WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League WEEK BY WEEK ARCHIVE 2013/2014 |
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This page provides a week-by-week summary of the 2013/14 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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19/09/13 |
WithQuiz triumph in the traditional curtain-raiser for the new season - "How can you connect actors Rupert Davies and Andrew Cruickshank" asks QotW - News of a new WIST competition (The 'A'-Trophy) |
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02/10/13 |
High-scoring start to the new season; Charas, Ethel and Bards all win with scores that top 40 points - Can you link Tchaikovsky, Proust and Marc Bolan? Well QotW can! |
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09/10/13 |
The Pigs continue their 'bounce back' after last season whilst The Bards go top on 'goal difference' - QotW goes all 'Bookerish' |
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16/10/13 |
Meat Raffle and Albert get off the mark; the History Men and the Opsimaths produce the season's first tie - It's a Swedish Gem and a French Trombone in QotW - Fr M has his first outing of the season dreaming of marble halls |
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23/10/13 |
Early season euphoria dissipates for The Bards and The Pigs, whilst INBTO chug along nicely - QotW asks what connects some safe Labour seats |
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30/10/13 |
INBTO, The Opsimaths and The Pigs surge on while the Bards drop back - QotW poses a linking date poser |
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06/11/13 |
The Pigs trip up but elsewhere the top teams stride on - Another wretched Gualtieri brings the Brits trouble in QotW - Hope springs infernal for Fr M |
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13/11/13 |
WithQuiz teams take 3 of the A-trophy semi-final places with honours even in the WIST competition - In QotW Isaac Newton and Ptolemy Tortoise hold a dinner-party |
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20/11/13 |
It's tight at the top with INBTO, Opsimaths and Bards all winning - next week's showdown at the Griffin will be crucial - QotW wants to know who was Secretary of State for Air, Minister of Housing & Local Government, Minister of Defence, Foreign Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, PM |
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27/11/13 |
It's a 'stiffin' at the Griffin' as the League leaders are toppled - Fond memories of the late great Araucaria - QotW about Dashiell Hammett's late missus |
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04/12/13 |
Top two teams win; Ethel and The Pigs win the two derbies - 90 PMs? Well QotW's got 4 of them |
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11/12/13 |
The Opsimaths and INBTO power on whilst the Pigs sneak up above the Bards into third place - QotW is the first example of the 'Run On' type of question to fill this slot |
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18/11/13 |
Rejoice! The Men storm into the second half of the season on the back of a famous victory - A pair of Kaiser posers for QotW |
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08/01/14 |
WithQuizzing returns to the White Swan; TMTCH march on undefeated since mid December - A photographic retrospective of the White Swan (The Stadium of Murk) in its bad old days - QotW wants to know where TINA popped her clogs |
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15/01/14 |
A tough old paper sees INBTO slip up against the Charas - Heard of the one about the comic banned in Ulster for obscene lyrics? QotW has! |
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22/01/14 |
Top lose and bottom two win, as The Opsimaths go down to The Bards, and Meat Raffle and The Men both triumph - Eric poses for a fashion shot - A very Toady QotW |
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29/01/14 |
Opsimaths & INBTO keep going whilst The History Men prove themselves this season's tie specialists - Smiley crops up in QotW |
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05/02/14 |
Opsimaths win the battle at the top while the Bards slip further behind in 3rd place - Japanese Angry Raisins rear their heads in QotW |
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12/02/14 |
Top three all win away from home; Meat Raffle win the battle of the basement - Manchester's own V & A hits QotW |
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19/02/14 |
Chunky and INBTO go through to the WIST final; Albert will play The Prodigals in an all-WithQuiz A-trophy final - WithQuiz's attempt to challenge Dave et al on Eggheads rejected by the broadcasters - QotW remembers the very first New York ticker-tape parade |
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26/02/14 |
Yet another tie for the History Men; the Opsimaths win the Club derby - Do you know which Nobel Prize winner was a scriptwriter for Dick Emery? QotW does! |
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05/03/14 |
Opsimaths edge closer to the crown; Bards and Pigs consolidate their claims to be in next season's WIST Cup - SW English rivers get the QotW treatment |
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12/03/14 |
Opsimaths place one hand on the league title with a home win over TMTCH; INBTO beat the Bards to confirm at least second place - Know what the Elfstedentocht is? QotW does! |
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19/03/14 |
Opsimaths win the League - INBTO come second - Bards are third - Pigs, Ethel and History Men slug it out next week for fourth place - QotW links Billy, Borris, Malinda and Markus |
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26/03/14 |
Ethel squeak into 4th place on points difference after a tie with INBTO - A Royal Maze for a mistress is the subject of this week's QotW |
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02/04/14 |
Albert, Charas and Historymen through to Val Draper Round 2; Ethel, Pigs and Meat Raffle go into Plate semis - An MBE jumps off Fujiyama Crest and a record is created; what's this all about says QotW |
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09/04/14 |
Opsimaths, Charas, Prodigals and Albert go through in the Cup; Bards go to the Plate as Highest Scoring Losers - QotW talks about the only PM that took office on foreign soil |
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16/04/14 |
Charas & Prodigals win through to the Val Draper final; Ethel & the Pigs meet in the Plate final - QotW about the four US Presidents who have served in all four elected federal offices, namely Representative, Senator, Vice President and President |
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30/04/14 |
The Charas lift the Cup for the second year running; the Electric Pigs win the Plate - 'Trade Union leader becomes President in the US' is the QotW headline |
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07/05/14 |
The Prodigals lift the WIST A-Trophy in the first year of this new competition but WIST Champions final delayed until the 21st May |
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14/05/14 |
A full house for the End of Season evening at the Albert Club - Evening's friendly quiz prepared and delivered by Mike Wagstaffe, our friend from Stockport |
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21/05/14 |
INBTO romp to another WIST Champions title - QotW concerned someone who was "At Madagascar, and Malabar, and Surinam, and Providence, and Portobello" |