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2023/2024
Fixture list |
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21/09/23 |
The
week when we sadly announce the death of our friend Mike Hansford, a
member of both the Bards and the History Men teams over the past few
years
In
the week's quiz....Stockport triumph with an
emphatic 27-point victory to retain the WIST Challenge trophy - QotW
focuses on a cock built in Germany |
QuizBiz |
Question Paper |
27/09/23 |
KFD win to go top with a
superior score difference; Ethel, the Opsis and the Prods
also win their opening games - QotW deals head on with something for
which "the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous and the
price absurd". |
QuizBiz |
Question Paper |
04/10/23 |
Clean sweep for away teams as
the two Albert Club teams top the table - WIST Quarter final
fixtures announced - fond farewell to QM Mike
Hansford - QotW about a Silly Derby that takes place
every week |
QuizBiz |
Question Paper |
11/10/23 |
Prods keep their 100% record by
winning the Club derby; Ethel win in style to go equal
second with KFD and the Opsis - QotW all about someone equally as
short-lived as Liz Truss |
QuizBiz |
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18/10/23 |
The Prods slip up at home so
now we have 6 teams who've only lost once but no team with a 100%
record - QotW explores the strange death of 5-year old Raymond
Leitch in 1975 |
QuizBiz |
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01/11/23 |
Clean sweep for the away teams
this week leaving 6 of our 9 contenders on 6 points at the top of
the table - and with Ethel Rodin just ahead on score difference -
QotW gives an alternative meaning for the song Danny Boy - Father
Megson is announced as the setter for the November WIST matches |
QuizBiz |
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08/11/23 |
Ethel and the Opsis top
the pile, each with just one defeat, while
the History Men wait for their first victory - and for QotW can you
bear leaving London for the West Country in the afternoon? |
QuizBiz |
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15/11/23 |
Ethel & The Opsis continue on
their winning ways to go clear at the top - QotW recalls former
WithQuiz QM and Albert Inn regular, Bernard Brannen,
who made many appearances on the much missed Mrs
Merton Show - Father Megson is celebrated as he
submits a much enjoyed pair of Listener's Questions
to the latest edition of Radio 4's Brain of
Britain |
QuizBiz |
Question
Paper |
22/11/23 |
Clean sweep for all 8 WithQuiz
teams - QotW concerns an American actress who appeared in all 3
Godfather films but not always playing the same gender |
QuizBiz |
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29/11/23 |
Ethel open up a two-point gap
at the top after thumping the Opsis; the Prods rise to second; the
History Men open their account - QotW is chosen by Jimmy and
concerns the largest city in Europe never to have staged a Champions
league match - the debate about the format of the WIST competition
continues |
QuizBiz |
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06/12/23 |
Ethel go into the Christmas
break as clear leaders in a season that's proving anybody can
beat anybody else on the night - QotW is embellished with a cartoon
and documents the strange love affair between a Tory minister and a
northern town - Next week the much delayed Bards v Pigs fixture will
be fulfilled then its a rest from WithQuizzing until January 10th - Happy Christmas and see you all
in 2024! |
QuizBiz |
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13/12/23 |
.... and in the delayed October 4th match
played this week the Bards beat the Pigs to leapfrog 3 places up the
table |
Quizbiz |
Question
Paper |
10/01/24 |
Ethel
cement their place at the top whilst the History Men score a notable
victory over last season's champions - QotW poses an unlikely bit of
geography |
QuizBiz |
Question
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17/01/24 |
Clean
sweep for the home teams as Ethel open up a significant gap at the
top of the table; Albert, The Prods and The Opsis
battle it out for second spot, and those History Men just keep on
winning - QotW asks which city lies on a direct route from
Wellington, NZ |
QuizBiz |
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24/01/24 |
Ethel squeak another win to
increase their lead to 6 points; Albert leapfrog the Prods to go
second after the Prods lose at the Griffin - QotW connects some
weirdly named monarchs with an American rock band |
QuizBiz |
Question
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07/02/24 |
KFD and the Prodigals win
through to the Champions final; Albert and the Opsimaths get to
