2010 Quiz
The Australian National Chemistry Quiz was held on Thursday 22nd July 2010. This year there were 115012 entries from 1,459 schools. Entries were received from each of the states in Australia and from 13 other countries.
|
COUNTRY |
STATE |
YR 7 |
YR 8 |
YR 9 |
YR 10 |
YR 11 |
YR 12 |
TOTAL |
SCHOOLS |
|
Australia |
ACT |
199 |
366 |
476 |
487 |
458 |
213 |
2199 |
21 |
|
Australia |
NSW |
1779 |
2154 |
2421 |
3078 |
4148 |
2429 |
16009 |
239 |
|
Australia |
NT |
11 |
6 |
12 |
5 |
48 |
51 |
133 |
5 |
|
Australia |
QLD |
151 |
587 |
648 |
1336 |
3029 |
2309 |
8060 |
142 |
|
Australia |
SA |
28 |
192 |
110 |
353 |
550 |
350 |
1583 |
40 |
|
Australia |
TAS |
31 |
45 |
68 |
172 |
53 |
144 |
513 |
21 |
|
Australia |
VIC |
324 |
278 |
385 |
655 |
2565 |
1244 |
5451 |
92 |
|
Australia |
WA |
211 |
658 |
660 |
1351 |
1543 |
1188 |
5611 |
64 |
|
Brunei |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
1151 |
799 |
436 |
2386 |
43 |
|
Fiji |
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
37 |
76 |
46 |
162 |
8 |
|
Hong Kong |
|
287 |
287 |
824 |
836 |
193 |
632 |
3059 |
85 |
|
Malaysia |
|
0 |
5 |
9 |
150 |
0 |
34 |
198 |
7 |
|
New Zealand |
|
36 |
186 |
210 |
413 |
700 |
634 |
2179 |
59 |
|
Philippines |
|
0 |
50 |
10 |
125 |
100 |
50 |
335 |
5 |
|
PNG |
|
21 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
5 |
8 |
57 |
2 |
|
Singapore |
|
195 |
200 |
663 |
855 |
144 |
120 |
2177 |
10 |
|
Sri Lanka |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
7935 |
7511 |
0 |
15446 |
140 |
|
Vietnam |
|
0 |
1350 |
632 |
1215 |
1117 |
304 |
4668 |
45 |
|
Thailand |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
5334 |
5255 |
4832 |
15921 |
51 |
|
Indonesia |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
5325 |
3540 |
0 |
8865 |
150 |
|
India |
|
3334 |
3333 |
3333 |
3334 |
3333 |
3333 |
20000 |
230 |
|
TOTAL |
6607 |
9703 |
10516 |
34662 |
35167 |
18357 |
115012 |
1459 |
Total Years 7/8: 16310
Total Years 9/10: 45178
Total Year 11: 35167
Total Year 12: 18357
Total Juniors: 61488
Total Seniors: 53524
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE
Certificate of Excellence which consists of a certificate and a plaque are awarded to students who scored 100% in the Quiz. There were 96 Awards in 2010.
|
STATE/COUNTRY |
No. of pupils who scored 100% |
|
New South Wales |
37 |
|
Victoria |
7 |
|
Australian Capital Territory |
3 |
|
New Zealand |
4 |
|
Singapore |
5 |
|
Vietnam |
19 |
|
Tasmania |
1 |
|
Western Australia |
4 |
|
India |
3 |
|
Sri Lanka |
2 |
|
Thailand |
1 |
|
Hong Kong |
10 |
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
An Award of Excellence consisting of a plaque was awarded to students for outstanding results. In Australia these plaques and Certificates of Excellence are presented to the winners by chemists who visit the schools and make the presentation. This is a further mechanism for the RACI to promote chemistry and chemists in the high schools.
|
STATE/COUNTRY |
YR 7 |
YR 8 |
YR 9 |
YR 10 |
YR 11 |
YR 12 |
|
ACT |
5 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
NSW |
14 |
0 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
20 |
|
VIC |
5 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
0 |
15 |
|
QLD |
4 |
12 |
4 |
13 |
10 |
7 |
|
SA |
4 |
9 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
4 |
|
WA |
6 |
7 |
8 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
|
TAS |
6 |
5 |
4 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
|
NT |
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
6 |
|
PNG |
5 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
|
FIJI |
- |
- |
0 |
10 |
9 |
5 |
|
NEW ZEALAND |
3 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
|
SINGAPORE |
5 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
|
PHILIPPINES |
3 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
|
SRI LANKA |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
10 |
- |
|
BRUNEI |
- |
- |
5 |
7 |
10 |
8 |
|
THAILAND |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
17 |
6 |
|
INDONESIA |
- |
- |
- |
14 |
14 |
- |
|
VIETNAM |
- |
5 |
7 |
- |
6 |
10 |
|
MALAYSIA |
- |
4 |
3 |
8 |
- |
2 |
|
INDIA |
11 |
6 |
9 |
16 |
10 |
6 |
|
HONG KONG |
1 |
5 |
8 |
- |
13 |
10 |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank the many people, particularly the Quiz Coordinators in each school for their support for the Quiz during 2010.
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