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Cars & Vans 4U Ltd. Question Setters' Trophy: 2019–20

Week 17 – 10 March 2020

  Wk   Setters Difficulty Balance Ent'ment Total Last Yr
1 12 Spec Chester Road Tavern 10.00 9.67 7.03 26.70 (15.29)
2 4 GK Waters Green Rams 8.00 9.59 6.20 23.79 18.84
3 7 Spec Royal Oak 9.43 8.02 5.15 22.60 8.43
4 17 Spec Nags Head 7.74 8.31 6.34 22.38 15.49
5 4 Spec Park Timers 9.96 5.72 6.47 22.15 18.44
6 9 GK Broken Cross Club 7.35 9.60 4.43 21.38 18.23
7 1 Spec Rushton Diamonds 8.22 6.40 6.67 21.29
8 6 Spec Queens 5.63 9.24 6.03 20.90 15.92
9 16 Spec Harrington Academicals 5.92 8.76 5.89 20.57 18.04
10 2 GK Dolphin Dragons 6.52 8.32 5.65 20.49 17.65
11 14 Spec Dolphin 7.85 6.13 6.39 20.37 7.84
12 11 GK Church House Bollington 6.27 7.28 6.09 19.63 11.71
13 6 GK Queens 7.20 5.89 5.86 18.95 21.09
14 3 Spec British Flag 2.82 9.26 6.03 18.11 14.50
15 5 GK Sutton Club 7.65 4.28 6.11 18.04 21.28
16 13 Spec Weaver 3.29 8.19 6.00 17.48 14.14
17 1 GK Rushton Diamonds 10.00 0.00 6.28 16.28 18.63
18 7 GK Royal Oak 5.92 4.37 5.98 16.27 17.10
19 2 Spec Sutton Mutton 6.25 5.90 4.11 16.26 8.61
20 8 GK Nags Head 4.17 7.61 4.08 15.85
21 14 GK Dolphin 7.33 2.71 5.56 15.60 20.20
22 12 GK Pack Horse Bowling Club 7.28 2.10 5.97 15.35 (21.93)
23 11 Spec Church House Bollington 4.66 3.20 6.67 14.53 11.85
24 8 Spec Brewers Arms 0.00 9.69 3.86 13.55
25 15 GK Park Taverners 5.39 3.06 4.97 13.42 21.38
26 9 Spec Robin Hood 1.60 7.13 4.37 13.10 (15.73)
27 10 GK Harrington 'B' 2.99 4.13 5.28 12.40 13.84
28 17 GK Brewers Arms 3.16 3.73 4.62 11.51 8.05
29 13 GK Weaver 3.29 3.36 4.72 11.37 18.07
30 3 GK British Flag 5.53 0.41 5.04 10.99
31 15 Spec Waters Green Lemmings 0.80 5.49 4.29 10.57 12.78
32 5 Spec Sutton Club 3.41 0.00 6.19 9.60
33 10 Spec Plough Horntails 0.32 3.11 4.19 7.62 (19.31)
34 16 GK Kings Gambit 0.00 5.12 2.28 7.40

Specialist Rounds

Entertainment marks: A League7.00 B League6.83 C League5.62 Overall 6.34 Last year5.50

Average team score going "first first": 59 Average team score going "second first": 60 Season's average:55

On average, teams going "first first" scored 105%of their average for the season
On average, teams going "second first" scored 109%of their average for the season
On average, the teams going "second first" did 4%better than their opponents

General Knowledge Rounds

Entertainment marks: A League3.50 B League5.00 C League5.37 Overall 4.62 Last year3.89

Average team score going "first first": 71 Average team score going "second first": 63 Season's average:77

On average, teams going "first first" scored 92%of their average for the season
On average, teams going "second first" scored 83%of their average for the season
On average, the teams going "first first" did 11%better than their opponents

Overall

Average team score going "first first": 130 Average team score going "second first": 123 Season's average:132

On average, teams going "first first" scored 98%of their average for the season
On average, teams going "second first" scored 94%of their average for the season
On average, the teams going "first first" did 4%better than their opponents

For the full spreadsheet, please click here.

Scores this week were slightly lower than average, with the General Knowledge seemingly rather tougher than the Specialists.

The Specialist questions (set by the Nags Head) scored well all round, and are currently in a very creditable fourth place in the overall table.

The General Knowledge (set by the Brewers Arms) received below average marks in all three categories, and are in 28th place (out of 34).

Overall there was (according to the spreadsheet) a slight bias towards the teams that went "first first". On an average score of 126, the 4% bias may have made a difference of five points; there were a couple of games where this may have affected the result. However, as has been said before: this perceived bias was not great, and it would be unwise to read too much into these figures.

Over to the Nags Head 'B' now, to see if they can beat the Chester Road Tavern's excellent score and take the trophy for the fourth year in a row – and the eighth in the last nine years (albeit the first time under their new name!)

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