Welcome to maccql.com

Macclesfield Quiz League is an annual General Knowledge competition that's been held throughout the winter months in and around the market town of Macclesfield, in the English county of Cheshire, since at least 1982. On this website you can find all the latest results and League tables, a historical archive of past results and tables, and all the questions that we've set to challenge each other in the past few years (with answers, obviously).

This website replaced the Macclesfield Quiz League blog in 2017. The blog had been operational since 2007.

Latest News

This week (Tuesday 30 April) we put the 2023–4 season to bed with the Cup Final and Presentations night at the Pack Horse Bowling Club.

The Cup Final was between the Poachers and Queens of the Castle. The Poachers took an early lead, and held on to it until the end – eventually winning by 115 points to 111. The result is available in more detail from the Latest Updates menu on the left hand side of this page; the questions, News & Views will be posted over the next few days.

Watch this space over the next few weeks for updates to the Archive pages.

Other than that we should mention that the season is of course not entirely over; we have the Plate Final to look forward to, along with the AGM, in the autumn (date to be advised). Until then, we hope you have a great summer.

Contact Us

If you have any comments on the content of this website, please contact haydn@maccql.com.

If you have any questions, or anything to say, about Macclesfield Quiz League – particularly if you'd like to take part! – please contact markw@maccql.com. 

MQL Forum

The Waters Green Weavers' questions seem to have gone down quite well, despite being quite tough. What did you think?

Archive

The Archive section of the website is now as complete as it's ever likely to be, in that all the historical material we have is there. If you can fill in any gaps, please get in touch!

Essentially, we have a complete record from 1999 onwards (thanks to the diligent record–keeping of Mark Watson). We have a good coverage of fixtures and results from the early 90s, but there are some gaps in the latter years of that decade. We have tables (League and Individual) as far back as the mid–80s, and Question Setters' Trophy details from 1992–3.

We have very little material concerning the first four or five years of the League's history, and sadly it now seems unlikely that any more will come to light from that era – unless you know different!

For details of what we have and what we don't have, please refer to the Archive Summary.

Haydn Thompson

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