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We are excited to announce the full details of the inaugural OQL Individual Championships!

The event will take place at venues around the UK on the 25th March 2023. We will aim for each venue to start around 11:30am. The cost will be £10 per person, with the exception of our Dublin venue which will cost €12. Players will have 90 minutes to answer 200 questions and at the end of the day we will crown an overall champion as well as our 8 category champions. Each venue will be provided with a fun team quiz for the afternoon but they are all welcome to provide whatever afternoon entertainment they wish.

The competition will consist of 25 questions in each of the standard 8 OQL categories with a few minor changes. All questions are being written by OQL legend, Rob Hannah.

Art and Literature – this will include all culture and classical music/ballet will be moved here. Television and Film – This category will include TV and Film from all genres and eras. Geography – Much like OQL geography this round will include many social sciences as well as human and physical geography and “atlas offal” History – Again, much like the OQL history category, this round will cover all history, current events, politics and a few other areas such as law. Lifestyle – This is the general lifestyle category which covers things such as fashion, celebs, food and drink, fitness, alternative medicines and more. Other pop culture – This is where you'll find pop music questions which will make up about 50% of this round, the rest will be other forms of popular entertainment such as computer games, board games, podcasts, radio, anime, comics and the like. Science – This will be a pure science round covering all areas of science, nature and the universe. Sport – This will just be pure sport, all other aspects of the normal OQL sport round have been moved to other pop culture so it will just be sport sport sport.

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

There are 12 confirmed venues around the UK. Registration will open next week and will be via our website. Players will select their venue, book themselves on and then transfer the entry fee over to us. Everyone must pay in advance, there will be no payments on the day and we'll need to know numbers in advance for printing and capacity reasons. We will be allowing our proctors to play, there will be rigorous security measures in place to ensure that no one accesses the quiz prior to the event starting. OQL will cover all venue costs so no venue will be more expensive than any other. Here are the 12 venues and the host in charge of each whom you can contact for any venue specific questions

Scotland – Sir Alex Ferguson Library in Glasgow Caledonian University hosted by Caitlin McCulloch. 20 places available Wales – Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club in Pontyclun which is around Cardiff. Hosted by Gareth Aubrey . 30 places available Northern Ireland – The Pavillion Stormont Estate in Belfast hosted by Bryan Craythorne . 20 places available Ireland – Terenure Badminton Centre in Dublin hosted by Dan O'Malley 30 places available North West England – Cross Keys pub in Liverpool City Centre hosted by Jon Stitcher and Dave Trent – 45 places available North England – Idle Working Mens Club in Bradford hosted by Sarah Greenan – 40 places available North England – Crookes Social Club in Sheffield hosted by Lewis Jones – 36 Places available West Midlands – Bishop Challoner Catholic College in Kings Heath, Birmingham hosted by John Robinson – 25 places available but space for more if demand is there. East Midlands – Market Harborough RUFC in Leicestershire hosted by Stuart Beard – 40 places available. South East – New Queen Victoria Pub in Milton Keynes hosted by Lauren Hamer – 50 places available Home Counties – The Old Barge in Hertford hosted by David Stainer – 22 places available London – Halley House School in Hackney – hosted by Ronny Jackson 60 Places available

If anyone else would like to host a venue then let us know, we'd especially welcome a South Coast venue and/or a South West England venue.

All venues will be first come first served so get yourselves registered as soon as possible. Registration should open early next week and we will give plenty of warning before we open. The website will also give further details about each venue, such as food, accessibility and whether we'll be displaying the answers on a big screen. Also – if anyone has any special requirements at all please contact Aidan Linge or Jon Stitcher directly to discuss these and we will do everything within our power to accommodate you.

