Withington Pub Quiz League - earlier seasons 2011-12

This page provides a week-by-week summary of the 2011/12 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


	2011/2012 Fixture list
06/09/11	We're back! - Calluna Pussycats bow out after just a single season - SPW become I Blame Smoke Fairies - The Charas relocate to The Turnpike	QuizBiz	Question paper
19/09/11	WithQuiz beat Stockport in the inter-league friendly	QuizBiz	Question paper
21/09/11	Off to a formbook start apart from TMTCH's victory over the Meat Raffle - QotW deals with a North Eastern flasher	QuizBiz	Question paper
28/09/11	The Smoke Fairies and Historymen maintain a 100% record; Opsimaths lose to The Bards - QotW wants to know about Mr Cobblepot	QuizBiz	Question paper
05/10/11	The Bards remain unbeaten whilst Albert score a famous victory over the Smoke Fairies - QotW about a conversation between a tortoise and Achilles which somehow gets Johnny Depp into it - and Fr M returns with a piece claiming Oliver Plunkett had it easy	QuizBiz	Question paper
12/10/11	Fairies, Bards and Historymen sit at the top of the table - with the Bards having a game in hand - QotW about the start of non-English Premiership matches	QuizBiz	Question paper
19/10/11	The Bards march to the top of the table overtaking Smoke Fairies on points difference - QotW about a double international who played both World Cup Football and World Cup Cricket	QuizBiz	Question paper
26/10/11	Bards power on at the top - the Smoke Fairies visit the Cricket Club next Wednesday to determine pre-Christmas WithQuiz bragging rights - QotW about Roman concrete	QuizBiz	Question paper
02/11/11	Only one story tonight: the Bards gain the WithQuiz bragging rights as they put the Fairies to the sword at the Cricket Club - QotW about cardium edule and mytilus edulis - Reprint of Fr M's Ballyboke Bugle Saturday Supplement	QuizBiz	Question paper
09/11/11	The 100% Bards keep on going with a convincing home victory over the Prodigals - QotW about what happened to the USS Phoenix - News of the demise of the Stadium of Murk	QuizBiz	Question paper
16/11/11	High scoring all round as the Bards keep going undefeated - and QotW about 1886 pioneer Mrs Persus Foster Eames Albee	QuizBiz	Question paper
23/11/11	The Bards lose their 100% record to the Historymen in a thriller at the Red - QotW about Scatman Crothers - Fr M tells us why 'She Died With Her Metal-Tipped Boots On'	QuizBiz	Question paper
30/11/11	Chunky (from Stockport), plus the Smoke Fairies, the Bards and the Opsimaths from our own league, go through to the WIST Semis - QotW about Marc Brunel's governess bride and her maiden name	QuizBiz	Question paper
07/12/11	The Bards return to their winning ways at the top of the heap; the Meat Raffle break their duck - QotW about gases from Uranus	QuizBiz	Question paper
14/12/11	The Smoke Fairies take the opportunity to creep a little closer to the top of the tree for Christmas - The widow of a war hero complains about his portrayal on the big screen in QotW	QuizBiz	Question paper
04/01/12	The top three teams all notch up convincing victories to leave the head of the table undisturbed - QotW proves how even itinerant pedlars can be millionaire pop stars - QuizBiz starts to feature pictures inspired by the week's question paper and/or quiz matches	QuizBiz	Question paper
11/01/12	Again the leading three teams win leaving the top of the table in a similar state - QotW about anthropomorphised animals in China - Fr M touchingly writes a piece dedicated to Judge Tony	QuizBiz	Question paper
18/01/12	Yet again the leading three teams win to leave the top of the table unchanged - QotW about 'The Grand Old Lady' of the North West	QuizBiz	Question paper
25/01/12	At last a Tied match - between TMTCH and The Prodigals; otherwise no change at the top as the 3 leaders all win - German cutting edge technology comes under the spotlight in QotW this week	QuizBiz	Question paper
01/02/12	The Bards power on towards their first league title whilst the Opsimaths slip back; the Charas maintain their winning sequence - QotW about the first Punk rock band in the world - Eric's out and about with his camera	QuizBiz	Question paper
08/02/12	Drama up and down Didsbury as the top two teams flounder - the Bards lose to the Charas and the Fairies to the Opsimaths; and next week the Fairies play the Bards at Fortress Griffin!! - Derby winners and Anagallis Arvensis get linked in QotW - More Eric team portraits	QuizBiz	Question paper
15/02/12	In a thriller at the Griffin the Bards just edge a one point victory over their nearest rivals, the Fairies, and get at least one hand on the WithQuiz league trophy - the Opsimaths win and hang on in there - a J Lyons research scientist comes under the relentless scrutiny of the QotW interrogation	QuizBiz	Question paper
22/02/12	What a season for The Bards! Tonight they seal their League Champions status with still 2 matches to go - France's decision to boycott British beef gets short shrift in QotW	QuizBiz	Question paper
29/02/12	Top three all win - yet again the Meat Raffle get the thin end of a very close run result - leaky WW1 cabinets get QotW fascinated	QuizBiz	Question paper
07/03/12	Results go with the formbook - the 4 for next year's WIST Champion's Cup are the Bards, the Smoke Fairies, the Opsimaths and the Historymen - the Charas miss out on points difference - More piccies from WithQuiz Snapper-in-Chief (Eric) - QotW is betwixt and betwain	QuizBiz	Question paper
14/03/12	Chunky and the Bards go through to contest this season's WIST Champions Cup Final - QotW tells the tale of a Royal linked with the Nazis	QuizBiz	Question paper
21/03/12	Charabancs, Prodigals and Smoke Fairies go through - Ethel get next week's setting duties - QotW about a Manchester coat-of-arms pun	QuizBiz	Question paper
28/03/12	Bards, Fairies, Historymen and Meat Raffle go through to the Cup semis; Opsimaths, Albert, Pigs and Prodigals play for the Plate; Charabancs earn the setting duties for next week - QotW recalls a very British cliff-hanger in Italy	QuizBiz	Question paper
04/04/12	Val Draper Cup Final is Historymen v the Fairies; Plate final is Albert v the Pigs - QotW about a hobgoblin stalking through Europe	QuizBiz	Question paper
18/04/12	The Historymen romp home in the Val Draper Cup Final in West Didsbury; over in the Village the Pigs land the Plate - QotW went all cryptic about Tor, Odin and Andromeda	QuizBiz	Question paper
02/05/12	End of Season celebration - Ethel Rodin win the evening's quiz whilst the Bards win the Question of the Season for their 'Gateshead Flasher's Erection' question	QuizBiz	Question paper
17/05/12	After two years in the hands of the Smoke Fairies (a.k.a. SPW) Chunky win back the WIST Champions Cup for Stockport - QotW waves adieu to Nicolas Sarkozy with a typically Sarky comment	QuizBiz	Question paper