JewQ Laila Goldrein Recently, I took part in a competition called JewQ. JewQ is a competition for Jewish kids from all over the world. We studied from a special book called Living Jewish. We learned different parts of the book depending on our age group, and were tested on it thrice. If we got an average of over 70 points, we were entered into the national final, which were held in London. I got an average of over 70 and went with the Cambridge competitors to London. There were also kids from Bournemouth, Cardiff and even Dublin! All the competitors were given a JewQ t-shirt to wear. We were divided into 3 teams, called Aleph, Bet, and Gimmel. I was in Team Gimmel. There were three rounds. In the first round, each team was asked a question and they could confer for as long as they liked. Each correct answer was awarded five points. In the second round of the championship we were given a topic, and asked to write a list of what we had learned, in only a minute and a half. Each correct answer on the list gave 30 points. In the last round questions were asked to each year group and only people in that year were allowed to answer it. At the end of the third round all the points were added up to see who had won. Sadly, my group did not win, Team Aleph were the winner. Another Cambridge Hebrew School student, Nir, was on the winning team. However, I was still very happy as I received a trophy for getting the highest score in Cambridge Hebrew School. After the championship the competitors went to Clip 'n' Climb Chelsea for a special treat. We had pizza and chips and went climbing. I managed to scale the hardest wall halfway! I am looking forward to next year’s JewQ Championship.
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