Steve Kidd's Quiz of The Year, 2025

In 2025, I participated (or at least attempted to participate) in 198 live quizzes, furthest south (and west) The Sloop Inn, Kingskerswell (Torquay), and the fabulous Lily Bar in Ambleside the furthest north. Furthest east was Kingpins Bowl in Sarfend. I also hosted 29 on line. (Join in my on-line quizzes at 7 PM Quiz on facebook, I don't do so many of these nowadays).

The vast majority were SpeedQuizzes

4 of them I would not want to go back to, all things being equal (Click on the map and look for 'meh!').
6 of them I considered 'OK',
27 'Good',
31 'Excellent', and
115 'Top Rated'
Of the latter category I have 14 'Quizzes of the Month'

Quizzes Of The Month

I steer away from giving venues two quizzes of the month, hence there are some damn fine quizzes not on this list.

Tuesday 28 January - Neepsend Social Club, Sheffield with Tom Miller

Start: 8PM | Cost: £2 | Prizes: £30 voucher for quiz, £50 voucher for darts | Format: 60 SQ ALL 4/2 sliding, interspersed with darts for every team predicated on points scored in quiz. 4 fast track questions in first two rounds with zero impact
Teams: 10 | My name: Fluke Quizzler | Position: 3

This should be fun! It's a 'Bullseye' night, and I can hit the board occasionally. I reckon the percentage shot is try to keep it straight, and bull. Can't wait!! SO: January 2025 has been a crap month for sunshine, my bones, and selling vans. It may be the best month's quizzing I have had. In reality I have effectively done 13 quizzes so far and all bar one was top rated, and even that was excellent! I must have thought "that's got to be quiz of the month" 12 times!! Ergo this is, I think, in the lead but I'm really going to break the contenders down. Here, on Kelham Island in Sheffield we have a recycled club which, along with its neighbouring bike shops and barbers is gentrifying this area which previously the Arctic Monkeys would have disparaged (I'm guessing 'When The Sun Goes Down' wasn't far away from here) - It is light, clean, comfy, superbly appointed, very friendly, and most importantly, for me, the location for a quiz which combines the standard straight sixty questions without any feckaboutery or score inflation, yet with fun, novelty, and sheer joi de vivre delivered by Tom, the 35 year old landlord who just ticks ALL my boxes. I could go on about him and his quiz, with the brilliant darts competition, the hefty prizes and the beautiful crowd but it would just be a wish list of what I'd want to be. I will look at the other quizzes this month, and despise myself for not choosing Simon, or John William, or Jake, or Dave and all the rest of the Quizzness people. But this was Tom's last night. And he likes The Clash. OMG I love quizzes, and I love writing about how good these are. PS. Who said you need gimmicks or to conceal scores to 'make a game of it'? This had neither and it was just amazing, exciting, and went right to the wire. So there.

Wednesday 19 February - Grey Man, Westhoughton with Georgia Goulden

How difficult is it to start writing about something when you feel you don't have sufficient skill to articulate a satisfactory assessment? Of course nobody can. So, a thousand mile walk starts with a small step, I crave understanding, and here goes. If I had to take a publican to a quiz to demonstrate how GOOD and LUCRATIVE a quiz can be, this one might be top of the list. And the daft thing is, there is no particular trick to it! A great set of questions, delivered by the nicest of person, in a super busy pub on a wet Wednesday in February in a village you would never normally visit unless you lived there or were lost. I suppose there is a trick actually, and that is that today, Georgia's fine tuning of feckaboutery was on the money and worked like an absolute dream in that EVERYBODY was involved until the final spin the wheel, which hit that 20 to one spot where Dick Dastardly was pipped on the line by Penelope Pitstop for a perfect end to a great night, where I had committed to writing this whatever the outcome before that last question. And apart from all the great things, it'd take so long to write, I guess I'd better mention.. The staff, landlady, people in the pub, free excellent food and the magnanimity of the winning team. Who was the first guy who approached me? Connor, his Mum Emma, Tony, OMG my faith in human nature has been restored! Well done Georgia – it's all your fault! :) I love quizzes. It was a tough month to judge. Free quiz, Free food, a bottle of wine as compensation, and Georgia's overt sweetness gets it. QOTM

