Quiz Liverpool

Two teams from Liverpool enjoyed success in the second MQL Buzzer Tournament held at the Bradbury Centre in Liverpool on Saturday 12 October.  The Tournament which has a format similar to TV's University Challenge, attracted teams from the MQL as well as 13 strong teams from all over the country including London, Teesside, Lincolnshire, West Midlands and Yorkshire.  The Liverpool A side of Angela Doyle (Bishop Eton), Danny Grimes (Aigburth Swans), Clive Leech (Exiles), James MacGregor (Palmy Army) and Chris Quinn (Cricketers) were unable to defend the title that they won last year but performed very well.  The Tournament was won by Ormskirk who beat Lancaster in the Final.  Pictured below are the Liverpool B side of Stuart Scholes (Kluggers), Brian Thompson (Aigburth People), Rob Cruise (Bookworms), Gill Willet (Kluggers) and Peter Harris (Aigburth Swans) who were the winners of the Plate Competition.

You can watch the final below:

The fixtures for the coming season are now available in the Fixture Calendar.  Please note that the weeks of 28th October and 18th November are both double headers, with two matches to be played on the same night.  These are shown in yellow on the fixture lists in each team's page. It is suggested for fairness that the Home team provide the refreshments as normal, but that the Away team should buy the drinks.

Quarter Finals will be drawn at 7.55pm before the games on Monday 29th April 2019

The final of this year's Liverpool MIMIR heats took place on Wednesday 6th February 2019 at Aigburth People's Hall.  16 players took part, with the top two players from each four person match progressing through the competition.

The players in the final were Mark Kerr (Victorian Cricketers), Brian Thompson (Aigburth People), Stuart Scholes (Kluggers) and Danny Grimes (Aigburth Swans).

At the end of the regulation five rounds, the scores were Mark 12, Brian 12, Stuart 10 and Danny 11.  This meant that the competition would have to be decided on a tie break, in which the tied competitors were asked the same three questions in turn, with the highest scorer winning.

At the end of the round, both Mark and Brian scored two points, meaning that a second tie break round had to be played.  In this round, Brian scored two out of three correct, but Mark answered all three questions correctly to take the title and the Arthur Evans Shield for the sixth time.

The finalists and the top three scorers from the losing semi finalists will be invited to take part in the MQL MIMIR Championship, which will take place on Wednesday 20th March 2019, with the final being contested at the MQL Presentation night on 15th May 2019 at a Wirral Venue.

We are sad to have to report the sudden death of Matt Shore of the Old Bangers.  Matt died at home on Tuesday 8th January, having played the previous evening in an away victory over the Bishop Eton team.

Matt was a long term and much respected player, having played for many years in his team's previous incarnations as Baltic Fleet and Eleanors.

Details of the funeral arrangements will be posted as soon as we have them.

Brian Thompson of Aigburth People, and Jack Bennett, formerly of Rainhill Victoria took part in this year's Brain of Britain final alongside Clive Dunning and Mark Eves.

You can listen to the match by clicking on the image below:

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Congratulations to J.C. and the Jets (25), winners of the 2018 Ted Riley Handicap Quiz Competition defeating Nelson's Fifth Column (19) 58-55 in the final

Congratulations also go to Clive Leech of Exiles for scoring the only full house in the 14 games played on Finals evening.

Full results are posted in Competitions.

You can watch the final below: