UK Final 3 Dec

Impressive, exciting, breathtaking and oh-so-knowledgeable were all the finalists.
We were delighted to have as guest of honour Eva Ibbotson who presented first prize to Arnold House from the London Heat. I was personally thrilled to meet Eva for the first time. She was ably assisted by Paul Bajoria who handed out the prize to second place George Heriot's from East Scotland and to Truro School from Cornwall.
Arnold House went away with individual trophies, the 2007 KLQ Cup, books, book vouchers and a smart Kids' Lit Quiz cake.
Thanks to all the staff at Seven Stories for their management of the event, to Philip Pullman for sponsoring the event, to Serco for their belief in the quiz, to Eileen Armstrong for coordinating the national heats. Thanks too to all the librarians and teachers who prepared their teams, to Jacky, Margaret, Diane and Trevor all of whom assisted ably and made today the best final ever!
Wayne
Quizmaster

West Scotland 27 Nov

Who was the most delighted to win today? Okay rhetorical question but it was the authors' team of Cathy Cassidy, Alex Nye, Keith Charters and Kathie Grant. They had had a tough fight on their hands all afternoon but just managed to beat Bannerman High School from Glasgow. It was a privilege to have two of the winning authors from last week's Scottish Books Awards (Cathy and Alex)in the authors' team.
Once again all the scores were really close showing just how well the teams are doing.
Well that's the end of the UK heats. I wonder who will win the UK final on Dec 3?
Cheers everyone, thanks for following my blogs.
Wayne

North East England 26 Nov

This was the tighest heat so far (there's only one heat left now before the final) the top three teams were separated by only two points and if the second team had not changed an answer, the result well who knows... Instead well done Central Newcastle High who were first. The venue at Park View School allowed all the spectators from two sides to view the participants as they were down two levels on the hall floor. It was a cracker night and enjoyed by all and several of the adult prizes were won by kids.
Wayne
Quizmaster

East Scotland 23 Nov

A piper welcomed everyone one as they entered into the brand new Performing Arts Centre at Stewarts Melville School for the first Kids Lit Quiz heat in Scotland this year. The excitment must have got to two kids though as they both had nose bleeds. But the atmosphere was exciting and the heat was won again for the third year by George Heriots School and the authors' team (consisting of Debi Gliori, Keith Gray, Gill Arbuthnot and Mike Nicholson) was just behind in second place

Northern Ireland 21 Nov

Great festive night-crackers on the tables and back in the land of the Kids' Lit Quiz World Champions. This year every county in Northern Ireland turned out for the event as well as one hundred spectators. Many teams had travelled quite a distance to participate. Welcome and thank you to you all. Wellington College the defending World Champions couldn't quite hold off new winners Sullivan Upper. But even Sullivan Upper couldn't quite pip the authors' team consisting of Eleanor Updale and Sarah Wray and several librarians. It was another evening spent celebrating 'the sport of reading'
Wayne
Quizmaster

North West England Heat 20th Nov

Hi Everybody
What a hot and exciting heat. It was jammed packed as we had 130 in the audience and a capacity number of teams given the size of the venue. Many thanks to all those who came along tonight as supporters. Another world first for the quiz occured tonight as the winning team, Helsby High School, only had three children in their team! Their fourth member withdrew at the last moment. (one wonders what they would have achieved with four members in their team). Guest author Sherry Ashworth handed out the cup and prize vouchers to the winners and she was very impressed with the overall knowledge of all those teams taking part.
Wonderful performances all round
Wayne
Quizmaster

South West England 16 Nov

What an exhuberant heat and so well attended by over 75 parents, grandparents, librarians and teachers. The hall was filled to capacity and was only one team short of the record set by the Yorkshire heat. This was a night to remember for when the results came in from both the manual count and from the electronic scoring Truro School had amassed a record breaking 96 points.Prizes were handed out by local Cornish author Chris Higgins. Such a fantastic result-well done. And a special thanks to the three students who prepared the supper as part of their citizenship award- we were spoilt for choice.
Keep that reading going
Wayne
Quizmaster