Ormskirk Quiz League

Ormskirk completed the double over closest rivals Southport & Formby to consolidate their position at the head of the President's Trophy table. The score of 26 points to 22 reflects the difficulty of the questions.

Challenge Cup

Draw for the quarter finals of the MQL Cup & Plate, to be played Wednesday 6th February 2013:

MQL Challenge Cup.
1.  Old Dog v Oxton Cons
2.  Metros v Bishop Eton
3.  Wings v Rainhill Victoria
4.  Unison v Wheatsheaf

MQL Plate.
1.  Triangle v St Charles
2.  Exiles v Colly Wobblers
3.  Greyhound v Baltic Fleet
4.  Wallaseyans v Wandering Star

Semi Finals, to be played Wednesday 6th March
1. Winners 2 v Winners 4
2. Winners 3 v Winners 1

Beat The Pack

You don't need to have all the answers; You just need to be sure that your opponents don't have them!

The BBC are looking for confident, out-going individuals with a good level of general knowledge to take on the challenge of this exciting new BBC1 show hosted by Jake Humphrey!

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Only Connect

The current series of Only Connect is fast coming to a close and, with their highest viewing figures in Only Connect history, they have fortunately been commissioned for another series that will be recorded in March/April 2013 in Cardiff.

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1001 Things You Should Know

Channel 4’s quiz show, ‘1001 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW’, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, is looking for contestants to take part in the quiz chock full of questions you should know the answers to. The questions will cover all subjects, from science to nature, sport to television.

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The trophy for the Handicap League will now be known as the Phil Duffy Trophy. Phil was instrumental in the introduction of the concept.

The Golden Jubilee of the MQL was in 2009. Peter Deakin produced a potted history which is now available on the MQL website.

Page 12 will be of particular interest to Ormskirk players.

There are some fine tributes to Peter in pass, the magazine of the Mastermind Club.