Our Lady's HS has taken part every year since the KLQ began in Great Britain. You can find out more about the competition on the official Kids Lit Quiz website.

Every year in September/October we start the hunt for our team. The competition is open to any OLHS pupil in S2.

The 2006 West of Scotland heat took place at Kilsyth Academy, in November.

Among the judges were North Lanarkshire librarians and well known writers like Theresa Breslin, author of Divided City, Whispers in the Graveyard and many others. Books were on sale and the authors were happy to autograph their work for the enthusiastic teams (and get their photos taken.)

Still not convinced? Well, here's what one of the OLHS team thought of the competition:

Kids Lit Quiz was a lot of fun even though another school [from Coatbridge] thought they could beat us…….well they did. Our team did their best to try and get glory for our school (hmmm.)

All the other schools were acting silly with big banners and cheers every time their school got a point. You had to laugh at them because they were taking it so seriously! Some of the questions were to do with stuff we never heard of and we just took guesses and tried our best.

The best bits were before and after it started because this other school was saying that they were going to beat us and our team just said “ We don’t think so” and after the quiz we found out that THEY bet us. Which was quite funny (not really) but that will all change.

We will come back next year for revenge, we will have better knowledge, and hopefully know the answers! At first it was just for a laugh and team spirit but next year we will beat the school from Coatbridge. Who are actually quite nice people and quite friendly.

So how does it work?

The teams all sit at tables while Wayne reads out his questions. There is a separate answer sheet for each round. The team confer over the answers and write them down. Each sheet is collected and marked after the final question in each round.

However, in between the official competition questions, Wayne Mills has books and book tokens to give away.

Prizes are available to individuals answering questions, top scoring teams in each round and even members of the audience.

The winners receive an opportunity to represent the West of Scotland at the UK finals. The UK winners attend the world finals - held for the last few years in New Zealand!

So, if you fancy some international jet-setting and like reading, why not try out for next year's team? Or if you're still not sure try these questions here. And don't worry if you can't answer them all yourself - remember you're part of a team.

Good luck!