Bolgatanga SHS, popularly referred to as the ‘Big BOSS’, won its preliminary contest against Kalpohin SHS and Wa SHS to book a place in the One-Eighth Stage of the 2021 National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) Championship.
The school also won the Goil Riddle Bonanza worth GHC800 by solving three out of four riddles in Round 5 of the contest.

Below is the breakdown of the result.
Round One – General questions on Chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics
Bolgatanga SHS: 16pts
Kalpohin SHS: 12pts
WA SHS: 11pts
Round Two – The Speed race
Bolgatanga SHS: 21pts
Kalpohin SHS: 21pts
WA SHS: 9pts
Round Three – Problem of the Day
Bolgatanga SHS: 10pts
Kalpohin SHS: 04pts
WA SHS: 10pts

Round Four – True or False
Bolgatanga SHS: 47pts
Kalpohin SHS: 38pts
Wa SHS: 23pts
Round Five – Riddles
Bolgatanga SHS: 57pts
Kalpohin SHS: 38pts
WA SHS: 23pts
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