Mount Saint Agnes Academy (MSA) won their third straight Annual Schools Quiz contest at the Hamilton Fairmont on Saturday night.

MSA came first with 245 points after five gruelling rounds ? History and geography; personality, music and arts; current events; sport; and a wildcard round.

?It feels good,? Michelle Kelly, 14, of team MSA said after winning the quiz on Saturday night. ?This is the third year we have won it and this is my last year so it is nice to go out with a bang and to show we are still here and we still can do it.?

Despite Miss Kelly being on the winning team for the last three years she will be 15-years-old in August, and ?too old? to participate in the Annual School Quiz.

?We are all 13- and 14-years-old,? Miss Kelly said.

However, despite her quiz accomplishments the clever Miss Kelly said she still had not decided on a career path. ?I have absolutely no idea, I just want to keep my options open,? she said.

Despite not being able to attend in 2007, the quiz-veteran encouraged the other 25 competitors from the five other schools to return nest year.

?I hope the other participants are able to come back next year because a lot of them are really, really good.?

Director of Youth, Sport and Recreation Anthony Roberts congratulations two team MSA members ? Eric Cabral and Caroline Burlo ? for getting perfect scores.

Mr. Cabral got all of his questions correct on Tuesday?s semi-final, Mr. Roberts said, while Miss Burlo was the only student to answer all of her questions correctly at Saturday?s final.

?They should be recognised and applauded,? Mr. Roberts said on Sunday.

Miss Burlo said she was happy to get a perfect score, especially on her first attempt.

?It was really good,? Miss Burlo said on Saturday. ?Because I had never been in the quiz competition and to get a perfect score is really great.?

And Mr. Cabral was modest about his perfect achievement.

?The only current event question that I knew was actually the one that I got,? he said.

The second place prize went to Berkeley Institute with 210 points, while third place went to Clearwater Middle School with 205 points. CedarBridge Academy, Sandys Secondary Middle School and Spice Valley Middle School carried off respectable scores of 195 points, 185 points and 105 points respectively.

Mr. Roberts said the evening was exceptional, particularly when three schools were tied with 175 points each going into the final round.

?The young people acquitted themselves extremely well,? Mr. Roberts said. ?It was very close at the end of the sports round of questions with three teams looking at a tie ? Berkeley, CedarBridge and Sandys ? and Clearwater and MSA out front. It was anybody?s contest.?

There was standing room only at the quiz contest, as coaches, parents, teachers, friends and principals all cheered for their teams. Someone even donned a tiger-suit to make their favourite students smile.

For instance, Clearwater knew that if all the vehicles in Bermuda were on the road at the same time, there would be only nine-inches between each vehicle. And Sandys knew if every assessment number in Bermuda was used up there would be an additional 4,700 cars on the road.

And MSA was the only team that knew International Business spent $3 million on scholarships and that only 30 percent of people who called in sick for work, actually were sick.

However, Sandys made the audience laugh when its answer to the question ? ?What type of industries got the most complaints since 2001?? was ?They don?t get paid enough and they work too hard.?

The correct answer was the retail and auto and marine sectors. After all the studying, the top-placing students from MSA, Berkeley and Clearwater had their hands full of trophies and prizes? including iPods, digital cameras, CD players, cruise ship brunches, a school laptop, $500 for library books, printers and a years supply of newspapers, just to name a few.