What's up everyone? It's your girl Kenzie here from Layton Sports Cards and I'm ripping 2022 Bowman Inception Baseball Hobby Box eight box half case break number 22. Pick your teams. We got Brett A. Braves, Brian C. Orioles, Daniel Y. Rangers, Darren G. Royals, Edward P. Pirates, Eric R. D. Backs, White Sox, Evan R. Guardians, Franklin T. Red Sox, Jeff B. Astros, Jason K. Blue Jays, Joe T. Mariners, Joshua B with the Reds, Washington and Tigers, Justin H. Dodgers, Keith J. Ray's, Matt F. with the T. Twins and Metz, Michael H. Brewer's and Cubs, Michael W. Marlins, Michael P. Angels, Rob L. Phillies, Ryan B with the Giants and Rockies, Steven C. Padres, Tracy F. with the Yankees and Cardinals and Troy D. with the A's. All right, best of luck y'all. Again, this is the last Bowman Inception for the day time. Got some Allen and Ginter from up next. Yeah, I was weird Matt. I don't know why I didn't switch to the next one. He's like us or at least replay itself. Don't worry about that. Not sure how long that was sitting there for. Here we go. Henry Davis, Ramos, Sweeney and De La Santas. First it up, we've got 97 of 99 Martin Jimenez for the Blue Jays. Red Sox, 179 of 399, Brian Bello, Red Sox. And to 75 for the Twins, Danny Dandrade. Minnesota. And y'all, only group race was sponsored remaining for the day time here with me. It's going to be Mosaic, basketball, 19 left in the first one. All of those teams are on sale. Two hours. All right. Henry Mendez, Vasquez, Christian Hernandez and Ellie De La Cruz. God's Goldfoil, 14 of 50. Carson Williams for the Rays. Carson Williams. We've got a nice one here. Pirates, 134 of 200. Henry Davis. Pirates have been pretty steady today with nice hits. Second Davis of the day. And Twins, again, a Danny Dandrade. 70 of 99 this time. Twins. All right. Dandrade, Panada, Merrill and Rambless. 90 of 99. Kyle Menzardo for the Rays. Goldfoil, 13 of 15. Nelson Velazquez for the Cubs. Nice Cubs there. And nice one here. Going to the Red Sox. We've got Gold in 20 of 25. Blaze Jordan. Boom! Franklin T. That's sick. On the Gold Ink. We'll get this one in a mag for you. Beautiful blaze. All right. Box four. Back to back race with the nice blaze. We had the dual relic auto out of the last one. We've got Joshua Bass. Cheerio. 49 of 75. A Diego Valesquez for the Giants. What's up, Wahoos? How's he going? Of course. He holds some very nice cards out of inception today. Base of Diego Cariada. Dodgers. 22 of 25. Orange. Ryan Rackley. Nice color match here for the Giants on the Orange. 98 of 99. Luis Meza. Blue Jays. 50. Roberto Campos for the Tigers. Whereas White would say Tigers and Legends. Tigers and Legends. All right. Box five here. Got Taj Bradley, Wilfrid Veras, Hernandez, and Felix Valero. 53 of 99. Jorge Valera for the Guardians. Nice one here. 27 of 50. Gold foil of Roderick Arias. Yankees. I believe that was Tracy again, right? Yankees. Yeah, there you go. Tracy. Nice Arias. 27 of 50. And we've got 98 of 99 of Urebel, Angles for the Aves. Playful face boxing. Box six here. Getting all hope everyone's having a fabulous Saturday so far. Appreciate you tuning in to the stream. Jordan Lawler, John Kenzie Noelle, Curtis Mead, and Ethan Wilson. Got 8 of 75 of Ian Lewis for the Marlins.  We've got Crescentian Baccaro, 11 of 200 auto nationals. Nice hit there for you, Joshua. Get this one in a bag for you. Heck yeah. And Gold foil, 4450 Benny Montgomery Rockies. Wow, what a box there. Rockies, one of the last ones taken. Thank Rock for the follow. So compact. I would say so. All right, box seven here. Fabulous break so far. Cueva, Chase Petty, Williams, and Ian Lewis. We've got 78 of 99 James Wood for the Padres. We've got Red Sox 132 of 399, Alex Benales. Nice one here, White Sox 58 of 75, Colson Montgomery. Just 75. All right, last box here. Then we'll do recap. Warming Bernabelle, Brian Acunha, Ricardo Cabrera, and Jay Allen. Got 28 of 99 Jackson Joke Tigers. Gold foil, 650 Christian Hernandez for the Cubs. You go Chicago. And last but not least, Silver Ink, 99 of 100 Joshua Banz for the Cardinals. There you go, Tracy with a great break. The Arias and now the Banz. Congrats on that one. All right, one second. We'll do a quick recap here. Very nice break to end it with some inception. Again, we had the Joshua Banz Cardinals. Christian Hernandez, Gold foil Cubs, Colson Montgomery, sorry, White Sox, Vanellas Red Sox, Betty Montgomery Rockies, Anglis Ace, Roderick Arias, Yankees, Roberto Campos, Tigers, Velazquez Giants, Nelson Velazquez Cubs, Danny DeAndre twins, Henry Davis Pirates, Danny DeAndre twins, Ryan Bellow, Red Sox. Then our max cards. We had the Blaze Jordan 20 of 25 on the Gold, Ink, Red Sox, then the Cresatian, Vakero 11 of 200 Nationals. Alrighty, that will do it for inception for the day. We got some Alan and Gitter Chrome coming right up. Thanks, everyone.


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Well, good afternoon everyone and a very warm welcome to the final of EuroQuiz 2015. I'm glad today I remember to sit down because sometimes I forget and everyone doesn't know this to take their seats, so well done taking your seats. My name's Elaine Smith and as a deputy, it really is a great pleasure to welcome you all to the Scottish Parliament this afternoon. Rydyn ni wedi bod ni'n mynd yn ei ddechrau, ac yn cael ei ddweud ymarfer â'u ffrindol, gallwn eu hunithio ar gyfer eich berthynas coreisol trwy ymddangos, a'n gweithio ein team yourg mae'r ffordd yn fy nid, roeddwn yn eich cynllun. Mae'r teamaeth hyn yn gweithio llawer o'r hyn o'r ei ddechrau i unig ymddangos i gyd yn ei ddweud ar gynllun. Felly, fel ydych chi, fel y gallwn i gael ei ddullol ar glimau ystod ynghylch gyda'i siarad am gwaith. A bywch i'r gançaid iawn i gael i'n bobl yn gychwyn ac yn cymdeithasol, mae'n ddweud o'i amgylcheddu ar gyfer ar gyfer gael mewn yn gyflawn. Pei蘇ch yn ond i gyda'i sicrhau i ddefnyddio Sgloldau Swell And sono'rabb yn today. I'm really delighted that Uro Kwiz has once again returned to Holyūd, so this... I was trying to work it out but we worked it out that this is my third time as quizmaster. And organisation 6 is as always great to see this invasion of primary six pupils, especially so since most of you have brought along some lovely brightly coloured pupils. a dwybodaeth cwestiwyr, byddwn yn bwysig, clwn i'r cwestiwyr. Mae'n gweithio i ddweud eich gweld ei wneud hynny, mae'r cwestiwyr hefyd yn bwysig disoedd a fyddwn i'ch bwysig cael y gwpeth yw fy gwestiwyr i'r cwestiwyr hwnnw i, i chi'n dweud hefyd. Can I also offer a special thanks to everyone at the Scottish European Educational Trust for their efforts in ensuring the on-going success of this absolutely excellent competition? We would not be here without them, so thank you very much to them. We are honoured to be joined by the head of the European Parliament's office in Scotland, Pair Johannston, at who you've all already met, I believe, this morning. I'm very pleased to say that Perr will be lending me his assistance throughout today's final. While I've got the relatively easy task of asking the questions, it's going to fall to Perr to explain the answers, while each round's question sheets are being mapped. I'm very pleased that Perr is doing that and not me. I also noticed when I was reading over my notes that one of the rounds is a language rhwng, dwi'n rhaid i ddwy'n dweud og, i gael eich sprach i'r rydym yn ynhynneud oeson ar gyfer Hynau, Rhyw funkyr, Italian, yng Nghymru. Llyfr oedd nhw'n rhaid i ei hawn oherwydd mae gwaith mwy ffrasag oherwydd yna hwn i fawr i gael i'ch hyn nesaf oedd yna. Felly, rydw i'n ddwy'n gweith yna, mae'n gweithio'r wrth iddynt yn ei wneud. Ynw'n pensionen bwysig adeg, mae'n ffaith, i chi'n mynd i chi'n lwyll i fathau i chi pwysig of you, I'm sure you already know that. It's on our webcast and that means that in classrooms around the country, maybe your own skills, maybe even other skills around the