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ABOUT THE STOCKPORT QUIZ LEAGUE |
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The Quiz League |
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The Stockport Quiz League started in 1984 and currently has ten teams. Matches are played |
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on Thursday evenings. The season begins with an AGM/Registration meeting in September and |
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typically finishes in early May. There are three main competitions every season: the League |
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competition, the Cup and the Plate. |
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The knockout competitions (Cup and Plate) run on selected dates throughout the season and use |
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a slightly different format to league matches. The Plate is a repêchage competition for first-round |
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losers in the Cup. In both the Cup and Plate teams are handicapped according to their average |
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score in league matches. |
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Three additional competitions are held in conjunction with the Withington Quiz League: The WIST |
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Trophy is a friendly curtain-raiser to the new quiz season, played in September between |
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representative teams from the two leagues. The WIST Champions Cup is contested by teams |
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that finish in the top four of their respective league. A 'second tier' competition, the Lowly Grail, |
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has the same format as the WIST Champions Cup and is for teams that finished the previous |
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season in league positions 5 to 8. |
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A Christmas table quiz for all teams is held in December and at the end of the season there is a |
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table quiz followed by presentation of trophies. Both these table quizzes are handicapped and |
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guest teams are welcome (but not eligible to win trophies). |
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Each team pays an annual subscription fee (£40 in 2023–24) to cover administrative costs. |
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A pre-season AGM and registration meeting takes place every September. |
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Teams |
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The League covers the whole of the Stockport area, with most teams playing close to the town |
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centre whilst others are found further afield in places such as Gatley and Offerton. |
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The Quiz |
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Matches take place on Thursdays, starting at 8.45 pm and finishing by 10.30 pm. |
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Teams have a maximum of six players and the home team must also provide someone to ask the |
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questions (the ‘QM’). Pubs should set aside a room or quieter area for the quiz. After the quiz it’s |
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customary (but not compulsory) for the home team to provide food, usually sandwiches. In the |
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league competitions each team plays every other team twice. The questions for each week’s |
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matches are set by a team without a fixture on that date. |
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Each quiz has four rounds. All questions are answered collectively as a team; there are no |
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individual questions. Teams must answer within a thirty-second time limit. |
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Round 1 consists of thirty questions which are asked to either team alternately and answered |
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verbally. Teams score two points for a correct answer to their own question. If a team fails to |
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answer, the question is asked to the other team, who may score one point for a correct answer. |
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The questions are paired, so both teams should get a question of similar difficulty on the same |
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subject. |
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Round 2 consists of ten questions, for which both teams provide written answers. If both teams |
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answer correctly they score one point each, if only one of the teams gets a question right they |
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score two points. At the end of Round 2 there is a half-time ‘comfort break’ of around ten minutes. |
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Rounds 3 and 4 use the same format as Rounds 1 and 2. |
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Spare questions may be used to replace any questions that are illegible or obviously incorrect, if |
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agreed by both teams. |
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The knockout competitions follow a similar format to ‘normal’ league matches, with one significant |
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difference: the questions in Rounds 1 and 3 are not paired and teams pick questions at random. |
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Past questions can be found on the homepage and the complete rules for the league are here. |
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If you would like to join the league please get in touch with any member of the committee. |
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