This Saturday, Nations played host to the International History Bee and Bowl competition, a buzzer-based quiz based off American-style bees and University Challenge-style college bowls. The competition is open to Secondary and DP students. This has been our third year hosting this prestigious competition, and we have been taking part in these competitions since 2014.
This year, Nations brought a whopping 16 contestants, more than ever before. While we mostly focused on the older age categories, we were able to bring year 7s, 9s and 11s as well. In most of the competitions we were involved in, we wiped the floor with the competition, and still did very well in those we did not win.
The Nations winners are listed here:
Varsity Bowl (group competition):
First place: Nations B
Allan Hatem
Aleksy Strzembosz
Federica Ongaro
Vincent Gaudiosi
Aidan Cleary
Felix Strong
Second place: Nations A
Daniel Coates
Alex Strong
Peter de Salis
Phillip Hilen
Owen Day Clark
Cillian Gallery
Fourth place: Nations C
Radinka Siddiqi
Aemilia Pearl Turner
Arthur Giboin
Mehul Yadav
Varsity Bee (individual competition)
First place: Daniel Coates
Second place: Aleksy Strzembosz
Third place: Cillian Gallery
Other Nations finalists
Alex Strong
Vincent Gaudiosi
Philip Hilen
Junior Varsity Bee
First place: Allan Hatem
The International History Bee and Bowl is a great opportunity for students to show their knowledge, learn, and cooperate in their teams, skills which can come very useful in life and post high school studies. An opportunity that young passionate historians can’t miss!