Dallas Primary School wins Forres ASG Rotary school quiz to qualify for regional final
A TEAM from Dallas is this year’s Forres Rotary primary school quiz champion.
Teammates Emily-Rose Logan and Fergus Ingram (P7), Arthur Schiller and Gregory Davis (P6) will represent the Forres ASG (associated school group) in the regional final, having defeated the other seven local schools in the local heat of the Rotary competition.
Forres Rotary secretary Sheena MacGillivray was impressed by the knowledge of all of the teams competing.
She said: “It was a closely fought contest until the final rounds.
“Well done to all of the competitors and to their parents and teachers for encouraging them to widen their general knowledge.”
There were 10 rounds of six questions asked by Rotarian Suzie De-Vry at Forres Town Hall. Topics included geography, technology, sport and music ... as well as a potluck round.
Suzie said: “The standard was very good and all of the kids were enthusiastic. Everyone had a great time.”
Dallas answered the most questions correctly, followed by Dyke Primary’s team.
Sheena added: “All eight teams did brilliantly but Dallas will now go on to the area final. We wish them every success!”
Dallas head teacher Mairi Grant confirmed her school’s representatives were “shocked and delighted” to win.
She said: “We had a few weeks of quizzing on Fridays when we collated individual scores and chose our top quizzers.”
Arthur was excited to be part of the team.
He said: “When we went into the town hall I was a little nervous but when I started answering the questions it was fun.”
Arthur correctly answered “what is the square root of 169?”.
Team mate Fergus said: “I think we were the only team to get full marks in maths!
“We didn’t get the capital city question right – ‘what is the capital of Sweden?’ It’s Stockholm so we know what to revise for the next quiz.”
Good sportsman Gregory was proud to win.
He added: “I was pleased that it was another small school who came second.”
And finally Emily is looking forward to competing with Nairn, Keith, Speyside and Buckie in Forres at 6.30pm on May 9.
She said: “I am excited.”
