WEEKLY BLOG wk23. This week I have included a Manchester Quiz you can add as an extra round, Sorted! 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 International Friendlies Mon 7 June Germany v Latvia International Friendlies Tue 8 June Cameroon v Nigeria Poland v Iceland Hungary v Republic of Ireland Czech Republic v Albania Spain v Lithuania France v Bulgaria International Friendlies Wed 9 June Portugal v Israel International Friendlies Thu 10 June Estonia v Latvia South Africa v Uganda Kosovo v Gambia Sudan v Zambia Tunisia v Algeria MANCHESTER QUIZ… 1 What is the name of the large shopping centre in Manchester city centre, built in phases between 1972 and 1979 at a cost of £100 million? ARNDALE CENTRE 2 HM Prison Manchester is better known by what name? STRANGEWAYS 3 Which town in Greater Manchester has been home to the world pie eating championships since 1992? WIGAN 4 Which famous female political activist was born in Moss Side in 1858? EMMELINE PANKHURST 5 Which Manchester band took their name from the World War 2 slang term for a military brothel for German officers on leave? JOY DIVISION 6 Located in Manchester, what is the name of the oldest public library in the English-speaking world? CHETHAM’S LIBRARY 7 Which drink that is a mix of fruits, herbs and spices was created in Manchester in 1908? VIMTO 8 Which big name cereal brand has a factory in Trafford Park? KELLOGG’S 9 The world's only swing aqueduct at Barton carries which canal over the Manchester Ship Canal? BRIDGEWATER CANAL 10 How long is Manchester’s famous curry mile? Quarter of a mile, half a mile, three quarters of a mile or one mile? HALF A MILE WHO’S CELEBRATING? This week’s birthdays Carole Baskin 60 Nancy Sinatra 81 Hugh Laurie 62 Robert Englund 74 Johnny Depp 58 Bjorn Borg 65 Iggy Azalea 31 Michael J Fox 60 Anna Kournikova 40 George Ezra 28 Faith Evans 48 Natalie Portman 40 Liam Neeson 69 Elizabeth Hurley 56 Mick Hucknall 61 Tom Jones 81 Ryan Thomas 37 Maxi Priest 60 Bear Grylls 47 Peter Dinklage 52 ONE-LINERS Here’s a few one-liners I picked up this week. I walked down a street and saw the houses were numbered 64k, 128k, 256k and 512k. I thought ahhh! I must be taking a trip down memory lane. What do we want? Better memory! When do we want it? Want what???? I never believed my dad was stealing from his job as a road worker. But when I got home, all the signs were there. THIS WEEK IN HISTORY 1509 King Henry VIII married his first wife Catherine of Aragon. 1654 Louis XIV was crowned King of France. 1901 James Braid won the first of 5 British Open titles. 1934 Donald Duck made his film debut in 'The Wise Little Hen'. 1942 Anne Frank got her diary as a birthday present. 1962 Brothers John and Clarence Anglin and fellow inmate Frank Morris escape from Alcatraz, the only ones to do so. 1964 Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison in South Africa. 1972 David Bowie released his breakthrough album 'The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'. 1975 The Sony Betamax videocassette recorder first went on sale. 1977 The Queen marked her Silver jubilee. 1977 George Harrison and his wife Patti were divorced. 1981 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', the first Indiana Jones film had its world premiere. 1982 Priscilla Presley first opened Graceland to the public. 1984 'Ghostbusters' was showing at cinemas across the UK. 1987 Margaret Thatcher became the first British Prime Minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term. 1990 Mariah Carey released her debut album. 1993 'Jurassic Park', directed by Steven Spielberg, opened at cinemas across the UK. 1998 'Sex and the City' starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon made its TV debut. 2010 'Toy Story 3' had its world premiere and went on to become the first animated film to earn $1billion. 2010 Africa stages the FIFA World Cup for the first time. 2014 Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas were divorced. 2016 Amber Rose and rapper Wiz Khalifa were divorced after 2 years of marriage. 2017 Rafael Nadal became the first to win the Men's French Open ten times. 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. What letter would you put in front of number one to make it disappear? G ( and then it’s “gone”!) .