Quiz Liverpool

Online Quiz League are running their inaugural individual championships on Saturday 25th March.  Around 300 players have already signed up to play at venues up and down the country.  The day involves a written individual quiz featuring 200 questions across a whole manner of subjects and then two fun team quizzes in the afternoon.

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

Just a reminder of our Mimir heats this coming Wednesday, below is my original email of 24^th January 2023. If you’ve emailed me to say you can help or are taking part, you’re already on the list. If you haven’t yet replied please let me know as soon as possible, it assists with the organisation.

We look forward to seeing as many members as possible.

The Liverpool Quiz League Mimir heats will take place on Wednesday 15th February 2023.  This is a competition 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 Trophy last year was James MacGregor of Palmy Army. 

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 heats all depends on how many players take part.  The top eight players are invited to go forward to Merseyside heats on 22nd March 2023 at New Brighton CC, Wirral.  Competition format can be found here.

Registration
Registration is not essential, however, if you can give us some indication of names by 8pm on Saturday 11th February 2023, it will be a great help planning and organising the heats and set up at the venue.  

Reading, Scoring and Timekeeping
Help with reading, scoring and bonus recording is always needed.  If you don’t want to take part in the competition, but are willing to help, please come along and support the event. Please email me and let me know if you are willing to help.

Venue:   Aigburth People's Hall, Aigburth Vale, Liverpool, L17 0DG. 
Time: Registration will take place from 7.30, followed by the draw
Preliminary Rounds       8.00
Final                            9.45

‘Potato TV’, the TV Production company behind such hit shows as ‘The Chase’ and ‘Ninja Warrior UK’ are looking for FUN contestants to take part in a brand new BBC quiz show with thousands of pounds up for grabs!

They are keen to get a wide range of quiz enthusiasts to apply.

Link: https://eu.castitreach.com/ag/itv/quizshow/welcome.html

Closing Date: 10th March 2023 

You must be a UK resident and aged 18+ to apply. 

Exiles have changed their venue with immediate effect  - they are now playing at CTK Parish Club.

The address is:

Christ the King Parish Club

Score Lane

Childwall

Liverpool

L16 6AW

Tel 0151 722 3110

The Wirral Pairs Competition will take place this year at Oxton Conservative Club on Sunday 25^th September 2022 at 8pm. Our friends from the Liverpool Quiz League are welcome to join us.

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

It was decided at the MQL Council Meeting this evening that out of respect for Her Majesty the Queen all MQL matches planned to take place on 19th September 2022, the day of her State Funeral, should be postponed.

For Liverpool teams, the questions that have been sent out to you should be kept safe and used for the re-scheduled game, this game should be played on the return fixture 9th January 2023.

Jame MacGregor, our vice-chairman and member of the Palmy Amy team, recently captained The Open University on University Challenge.  You can watch his performance on iPlayer by clicking on the pictire below:

Fixtures for the new season have been added - you can see all fixtures on the fixtures page, or your own fixtures on your team's page.

Trophies were awarded for both the 2019/20 and 2021/22 season at Presentation night on Monday 20th June.  Chairman Danny Grimes thanked everyone for attending and hoped that next season would see a return to normality with all competitions being held face to face if at all possible.  The pictures below show the teams who received trophies for the various competitions.

Tramway - Div 2 Winners 2019/20	Kluggers - Div 1 Runners-up 2019/20	Cricketers  Div 1 Winners 2019/20
Tramway Handicap Winners 2019/20	JC and the Jets - Division 3 Runners-up 2021/22	St Francis of Assisi - Div 3 Winners 2021/22
Monstrous Regiment - Div 2 Runners-up 2021/22	Groundhogs - Division 2 Champions 2021/22	Kluggers - Div 1 Runners-up 2021/22
	St Francis - Riley Cup Finalists 2021/22	Monstrous Regiment - Riley Cup Winners 2021/22

James MacGregor (Palmy Army) beat a strong field of Rob Cruise (Bookworms), Mark Kerr (Cricketers) and Frank McHugh (Tramway) to become the 2022 Liverpool Quiz League MIMIR champion, his first time of winning the trophy.  He can be seen here receiving the Arthur Evans Shield from Danny Grimes, Liverpool Quiz League chairman.  You can also watch the match below.