Last Thursday, Cardiff students participated in the qualifying rounds of the third iQuiz, a student-only competition organised nationally by the i newspaper.
The event, held in CF10 in the StudentsÔÇÖ Union on Park Place, was attended by more than 50 students.
In first place, ÔÇÿTeam NathanÔÇÖ, consisting of Yik-Han Siah, Nathan Vallis, Chris Brown and Jimmy Dunne, Music Editor for Quench, beat 13 teams to claim the winning title. A team comprised of editors from the gair rhydd editorial staff, ÔÇÿSportPolÔÇÖ, followed in close second, just 1 point behind the winning team.
Team Nathan will now go on to represent Cardiff University nationally at the iQuiz finals, which will be held in London next February.  The overall winning team will walk away with a 14-day trip across Europe that has an itinerary of seven cities, courtesy of Topdeck Travel.
Simon OÔÇÖHagan, ÔÇÿIndependent VoicesÔÇÖ editor for the i paper, complied the questions for the quiz which has been described as a ÔÇÿserious test of bizarre knowledgeÔÇÖ.
A number of Cardiff students were also involved in the organisation of the qualifying round, including Michael OÔÇÖConnell Davidson, Quench Editor and Student Brand Ambassador for the i, Huw Ware, CUTV Sports correspondent, Toby Mott and Jacob Dirnhuber, Sub-editor of the gair rhydd.
Michael OÔÇÖConnell Davidson is optimistic about the upcoming finals, stating: ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs great to see Cardiff University represented nationally, especially when itÔÇÖs something as positive as this. From what IÔÇÖve heard, Team Nathan performed really well compared to other teams across the country, so I think we might win the second round in February. IÔÇÖm personally really proud of Jimmy Dunne, as heÔÇÖs on the Quench team, and we had no idea heÔÇÖd perform so well in something like this.ÔÇØ
Georgia Hamer
News Editor
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