Here you will find a more detailed description of each of the events that will be happening over the weekend.
Individual Subject Quizzes
These are written quizzes, played individually. Players will have 40 minutes to answer a 75-question quiz. At the end of the quiz the sheets will be marked and we will know who our top 10 players are.
The top 10 in each subject will then play an eliminator competition for that subject. They will answer one question at a time in reverse order of their finish position in the written paper. As soon as a player gets a question incorrect, they will be eliminated and the last person standing will be the subject champion. There will be an additional prize for whoever scores highest in the written section.
The eliminator section will have up to 50 questions being read aloud by a host. The questions will get harder every 10 questions. If more than one person is still standing at the end of the 50 questions then the winner will be whoever finished higher in the written stage.
A full breakdown of the question distribution for each subject and the writer of each subject will be made available prior to the event.
Pairs speed quiz
This is a speed quiz written by David Stainer and hosted by Sam Gandy and uses the Speed Quizzing software. Players can organise their pairs in advance or that can be arranged on the night. Anyone who needs a pair at the event can just let the organisers know and we’ll assign you to someone else in the same position.
The quiz will consist of 120 questions using the Speed Quizzing software. Players will need to download the app to do this and we suggest all players bring with them a fully charged device on which to play the quiz. Only one player in each pair will be required to download the app.
With speed quizzing you enter your answer on the app and receive points for every correct answer but also bonus points for being among the fastest to answer on each question so you’ll have to manage the risk vs reward on each question.
The quiz will cover a full range of subjects.
LIVE VIII event
This is an individual written quiz consisting of 240 questions, 30 on each of the 8 OQL subjects all written by Aaron Linge. All players answer the same questions at the same time and will all have 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete the quiz. At the end of the quiz we’ll mark the answer sheets and then announce our overall winners as well as all of our subject champions.
This quiz forms part of the Live VIII series of OQL events across the year so players will earn ranking points depending on their final overall position and their position in each subject.
Regional Championships
Players will be placed in teams of 4 which are dependent on the regions you choose to represent. Players can select up to three regions to represent. To select a region you must have either been born there, live there now or lived there for 3 years of your life. OQL at their discretion will organise the teams and if there is more than one team in a region they will be organised as an A team, a B team, a C team and so on. These teams will all be organised well in advance of the event so teams will have plenty of time to contact each other and get to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
The quiz itself is being written by Rob Hannah and will consist of 100 questions to be answered through conferring as a team with the highest scoring team being crowned our regional champions.
Saturday Night party
This is a fun party which will be fully catered and Dave Bill will be DJing. Just turn up and have fun. If you’ve brought any friends or family with you to Blackpool then they will be welcome to join in the party. The party will go on as late as people are enjoying themselves and won’t involve any quizzing but the side rooms will be open during this event if you want to quiz or play games or just chill.
Music quiz
Dave Bill is back with us after DJing the party and will be writing and hosting a 100 question all audio music quiz. This can be played individually or in teams and teams can be organised on the morning of the event.
Teams and individuals will write their answers down and at the end of the quiz we will swap the sheets around and mark the quiz to see who our champion team are and who is our top scoring individual.
Connections Online Quiz League event
Those of you who’ve played in Connections Online Quiz League will be familiar with this format. The event is based on the BBC 2 show Only Connect where teams need to make connections and sequences.
All teams will tackle the same quiz at the same time, earning more points the sooner that they solve the answers. Teams will need a laptop or tablet to participate in this as we will be using the standard COQL platform but adapted for this event. Only one device required per team.
You can organise your team in advance or ad hoc teams can be made on the day. All teams must consist of a maximum of 3 players.
Pub Quiz
Finally we close out the weekend with a Lewis Jones written and hosted pub quiz event. Lewis hosts regularly around the Sheffield area and will be creating a fun pub quiz style event for us. This will be very similar to the kind of quizzes you see at any pub quiz. Teams can be organised in advance or ad hoc teams can be arranged on the day of the event with a maximum of 6 players per team.