A month after finishing second, Space Cadets went one better and won the June quiz. And they did it by beating Cobley Wanderers, the quiz’s most successful team, into second place.
It was the Cadets’ second win, their first since September 2024, and a fine way to mark midsummer.
By the numbers
This was the first time the Cadets and the Wanderers had finished first and second, and the Cadets came out on top. It also meant four different teams had won in 2025 by the end of June.
A flavour of the questions
June’s rounds included an alphabet round at the movies, a round of things happening on this day tomorrow, food and drink, and a round of foreign stuff. The picture round was all chocolate bars, which made for a hungry evening.
- General knowledgeWilliam Cody was better known as who?
Answer: Buffalo Bill - General knowledgeWhat number is represented in binary as 1000?
Answer: 8. Question 8, as the answer sheet points out. See what we did there? - Alphabet round at the moviesZoltar Speaks was a transformative machine in which film?
Answer: Big - Food and drinkManchego cheese is made from the milk of which animal?
Answer: Sheep - Foreign stuffIn an alphabetical list of the world’s capital cities, which comes last?
Answer: Zagreb - General knowledgeWhich football team won the 1992 European Championship despite not having qualified for it?
Answer: Denmark - General knowledgeName two words with two consecutive Us in them.
Answer: Vacuum, continuum or residuum
The wipeout round was all famous Peters, from Peter Jackson to Peter the Great, and then of course came the traditional final question.
The music round: Britpop (no Oasis)
The round was billed on the answer sheet as Britpop, No Oasis. Ten songs, one point for the artist and one for the title. Definitely, maybe, nobody missed them.
- Girls & BoysBlur
- Female of the SpeciesSpace
- AlrightSupergrass
- Something for the WeekendThe Divine Comedy
- Common PeoplePulp
- Wake Up Boo!The Boo Radleys
- TubthumpingChumbawamba
- PureThe Lightning Seeds
- You’re GorgeousBabybird
- Bitter Sweet SymphonyThe Verve
And finally
Next up was July, and a round of comedians.
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.