Warrington Quiz League

The April Quiz Grand Prix will be held on Saturday 1st April 2017 at Alford Hall Sports and Social Club, Manchester Road, Warrington commencing at 11:30am.  For further information contact Dave Tilley on tilsit@btinternet.com. 

The draw for the heats of the MQL MIMIR competition have been made and are shown below. The matches will be played on Wednesday 22 March, beginning at 8pm at New Brighton Cricket Club, Mortuary Lane, Wallasey.

The final will be held at the MQL Presentation Night on Wed 10th May 2017 at a Warrington venue.

A football themed quiz is to be held at the Ship and Mitre, Dale Street, Liverpool on Thursday 9th March 2017.

The quiz starts at 7.30pm, with refreshments at about 9pm.  All quizzers are welcome, and if you would like more details, please email Steve Lomas at steve.lomas1@btinternet.com

I recently received this message from Tom Gatley's son, David.  Can you help him find what he's looking for?

My father Thomas Edward Gatley who died in November 1996 was treasurer of the WQL for several years. He played for St Bens. 

In 1997 or 1998 the Thomas Gatley Memorial award was given to the best person who had won nothing else. The award was made on finals night. I've been trying to find the newspaper accounts of the event but have not been successful. Do you have any newspaper cutting, photographs or similar of the event and the name of the winner? Or alternatively do you know when the finals event took place so I can have another look for the newspaper account of the event?

If you can help, please contact David at davidalangatley@gmail.com

The BBC showed a fascinating programme about quizzing on 30th November, and it is available on iPlayer for the next month if you did not see it.  Click on the image below to go to the BBC iPlayer site.

• The Warrington Individual Competition will be held on Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at the Bull’s Head, Church Street, Warrington commencing at 8pm prompt.  All members of all teams are invited to take part.  You will note that there are no League matches taking place that week, so we can hold the Individual Competition on Tuesday – a normal quiz night.

The draw has been made for the Challenge cup, with the following groups having been drawn.

Group matches take place on 12th October, 9th November and 14th December, with the later rounds on 8th Feb, 8th March and 10th May 2017. Full fixture details can be found in the fixture calendar for the relevant dates.

Endemol are looking for teams of FIVE PEOPLE to take part in a BRAND NEW general knowledge quiz for ITV.

So, if you and your family/ friends/work mates/ pub quiz team think you’ve got what it takes then drop them a line.

To request an application form you can either email your full name and telephone number to itvquiz@endemoluk.com

Or write to them at ITV quiz, Initial (part of Endemol Shine Group), 5^th floor, Shepherd's Building Central, Charecroft Way, London W14 0EE

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 29th AUGUST 2016 (subject to change)

FILMING IS DUE TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN 23^rd SEPTEMBER AND 2^ND OCTOBER 2016 (subject to change)

Applicants must be aged 18 or over and have the right to reside in the UK.

Would any of you be interested in playing in a couple of trial runs of a new ITV Quiz Show?

The quiz is being written and developed by some of the same team behind University Challenge, and their aim is that it's a robust academic challenge - but not as recondite as UC can be! It's pitched at families of Sporcle addicts and board game lovers.

They are looking for clever, confident teams of three family members - a parent, child and grandparent. Ideally, the child on the team will be aged 10/11/12.

They are beta-testing a couple of versions of the format in their MediaCity offices on Friday 4th August and Thursday 1st September, and are really keen to have real families come in and play.

It's not for broadcast, so should hopefully be a fun, low-pressure day out!  If you fancy it, give them a call on 0161 952 0609 or send them an email to clare.parody@itv.com