We heartily congratulate Didier Bruyère who has once more topped the field, with a massive score of 141.4. Runner up was Pat Gibson (138.7), Mark Grant was third (131.5), with Scott Dawson (131.2) and Kevin Ashman (130.6) completing the top five.
Thank you to everyone for taking part, and a special thank you goes to the proctors - for their continued support/help and efforts to launch our national, Team Quiz League.
Thank you too to Rob Hannah for an excellent set of questions!
You can see all the results here.
Need the answers? They're available for immediate download in our store (along with the Hot 100 answers) - quizzingstore.com
Our next UK Grand Prix is on Saturday 2 November. Please note that some venues will start a little later to enable players to watch the rugby. Please register here by Wednesday.
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Congratulations to the genre medal winners:
Art, Culture & History
Gold = : 28.5 - Ian Bayley
Gold = : 28.5 - Mark Grant
Bronze : 28.4 - Pat Gibson
Civilisation
Gold : 28.7 - Mark Grant
Silver : 28.6 - Didier Bruyère
Bronze : 27.7 - Kevin Ashman
Entertainment
Gold : 28.3 - Scott Dawson
Silver : 28.2 - Clive Dunning
Bronze : 27.6 - Paul Sinha
Lifestyle
Gold : 28.5 - Didier Bruyère
Silver : 27.7 - Scott Dawson
Bronze : 27.6 - Pat Gibson
Physical World
Gold : 29.7 - Didier Bruyère
Silver : 28.8 - Pat Gibson
3= : 26.5 - Barry Simmons
3= : 26.5 - Ewan MacAuley
Sport & Games
Gold : 27.9 - Didier Bruyère
Silver : 27.3 - Michael McPartland
Bronze: 26.6 - Pat Gibson
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The new national team quiz seems to have gone down well, so thanks to Dave Tilley for a lovely set of questions. Thanks also to the proctors who passed on some very helpful ideas for the second one.
Here are the scores on the doors. (Scroll down for a list of who played in which team)
Meet the teams!
League Teams:
Alan Sharp's Team: Alan Sharp, Alastair Guthrie, Dennis Brown, Graham Ashley
Andrew Hunter's Team: Andrew Hunter, Barry Howbridge, Alan Farnsworth
Lincolnshire's Finest: Ian Welham, Lawrence Cook, Pete Daniel
Oxford United: Ian Bayley, Charles Redwood, Jonathan Elliott, Tim Hall
Sheffield & South Yorks: Tom Mead, Alan Burns, Andrew Fisher, Will Gausden
Sporting Bristol: Martin Wightman, Hugh Bennett, Paul Bazzone
Steve Cooke's team: Steve Cook, Gary Morewood, Barry Simmons
Tim Gyda I: Gareth Aubrey, Anthony Fish, David Cowan, Phill Price
Varangian Guard: Pat Gibson, Scott Dawson, David Hesp, Mark Preston
Warrington Exiles: Derek Moody, Neil Macaskill, Peter Watson
Ad Hoc Teams:
Acorn Antiques: Colin Foster, Allison Heward, Kumar Brothers
Cicestrians: Joe Docherty, Jon Clatworthy, Ian Sewell
London Scottish: Andrew Frazer, Andy Tucker, Roderick Cromar, Richard Jones
Sheffield Ad Hoc: Mick Conroy, Robert Dalrymple, Jack Lewis, Matthew Lowson
Stitch Up (disq): David Rainford, Caterina Gianota, Eric Wildsmith, Jon Stitcher, Nick Mills
The Vanunus: Pamela Douglas, Edward Mason, Ian Fennell, Nick Archer
Who Invited Him?: Phil Smith, Mark Eves, Stewart McCartney
You'll find a full list including the squad members that didn't play here.
If you didn't play, but you'd like to have a look at the quiz, just head here and type Quizz1ng! when you're asked for a password. The technology is all new to me, so apologies for any clunky bits ;)
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Here are some dates for your diaries for the new Quizzing season:
Please note that Edinburgh, London and Warrington all run the Americas Quizzing Circuit and Quizzing 101.
2 November - UK Circuit (local sites)
8-10 November - European Quizzing Championships (Sofia, Bulgaria)
7 December - UK Circuit (local sites)
11 January - UK Circuit (local sites)*
1 February - UK Circuit (local sites)
22 February - Junior World Quizzing Championships
7 March - UK Circuit (3-4 sites)
4 April - UK Circuit (local sites)
2 May - UK Circuit (local sites)
6 June - World Quizzing Championships
4 July - UK Circuit (local sites)
1 August - UK Circuit (local sites)
(*Note: This event has usually been a "get together" one, but we have decided to change this to multiple sites to reduce financial burdens for people straight after Christmas, and because it's not always great to travel in January.)
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See you at the next UK Quizzing Circuit event - 2 November at venues all over the country!
Jane and Chris xxx
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