Articles by Quiz Master John

IT’S BETTER GOING SECOND What’s this-live cricket on free to air television? Nice for crisp and unhealthy snack manufacturers with huge ads plastered across the players’ chests on the Beeb. You’ll realise this grumpy old git is still sneering at the Hundred, whose main selling points appear to be that [ … click here to read more … ]

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BRUMMY BRILLIANT We British are useless at choosing an honest Prime Minister(Scary Liz would say or do anything to get to Number Ten)but we are pretty good at organizing and supporting Multi Sport events as Birmingham has triumphantly proved this last fortnight. Mutter as cynics might about the parochial standard [ … click here to read more … ]

by Neil Southwood Whilst England and Australia were familiar rivals at the top of the medals table, an equally close battle emerged between SCOTLAND and Wales in the lower reaches of the top 10. Early golds were traded equally in the pool and velodrome, with Duncan Scott bagging two notable [ … click here to read more … ]

bunclark nick 53 edwards john 51 booth alan* 50 dewhurst neil 49 rogers ben 49 wearmouth paul 49 huish david 48 endy mike 47 brewer noah 46 harvey amanda 46 jones richard 46 kent david 46 salter alex 46 firth paul* 45 wade simon 45 bark ian 44 daley(firth)kelly 44 [ … click here to read more … ]

THE WEMBLEY WAY,A YEAR ON. “And the answer to Question 22 is ENGLAND won the UEFA Women’s Football Championship of 2022. The team had won NINE points in the qualifying stages and scored 14 goals while conceding none. Let’s gets a dangerous cliché out of the way. ‘Football is coming [ … click here to read more … ]

brewer noah 44 rogers ben 38 booth alan* 37 brothwood craig 37 bark ian 36 brewer hannah 36 edwards john 36 brewer sophie 35 huish david 35 laver colin 35 morgan hilary 35 wade simon 35 bunclark nick 34 daley(firth)kelly 33 wearmouth paul 33 dewhurst neil 32 firman barbara 32 [ … click here to read more … ]

rogers ben 29 brewer noah 26 brewer sophie 26 harris oliver 26 bunclark nick 25 fleet terry* 25 heginbotham maggie 25 brewer hannah 24 booth alan* 24 daley roo 24 huish david 24 wade simon 24 taylor maureen 24 wardle philip 23 brothwood craig 23 morgan hilary 23 patel freya [ … click here to read more … ]

Deja Vu all over again 12)Deja Vu at the Crucible.A perennial question in the Quiz with a perennial answer as another FORMER champion won the World Snooker title. There were eight former champions in the line up so quizzers who chose FIRST TIMER had twenty four chances. In this world [ … click here to read more … ]

Aggressive? Moi?says Jasper.Moi?says Sam. “Aggressive coxing” said the horde of BBC pundits was the key factor as CAMBRIDGE won their fifth women’s Boat Race in a row. Oxford had won the toss and chose the southern Surrey station, the usual choice. The strategy is to hold steady on the small [ … click here to read more … ]