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4 | NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: KIDS’ LIT QUIZ
A team of four Year 8 students won the National Final At the National Final, the BMGS team was in
of the Kids’ Lit Quiz, qualifying to contest the World competition against the best eleven teams from
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Final, which was held in Singapore on 12 July. around Australia and were placed equal second at
the end of the first round. By the end of the third
Kids’ Lit Quiz celebrates the ‘sport of reading’. It is a
literature competition for students aged 10-13 years, round, they had taken the lead, ultimately winning by
in which teams take their knowledge of wide-ranging a record margin of twenty points.
literature and put it to the test against others with The team, together with their coaches, Dr. Elissa
the same passion for reading. A series of heats are Drew and Mrs. Danielle Roberson, then set off to
held around the country, with the strongest teams Singapore, to take on teams from around the world.
progressing to the National Final. On 3 May our It was a tense Final, with points off for any incorrect
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team of Tien Attwater, Emily Colbran, Oliver Drew answers. Our team held their own in the opening
and Maeve Magner became National Champions, rounds, contesting rounds on topics that have never
displaying superb teamwork and a profound been used in the Quiz prior to the World Finals, such
knowledge of literature to secure their victory.
as Prologues, Creatures, Nemeses and Musicals
These students have been together as a team for Based on Books. It was only in the final two rounds
three years and were runners up at the National Final that the USA pulled away from the field.
in 2017 as Year 6 students. Although they did not In an outstanding result, of the eleven competing
progress beyond the regional rounds last year, they teams, Australia (BMGS) finished in 8 placing.
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were back with a vengeance this year.
Oliver Drew, Maeve Magner, Dr. Elissa Drew, Emily Colbran, Mrs. Danielle Roberson and Tien Attwater
