The first round draw is as follows:

Wandering Star and CTK Wanderers have byes in this round

This competition is open to all members of the Liverpool Quiz League, the Winner will receive the Arthur Evans Trophy and will hold the title for a year. The winner of the Arthur Evans Trophy last year was won by Rod Moore of Kluggers.

The Competition and what happens;        

Four players play in each heat.       
Each heat consists of five rounds of three questions to each player.           
Usually, the winning two go on the next round, ending in a final of four players.

The precise make-up of the of the evening depends on how many players take part. 
The top seven go through to the Merseyside heats in March.

It helps to know numbers, so please register or offer help officiating my emailed pauldavitt@virginmedia.com by 11th February 2026.

We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as casting is currently underway, with applications for the latest series closing soon.  

To apply, please click: CAST IT REACH or click on the image below:

Or email mastermind.hth@hattrick.com (the application takes just 10 minutes to complete).  

Entry is open to UK residents (including Channel Islands & the Isle of Man) who are aged 18 or over.  

Hat Trick/Hindsight are committed to making programmes as inclusive as possible.   

The Mastermind Casting team

A massive thank you to all of our teams and supporters who turned out for the Liverpool Quiz League Charity Quiz at CTK last night.

Many thanks to Brian Thompson, Keith Clare and Jim Martin who ran a great event and thanks to everyone who attended and gave so generously towards the raffle.

The event raised approximately £900-00 for our chosen charity, The North West Air Ambulance-well done everyone!

Danny Grimes

Here is the draw updated with the handicaps inserted.

The home teams should by now have received their questions for round one, Monday 3rd March 2025, if you haven’t please let me know as a matter of urgency and I will get a spare set to you

33 Members from 12 teams came to Aigburth Peoples Hall last night,24 members played and took part in six heats of four players.

The highest two scorers from each heat going through to the second part which consisted of three heats of four players.

James MacGregor and Joe Campbell played a tie breaker for position 4 in the final, Joe won 3-2

The winners of each heat, plus the highest runner up go forward to the Liverpool Mimir Final at our Presentation Night on 2ndJune 2025.

They areAngela Doyle, Rod Moore, Brian Thompson and Joe Campbell

The top seven go through to the MQL heats, 19thMarch 2025 at New Brighton Cricket Club

They are Angela Doyle, Rod Moore, Brian Thompson, Joe Campbell, James MacGregor, Graham Barker and Danny Grimes

Congratulations to Angela Doyle and Brian Thompson joint highest scorers on the night with 20 points each.

Many thanks to everyone for taking part, asking the questions, scoring and bonus recording.

You can watch the final by clicking on the linke below:

We start with all 24 teams.

Handicaps are based on points scored in the season, weighting given for Division Two teams. These will be calculated when we have all the results in for the season.

 The format will be as follows and is shown in the draw below

 Week One 3^rd March 2025

Start with all 24 teams in the competition.

Draw 24 teams for straight knockout.

 Week Two 10^th March 2025

Cup                                                                                      Plate

Start with 12 winners from week 1                         Start with 12 losers from week 1

Draw for straight knockout, six games                 Draw for straight knockout, six games

 Week Three 17^th March 2025

Cup                                                                                      Plate

Start with 6 winners from week 2                            Start with 6 winners from week 2

Draw for straight knockout three games              Draw for straight knockout three games

 Week Four 24^th March 2025, all games played at Aigburth Peoples Hall Draw will take place on the night

Cup                                                                                      Plate

Start with 3 winners from week 3                            Start with 3 winners from week 3

Round robin, AvB, C plays loser of AvB,             Round robin, AvB, C plays loser of AvB,

C plays winner of AvB                                                 C plays winner of AvB

Winner is highest placed team                              Winner is highest placed team

Full details will be announced closer to the time but it is anticipated that teams will need to arrive for 10am and will be finishing around 7pm with a 90 minute break for lunch.

Entry will once again open to MQL teams first, this will happen on Monday 26th August at 7pm. For all other teams who’ve previously participated, registration will open on Monday 2nd September at 2pm. Should we still have spaces remaining after 9th September we will offer them out to anyone else.

Due to increased costs at our end, the entry fee will now be £100 per team with a 25% discount for any team whose squad includes 3 or more players who regularly play in MQL. All teams will play a guaranteed 8 matches and most will play 9.

To register please go to https://merseysidequizleagues.org.uk/buzzer-quiz.aspx and fill in your team details and we’ll be in touch with all teams as soon as registration has closed. Please do not register prior to the above dates or your entry will not be received.

If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Some team photos from the 2024 buzzer tournament have been placed in the gallery on the MQL website at Gallery - Merseyside Quiz Leagues

Just click on the Buzzers 2024 folder to browse through them.

The final is now available to watch.  Misfits took on Yorkshire at the end of a fine day's quizzing.

This is looking like being the biggest event of its kind ever in the UK and one of the venues is the Cross Keys, a pub in Liverpool city centre.  There are currently around 15 spaces left available there and it would be great to see those spaces filled with MQL players.

For more details and to register please go to  https://quizcentral.net/qc/Individual_Championships

The evening will also involve a meeting of the Wirral Quiz League and the League presentations.