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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 and you can see the category distribution below.

🎨 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

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 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
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