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• Quiz Number #64213th June 2026

  Round 1
  

  1. Spelling – RESURRECTION – a supposed act of a dead person coming back to life.

  2. Lyrics: Next 4 words of this song after: “I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar”?

  That Much Is True

  3. In the UK, “Junior Doctors” now officially use what title?

  Resident Doctors

  4. Hubba Bubba is a brand of bubble gum produced by which company? Coca-Cola | Wrigley | Haribo

  Wrigley

  5. Christina Koch has gone up in the Artemis II. How many men are onboard?

  3

  6. A millisecond is equal to which fraction of a second?

  One thousandth

  7. 1% Club Style: I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

  Seven

  8. In finance, what does CBDC stand as created by a nation’s bank?

  CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY

  9. The “Battle Bus” is a famous starting point in which video game?

  Fortnite

  10. What was the question? If the answer is – 14

  Number of times Cliff Richard has had a number 1 hit in the UK? <

  The number of red cards issued to players in a Atlético Madrid v Cádiz game last week?

  Age of consent according to the BBC Employee Handbook for Code of Conduct?

  11. Hollywood actor Kevin Bacon has been the face and voice of EE adverts since 2012. Who has been the voice of O2 ads since 2022? (24 years)

  Sean Bean

  12. True / False: Sharks existed before trees?

  TRUE

  Final Rounds

  Wheel – TV Soaps

  1. What colour is the front door of the Rovers Return?
  Green

  2. What is the name of the fictional coastal town in Home & Away?
  Summer Bay

  3. Six letter word using 1st letter from each of these theme tunes – (Audio Clip)
  DALLAS – EASTENDERS – FAMILY AFFAIRS – EMMERDALE – NEIGHBOURS – DOCTORS
  DEFEND

  4. Which English TV producer and screenwriter created Brookside and Hollyoaks?
  Phil Redmond

  5. Who shot Phil Mitchell? (1st name only – 2001 storyline)
  Lisa
  
  Double Up
  1. Sadiq Khan is the third and current mayor of London. Who were the first two?
  Ken Livingstone | Boris Johnson

  2. When converted to the Gregorian calendar, Easter can fall between which two months?
  March | April

  3. Which two countries have a coastline on the Strait of Hormuz?
  Iran | Oman

  4. Which Mac OS X versions were named after big cats with two-word names?
  Snow Leopard | Mountain Lion

  5. Name the two Baltic states who’s names do not start with a vowel?
  Latvia | Lithuania

  Additional

  Countdown

  Answer: Offensive

  Letters: Fife Ovens

  Hint: Causing anger or annoyance

  Tie Break:

  Alexander the Great, creator of 1 of the largest empires in history, died at what age?

  32

  Tie Break 2

  In which year was The Orion spacecraft for Artemis I stacked? (stacked = have been fully assembled on top of each other, ready for launch.)

  2021

  Bonus – Which of these is the voice of Daddy Pig? (Picture on screen)

  Richard Ridings

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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.