"... somewhat more accessible than last year's but there were plenty of taxing moments ... "

"Round 5, the movie poster picture round seemed to be enjoyed with every picture being answered successfully"

"Good in patches was our verdict ..."

"There were very few unanswered questions and the aggregate score suggests it was fair ..."

"We enjoyed the themes and managed to guess the hidden ones correctly ..."

"A thoroughly entertaining evening supplied by the Pigs who have delivered the best papers of the season for a few years now"

"The questions seemed pretty fair to me and I thought the connections round was nicely crafted."

"... an excellent paper and a good advert for the typical range of subject-matter and question styles that WithQuiz habitually offers the punter."

"... first half good, second half not so good"

"Ethel supplied the best paper of the season so far - by some distance."

"This was a cracking paper with loads of points on offer and plenty of penny-drop moments to be savoured."

"We thought tonight's paper was absolutely excellent with accessible themes galore."

"With plenty of points on offer, and two WithQuiz players mentioned in despatches, this was a very enjoyable quiz."

"It was a bit of a 'curate’s egg'  and a game of two halves”

"A few long confers, but overall, a well-constructed quiz."

"Some very good confounders in the theme rounds."

"... plenty of interesting and amusing fare on offer; we loved the themes ..."

"A banger from the league leaders."

"All in all it was an excellent quiz with a superbly balanced set of questions."

" ... this paper was considerably harder than the average (WIST paper)"

"Tough, but enjoyable quiz with some imaginative ideas for rounds."

"Good variety in the questions and types of Round with themes a-plenty to ponder."

"Plenty of interesting questions and themes - some rather hard questions too."

"An excellent quiz from the Bards ... good themes and knowledge demands set at just about the right level."

"A perfectly reasonable paper with some innovative tweaks."

" ... a few ill-balanced pairs but overall pretty enjoyable."

"We didn't care for the paper."

"Overall this really was a turgid and uninspiring set of questions."

"The paper itself was very traditional with lots of interesting questions"

"We found it a bit hard - especially in the second half." - " ... it was a nicely crafted set ..."

"We enjoyed tonight’s quiz and the tropes we expect from Ethel were not disappointing."

"Not up to the excellent standard of Ethel's first paper of the season; much too wordy ..."

"If the intention was to set a points-fest then it was mission very much accomplished ..."

"A very welcome, right on point, paper from Brian and co."

"Plenty of variety on offer and the sort of questions which obviously appeal to our strengths."

"A strong set from KFD.  We liked the fact that the hidden theme rounds were not overly convoluted or obscure."

"A wonderful paper celebrating 'Mr WithQuiz' himself, Dave Rainford."

"A cracking paper from the Prods.  A lovingly crafted tribute to a lovely man."

"A great paper from the new champions and a fantastic tribute to a giant of WithQuiz."

"We enjoyed the Albert's paper very much and especially the anagram and run-on rounds."

"... likely to have divided opinions and appealed to those of a literary and historical bent."

"The first half .. a miserable 32 questions, 6 unanswered; heavy on literature light on interest."

"An excellent paper from the Bards."

"The Bards paper didn't have any wow moments but it was perfectly serviceable and fair."

"The quiz itself was quite a points-fest."

"We liked the quiz, even if there wasn’t a lot in there for ... the more youthful"

"... loads of well-crafted and mostly well-balanced questions ..."

"... our favourite round was the 'Berts & Bards' concoction ..."

"A little harder than average with plenty of innovative twists."

"Tricky little quiz tonight" "Overall though a good paper prepared in short order."

"The quiz was well regarded and if it had been constructed from scratch in a week it did not look like it."

"In some ways, the most interesting of Charas’ quizzes this year, and the range of questions, themes and subject matter were pretty good."

"Somewhat harder than our average this season."

"As expected a good range of themes and questions and perhaps it was to be expected that the level of difficulty was to be increased."

"The quality of the questions was pitched just right for a match between two such accomplished teams."

"Greg's quiz was tough, but also very good; excellently balanced and a real challenge to both teams."