Merseyside Quiz Leagues

It is with great sadness we have to report the death, in Warrington General Hospital, of Olive Behan. Olive had been in hospital for seven weeks and had undergone two major operations. In the end this proved too much for her. Olive was a long-standing player in the Quiz League, a member of the Warrington Sports Club Woodworms team, and several times winner of the Warrington Individual Trophy. I am sure that she will be sadly missed by all who knew her.

The Southport & Formby Sports Quiz League are hosting a Football Quiz on the 12th November at the Ship and Mitre pub (in the upstairs function room), Dale Street, Liverpool.

The event opens at 7.30pm for an 8pm start. There will be some prizes and refreshments with a small entry fee to cover the food. There will be a couple of table rounds and 60 questions. Any teams or individuals are welcome. 

If you would like some further information, please contact Steve Lomas at steve.lomas1@btinternet.com

Alan Gibbs of the Ormskirk League will be appearing in the Grand Final of 15 to 1 on Friday 30th October on Channel 4 at 3.00pm.

Given that it's Halloween,  Alan is expected to wear a truly horrifying shirt.

Over 70 people,  including players from the Liverpool,  Ormskirk,  Wirral,  Warrington and Southport &  Formby leagues took part in a full day's quizzing at The Lady of Man pub in Liverpool. 

As well as the MQL's own Pat Gibson,  TV quizzers Kevin Ashman,  Anne Hegarty,  Barry Simmons, Paul Sinha and Dave Rainford all took part. They can be seen below with Liverpool League vice chair James MacGregor.

In the coming weeks, several players from the MQL will be appearing on TV.

On 20th July Liverpool University beat St Peter's, Oxford on University Challenge.  The Liverpool team includes Jack Bennett, who played several matches for Rainhill Victoria last season, and reached the last 6 in the Liverpool pairs competition.

In coming weeks Neil Macaskill , David Knapp, David Smith (all Warrington) and Jon Stitcher (Wirral) will be appearing on Only Connect on BBC2.  Neil will be appearing as a member of the Spaghetti Westerners on 27th July, David Smith as a member of The Railwaymen on 3rd Augusts, David Knapp as a member of The Bookworms team on 17th August, and Jon as a member of the Athenians team on 24th August.

John Haynes of Irby Nomads (Wirral) appeared on Channel 4's '15 to 1' on Tuesday 4th August.

If you know of any other people appearing on the TV, please let me know.