Orrell & District Quiz League

To be played on Tuesday19th August.

The finals of the Knockout Cup and Plate competitions will be held at the Delph Tavern on 16th September, starting at 8.30pm.

The League Presentation Night and Pairs Competition will be held at the Park Lane Club on 7th November.  Please note that the venu may be changed at short notice due to events outside the league's control.  If this is the case, an announcement will be posted here as soon as is possible.

Hungry Bear are currently making a brand new quiz show for ITV called ‘1000 Heartbeats’, hosted by Vernon Kay. In this show contestants will be competing against their very own clock...their heartbeat!

You can contact the producers at 1000heartbeats@hungrybear.tv or download an application form here:

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Channel 4 have announced that 15 to 1 is coming back with a second series.  If you would like to apply you can ask for an application form by sending an email to 15to1apps@remedyproductions.tv

In each show fifteen contestants go head to head answering some of TV’s toughest general knowledge questions. It’s a gripping game of quick fire answers where the winner is simply the last person standing.

Ultimately more than just a game of survival, Fifteen to One is a battle of supreme knowledge with the fifteen highest scoring winners returning for the end of the series final where they’ll compete for the title of ‘Grand Champion’.

The Grand Champion of the series wins up to £40,000!

The fixtures for the Knockout cup have been published.  The first matches will be played on 12th Augusr.

On the 12th of August Merrymen are at home to Britannia(1)  and Running Horses are at home to the Millstone(2).

On the 19th of August Robin Hood are at home to Masons, and the winners of heat 2 are at home to UCC Blues,

The winners of heat 1 are at home to Park Lane and Bryn Hall are at home to Delph.    It is envisaged that the finals will be played at the Delph on the 16th of September  

Fixture details are on the fixture calendar and can be found here:  Knockout Cup Please note if Robin and Merrymen are drawn at home it may have to be amended  

A Quiz Event will be held at Rochdale Town Hall on Saturday 9th August starting at 11:30.

There will be a short individual written quiz in the morning, and in the afternoon there will be a variety of team quizzes and buzzer quizzes.

Because we have made a very good deal with the Town Hall, there will only be a nominal fee of £5, with any surplus going to charity. The Town Hall canteen should be open for hot and cold drinks and hot and cold food.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the afternoon's quizzing, please do not hesitate to get in touch. However, there are some details on Facebook here:   Quiz in the North

John Wilson

07969 858632

As they no longer play at the venue, this season the team formerly known as St Teresa's will be known as Britannia 2014.

Please note that the website address for the Orrell Quiz League is changing to WWW.ODQUIZ.ORG.UK with immediate effect.  The old website address will continue to work for a short period, and may be resurrected in the future as an alias for the site.

Email addresses will also change.  General enquiries should be addressed to admin@odquiz.org.uk and results should be sent to results@odquiz.org.uk

The fixtures for the new season have now been added to the calendar, and copies will be emailed to all team contacts.

12 Yard Productions are looking for vibrant and diverse teams to take part in the 15^th series of the popular BBC2 quiz show Eggheads.

Eggheads is a game in which 5 members of the public face general knowledge goliaths and try to beat them for a cash prize.  When the Eggheads win, the money rolls over to the next show. Often a huge amount of money can be at stake. 

Each team will consist of 5 team members and 1 standby, so they need teams of at least 6 people. They are holding nationwide auditions over the coming weeks and months. We are keen to find teams from all over the UK.

You can download a copy of the application form from here:

If you need any more information, please contact them by email on: bryce.hart@12yard.com or by phone on 0141 427 2746

It doesn’t matter if people are not part of an existing team, they could consider creating one with work colleagues, friends or even family to compete for the cash prize!