The fourth Diamond Jubilee Pairs competition will be held on Wednesday 25th September starting at 8 pm at Prescot Cables FC club, courtesy of the Ormskirk QL. The address is Eaton Street, Prescot, L34 6HB.
Format
All entrants will be placed into either a higher or lower pool and on the night a draw will be made to create pairs made from a player from each pool. The First Round is a 40/50-question written quiz that will find the top 6 pairs. In the Semi-finals these six pairs will be asked questions in turn in a 15 to 1 type format. A pair has three lives and loses a life each time they answer incorrectly or fail to answer. There are 10 seconds to answer and there are no bonuses. The questioning continues until only three teams remain. Those three teams then contest the Final played in the same way until a winning pair is found. If there are sufficient numbers then the Pairs finishing seventh, eighth and ninth in the First Round will contest a Plate Final on the same lines as the Final.
Entry
If you would like to take part, then please send an email entitled Merseyside Pairs to either me (briathom59@gmail.com) and perhaps copy it to your League Secretary. Entries will be confirmed on the Sunday before the competition. The competition is open to MQL players and there is no charge for entering.
Reports on previous competitions can be seen on the webpage and a recording of the 2023 Final can be viewed here.
I hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Brian Thompson
MQL General Secretary