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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League WEEK BY WEEK ARCHIVE 2024/2025 |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League WEEK BY WEEK ARCHIVE 2024/2025 |
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This page provides a week-by-week summary of the 2024/25 season with links to each week's QuizBiz article and Question paper. It also provides access to the season's Fixtures list from which you can link to the final League table, final Inter-team results grid and Photos from the end of season presentation evening. Follow the season-by-season links below to access similar archive material for other seasons. For the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons neither QuizBiz articles nor Question papers have been retained - but you can access what archive material remains directly from the links below. Season 2020/21 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| 09/10/24 |
 Great starts for Ethel,
Albert and the
Prods whilst the Opsis scrape past KFD at the Griffin - QotW about
arguably the least successful Olympic nation of all time - News from
Fr Megson as he wanders through Europe and discovers Joyce |
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| 16/10/24 |
 Albert
and the Prodigals head to the top unbeaten after a
couple of weeks - QotW celebrates certain villages
across the UK that were very 'thankful' last century
- news of a Quiz/Auction evening at the Albert Club
to celebrate Lapwing Lane's 'Decade of the Arcade' |
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| 30/10/24 |
 The Prodigals retain their 100%
record; KFD, the History Men and Ethel Rodin also win to keep up
the chase - QotW harks back to the nostalgia of old crappy ITV
sitcoms with Windsor Davies - Albert captain Mike O'Brien gets an
honourable mention in Round 3 |
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| 06/11/24 |
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| 20/11/24 |
 Prods keep their 100% record
intact and open up a 4 point gap between themselves and Albert and
KFD; Albert become the season's tie specialists with their second
all square result - QotW reveals a very well hidden African country |
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| 27/11/24 |
 KFD
edge nearer the top whilst Ethel slip up; the
History Men start their spurt up the table; Albert
never tire of tying - QotW covers what the US
covered Afghanistan with back in 2001 during the
invasion - a report on some correspondence with
WithQuiz fans in an ex-pat quiz league in Thailand |
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| 05/12/24 |
 The Alex fly the Stockport flag
into the Semis; elsewhere the WithQuiz triumvirate of Ethel, the
Prods and KFD go through - QotW homed in on the poem The New
Colossus which is inscribed on a plaque at the foot of the
Statue of Liberty |
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| 11/12/24 |
 Prods keep their 100% with a
last gasp win over second-placed KFD; Electric Pigs get a welcome
and well-deserved first win at the Club - QotW was the last question
of the evening (a run-on question) which in 3 of the 4 matches
determined the outcome |
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| 18/12/24 |
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| 15/01/25 |
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| 22/01/25 |
 The Prodigals win a mammoth
encounter at the top keeping their 100% record intact against KFD;
elsewhere Albert, Bards and the History Men win to consolidate their
league positions - QotW harks back to the heady days of the 1960s
and the celebrity photographers of that time |
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| 29/01/25 |
 Prods' 100% keeps going; KFD,
Albert, Bards and History Men in close contention for the runners up
spot; the Pigs surrender bottom spot to the Opsis; next week the
WIST semis - QotW links Bach to Procul Harum - and in the question
paper Oldham's Shay Wake (pictured right) even gets a look in |
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| 06/02/25 |
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| 05/03/25 |
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| 09/04/25 |
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| 07/05/25 |
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| 14/05/25 |
 Barry McNorton rounded off our season in style, presenting a perfectly pitched quiz as well as all the season's gongs - before bidding us farewell for his well-earned retirement in East Anglia. Thanks, Barry! |
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Stockport win the Pre-season Inter League match
with a 7-point margin; QotW about the only football league team
still represented by a Tory; a link to a radio interview with
Richard Gilbert; news of the graceful funeral of Nick Mills
Prods keep their 100% record to
stay top with Albert in hot pursuit-top scoring with the season's
first 50-pointer - QotW evokes memories of Napoleonic battles as
celebrated in London and Paris
The
Prods roar on with their 100% record intact whilst KFD nip into
second spot after the nail-biting Albert/Ethel tie at The Sun in
September - QotW asks you to identify the fourth largest party in the
House of Commons following 2024's General Election; it's not what
you think!
Full marks to the unstoppable
Prods on reaching the half way mark intact; elsewhere the Charas
have a notable victory, KFD keep on keeping on and the History Men
creep up to 5th - QotW about a musician who had a 70 year contract
with EMI
No change in the table as the
Prods power on winning the Club derby; KFD, Albert and the Bards
keep up the chase with home wins - QotW about the overlap of some
knights who favoured shrubbery and a gritty British film
The Prods go through to May's
WIST Champions final where they will be joined by The Alex in the
first WithQuiz v Stockport final for a while - QotW finds an
unexpected home for Lord Byron
A clean sweep for the away
teams, and for the form book; the Prods wonderful 100% record
continues - QotW makes one of Greg's punny connections between a
classic Western film and something that rises in Wales
On an evening dripping with
points the Prodigals secure their third Barry Whitehead League
Shield; many congratulations from the
rest of us and now let's see if they can keep that 100% record going
for 3 more matches to break all WithQuiz records - QotW deals with
some royal cobblers in a round dedicated to the League's bottom team
- Kieran puts forward some interesting ideas about how Bingo rounds
might be made more palatable
The Prods slip up at last
losing in Ladybarn; elsewhere Albert win to leapfrog KFD into 2nd
place and the Charas and History Men win to strengthen their
positions - QotW connects an octagonal lantern in the Marches, a
resting place for Greek heroes and a route from Concord to Triumph
Five years since our dear
friend and quizzing colleague Dave Rainford died and a wonderful
evening's quiz in his memory - Wins for KFD, the Bards, the
Charas and the History Men - Val Draper Cup draw held - QotW about
some Murky Swans
No change in the table as the
Prods, the History Men, the Charas and Ethel all notch up victories
- QotW deals with the muddled link between balls and the History Men
- WithQuiz WhatsApp group takes off (maybe)
Another glorious league season
comes to a close with no change in the table as the Prodigals,
Albert and KFD win whilst Ethel and the Opsis tie; Many congratulations to the
Prods for an (almost) unblemished season, your team photo reigns
supreme - QotW asks about a bridge named after a football legend
The Bards go through to Round 2
with Albert not quite able to overcome the handicap; In the evening's Friendly the
Opsimaths storm to their first victory of 2025 - QotW harks back to
a time when British taste-buds were more tolerant
The Prods, KFD, the Pigs and
the Bards make it through to the Val Draper semis with the rest
going into the Plate semis ... apart from the Charas who are
knocked out and yet again earn the Cup setting honours as Round 2's
lowest scoring losers - QotW homes in on the various shades of upper
bodywear preferred by Nazis
The 'Night of the Underdogs' as
the Pigs go through to the Val Draper final to play KFD, whilst the
Opsimaths and the History Men earn the right to compete for the
WithQuiz Plate - QotW delves into the records with a tiebreaker
question that asks for the cumulative time spent by customers on
hold waiting for HM Revenue & Customs to answer the phone during a
single tax year
In a low scoring night the Pigs
win the Val Draper Cup with a little help from the handicap, whilst
the Opsis win the Plate not needing handicap assistance; the underdogs take the
prizes! - QotW celebrates a lesser known American President who has
a somewhat patriotic middle name
The Prods pick up the WIST
trophy for the second year running with a hard fought win over the
Alex deep in Edgeley - QotW is shared between a humble little boat
with a generational significance and a scouser to wear on your
sleeve