Withington Pub Quiz League - earlier seasons 2025-26

This page provides a week-by-week summary of the 2025/26 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

2025/26

	2025/2026 Fixture list
02/10/25	Another stonking victory for Stockport as they lift the WIST trophy for the 4th year running - QotW took us back to memories of the 1966 World Cup final at the old Wembley	QuizBiz	Question Paper
08/10/25	Charas top the table after our first round of league matches; joy for all the home teams and defeat for last season's champs	QuizBiz	Question Paper
15/10/25	Sad news to kick off this week: we've just learnt of the death of Clive Berry, long-time WithQuizzer and former captain of the Prodigals team (see obituary below) - The Charas stay top alongside the Bards, both of whom have enjoyed back-to-back victories - QotW connects Cornish inventors and Lake poets	QuizBiz	Question Paper
22/10/25	After 3 rounds of the league Albert are the only unbeaten team; the Prods hit the top with a decisive win over last week's table toppers, the Charas - QotW celebrates an acting dynasty with an 81-year Oscar gap	QuizBiz	Question Paper
29/10/25	Four teams at the top on 6 points with The Prods keeping their noses in front on 'goal difference'; Albert however remain the only team with a 100% record - QotW linked Sibelius and the Nile	QuizBiz	Question Paper
12/11/25	The Prods stay top even though Albert remain the only team with a 100% record; the Opsis creep off the bottom with their first win of the season - QotW connects Australian gold and North American monsters	QuizBiz	Question Paper
19/11/25	The Prods nick Albert's 100% record to consolidate their position at the top; the Bards and the Opsis fight to a standstill with the season's first tied match - QotW concerns a Liverpool footballer who didn't seem to know whether he was coming or going	QuizBiz	Question Paper
26/11/25	The Prods keep on going with this season's record score of 50 points; CKC notch up their first league points of the season at the Albert Club; the Bards set a points-fest of a quiz - QotW melds Liverpool strikers and a touch of Malagasy place-names	QuizBiz	Question Paper
04/12/25	A couple from each side of the Mersey win through to the semis: The Alexandra and Smart Alex - and Albert and CKC - QotW links a local band from the 1990s and actor Brian Jackson - the draw for the WIST semis pairs the 2 Stockport teams against each other and likewise the 2 surviving WithQuiz teams	QuizBiz	Question Paper
10/12/25	High-scoring tie between the Prods and CKC leaves them respectively top and bottom; elsewhere second-placed Albert miss a trick against the History Men and the Opsis and Charas notch up much needed wins - QotW about a PM who holds most politicians in contempt - a top quality paper from the Pigs - and Barry finally departs for retirement in East Anglia	QuizBiz	Question Paper
17/12/25	History Men leapfrog the Pigs to join Albert on 10 points; CKC continue their comeback relinquishing the foot of the table to the luckless Opsis - QotW links standard WithQuiz moans with the 1977 manager of a Virgin Records store in Nottingham - a farewell thanks from veteran WithQuizzer Barry McNorton of CKC	QuizBiz	Question Paper
07/01/26	In a 'points-fest' evening the Prods/Albert match clocks up a record-breaking 100 point aggregate; History Men leapfrog Albert into second place; CKC and Ethel move up - QotW about the wording in a NASA countdown - News of WithQuizzers winning on TV's Only Connect show: Opsi Charlotte's Worker Bee team to the semi-final stage and ex-Shrimp James's team reaching the final	Quizbiz	Question Paper
14/01/26	Victory for each home team; Prods and History Men maintain their first/second places; CKC and Ethel continue their upward creep while the Pigs and the Charas drop back - QotW highlights a surprising WW2 ace - WithQuiz interest in the current Only Connect series continues to the final and 3rd/4th place play off - QuizWas item reminisces on WithQuiz stuff from January 2016	QuizBiz	Question Paper
21/01/26	Top 4 all win with Albert leapfrogging this week's setters, Ethel, in the league table to go third behind the History Men - QotW is about the connection between a newer old and an older new	QuizBiz	Question Paper
04/02/26	Prods, Bards and Ethel win to consolidate their positions; Albert win too to bounce back above the History Men in the 'leapfrog battle' for second place - QotW celebrates the glory of Cambridge architecture and its unlikely connection to cats	QuizBiz	Question Paper
12/02/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
18/02/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
25/02/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
11/03/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
18/03/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
25/03/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
01/04/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
15/04/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
22/04/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
29/04/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
06/05/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper
13/05/26		QuizBiz	Question Paper