Fluid takes out Agency Pub Quiz Challenge

Hong Kong - Fluid Hong Kong were celebrating last night as they took the glory in the 2009 Agency Pub Quiz Challenge held at Box Thai in Hong Kong's Central district and sponsored by BBC World News, BBC.com and BBC Knowledge.

Fluid and wwwins were neck-and-neck during the first two rounds but Fluid managed to edge ahead with an awesome performance in the final stanza to clinch the title. Easily the loudest teams of the night, the OMG combination of OMD and PHD took bronze medal celebrations to a new level and left the crowd wondering what would have been in store had they won.

Fiercely contested, the Quiz was not without controversy. Overcome with brotherly love, OMG agencies OMD and PHD, along with their clients from Pepsico, raucously refused to participate in the quiz-off for third place. Keen to avert a riot, the event organisers prudently agreed to award third place to both agencies and allowed the two teams to share the medals.

"We're very happy all the agencies got into the spirit of competition and displayed their trivia knowledge," said BBC regional director, Kerry Tarrant. "It's been a challenging year full of changes and we're just glad we were able to say thank you to the Hong Kong agency community by helping to make the Agency Pub Quiz Challenge a success."

Organised by Marketing, the Agency Pub Quiz Challenge will next be held in November 2010 when Fluid will be called upon to defend its title.

2009 Agency Pub Quiz Challenge Winners

1st Fluid (38 points)

2nd wwwins (34 points)

3rd OMD, PHD (27 points)

Note: The BBC fielded a team scored a very respectable 34 points.

BBC and Fluid team celebrate Pub Quiz glory