The Accumulator
From rags to riches...
The Accumulator is the other way to win something at the Quiz. The total could be anywhere between about €30 and €500, depending on how recently it was last won. Right now, the Accumulator stands at €500. The reserve stands at anywhere between €25 and €500, again depending on how long it has been since money was won for the last time.
And how to win it? Simple - on the Blockbusters Round all you have to do is answer all ten questions correctly. And you get help - you are given the first letter or letters of each of the word or words in the answer. But be careful - one wrong answer and you loose all of your points in the Blockbusters Round (whether you try for the money or not).
Please note: the Accumulator is only available during the Regular Season - from October until the end of the Playoffs in July.
The Accumulator is the other way to win something at the Quiz. The total could be anywhere between about €30 and €500, depending on how recently it was last won. Right now, the Accumulator stands at €500. The reserve stands at anywhere between €25 and €500, again depending on how long it has been since money was won for the last time.
And how to win it? Simple - on the Blockbusters Round all you have to do is answer all ten questions correctly. And you get help - you are given the first letter or letters of each of the word or words in the answer. But be careful - one wrong answer and you loose all of your points in the Blockbusters Round (whether you try for the money or not).
Please note: the Accumulator is only available during the Regular Season - from October until the end of the Playoffs in July.
The Way of the Accumulator
- €25 from the pot will be added to the Accumulator at each Quiz.
- €500 is the maximum win for one evening (this amount is not guaranteed for a win).
- If more than one team wins, the Accumulator is split between them (maximum €500 total).
- Answers must be handed in within one minute of the 10th question being read out for the second time. In that minute, quizzers should remain with their teams.
- If you answer a question wrong, you lose all of your points on this Blockbuster Round. A blank answer (if you write down nothing) is not a wrong answer. If you get one answer wrong, you lose all of your points irrespective of whether you went for the Accumulator or not.
- If not won on the night, the Accumulator rolls over to the next week (and then the next and the next etc.).
- The Accumulator is capped when it reaches €500 and a reserve Accumulator started. Should the second Accumulator also reach €500 and be capped, a third will be started and the Quizmaster will reprimand himself for asking questions that must be too hard.
- Any use of mobile phones, tablets, laptops, smartphones or palm pilots (I'm old school!) is strictly prohibited (and punishable by grizzly public execution, or the closest legal equivalent).
- Quizmaster rulings are final!
Past Winners
The last Accumulator win?
As you might have guessed, it doesn't happen very often and so it is a rare and celebrated event when a team wins - often the highlight of a quiz career. The last win was in May 2014. when the full €500 jackpot was shared by the Idiots and Chimney Sweeping Rocket Pigs.
Earlier?
January 2014 when €500 was snapped up by Accumulator specialists Team Taylor
Dudes, Big Load and Libertines shared €500 on March 5th, 2013 - the only Accumulator win of the year!
Team Taylor and Radler shared €500 on 4th December 2012.
Team Taylor won €500 on June 5th, 2012.
Where Is My Mind? won €500 on January 10th, 2012.
Lumberjacks won €500 on 6th December 2011.
Green Monster and Where Is My Mind? shared €500 on 7th June 2011.
Chimney Sweeping Rocket Pigs, won €500 on 1st March 2011.
Where Is My Mind? won €500 on 11th January 2011.
Beezleboss won €451 on 29th June 2010 (and that in a Playoff too!)
Hyper Hyper Heads won €500 in May 2010.
Green Monster won €500 on 30th March 2010.
Where Is My Mind? & Evil Scotsmen shared €500 in December 2009.
Frankie Fitz's Psycho Kids won €500 in March 2009.
Green Monster won €458 in December 2008.
Braindust won €500 in December 2008.
As you might have guessed, it doesn't happen very often and so it is a rare and celebrated event when a team wins - often the highlight of a quiz career. The last win was in May 2014. when the full €500 jackpot was shared by the Idiots and Chimney Sweeping Rocket Pigs.
Earlier?
January 2014 when €500 was snapped up by Accumulator specialists Team Taylor
Dudes, Big Load and Libertines shared €500 on March 5th, 2013 - the only Accumulator win of the year!
Team Taylor and Radler shared €500 on 4th December 2012.
Team Taylor won €500 on June 5th, 2012.
Where Is My Mind? won €500 on January 10th, 2012.
Lumberjacks won €500 on 6th December 2011.
Green Monster and Where Is My Mind? shared €500 on 7th June 2011.
Chimney Sweeping Rocket Pigs, won €500 on 1st March 2011.
Where Is My Mind? won €500 on 11th January 2011.
Beezleboss won €451 on 29th June 2010 (and that in a Playoff too!)
Hyper Hyper Heads won €500 in May 2010.
Green Monster won €500 on 30th March 2010.
Where Is My Mind? & Evil Scotsmen shared €500 in December 2009.
Frankie Fitz's Psycho Kids won €500 in March 2009.
Green Monster won €458 in December 2008.
Braindust won €500 in December 2008.