Thursday 30th July
On The afternoon of Thursday 30th July, OQL are going to organise a group trip to a local escape room. If you would like to join us for this event then please register your interest on your registration form. Full details will then be sent out closer to the event.
Friday 1st August
5/7 a side football
Full details will be provided closer to the event. The likelihood is that we will attend the Manchester PowerLeague pitches for a friendly game of football taking place from 9am to 10am. If you are interested in participating in the football then indicate this on your registration form and you will be contacted prior to the event.
To see more details about all of our quiz events please go to the events page found here
Individual Subject Quizzes
1pm-7pm These will be a series of written quizzes, each with 75 questions, to be played by individuals. Each quiz will be followed by an additional fun eliminator element played by the top 10 scorers in that quiz, which players who finished outside the top 10 are invited to spectate.
We may need to switch the rooms about should the number of registrations require this but the times for each event will not change.
| Start | Room | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1pm | International Suite | Sport |
| 1pm | Park Suite | Internet |
| 1pm | Senate Room | Politics |
| 3pm | International Suite | Geography |
| 3pm | Park Suite | Musicals |
| 3pm | Senate Room | Food and Drink |
| 5pm | International Suite | Film and TV |
| 5pm | Park Suite | Art |
| 5pm | Senate Room | Nature |
8pm-10:30pm – SpeedQuizzing Pairs Quiz Taking place in the International Suite. Find your partner and prepare for a fun evening of speed quizzing as we crown the SpeedQuizzing pairs champions!
10:30pm – late – Karaoke! Full details of our karaoke event will be revealed in due course. If this event interests you, please indicate it on your registration form.
Saturday 1st August
- 9am ParkRun. Any quizzers who also want to exercise their body as well as their brain can join us to attend a local ParkRun. If the ParkRun appeals to you then please indicate this on your registration form.
- 11am-2pm OQL’s Live VIII Individual Quiz written by Aaron Linge. Everyone will be answering the same questions at the same time as we look to find our overall champions as well as our subject winners.
- 4pm-7pm OQL Regions Championship – Full details to be confirmed but this will be a team based event with players representing their regions as we will see where the top quizzers are all from!
- 8pm until late – Fun informal Quizzing fun with Cash for Questions in the International Suite
Sunday 2nd August
- 10am-11:30am. Interactive Video Clip Quiz. This will be an interactive clip quiz written and hosted by Aidan Linge. The quiz will cover the full range of OQL genres but with each question having a video clip to help you find the answer
- 12noon – 1pm – Connections Online Quiz League quiz. A COQL set where everyone plays the same questions at the same time.
- 2:30pm – 5pm – A big pub quiz style event to close the weekend.
Other Activities
Open all weekend for players to drop in as and when.
- Chill out room – need a break from quiz and/or people? Come and sit in the chill out room. It has comfy sofas and no noise; perfect for anyone needing to take some time to themselves.
- Board game room – Need a break from quiz but want to keep socialising? This room will be set up for some board games, some quiz, some fun. Feel free to bring your own games to add to those provided.
- Buzzer quiz room – A room with a buzzer set and a load of buzzer quiz questions. Just drop in on your own or in a group and play some buzzer quizzes whenever you want.