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Free Film Quiz Questions

13th July 2018
by Daniel Lassman

Hi Weekly Quiz, I am looking for free film quiz questions to call out at my pub. We are located in Manchester and we have loads of students that attend alongside local businesses. Thanks for your help! Alan, Manchester

The perfect film round has a wide variety of questions to enable different people to enjoy the quiz. Below are free film quiz questions to test the knowledge of all film lovers!

Film Quiz Questions

Which film diarist said; “This calls for some really tiny knickers”? Bridget Jones (Accept: Bridget Jones’s Diary)
Who played the main antagonist Le Chiffre in the 21^st James Bond film, Casino Royale? Mads Mikkelsen
Which actor has played Ian Dury, Ian Brady, King Kong and Gollum? Andy Serkis
In which 2007 film did Sandra Bullock play a housewife who dreamed that her husband had died in a car crash – only for it to become true? Premonition
Which Woody Allen film scooped the Best Actress, Director and Film Oscars at the 1978 Academy Awards? Annie Hall
Which actor appeared in the most ‘Carry On’ films? Kenneth Williams (25)
“Back to the Future Day” was celebrated by fans in 2015 – on which date? October 21st (The date Marty McFly visited ‘the future’ in the second film)
In which Disney film does the villain Jafar appear? Aladdin
Johnny Weissmüller, Elmo Lincoln, Gordon Scott and Miles O’Keeffe all played which movie character? Tarzan
In how many films did Sean Connery play James Bond? Seven (Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again)
Which actor appeared to have a wooden leg in the 1956 film Moby Dick? Gregory Peck
How many James bond films did Roger Moore star in? 7 (Moonraker, A View To a Kill, Live and Let Die, The Man With The Golden Gun, Octopussy and The Spy Who Loved Me)
The 1999 film “Tea with Mussolini” is based on whose autobiography? Franco Zeffirelli
Where did Princess Leia hide the stolen plans for the Death Star? In R2-D2
Mr Miyagi was a character from which classic films? Karate Kid

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Weekly Quiz Social Media

11th July 2018
by Daniel Lassman

Social media can be a powerful tool, the power of which can be harnessed to help promote your business – it can also be counter-productive.

I will at the outset apologise if this blog is a tad drier than some we’ve posted but I hope you’ll find the contents useful.

Whereas we typically talk about social media as a single entity it is of course a collection of different platforms, each designed to serve a different purpose, albeit many of them can intercommunicate. For example, you can link your tweet to Facebook so that if you post on one it’ll replicate on the other (and you can control in which direction this occurs).

So, let’s look at a few of the main players individually, how to use them to help promote your events, indeed how we at Weekly Quiz Ltd use them, and feel free to copy our techniques if you find them useful.

Facebook

The daddy of them all – functionality is continuously being upgraded – Facebook can do more this week than last and no doubt some new sparkly facility will be added next week. There are basically two different platforms within Facebook you can use as a business and both are free to set up… first there are groups, useful if you want a free exchange of ideas and discussions where (subject to settings) any member can post or comment – better for a business is to set up a “page” where the owner and any appointed administrators have greater control over content. You can of course within the page post events that are added to your pages’ diary and you can invite potential customers (those that have “liked” or “followed”) to attend, all for free – you can of course pay to boost both posts and events to a wider audience but if you’ve been clever at attracting your local customers onto your page anyway, then normally you won’t need to.

Posts should be colourful, include a GIF or picture and have enough detail to allow customers to attend without having to contact you.

Twitter

Often referred to as “micro blogging” due to the tight character restrictions for any tweet (currently 280 characters) so you must be economical and catchy with your tweets – it helps to be irreverent and humorous from time to time to encourage additional followers. It also helps if you follow twitter users who may have an interest in your events as they may be already reaching the people you’re trying to attract.

