Space Cadets took the July title, their second of the year after January, with Cobley Wanderers in second place.

Beating the Wanderers is no small thing. They are the quiz’s most successful team by a distance, so a night when someone else lifts the cup while they look on is worth writing down.

By the numbers

Here’s a nice one for the Cadets’ scrapbook. Space Cadets and Cobley Wanderers have finished first and second twice, in June 2025 and now July 2026, and both times it was the Cadets on top.

4
wins for Space Cadets, out of 41 quizzes
2
Cadets wins in 2026, level with the Wanderers
2–0
Cadets’ record when they and the Wanderers finish first and second
15
wins for Cobley Wanderers, still top of the all-time list

A flavour of the questions

July’s quiz had a riddles round, a nuts and seeds round, a battles round, and a recurring puzzle of paper nets: work out what 3D shape each one folds into.

  • General knowledgeWhat links Athens, Paris, St. Louis and London?
    Answer: The first four modern Olympic host cities (1896, 1900, 1904, 1908)
  • General knowledgeWhat number comes between 19 and 17 on a dartboard?
    Answer: 3
  • RiddlesIf you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
    Answer: Second. Not first, however tempting.
  • RiddlesYou see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How?
    Answer: They’re all married
  • Nuts and seedsWhich nut is nicknamed the laughing nut or smiling nut in Iran?
    Answer: Pistachio
  • BattlesIn which country did the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle take place?
    Answer: Zaire, now DR Congo
  • TriviaGrenadine comes from what fruit?
    Answer: Pomegranate

The Pointless question asked for a team in the 2026 World Cup, with 48 to choose from, and the wipeout round was all things beginning with G, from Glyndebourne to Genghis Khan.

The music round: air guitar

Ten of the great guitar riffs, one point for the artist and one for the song. Nobody was seen actually playing air guitar. Officially.

  • Johnny B. GoodeChuck Berry
  • ApacheThe Shadows
  • Gimme All Your Lovin’ZZ Top
  • Beat ItMichael Jackson
  • Smells Like Teen SpiritNirvana
  • Walk This WayRun-DMC and Aerosmith
  • Pretty VacantSex Pistols
  • Smoke on the WaterDeep Purple
  • Free BirdLynyrd Skynyrd
  • Whatever You WantStatus Quo

And finally

Next up was August, and the Wanderers wanted their trophy back.

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.