• Joshua 6: "The fall of Jericho".
• Psalm 150: "Praise the Lord".
• Matthew 21: 1-11 "The triumphant entry into Jerusalem".
• Revelation 5: 6-14 "The Scroll and the Lamb".

Bible Reading

One boy from each company will read the set passage 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 Revelation chapter 5, verses 6 to 14."  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
• Understanding (i.e. where emphasis is placed)

Set passage for reading:

• Revelation 5: 6-14

Mime

One team (of 3 boys) from each company will perform a mime based the set passage.  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, sound effects or props are permitted.

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 passage for mime:

• Joshua 6 (You may need to edit the story to keep within the time limit)

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 22nd March.

The quiz this year has been set by our Battalion Chaplain, Andrew Gale.

Joshua 6: The fall of Jericho
The gates of Jericho were kept shut and guarded to keep the Israelites out. No one could enter or leave the city. The Lord said to Joshua, "I am putting into your hands Jericho, with its king and all its brave soldiers. You and your soldiers are to march around the city once a day for six days. Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets. Then they are to sound one long note. As soon as you hear it, all the people are to give a loud shout, and the city walls will collapse. Then the whole army will go straight into the city."
Joshua called the priests and told them, "Take the Covenant Box, and seven of you go in front of it, carrying trumpets." Then he ordered the people to start marching around the city, with an advance guard going on ahead of the Lord's Covenant Box.
So, just as Joshua had ordered, an advance guard started out ahead of the priests who were blowing trumpets; behind these came the priests who were carrying the Covenant Box, followed by a rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding. But Joshua had ordered the people not to shout, not to say a word until he gave the order. So he had this group of men take the Lord's Covenant Box around the city one time. Then they came back to camp and spent the night there.
Joshua got up early the next morning, and for the second time the priests and soldiers marched around the city in the same order as the day before: first, the advance guard; next, the seven priests blowing the seven trumpets; then, the priests carrying the Lord's Covenant Box; and finally, the rear guard. All this time the trumpets were sounding. On this second day they again marched around the city one time and then returned to camp. They did this for six days.
On the seventh day they got up at daybreak and marched seven times around the city in the same way- this was the only day that they marched around it seven times. The seventh time around, when the priests were about to sound the trumpets, Joshua ordered the people to shout, and he said, "The Lord has given you the city! The city and everything in it must be totally destroyed as an offering to the Lord. Only the prostitute Rahab and her household will be spared, because she hid our spies. But you are not to take anything that is to be destroyed; if you do, you will bring trouble and destruction on the Israelite camp. Everything made of silver, gold, bronze, or iron is set apart for the Lord. It is to be put in the Lord's treasury."
So the priests blew the trumpets. As soon as the people heard it, they gave a loud shout, and the walls collapsed. Then all the army went straight up the hill into the city and captured it. With their swords they killed everyone in the city, men and women, young and old. They also killed the cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
Joshua then told the two men who had served as spies, "Go into the prostitute's house, and bring her and her family out, as you promised her." So they went and brought Rahab out, along with her father and mother, her brothers, and the rest of her family. They took them all, family and slaves, to safety near the Israelite camp. Then they set fire to the city and burned it to the ground, along with everything in it, except the things made of gold, silver, bronze, and iron, which they took and put in the Lord's treasury. But Joshua spared the lives of the prostitute Rahab and all her relatives, because she had hidden the two spies that he had sent to Jericho. (Her descendants have lived in Israel to this day.)
At this time Joshua issued a solemn warning: "Anyone who tries to rebuild the city of Jericho will be under the Lord's curse.
Whoever lays the foundation will lose his oldest son;
Whoever builds the gates will lose his youngest."
So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame spread through the whole country.

Psalm 150: Praise the Lord
Praise the Lord!
Praise God in his Temple!
  Praise his strength in heaven!
Praise him for the mighty things he has done.
  Praise his supreme greatness.
Praise him with trumpets.
  Praise him with harps and lyres.
Praise him with drums and dancing.
  Praise him with harps and flutes.
Praise him with cymbals.
  Praise him with loud cymbals.
Praise the Lord, all living creatures!
Praise the Lord!

Matthew 21: 1-11 The triumphant entry into Jerusalem
As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage at the Mount of Olives. There Jesus sent two of the disciples on ahead with these instructions: "Go to the village there ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied up with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to me. And if anyone says anything, tell him, 'The Master needs them'; and then he will let them go at once."
This happened in order to make come true what the prophet had said:
"Tell the city of Zion,
  Look, your king is coming to you!
He is humble and rides on a donkey
  and on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
So the disciples went and did what Jesus had told them to do: they brought the donkey and the colt, threw their cloaks over them, and Jesus got on. A large crowd of people spread their cloaks on the road while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds walking in front of Jesus and those walking behind began to shout, "Praise to David's Son! God bless him who comes in the name of the Lord! Praise be to God!"
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into an uproar. "Who is he?" the people asked.
"This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee," the crowds answered.

Revelation 5: 6-14
Then I saw a Lamb standing in the centre of the throne, surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb appeared to have been killed. It had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God that have been sent through the whole earth. The Lamb went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne. As he did so, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each had a harp and gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God's people. They sang a new song:
"You are worthy to take the scroll
  and to break open its seals.
For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God
  people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.
You have made them a kingdom of priests to serve our God,
  and they shall rule on earth."
Again I looked, and I heard angels, thousands and millions of them! They stood around the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders, and sang in a loud voice:
"The Lamb who was killed is worthy
  to receive power, wealth, wisdom, and strength,
  honour, glory, and praise!"
And I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, in the world below, and in the sea-all living beings in the universe-and they were singing:
"To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb,
  be praise and honor, glory and might,
  forever and ever!"
The four living creatures answered, "Amen!" And the elders fell down and worshiped.