Page 68 - The Gonzaga Record 1994
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FTA TABLE QUIZ WINNERS ‘94
Standing: Ms Anne Nevin. W. Harnett
Seated: J. Ruane, P. O'Connell, R. McCrea
found ourselves lying in tenth position. With the announcement of the final
Perhaps it was the fact that the round was scores, we were placed in the lead by a
on French food that put us off; after all, slim two-point margin. Victory! We made
our extensive preparation had not included our way to the rostrum, our team made up
studying France's regional cuisine. We of Ronan M cCrea (Senior 5C), Paul
rapidly recovered, however, reaching third O’Connell (Senior 5C), William Harnett
position just two rounds later. (Senior 5A) and (yours truly) James
From then on, we worked our way Ruane (Senior 5A).
steadily up the scoreboard, unfazed by Our participation in the quiz would have
questions on such esoteric topics as been impossible without the help of Ms
French history, politics and literature. We Nevin, who organised team selection, and
even faced an acronym round, featuring who also played a m ajor role in the
such delights as SNCF (Societe Nationale organisation and smooth running of the
des Chemins de Fer), RSVP (Respondez quiz itself. Merci beaucoup, Mile Nevin.
s’il Vous Plait) and TGV (Train a Grande
Vitesse). This round proved to be right up
our street, as we only got one acronym James Ruane (Senior 5A)
wrong.
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Standing: Ms Anne Nevin. W. Harnett
Seated: J. Ruane, P. O'Connell, R. McCrea
found ourselves lying in tenth position. With the announcement of the final
Perhaps it was the fact that the round was scores, we were placed in the lead by a
on French food that put us off; after all, slim two-point margin. Victory! We made
our extensive preparation had not included our way to the rostrum, our team made up
studying France's regional cuisine. We of Ronan M cCrea (Senior 5C), Paul
rapidly recovered, however, reaching third O’Connell (Senior 5C), William Harnett
position just two rounds later. (Senior 5A) and (yours truly) James
From then on, we worked our way Ruane (Senior 5A).
steadily up the scoreboard, unfazed by Our participation in the quiz would have
questions on such esoteric topics as been impossible without the help of Ms
French history, politics and literature. We Nevin, who organised team selection, and
even faced an acronym round, featuring who also played a m ajor role in the
such delights as SNCF (Societe Nationale organisation and smooth running of the
des Chemins de Fer), RSVP (Respondez quiz itself. Merci beaucoup, Mile Nevin.
s’il Vous Plait) and TGV (Train a Grande
Vitesse). This round proved to be right up
our street, as we only got one acronym James Ruane (Senior 5A)
wrong.
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