country, they can watch the proceedings on televisions or webcasts. So can I also say a big hello to all of the people out there, the young people out there and teachers et cetera who will be watching it from webcasts and I hope you all get behind your classmates who are here in the chamber and a very warm welcome to everyone from everybody here in the parliament today. I really hope that today's quiz goes smoothly unlike the last time that I was the quiz master and no it wasn't because I got pronunciation wrong or anything it was because a fire alarm went off and we had to all evacuate the building and that meant that the quiz took a bit longer than it should have. Happily everyone was safe and sound though but I hope nothing like that happens today. So finally I want to wish all of you here today, all of you finalists, the very best of luck and if you're attempting the quiz in your classroom or indeed in the public gallery then I hope you all have an enjoyable day and the best of luck to you too. Thank you all very much. Now can I having just welcomed you all officially can I also individually welcome all our schools today to the parliament so when I say your name I would like you pleased to wave for the cameras and if you have mascots which like many of you do then someone could also wave the basket if you like so can I have them and I believe we will be starting on my left and we will be welcoming St Mary's Duntalker from Western Bartonshire and for number two we are welcoming I'm going to get this right Albin School from Aberdeen City and school number three is Allaway Primary School from South Ayrshire number four is Busby Primary School from East Renfrewshire and next we have Carmen Dean Primary School from West Lothian Crown Primary School from Highland Kinaird from I'm sorry I'm going a bit blank here on where Kinaird is from where are you Kinaird give us a wee wave excellent thank you and that brings us then to a school that I know where they're from and it's Kirkshaw's Primary School from Coatbridge in North Lanarkshire and then we come to Cern Primary School from Argyllin Bute excuse me a wee second I'm being whispered too thank you and then we come to Last Wage from Midlothian, Lockside from Angus, Loretto from East Lothian, Melrose from the Scottish Borders, Milo Forest from Aberdeenshire, Mogai from East Bartonshire, Nether Robertland from East Ayrshire, Notre Dame from Glasgow, Pittingree from Fife, Port Mock from Perth and Kinross, Skull and Rover from the Western Isles, Sound from the Shetland Islands Council and George's School for Girls Edinburgh, St John's Primary from Inverclyde, St Leonard's from South Lanarkshire, St Margaret's from Fife, St Mary's from Dundee, St Michael's from Dumfries and Galloway, St Sylvester's from Murray, Wallace Primary School from Renfrewshire and last but certainly not least, West Kilbride Primary School from North Ayrshire. So a very warm welcome to all of you once again. Now it gives me some pleasure to read out a message from President Schultz, President of the European Parliament so this is an important message to you all. And President Schultz says, my warmest congratulations to all the finalists in this year's Euro quiz. The European Parliament is delighted to have the pleasure of supporting this great initiative. I'm delighted that you, the citizens of the future, are learning so actively about your European neighbours and how the European Union is governed. The European Parliament is always interested to hear the viewpoints of younger citizens and it is here to represent every European citizen, especially you who will be responsible for shaping the future of Europe. Good luck in the final. And I also have an important message for you from Dr Alastair Allen MSP, who is the minister in this Parliament for learning science and Scotland's languages. Dr Allen says, we want Scotland to be better connected to the world so learning about the people, language and rich culture of our fellow Europeans will help us to celebrate the wonderful diversity afforded by these connections. The exciting opportunity that Euro quiz offers you will, I am sure, prompt your curiosity to learn more about the culture and language of countries beyond Europe. We believe that language learning makes a significant contribution to your development as active global citizens, so we are committed to making language learning normal for all our young people. I would like to congratulate you all. Getting to the final stage of the competition is something that you should be very proud of, so that's a message from Dr Allen. I'm not going to tell him if you don't, that my language skills aren't quite as good as they should be, so we'll keep quiet about that. Thank you. It's now my great pleasure to invite Pair Johannson, head of the European Parliament office in Scotland, to give an overview and an explanation of how the quiz is going to run. Pair, please. Hello, everyone. My name is Pair. I'm the representative of the European Parliament here in Scotland, so that man that you saw on the screen before, Martin Schulte, is my boss, so I agree with everything that he said, but of course, as I would, but I also wanted to say on behalf of myself and of the European Parliament here in Scotland, well done for reaching the final to all of you, and also well done to all of your competitors that took part in the local heats that didn't, unfortunately, make it here today, but are hopefully sitting at home in their schools following this on the on the web stream and doing the quiz to see if they can beat you here today, who knows. I would also like to say thank you to Elaine Smith MSP, who is our quiz master for this final today, and also thank you to the Scottish Parliament for allowing us to host this event in this beautiful Scottish Parliament and in this beautiful debating chamber. It's actually the eighth year that the EuroQuiz final is being hosted at the Scottish Parliament, and we're very grateful to the Scottish Parliament corporate body to be able to host this event in this beautiful chamber. And me from the European Parliament, I also want to say that we are very, very, very proud to be supporting and sponsoring the EuroQuiz. But before we get going here, I just want to make sure that A, you know how the quiz will run. I'm sure you're very well informed about that already, but I'll explain it anyway. But first, I want to make sure that you're actually ready for what's going to happen here. So are you ready? And are the parents, friends and teachers in the galleries ready? Well done. Then I think we are ready. I just want to tell also the parents, teachers and friends in the galleries, that you do have answer sheets in your programme so you can see how well you do in the quiz and compete as well against our finalists on the floor. And I also want to tell you all again, as you probably know already, that this quiz is being webcast, so live basically streamed, so that all the schools, your schools and other schools and supporters can watch it all live. So I would like to say a very, very warm welcome to everyone that is watching it online as well. How will we be doing this today then is the big question of course.  We'll start with round one, which is 20 questions. These questions will be answered individually. And the points will be added up to give your team a score. And there is absolutely, and I repeat absolutely, no conferring between team members during this round. Then we'll have round two, which is probably my favourite round, which is the language round. There you have 15 questions for the teams. And during this round, since it's a team round, you can discuss your answers. The first questions are spoken language questions in German, Spanish, Italian and French. Then you have five questions of general knowledge about languages. And these questions have been developed in partnership with SILT, Scotland's National Centre for Languages, and have been recorded by students at Harriet Watch University in Edinburgh. After that, if we get so far, we will get to round three, which focuses on the EU. And this round has 20 questions and will be asking you to work in pairs with the person sitting next to you. Points will be added up to give the total score for the team for this round. And after round three, I think we're all going to be quite tired, including the mascots. So we will basically be taking a break and looking out. But after each round, I will be also taking you through, personally, the correct answers while the papers are being marked, basically. And the two teams that are in the lead after round three will then go forward to the final round after the break. Round four has 10 questions for teams followed by the all, all, all important buzzer questions to decide the overall winning team of the EuroQuiz of 2015. And if you look to the right of me from my side, you can see all the prices that you can win. And the instructions will be repeated again, I should tell you before we start each round. So, since I now know that we are all ready, both on the floor, in the galleries and at home or in school, I suppose, I will now hand you back to our quizmaster so we can start the quiz. Good luck, everyone. Thank you. Thank you very much, Peir. So, if you're already, we are going to begin. Please write the name of your school at the top and then listen carefully to the questions. Please try to spell as well as you can, but spelling is not going to count against you as long as the meaning of your answer is clear. Round one is going to be 20 individual multiple choice questions, and you need to remember that this is an individual round, and so you must not discuss your answers with your team. I know it's tempting, but it's an individual round, so it's your own answer. I'm going to read the questions and the possible answers out to you. I will ask each question twice, and I would like you to listen carefully because they will not be repeated after that. The question is also going to appear on the screen behind me so that you know exactly what you're being asked. Now, turn to the questions. Question number one. What is the capital city of Sweden? Is it A, Helsinki, B, Stockholm or C, Copenhagen? What is the capital city of Sweden? A, Helsinki, B, Stockholm or C, Copenhagen? Question number two. This is the flag of which EU member state? Is it A, Finland, B, Estonia or C, Czech Republic? This is the flag of which EU member state? A, Finland, B, Estonia or C, Czech Republic? Question three. In which EU capital city would you find this historical landmark? Is it in A, Dublin or B, Paris or C, Luxembourg? In which EU capital city would you find this historical landmark? A, Dublin, B, Paris or C, Luxembourg? Question number four. Which EU member state issues this currency? Is it A, Romania, B, Bulgaria, C, Hungary? Which EU member state issues this currency? Is it A, Romania, B, Bulgaria or C, Hungary? Question number five. Remembering that this is an individual round, question number five. What is the name of the Roman wall which crosses Northern England from Newcastle to Calyll? Is it A, the Flooddenwall, B, Hedrin's wall or C, the Heidenwall? What is the name of the Roman wall which crosses Northern England from Newcastle to Calyll? Is it A, the Flooddenwall, B, Hedrin's wall or C, the Heidenwall? Question number six. Bratislava is the capital city of which EU member state? Is it A, Hungary, B, Bulgaria or C, Slovakia? Bratislava is the capital city of which EU member state? A, Hungary, B, Bulgaria or C, Slovakia? Question seven. What is the approximate population of Italy? Is it A, 60 million, B, 54 million or C, 50 million? What is the approximate population of Italy? A, 60 million, B, 54 million or C, 50 million. Question number eight. This is a number plate from which EU country? Is it A, Latvia, B, Lithuania or C, Luxembourg? This is the number plate from which EU country? A, Latvia, B, Lithuania or C, Luxembourg. Question number nine. This is the flag of which EU candidate country? Is it A, Serbia, B, Turkey or C, Montenegro? This is the flag of which EU candidate country? A, Serbia, B, Turkey or C, Montenegro? Question number 10. Which C lies between Italy and Sardinia? Is it A, the Adriatic? Is it B, the Ionian? Or is it C, the Tyrannian? Which C lies between Italy and Sardinia? A, the Adriatic? B, the Ionian? Or C, the Tyrannian? Question number 11. In which EU capital city would you find the triple bridge Tromostovce? Is it A, Budapest? B, Llewbiana? Or C, Warsaw? In which EU capital city would you find the triple bridge Tromostovce? Is it A, Budapest? B, Llewbiana? Or C, Warsaw? Question number 12. Which EU member state issues this euro coin? A, Spain, B, Cyprus or C, Portugal? Which EU member state issues this euro coin? A, Spain, B, Cyprus or C, Portugal? Question number 13. What is the approximate population of Croatia? Is it A, 4.4 million? B, 7.6 million? Or C, 5.5 million? What is the approximate population of Croatia? A, 4.4 million? B, 7.6 million? Or C, 5.5 million? Question number 14. Poros consists of two islands in which EU member state? Is it A, Italy, B, Croatia or C, Greece? Poros consists of two islands in which EU member state? A, Italy, B, Croatia or C, Greece? Question number 15. In which EU capital city would you find this building designed by Alvar Aalto? Is it A, Helsinki, B, Stockholm or C, Copenhagen? In which EU capital city would you find this building designed by Alvar Aalto? A, Helsinki, B, Stockholm or C, Copenhagen? Question number 16. Which of the following countries shares a land border with the principality of Monaco? Is it A, Italy, B, Spain or C, France? Which of the following countries shares a land border with the principality of Monaco? A, Italy, B, Spain or C, France? Question number 17. Where would you find Mount Olympus, which gave its name to the Olympic Games? Would you find it in A, Greece or B, Italy or C, Portugal? Where would you find Mount Olympus, which gave its name to the Olympic Games? A, Greece, B, Italy or C, Portugal? Question number 18. Which landmark came to symbolise the reunification of East and West Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall? Was it A, the Brandenburg Gate, Brandenburger Tor or B, Berlin Cathedral, Berlin Erdom or C, Red City Hall, Rathaus? Which landmark came to symbolise the reunification of East and West Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall? Was it the Brandenburg Gate, Brandenburger Tor, Berlin Cathedral, Berlin Erdom or Red City Hall, Rathaus? Not so sure about my pronunciation of those ones, but since you can all read them, I hope that's okay. Question number 19. Which breed of dog can be traced back to a region of Croatia? Is it A dash hunt, B dalmatian or C doberman? Which breed of dog can be traced back to a region of Croatia, A dash hunt, B dalmatian or C doberman? And the last question in this round. Question number 20. Which river flows through the Latvian capital Riga? Is it A, the dogiva, B, the danube or C, the neeper? Which river flows through the Latvian capital Riga? A, the dogiva, B, the danube or C, the neeper? And that is the end of the first round. Can I now ask the teachers who are doing the marking to collect in the answered papers? Make sure that your name is on the top of the answered papers please. The teachers have all the papers collected in? There's no outstanding papers? No, good. Well, while they're being marked, could I ask Pair to come to the lectern and please take us through all the answers? Pair, thank you very much. Thank you, Elaine. Well, thank you everyone for being so concentrated and concentrating on your own answers in that first round. Was it difficult? I thought it was quite difficult, but let's go through the questions and answers from the first round anyway, so we'll see how you did. And if you know the answer, please shout it out. Even if it's the wrong answer, we can check which one it is. Okay, we'll go through the first round. Question one. This one I know very well because I'm Swedish, so if you got this wrong, what is the capital city of Sweden? Yes. And then question number two, Stockholm B is the answer I should say as well. Question number two, which is the flag of this? Well, which member state has this flag? Was the answer question? And it is indeed Estonia. Question, answer B. Question three. In which EU capital city would you find this historical landmark and it was in? Ah, it's a bit difficult there, yeah? Dublin. Answer A, Dublin is the answer. That one was quite difficult, I have to say. Question four. Which member state, EU member state, issues this currency? It was Bulgaria and the clue is in the Cyrillic letters on the coins. They use a different alphabet than us in Bulgaria. Question number five. What is the name of the Roman wall which crosses northern England? Answer B, Hadrian's wall. It's correct. Bratislava. Question number six is the capital city of each which EU member state? Slovakia. Answer number C. This one I must say I would have struggled with. Question number seven. What is the approximate population of Italy? Answer A, 60 million. And here's a difficult one as well. The number plate comes from which EU country? Question number eight. It could be one of the two, couldn't it? It was Lithuania. Answer B. And then we have a candidate country. The flag of which candidate country was on? Question number nine. Serbia. Answer A. And which sea lies between Italy and Sardinia? Question number 10. Answer C. The Tyranian sea. Question 11. In which EU capital city would you find the triple bridge? Tromustofje. It's in Ljubljana. Answer B. A question 12 was another coin. This time it looked a bit different. And which EU member state has this Eurocoin? Answer C. Portugal. Well done everyone. Another population question. Question 13. What is the approximate population of Croatia? Answer A. 4.4 million. Question 14. The two islands of Poros are in? Greece. Answer C. Question 15. In which EU capital city would you find this Alvar Aalto building? Answer A. Helsinki. 16. Which country shares a land border with Monaco? Not a sea border. Correct? France. C. 17. Where would you find Mount Olympus, home of the gods? And I didn't even have to go through it. A. Greece is correct. Question 18. Which landmark came to symbolise the reunification of east and west Germany? It's the A. The Brandenburg Gate. Brandenburg Artor. 19. Which breed of dog can be traced back to a region of Croatia? That one is difficult. Easy. Dalmatian B. Last but not least, which river flows through the current presidency of the EU capital of Latvia, Riga? The Dalgava. A. Well done to everyone and good luck with the next round. Okay. We're going to get started, everyone. Quiet please. So, well done to all of you. You've certainly sounded as if you knew all of those answers. There's certainly most of them. So, that's good. The next round is the language round. Can I check if the question papers are out? Anybody not have a question paper? No, right. Everybody got it. That's good. This round involves 15 questions and these are for teams, so you can discuss your answers. And the first 10 questions are spoken language questions in German, Spanish, Italian and French and then they'll be followed by five general knowledge language questions in English. This is around when I'm pleased that I'm not having to read out all of the possible answers. What I would like you to do just now is to write the name of your school at the top of your sheet and for the first five questions you're going to hear a short phrase which is spoken in German, Spanish, Italian and French and you will be asked to identify what it means in English. So, you'll be writing the answer on your sheet in English and this will be repeated in each language. After the second time you'll be given a few moments to discuss the answer with your team and then write down what it means in English on your sheet. You can take notes while you're listening but it is extremely important that we all remain completely silent while the voices are reading out the possible answers to you. So, you can take notes but you really should not be conferring at that point, not be talking to each other. So, let's get started if we're all ready. Round two, question number one. What does this mean in English? Okay, and here it is again. Okay, now if you want a minute to just have a quick confer in your teams before we move on to the next question, remember you're writing your answer in English. Just in case any of you are able to write it in all those other languages, we'll stick to English for the answers. Okay. So, question number two. And again, what does this mean in English? Now you can have a little bit of a discussion with your team and write down the answer. Question number three. What does this mean in English? And again. Okay, a few moments to discuss your answer. Make sure you're agreed in your teams. Think we're all ready for question number four. What does this mean in English? Okay, now you can confer with your team. Make sure that you all agree on the answer that you're writing down. We're all ready now to move to question five. What does this mean in English? And again. Okay, a few moments to just confer with your teammates on that one. Okay, I think we're all ready to move on to the next set of questions in this round. You're now going to be asked five questions in English and you're going to hear the answer spoken in German, Spanish, Italian and French. The questions are also written on your answer sheet. So, what we would like you to do in it for these questions is to write down the answer to the question in English on your sheet. You can make notes at any time again, but it's extremely important that you remain completely silent whilst you're listening to the voices and to be fair to everyone so everyone can hear the voices reading out the answers. So, the first one in this part of the round is question number six and the question is what pet does Paula have? And again, what pet does Paula have? I like animals and I have a cat at home. I like animals and I have a cat at home. I like animals and I have a cat at home. I like animals and I have a cat at home. Okay, now you can chat for a moment and write down your answer. Write question number seven and the question is in which month is Anna's birthday? Mia cwgina si ciam anna, el sŵr cwmpleannu e'n febraio. And again, in which month is Anna's birthday? My cwgina heist Anna, on her birthday is in February. Mia cwgina si ciam anna, el sŵr cwmpleannu e'n febraio. My cwgina heist Anna, el sŵr cwmpleannu e'n febraio. Okay, now you can chat for a moment. Make sure that at least the majority of you are agreed on the answer. Right, then we'll move on to question number eight. How many children are in class today? Okay, and once again, how many children are in class today? Okay, and once again, how many children are in class today? Hoy te sy'n 23 cender in the class. Hoy, I bring to dress niŵs i'r lai glase. Okay, few of you are in class today. Okay, few of you are in class today. Okay, few of you are in class today. Ydi, ilia 23 o ffn o'n clas. Okay, a few moments to confirm. Hopefully everyone's arrived at an answer. Question number nine, and the question is, what time does the film start? Ich ge o heute nachmittag in's kinw. The film ffengd um halb dreu an. Vo i al cine esta tarde. La pelicula comienza a las dos i media. O'r gyfo meridio, vado al cinema. Il film comincia a le dwe mezza. Je v'e o cinema set après midi. Le film commence a 2h30. Okay, and once again, what time does the film start? Ich ge o heute nachmittag in's kinw. The film ffengd um halb dreu an. Vo i al cine esta tarde. La pelicula comienza a las dos i media. O'r gyfo meridio, vado al cinema. Il film comincia a le dwe mezza. Je v'e o cinema set après midi. Le film commence a 2h30. Okay, a few moments to talk to each other about this before we move on to the last question in this section. Okay, so question number ten, what does Maria do on Sundays? Am dinsdag spiel Maria ffusbal, aber am zontag geitzi yn sfimpad. Los martes Maria chwer al ffutbol, per los dominos ba la pistina. Il martedin Maria gio ca calcio. Ma la Domenica va i'n pishina. Le mardi Maria jw ffutbol, me le dimonge el va la pistina. And once more, what does Maria do on Sundays? Am dinsdag spiel Maria ffusbal, aber am zontag geitzi yn sfimpad. Los martes Maria chwer al ffutbol, per los dominos ba la pistina. Il martedin Maria gio ca calcio. Ma la Domenica va i'n pishina. Le mardi Maria jw ffutbol, me le dimonge el va la pistina. Name one European language which belongs to the romance family. Question number 12. In which EU member state would you use the word farvel to say goodbye? In which EU member state would you use the word farvel to say goodbye? Question number 13. Which one of these words is of Czech origin? Is it A, Internet, B, Robot or C, Hotel? Which one of these words is of Czech origin? A, Internet, B, Robot or C, Hotel? Question number 14. Name one language originating in the UK which is not an officially recognised language of the EU. Name one language originating in the UK which is not an officially recognised language of the EU. The final question in this round is question number 15. What do Maltese people call their language? What do Maltese people call their language? That's round 2 finished and can I now ask the teachers who are doing the marking to collect in the answered papers for this round please. Can I ask Per now to go through the answers with you please? So now come the answers for the second round. How do you think this one was? Was it difficult? I have to admit that I don't speak all of these languages but I do speak some so I'll try to give you the questions and answers but quite quickly this time so you don't have to shout them out this time. So the first five was what does this mean in English? Wie heist du in German means what's your name? Question 1. Question 2. Donde vives in Spanish means where do you live? Question 3. Grazie in Italian means thank you. Question 4. Kell eich atu in French means how old are you? Question 5. Setzt ois in German means sit down. And then we come to the questions where you were asked about certain words and number 6 was question about what pet Paula has and this in Spanish was un gato a cat. Question 7 was about the month of Anna's birthday in Italian that was in February. Question 8. In France the question was how many children are in the French class today? 23. 23. And then the question 9 was what time does the film start and in German it was um halbdrei which is half past two in English. Question 10 was what does Maria do on Sundays? And in Spanish she went to La Piscina the swimming pool. And then we had the general language questions to finish it off. The romance family includes the following so one of these you could have answered languages it's French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian or Spanish. One was enough you didn't have to get them all. And then number 12 was the question in which EU member state you would use the word farvel to say goodbye and the answer is in Denmark but you could also use farvel in Sweden so I would also give a correct answer to the ones that have said Sweden there. Which of these words is of Czech origin and that was a robot. Question 14 one language originating in the UK which is not an officially recognised language of the EU and you have four alternatives it's either Scottish Gaelic Welsh, Cornish or Scots and the Maltese people finally question 15 called their own language Malty. Thank you everyone and good luck with the next round. Thank you very much that's going to take us into the next round young people ordered boys and girls if I can't get to speak we can't move on then we'll be here all day so well done everyone and I'm sure at this point in time your scores are going to be really close just from what you were all the way you were reacting to the answers we're not going to announce any individual scores at this stage because there's obviously still everything to play for in the next round and this is now the all important third round and from this round our finalists are going to emerge this round focuses on the European Union can you all make sure you have a question paper if you don't then please put your hand up and someone will bring you one please write your name sorry the name of your school at the top of your sheet and I'm now going to move on with round 3 round 3 will be 20 questions and you need to answer this in pairs and that means working with the person next to you you need to listen to the question and you can then discuss your answer and one of you should write the answer on the answer sheet so you maybe want to decide just now who's writing the answer on the answer sheet and remember you've not to let the other pair in your team or any other teams round about you hear what you're saying as with all previous rounds the question is going to be asked twice so I need you to listen carefully and the question will also appear on the screen behind me so let's get started with round 3 in teams question number 1 which European institution is directly elected by European citizens which European institution is directly elected by European citizens ok question number 2 which was the most recent EU treaty was it A the treaty of Rome B the treaty of Lisbon or C the treaty of Amsterdam which was the most recent EU treaty treaty of Rome treaty of Lisbon or C the treaty of Amsterdam question number 3 name 2 EU member states which do not use the euro name 2 EU member states which do not use the euro question number 4 in which year did the European Union win the Nobel Peace Prize it's a multiple choice question in which year did the European Union win the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 2012 or 2009 question number 5 which country currently holds the presidency of the council of the European Union is it A Latvia B Greece or C or C or C five years so that refers to the presidency of the council of the European Union is it A Latvia B Greece or C Luxembourg question number 6 how long does this presidency last A six months B one year or C five years so that refers to the presidency of the council of the European Union how long does this presidency last six months one year or five years question number 7 in which year was the European Economic Community set up was it A 1957 B 1986 or C 1973 in which year was the European Economic Community set up A 1957 B 1986 or C 1973 all of those years must seem a long time ago to you question number 8 the Schengen agreement enabling freedom to travel is named after a town in which EU member state is it in A Belgium B Luxembourg or C Germany question number 9 what programme promoted by the EU allows students to study abroad what programme promoted by the EU allows students to study abroad so it's the new new new new new abroad so it's the name of the programme question number 10 what do you present in any EU member state to get medical treatment when you are abroad is it A your passport B your European health insurance card or C your identity card what do you present in any EU member state to get medical treatment when you are abroad A passport B your European health insurance card or C identity card question number 11 approximately how many kilometres is Brussels from Edinburgh is it A 755 B 327 or C 1363 i wneud approximately i wneud A 755 B 327 or C 1363 i wneud question number 12 what does the abbreviation MEP stand for what does the abbreviation Y cwmddian nhw'n gweld i'r ddweudau MEP? Cwmdian nhw'n gweld i'r ddweudau 13. Welch chi'n ei ddweudio eu ddweudio'n ddweudio'n frankfort? Cwmdian nhw'n gweld i'r ddweudio'n ddweudio'n frankfort? Rwyf i gyd, mae'n ddweudio 14. Welch chi'n ei ddweudio eu ddweudio'n ddweudio'n euro? Welch chi'n ei ddweudio eu parys? Rwyf i gydigiaeth Llywodraeth, rwyf i gydigiaeth Maastricht? Welch chi'n ei ddweudio eu ddweudio'n ddweudio'n euro? Rwyf i gydigiaeth Parys? Prydwch chi'n ei ddweudio i Lisbon? Rwyf i gydigiaeth Maastricht? Mae qeithio 15. Welch chi'n ei ddweudio eu cwmdian nhw'n gwych gydigiaeth yn ddweudio eu ddweudio eu ddweudio'n ddweudio'n. What is the current minimum age for UK citizens voting in the European elections? So if you don't know, you just have to take a guess. Question number 16. Which EU institution is responsible for upholding EU law? Question number 17. Name one country that joined the EU in 1986. One country that joined the EU in 1986. We're looking for the name of one country. Question number 18. Who is the most recently elected Prime Minister of Greece? This is a multiple choice question. So is it A, Antonis Samaras, is it B, Alexis Cipras or is it C, Mariano Rajoy? Who is the most recently elected Prime Minister of Greece? A, Antonis Samaras, B, Alexis Cipras or C, Mariano Rajoy? Question number 19. How many MEPs sit in the European Parliament? So we're looking for a number. How many MEPs sit in the European Parliament? And that's how many in total, not how many from the UK. So how many MEPs sit in the European Parliament? Question number 20. The last question of this round. Albert Einstein was a celebrated scientist from which European country? Albert Einstein was a celebrated scientist from which European country? Okay, could I ask the teachers now to collect the papers please? And while the teachers are collecting the papers, I'm going to invite Per Johannson again to take us through the answers. And once Per starts speaking, can I ask that you all give him the best of order so that you can hear what the answers are to the questions? Young people, could we have a little bit of quiet please? Per's trying to speak to you and give you the answers. So I know you're all excited, but just a little bit quiet. No one has an answer yet? Good. Then we can start. I will run through these quite quickly for the multiple choice ones. Please feel free to shout out the letter if you remember for the answer. And 20 questions. Question number one. My institution, the European Parliament, is the directly elected European institution. The most recent EU treaty was the treaty of? Be Lisbon. Two member states that don't use the euro currently. It's two of the following countries. Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the UK, the United Kingdom. The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2012. And if you listened to the previous answer session, you might have heard this one, which country currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union, that is Latvia. A. And that presidency lasts for six months at a time. A. Which year was the European community set up? Question seven, that was in 1957. And Schengen, which lends its name to the Schengen agreement, Freedom of travel, is a little place in Luxembourg. And the programme that allows EU citizens or students to study abroad is called Erasmus, nowadays Erasmus Plus. And what do you have to take with you if you get ill when you're travelling abroad in the EU? You need to take your European health insurance card B. And Edinburgh is about 755 km away from Brussels. The abbreviation MEP stands for Member of the European Parliament. The EU institution, which is based in Germany in Frankfurt am Main, is the European Central Bank. And the EU treaty that introduced the euro is named after a town in Holland, the Netherlands called Maastrichtsee. And the current, and I say current, minimum age for citizens of the United Kingdom when voting in European elections is 18. The EU institution based in Luxembourg responsible for upholding EU law is the Court of Justice of the European Union. And the next question, 17, was named one country that joined the EU in 1986. There are two alternatives, one being Spain, the other one being Portugal. The most recently elected Prime Minister of Greece is Alexis Tsipras B. And currently, question 19, there are 751 members of the European Parliament. Albert Einstein, celebrated scientist finally, comes from which country? Germany. Thank you very much everyone, well done. The end of the first three rounds. Now I'm sure you'll all want to know your scores, but while the papers are being marked for the final time, we're going to have a short break and the scores will be announced after that. So can you listen carefully to me just for a moment please? If you want a drink of water, you can go to the back of the room where water is available. If you need to go to the toilet then you go out through the door at the back of the chamber and the events assistance will help you by telling you where the toilets are. I need you all back in this chamber. We're running slightly late so I'm saying back in the chamber ready to start by 2.40. You can see the times on our clocks. I want you back here please at 2.40. And while we're waiting to resume the quiz, we're going to have a short video about our Europe Film Competition, which is another event which is run by the Scottish European Educational Trust for secondary school students. And that's going to be played for a short time. So we're now having a short break. Thank you. The Scottish European Educational Trust is an independent charity which works to promote language learning and provide impartial education about Europe. Our activities target young people of all ages across Scotland. The trust's two main projects are the EuroQuiz and the Our Europe Film Competition. The EuroQuiz is a European themed quiz for primary six pupils which has gone from small beginnings to include more than 400 primary schools of Scotland today. EuroQuiz develops teamwork and communication skills, as well as building pupils' confidence. The project focuses on developing foreign language skills from an early age and since 2012 has included a dedicated European language round. The project takes place across the country with almost every local authority hosting a regional heat and over 1700 pupils taking part each year. The winning teams from each heat then come together for a grand final in the debating chamber of the Scottish Parliament. What is the capital city of Malta? The letter. Maes, the letter is correct. Well done. The final question, and it may all come down to the final question, Quiche Lorraine, Tarte Tatin and Ratatouille originate from which country and the correct answer is France. Well done. The Our Europe Film Competition focuses on engaging secondary school pupils and exploring European issues in a creative way. Participants are asked to come up with a creative concept for a film which communicates their chosen message to an audience of their peers. Pupils work in teams to produce these films, developing their project planning, problem solving and presentation skills. A key element is the compulsory requirement of including foreign language scenes within their film. I think the European Union has been designed because our country can live in peace. The European Union guarantees our individual freedom in Europe. That is why I can study in Spain. Teachers and pupils alike value this project as demonstrated by the increasing participation numbers which more than double each year. Last year more than 280 pupils entered to take part. Languages and particularly my German, so that when my exchange partner came, I was able to speak to her more confidently and more fluently. I guess it made me a lot more confident as well. I've chosen to study languages this year still and next year I'm planning to go back to Germany to do some work experience over there so it really gave me a confidence with my German I think. We as a sort of group learned a lot about the EU and how it actually helps us. We learned a lot about education and how pupils can move about through the European countries and help them learn different languages in them. We also learned about how it helps businesses and how they can sort of move trade throughout countries more freely within the EU. The Scottish European Educational Trust focuses on engaging Scotland's young people and European issues. We recognise that education of a skilled, competitive workforce is essential for Scotland's future. Fostering and understanding of Europe and developing the abilities to communicate internationally is work which has to start now. Thank you all for coming back so quickly to the chamber. We've been held up slightly again but that always happens. We'll not worry about it. This is the moment of course that you've all been waiting for. Before I announce the names of the teams that will be going into the final round and they'll be coming to join me at the front here for the final round but before I do that I really want to see how impressed I am with all the teams that are here today. You've done really, really well to get this far and I want to congratulate all of you for coming here today. I also understand, I'm told, that five teams today have got over 100 and that's very, very unusual so this was a really exciting competition and everyone has done very well. So congratulations to all of you. I think that you should give yourself a round of applause and the big announcement. So I'm really pleased to announce that the two teams who are going into the final round are from West Lothian, Carmendine and from Weston Bartonshire, St Merge, Ddontochar. Teams have clearly brought large fan clubs with them. Can I ask the finalists to please make their way to these seats in the front row of the chamber so we can begin the final round? Well done. It's fine, the members, get the masks arranged. That's important. Okay, so this is the most exciting bit for me as the quiz master. Make sure I get this bit right. This round has 20 questions and the first 10 questions are going to alternate between the two teams. If a team answers correctly, then they will win the point. But if a team answers incorrectly, the question will then be passed to the other team for a possible bonus point. So you're going to have to follow this very carefully. This will be followed then by 10 buzzer questions and I'm going to monitor the amount of time allowed to answer the questions to try and ensure fairness. Pair your hands and is going to keep the scores and if I call you to speak, please wait for the red light on the microphone on the desk in front of you to light up and it'll help everyone if you do that so that they can hear your answer properly.  So, here we go. I'm going to move on to the buzzer questions. I'll just go over this again. There's going to be 10 questions for teams. Each question will be asked to both teams at the same time. Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, that's wrong. I'm not moving to that at all. Mistake number one. We're still on the first one, which is the 20 questions for the top two teams, 10 questions followed by 10 buzzer questions. So, the first questions are going to alternate between and if a team answers incorrectly, remember, it'll be passed on to the other team for a possible bonus point. So, the first question is going to go to team A. You don't need to press your buzzer for this. The question is, what does the abbreviation EEC stand for? Okay, you want to answer someone? European Economic Community. Correct. Well done. The next question, question number two, is going to team B and the question is, what policy does the abbreviation CAP stand for? Common agricultural policy. Correct. Well done. So, back to team A. In which year did Poland join the EU? In which year did Poland join the EU? 2004. Correct. Team B. In which year did Sweden join the EU? In which year did Sweden join the EU? 1995. Well done. Correct. Back to team A. Which is the longest river in the UK? Which is the longest river in the UK? Okay, we have an answer. The river Severn. Correct. Well done. Team B. Which ocean lies to the west of Europe? The Atlantic Ocean. Correct. Well done. Question number seven goes to team A. The Kingdom of Arendelle in the film Frozen is inspired by which European country? Arendelle in Frozen. Which European country is it inspired by? Norway. It is. Team B. This is question eight. The German title of the well-known fairy tale. The German title of the well-known fairy tale. Okay, do we have an answer? Snow White. Correct. Team A. Who is Scotland's only female MEP? Scotland's only female MEP is? Catherine Steylor. Correct. And question ten, which is the last one in this section, team B. Who is the president of the European Parliament? President of the European Parliament. Martin Schills. Well done. So, all ten answered correctly. Now we turn to the buzzer questions. And there's going to be ten buzzer questions for the teams. Each question will be asked at the same time to both teams, and will be answered by the first team to buzz. So I'll ask the question. I'm only going to be asking it once. The first team to buzz will be allowed to answer it. If the answer is incorrectly, the question will be passed to the other team for a possible bonus point. If you press the buzzer, then you must answer the question immediately. And there's no conferring once the buzzer has been pressed. So if you want to confer and talk to each other about it, you've got to do it before you press the buzzer. And I would ask you to speak clearly into the microphone when you're giving me the answer. If the answer is correct, your team will get the point. But if it's slightly different then, you're not quite reading this. If it's incorrect, it will be passed over to the other team who may confer before answering. So if it's slightly different, then the answer is not going to be correct. If it's incorrect, it will be passed to the other team and at that point they can confer. So buzzer questions. Is this exciting bit, isn't it?  What is the capital city of Croatia? Timay. Zagreb. Correct. Question number 12. Which great empire did the writers Cicero and Divergil come from? Rome. I'm just checking with the answers. Are we giving Rome? Yep. The Roman Empire. Question 13. Penelope Cruz is an actress. Can we hear that again? Did you say Spain? I'm sorry, that's my fault. I think I'm going to have to do another question. The buzzer went and I heard the word Spain getting shouted out. But the buzzer that went was Team B. I think clearly the answer came from Team A. Can I have some adjudication on this? But the buzzer didn't go. So I can't give that to either team. I'm just taking some advice on this. Peir. That's a fair way of dealing with it. That question will not be counted. That question is not to be counted because unfortunately the buzzer went and when I did come to the other team then the answer had already been shouted. I can't deal with it. I think we'll have to ask another question at the end and we'll pick another question and we'll ask that at the end. Please don't do that. Do not shout out the answer unless I say which team has to answer the question. Okay. Sorry, do you wish to say something? Buzzer was working. Your buzzer was working. You buzzed but unfortunately the answer was shouted out. I thought well will we get that checked just in case. Can I have someone technically come and ask the buzzers please? Is that lit? And your name is? Thank you Matthew. Buzzers appear to be working. Ready? Question 14. Which Scottish football team volunteered for McRae's battalion during the First World War? Team A. Rangers? Freed not. So I pass that over to team B Yes, it is indeed. So that's a bonus point for team B. Okay, we're ready again? Question 15. In which country might you eat bulgar, cofties and baklava? Team B. Slovenia? Freed not. That goes as a bonus question to team A. Who may confer? The Netherlands? Sadly not. The answer to that one is Turkey. Question 16. Fingers on the buzzers? Which two Mediterranean islands joined the EU in 2004? I need both. Team A. Tun Cyprus? Correct. Question 17. Buzzers ready? What is the nationality of the 2014 Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic? Team B. Serbian? Correct. Question 18. Who discovered Penicillin? Team B. Alexander Fleming? Correct. Question 19. Which Danish author wrote The Little Mermaid? Team A. Hans Christian Anderson? Correct. This is question 20, but it's actually only 19 because we had that little blip. We're going to ask another one because of that. Monterosa, the second highest mountain in the Alps lies between which two countries? Team A. Italy and France? Sorry, it's not. That passes over to Team B. Hurry up, please. Switzerland and Italy? Correct. There's one more question here. Take it, that's okay. What one have you picked? Okay, fingers ready? Everybody organised. In which year did Martin Schulz become president of the European Parliament? Team A. 2014. Sadly not. Team B, bonus points, possibility. Okay, do we have an answer? 2012. Correct. No, that's the end of that round, I think. And Per, have you been counting up the indicators to come from the back and see if we all have the same scores? Which I trust that we have. It's very exciting, so can you all just stay where you are just now and verify the scores? Okay, I need to hold you on suspense a moment longer because I have to announce the results. I have to invite John Mulgrew, chair of the Scottish European Educational Trust to come down to the front, please. I'm going to come down and join you to announce the results and then we'll be there to present the prizes. We do actually have a winner. Exciting. Do we have this microphone? Can everybody hear me? Yes? Right then. We're not taking part in the buzzer round but we do have a third place team and that third place team are all away. We're going to give out the medals for the third place team. Okay? I think it would just be too much to announce second and then do medals and then announce first, so I'm just going to say what the results are and then we'll invite the team in second place to come up and then the team who have won so. In second place St Mary's Duntalker and that means that the overall winning team for the EuroQuest 2015 is Carmen Dean. So can I now ask your second team to come forward please and we'll give you your medals and then we'll have the first team. Can we now have our winners up please? Thank you, Carmen Dean. So once again congratulations to our winners, I think they're getting sweets as well, it's always a good thing. I'm sure they'll be enjoyable. Can I also say that the medals prizes and the trophy were also joined for our winners today by European school books, donated £100 in book tokens for the winning school so that's also been handed over for the winning school. So the scores were really really close but congratulations to our overall winners once again, Carmen Dean. It's really been a fantastic afternoon and I'll congratulate all of the teams who have taken part in such a wonderful event. Can I now ask John to come to this lectern and to give us a vote of thanks for today and I asked the school to take the seats again, the winning school. Thank you very much. Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. That was really great, great to have you with us again this year. This is the eighth year that we've been in this chamber, which adds to the final. And to Per, thank you very much indeed. Excellent quiz master Per, thank you very much for what you did very well. When you think, ladies and gentlemen and boys and girls, that 416 schools in Scotland participated this year in the Euro quiz through the Heats, which were run in 30 out of the 32 education authorities that there are in Scotland. That means that the winners, 1,786 pupils participated and you rose to the top. So it's a very, very splendid achievement. Well done and well done to the runners-up. You may have thought that the Euro quiz began at one o'clock today but I have to say it didn't. It actually began in a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh. I was travelling through in a train this morning to come here and suddenly was aware of the fact that all these young pupils travelling through to Edinburgh were trying out questions on each other and a couple sitting across from me on the train said, my goodness, the things that they know they really are so clever. So there you are, I've been with the Euro quiz from first thing Queen Street Station in Glasgow through here to Edinburgh. And I just wanted to say that in a few brief comments that the depth of knowledge that you young people have of Europe is really quite outstanding and with events in the next one, two, three years where there will be major debates about Europe and our country's future in Europe it's really good to have a basis of fact so that you and through your school and your families can contribute to that. So, well done and we're pleased as an organisation that the messages that we want to get through about Europe information about Europe are clearly getting through and thank you for participating and thank you for being such excellent contestants. The Euro quiz is organised by Sophie who's sitting over here and she's also assisted by Madeleine who's sitting here and Heather from there at the back so thank you to them and I must say that if it weren't for Per and his organisation who give us the sponsorship we wouldn't have this quiz so again Per, we're really grateful to you and to the European Parliament and finally let me thank all the teachers and the parents who are here the teachers who work so hard in schools and when I go into schools and find out about what's happening in terms of the Euro quiz and how it's fitting in so neatly to the curriculum which is offered if it weren't boys and girls for your teachers and in some schools the parents who are participating then you wouldn't be here so thank you to all of you for your support. Thank you very much John and can I just then add my thanks and congratulations to everyone for your participation at this year's quiz can I thank Jen Bell who's sitting with me and she's from the Presiding Officer's office she's been helping me today to thank her as well and our events team from the Parliament and also our broadcasting assistants so thank you to everyone I also like to start sorry, finish the way I started and thank all your mascots and thank my mascot Harry, the Scottish Parliament bear who tried to keep me right I think he succeeded mostly so I hope you've all enjoyed your Euro quiz experience and your visit to Parliament I'm now going to ask you the steps of the garden lobby we're going to have a big group photograph so good luck to whoever's organised on that one but hopefully you'll all join me and I will come and we'll try and do that what you have to do is make your way to the back of the chamber not right now just in a minute when the events assistants will be ready to assist you to the garden lobby I would like you please to take all your belongings with you because you'll not be returning to the chamber and to let you know that certificates and goodie bags will be handed out to participants when you leave the building can I make one more final little announcement which is, it's the first time I've cheered a quiz and there's a school from my own constituency so I'm asking Kirchhoff's primary school if you could just stay back for a minute and we'll get a little constituency photograph I hope nobody else minds that and I'll join the rest of you on the steps of the garden lobby shortly so well done to everyone I'll see if John new home