House Quiz

House Quiz Heats Up the Spring Term!

Thursday afternoon saw the school buzzing with excitement as the grand finals of our House Quiz Competition took place in the Theatre! After a week of anticipation and plenty of brainpower, representatives from each house stepped up to battle it out for the coveted House Quiz Trophy, to be awarded during our Spring Final Assembly.

At the start of the week, all forms participated in a 25-question preliminary round, narrowing the field down to one representative per house from each form. The top-scoring pupils then advanced to the thrilling finals on Thursday afternoon.

The finals were split into three hotly-contested events:

• Years 3 & 4
• Years 5 & 6
• Years 7 & 8

Using Blooket, a fast-paced online quiz platform, each final challenged students with 40 multiple-choice questions, where players had 7 lives and just 15 seconds to answer each question. With no room for error and everything to play for, it truly was a winner-takes-all showdown!

The energy in the room was electric as competitors showed off their quick thinking and teamwork under pressure. It was a fantastic showcase of general knowledge, competitive spirit, and house pride!

Results:

Years 3 & 4:

1st - James M (Drake)

2nd - Seb G (Cabot)

3rd - Fraser S (Cabot)

Years 5 & 6: 

1st - Nathan K (Drake)

2nd - Michael P (Cabot)

3rd - Buddy F (Amundsen)

Years 7 & 8: 

1st - Pierre H (Amundsen)

2nd - Reuben A (Bering)

3rd - Jacob A (Cabot)

Overall House Quiz Trophy Winner: Cabot

Well done to all who took part—whether in the preliminaries or the finals. You’ve made your houses proud!

Fancy a Challenge? Try These 8 Questions from the Year 5/6 and Year 7/8 Finals!

1. What does "URL" stand for in internet terminology?
    A) Uniform Resource Locator
    B) Universal Reading Link
    C) Unique Reference Log
    D) User Registration Line

2. Who painted the ‘The Last Supper’?
    A) Mrs Cummings
    B) Pablo Picasso
    C) Leonardo da Vinci
    D) Claude Monet

3. What is the capital city of Canada?
    A) Toronto
    B) Vancouver
    C) Montreal
    D) Ottawa

4. Who is the all-time top scorer in the Premier League?
    A) Alan Shearer
    B) Mo Salah
    C) Harry Kane
    D) Erling Haaland

5. What year did the Titanic sink?
    A) 1850
    B) 1911
    C) 1912
    D) 2001

6. Which planet is known as the 'Morning Star’?
    A) Mars
    B) Saturn
    C) Earth
    D) Venus

7. Which gas makes up the majority of Earth's atmosphere?
    A) Oxygen
    B) Carbon Dioxide
    C) Nitrogen
    D) Methane

8. Which author created the character Sherlock Holmes?

 A) Agatha Christie
 B) Charles Dickens
 C) Arthur Conan Doyle
 D) J.K. Rowling