Round I · The Fundamentals
Ten quiz rounds
Two hundred questions to a volume, rising from the fundamentals to the final act — set for the long evening, not the quick scroll.
The World Cup 2026QUIZ & PUZZLE BOOK
For one summer, three nations held the world between them. A hat-trick struck at thirty-eight. Germany undone from twelve yards. The old Azteca's loudest night. And, at the last, a final beneath the New Jersey lights, where a Spanish thunderbolt ended Argentina's reign. This collector's volume invites you to relive it all.
Take it slowly, with a cup of something warm.
Shelved by Sport
Each sport keeps its own cloth and its own shelf — football in navy, cricket in green, with new houses joining in claret and graphite.
The Shelf
A Signature Spread
Buying for a Fan?
Three questions find the right volume for their shelf — no expertise required.
Inside the Books
Plate II · The Heroes
Word searches
Twelve grids of the tournament's heroes and grounds, hidden in ranks and files like pieces on a board.
Ledger III · The Reckoning
Scoreboards & ledgers
Historic scoreboards to complete, brackets to rebuild, and a keepsake ledger of every final for your own hand.
Cipher IV · The Codes
Ciphers & curiosities
Cryptograms, logic grids and fifteen curiosities to a volume — the most patient of puzzles, for the most patient of fans.
Plate V · The Gallery
Gallery plates
Six engraved-style plates in every edition, with a complete answer key bound at the rear. Nothing left unresolved.
The Laws of the Long Evening
LAW I
Play alone, or convene a table. The book does not referee.
LAW II
One round an evening is the intended tempo. Extra time is permitted.
LAW III
The answer key is bound at the rear. Consulting it early is not cheating; it is merely noted.
LAW IV
Pencil is tradition. Ink is confidence. Both are honoured.
Try a Page
Three leaves from the editions, set as they appear in print. Pencil optional. Honour system in force.
- I.
Only one nation has lifted football's greatest trophy five times. Name them.
- II.
The 2019 cricket final at Lord's was decided by neither runs nor wickets, but by what?
- III.
The first final of them all, in 1930, was played in which city?
SIT DEEP · PLAY LONG
Take it slowly, with a cup of something warm.