Club 2-22 in Valletta was the venue for the HSBC Winter Quiz in which 10 HSBC customers competed against each other to win one of 10 fantastic prizes. These customers were randomly drawn from the large number of customers who took up HSBC's products between December 2008 and January 2009.

During the quiz, which was hosted by DJ Gianni, the participants were asked to answer a set of multiple choice questions on sport, cinema, geography and general knowledge and were then assigned a prize according to their score. Up for grabs were 10 fantastic prizes which were kindly provided by Forestals Ltd.

While the scores were being tallied, the competitors and their guests were treated to some of Club 2-22's great wine and finger food. The first prize, an HP personal computer, went to Marouska Farrugia. The first-runner up, Giorgio Sammut, won an HP Notebook. Antonella Grech placed third and won a Sony 32” HD LCD television. The fourth prize went to Marco Psaila who won a Smeg dishwasher, while Josette Ciantar won an Edesa washing machine for placing fifth. Silvio Carabott, in sixth place, won a Play Station 3, while Jonathan Farrugia and Joanne Zammit, in seventh and eighth place respectively, won a PSP each. In ninth place, Stephanie Saliba won a Pure Digital Radio One Classic and a Sony Mp3 player went to Patricia Hili in 10th place.

“Customers choose HSBC for its reputation of high quality customer service and products. We continue to strive to ensure that our products and customer service live up to these high expectations,” said Ray Briffa, HSBC's Head of Channel Management. “The prizes and this activity are a token of HSBC's thanks and appreciation to those customers who have chosen us for their banking requirements.”