Kid's Lit Quiz World Final

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Posted by Kathy Lemaire on 11 Jul 2008 at 11:14

Arnold House, winners of the 2008 Kids' Lit Quiz World Final, with Wayne MillsFollowing regional heats and national finals around the globe, the World Final of the 2008 Kid's Lit Quiz was held in Oxford, England yesterday. After a nail-biting finish and many ups and downs and changes of leaders on the scoreboard, the final winners were declared to be Arnold House School from London, the winners of the United Kingdom final. The second place went to Truro School, who were the best English team in the UK heats and third to Whitchurch School, Cardiff, representing Wales.

Other schools taking part were:
The International School of Beijing, China
George Heriot School, Edinburgh, Scotland,
Springfield Convent Junior School, Cape Town, South Africa
Sullivan Upper School, Holywood, Northern Ireland
Cathedral Grammar School, Christchurch, New Zealand

As ever, charismatic Quizmaster Professor Wayne Mills put the final teams through their paces with some demanding questions, and also had some up his sleeve for adults and children in the audience of the packed Playhouse Theatre.

The event was attended by many local school children, who also enjoyed workshops in the morning, and lots of authors including Gillian Cross, Celia Rees, Denis Hamley, Julia Golding, Linda Newbery, Keith Gray, Mark Robson, Echo Freer and many more.

Congratulations to the winning team, but also to all of the students who displayed a wealth of knowledge of, and pleasure in, books for children and young adults.

The UK regional heats for 2009 begin again in November.

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