Pop Culture Challenge
The Individual quiz tournament on pop culture subjects: TV, film, music, sport, lifestyle etc. For our upcoming season we are excited to welcome back our editing team of Alexia Jarvis and Lewis Jones. We also have some new and returning writers joining the setting team for this season who will be bringing with them some fresh and exciting ideas.
Every player is guaranteed 9 matches. You will play 6 qualifying matches to determine your tier for the knock out stage which will then be a further 3 matches. Players eliminated in the knock out stage will play the remaining games as friendlies for ranking positions.
It is 4 points for winning a game and any player who fails to show for a game will receive 1 point for a first no-show and be eliminated from the competition for a second no-show.
This hugely popular competition will feature the same fantastic questions, same scheduling process, same prizes, all round it's the same competition that over 300 of you enjoyed so much in previous events.
Entry is just £35 (or £25 if this is your first every season) and you can recoup that by reading matches as each game you read for earns you £2.50 in reader credit which can be used for any online OQL competition.
Registration for PCC Season 12 opens in just a few weeks on 5th July and the competition willl commence on Monday 14th September. You can see the full schedule below.
Season 12 will operate to the following schedule
Registration opens 5th July 2026 Registration closes 12th September 2026
Week 1 - 14th - 20th September
Week 2 - 21st - 27th September
Week 3 - 28th September - 4th October
Week 4 - 5th - 11th October
Week 5 - 12th - 18th October
Week 6 - 19th - 26th October
Quarter finals - 27th October - 2nd November
Semi finals/Placement games - 3rd - 9th November
Finals week/Placement games - 10th - 16th November
We recommend all players and prospective players join our Facebook group located at https://www.facebook.com/groups/popculturechallenge