St. Augustine's College, Augusco has overpowered Presbyterian Boys SHS and St. Peters College to win the #NSMQ2019 trophy.

Augusco dictated the pace of the competition by leading from round through to fifth round.

The clash of the titans begun with an anthem of each school and introduction of contestants with loud cheers from the audience which shook the foundation of the National Theatre in Accra.

The National Theatre was full to capacity with old students, current students and staff in anticipation for their schools to leave up to expectation and win the trophy.

Round one was tensed as all three schools tried to pick up needed points going into the remaining rounds to avoid the embarrassing "I'm not accepting it" statement from the quiz mistress Dr. Elsie Effah Kaufmann.

Presenting the questions to the contestants with a mix of lighter responses after they answer, the quiz mistress kept the auditorium lively.

St. Augustine's College at the end of the first round moved ahead of the other schools scoring 26 points, Presec, Legon: 21 points and St. Peter's SHS: 12 points.

The speed race did not favour St. Peters, as they scored 11 points and Presec, Legon: 20 points with the 2007 champions, Augustine's College leading with 28 points.

Performance in the problem of the day round was nothing to write home about as all schools scored a single point.

Super substitutes for both Presec and Augusco, Nathaniel Mensah and Newton Jimmy respectively gave the competition a new face as the two schools race to make the ultimate price.

The round ended with a close contest, Augusco scored 36 points and Presec scored 34 and St Peters 25 points.

The last round said to be the lifesaver for Presec did not go down well for as they had no point and St Augustine picked a three-point to win the trophy. Augusco ends the contest with 39 points and Presec 34 points and St. Peters 25 points.

NSMQ2019: Gey Hey Reduces Two NSMQ Giants To Dust

Wesley Girls' SHS has progressed to the semifinal of the ongoing National Science and Maths Quiz after a monumental win over two of the best schools in the competition.

The Cape Coast-based school has kept the hope of a girls’ school winning the 26-year-old Primetime show alive.

The girls displayed a consistent performance of accuracy to kick-out the two favourites.  They were behind after the penultimate round but their speed in the riddles which is the final round won the day for them. They answered three of the four questions correctly and one of them was answered wrongly by all the schools.

Prempeh College may be four-time champions but they not at the party at all and finished in the last place. 

The final scores were:

• Wesley Girls’ - 57pts
• Achimota School - 49pts
• Prempeh College - 27pts

The only Girls school left in the competition, Wesley Girls SHS say they are ready to progress in the National Science and Maths Quiz.

They, however, have to go past four-time champions Prempeh College and two-time winners, Achimota School.

The stakes are high in this contest because no girl school has ever won the competition in its 26 years of existence.

Source: www.myjoyonline.com

St. Peter’s SHS wins National Science and Maths Quiz

St Peter’s Senior High School finally gets the bragging rights as the best Science and Mathematics School in Ghana after beating West Africa Senior High School and Adisadel College in the 2018 edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz.

The Nkwatia-based school emerged as the winner after thrashing WASS with just a single point. At the end of the final round, St Peter’s had 45 points, WASS 44 points and ADISCO losing with 39 points. 

Promising school, WASS has come far in this competition as they battled it all out with PERSCO and ADISCO to win but luck wasn’t on their side. They came from the bottom to the top leading with 41 points at the end of the fourth round.

ADISCO on the other hand, after being in the finals for four consecutive times lost again in the competition. Most people are describing them on social media as the Juventus of NSMQ. 

These three schools rose above over 400 schools to claim a place in the final to battle it out for the bragging right.

St. Peter’s SHS overcame its compatriots from the Volta Region; Mawuli School and Keta SHTS, in its semi-final.

Adisadel College booked its fourth consecutive appearance in the National Science & Maths Quiz final after beating local rivals, Mfantsipim School, and Ghana National College.

West Africa SHS knocked out defending champions, Prempeh College in its semifinal contest.

Adisadel College and West Africa SHS started off the tournament as seeded schools, while St Peter’s started off in the preliminary stages because of its relatively weak performances in recent years despite being regarded as a science and math powerhouse.

Only 11 schools out of the 475 schools to have competed have won the competition since its inception.

Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has promised to host the winners of this year’s NSMQ at the Jubilee House in Accra.

Source: GhanaWeb