Monday 3 March - White Hart, Woodley with Afreena Islam-Wright

Start: 8PM | Cost: Free | Prizes: £10, £5 vouchers | Format: Bingo for 2 x 10 points 20 GK Dozen good music 10 Are you smarter than a 10 year old 10 films from cars 10 GK scrambled 10 GK evil mode All questions 6/3, All sliding. Double bubble for unique answer, Midwife card 1 nearest wins for 100 points
Teams: 17 | My name: Bob Loblaw | Position: 1

I've been looking forward all day to writing about this, last night's quiz, gathering my thoughts as too how I can divorce my subjectivity from the actual nuts and bolts. I can only try, but it will be difficult, as the more I think about it, and having re-listened to it, the more I feel this will sound like a total hagiography. That any self respecting reader would think was an exaggeration predicated upon faith rather than fact. I love my alliterations, so we are going to go: Pub: I love the White Hart, I slept in its car park at the invitation of Leslie the lovely Landlady (check out her daughter's wedding picture on the wall and it looks straight out of Wicked), I love Werneth Lowe nearby, it was a terrific walk I had the next morning, it's cosy, the bogs are clean, and all told I thought feck it and went for four pints of Moretti and a splurge of 22 guineas, and thoroughly enjoyed that. People: Ken, John, Netty, David (who is 80 and seems a lot younger than I), was it Michael from the Navigation nearby?, it felt more like a single organism than 17 groups of disparate individuals. So much so that I feel I may have been too familiar. That is 'spec for the crowd, and further evidence that I never learn! People were so nice to me I'm scared to go in again. Politics: I love Dave Bradley, who used to host this quiz. I love Afreena who does it now. They are, to a degree, further apart than they used to be. That is sad, nevertheless, IMHO, it is not a disaster for Dave by a long chalk, it fits Afreena like a glove, and it seems like people are happy. Who said the world was gonna be perfect? Person: The person is Afreena Islam-Wright. I have seen many fantastic quiz hosts; hundreds of them, but if I had a gun to my head forcing me to pick the best one I'd have to pick Afreena. We agreed as much the last time I saw her, at The Rising Sun in Bredbury, but today was a confirmation. The whole point is she is not flashy, has no special tricks or altered vocal inflection, she has no hint of anything but wanting to keep everyone happy. She entertains without trying to, as a person she is a delight, so easy on the eyes and ears, modest; and all that might be pure seduction, but the thing is, it doesn't stop there. In terms of technical competence she has it nailed. Her timing over questions, her timing between rounds, her humour, her clarity. She has taken Dave Bradley's model and utilised the best bits to the greatest advantage, a true homage to her former boss, her own content was varied, pretty pretty good, perfectly balanced, and the 6/3 all sliding is HOW IT SHOULD BE! For the entire last half of the quiz I was hardly concerned with the scores, and I was going to write this win or lose and despite a 100 point nearest wins! Was it patriarchal emotion? Was it Italian lager?? Of course it was, that is unavoidable. But 14 hundred quizzes on this list hopefully gives me a little objectivity. This is how you do it.

ADDENDUM. In spite of the strongest competition, four previous winners, and several which should have been shoe ins, on a re read this, the first entry has to be my Quiz of The Month for March 2025. In like a lion!

Wednesday 2 April - Stamford, Carrbrook with Shelly Hibbert

Start: 8PM | Cost: £1 | Prizes: £25 Voucher | Format: Round 1: 10 GK 4/5 sliding Round 2: 20 Buzz-in 10/5 A 30 point nearest wins Round 3: Simple, excellent, pop music 10/5 sliding (perhaps 15) Round 4: 6 multitaps 2/5 Round 5: 20 GK 5/6 sliding A final 30 point nearest wins Fastrack wheel predicated on only correct answer
Teams: 10 | My name: A Aron BeLarkay | Position: 1

I feel I have to dictate my thoughts after 4 pints at the end of this quiz hosted by Shelly Hibbert. In 9 months time when I'm picking the quiz of the year If this ended up being it, I would be happy. I actually cannot pick a flaw with it. There are no buts. Not just sweet general knowledge; that is to be expected, with great music, a buzz in round, a multi-tap round and the perfect fast track system that if one team gets it right they HAVE to tell you what their answer was and only then they get to spin a wheel, a wheel designed to give them first, second, or third place, with all the shit taken off.. What else was great about this quiz. The fact that Ashton was with me certainly put some glow on proceedings. But Shelly is such a lovely clear host. Modest yet authoritative. This is my idea of heaven. Ok I've thought of a but. It will be nice if the voucher lasted for more than 2 weeks, and £4.60 per pint is.... Well worth it given the entertainment! On reflection: From the promptly answered phone call to the prawns, risotto and americano 24 hours later this is pretty damn close to the perfect quiz.

