St James Seminary SHS, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Girls SHS and St Thomas Aquinas, on Thursday, battled it out for a slot in the quarter-finals of the 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) contest.

The schools, before the contest, were ready to slay their opponents but by round four, St Thomas Aquinas seemingly had a tough time catching up leaving the contest between St James Sem and Mt. Carmel.

The contest began with St James Sem leading in round one with 20 points with Mt Carmel following closely with 16. But the contest seemed challenging for St Thomas Aquinas who ended up with 12 points.

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End of Round 2

St. James Sem. SHS: 22pts
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Girls SHS: 17pts
St. Thomas Aquinas SHS: 15pts #NSMQ2023 #NSMQ30 #Primetime #NSMQOneEighth pic.twitter.com/xkXjBKt91v

— National Science & Maths Quiz (@NSMQGhana) October 12, 2023

St Thomas Aquinas scored six points in round three’s problem of the day alongside St James Sem. However, they still could not overthrow St James Sem from their lead. 

In round four, the battle became fierce between Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Girls SHS who scored 37 points and St. James Sem. SHS who had 44 points. St Thomas Aquinas scored 31 points.

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End of Round 4

St. James Sem. SHS: 44pts
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Girls SHS: 37pts
St. Thomas Aquinas SHS: 31pts #NSMQ2023 #NSMQ30 #Primetime #NSMQOneEighth pic.twitter.com/2AN3htJWCi

— National Science & Maths Quiz (@NSMQGhana) October 12, 2023

Round five’s riddle proved to be the deciding round that chose the winner. The close contest was between St James Sem and Mt Carmel Girls. 

The two schools ended the contest with 44 points each - a tiebreaker was used to decide who would survive the one-eighth contest.

After failing to answer two new riddles, St James Sem SHS picked up the next riddle and won the quarter-final slot. St. Thomas Aquinas SHS scored 31 points.

St James Sem SHS for the second year running becomes a seeded school. They will battle Pope John Sem. & SHS and Aburi Presby SHTS in the quarter-final.

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End of Contest

St. James Sem. SHS: 44pts*
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Girls SHS: 44pts
St. Thomas Aquinas SHS: 31pts

*St. James Sem. SHS won the tie-breaker. #NSMQ2023 #NSMQ30 #Primetime #NSMQOneEighth pic.twitter.com/w00FQxl9JX

— National Science & Maths Quiz (@NSMQGhana) October 12, 2023

The 2023 National Science and Maths Quiz is produced by Primetime Limited and sponsored by the Ghana Education Service in partnership with Goil PLC and supported by A.T, Prudential Life Insurance Ghana, and Pepsodent.
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