Merseyside Quiz Leagues

The World's Largest Independent Quiz Leagues

The Merseyside Quiz Leagues, the home of team quizzing here on Merseyside, were founded in 1959 and for a long time were the largest independent quiz leagues in the world.  In 2019 we therefore celebrated our our Diamond Jubilee!

The 2022-23 season saw a return to full competition following the pandemic and there are 79 teams active in the current season. Teams usually take part in their own local league, so that travelling distances are kept to a minimum. There are, however, opportunities to enter Merseyside-wide competitions at either team or league representative levels.

If you are interested in finding out a little more about team quizzing on Merseyside, why not drop into a venue and watch a game taking place.  During the September to March season most games are played on Monday or Tuesday nights starting between 8 and 9pm.  The tab 'Leagues' will allow you to select your local area from where you can find a team playing near you.  You will be guaranteed a warm welcome and if you wish, a chance to take part in a friendly game after the main match.  If you need any advice please contact us.

During the summer of 2025 the MQL Council adopted a revised Guidance to Writers of Question Sets and a new policy on Sensitivity and Discriminatory Behaviour.  These can each be viewed by clicking the link.  In both cases they describe actions and behaviours that are already practised by members of MQL.  Nonetheless, all should familiarise themselves with the two documents.

President's Trophy

Congratulations to Liverpool who have won the 2025-26 President's Trophy after the final round of matches.  Although losing their only game of the season to the holders Ormskirk, Liverpool (Angela Doyle, Rod Moore, Chris Quinn and Brian Thompson) had done enough in their seven other games to secure the Trophy.

Thanks to Dag Griffiths for running the competition and to all who wrote and read questions and scored.

A special mention should be made of Ormskirk's Pat Gibson who scored a full house on his own questions in both matches on the night.

7th MQL Jubilee Buzzer Tournament - The Final

7th MQL JUBILEE Buzzer Tournament

The seventh MQL Jubilee Buzzer Tournament took place on Saturday 21 February at The Parade in Hoylake.  25 teams from Merseyside and from all across the UK played in an all day competition based upon TV's University Challenge.  Players included Chasers, Eggheads, former Brains of Britain and the current BBC Mastermind. 

Congratulations to Yorkshire (David Stainer, Danny Lardner, Gary Morewood and Lewis Jones) who beat Chaos (Paul Sinha, Oliver Levy, Isabelle Heward and Michael McPartland) in a very close Final match (video above) read by Alexia Jarvis and scored by Nathan Pace. 

The Plate was won by Misfits (Marianne Fairthorne, Max Espensen, Scott Dawson and Richard Aubrey) when they defeated Plate holders Warrington Vikings (Alan Gibbs, Jamie Hall, Derek Moody, Colin Foster, Katie Stoyle and Oli Hanson). 

Derbyshire (Iwan Thomas, Brendan Dawson, Steve Hatcher, Gordon Taylor and David Edwards) retained the Bowl, which they won last year.

Many thanks to our team of readers who asked over 900 questions during the day and our team of writers who composed them.  A special thank you to our hosts at The Parade in Hoylake for welcoming us back once again.

Congratulations too to Jon Stitcher who administers the whole event and to Dan Lawson our question editor.

A final thank you to the teams, many of whom travelled a long way to be with us for a long but hopefully enjoyable day of quizzing.

Full results and statistics will be available soon.

2025 Jubilee Pairs Competition

Many congratulations to Joan Peacock and Graham Barker of Liverpool QL who are the 2025 Jubilee Pairs Champions.  The competition had been held over from last September.  Joan and Graham defeated Roy Smith (War) and Rob Cruise (Liv) and Karen Leahy (Liv) and Neil Wright (Wir) in the Final.  David Smith (War) and Sam Roberts (Wir) were the winners of the Plate.  A total of 26 players took part at the Burtonwood Community Centre.  Full Results here.

president's shield

Congratulations to the Liverpool 2A team of Joan Peacock, Frank McHugh, Rob Cruise and John Coventry on winning this season's President's Shield.  Having completed all their games they have an unassailable lead in the competition.

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