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• Quiz Number #6389th May 2026

  Round 1
  
  1. Spelling – EMBARRASSING

  
  2. These actors have all played “M”. List them in order (earliest first).

  Ralph Fiennes | Robert Brown | Bernard Lee  |Judi Dench

  C – B – D – A

  
  3. Which green vegetable shares it’s name with the fatty substance inside animal bones?

  Marrow

  
  4. If the average human spends one-third of their life asleep, how many years of waking life has a 51-year-old experienced?

  34

  
  5. True / False: Due to heavy snowfall in Wales in 1972, Mount Snowdon was taller than Ben Nevis for 3 days?

  FALSE

  
  6. Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor who presents the US version of which TV reality game show?

  The Traitors

  
  7. What was the cause of death of the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco? Assassinated | Cardiac failure  | Spanish Flu

  Cardiac failure

  
  8. Audio clip – what nationality are all of these acts?

  Dutch

  
  9. Gary Oldman played the main role of which historic figure in Darkest Hour?

  Sir Winston Churchill

  
  10. Mystery voice (Audio clip)

  John Virgo

  
  11. Did Ange Postecoglou ever play for the Australia national team?

  YES

  
  12. What bird-word is used for completing a a par-5 in three strokes in golf?

  Eagle

  Final Rounds

  Wheel – Horses

  1. How many inches are in one “hand” when measuring horses?
  4 inches
  
  2. What is the name of the horse in the Toy Story films?
  Bullseye
  
  3. Which Shakespeare play includes the famous line: “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!”
  Richard III
  
  4. Which banking group use this horse in their logo (picture clue)?
  Lloyds
  
  5. What is the maximum number of runners allowed in the Grand National?
  34 < | 40 | 44

  
  Double Up
  1. Although lime juice is an optional extra, list the two ingredients of a Cuba Libre cocktail?
  Rum | Coke
  
  2. Which two sovereign countries are located closest to Greenland?
  Canada | Iceland
  
  3. Names of the 2 countries formed from Yugoslavia starting with “S”?
  Slovenia | Serbia
  
  4. Along with Donald Duck, which other two fictional birds have their own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?
  Woody Woodpecker | Big Bird
  
  5. In the Peninsular War (1808–1814), Britain fought in alliance along with which two countries?
  Spain | Portugal

  Additional

  Countdown

  Answer: Kilometre

  Letters: Toe Milker

  Hint:  Approximately 0.62 miles
  
  

  Tie Break:

  How much does a driving Test cost (for a car on a weekday)?

  £62

  Tie Break 2

  How many times has Jack Whitehall hosted the BRIT Awards?

  6 (correct as of 2026)

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Top tip for creating your own Countdown conundrums.

These are my 2 go-to websites. Firstly find a 9 letter word by using www.crosswordsolver.org. Next head to wordsmith.org/anagram and find some interesting combinations of the letters.

Music Rounds

1 minute clip (play twice during presentation) with 5 songs from 5 different decades.

Format 1: Pull the first letter from each artist and it will spell out which 5 letter word?

Format 2: Give the teams the 5 letter word first, then play the clip and have them name each artist.

Here is a sample of our music round which can be used as a full round or just bonus points during a music question round.