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• Quiz Number #6416th June 2026

  Round 1
  

  1. Spelling – INFINITY. (Definition: “To Infinity and beyond”.

  2. Connect 4 Mini Round. QUEEN.

  3. Which nursery rhyme ends with the line “And couldn’t get up in the morning”?

  It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

  4. What is the most accurate, traditional term for a man who makes and sells pizza?

  Pizzaiolo <

  Pizzador

  Fornaio

  Pancrietto

  5. Which delivery company that rebranded to “Evri”, shared their name with Greek God of thieves?

  Hermes

  6. Which of these Uri’s became famous as a bender?

  Yuri Gagarin | Uri Geller

  7. Which landlocked country in Central Africa shares it’s name with the lead singer of Nickelback and the director of John Wick?

  Chad

  8. Who was the famous grandfather of American actress Riley Keough?

  Elvis Presley

  9. Consumption was the old name for which disease that caused severe weight loss and coughing, responsible for nearly 25% of all deaths in Europe in the 1800’s?

  Tuberculosis

  10. Georgie Pai was a notorious leader of which crime organisation in Britain?

  Triad  (also accept) Wo Shing Wo

  11. Song title link: Which word appears in all of these song titles? (audio clip)

  RETURN

  12. What C is the name of the company contracted to enforce TV Licensing in the UK?

  Capita

  Final Rounds

  Wheel – Butchery (Random Subject of the Week)

  1. True | False: Male pigs have an odd number of ribs?
  FALSE

  2. In the film “Gangs of New York”, who played William Poole, also known as Bill the Butcher?
  Daniel Day-Lewis

  3. Who played Pat Butcher in Eastenders?
  Pam St Clement

  4. A brisket is a cut from where?
  Breast | Loin | Shoulder

  5. Spell: ABATTOIR
  
  Double Up
  1. In the Scottish Championship, alphabetically who are the first two teams?
  Airdrieonians | Arbroath

  2. This sentence includes taglines from which two car makers: “The Ultimate Driving Machine is The Power of Dreams”?
  BMW | Honda

  3. Two answers share the initials “PD”. One was Harry Potter’s address, the other is a Tina Turner song — what are they?
  Privet Drive | Private Dancer

  4. Who played Henry Roth & Lucy Whitmore in the starring roles of 50 First Dates?
  Adam Sandler | Drew Barrymore

  5. List the two highest seating capacity venues in Scotland?
  Murrayfield | Celtic Park

  Additional

  Countdown

  Answer: Loneliest

  Letters: Tellies On

  Hint: The one with the least amount of pals.

  Tie Break:

  Subtract the number between the years that these were born: Ricky Martin | Bad Bunny?

  23

  Ricky Martin – 1971

  Bad Bunny – 1994

  (Note – may not be difference in ages – wording of question asks for difference between years they were born)

  Tie Break 2

  Joe Calzaghe’s heaviest official weigh-in was no more than how many pounds?

  174 lbs

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Top tip for creating your own Countdown conundrums.

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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.