OJQ6 Programme

OptaJoe’s Captains Log
Teams
F
ormer Prime Minister John Major’s list of
everlasting English images (long shadows on
cricket grounds, warm beer, Nigel Reo-Coker)
should have included the humble pub quiz. While
other nations base their evenings on conviviality and
shared interests, the English can only find true
comfort when jeering at an acquaintance because
he had forgotten that Antarctica is the world’s biggest
desert. What an idiot!
Napoleon said the English were a nation of shopkeepers. Maybe, once. Now we’re a nation of quizzers,
guessers, know-it-alls and stabbers-in-the-dark, and
the most famous military man of the past 50 years
is Major Charles Ingram. Like John Major, we have
gone back to basics for Quiz Six, rolling back the
years with some pared-down bamboozlers and killer
retro headscratchers. This is raw trivia, consume within three days of opening.
A big welcome to all the teams taking part tonight, including reigning champions
the Sky Sports stats team, going for an unprecedented three in a row. Rumours
are rife, however, that the other big dogs of the UK’s knowing-about-football scene
have strengthened accordingly and we could be facing a right old ding dong as the
sport industry’s toughest battle explodes into life once more.
Good luck to everyone taking part. There’s no multiple choice here, just many many
opportunities to become a hero.
OptaJoe
Stats Team
The behemoth returns. The current champions, three-time winners
and the team to beat this time round. Slightly grumpy because we
didn’t retire the trophy after their third win a la FIFA/Brazil (but you all
knew that already, obviously), but that only makes them scarier. The
team to beat.
Quiz 1
1st (of 16)
Quiz 2
2nd (of 18)
Quiz 3
2nd (of 23)
Quiz 4
1st (of 27)
Quiz 2
1st (of 18)
Quiz 3
1st (of 23)
Quiz 4
2nd (of 27)
Quiz 2
4th (of 18)
Quiz 3
5th (of 23)
Quiz 4
3rd (of 27)
F
Odds
5/2
Quiz 5
4th (of 27)
In this brave new era of inverted wingers, false 9s and 3 at the back,
some lazy pundits have speculated that FourFourTwo’s 9th place
finish in the last quiz is representative of a team with an outdated
footballing philosophy. On the other hand, there’s no doubting their
tournament pedigree. Don’t write them off.
Quiz 1
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Evs
Quiz 5
1st (of 27)
Ashen-faced after finishing an unprecedented 4th in the last
quiz, the Guardian are nevertheless expected to mount a strong
comeback. Rumours of a change in team management indicate their
determination to wrest the title back to that fancy building in Kings
Cross. Always a threat, but will also be looking over their shoulder at
the chasing pack.
Quiz 1
3rd (of 16)
Odds
Odds
5/1
Quiz 5
9th (of 27)
Arguably the team that has the greatest hope of breaking the
Odds
longstanding Sky Sports Stats/Guardian duopoly, ESPN have built a
4/1
genuinely world-class quizzing team by (allegedly) recruiting loads of
ringers ‘freelancers’ from other teams. Genuine title hopes this time out,
but will the Gerrard-esque slip at the death in the last quiz haunt them?
Quiz 1
2nd (of 16)
Quiz 2
5th (of 18)
Quiz 3
17th (of 23)
Quiz 4
4th (of 27)
Quiz 5
2nd (of 27)
Eurosport are a quietly impressive OptaJoe quiz regular, despite the
fact that every year we speculate they’ll come unstuck thanks to zero
questions on Scandinavian curling. Will be aiming to make the leap
to a top-four spot, but that’s where you’ll find the big boys. 6th spot
beckons.
Quiz 1
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Quiz 2
11th (of 18)
Quiz 3
6th (of 23)
Quiz 4
5th (of 27)
Quiz 5
8th (of 27)
Odds
8/1
Teams
Teams
Esteemed OptaJoe quiz regulars, the Times have nevertheless
caused controversy in the past by trying to put their quiz answers
behind a paywall and charging us a pound to mark them. While
we’re as open to innovative micropayment-based revenue generation
models for the social media generation as the next person, OptaJoe
drew the line at that. 12th. Ish.