Twitter also supports hashtags (a word or phrase without spaces preceded by the # symbol) – try to include relevant tags in your posts, look at what’s trending (you’ll know it is as twitter will offer autocomplete suggestions as you type – try typing “#Monday” for example) but keep them relevant – no point adding #AskingForAFriend if your promoting a pub event night as it won’t encourage retweeting. Again, a GIF or picture can add colour and interest.

Instagram

Think Twitter but picture rather than word driven. The picture tells the story with the added caption filling in the blanks… choose your pictures with care as that’s what will attract people as will hashtags within the description.

Instagram is owned by Facebook so using the two together is encouraged but again you control how and when.

Weekly Quiz Social Media

OK, not strictly social media but we have to shoe horn the self-promotion somewhere – specifically aimed at quizzers, check out the first, (to the best of our knowledge) only, and the finest quiz finding search engine in the world! Every venue we support has their own full web page including an interactive calendar and users can search by day of the week, location , postcode or even partial pub names…

Others

There are others of course – but these are either not popular enough (yet?) or not really suitable as marketing tools.

You may however want to checkout Snapchat, Google + or Reddit which may be of some limited use, but you may conclude that they are more trouble than they’re worth.

See you out there in cyber space but don’t forget that the very best social media is still face to face word of mouth, printed posters, flyers and even chalk boards at the venue itself!

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Love Island Quiz Questions and Answers

20th June 2018
by Daniel Lassman

Here at Quiz HQ we get some quite specific requests from time to time. The most common of these is for a themed quiz.

We are happy to write these for our customers and will usually include the quiz itself, still divided into our ever-popular categorised rounds (typically including our signature connections and one question with five answers rounds) but also picture rounds, word puzzles, anagrams or whatever else has been asked of us. We know that we will often receive requests for the topical or the current and so we make it our business to remain in the zeitgeist. For example, we are currently providing quizzes themed around the World Cup but generally the most popular themes are popularist TV shows or movies.

In amongst the Friends, Simpsons, James Bond, Harry Potters, Marvel and sports based puzzlers we are asked to produce the most popular reoccurring theme is Reality TV and of course the more salacious the program the more popular the request… and they don’t come any more “saucy” than Love island (well, not yet anyway).

Although we can build the quiz for you and deliver it with one of our many hilarious and entertaining hosts (did you know most of our hosts are accomplished stand up comedians?) for either your private party, team build, social event or as part of a regular pub quiz night, if you want to do it all yourself then we’re happy to offer some advice.

So, let’s assume your quiz is based on the TV show Love Island.

First, when it comes to compiling the questions we would recommend you set aside some two to three hours to compile the questions, fact check them against trusted sources, proof read them and arrange them into easy to deliver, fun categories. We certainly would not recommend that you simply copy and paste a bunch of questions from various internet sites for a number of reasons…

If you’re a fan of the show you should assume your players are also – they are likely to have browsed the very same sites that you are harvesting questions from
Not all websites are created equally – whilst some are pretty good, others simply recycle questions you’ll find elsewhere, or post suggestions submitted by the public with little attempt to check for accuracy
Some are out of date

Love Island Quiz Questions and Answers

Which former cricketer appeared on the 2015 show? Max Morley
Currently on the show what is Rosie Williams’s occupation? Lawyer
Which couple have had a baby and has appeared on TOWIE together? Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey
Who is older: Kem or Amber? Kem
How many followers does Camilla Thurlow have on twitter: 200K 300K or 400K? 300K
What is the first name of Danny Dyer’s daughter who is currently on Love Island? Dani
From 2015, which islander regularly appears on TOWIE (The only way is Essex)? Jon Clark
What was the name of the olympic sprinter that appeared in celebrity Love Island 2005? Du’aine Ladejo
What is muggy Mike’s real name? Michael Thalassitis
Which couple won Love Island 2016? Nathan and Cara

Once you’ve compiled your questions – and don’t just go for the obvious ones like “who won” or “who pared of with who” as likely you will bore your intended audience. Better to go with a few head scratcher yet gettable questions that will entertain, get teams talking, perhaps a little good-natured disagreement about a particular answer.

