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• Quiz Number #63121st February 2026

  The Chase

  Who was the resident clergyman of Robin Hood’s band of Merry Men?
  Friar Tuck
  Father Luck
  Preacher Duck

  Which BBC sports presenter shares their name with a famous murderer from the 1980s?
  Rosemary West
  Martin Brundle
  Mark Chapman

  Which story includes the line “He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws.”?
  The BFG
  Winnie-the-Pooh
  The Gruffalo

  Which of these islands is by far the biggest (area)?
  Jersey
  Isle of Man
  Skye

  The vernal equinox in the northern hemisphere will mark the end of what?
  Summer
  Winter
  Mankind

  ENTERTAINMENT

  Film: Released in 2002, what was the title of the first film in the Jason Bourne film series?
  The Bourne Identity
  The Bourne Supremacy
  The Bourne Bjorg

  Books: Charlotte’s Web

  TV: What is the name of Kirk Van Houten’s son?
  Milhouse

  Kesha’s solo debut single shares it’s name with which social media platform?
  Tik Tok

  Actor link: Who starred in all of these?
  Cillian Murphy
  Steve
  28 Days Later
  Dunkirk
  Oppenheimer

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  Bonus – Simple Sums

  If bought in person, (at a shop), what would the total be?
  1x line on EuroMillions bought at a shop.
  +
  1x line on National Lottery bought at a shop.

  £4.50

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  Question of Sport: GOATS (Greatest of all Time’s)

  Which country did Usain Bolt represent internationally?
  Jamaica

  Which tennis player earned the nickname “The King of Clay”?
  Rafael Nadal

  Schumacher & Hamilton share the record for most World Drivers’ Championships, winning how many titles each?
  7

  Which British boxer retired undefeated in 46 fights after becoming a unified world champion at super-middleweight?
  Joe Calzaghe

  Which darts organisation did Phil Taylor famously leave in 1993 to help form a rival circuit?
  BDO (British Darts Organisation)

  Blockbusters

  Which CO precede the titles of films such as “Nurse”, “Cruising”, “Up the Jungle” & “Camping”?
  Carry On

  Strachan made 197 appearances for which LU?
  Leeds United

  What CP was the name of the regular coffee shop in Friends?
  Central Perk

  Which CP was a massively popular online game from 2005 to 2017 by Disney Interactive Studios?
  Club Penguin

  Which JD initially achieved fame playing Scott Robinson on TV?
  Jason Donovan

  Weakest Link

  Which major supermarket chain use a loyalty scheme called “More Card”?
  Morrisons

  MI5 and MI6 are UK Security Services. What does MI stand for?
  Military Intelligence

  The M9 motorway runs past the end of the runway of which airport?
  Edinburgh

  What type of swan shares it’s name with someone who is unable to speak?
  Mute

  Flying from Glasgow to Malta today, on arrival you’d have to adjust your watch how many hours ahead?
  1 Hour

  Double Up

  There are 7 European countries starting with S, which two are last alphabetically?
  Sweden | Switzerland

  Two deceased singers that duetted on the 2000 song “If I Told You That”?
  Whitney Houston | George Michael

  Surnames of two actors who have played Danny Ocean in Ocean’s 11 ( or Ocean’s Eleven)?
  Clooney | Sinatra

  The monarch 100 years ago and 200 years ago were called King George. What were the numbers after their names?
  IV | V

  Among Scotland’s 32 council areas, the only ones with a “South” prefix are “South… what”?
  South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire

  Countdown

  Answer: Alphabets

  Letters: Bath Leaps

  Hint: Writing systems that use symbols called letters.

  Tie Break

  The Chase first aired on UK TV in which year?
  2009

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Writing your own quiz questions always results in a far better quiz night experience for your players. However, coming up with new ideas for questions every week can be challenging. That is the purpose of this site: A resource for quiz question ideas and subjects.

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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.