Celebrating Non-Fiction November four teams of students took part in the National Online Britannica What on Earth Quiz. Mrs Gill, Head Librarian said, ‘The teams were supplied with the magazine editions that are needed, which they read and digested thoroughly before the event. This is an ‘open magazine’ quiz and so they were also allowed to use the magazines during the on-line event, making it accessible for all abilities, but the better they are known, the faster the team were be able to answer the questions, making for a very fast paced, energetic heat. Whilst we were not the heat winners, all students taking part were fantastic at their specific topics and worked brilliantly as a team.’
Millie A, Year 7, took part in the quiz and said, ‘It was very fun and competitive. I would definitely recommend it!’
Caitlin, Year 9, said, ‘It was a fast paced quiz -in which you had to study and read one of the Britannica magazines. Then in the quiz you would have 3 rounds of questions. Each round had 14 questions and 14 minutes to complete them in. You had to be very fast and work as a team which we did. In our team we had a designated typer, which greatly helped us answer questions quicker and more accurately. We all had our magazines laid out on the tables in front of us, some of us had our magazines labelled with sticky notes so we could quickly turn to a page to find the answer. It was very stressful but I think we did a good job in the end.’
Jacob, Year 7, took part in the quiz for the first time and said, ‘It was like a quiz version of mission impossible. It was so fun but you had to be really quick with the information at the same time. The quizmaster would tell you when the time started and you were running around helping your team mates with the information. I made a bit of a mistake though because when I was looking for some questions to answer I accidentally pressed submit. Gladly my team had answered nearly all the questions.’