When you host make sure you have a speaker a mic, present the questions is a clear yet entertaining way, slipping in the odd related joke or pun as you go. Make teams feel good about themselves. Don’t embarrass them, even if they are doing less well than their competitors. Keep everyone who’s playing engaged. You may even want to do a couple of rehearsals if this is an unfamiliar skill to you. Again, be prepared to put the time in to get the result you want.

Of course, in our ever-generous fashion we’ve provided some sample questions below, which were written by a professional quiz compiler and fact checked, because that’s how we like to do it.

Have fun with your quizzes – if you ever need any assistance from us we’ll always be pleased to help and if you find the time commitment too onerous then ask us for a quote – I’m sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

We hope you enjoyed our “Love Island Quiz Questions and Answers” blog and if you are running a themed quiz let us know how we can help:

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Fathers Day Quiz Questions

5th June 2018
by Daniel Lassman

A pint…

A steak…

And then…. Err, um

Let’s be honest kids, Dads can be the hardest to make feel special and to recognise their contribution and efforts to a family (generally speaking). How about holding a Father’s based quiz party to help celebrate what the man of the house means to you?

Something Different To Celebrate

A few cans, a few nibbles and your father’s friends and their families in a friendly yet competitive trivial tussle. I’m assuming your reading this as you plan to be the quizmaster? If so, a couple of tips…

First, make sure you read through the questions in advance and practice any hard to pronounce words. Next, I’m assuming you’re holding this event at home, arrange the furniture so teams can sit comfortably in teams.

How to Run The Quiz

The easiest and most straight forward method of running a quiz is to call out the questions with teams writing down the answers, to be marked at the end – obviously with this being to celebrate Father’s Day the Dad’s should of course be team captains. At least once a year their opinion should count for something!

Know what you’re going to give as a prize for winning – a trophy, a cup or even “father of the year” style coffee mug/pint glass as suggestions… consider something like a bag of lemons or wooden spoons for the team in last place? You may of course have other ideas as well, but the secret is to have fun with it and inject humour, keep it light hearted.

Finally, pace the quiz so teams have the opportunity to confer on potential answers yet quickly enough that teams don’t get bored.

We’d also suggest including questions or better yet a themed picture round – how about ten baby pictures of the children of the Fathers present? Imagine the scope for laughter when one of the fathers doesn’t recognise one of their own children?

We would recommend hosting the quiz based to ‘Father’s’ taste (Subjects he would like) if you are still struggling you can always include a round based on general knowledge with a fathers day twist. To help start you off, here’s a few Father’s Day themed questions that your welcome to use.

Fathers Day Quiz Questions

Which British comedy series focuses on three priests living on Craggy Island? Father Ted
In England – Father Christmas dates back to which century? 16th
Who originally had the hit song ‘Dance With My Father’? Luther Vandross
What date is fathers day in the UK? Sunday, 17 June
What was the name of Martin Fowlers Father in Eastenders? Arthur Fowler
Released in 2015 which film stars Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg and Linda Cardellini? Daddy’s Home
Shirley Crabtree Jr. Was better known as what nickname? Big Daddy (Wrestler)
“It’s not time to make a change, Just relax, take it easy” is the first line to which song? Father And Son (Cat Stevens)
How old is Daddy Pig from the animated television series Peppa Pig? 30
Thirty-two-year-old Sonny Koufax is a character from which film? Big Daddy

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Weekly Quiz Affiliate

31st May 201831st May 2018
by Daniel Lassman

You may be reading this because you are one of our many funny and talented hosts or perhaps you are an avid quizzer who regularly plays one of our quiz nights, maybe you own, manage or work for one of the venues across the country where we host our quizzes… maybe you just tripped over us with a Google search – it’s possible that you even found us by searching on Yahoo (yea, right)…

The Product

Weekly Quiz is arguably the fastest growing quiz entertainment company in the UK that offers a complete end to end service – providing everything a venue needs to make a night a success, the quiz itself including up to date questions tied to the time of year, current events etc., the host (aka Quizmaster) – a skilled presenter from an entertainment background, often stand up comedians or trained actors, microphone and speaker if required, even pens!

