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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League WEEK BY WEEK ARCHIVE 2015/2016 |
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WITHQUIZ The Withington Pub Quiz League WEEK BY WEEK ARCHIVE 2015/2016 |
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This page provides a week-by-week summary of the 2015/16 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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| 13/01/16 |
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| 03/02/16 |
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| 02/03/16 |
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| 09/03/16 |
Albert keep up the
title chase with a confident home win whilst elsewhere the
Shrimps, the Opsimaths, the Prodigals and Ethel all gain
victories |
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| 16/03/16 |
The Bards slip in
the home straight against CMS making next week's Albert v
Bards contest a likely title decider; elsewhere wins for The
Prodigals, The Pigs, Ethel and The History Men |
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| 23/03/16 |
An Albert/Bards
tied result means the destination of the League trophy will
not be decided until the final round of matches on April
6th; elsewhere another tied result in the Ethel/Pigs match
and wins for the Opsimaths, CMS and the Dunkers
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| 06/04/16 |
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| 27/04/16 |
The Bards lift the WIST Champions Cup whilst The Prodigals nick the A-Trophy in an all-WithQuiz pair of finals - QotW about the scientist in residence at the Old Vicarage, Grantchester |
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| 04/05/16 |
The Bards march on towards the treble to face The Prodigals in the Val Draper Final; The Albert overcome their 12 point handicap disadvantage to meet The History Men in the Plate Final - QotW wants to know where you would find 'Strong Winds', 'The White Mountain', 'The Iron' and 'The Big Dog' |
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| 11/05/16 |
The Prodigals lift the Val Draper trophy to deny the Bards their treble; Albert nick the Plate from under the History Men's noses in a tense finish at the Red - William III, Edmond Halley, René Descartes, John Milton and Rembrandt all lived in the same decade, but which was it asks QotW? |
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| 18/05/16 |
Compulsory Mantis Shrimp won the vote for Question of the Season; 'Dr O'Neil Reunited' (a mash up of Ethel Rodin and The History Men) squeaked home in the evening's quiz - Notes from a Team Captain's consultation - Note from John Holden 'once of this parish' |
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A
new season starts with sad news
Stockport retain the
WIST Cup with a convincing victory 
WithQuiz's 38th season starts with a thrilling
tie between Ethel and the Dunkers; accompanied by wins for the
Bards, the Opsimaths, Mantis Shrimp and Albert - QotW wants to
know the origin of the Abyssinian wire-haired tripe
hound
The form book rules as
Ethel, DD, Bards, Albert and the Pigs notch up victories - QotW
about something set up in Rome in 1479 which now appears
in over 120 cities worldwide
Wins for the Opsis, DD,
Ethel, the Prodigals and the Charas - QotW goes down under with
a bishop and a Yorkshireman - Father Megson goes all
poetic as he's 'Summoned by Bells' - an Irish
correspondent gives us the lowdown on the English Rugby
team's practice regime
Wins for form teams
Albert and Ethel; The Bards hammer The Opsimaths; The History
Men score their first league points of the season; The Pigs win
to keep in touch with the top teams - QotW all about football
and dedicated to Eveline - News of the shortlist of
WoManchester candidates
It gets even closer at
the top with Albert and Ethel losing and the Bards, Pigs,
Dunkers and Opsis winning - Hive Minds comes calling - QotW
tells us about an Ambrose Bierce comment directed at the
great Dr Johnson
A pretty good night for
the WithQuiz teams with semi final slots for the The Opsimaths,
The Bards and Dunkin' Donitz in the WIST Cup (The Alex keep the
Stockport flag flying here); whilst The Prodigals, Albert, The
History Men and The Charas make it a clean sweep for our teams
in the A-Trophy - QotW concerns a lengthy rail trip from
Winnipeg - Fr M is bathing the cat
Good wins for The
Opsimaths, The Bards and The Pigs; The Men and The Charas fight
to a standstill in the season's second tied result; The History
Men get the better of Dunkin' Dönitz - The Beatles and the
streets oF Hamburg feature in QotW
Wins for Dunkin' D, the
Opsimaths, the Pigs, the Prodigals and Albert keeping the tussle
at the top as tight as ever - QotW about the significance of the
Portsmouth/Arsenal match in 2009
A setback for the
high-flying Pigs but otherwise victories for all the top teams - whilst in team news
Fr Megson reports below on his efforts, at last, to sort out the
Charabancs' problems - In his occasional homily Fr M takes us
back to the Buckfast Years - QotW delves into Alice in Wonderland
looking for stammers
Results go with the
form book as The Bards, Dunkin' Dönitz,
The Pigs, The Opsimaths and Ethel Rodin all win on a
high-scoring Prodigals paper - QotW about a Tumnus and a Mr Fawn
Wins for Dunkin' Dönitz,
The Bards, The Opsimaths, Albert and CMS in the final round of
the first half of the league season - QotW links ladies clothing
and Brig o'Doon
Wins for the Bards, the
Opsimaths, Albert, the Shrimps and the Pigs - Undaunted by
tonight's defeat the History Men meet their date with destiny
as they are declared the second best WithQuizzers of all time
(behind you know who) - in QotW Fr M calls on the help of former
City players for an excommunication
Wins for the Bards,
Dunkin' D, Albert, Ethel and the History Men in an evening
that tested the scorers' ability to keep pace with the points
being notched up - Fr M mulls over a big boot and a custard
cream - QotW demands to know what Julius Caesar's last 6 words were
- A grumpy old man moans about Didsbury road signs
The Bards win the
top of the table clash against The Opsimaths and leapfrog
them to go top; elsewhere wins for Ethel, the Dunkers,
Albert and (at last) the Charas - QotW rings a bell; it's
about the 1972 concert at the Locarno in Coventry
Wins for The Bards,
Albert, Ethel, Compulsory Mantis Shrimp and The Charas - The
art of smoking dried banana skins crops up in QotW which wants to
know about a 1966 hit record - And what's all this quizzing about
anyway? Well one of this week's questions declares we're all "None
the Bloody Wiser"
Dunkers and Bards
go through to an all WithQuiz WIST final; History Men and
Prodigals will contest the A-trophy final for the second
year running - QotW focuses on what men know about women -
News of the departure for Vienna of long-term WithQuiz stalwarts Mark &
Cheryl Bassett
Wins for the
Dunkers, the Bards, Ethel, Albert and the Charas - QotW
reveals how President Charles de Gaulle made his wife very
happy
Wins for The Bards,
The Opsimaths, Ethel Rodin, Albert and The Pigs - In QotW
there's a request to identify some pop band described by
themselves as "
Clean sweep for the
away teams tonight as The Bards, Dunkin' Dönitz,
Albert, The Opsimaths and The History Men all win; The Bards need to
start losing pretty soon if they're to miss out on the
league title - QotW is one of those 'run-on' questions
combining the author of The Good Soldier and the
artist who decorated the Manchester Town Hall's main chamber
The Bards overcame a 14 point handicap
disadvantage to beat The Men; with equal handicap starting
scores The
Dunkers beat Albert; The Shrimps turned their 2 point
handicap advantage into a 7 point victory over The History Men
- QotW wants to know what 'she gave birth in the open' has to do
with Christmas - A composite WithQuiz table 'of all time' published
Wins for The Prodigals, The Dunkers, The
Shrimps and The Bards to take them through to the Val Draper
semis in a fortnight; The Pigs are highest scoring losers so
earn the last place in the Plate semis - 33 buttons on a
catholic cassock; but why asks QotW?
