Credit Union Quiz
On Saturday 1st March we travelled to the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, for the Chapter12 Final of the Credit Union Quiz.
It was a most successful outing. At the end of 60 questions we had 55 correct answers and emerged as Chapter winners. We now have qualified for the National Final. This final will be staged in Dublin on Sunday 6th April next. We are looking forward to this major event.
This our winning team
Pic. Courtesy of Eileen O'Connor. nelloconnor@eircom.net
The Quiz took place in Dublin on the 6th April as planned.There were 50 teams nationwide in our category.We achieved 10th place in the country. We were very satisfied with our perfomance. We have two contestants who are eligible in this age category next year so we look forward to the future with energy and confidence.
We would like to thank Dorothy, Manager of Newmarket Credit Union who took care of all transport and catering arrangements allowing us to totally focus on the task on hand.
Comments
We tried the quiz today in 4A. The pupils liked the concept. Fredrik chose twelve questions and read them first in English and then in Swedish. Our results were maybe not so brilliant but we had good fun any way.
In Sweden have a similar competition for our fifth grade pupils. It is called “Vi i 5an�. The first competition is in the form of a national television broadcast. The best teams are then to take part in further regional competitions. So next year we will have our big go.
Posted by: Fredrik Olsson | April 17, 2008 03:46 PM
A big good luck to your team, we all hope they come out well on the big event in Dublin 6th April.
Please upload the questions. We will try them on our pupils.
Posted by: Fredrik Olsson | April 3, 2008 03:47 PM
Congratulations and good luck in the next competition! 4A
Posted by: Åsa Lyckebäck | April 3, 2008 03:01 PM
The Irish League of Credit Union Quiz Final is on in Dublin on Sunday afternoon. We have progressed to the last 50 schools in the Junior Under 11 Years category. 50 other schools have progressed to the senior 11-13 years category.There will be 100 teams in the arena.These teams will include schools from Northern Ireland also . A TV personality will be the quiz master. Questions will be asked in rounds of 6 questions. There will be 10 rounds. These 60 questions will be exactly the same for juniors and seniors. However the senior teams will have to answer an extra 12 questions over 2 rounds. The questions will have stong curriculum input both from the Republic of Ireland curriculum and from the England curriculum. This diversity will add to the quiz. There will also be questions on sport, fashion, soap operas,politics and other topics. I shall send you a digital copy of the quiz some time next week and you can try it out.Substitute Swedish questions where there are regional and local Irish and English geography. We are +300kms from Dublin so we have an early train journey on Sunday morning.Each qualifying school has a party of 4 pupils, 2 teachers and 8 parents. Including staff there will be +1400 people present. The venue is named The Royal Dublin Society(RDS). Its outdoor facilities stage the Leinster Rugby Football Club games. In the summer it stages the famous Royal Dublin Horse Show, an international show jumping event. The Local Credit Union makes all arrangements for the group and finances the undertaking.
Posted by: Tom Roche | April 2, 2008 11:30 PM
What sort of questions are they. Are they from the curriculum?
Posted by: Bernt Gustavsson | April 2, 2008 02:59 PM