We even have an option for a “TV game show” style quiz with a fully interactive wireless buzzer system as well. As we are increasingly becoming the “go to” brand for many of the largest pub chains in the UK as they know and love what we can provide. A great and economical night out to entertain their customers and a valuable source of revenue to the venues themselves.

How To Make Money

We are constantly on the look out for new venues that want to host regular quiz nights and we are willing to put our money where our mouth is – if you know a venue, and it doesn’t have to be a pub – we also host quiz nights in sports clubs, social clubs, golf clubs, Student Union bars, indeed anywhere where people gather for a social evening (or perhaps a lunchtime?) then why not tell us about them?

All we need is the name, address, contact number and name of the manager of the venue as well as your contact details and we’ll do the rest. If the venue agrees to hold our quiz nights and runs just one night, we will reward you with a finder’s fee of £50. Sounds interesting?

Weekly Quiz Affiliate Form

Please fill in the form below and let us know the area you are based, becoming a Weekly Quiz Affiliate today!

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Quiz Team Name Competition

23rd May 201823rd May 2018
by Daniel Lassman

This all started with a casual conversation with the boss in the office – we were skimming the Team Names page of this website when the boss sighed in only the way bosses can.

“I’ve been promoting pub quizzes now for over 15 years”, he confided “and I can’t remember the last time I saw a truly original, witty, pithy, team name”.

I reassured him that they were out there and possibly because his role had become more office based he just wasn’t seeing them.

He shrugged. “I’m not so sure.”

I laughed “look I do a few quizzes a month and there are always surprises out there, names that make me smile, occasionally laugh or think – names that are new AND make an impact.”

He had that sort of cynical look on his face.

“look” I said, sort of squaring up to him in an assertive yet still respectful way “I’ll prove it, put your money where your mouth is – let’s run a competition to find the best original and memorable pub quiz team name out there – you’ll just have to give a little, err, pecuniary incentive.”

He smiled, he nodded…

The Competition

The Team Name Competition is open to any individual or team to submit their favourite team name (whether it’s been used in a quiz or not) All entries will be judged by Weekly Quiz and the overall winner will receive £100 via a straight forward bank transfer around a week after the closing date of June 17th 2018.

Enter or just have a look at for inspiration on out quiz team name page. but obviously avoid submitting one that’s already on any of the lists (as it won’t win, its not original)

Terms and Conditions

Please note terms are able to be changed by Weekly Quiz LTD at anytime. Please follow the 7 terms below and please feel free to contact us.

Enter as many times as you like.
Shortlist will be created by Weekly Quiz LTD.
The best names will be shortlisted.
Poll Will be released on the website and winner will be decided after 7 days.
You will be able to vote for your favourite via the website.
By entering you agree to have your first name published next to team name if chosen.
If you do not understand anything please contact info@weeklyquiz.co.uk

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Free World Cup Quiz Questions

17th May 201817th May 2018
by Daniel Lassman

With the world cup just around the corner (apologies to Italy and Scotland for reminding you) many venues are looking to include World Cup (Italy, Scotland, oops) themed events and we’ve been inundated with requests and enquiries for themed quiz nights.

We appear to be the default choice for many of the biggest names in the hospitality industry as well as being trusted by household names to run their corporate events so its no surprise that we are the first call many of them will make when they need such an event.

Whist we pride ourselves on the skill, fun and personality of our quizmasters, many coming from an entertainment background, where we really “score” when it comes to these major events is the quality and variety of our questions.

