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• Quiz Number #6454th July 2026

  Round 1
  1. Spelling – Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

  Picture – This is an AED machine. Spell the word that D stands for?

  DEFIBRILLATOR

  2. Wheel of Fortune – Picture clue: Idiom for someone who is very calm. CAAC

  Cool As A Cucumber

  3. Jiminy Cricket appeared as a wisecracking partner of which Disney title character?

  Pinocchio

  4. Name the voice-over actor of the O2 adverts? Kevin Bacon | Sean Bean | Morgan Freeman

  Sean Bean

  5. If a bookmaker offers odds of 2.75 in decimal format, what are the fractional odds?

  7/4

  6. Music clip – 4 letter word: First letter of each artist?

  COLA

  7. Which James Bond actor also played film characters Ofcr. Jimmy Malone & Henry Jones Sr.?

  Sean Connery

  8. What was the name of this TV chef who was caught shoplifting cheese from Tesco?

  Antony Worrall Thompson

  9. Logan Paul sold what PC at auction for $16.5m (£12m) earlier this year (Feb 2026)?

  Pokémon Card

  10. Simple Sums. 2026 F1 Calendar. Number of Grand Prixs in USA + Number of Grand Prixs in Spain.

  USA 3 + Spain 2

  5

  11. Which one of these was actually a real person rather than just a fictional character?

  Dick Turpin < | Hannibal Lecter | Walter White

  12. Which venue hosts the Masters snooker tournament annually?

  Alexandra Palace

  Final Rounds

  Wheel – Engineering

  1. What does “CAD” stand for in engineering and design?
  Computer-Aided Design

  2. Ohm’s Law defines the fundamental relationship between current, resistance and what else?
  Voltage

  3. A structure that uses triangular units for strength shares it’s name with which former Prime Minister?
  Truss

  4. Which of these is an excellent electrical conductor and also resists corrosion?
  Gold < | Lead | Titanium

  5. HVAC technologies are used in residential and commercial buildings. What does the H stand for?
  Heating (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning)

  Double Up

  1. The final lineup of Destiny’s Child comprised of Beyoncé and who else?
  Kelly Rowland | Michelle Williams

  2. Which two countries are the southernmost on the mainland of South America?
  Argentina | Chile

  3. 2026 Commonwealth Games will be held in Glasgow. List the two previous years the games were held in Scotland?
  1986 | 2014

  4. Name the two primary wild crocodile species found in Australia?
  Saltwater | Freshwater

  5. Subtitles of the Star Wars films Episode I & Episode II?
  Phantom Menace | Attack of the Clones

  Additional

  Countdown

  Answer: LOUDMOUTH

  Letters: HOLDOUT UM

  Hint: Someone that talks a lot, especially in an unpleasant or stupid way.

  Tie Break

  In which year did the Scottish wing of the Green Party separate amicably from England & Wales to form Scottish Greens?

  1990

  Tie Break 2

  How many years apart were the release of Disney’s Pinocchio from the publication of  Carlo Collodi’s novel The Adventures of Pinocchio?

  57 Years

  (1940-1883)

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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.