Merseyside Quiz Leagues

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The 2024 Jubilee Pairs competition took place on Wednesday 25th September at Prescot Cables FC Social Club, Eaton Street, Prescot, L34 6HB starting at 8pm.  The competition was open to all MQL players and this year 30 people from all five Leagues took part.

Format

All entrants were placed into either a higher or lower pool and a draw created pairs made from a player from each pool. The First Round was a 46-question written quiz that found the top 6 pairs. In the Semi-finals these six pairs were asked questions in turn in a '15 to 1' type format. A pair had three lives and lost a life each time they answered incorrectly or failed to answer.  The questioning continued until only three teams remained. Those three teams then contested the Final played in the same way until a winning pair was found.  A Plate Final was held for the pairs finishing 7th, 8th and 9th in the First Round.

Congratulations to Dag Griffiths (S&F) & Lee Whitehead (Orm) who won a very closely contested Final with Graham Barker (Liv) & Alan Thompson (Orm) and Angela Doyle (Liv) & David Hodgson (Orm).

In the Plate Final Bill Gerrard (Orm) & Tony Gannon (Liv) were worthy winners.  It was Bill's second consecutive Plate title!

The full results are as follows

FIRST ROUND

   

Jim Eccleson

Mike Preston

28

Neil Wright

Fay Howard

28

Colin Foster

Sue Perks

38

Mike Unsworth

Cliff Houghton

27

Bill Gerrard

Tony  Gannon

30

Danny Grimes

Andy Lever

25

Graham  Barker

Alan Thompson

34

Dag Griffiths

Lee Whitehead

34

Eric Lupton

Ian  Morris

31

John Hall

Tony Spark

37

Charles Johnson

Paul McAteer

33

Derek Moody

Tony Robinson

25

Rob Cruise

John Coventry

30

Chris Quinn

Sam  Roberts

30

Angela Doyle

David Hodgson

33

     

SEMI FINAL

   

Colin Foster

Sue Perks

 

John Hall

Tony Spark

 

Graham  Barker

Alan Thompson

 

Dag Griffiths

Lee Whitehead

 

Charles Johnson

Paul McAteer

 

Angela Doyle

David Hodgson

 
     

PLATE FINAL

   

Eric Lupton

Ian  Morris

 

Bill Gerrard

Tony  Gannon

 

Chris Quinn

Sam  Roberts

 
     

FINAL

   

Graham  Barker

Alan Thompson

 

Dag Griffiths

Lee Whitehead

 

Angela Doyle

David Hodgson