Here at Weekly Quiz we employ professional quiz compilers, some of whom have written for TV game shows and publications. All of our questions are proofed and double checked so you can have the confidence of knowing there won’t be any disputes over vague or poorly constructed questions that could have more than one answer, be factually incorrect, out of date or just plain wrong! What’s more we burrow into the deepest trivia mines and tap into and exploit the richest seams of the interesting, the educational and occasionally quirky fact nuggets out there (we’re also not adverse to using really bad metaphors).

For the World Cup we’ll be using football subject matter specialists, people who really know the topic and can create brain teasing fun questions for you and your quiz teams.

But of course, don’t take our word for it – have a look at the sample questions below just to give you the idea. Now imagine a fun and friendly host delivering those questions in an entertaining way to teams at your event…

Free World Cup Quiz Questions

Who won the world cup for a second time in 1986? Argentina
Which European team finished 3rd at the 1994 FIFA World Cup? Sweden
Who was the top scorer of the 1978 World Cup finals? Mario Kempes (6 goals)
How many times have the Netherlands won the trophy? 0
Who was England’s top scorer when they won the world cup in 1966? Geoff Hurst
What year did Brazil win their first wold cup trophy? 1958
What year was the first ever world cup? 1930
Who won England’s group in 2014: Costa Rica, Italy or Uruguay? Costa Rica
Held in South Africa – What was the name of the 2010 world cup mascot? Zakumi
Who did David Beckham score a free kick against to enable England to qualify for the 2002 FIFA world cup? Greece
Hristo Stoichkov represented which country at USA 94? Bulgaria
Who won the best goalkeeper award at the 1998 tournament?
Who was the last American player to win the “Young player of the tournament” award? Landon Donovan 2002
How many world cups did Pele play in? 4 (1958, 1962, 1966 and 1970)
How many times have Germany won the world cup? 4

We hope you enjoyed the free world cup trivia and if you have an enquiry about our World Cup themed events fill in the form below:

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Quiz Team Name Competition Terms & Conditions

14th May 2018
by Daniel Lassman

Please note terms are able to be changed by Weekly Quiz LTD at anytime. Please follow the 7 terms below and please feel free to contact us.

Enter as many times as you like.
Shortlist will be created by Weekly Quiz LTD.
The best names will be shortlisted.
Poll Will be released on the website and winner will be decided after 7 days.
You will be able to vote for your favourite via the website.
By entering you agree to have your first name published next to team name if chosen.
If you do not understand anything please contact info@weeklyquiz.co.uk

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Fun Trivia Questions for Parties

14th May 201814th May 2018
by Daniel Lassman

Want to run your on pub quiz for a private party? We have called this blog “fun trivia questions for parties” as we have used them before and they went down a storm. We have some great ideas to make your event extra special so if its for a birthday, wedding or other special occasion fill in the form at the bottom of the page and we can help!

Free Quiz Questions

Which radio DJ was the first winner of “Im a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here”? Tony Blackburn
Which TV comedian and presenter released a live video called “Twin Squeaks”? Joe Pasquale
In 2003, which news reporter controversially interviewed Michael Jackson in a now infamous ITV documentary? Martin Bashir
Which politician and former leader of the Conservative Party was asked the same questions 14 times by Jeremy Paxman in an edition of Newsnight in 1997? Michael Howard
Which TV and Radio presenter, currently still presenting on Radio 2, did Spike Milligan say of in 1999 – “The Best I can Hope for Him is an Early Death”? Chris Evans

Sport and Games

Which London club were the last team to win the FA Cup final at the old Wembley Stadium Chelsea
Canadian John Part became a World Champion in which sport in 2003? Darts
Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Hardy were famous rivals in which sport? Figure Skating
In 2003, which player became the youngest individual to earn 50 caps for the England Football team? Michael Owen
Which Russian beat Serena Williams in the final of the Ladies Singles at the 2004 Wimbledon Tennis Championships to win her first Grand Slam title? Maria Sharapova

