Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2019|
This meeting is the successor to former Southern Area meetings. It is not the Annual General Meeting.
Come to the meeting detailed below to ‘air your views’ on the past season together with hopes, wishes and ideas for the next.
Documents:-
DPQL Minutes Annual Meeting 13 June 2018
DPQL Agenda Annual Meeting 5 June 2019
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2019|
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2019|
Visit our Sample Quiz page to see the questions used for the Brain of Derbyshire 2019 second semi-final. How would you have fared? Remember, contestants did not always wait to hear the end of the question: how far would you have to listen?
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2019|
If you’d been one of the highest scorers in the first round of the 2019 Brain of Derbyshire, how would you have fared with the questions in the first semi-final? You can find them, thanks to question setter David Edwards, on our Sample Quiz page.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 17, 2019|
In the coming week we will be featuring the questions from this year’s Brain of Derbyshire competition: there was a written elimination round, two semi-finals and a final.
Today, thanks to question setter David Edwards we feature the written round on our Sample Quiz page.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2019|
The Brain of Derbyshire 2019 is Chris Jones, who quizzes for the (Burton) Bridge U.
Left to right: Diana Whitmill, Iwan Thomas, Chris Jones and Mike Crowe
After close results in the initial knock-out round, and the two semi-finals, Chris Jones powered ahead in the final.
Those going into the semi-finals (with their score: potentially 50) were:-
1 Iwan Thomas Royal Oak 34
2 Les Hurst Dewdrop A 31
3 Chris Jones Bridge U 27
4 Stuart Field Unattached 26
5 Chris Willis Dewdrop A 26
6 Gordon Taylor Royal Oak 25
7 Mike Crowe Dewdrop A 25
8 Diana Whitmill Bradley House 24
The questions were set by the 2018 Brain of Derbyshire, David Edwards, and the half-time game of Last Man Standing was won by Chris Grandison.
Our venue was the Royal Oak, Ockbrook, whom we thank for their hospitality and catering.
And we were pleased to welcome our patron, Geoff Mumford of the Burton Bridge Brewery, who presented the end of season awards.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2019|
Visit our Sample Quiz page to see the quiz questions used for the final night of the Knock Out Cup and Kendall Consolation Plate competitions.
Are you ready for Wednesday’s Brain of Derbyshire? Double check with the questions from the 1st of May, Finals Night.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2019|
The Brain of Derbyshire event and Presentation evening will be at the Royal Oak, Ockbrook starting at 8pm on May 15th.
Remember that the Brain of Derbyshire is open to all residents of the county, and not just members of the DPQL.
If you like quizzing in the League or elsewhere, or wish to test yourself, then the Brain of Derbyshire is the place for Derbyshire and East Staffordshire residents to test themselves. If you’re not a League member then please let us know that you’re coming.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2019|
If you’ve been missing our quizzes, then here is something to please you. The quiz from April 10th.
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2019|
Wondered what the quizzes were like that we held back? Now you can find out. The quiz from February 6th is on our Sample Quiz page. Good luck!
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