ADDENDUM: Twice this month I have written "close to the perfect quiz" I can not, in all honesty choose between Shelley Hibbert and Jason Van Gellicum. The nerd in me wants to. The love in me doesn't. So it's Quiz of The Month for the both of 'em.

Thursday 10 April - Corner House, Burton upon Trent, with Jason Van Gellicum

This is as close to a perfect quiz as I have yet to encounter. I have been contemplating that or 12 hours and can not think of a caveat. In addition to the 60 General Knowledge questions, there were ten multi-taps, and ten good music. Appropriate use of scoring and sliding scale, evil mode last round (10/10) and a fast track wheel on first ten of those. A sixty point nearest wins question at the end? With 22 teams this means, today that there was only one team who could have overtaken the top spot. This is a whole world apart from those events where 17 out of 20 people can catch the Golden Snitch. Sixty points for social media posts? I had written that I disapproved of these. I WAS WRONG. I had my reasons, nevertheless ten minutes tip tapping your phone (Two minutes if you are under 50) is only like an entry fee, a relatively low entry fee. Why not? So it galls me to say it, but I don't always get it right. Jason today: excellent sound system, really hands on making a point of sociability, clear as a bell, on time, a meritocracy AND "just a bit of fun", Greene King pub with BOGOFF burgers, Car Park (It counts!). Overt scoreage, bonzer prizes, oh, and pretty nice customers with a great vibe, who were, IMHO, at one with the pantomime villain (kudos to Bob on the next table). Dash it, I cannot think of anything bar bribery that could make only a quantitative increase to the value of this quiz. I would cite it as the model for any pub or host who wishes to put a quiz on, I would say to any of my quiz friends, go, knock yourselves out.

Monday 5 May - Treehouse, Otley with Arun Bishop

A relief to just have a few boxes to tick, and nothing much to think about. All aspects of the Quiz and pub, the host and the staff were in that parish around excellent, with the added bonuses today of me indulging in a mighty tasty burger, a couple of better teams than me, and sweet Arun's birthday. I had the honour of sitting with John Lowe (The quiz management maestro, not Old Stoneface who plays darts) for the first round, and the guilty pleasure of getting a fast-track which enabled me to pay for that burger and the half gallon of beer. There were three girls and a dog, The Smash Brothers, who normally win the quiz, and they might have done today had not Knowall Gallagher (Jack and Sandy Ley), like me, turned up for the first time at this pub. They were brilliant, consistently outscoring me, grabbing a multi-tap hat trick, and only being put on the back foot (methinks) by a late fast track from me. In my favour I played great in the stretch and those last eliminator questions really inflate the scores. Big up for the noble citizen (s) who collapsed my tent for me! Bet they can't win a pub quiz. ADDENDUM: Quiz of the month for May 2025. A lean month for quizzes, but the five 'top rated' quizzes were all absolute douzies. Yet this was a no-brainer. Great Quiz, Pub, Host, Competition, Town, River, County, Company, and it was Arun's birthday. Easy pick for one of the good guys.

Friday 27 June - The Knight's Table, Little Stainforth with Dave

How can one articulate emotion? It's all a load of bollocks isn't it? But you can try. You can make a start. I've pulled over by the River Wharfe, my favourite stream, on the way home from the quiz at The Knight's Table in Stainforth, and a night and morning by The Ribble, another 'my favourite stream', determined to catch the moment, but like the Piper at The Gates of Dawn it was a moment, that is now just a second hand memory. Evaporated, or perhaps diluted into Stainforth Force to mix with billions of other stories all with the inevitable conclusion of the Irish Sea and Atlantic. Give my regards to Fulke Hall (it's on the bay near Fleetwood).

