Merseyside Quiz Leagues

Many congratulations to Yorkshire (Lewis Jones, Evan Lynch, Danny Lardner and Gary Moreland) who beat Misfits to win the 5th MQL Jubilee Buzzer Tournament that was held in Hoylake on Saturday 10 February.  Twenty five teams from all over the UK took part this year and were asked nearly one thousand questions. Further congratulations to M and M and M and M who beat Strongest Lincs to win the Plate and to Wirral who won the Bowl.
Thanks to our hosts at The Parade Community Centre and to the teams of writers, readers and scorers who voluntarily gave so willingly of their time and skills.  Special thanks to Tournament Organiser, Jon Stitcher and Question Coordinator and Editor, Dan Lawson for their enormous hard work in bringing the event together.  We hope that all teams enjoyed their day.  Full results are available to download here.

The final is now available to watch.

Players may recall that Jeff Dunn (Judges, Liverpool QL) sadly passed away in the Autumn of last year.  Jeff was a very long standing member of the Leagues.  You might be interested in this obituary which appeared in The Guardian on Thursday 01 February.

The groups are now complete and the final tables and draw for the knock out stage can be found here.  Thanks to Bill Thomas for looking after the competition and to those who have provided sets so far.

The 2023 Jubilee Pairs Competition was held at Prescot Cables FC on Wednesday 13th September 2023.  Full Results here.  The three pairs in the final were Jim Eccleson (Wi) & Jack Gardner (S&F), Neil Wright (Wi) and Ben Vincent (Wa) and Sam Roberts (Wi) & Danny Grimes (LI).  The winners were Neil and Ben, pictured receiving their prizes from MQL President Jim Eccleson.  Neil retained the title, having won last year!

The Plate final was contested by Cliff Houghton (Wa) & David Hodgson(Or), Sue Perks (Or) & Chris Quinn (Li) and Mark Kerr (Li) and Bill Gerard (Or), with Mark and Bill winning the contest.  You can watch the final below:

As part of the Smithdown Litfest there are two items that may be of interest to quiz players.  Both are in Liverpool on Saturday 23 September. One is a talk by Tony Nicholson about his career producing TV quiz shows and the second is An Audience with Chris Tarrant.  Both events are ticketed and last about 90 minutes. Further details by clicking the links or download the full invitation here.