contest the Lowly Grail final - QotW about a pupil of Man Ray and a
picture in a bath - details of how to apply for the next series of
Mastermind |
QuizBiz |
Question
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14/02/24 |
A low-scoring evening sees
Ethel keep up their run with a narrow win - whilst the Prods
leapfrog Albert back into second place - QotW about an Edinburgh
councillor who went a-thieving by night |
QuizBiz |
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21/02/24 |
Prodigals and Albert lose
ground on Ethel at the top of the table whilst KFD and the Opsimaths
prosper; battle for second hots up with
4 teams now on 15 or 14 points - QotW chosen by the History Men
highlights a royal link between 3 Game of Thrones actors |
QuizBiz |
Question
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28/02/24 |
A bonanza of a quiz sets the
scene for the underdogs to put the 'overcats' to the sword in every match; Ethel remain firmly at the top
but they're still not quite (mathematically) home and dry - QotW
features a delightful new variation on the run-on format whereby a
classical composer allows his tail to be nibbled up by a pop diva |
QuizBiz |
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13/03/24 |
Coronation
on hold; Ethel lose and the Opsimaths win to go clear in second
place; but only miraculous scorelines over the next two weeks can
prevent Ethel from winning the league - QotW harks back to the last
day of the old Football League Division One - Next week the draw for
the Val Draper Cup Competition |
QuizBiz |
Question
Paper |
20/03/24 |
Well done Ethel, the new League
Champions! - Ethel squeaked home this week
against the Charas to make themselves unassailable at the top of the
table - also this week the Opsimaths' win confirmed them as the
season's runners up - The Val Draper Cup draw has been made - QotW
asks about the most influential TV show of the past 50 years |
QuizBiz |
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27/03/24 |
Both the Champions and the
Runners up lose; Albert slip down to 6th losing
to KFD; The Charas get a winning boost
but not sufficient to escape the wooden spoon - QotW is all about a
conversation between a national icon and a singer/songwriter - Some
celebratory words for all the WithQuizzers, past and present, who
keep our broadcast quizzes lively and interesting |
QuizBiz |
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10/04/24 |
History
Men sail on to Round 2 leaving Albert to set for next week; KFD win
a nailbiter at the Club against the Prods - QotW asks about a
distinctly non-foreign foreign drink from around these parts - An
appeal is launched to non-WithQuiz quizzers, who nevertheless read
our site, to set us some question pairs for our end-of-season
evening - Michael Taylor's new book Impossible Monsters gets
a plug |
QuizBiz |
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17/04/24 |
Pigs, Charas and Ethel join KFD
in the Val Draper semis; Albert, History Men and
Opsimaths join Prods in Plate semis - QotW recalls an conic Ridley
Scott advert using 1984 imagery |
QuizBiz |
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24/04/24 |
A
thriller in Ladybarn resulted in Ethel getting the better of KFD on
the tiebreak to earn a Val Draper final place against the Pigs who
beat the Charas; meanwhile the Plate final will be between the Prods
who edged it against Albert and the History Men who knocked the
Opsis for six all over the Parrswood winning by 34 points - QotW
brings back memories of a 'Colchonero' who came to Manchester |
QuizBiz |
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01/05/24 |
The Prodigals win the WIST
Champions Cup earning the right to call themselves the best quiz
team either side of the Mersey; Albert win the Lowly Grail to
become the 'best of the rest' - QotW chosen by Jimmy and the Prods
to remind them of boring days at the office learning the regulations |
QuizBiz |
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08/05/24 |
Ethel do the double, lifting
the Val Draper trophy after a close match at the Parrs Wood; at the Club the History Men
beat the Prods to take the Plate; the Opsimaths win the 'Best
Round' award with their 'Crash, Bang, Wallop' Round 8 - QotW is
supremely unimpressive |
QuizBiz |
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22/05/24 |
2023/24 is no more - put to bed
by the combined might of WithQuiz at the Albert Club; Ethel emerged as the most
successful team of the season but on the night the Bards took the
End of Season crown; the Question of the Season vote went to
Albert's poser about Lord Chesterfield and sexual intercourse - the
whole evening was given a Casablanca tinge As Time Goes By |
QuizBiz |
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