The quiz? As good a SpeedQuiz set as I have heard, with bonuses of great music, A 1 v 100 round, ten multi taps, fair, good scorage, screens, more than competent landlord/host (Dave), all sliding scale with not overmuch score inflation between rounds, a relatively low value nearest wins (30, he did up it too 52!), ergo, practically no feckaboutery. OMG I realise now, on making that list why I am so excited. Look, a good quiz is a piece of cake, literally a 'cake mix'. How so many get it wrong baffles me! But you have the deal here, free to enter, decent prize with six months shelf life. That's not the trick! Not only is this pub/ excellent restaurant in the most idyllic of locations. The Yorkshire Dales truly are God's country, but the real USP is Family. Don't ask me how all the people here are related, but many of them are, and are proud of it and no wonder. Pictures on the wall, events being conducted, familiarity, welcome and confidence. It's like an alternate universe Deliverance where though I am an unworthy intruder I am just blissfully a receptacle for half a gallon of £4 a pint excellent beer in a £4 a pint world who cannot enjoy an evening more. It reinforces my conviction that my love for humans, especially those with their lives in front of them is absolutely 100% slam dunk positive. And it is hard to beat a Friday Night quiz in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales Cue "The Greatest Love of All" (George Benson version) :)

Monday 30 June - Red Lion, Stoke-on-Trent with Stuart Provan

I have been looking forward to writing about Stuart again for the last 40 hours. Why? Because there is nothing but good things to say about this pub, it's quiz, and especially Stuart, who presents exactly what a pub quiz should be. I'd explain how, but if I knew I'd be doing, not writing. Last time we saw him in Stoke he was Quiz of the Month. Further gratitude that I can use the 'can't get it twice card' because this would be an absolute shoe in for many a month, against sparkling competition. And it was outside! And Jo the landlady was fantastic, from the instant she picked up the phone on the morning, to me ringing again to reclaim my little desk! Xxx Oh crap.. I don't get off that easily. This month there are TWO quizzes of the month. And neither are the Red Lion in Barwell

Tuesday 8 July - Up In Arms, Oxford with Jeremy Briggs

I was lucky to visit here last week. I was even luckier this week, with loads more teams, and my goodness it deserves them. Could this be the best set of bespoke questions I have happened upon? I mean it just lends enormous weight to my posit that people cheat in written down quizzes, as today it seems evident; there was none of that malarkey; three tough music ones went begging when there was loads of Shazam time. I don't know if it is because I went in in a pretty decent mood, knowing I would enjoy it, but it never dawned on me how much. Was it because I burgled a 30 point nearest-wins question at the end for the £50 voucher? NO! I had made my mind up well before that last question, it has set the benchmark for this month and we are a week into it, and I am hoping to see Ben Knight in 9 days, but this'll take some toppling.

Jeremy was sooo welcoming, yet maintained an affable sense of humour and attention to his audience throughout. Ben and Hermione and whoever behind the bar? They are allowed to call themselves a 'team'. The structure was made for me, the either/ors pummelled me but they were excellent, and though the music might have been somewhat esoteric, it was delivered with PASSION, and it was darned good music as far as I could tell. 35,000 was unrefutable proof that I had died and gone to heaven. There are no 'buts' of any significance. £5.20 a pint is not significant. The pizza at £10 was as good as any, the quiz even better than that. ATTENTION OXFORD LANDLORDS. Pop in and see this on a Tuesday. It'll change your life and galvanise your turnover if you can half-way emulate it. Whoops. It's the end of August and I have not picked my quiz of the month for July. I have now

Saturday 9 August - Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield with Robert

My first objective in life this morning is to tell anybody who will listen about my love for the Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, its people, its ethos, and its quiz. And the thing is, there is hardly anything about the quiz to write. It was (just?!) a simple, standard, off the shelf SpeedQuiz, three sets of 20 questions 4//1, 6/4 sliding, 6/4 evil, the absolute cake mix with NOTHING extra. Delivered by Rob, the manager of this most curious of venues (go and see it), with absolute competence and such an overt affection I could cry. Ratatouille. The space was - the space was - … like a club concert room with a low stage which, to my surprise, worked a dream for me and apparently everybody else too. The timing was perfect; it needed to be as the bar was up the stairs and around a few corners in the foyer. And Christine who managed the bar absolutely made my night by sitting with me, insulating me from the slings and arrows that beset me, for perhaps 90 minutes (and supplying a few very useful answers) x. Rob's little thank you summary at the end made me want to give everything I have away. I auctioned the prize and James, Chris, Julie, Jane, Amanda, and most everybody piled in to pay over the odds and reaffirm my conviction in the innate goodness of humanity (that's not letting humanity of the hook, but it is an indication of what we are capable of). Why did I love this so much? I speculate. It's written on the packet. It's theatre. And I fell under its spell, a spell that seeps through the architecture, the patrons, and the staff, where despite our differences we know we can escape into that most fundamental of human refuges – the story.

