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We are excited to announce the full details of the inaugural OQL Individual Championships!
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Welcome to the page for OQL Live VIII! A series of individual written quizzes taking places at venues across the country on 8 months of the year. Here you can see the full schedule for the year and register for the upcoming event or register for all remaining events in a calendar year to receive a discount.
  
The event took place at venues around the UK on the 25th March 2023 with 311 participants. At the end of the day we crowned Evan Lynch as the 2023 OQL Individual Championships winner. Each venue also played a fun team quiz for the afternoon .
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Entry fee for each event is just £14  and for that you will get a full day of quizzing fun, the expected schedule for each event is listed below.
  
The competition consisted of 25 questions in each of the standard 8 OQL categories with a few minor changes. All questions were written by OQL legend, Rob Hannah and you can see the category  
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Approximate schedule for the day of each quiz is as follows (at some venues times may vary slightly)
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11:00 – Arrive
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11:30 – Quiz begins
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13:15 – Quiz ends, marking begins
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14:00 – Marking ends – lunch
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15:00 – Fun team quizzes
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17:00 – Expected finish time but some venues may continue quizzing later.
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There are 8 events across the year and here is the full schedule and who will be writing the quizzes for those events.
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The categories are the standard 8 OQL categories with a few minor changes. All questions will be written by Aidan Linge and edited by Rob Hannah and you can see the category  
 
distribution below.
 
distribution below.
  
A second event is now planned for June 24th 2023 - watch this space for further details
 
  
 
==Categories==
 
==Categories==
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Each category will have a nearest the bull tie-breaker and there will be an overall tie-breaker as well.
 
Each category will have a nearest the bull tie-breaker and there will be an overall tie-breaker as well.

Latest revision as of 20:32, 17 November 2024

Welcome to the page for OQL Live VIII! A series of individual written quizzes taking places at venues across the country on 8 months of the year. Here you can see the full schedule for the year and register for the upcoming event or register for all remaining events in a calendar year to receive a discount.

Entry fee for each event is just £14 and for that you will get a full day of quizzing fun, the expected schedule for each event is listed below.

Approximate schedule for the day of each quiz is as follows (at some venues times may vary slightly)

11:00 – Arrive

11:30 – Quiz begins

13:15 – Quiz ends, marking begins

14:00 – Marking ends – lunch

15:00 – Fun team quizzes

17:00 – Expected finish time but some venues may continue quizzing later.

There are 8 events across the year and here is the full schedule and who will be writing the quizzes for those events.

January 25th - written by Ronny Jackson

February 22nd - written by Lewis Jones and Katy Marchant

March 29th - OQL World Championships - an international set written by a team of writers and to be played all around the world

June 28th - written by Paul Sinha and Oliver Levy

August 2nd - written by Aaron Linge and to form part of the British Quiz Weekender

September 27th - written by Aidan Linge

October 25th - written by Lauren Hamer

December 13th - written by Hugh Bennett

The categories are the standard 8 OQL categories with a few minor changes. All questions will be written by Aidan Linge and edited by Rob Hannah and you can see the category distribution below.


Categories

🎨 Art & Culture

  • Visual arts (including sculpture, photography, and conceptual art)
  • Literature (including theatre)
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • Mythology
  • Architecture
  • Classical music (including opera, ballet, and non-Western classical music)
  • Orchestral instruments

📹 Film & TV

  • Television (including streaming services) (and anime!)
  • Film
  • TV and film awards

🌍 Geography

  • Human geography
  • Physical geography
  • Sociology
  • Psychology
  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Language and linguistics

📜 History

  • History
  • Politics
  • Current events and news
  • Exploration

🍳 Lifestyle

  • Food and drink
  • Products and brands (including advertising and retail)
  • Health and fitness (medicine brands, etc. go here but medical science goes in Science)
  • Social issues (including queer theory, race theory, and feminist theory)
  • Handicrafts
  • Hobbies and pastimes
  • Fashion and clothing
  • Social media and the internet
  • Newspapers and (non-pop culture) magazines
  • New Age lifestyle (including alternative medicine)
  • Celebrity lifestyle (including gossip)

🎶 Pop Culture

  • Pop music (including rock, blues, metal, and non-Western pop music, etc.)
  • Jazz
  • Musical theatre
  • Podcasts
  • Radio
  • Video games
  • Board games (except chess) and card games
  • Comic books, cartoons, and manga
  • Pop culture magazines and publications

🥼 Science

  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Biology
  • Human anatomy and medical science
  • Nature (including zoology and botany, etc.)
  • Astronomy
  • Earth sciences (including geology, climatology, meteorology, etc.)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer science
  • Science history

🏅 Sport

  • Sport (including chess)

Each category will have a nearest the bull tie-breaker and there will be an overall tie-breaker as well.

Venues

See Individual Championships - Venues