Quiz 1
5th (of 16)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
8th (of 23)
Quiz 4
6th (of 27)
Football Production
Quiz 2
3rd (of 18)
Quiz 3
3rd (of 23)
Quiz 4
7th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
8th (of 27)
Quiz 1
7th (of 16)
.com
Quiz 2
13rd (of 18)
Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
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Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
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Quiz 2
14th (of 18)
Quiz 3
11th (of 23)
Quiz 4
12th (of 27)
Odds
8/1
25/1
50/1
Quiz 5
12th (of 27)
40/1
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
14th (of 23)
Quiz 4
17th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
10th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
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Quiz 2
7th (of 18)
Quiz 3
12th (of 23)
Quiz 4
20th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
21st (of 23)
Quiz 4
9th (of 27)
100/1
Odds
100/1
Quiz 5
17th (of 27)
Odds
20/1
Quiz 5
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Odds
150/1
Quiz 5
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Odds
200/1
Quiz 5
19th (of 27)
WhoScored? What do you mean, WhoScored? OptaJoe asks the
questions around here thank you very much. We jest of course (we
don’t), but WhoScored have actually quietly settled in to the role of
solid quizzing outfit with very little fuss. Will be looking to crack the
European spots this time round. Can they do it? WhoKnows.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 5
22nd (of 27)
“First half good, second half not so good.” If Sven Goran Eriksson
was commenting on the SPIN team’s previous performances (bear
with us), that’s undoubtedly what he would say. Looked set to
become a regular member of the quizzing top table, but two dismal
performances later and they’re down amongst the riff-raff. And
they’ve got no one to blame but themselves.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 4
15th (of 27)
A debutant at the OptaJoe Quiz, PLP are tasked with broadcasting
every single Premier League game to over 200 countries around
the world. A very impressive achievement certainly, but one that’s
missing a crucial badge of honour: a top ten finish at the OptaJoe
quiz. Welcome to the big leagues guys.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 3
4th (of 23)
A sporadic attendance record from the Mail nevertheless hides a
pretty decent record in past quizzes. Will be keen to make up for lost
time, but the suspicion remains that quizzing has moved on in their
absence, and they may well suffer from a lack of sustained match
fitness.
Quiz 1
8th (of 16)
Odds
Quiz 2
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According to the Telegraph’s football website ‘Project Babb’, “Project
Babb celebrates the sport and everything which makes it the silliest
spectacle on earth.” This displeases OptaJoe. OptaJoe doesn’t
understand how anyone could think football is silly. OptaJoe thinks
this is probably why the Telegraph finished 17th last time.
Quiz 1
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Quiz 5
13th (of 27)
The masters of the solid midtable finish, the Betfair team know
exactly what is required of them at the OptaJoe quiz: turn up on time,
get some of the questions right, don’t overly embarrass themselves,
and get stuck in to the free bar. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Unless you like winning, obviously.
Quiz 1
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4/1
Quiz 5
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13th spot in their last outing for the Leeds-based team is an excellent
result on debut, yet 3rd out of 3 in the Sky Sports mini-league will
hurt. If we assume the Sky Stats team are untouchable (they are),
then Sky Sports.com will no doubt be aiming to beat the Football
Production team. Rumours that they will post a full apology on
SkySports.com if they fail to do so are just that: rumours.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 5
6th (of 27)
Making a lot of noise about the fact they won some other, more
inferior football quiz a couple of weeks ago, which is basically
equivalent to boasting about winning the Emirates Cup. Mind you,
when Roy Keane is waiting back at ITV HQ for them, it’s probably in
their interests to do well.
Based on previous results, the Mirror appear to have basically given
up. Yet they still turn out. We can only assume that the lure of a free
bar to a football journo is stronger than the shame of finishing last,
which doesn’t sound accurate at all. Given the drop-off in previous
form, we should probably expect them to finish 39th out of 27.
Quiz 1
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Quiz 5
7th (of 27)
You might not know that the Cricket Production Team at Sky won a
BAFTA in 2014. Meanwhile, the Football Production Team prefer to
shun such baubles and focus on the big one: the OptaJoe quiz. After
a promising start, will no doubt be keen to crack the top 4 this time.
Quiz 1
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20/1
Quiz 5
15th (of 27)
The only team guaranteed to finish in the European spots even
if they don’t, UEFA have a consistently impressive record. Some
pundits are suggesting the last two 7th place finishes indicates a
team on the wane, we just think they’re focusing their efforts on the
Fair Play rankings.
Quiz 1
4th (of 16)
Odds
Quiz 5
10th (of 27)
Odds
33/1
Teams
Teams
Impressive opening quiz performance from the world’s most read
football website. The fact that OptaJoe and Goal.com are PERFORM
Group stable mates has forced us to set up dedicated exclusion
zones in our offices, ensuring that the Goal team don’t get any
access to OptaJoe’s stats bunker. If they try and venture close, we
just throw old copies of Rothmans’ Football Yearbooks at them until
the go away. OptaJoe takes allegations of nepotism VERY seriously.
