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THE FRENCH QUIZ
As anyone who has ever striven for a start. Although we heeded Ms Nevin’s
place on a Gonzaga quiz team will tell advice and arrived at CUS Leeson Street a
you, Ms Nevin’s quiz team selection half-hour before the start of the quiz, there
questions are hard - in many cases, harder was no sign of life. There was also no
than the quiz itself! At the end of a sign of the Sixth Year member of our
gruelling selection process, questions on team. He had sent a stand-in: another
topics such as the wines of France, and Fifth Year. We weren’t worried by this;
the mayory of Paris yielded a four-man our youth was no problem - after all, we
team ready to contest the French had veterans of the History Quiz on our
Teachers’ Association of Ireland annual team (however, given G onzaga’s
Table Quiz. The team was made up of performance in this year’s History Quiz,
Fifth Years as yet unblooded in the cut- we were unable to decide whether that
and-thrust world of table quizzes, apart particular experience was an advantage or
from one Sixth Year who (it was hoped) a disadvantage).
would provide the extra skill that only age Nevertheless, we prepared to do battle.
can bring. Any hopes we may have had of glory
We didn’t get off to a very auspicious were short-lived. After the first round we
ALLIANCE DEBATING TEAM QUARTER-FINALISTS
Standing'. Ms Anne Nevin, J. Ruane, R. McCullough, R. McCrea
Seated'. M. Davy, R. Conan, M. Naughton
59
As anyone who has ever striven for a start. Although we heeded Ms Nevin’s
place on a Gonzaga quiz team will tell advice and arrived at CUS Leeson Street a
you, Ms Nevin’s quiz team selection half-hour before the start of the quiz, there
questions are hard - in many cases, harder was no sign of life. There was also no
than the quiz itself! At the end of a sign of the Sixth Year member of our
gruelling selection process, questions on team. He had sent a stand-in: another
topics such as the wines of France, and Fifth Year. We weren’t worried by this;
the mayory of Paris yielded a four-man our youth was no problem - after all, we
team ready to contest the French had veterans of the History Quiz on our
Teachers’ Association of Ireland annual team (however, given G onzaga’s
Table Quiz. The team was made up of performance in this year’s History Quiz,
Fifth Years as yet unblooded in the cut- we were unable to decide whether that
and-thrust world of table quizzes, apart particular experience was an advantage or
from one Sixth Year who (it was hoped) a disadvantage).
would provide the extra skill that only age Nevertheless, we prepared to do battle.
can bring. Any hopes we may have had of glory
We didn’t get off to a very auspicious were short-lived. After the first round we
ALLIANCE DEBATING TEAM QUARTER-FINALISTS
Standing'. Ms Anne Nevin, J. Ruane, R. McCullough, R. McCrea
Seated'. M. Davy, R. Conan, M. Naughton
59