Friday 19 September - Carlton Tavern, York with Linford Gardner

On a morning I generally do the questions and then the review. Today I just want to tell the world how flipping awesome SpeedQuizzing at this pub is immediately. Unique is not always better, but boy, when it works like this it is a blast. Go and see Rich Howson in Wetherby on Thursday and Linford on Fridays (About 15 miles apart) and resign yourself to the fact that the formula is going to be thrown out of the window, you'll have bullets to dodge, targets to hit, and all somewhat unpredictable, but smile all the way through as both these guys combine quiz, absolutely natural humour, variety, and humanity. If that sounds OTT I don't care. I've had my fun and that's all that matters!

Addendum: In September 2025 I visited 27 pub quizzes. 18 Top rated, 4 Excellent, 2 Good, 2 OK, 1 meh. I don't think I've had a month with that many A's before. Whatever, I thought it was going to be a difficult one to pick for the best, and given the amount, it was. Until Linford's name leapt out at me. OMG half a dozen others could have won in many another month, but I can do no other but select here as Quiz of The Month. For me, For quizzers, for muggles, for drinkers and for people who just want a laugh. Very happy.

Tuesday 21 October - Kingpins Bowl, Southend-on-Sea, with Kai Bradley

Start: 8PM | Cost: Free | Prizes: God only knows! I got free bowling for four and I was mid-table! Somebody got a European holiday for two!!! I shit you not | Format: 3 x (20 GK and 20 Music) all 10/3 sliding. 10 multi taps
Teams: 13 | My name: One irection | Position: 6

Err – wow! One of the most unusual venues for a quiz that I have been too, not only that, but the surreality of going to a bowling alley was exponentially compounded by them allowing Connor, a great big, slavery, handsome, Boxer dog in as well!! The regular components were all excellent, nothing but praise, with lots of questions and an absolute heap of prizes. I was nowhere near winning yet I still walked out with a small Christmas Cake, a packet of biscuits and free bowling for four, valid for a year! My place and prizes are relatively insignificant. Everybody in the place was put into a draw, and one team won the holiday for two in Europe! (Don't ask me where, I have to find out. I'm going to do that now). My review would be incomplete without a more quantitative appraisal. As it stands it is top rated. And it is not going to be demoted from that! I hope to add more later.

Kai messaged me back – He told me Stella was a fiver that he does between 105 and 120 questions, but never told me what the top, or unclaimed prizes were, perhaps that can wait for another day; that doesn't really matter. It just seemed that a European holiday was too good to be true. Now, I can only judge the quiz I go to, and he explained that these holidays were not a weekly thing, nevertheless they were a thing. It seems like there are guaranteed at least two a year, but given the system, probably more, in that it gets to a point where the odds mean it's guaranteed. To quote him "The holiday is a completely random holiday in Europe for 2. It's purchased by myself via Wowcher on a deal they do which is mystery holiday for 2. Last couple of times the people have been to Prague & Barcelona!" I could moan that the music didn't suit me. Whose fault is it that I didn't know Chasing Pavements (3 weeks at #2), Bad Day (3 weeks at #2), and Shut Up and Dance? (73 weeks in the UK chart). But I shouldn't be a moaning bastard. I Can't Explain, The Devil In Disguise?? Look – this is what a host should do. Encourage people to come to the pub with a cross section of people. And Kai does. And the team which won was perfect, large, cross generational, different interests. Damn!! (And they were super nice too boot, credit to Kai). It's hard luck on Chris Mahew, but free entry and a holiday?? This has got to be QOTM.

