Difference between revisions of "Individual Championships"

Latest revision as of 16:26, 22 March 2024

Welcome to the page for OQL Live VIII! A series of individual written quizzes taking places at venues across the country on 8 months of the year. Here you can see the full schedule for the year and register for the upcoming event or register for all remaining events in a calendar year to receive a discount.

Entry fee for each event is just £11 (with a £2 surcharge for London) and for that you will get a full day of quizzing fun, the expected schedule for each event is listed below.

Approximate schedule for the day of each quiz is as follows (at some venues times may vary slightly)

11:00 – Arrive

11:30 – Quiz begins

13:15 – Quiz ends, marking begins

14:00 – Marking ends – lunch

15:00 – Fun team quizzes

17:00 – Expected finish time but some venues may continue quizzing later.

There are 8 events across the year and here is the full schedule and who will be writing the quizzes for those events.

January 20th - Aidan Linge

February 24th - Rachel Clark and Alexia Jarvis

March 23rd - OQL World Championships written by Rob Hannah

April 27th - Andrew and Frankie Fanko

June 29th - Innis Carson and Jon Stitcher

July 27th - Best of British and Irish quiz written by Aaron Linge. This event will form part of the OQL British Quiz Weekender so there will be fewer separate venues.

September 28th - Jack Bennett

October 26th - Lauren Hamer and Lucy Reynolds

The categories are the standard 8 OQL categories with a few minor changes. All questions will be written by Aidan Linge and edited by 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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-[[Category:Individual Tournaments]]
-OQL are delighted to announce that we are introducing an annual individual written championships to be played in person!
+Welcome to the page for OQL Live VIII! A series of individual written quizzes taking places at venues across the country on 8 months of the year. Here you can see the full schedule for the year and register for the upcoming event or register for all remaining events in a calendar year to receive a discount.
+Entry fee for each event is just £11 (with a £2 surcharge for London) and for that you will get a full day of quizzing fun, the expected schedule for each event is listed below.
+Approximate schedule for the day of each quiz is as follows (at some venues times may vary slightly)
+:00 – Arrive
+:30 – Quiz begins
+:15 – Quiz ends, marking begins
+:00 – Marking ends – lunch
+:00 – Fun team quizzes
+:00 – Expected finish time but some venues may continue quizzing later.
+There are 8 events across the year and here is the full schedule and who will be writing the quizzes for those events.
+{{Template:Individual Championships - Schedule - Season 2}}
+The categories are the standard 8 OQL categories with a few minor changes. All questions will be written by Aidan Linge and edited by Rob Hannah and you can see the category
+distribution below.
+==Categories==
+{{Individual Championships - Categories UK}}
-Everyone can enter, there will be venues across the country and players will all answer the same questions simultaneously.
+Each category will have a nearest the bull tie-breaker and there will be an overall tie-breaker as well.
-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.
+==Venues==
-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.
+:See [[Individual Championships - Venues]]
-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.
+[[Category:Individual Championships]]
+[[Category:Individual Tournaments]]