MORE than 100 teams have battled it out to be named Carlisle's best quiz brains.

The annual Sands Centre quiz returned on Sunday night for its 26th outing, with an extra 21 teams of four out in force compared to last year.

Similar to previous years, the format remained the same, with the first round testing the participants with a number of film clips, before then testing the audience's knowledge of news from 2018.

The third round, reminiscent of the TV show Blockbuster, tested people in a puzzle game, while, split into two, the fourth round asked the teams to name logos featured on a screen.

The next round tested music knowledge, with the anagram round following that.

Participants needed a first letter of people's surnames to form a word.

The evening was rounded off with a sport round, a celebrity faces round, and an album cover round.

In the final round, teams were given a helping hand, with a song from the album played in the background.

Quiz master Geoff Haugh, who has presented the event every year since it started in 1993, keeps a secret file of questions locked away all year.

He told the News & Star: "It was another brilliant event, with a total of 101 teams.

"There were no problems, and no arguments, and the quiz went smoothly.

"Entries opened in late December, and we stopped them last Wednesday, earlier than usual, due to high demand."

Geoff added his planning for the quiz, and inspiration for questions, is collected at various points over the year.

"A day after the quiz, I start planning all over again, and get inspiration for questions from all sorts of places, from watching the news on TV, to reading stories in the paper.

"I do plan to make a few changes next year, to keep the players on their toes."

The winners of this year's quiz were the Fantastic Four, led by team captain Ross Kerr leading by 10 points with a total of 253.

In second place, were If We Don't Win This Year Then We Are Voting For Qu'Exit!, with 243 points, led by David Strong.

Finishing in third place was Alan Elliot's team, Blue Passport White Elephant, with a total of 242.

Assistant quizmaster Martin Horne said: “We are delighted at the continued success of our annual team quiz – with an increase of over 20 teams from last year's event.

"We look forward to the 2020 quiz already, with question preparations beginning almost right away.”

Tickets were priced at £28 per team, for what is one of the most revered quizzes in the county.

Some of the questions from the quiz included:

1) England’s Harry Kane won the Golden Boot at the 2018 World Cup. How many goals did he score? Answer: 6

2) What TSBS is a TV programme which featured Melvyn Bragg? Answer: The South Bank Show

3) What pop song did Theresa May shimmy onto the stage too at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham in October 2018? Answer: Dancing Queen

4) What will the Sands Centre Pantomime be in 2019? Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

RESULTS FROM FOURTH PLACE:

99 241

6 234

3 232

66 231

88 231

23 230

49 230

20 229

34 227

2 226

24 224

81 219

32 218

8 217

43 217

96 214

35 213

4 212

26 211

40 210

93 210

36 209

48 209

76 208

10 207

67 207

14 206

97 205

7 204

9 204

65 204

29 203

19 201

50 200

71 199

42 198

60 198

84 197

28 196

52 196

75 196

1 195

37 195

18 194

69 194

15 193

58 192

59 192

22 191

27 191

78 191

82 191

72 189

33 188

44 188

41 187

54 186

17 184

47 184

25 183

39 183

90 182

92 182

89 180

12 179

80 179

74 178

51 177

98 175

31 172

91 170

55 169

86 169

95 167

53 166

56 165

38 161

46 161

30 157

77 157

100 157

57 153

5 151

61 150

83 150

13 149

73 149

101 149

21 148

11 146

68 140

87 139

85 135

79 130

94 126

45 124

70 123

16 92