1. 

   Who won the last edition of Eurovision for Switzerland, leading to it being held in Basel this year?

   1. Beano

   2. Vino

   3. Zeno

   4. Nemo

2. 

   How many times has Switzerland previously hosted Eurovision?

   1. None

   2. Once

   3. Twice

   4. Thrice

3. 

   How many countries qualify automatically for the Grand Final, without having to go through the rigmarole of the semi-finals?

   1. Four

   2. Five

   3. Six

   4. Eight

4. 

   The UK's entry this year is Remember Monday. Which TV talent show did they first emerge from?

   1. The Voice UK

   2. Britain's Got Talent

   3. X Factor UK

   4. Opportunity Knocks

5. 

   What year did Australia first enter the contest?

   1. 2005

   2. 2010

   3. 2015

   4. Don't be silly – Australia isn't in Eurovision

6. Which smaller country this year has sent an entry which is a song all about a different country?

   1. Malta

   2. San Marino

   3. Luxembourg

   4. Andorra

7. 

   What was the original title of Malta’s 2025 Eurovision entry, changed after concerns it sounded a little too much like an English swear word?

   1. Sheet

   2. Phuq

   3. Bich

   4. Kant

8. 

   What is the name of the Eurovision mascot, something making a debut in 2025?

   1. Domu

   2. Lumo

   3. Lodu

   4. Delulu

9. In which year did the Eurovision Song Contest end in a four-way tie for the victory because nobody had thought to devise a scoring system where that couldn't happen, or develop any tie-break rules?

   1. 1964

   2. 1969

   3. 1974

   4. 1983

10. 

    Céline Dion famously won the Eurovision song contest while clearly not representing Canada, where she comes from. What was her winning song called?

    1. S’il fallait le faire

    2. Nous les amoureux

    3. Ne partez pas sans moi

    4. 30 à 50 cochons sauvages et déchaînés

11. 

    This year Ireland are represented by TikTok star Emmy. Where was she born?

    1. Sandanski, Bulgaria

    2. Sande, Norway

    3. Sanda, Scotland

    4. Sándor, Hungary

12. Nicole won the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany in 1982 with a song asking for "A little..."

    1. … love

    2. … gift

    3. … peace

    4. … very naughty miniature dachshund

13. 

    Which country had their entry (pictured) pulled from the Grand Final last year after allegations of misconduct by the artist? Swedish prosecutors eventually decided there was no case to answer

    1. Moldova

    2. Latvia

    3. Finland

    4. Netherlands

14. 

    Johnny Logan has won the Eurovision Song Contest twice for Ireland. Which other artist has also won the contest twice?

    1. Helena Paparizou

    2. Loreen

    3. Måns Zelmerlöw

    4. Conchita Wurst

15. 

    Basel is doing the hosting this year, but which of these cities has hosted the Eurovision Song Contest on multiple occasions?

    1. Belgrade

    2. Oslo

    3. Copenhagen

    4. Lisbon

16. 

    Which year did Eurovision first adopt the heart motif that forms the "v" in Eurovision in the competition's logo?

    1. Istanbul in 2004

    2. Belgrade in 2008

    3. Baku in 2012

    4. Stockholm in 2016

17. 

    Last year Ireland sent the amazing Bambie Thug, but in 2008 they actually sent a puppet to the contest. What type of bird is Dustin, who represented Ireland at Eurovision?

    1. Parrot

    2. Penguin

    3. Chicken

    4. Turkey

18. 

    What number edition of Eurovision is it this year?

    1. 49th

    2. 59th

    3. 69th

    4. 79th

Solutions

1:D - Nemo's song The Code came top of the pile last time out, helped out by their falsetto and incredible balancing act, 2:C - Lugano hosted the first ever contest in 1956 and Lausanne hosted in 1989, 3:C - It is six. The five nations who contribute the most to the EBU's coffers (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom) all have a guaranteed slot, as do the reigning champions, who are usually also the host nation, 4:A - The country-pop girl band appeared in 2019, 5:C - They were initially invited as a one-off to celebrate Eurovision's 60th anniversary, and everybody loved the experience so much they have been back every year since. Their highest finish is second, and should they ever win it, the following year would be co-hosted in Europe alongside another country, 6:B - Inexplicably the tiny enclave is sending a song banging on about how great the country that surrounds it is. It does include a good joke about the Mona Lisa being stuck in Paris though, so maybe we can forgive it, 7:D - It is genuinely the Maltese word for singing, but the fact that the lyrics suggested she was "serving singing", if you know what we mean, got it booted out of pre-watershed broadcasts. Now she just says "serving" and then has a semi-orgasmic gasp, which clearly is perfectly fine for a family teatime bit of telly, 8:B - The winning design was submitted by Lynn Brunner, a 20-year-old student from Hünibach near Thun, and let's be honest, it is no Gunnersaurus, is it?, 9:B - The UK, Netherlands, France and Spain had to share the spoils. The voting system was changed the following year and presumably somebody got sacked, 10:C - It was number one in Belgium for three weeks!, 11:B - She is hoping to do for Ireland what Celine Dion did for Switzerland. Her song is co-written by a team of songwriters from Ireland and Norway. The EBU has no specific nationality requirements for artists, though participating broadcasters may have their own local selection rules, 12:C - Ein bißchen Frieden was a plea for peace at the height of the cold war, 13:D - He had qualified second in the second semi-final but was ejected from a contest which appeared from the outside to include a lot of backstage unpleasantness souring the atmosphere, 14:B - Loreen is the only other artist to have won Eurovision twice. She first won in 2012 for Sweden with the song Euphoria, and won again in 2023 with Tattoo, 15:C - The Danish capital has been the host for the contest in 1964, 2001 and 2014, 16:A - It has been a significant design element of the contest's logo and branding for more than two decades now, 17:D - It is possible that at that point Ireland were just fed up of the expense of being successful and having to repeatedly host the whole jamboree, 18:C - Nice

Scores

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