Merseyside Quiz Leagues

The fourth MQL Buzzer Quiz tournament took place at The Parade, Hoylake on 11th Feb 2023

20 teams from all over the UK and Ireland took part in an all day tournament, each playing 8 group matches.  8 of the top teams then went forward into Cup and Plate competitions, with the final being contested between West Midlands and Northern Lights.  Northern Lights won a fiercely contested Final with West Midlands while previous winners Teesside took the Plate

Many congratulations to Sarah Trevarthen on becoming the 2022 Brain of Britain.  In the very exciting Final of the BBC Radio 4 competition, Sarah came from behind to win dramatically in the last round.  Her high calibre opposition included two Mastermind champions and a Mastermind runner up. Sarah herself was also a runner-up in BBC Radio 4’s Counterpoint musical general knowledge quiz earlier in the year.

It is another accolade for MQL players as Sarah, who plays for Ringers in the Warrington Quiz League, succeeds Karl Whelan of Wirral, the 2021 Brain of Britain, who himself had succeeded Graham Barker of Liverpool.

The recording is still available on BBC Sounds.

To try to avoid any problems caused by postal delays, all sets needed for matches until the Christmas break have now been dispatched.  Please take great care to check that you are using the correct sets over the next few weeks.  Home and away captains should check the dates before opening the envelope!

The competition got underway on Wednesday 12 October.  The Draw, Fixtures and Results can be found here. 
The second round of matches were on Wednesday 9 November with the final round on Wednesday 14 December.

Good luck to all taking part.

On 14th September Ormskirk Quiz League hosted the 2nd Jubilee Pairs Tournament at Prescot Cables FC.  38 players entered and were randomly assigned into pairs, before taking part in a 50 question qualifying quiz.  The top 6 pairs went into the semi-finals, while the next three pairs competed in the Plate final.  

Special thanks must go to our General Secretary Brian Thompson for providing us with such an interesting, varied and entertaining range of questions.

In the Plate final Jack Gardner (S&F) and Dag Griffiths (S&F) prevailed.

After three pairs were eliminated in the semi-final, the final was contested between Mark Kerr (Liv) & Mike Berry (S&F), Neil Wright (Wi) & Chris Quinn (Liv) and Jim Eccleson (Wi) & Nick Corless (Wa).  The title was taken by Neil and Chris who did not lose a life in the final.  They are seen below receiving their trophies from MQL Chairman Danny Grimes.  Full results here.

You can watch the final on Youtube below: