Weekly Roundup - Week 2
- dave roche
- Nov 2
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 5

Results
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(b/b) Kippax British Legion 54 91 Carleton Grangers (a/a)
(a/a) Featherstone Phoenix 53 83 Kippax Legionnaires (b/b)
(b/a) Olde Tavern Allsorts 74 74 Golden Lion Dudes (a/b)
(b/b) The King's Arms 49 72 The Smeaton Scholars (a/a)
(b/b) The Vic 74 35 The Oat Crackers (a/a)
(b/b) The Shoulder of Mutton 75 90 The Olde Taverners (a/a)
Lofthouse Lions 81 57 The Other Team
Total points and question answered
Total points scored 841
Average per team 70.08
Questions answered
Team Rounds 280/360 77.78%
Individual Rounds 88/96 91.67%
Quiz Rating
Rating Winners
9 The Smeaton Scholars
The Olde Taverners
8 Kippax Legionnaires
7 Carleton Grangers
The Vic
Rating Others
7 Featherstone Phoenix
The King's Arms
The Shoulder of Mutton
6 Kippax British Legion
5 The Oat Crackers
Team Comments
The Smeaton Scholars Nice variety of old and modern questions
The Oat Crackers The balance of question difficulty was off.
The Vic Some tough questions
The Olde Taverners Good, interesting rounds, no obvious errors, balance OK.
Observations
Everyone seems to be happy with the question variety.
The stats show that the question balance seems to be fair.
The Allsorts managed to get a draw on a handed over last question against the Dudes.
Lofthouse Lions vs The other team was a bye. Lofthouse are awarded the win with each team getting the average winning and losing score.
Unanswered
Subject: Events of the 1980s, Question:5B
What Biblical codename was given to the May 1980 operation which saw the SAS end the Iranian Embassy siege in South Kensington?
Operation Nimrod
Subject: Capital Cities, Question:5B
Christopher Columbus's brother, Bartholomew, founded which city in the Caribbean, which is today the capital of its country?
Santo Domingo
Subject: Companies & Brands, Question:5A
Which beverage company is London's longest-standing ratepayer, having occupied the same premises on the Strand since 1706?
Twinings
Only answered once - bonus
Subject: TV comedies, Question:5B
What is the surname of the title family in Bob's Burgers?
Belcher
Questions Answered (by round)
Subject A B
Events of the 1980s 23 19
In the News 23 22
Capital Cities 26 23
TV comedies 21 25
Companies & Brands 22 26
Plays 26 24
Individual - GK 20 23

Questions Unanswered (by round)
Subject A B
Events of the 1980s 12 16
In the News 12 13
Capital Cities 9 12
TV comedies 14 10
Companies & Brands 13 9
Plays 9 11
Individual - GK 8 5

Questions Unanswered (by match)
Match A B
KBL / Grangers 2 9
Phoenix / Legionnaires 9 6
Allsorts / Dudes 8 6
King's Arms / Scholars 11 8
The Vic / Oat Crackers 11 12
Mutton / Taverners 3 4




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