GRAAFF-REINET NEWS - The provincial round of the Minquiz competition was held last week in Port Elizabeth where schools from the around the Eastern Cape participated.
A team of three Grade 12 pupils, Amanda Brink, Michael Krige and Kelly Rose-Innes, represented Union High School at the competition.
They endured a tough individual written quiz in the morning where they had to answer 40 multiple choice questions in only 45 minutes. They did very well to make it through to the oral quiz of the Gold section which was held after lunch.
The oral quiz was even more demanding. They faced off against four other teams on the stage watched by an audience and a team of judges. Not only were the learners required to recall and apply a scientific or mathematical concept, but they also had to manipulate formula and a host of numbers in their heads. All this was done with no calculators or writing tools and to top it off they only had 30 seconds to come up with an answer. No wonder the standard answer was always C!
Even though the team was not placed amongst the top 3 in the final round, they gained a great deal of experience and fun was had by all.
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