Quiz 1
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Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
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Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
11th (of 27)
Bloggers
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
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Quiz 1
6th (of 16)
Quiz 2
10th (of 18)
Quiz 3
11th (of 23)
Quiz 4
22nd (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
23rd (of 27)
250/1
Quiz 5
25th (of 27)
After a dismal last place finish in the 4th OptaJoe quiz and
subsequent hiatus, SportLobster are back, and will be aiming to
dramatically improve on bottom spot this time round. However,
considering SportLobster is a dedicated Sports Social Network, and
the OptaJoe quiz doesn’t allow them any access to mobile phones or
more than 5 team members, it doesn’t look promising.
Odds
500/1
300/1
500/1
Quiz 4
27th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
18th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
13th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
19th (of 27)
Quiz 2
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Quiz 3
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Quiz 4
25th (of 27)
500/1
Odds
100/1
Quiz 5
16th (of 27)
Odds
10/1
Quiz 5
*5th (of 27)
Odds
15/1
Quiz 5
3rd (of 27)
The Squawka team will be aiming to improve on a pretty disgraceful
showing in their previous two outings. In an effort to improve, they
claim to have undergone weeks of high-altitude, high-intensity training
in preparation for tonight. Frankly, that all seems a bit pointless, as
the quiz only takes place up one small flight of stairs and is a largely
sedentary activity, but whatever makes you happy lads.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 5
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A jump of 16 places from relegation form into the European
spots from the Football365 team had a few rivals muttering about
questionable tactics and suspicious financial activity. We conducted
a full and frank investigation, and we’re happy to confirm we saw no
evidence of foul play. Therefore, if they can maintain their form from
last time they’re a genuine title contender. Big if though.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 3
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Although they technically finished 5th in the last quiz, detailed postevent analysis suggested the BT Sport team was actually made up of
rogue Sunset and Vine employees getting ideas above their station.
Therefore, we’ve been forced to add an asterisk to this result. Still,
rumours are that BT will be sending their own ‘Stats’ team this time
round, so could be a decent each-way bet.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 2
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The Most Exciting League In The World will be aiming for an
improvement in fortunes, and a distinctly unexciting midtable finish,
as they aim to avoid slipping further down the pack. However, we can
confirm their team has been fully vetted, and passes the OptaJoe
Home Grown Player rule with flying colours.
Quiz 1
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Quiz 5
21st (of 27)
Real Football, Real Fans, Really Not That Good At Quizzes. Previous
performances from The Football League unfortunately haven’t been
that impressive, to say the least, and a proposed scheme to add
some of the Premier League’s talented young reserve quizzers
to their side hasn’t gone down well at all. Still, they claim to be
optimistic about tonight, which seems somewhat misguided.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 5
26th (of 27)
The last few months have seen a surfeit of blogs bemoaning
the death of the football blog. Irony aside, we’re nevertheless
sympathetic: the dramatic decline in the bloggers’ previous quiz
results seems indicative of a talent pool that is close to running
dry. For the sake of everyone that has ever over-intellectualised an
Andres Iniesta pass, we’re desperate to see them do well, but it
doesn’t look promising.
TM
Quiz 1
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Quiz 5
24th (of 27)
It was a brutal introduction to OptaJoe quizzing for the Yahoo! team
on their debut outing last time. Unprepared for the intensity and
sheer ferocity of the questioning, they folded with a whimper and
finished in 26th place. Still, they apparently breed them tough and/
or foolhardy at Yahoo! Towers, and they’re back for more. Be nice to
them please.
Quiz 1
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33/1
Quiz 5
11th (of 27)
After a promising showing on debut, recriminations have been
flying at Lord’s after the ECB’s performance last time. An alleged
rift in the squad, rumours of a ‘dossier’ produced on the individuals
responsible for the 24th place finish and a serialised semi-fictional
autobiography released by an ousted quiz team member have all
served to increase the pressure. Now would be an ideal opportunity
for a new-look squad to impress.
Quiz 1
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Odds
Quiz 5
23rd (of 27)
Odds
500/1
OPTAJOES Pub Quiz
100
11/11/2014
Rules
12:45
The Weakest Link
No Googling
13:30
Whose Line is it Anyway?
No eavesdropping
14:00
Countdown
Start at 7pm on the dot
14:30
Tipping Point
Half time, 20 minutes, swap your sheets
15:00
The Price is Right
Free wine and beer throughout the evening, food
provided at half time
15:30
Eggheads
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