March 14th, 2018

1. What word beginning with F is someone who makes arrows?
2. What word beginning with G do you use to describe a traffic situation where no-one can move?
3. Gary and Phil Neville played for which Premier League soccer team?

These were just some of the questions facing our two brave quiz teams in the Credit Union Chapter quiz in Athboy on Saturday.  The audience listened intently, as genial quizmaster, Tommy Weir, fired out the questions to the top teams in Meath's primary schools. 

The quiz would decide which teams from the Junior and Senior squads would qualify for the Leinster Quiz final. Our school were unique in having two teams to represent us. Seán, Lauchie, Daithi and Daniel represented us in the Junior section and Joe, Cormac, Jack and Conor were on our Senior team.

They battled manfully through ten rounds of questions, with an extra two rounds for the senior team. And, at the end of the evening, the Junior team came out with a very respectable fourth position, while the Senior team along with St Patrick's Primary School, Slane got through to the All-Ireland Final!

April 8th is the date, the RDS is the venue and our Seniors are on their way. Meanwhile, the Junior team have two more years of quiz fun and competitions lying ahead of them. 

And the answers to the above questions are:

1. Fletcher
2. Gridlock
3. Manchester United.