Thursday Feb. 24, 2011 will be remembered as the first Canadian final of the Kids Lit Quiz. This quiz originated in New Zealand and for the first time was played on Canadian soil. SAM sent two teams of four students to participate in this international competition. The winning team was going to be invited to New Zealand in July, for the International finals where they would be competing against teams from New Zealand, South Africa, The UK, and other countries.
A devoted group of SAM students met regularly over the last few months to train for this competition. They read a copious amount of books and quizzed themselves on all sorts of arcane subjects based upon their reading.
We went into the competition feeling good about our chances. Each team member is an avid reader, and between them we figured we could do alright.
The competition was divided into 10 categories with each category having ten questions within it. Some of the categories were: Bears, Symbols, Aliases, Harry Potter, Mythology, Dogs, Who Said This, Music, and a couple others. The questions were difficult, even within the categories in which we had the most confidence.
While our teams did well, we did not end up winning the competition. Each of the two teams did win a round by scoring highest in a particular category.
Thanks to all the team members. We look forward to next year's competition.
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