The Blow-ins blew in and took the September title, their second win and their first since June 2024. Friends of Maddie finished second.

The Blow-ins have been around since June 2023, and have collected four second places along the way, so a second trophy was well earned.

By the numbers

It was the first time the Blow-ins and Friends of Maddie had finished first and second, and the Blow-ins took it. Maddie’s thirteenth second place kept them well clear at the top of that particular table, and the Blow-ins became the fifth different team to win in 2025.

2
wins for Blow-ins, out of 31 quizzes
5
different winners in 2025 so far
1–0
Blow-ins’ lead when they and Friends of Maddie finish first and second
13
second places for Friends of Maddie, the most of any team

A flavour of the questions

September opened with a Current Affairs round, though not the kind you might expect: every answer was a current or a currant. There was also an alphabet round of countries, a Beatles and Stones round (beetles and gemstones, naturally), a farming round and a round called Drome Sweet Drome. The picture round was name the film.

  • Current affairsWhat is cockney rhyming slang for the Sun?
    Answer: Currant bun
  • Current affairsNamed after a town near Manchester, which small round pie is filled with currants?
    Answer: Eccles cake
  • Alphabet round: countriesWhich country borders Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia, but is smaller than Wales?
    Answer: Djibouti
  • Beatles and StonesWhich beetle was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians, symbolising the cycle of life and rebirth?
    Answer: The scarab
  • FarmingWhat do the seed drill and Living in the Past have in common?
    Answer: Jethro Tull
  • Drome sweet dromeHow many humps does a dromedary have?
    Answer: One
  • General knowledgeWhich artist designed the logo for Chupa Chups lollies?
    Answer: Salvador Dalí
  • General knowledgeApart from X, which is the only letter that no sovereign country’s name begins with?
    Answer: W

The wipeout round was all numbers, from Route 66 to two little ducks, and the night finished, as ever, with the traditional final question.

The music round: synth

Ten synth classics, one point for the artist and one for the song. One of them featured a certain Gary, who knows a thing or two about the final question.

  • Pop MuzikM
  • The ModelKraftwerk
  • Are ‘Friends’ Electric?Tubeway Army
  • Rock Me AmadeusFalco
  • A Little RespectErasure
  • ViennaUltravox
  • New LifeDepeche Mode
  • Axel FHarold Faltermeyer
  • Tainted LoveSoft Cell
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)Eurythmics

And finally

Next up was October, and a trip back to the 1950s.

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.