

ONE-LINERS

Here’s a few one-liners picked up this week.

It annoys me no end people who get well-known phrases wrong. I mean, it’s not rocket surgery

I got my mate an elephant for his room. He said thanks. I said don’t mention it.

FACT Cows produce more milk when farmers talk to them . It's in one ear out the udder.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

1536 Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, was beheaded at the Tower of London. 1762 Rome’s Trevi Fountain was officially completed. 1894 The Manchester Ship Canal was officially opened by Queen Victoria. 1897 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker was published. 1906 The Wright brothers were granted US patent number 821,393 for their 'Flying-Machine'. 1929 In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony took place. 1932 Amelia Earhart became the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic. 1933 The first modern sighting of the Loch Ness Monster. 1953 Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier. 1968 Pete Townshend of The Who married Karen Astley. 1986 'Top Gun', directed by Tony Scott and starring Tom Cruise had its premiere. 1987 First ever Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy. 1990 Hubble Space Telescope sent back its first photographs from space. 2001 Actress Jane Fonda divorced CNN founder Ted Turner. 2018 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married at St George's Chapel, Windsor.

THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR Here is a question that made me laugh but didn’t make it on to this week’s quizzes and was left on the cutting room floor.

Which former singer with the Miami Sound Machine named Jamie Vardy, Kasper Schmeichel, and James Maddison as her favourite footballers? GLORIA LEICESTERFAN