2024 Primary School Quiz

Wed, Mar 13th 2024 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

An annual quiz for primary school pupils. The schools compete for the Club prize - 'The Quaich' - and the winner takes part in the North Scotland Area 1 Heat, followed by the Rotary District 1010 Grand Final.


  • Primary Schools Quiz 2024

The Rotary Primary Schools Quiz is an annual event run by the Rotary Disitrict 1010 (North Scotland). This year more than 500 schools took part. The quiz is divided into three sections.

1  Rotary Club Heats        2    Area 1 Heat         3 District Final

The Dingwall Heat  was held on Wednesday 13 March at the Dingwall Legion Hall.

Tthe Area 1 Heat was held Saturday 20 April , hosted by Dingwall Rotary Club at the Legion Hall 

 The Heats consisted of 10 Rounds with 6 Questions in each Round. The subjects included some of the following:

The Arts  Geography  History  Math  Spelling  Sport  Technology  Science  Around the Uk   Music,

 General Knowledge Picture Quiz. 

Each Team consisted of 4 pupils,plus a reserve and a large crowd of supporters attended both events.

The heat wiiner from Dingwall  RC( Avoch PS), Tain RC ( Craighill PS) amd East Sutherland RC (Dornoch PS)  scored highly with the winner emerging as Avoch PS and the runner-up being Craighill PS  Both teams will compete at the Grand Final at Aserdeen Beach Ballroom in June.

Our grateful thanks go to the Scottish Legion  for allowing the use of the hall for the event.s

STOP PRESS:   The North Scottish Grand Final was held at the Beach Ballroom, Aberdeen on Saturday 2Oth June. Area finalists from across Scotland took part including Avoch and Craighill Primary Schools.  Iy was a keen contest with high scoring and with only 3 points separating the top few teams. 

Avoch School Team emerged from the fray in an excellent Second Place.  A huge achievement.

The prize for their schook is a cool £300. Congratulations to Avoch Primasy School and especially to their 5 panelists who did all the work.





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