WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League WEEK BY WEEK ARCHIVE 2014/2015 |
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This page provides a week-by-week summary of the 2014/15 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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24/09/14 |
Stockport edge ahead of WithQuiz to nick the Trophy back across the Mersey - QotW recalls the summer's World Cup in Brazil and some of the most popular names used to describe each of the teams - Gerry Collins deposits some of his fondest WithQuiz memories on the site |
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01/10/14 |
WithQuiz's 37th season gets underway - WithQuiz's 37th season starts with a high-scoring thriller at the Albert Club narrowly won by Dunkin' Dönitz - Staggeringly trivial QotW asks for the two closest consecutive Eurovision Song Contest cities |
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08/10/14 |
Major upset at the Griffin as the Bards notch up the highest score of the night - QotW about authors expert at gliding and surfing
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15/10/14 |
Ethel pip the League Champions at the Albert Club - the Bards power on - Albert get the better of Dunkin' Dönitz - QotW about a cryptic name connection
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22/10/14 |
Ethel go top as they continue their cracking start to the season - QotW about a dozen trunks in Rugby
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29/10/14 |
Bards win the top of the table clash with Ethel to keep their 100% record - A welcome return for our errant cleric who tells us about the birth of a Blob - QotW wants to know who's the 46th sexiest man in Wales |
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05/11/14 |
At the top The Bards and Ethel both win - The Opsimaths storm the Albert Club derby - QotW about royal buildings and births and deaths - A graphic celebration of Notts County and Messrs Balmy, Carroll and Hammond |
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12/11/14 |
WIST: Wins for Chunky, The Alex, The Bards and The Opsimaths keep honours even between the two leagues; A-Trophy: Three-One to WithQuiz as The Prodigals, The History Men and The PIgs get through - only The Charabancs judder to a halt against The Printers - QotW about the last Republican Presidential election winner without a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket |
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19/11/14 |
Only one headline tonight! The Hangmen secure their first victory of the season against Dunkin' Dönitz - Father M discusses a Blob taking shape - QotW revolves around Brian's fascinating recollection of an ex-WithQuizzer, Frank Duffy and the Manchester Sports Guild Folk Club |
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26/11/14 |
The Bards cling on to their 100% record - the TMTCH mini run started last week turns out to be just that - QotW about a 1958 logo that used semaphore |
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03/12/14 |
Bards lose their 100% record to the History Men - Ethel and Opsimaths remain in hot pursuit - Fr M is suffering from pulpit palpitations - QotW is a wonderfully succinct question about 'the furthest south furthest north' |
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10/12/14 |
Ethel lose to DD whilst the Bards beat the Opsimaths; the tussle at the top stays wide open - QotW is about Frances Griffiths, Elsie Wright and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
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17/12/14 |
Ethel, Dunkin' D and the Opsimaths win but the Bards lose; all to play for as we hit the season's halfway mark - Fr M's on about his 'Blobber Soul' - QotW concerns what Jimmy Perry's Dad used to say to him when he was young - Bath's favourite bricklayer crops up in the question paper |
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14/01/15 |
Even Steven at the top of the table as Ethel and The Bards take a tumble, and the Opsis and the Donuts win - QotW all about crustolostannology - In Dusty's Clippings Father M reports on the acquisition of two new ringers for WithQuiz |
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21/01/15 |
Wins for Dunkin Dönitz and the Bards whilst Ethel and the Opsimaths slip back - QotW about a US President born in the 18th century who still has two living grandchildren - a new WithQuiz code of conduct introduced with penalties for offenders |
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28/01/15 |
Dunkin Dönitz beat the Bards to go top - Ethel, with a massive score of 52, and the Opsimaths both win to stay in hot pursuit - Wes, Alejandro, Richard, Bennett, Morden get linked in QotW |
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04/02/15 |
Even tighter at the top with the Opsimaths, Ethel and DD on 20 points closely followed by the Bards on 18 and Albert on 17, each with a game in hand - Reverend William Cowherd from Salford features in the week's QotW |
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11/02/15 |
The Prodigals win to set up an all-WithQuiz A-Trophy final against this evening's victorious History Men - QotW connects Pan troglodytes; the fictional character associated with half a guinea; the city in which the TV series Cheers is set |
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18/02/15 |
Ethel, Albert and the Opsimaths win whilst Dunkin Dönitz tie; still very tight at the top - Fr M is chaste all the way home - QotW dwells on a strangely appropriate title Her Maj awarded to her second son |
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25/02/15 |
Wins for The Bards, The Opsimaths and Ethel at the top of the table - QotW about a Swiss Doctor from Chelsea |
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04/03/15 |
Bards beat Ethel in a 100 point aggregate match - TMTCH chalk up their first 2015 victory - QotW wants to know which retailer is named after Annice Goodwin, a company secretary |
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11/03/15 |
Has the the league title struggle ever been this close? The Opsimaths lose while Albert, the Bards and the Dunkers win; meaning that, with just three league weeks to go, only a single point separates the top 5 teams - Welcome reprint for Megson's classic 'The Getaways: Mad, Bad and Unlikely to Know' article - QotW has a witty question about the nickname for the travelling Irish cricket fans |
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18/03/15 |
Winning by a single point more than the Bards, the Opsimaths jump to the top; Albert profit from Ethel's defeat, moving up to third - QotW about a 1979 hit inspired by Brenda Ann Spencer |
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25/03/15 |
Opsimaths stay top stretching their score difference advantage over the Bards to 9 points; top 4 (Opsimaths, Bards, Albert and Dunkin' Dönitz) all win and stay in contention with just one week to go - QotW about some graffito originating from 2 philosophers and a crooner |
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01/04/15 |
The Bards win by 14 points, but The Opsimaths' 19 point victory ensures they stay on top and lift the League crown - Couple of humorous quoted make up this week's QotW |
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15/04/15 |
Victories for The History Men, Albert and Dunkin Dönitz; Plate semis in a fortnight for The Opsimaths, The Bards and The Pigs - QotW about Welsh businessman John Hughes and a certain Ukrainian city |
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22/04/14 |
Ethel edge it on the tiebreaker at the Griffin and go through to the Val Draper semis along with The Charas, The History Men and Albert - Something that linked Old Trafford to Maine Road is featured in QotW |
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29/04/15 |
Clean sweep for WithQuiz as The Opsimaths lift the WIST Champions Cup and The History Men beat The Prodigals for the A-Trophy - What connects Tommy Barron's grandchildren to a winning horse? QotW has the answer |
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06/05/15 |
The Charas and The History Men win through to the Val Draper final; The Opsimaths and Dunkin' Dönitz get to the Plate final - in QotW gang members go off to Rio, have 17 children and start a leper colony |
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13/05/15 |
The Charas lift the Val Draper Cup for the third year in succession; Dunkin' Dönitz end their season by picking up the WithQuiz Plate - QotW goes all crosswordy with anagrams and definitions |
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27/05/15 |
Albert triumphed in the evening's quiz as another season was successfully put to bed - Question of the Season goes to Meat Raffle for their 'Furthest North, furthest South' question - and Meat Raffle announce that henceforth they're to be known as 'Compulsory Mantis Shrimp' |
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