Sunday 30 November - Queens Arms, Pitminster with Harry Collins

The only problem this quiz sets me is to have to have a re-review for my quiz of the month. Look at the questions, look at the scoring, look at the host, look at the timing, look at the pub, look at the location and less than £5 a pint is not surprising nowadays. Straightforward intro quiz on pop, the way it should be and a balance slightly in my favour but still with stuff I didn't know. Great prizes, full pub, so the speakers worked. I'm writing this in the pub after the quiz. I might as well sort it. 30 days hath November and all that. Jeepers. I so loved the Queens at Pelsall. It was a side by side comparison. The Queens has cheaper beer. The cost of entry was the same, there was one more prize here. This was slightly more meritocratic. That 100 point nearest wins in Willenhall was just too much. So this gets it. Only 9 pubs this month but 7 top rated. Arun had already won a QOTM, but it was a brow furrower working it out. Look, go to the Lake District at least once a year for the Kendleside double, but if you are flying down the M5 turn off at Taunton. Awesome

Thursday 4 December - Cornhill, Bridgwater with Chris Hill

Start: 8PM | Cost: £2 | Prizes: £30 Voucher for a week. £20 voucher for second, two other random prizes and a shot at £500 | Format: 4 rounds, one music, 6/4 sliding all the way through, 5 nearest wins at ¼ sliding
Teams: 22 | My name: Geralt of Trivia | Position: 8

This was the same format as last night at the White Willow. I thought the White Willow was absolutely terrific, really; I thought it might have been QOTM, but I'm sorry Jo! Chris has put 5 Multi taps in, the beer was cheaper and the music was better. Given his sound system and tech was spot on this is now in the lead. I also wrote about last night that the fast track wheel might get even more people in. Now I'm not so sure. The thing is this is a real quiz player's quiz, I'd just love to do it in a team; there were 5 teams beat me fair and square, the leading team by 25%. I know I'm senile, but this is some competition. Then there is this £500 at the end. No one was anywhere near it, identify five pictures, but I reckon it was fair. The maximum score was two out of five, but… it was, tough, but gettable. So what we have is a real busy quiz three weeks before Christmas, 22 teams was a low turnout I'm told, and an absolutely robust meritocracy. And at the end there was half a question in it for the top two. And they both got a decent prize. Chris should tell the quiz hosts group: Quiz players like quizzes. This was that.

I reckon this has been the hardest year for me to pick the best quiz. I have read, and re-read my reviews, poured some wine, read again. I'm going to be honest. I'm down to eliminating choices on tiny little things. The last two years were a no-brainer and a cop out for me. This year we have a string of quizzes and hosts I could cry for. It is not good form of me not to pick one. So I am going to. I am basing my descision not just on the host, but the value for money, and the structure. The quiz I have chosen I almost wrote off, but for one tiny little thing. It is not the one I stated out with. Listen. I am not going to name other names because the names on this list above are each worthy of the gong.

6 AM, 2nd January 2025. I've been up for another two hours, and I'm definitely uncomfortable. Do I allow my personal enjoyment to supercede that of the crowd? How do I know how much other people enjoyed themselves? Do I dismiss emotion and write a credit and debit ledger? There is a genuine case for each of these fourteen quizzes to be my quiz of the year. I would fully expect 13 of the hosts to hate me for not picking them. I hate myself for the same reason. 13 times!!

Three words have swayed me: "kitty at random". In effect this means "Free entry, with a big shout out to all the people who don't win all the time". I consider this a fair, optimal, and fun strategy. The winner almost didn't make it onto the shortlist, I mean I had inked in the Yorkshire Dales for June, "location, location, location" and all that, but it has been pointed out.

The winner is in a pub where you would not dream of visiting for the architecture and scenery. It is practically in a city suburban industrial estate, I was not going to sleep in the nearby car park, having driven away in the middle of the night some months previously. Stoke on Trent is a Reform stronghold, the area which had the highest BREXIT vote in the UK. Yet that back garden on one of the longest days of the year was an oasis of goodness, with a quiz and host that engendered fun, competition, and precisely what one would want as a quiz fan on such a balmy evening. From my first phone call to Jo, the landlady, to my returning to pick up my tiny desk, for once my QOTY goes to a top full time 'pro' host.

Quiz of the Year 2025
Stuart Provan at the Red Lion Inn
Mondays, 18 Stoke Old Rd, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 6ES

Thanks to Alan Leach and the crowd at York for the product.

You are all winners

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