The Grand Finale of the National Youth Quiz competition was glamorous to watch and learn as contestants portrayed various levels of intellect. The long awaited 2019 quiz gracefully commenced on the 8th of November,2019 at the Pensions House, Gbawe.
Twenty (20) Areas participated in the Contest, ten for the Junior category and ten for the Senior category. The young men and women demonstrated their biblical recitation prowess as the Junior category recited the book of 1 Timothy in 12 minutes and the Senior category recited the 1 & 2 Thessalonians in 15 minutes. The contestants showed much mastery that two areas scored the full marks for the recitation ; namely Kaneshie and Bompata Area.
The quiz was grouped into levels filled with questions from the Bible, the 2019 Devotional Guide, Youth Syllabus, History and Current affairs of the CoP as well as the Bible Study and Home Cell Manual of the church.
The Senior category’s main questions were from Deuteronomy and Matthew whilst Genesis and 1 Corinthians were used for the Junior Category. Per the rules of the Quiz contestants who made it through the first level proceeded to the second level to fight for the trophy.
At the end of the competition, Achimota Area which represented the Accra East zone emerged winners for the Junior Category with 91 points while Abuakwa Area which represented the Kwadaso zone was crowned winners for the Senior Category with 96.19 points.
During the Junior category contest, Ho and Asante Bekwai had a tie for the 3rd position, but Ho Area strengthen muscles to put away Asante Bekwai and took the 3rd position.
The results are as follows:
JUNIOR CATEGORY
POSITION AREA POINTS
- 1st Achomota 91
- 2nd Winneba 86
- 3rd Ho 79
- 4th Asante Bekwai 79
- 5th Sekondi 78
Level one Only
- 6th Berekum 55
- 7th Afram Plains 54
- 8th Dansoman 53
- 8th Kwadaso 53
- 10th Bolgatanga 42
SENIOR CATEGORY
POSITION AREA POINTS
- 1st Abuakwa 96.19
- 2nd Bompata 92.00
- 3rd Kaneshie 83.00
- 4th Tamale 74.19
- 5th Tarkwa 70.40
- Level One Only
- 6th Madina 55.50
- 7th Asamankese 52.13
- 8th Agona Swedru 51.28
- 9th Hohoe 51.10
- 10th Kintampo 50.13
- Ps. Samuel Yankey
- Ps. Kwadwo Obeng
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