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13th May 2026

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The Bards won the 'Question of the Season' award (see below) while Ethel picked up first place in the evening's quiz wonderfully compiled and hosted by the Electric Pigs

End of Season Friendly Quiz

Winners: Ethel Rodin

Runners Up: Albert

Third place: Prodigals

Final WithQuiz League Table

Another excellent end of season evening at the Albert Club.

The evening's quiz was set and delivered by the Electric Pigs en masse who pitched it just right.  They made the whole affair a tribute to the late Gerry Hennessy whose image (in typical contemplative QM mode) hovered over the proceedings on the big screen.

As an interlude mid-evening my son, Daniel, with his keyboard entertained us all with a selection of tunes.  Each tune had featured somewhere in a quiz paper during the 2025/26 season.  All the audience had to do was identify the tune.  BUT it was played very much in the wrong style.  So Hey Jude sounded like a nursery rhyme, the National Anthem was in jazz mode, etc..  And to make it harder there were plenty of grace notes added along the way.

The main business of the evening, the distribution of honours for the quiz season just finished was conducted by Gary Donely who was both amusing and warm in his appreciation of the achievements of the various winners.  No WIST cups this year with both joint trophies ending up in Stockport.  However there was genuine admiration for the Prodigals who capped a stellar season with the second successive capture of the prestigious Barry Whitehead WithQuiz Shield.

When it came to the Dave Barras 'Question of the Season' award the votes went (narrowly) to the Bards for their Run-on question linking Steve McManaman and the capital of Madagascar.  Needless to say I made a Horlicks of pronouncing the answer to this tongue-twister.  Not far behind in the voting were the Prodigals' 'Bollocks' question and the Opsimaths' one about the chap who went out to buy a bauble at an auction and came home to tell his wife he'd just bought Stonehenge.

As for the result of the evening's quiz competition, Ethel Rodin triumphed by a healthy margin with Albert and the Prodigals trailing behind in second and third spots respectively.

All was complete by 11pm with plenty of back-slapping and a staunch determination to return in the autumn.

To savour the atmosphere have a look at the photos of the event here for which many thanks to Howell are due.

Thus endeth WithQuiz's 47th season.  In the meantime enjoy your summer and let's get back together again in late September to do it all again for ...

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