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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 & 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

TV & Film

• 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.

There are 14 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 –

Glasgow - Sir Alex Ferguson Library in Glasgow Caledonian University hosted by Caitlin McCulloch. 20 places available

Aberdeen - Ma Cameron's Little Belmont St, Aberdeen AB10 1JG hosted by Richard Appleyard. 8 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 Tony Sissons – 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

Home Counties - Langleybury Cricket Club, Langleybury Lane, Hunton Bridge, Herts. WD4 8RJ hosted by Eddie Gunning - 20 places available

London – Halley House School in Hackney – hosted by Ronny Jackson 60 Places available - THIS VENUE IS NOW FULL

Kent - Unicorn Inn, 61 St Dunstan's Street, Canterbury, Kent, CT28BS hosted by Steve Lilley - 40 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