Keyworth Quiz 2012
Quiz gets underway....
(Brian Lund)
The 37th Keyworth Quiz got off to a fine start on 30th January. The event was opened by past question master Brian Lund, who gave a very humourous précis of the success of the quiz over the years, and reminded the audience of the Top of the Pops from some of the years gone by. Brian also recounted that it was the anniversary of the execution of King Charles 1 in 1649 (that must be a useful fact for future quizzes), but thankfully no one lost their heads in the opening matches.
In front of a very full audience, Keyworth United CFC showed why they had reached the semi finals last year with a very impressive opening win and there were also successes for the Scouts Parents, Keyworth Primary School and the Four Feathers.
Despite treacherous conditions outside, a very brave crowd made it to the second week of matches and they were rewarded with some very close games. There were wins for the Scouts – Uniformed Branch, Methodist Church, Twinning Association and the Keyworth Medical Practice. There was also a momentous win for the Probus team who played superbly to edge out last year's champions, the Scouts Turkey Trotters.
The third week of games saw some excellent performances from the BGS team, the Keyworth U3A and the runners-up for the past two years, the Parish Church. Audience favourites, however, were definitely the Year 12 students from South Wolds and their team of Harriet, Harry, Joe and Elizabeth raised everyone's spirits with a great effort against the very experienced Local History Society, going down by just five points. It's often said that the Village Quiz needs younger players and we hope that these very bright teenagers will come back and play again in future years.
Matches continue on Monday evenings at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, with the second round games being played on 27th February and 5th March. The four quarter finals will be played on 19th March and then, on 26th March, it's finals night, which is always a super occasion. Both semi finals and the Grand Final will be held on that evening, so come along for a good night out, meet up with old friends and hopefully be well entertained.
The Village quiz organisers are always up for a challenge and, this year, on the day before our Grand Final, our lovely scoring ladies and our question setters intend to take part in Sport Relief to try and help others less fortunate than ourselves. We're all going to enter the 'Sport Relief Mile'; in fact the ladies are talking of entering the three mile event and our fairly geriatric question setters are entering the six mile race, all to raise money for a great charity. If you would like to sponsor any or all of our team, please contact the number below.
Despite its success, the Village Quiz is in danger of dying, as no one has come forward to act as question master for 2013. The excellent scoring ladies and our technical wizard will all be available to help whoever takes on the role – but we do need a new question master. The present team will all be very happy to guide new presenters along to ease them into the quiz. The Village Quiz is a fairly unique event which is always very well supported, and its continuity should be encouraged.
If you are interested in supporting this Keyworth 'institution', or helping us to raise money for charity, please call John on 9374833 or email to keyworthquiz@hotmail.co.uk
See below for results and forthcoming fixtures.
Fixtures & Results
Click on the following link for fixtures and results:
- Results and Fixtures (PDF, 87 Kb)
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Keyworth Quiz
The Parish Council sponsors the Keyworth Quiz, which has become a village institution and has been held each year since 1976.
The Quiz is held in the Village Hall on Monday evenings from January to March and attracts sizeable audiences. It's fun, it's free and it's usually very entertaining and even sometimes educational! Refreshments are always provided by one of Keyworth's many excellent groups including Guides, Scouts, Royal British Legion, Twinning Association and Community Concern.
The format is for teams of four to play a knock-out tournament, with the winners receiving the Oakley Cup and the runners up are awarded the Stuart Bailey shield. Teams are from clubs and societies, schools, businesses or just friends who group together.
There are team rounds, individual rounds and the famous bell and buzzer finale, which often decides the winner. Each evening, four or five quizzes take place, and then the semi- finals and Grand Final take place on one evening in late March.
Recent champions include the Scouts Turkey Trotters, Keyworth Rugby club, Keyworth Tennis club, Crossdale Drive school, The Methodist Church and the BGS who now hold the record number of seven wins in the competition.
New teams are always welcome and, to whet your appetite, here are the last two questions from the 2011 final:
Which TV soap is set in the city which hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games ?
Why was 8,033 an important number in Keyworth last year ?
If you think you could cope with them, then join an existing team or, better still, form a new team with your workmates or friends and family.
Details of forthcoming matches are included in the Keyworth News each month during the competition, so come along and enjoy the quiz . Questions which are not answered by the teams are always passed to the audience, so there's an opportunity to be a star, and it is always a good chance to catch up with friends you haven't bumped into for a while, during the drinks interval.
We're always looking for help to run the quiz, for everything from question setting, to helping put chairs out, to serving refreshments. If you are interested – or indeed desperate to know the answers to the above questions - then please email to: