The weekly sports quiz celebrates its first anniversary on Friday, 21 August 2026, exactly one year after it was relaunched in 2025. Since then it has run continuously, testing readers each week on a mix of football, athletics and other sporting talking points.
The very first edition covered VAR controversy, The Hundred cricket competition and a memorable baseball catch. Readers have shown wildly different levels of success since: the easiest quiz, published on 23 April 2026, saw 26% of participants score full marks, while the toughest, set on 19 March 2026, produced a full-marks rate of just 4%.
What new quiz formats have been introduced?
Two additional formats, Who am I? and Five in Five, have been rolled out ahead of the new Premier League season, with a third format also in development. The Five in Five format specifically challenges players to supply five correct answers within five minutes, according to 's football quiz coverage.
The Five in Five concept launched on 17 August 2026, joining an already expanding roster of quiz content, as previously reported when the daily trivia format debuted with questions set by Joe Rindl. A second edition of Five in Five followed on 18 August 2026, per 's football section.
How has the weekly quiz evolved recently?
Just days before the anniversary, the standard weekly quiz published on 13 August 2026 focused on football transfers, the European Athletics Championships and The Hundred, with only 8% of participants achieving full marks, as covered in an earlier weekly sports quiz roundup. An edition the week before, published on 6 August 2026, centred on the closing stages of the Commonwealth Games and the Women's Open, according to .
The quiz's subject matter often reflects the sporting calendar, and one recent edition also touched on the Community Shield, English football's traditional curtain-raiser and the FA's domestic super cup. That fixture referenced in the quiz was played on Sunday, 16 August 2026 at 15:00 BST, per 's Community Shield coverage.
What happens next?
The Five in Five quiz is expected to continue on a daily basis following its mid-August launch, according to . A full listing of current quizzes, including the Who am I? series and Five in Five entries, can be found via 's dedicated quizzes hub.
Readers can also find a range of related quizzes, including one asking participants to name every club in the Premier League and EFL, another testing knowledge of players with the most Premier League appearances, and quizzes covering the 10 Lionesses with the most England caps and every team to have played in the Women's Super League. A separate Football Quizzes page and Sports Quizzes page allow readers to for notifications whenever new quizzes are published.
Key Facts
- The weekly sports quiz marks one year since its 2025 relaunch on 21 August 2026.
- The easiest quiz (23 April 2026) had a 26% full-marks rate; the hardest (19 March 2026) had just 4%.
- Two new formats, Who am I? and Five in Five, have launched, with a third in development.
- Five in Five debuted on 17 August 2026 and had produced two editions by 18 August 2026.
- The most recent standard weekly quiz (13 August 2026) had an 8% full-marks rate.
