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This page provides a week-by-week summary of the 2010/11 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.

1999/2000

With. Rep.

1999/2000

final table

2000/01

With. Rep.

2000/01

final table

2000/01

results grid

2000/01

photos

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

2024/25

 

 

2010/2011 Fixture list

 
08/09/10

We're back....well sort of - WithQuiz hoist the WIST Challenge Cup by a mere 4 points over The Stockport League

QuizBiz

Question paper

27/09/10

Great news: 2 new teams for the new season - Calluna Pussycats (based at the Albert Club) and Compulsory Meat Raffle (based at Fuel in Withington) join WithQuiz

QuizBiz

Question paper

06/10/10

A big welcome to our 2 new teams - neither won their debut matches but, by all accounts, both fitted into WithQuiz pretty comfortably - QotW about a disease based on Greek coal - Website colour scheme changes explained

QuizBiz

Question paper

13/10/10

Compulsory Meat Raffle score their first success - the Pigs go top - CMR's Rachael selects QotW about a UK girl band

QuizBiz

Question paper

20/10/10

The Pigs keep their run going (just) - the Charabancs, also unbeaten, occupy second place on points difference - QotW about Soviet counter-espionage

QuizBiz

Question paper

27/10/10

SPW, the Pigs and the Charas all remain unbeaten at the top - QotW about a Gilbey's 1975 innovation - Fr M tells the tale of the Last Quango in Ladybarn

QuizBiz

Question paper

03/11/10

As ever SPW are riding high  - more interestingly Ethel and the Prodigals are in hot pursuit - QotW about the most dangerous woman in Europe

QuizBiz

Question paper

10/11/10

The Prodigals go equal on points with SPW; The Bards win the battle of the chasing pack and Compulsory Meat Raffle the battle of the newcomers - QotW seeks to link Dick Cheney, Elton John and Alex Ferguson

QuizBiz

Question paper

17/11/10

The Bards and the Pigs both win to strengthen their positions in the chasing pack - QotW about Dutchman Gerard de Kremer

QuizBiz

Question paper

24/11/10

It's tight at the top as the Prodigals and the Pigs tuck in behind SPW - QotW about what Isaac Newton did when he wasn't inventing gravity

QuizBiz

Question paper

01/12/10

The Pigs, The Prodigals and The Bards all picked up maximum points in their relentless chase of SPW - good old 'popty ping' crops up in this week's QotW

QuizBiz

Question paper

08/12/10

SPW sail on (just) with the Pigs in hot pursuit - The Opsimaths climb at the expense of the Bards - QotW features a Beatles tune that starts with 10 'B's

QuizBiz

Question paper

15/12/10

WIST Champions CUP Quarter Finals: SPW & The Historymen progress while The Charas & The Opsimaths crash out - QotW asks about Stephen Fry's memorable skewering of Piers Morgan on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

QuizBiz

Question paper

05/01/11

TMTCH and The Historymen play out the first tie of the season - at the top SPW and The Pigs both win - QotW highlights the nickname of Welsh mountain Twmpa

QuizBiz

Question paper

12/01/11

Pretty low scoring all round as SPW win the 'top of the table' clash with the Pigs

QuizBiz

Question paper

19/01/11

No change at the top as SPW and the Pigs keep their distance from the chasing pack - QotW asks about the movie quote: “Typical isn’t it? You wait 20 years for a dad and then three come along at once!” - Meat Raffle move from Fuel to the Victoria Hotel in Withington

QuizBiz

Question paper

26/01/11

SPW lose by a single point to the Opsimaths ending their 39 match 'fought and won' sequence; The Pigs and The Bards both win to close the gap at the top - QotW connects the Derby ring road to Gordonstoun School via Hollywood

QuizBiz

Question paper

02/02/11

You wait 2 years for a glimmer then 2 SPW defeats turn up in 2 weeks!!; The Charas beat SPW at the Swan - the Pigs win against the Meat Raffle to go level on points at the top - QotW about the memorial to the Great War poets in Westminster Abbey

QuizBiz

Question paper

09/02/11

SPW win the clash of the Titans at the Griffin on a very low-scoring evening - QotW links Dave Dee, 1960 and the A4 in Chippenham

QuizBiz

Question paper

16/02/11

SPW power on whilst the Opsimaths creep nearer to the Bards - With the Charas and Historymen losing a gap opens up between the top 4 and the rest - and who was 'Mr Loren'? QotW wants to know

QuizBiz

Question paper

23/02/11

SPW win at the top; the Opsimaths leap from fourth to second place as the Pigs lose the Fletcher Moss derby - QotW about free tuition

QuizBiz

Question paper

02/03/11

Opsimaths beat the Charas to narrow the SPW lead; the Pussycats came tantalisingly close to their first victory

 - QotW links Tony Curtis, Robert Peel, Karl Marx and a garden gnome

QuizBiz

Question paper

09/03/11

SPW tie with the Meat Raffle giving the winning Opsimaths just a glimmer of hope - Cracking culinary QotW about a bargee's missus

QuizBiz

Question paper

16/03/11

Opsimaths nudge closer to the 'sitting out' SPW;  Meat Raffle keep climbing - QotW wants to know what links works by Lynda La Plante, James Elroy and Raymond Chandler

QuizBiz

Question paper

23/03/11

SPW lose; Opsimaths win and to go top!! - QotW about a 1923 Austrian novel - a rare foray from Fr M who has written a short Ladybarn-based play called Waiting for Biffo

QuizBiz

Question paper

30/03/11

SPW through to play Chunky in the WIST Final - What was wrong with Private Walker is the QotW subject this time round

QuizBiz

Question paper

06/04/11

After what seems like an age at the top, Opsimaths slip down one place to be overtaken by SPW - and for QotW it's a stitch in time

QuizBiz

Question paper

13/04/11

SPW, Opsimaths and the Pigs all win so no change at the top - Pussycats off the mark - QotW about PM 'Jack Boot'

QuizBiz

Question paper

20/04/11

SPW and Opsimaths keep on going - so all hinges on next Wednesday - QotW about Oprah's underwear

QuizBiz

Question paper

27/04/11

12 years of SPW domination comes to an end - The Opsimaths win the league - QotW about a French TV programme called Chapeau Melon et Bottes de Cuir

QuizBiz

Question paper

04/05/11

Handicap system provides some interesting results in the first round of the Cup - QotW about Gef the talking Manx animal

QuizBiz

Question paper

11/05/11

Handicap system working well with Opsimaths beaten and SPW only just scraping through in a thriller against TMTCH - QotW about the original dedicatee of Love Shine a Light

QuizBiz

Question paper

18/05/11

SPW & Charabancs (Val Draper Cup) and Opsimaths & Prodigals (Plate) go through to the Finals - QotW exposes what happens when you alight at Edge Hill

QuizBiz

Question paper

25/05/11

SPW hoist the Val Draper Cup - the Prodigals storm through to win the Plate - What on earth do Christian theologian Origen, the Chinese historian Sima Qian, the founder of the Persian Qajar dynasty Mohammad Khan Qajar, and Boston Corbett who shot John Wilkes Booth have in common? QotW will tell you!

QuizBiz

Question paper

01/06/11

SPW retain the 'best of WIST' crown defeating Stockport's mighty Chunky - QotW speaks of 44 days in Leeds

QuizBiz

Question paper

08/06/11

Memorable season comes to an end - Pigs win the Question of the Season award with their Edge Hill question

QuizBiz

Question paper