Books

In which famous 19^th Century novel does the title character marry Mr Rochester? Jane Eyre
The Magicians Nephew is the first of 7 stories of which series of books which have since been made into a series of films? The Chronicles of Narnia
Complete the title of a famous novel by Ernest Hemmingway “The Old Man and the ____”? Sea
In the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, what number is the answer to the meaning of Life? 42
In which Dickens novel would you read the heart breaking account of the death of Little Nell? The Old Curiosity Shop

Music

The 2018 Eurovision Song contest is taking place this week in which country? Portugal
Abba announced this month that they are set to reform after 35 years. How many number 1 singles did they have in the UK – Was it 4, 9, 12 or 16? 9
Which individual, better known as an actor and presenter, had a UK Number 2 hit in 2003 with the song “I’m Your Man”? Shane Ritchie
With a one word title, which was the first Spice Girls single not to reach No.1 in the Uk? Stop
Which acts biggest hit came in 1984 with the song “You Take Me Up”? Thompson Twins

1 Question 5 Answers

Q: Along with the USA and United Kingdom, can you name the other 5 countries which make up the G7?

Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Japan

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Quizmasters in London

14th May 2018
by Daniel Lassman

This blog, unlike previous insights is not to promote the various services we provide but instead to do what all businesses in the entertainment industry should do occasionally and that’s to step back, catch our breath and celebrate a small section of our roster of Quizmasters – those that work within the metropolis that is London.

Quick note from me: If you are looking for a quiz master in London check out our Pub Quiz Master page on the website.

We don’t just host in London

We host quizzes all over the UK and employ professional Quizmasters for each and every one of them. We’ve hosted quiz nights in private members clubs, restaurants, hotels, birthday parties, weddings, office board rooms, sports centres, tents, festivals, building sites, schools and scout huts. Of course, let’s not forget the vast number of pubs that choose to use us week in, week out.

Although, in the broadest sense the “product” (an evening of brain taxing fun, excitement and trivia) remains the same, each venue, weekly event, party or team build develops and takes on a personality and character all its own. Nowhere is this truer than in the Capital.

The general hustle and bustle, congestion, pace of life, density of population and businesses, whilst in themselves not unique, combine in a way to create something a little bit different.

I should add that this is no way denigrates or belittles the work that our hosts do across the country and no doubt in the weeks and months to come we’ll shine the spot light on different venues, parts of the country, profiles of quizmasters and players so quizmasters away from “the old smoke” … your time will come!

So, what makes London different?

If you’ve lived or worked here for any given length of time you’ll soon conclude that “London” is not an entity, it’s more like a collection of small towns, districts and villages fused together into the capital. As you travel around (and by car it can take as much as a couple of hours to cross from one side to the other) there’s always something new to discover. For instance, Peckham, Brixton, Bow, Chelsea, Fulham, St Johns Wood, the City of London, the West End, Harrow are completely different in terms of custom, amenities, transport, commerce, population and architecture.

Congestion is another issue – the roads can be clogged and not just in rush hour – and parking sometimes is costly, that’s if you can find a space! Although that is largely balanced by an excellent urban public transport network, pity the poor quizmaster trying to get themselves along with a professional speaker/amplifier, microphone and possibly a laptop or tablet to a venue.

The great work our quizmasters (or hosts as we prefer to call them) do needs to be recognised. Their job does not start and end when the quiz does of course. We generally use stand up comedians or trained actors or similar entertainers as our hosts (we even have an “iron man” sports man on the books) several of whom have TV, radio or Edinburgh fringe credits and with London being a focal point for entertainment (indeed it was the birth place of the now national comedy circuit and it has a thriving west End and Fringe Theatre) we are blessed with an abundance of talent.

Thanks to all of our fantastic quiz masters!

So, to all the Quiz hosts across the capital who tonight will be driving, or on a bus or the tube or even walking and cycling to deliver a fun evening of quizzing to the delight of our many thousands of regular quizzers pause – just for a second – take a breath and smile – you have our thanks for the great work you do.

You can find a small selection of our Quizmasters on our hire a quizmaster page.

Best wishes,

The weekly Quiz Team.