If you want to know any more please just email us at info@onlinequizleague.com

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-OQL are delighted to announce that we are introducing an annual individual written championships to be played in person!
+We are excited to announce the full details of the inaugural OQL Individual Championships!
-Everyone can enter, there will be venues across the country and players will all answer the same questions simultaneously.
+The event will take place at venues around the UK on the 25th March 2023. We will aim for each venue to start around 11:30am. The cost will be £10 per person, with the exception of our Dublin venue which will cost €12. Players will have 90 minutes to answer 200 questions and at the end of the day we will crown an overall champion as well as our 8 category champions. Each venue will be provided with a fun team quiz for the afternoon but they are all welcome to provide whatever afternoon entertainment they wish.
-The event will run on Saturday March 25th and full details of all the venues will be coming in early January when we will also be providing information on how to sign up.
+The competition will consist of 25 questions in each of the standard 8 OQL categories with a few minor changes. All questions are being written by OQL legend, Rob Hannah.
-The first event will consist of 200 questions, 25 questions on 8 categories that we will confirm soon all written by Rob Hannah and we will crown an overall champion as well as subject champions. There will also be some kind of fun event for the afternoon at all these venues.
+Art and Literature – this will include all culture and classical music/ballet will be moved here.
+Television and Film – This category will include TV and Film from all genres and eras.
+Geography – Much like OQL geography this round will include many social sciences as well as human and physical geography and “atlas offal”
+History – Again, much like the OQL history category, this round will cover all history, current events, politics and a few other areas such as law.
+Lifestyle – This is the general lifestyle category which covers things such as fashion, celebs, food and drink, fitness, alternative medicines and more.
+Other pop culture – This is where you'll find pop music questions which will make up about 50% of this round, the rest will be other forms of popular entertainment such as computer games, board games, podcasts, radio, anime, comics and the like.
+Science – This will be a pure science round covering all areas of science, nature and the universe.
+Sport – This will just be pure sport, all other aspects of the normal OQL sport round have been moved to other pop culture so it will just be sport sport sport.
-We will provide more details very soon but in the meantime if you have any questions at all please just ask. Also if you would like to host a venue please message us with an expression of interest and we will discuss details with you.
+Each category will have a nearest the bull tie-breaker and there will be an overall tie-breaker as well.
+There are 12 confirmed venues around the UK. Registration will open next week and will be via our website. Players will select their venue, book themselves on and then transfer the entry fee over to us. Everyone must pay in advance, there will be no payments on the day and we'll need to know numbers in advance for printing and capacity reasons. We will be allowing our proctors to play, there will be rigorous security measures in place to ensure that no one accesses the quiz prior to the event starting. OQL will cover all venue costs so no venue will be more expensive than any other. Here are the 12 venues and the host in charge of each whom you can contact for any venue specific questions
+Scotland – Sir Alex Ferguson Library in Glasgow Caledonian University hosted by Caitlin McCulloch. 20 places available
+Wales – Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club in Pontyclun which is around Cardiff. Hosted by Gareth Aubrey . 30 places available
+Northern Ireland – The Pavillion Stormont Estate in Belfast hosted by Bryan Craythorne . 20 places available
+Ireland – Terenure Badminton Centre in Dublin hosted by Dan O'Malley 30 places available
+North West England – Cross Keys pub in Liverpool City Centre hosted by Jon Stitcher and Dave Trent – 45 places available
+North England – Idle Working Mens Club in Bradford hosted by Sarah Greenan – 40 places available
+North England – Crookes Social Club in Sheffield hosted by Lewis Jones – 36 Places available
+West Midlands – Bishop Challoner Catholic College in Kings Heath, Birmingham hosted by John Robinson – 25 places available but space for more if demand is there.
+East Midlands – Market Harborough RUFC in Leicestershire hosted by Stuart Beard – 40 places available.
+South East – New Queen Victoria Pub in Milton Keynes hosted by Lauren Hamer – 50 places available
+Home Counties – The Old Barge in Hertford hosted by David Stainer – 22 places available
+London – Halley House School in Hackney – hosted by Ronny Jackson 60 Places available
+If anyone else would like to host a venue then let us know, we'd especially welcome a South Coast venue and/or a South West England venue.
+All venues will be first come first served so get yourselves registered as soon as possible. Registration should open early next week and we will give plenty of warning before we open. The website will also give further details about each venue, such as food, accessibility and whether we'll be displaying the answers on a big screen. Also – if anyone has any special requirements at all please contact Aidan Linge or Jon Stitcher directly to discuss these and we will do everything within our power to accommodate you.
+If you want to know any more please just email us at info@onlinequizleague.com