Inter-House Quiz

The ‘Inter -House Quiz ’ took place on 2 February this year .  Each of the six House teams consisted of five students, with a representative from each of the year groups where possible.

There were eight rounds, each comprising of ten questions from the following areas:

1. Picture Quiz 1
2. Media Mix (television, film, news)
3. Facts and Figures
4. Sounds Familiar (listening pop/classical/TV themes)
5. Picture Quiz 2
6. Who, What, Where (Geography)
7. Sporting Chance
8. Hot off the Press (current affairs)

 
During the Facts and Figures round, t he questions included having to name the longest river in the world (which is, of course, the Amazon!) and the scientist who discovered Penicillin (Alexander Fleming, in case you were wondering) .

Being up to speed with the latest chart hits for the music round was very useful, but the Quiz Master threw in a couple of classical pieces by Holst and Mozart, just to make life a bit tougher!

The eventual winners with 57 points out of a possible 80 were Lyra House, who se team members all received a free night at the movies courtesy of Mr Parkes, owner of the Parkway Cinema.