Quiz Liverpool

The winners of the 2023 Riley Cup Final were The Cricketers of the Liverpool Quiz league, beating Exiles (also Liverpool) by 53 points to 49.  Pictured below is the winning team showing Andy Firth, Nick Mills, Chris Quinn and captain Mark Kerr.

You can watch thhe final by clicking on the video below

Congratulations to The Cricketers on winning the 2023 Riley Cup Competition in a close final against Exiles.

Many thanks to all the teams who took part, those who asked questions, kept score or were time keepers.

The full results of the competition are included below.

You can watch the final between Wings (S&F) and Oxton Cons (Wi) below:
 

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:

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.

Congratulations to The Monstrous Regiment, winners of the 2022 Ted Riley Quiz Cup.

Here are the results of tonight’s games.

Full details of the entire competition will be posted in Competitions on LQL website.

Many thanks to all the teams, question persons, scorers and timekeepers who took part in the competition.

May I thank all those who assisted in checking and amending the questions, Frances Mason, Geoff Poole, Brian Thompson and Clive Leech, for their hard work and attention to detail.

And thank you to those who officiated tonight at the Finals, Jim Martin, Angela Doyle, Gill Willett, Fay Howard, Danny Grimes, Dave Critchley, Keith Clare and John McLoughlin.