Junior Section Bible Competition

The Junior Section Bible Quiz will be held on Friday 16th March 2012 at Priory Methodist Church, Bedford, starting at 7.30 pm.

The format of the quiz will be similar to 2011.

The competition will consist of three elements:

Bible Quiz

Each company can enter any number of teams consisting of three junior boys, no more than one of whom may be a third year.

The highest score achieved by any team from a company will count towards the Battalion Bible Quiz Trophy

All questions will all be set using the Good News translation.

It is a team quiz and all the teams will have the same questions and be required to appoint a scribe who can record their agreed answer.

The quiz will consist of 5 rounds of 6 questions, with a possible 2 marks available for each question.

The quiz will include a general Bible knowledge round, a spelling round, and a number of rounds based on the following passages:

• Luke 8: 4-8. "The sower" (this is the passage to be read aloud)
• Luke 10: 25-37. "The Good Samaritan".
• Luke 15: 1-32. "The Lost Sheep, Coin and Son".
• Luke 18: 9-14. "The Pharisee and the Tax Collector" (this is the passage for the mime)

Bible Reading

One boy from each company will read one of the set passages out loud, without a microphone, as if reading in church.

The boy can be from any team entered by the company. 

They must read from a copy of the Good News Bible; use of a printed sheet is not permitted.

The reader should introduce their reading, for example, "This reading is Luke chapter 8, verses 4 to 8."  The introduction should be done from memory.

A maximum of 10 marks are available.  The judges will be listening for the following things:

• Volume
• Clarity
• Speed
• Confidence &
• Fluency

Set passages for reading:

• Luke 8: 4-8

Mime

One team (of 3 boys) from each company will perform a mime based on one of the set passages.  The team can be made up of any 3 boys from the company, and could include boys who did not take part in the quiz.

The mime should last no longer than 2 minutes

No spoken words or sound effects are permitted.  Props may be used, but they must not include any written words or symbols.

A maximum of 10 marks are available.  The judges will be looking for the following things:

• How well the story is conveyed
• Confidence
• Fluency
• Performing to the audience
• Keeping within the time limit

There will be a 2 point penalty for a team that uses any sort of aide-memoire to help them perform the mime.

Set passages for mime:

• Luke 18: 9-14

The points scored by a company will be calculated by adding the highest score achieved by any of their teams in the quiz, the score for the reading and the score for the mime.

Would all companies please confirm their attendance and the number of teams they are entering OR OTHERWISE to Andrew Burchell by Wednesday 14th March.

We are pleased that Amos Salisbury is back to set this year's quiz.