Some things are just meant to be. April’s picture round was Name the Dog, featuring the likes of Hong Kong Phooey, Greyfriars Bobby, Snowy and Muttley. And the winners? Bow Barkers. We’ll let you decide whether that’s a coincidence.

In second place was a team called Whatever, which made reading out the results a genuine pleasure. Whatever, congratulations.

By the numbers

It was the Barkers’ seventh win, and their first since they won the 2025 Christmas Special. Four different teams won the first four quizzes of 2026, which tells you how open things were.

7
wins for Bow Barkers, out of 38 quizzes
4
different winners in the first four quizzes of 2026
7
famous dogs in the picture round
1st
top-two finish for Whatever

A flavour of the questions

April’s rounds included a How Old Is round, a memory test (no writing allowed, read out once), an Earliest to Latest round, and a round of words containing QUIS.

  • General knowledgeWhat is special about saying the letters B, M, P and W?
    Answer: Your lips touch
  • General knowledgeWho won Eurovision with Boom Bang-a-Bang in 1969?
    Answer: Lulu
  • General knowledgeWhich ship was found adrift and deserted in the Atlantic off the Azores in December 1872?
    Answer: The Mary Celeste
  • Quiz roundWhich word means a traitor who collaborates with an enemy occupying force?
    Answer: Quisling
  • Earliest to latestPut these in order: Apple, Google, Facebook.
    Answer: Apple (1976), Google (1998), Facebook (2004)
  • Earliest to latestAnd these: Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble.
    Answer: Monopoly (1935), Scrabble (1948), Risk (1957)
  • General knowledgeWhat colours do Oxford and Cambridge race in at the Boat Race?
    Answer: Oxford dark blue, Cambridge light blue

The wipeout round was a parade of Georges, from Clooney and Best to Formby, and the Pointless question asked for a Commonwealth country, with 56 to choose from.

The music round: idents

Not songs at all this time: the jingles and fanfares that come before the programme. Name the film company or TV channel. Hearing the old ITV regions again was a treat.

  • 20th Century Fox
  • Anglia
  • BBC
  • Warner Bros
  • Netflix
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • HBO
  • Thames
  • Yorkshire
  • Channel 4

And finally

Next up was May, and a rematch between the Barkers and the Wanderers.

Every question from the night is in the questions archive, every winner is on the monthly winners board, and there are more photos in the gallery.