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We are excited to announce the full details of the inaugural OQL Individual Championships! | We are excited to announce the full details of the inaugural OQL Individual Championships! | ||
| − | The event | + | 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 . |
| − | The competition | + | 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 |
distribution below. | distribution below. | ||
| − | + | A second event is now planned for June 24th 2023 - watch this space for further details | |
==Categories== | ==Categories== | ||
Revision as of 20:45, 31 March 2023
We are excited to announce the full details of the inaugural OQL Individual Championships!
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 .
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 distribution below.
A second event is now planned for June 24th 2023 - watch this space for further details
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.