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http://www.vegsoc.org/news/2006/testnation.html

 

VEGGIE CHAMPIONS!!!

 

The Vegetarians win BBC's Test the Nation IQ battle.

 

Vegetarianism… the intelligent choice!

 

We are THRILLED to announce that the 40-strong team of vegetarians

came out top as the studio team winners of Saturday night's hugely

popular BBC National IQ contest. And, proving that vegetarianism is

clearly an intelligent choice, the individual contestant with the

highest overall IQ was a vegetarian too!

 

Wearing green t-shirts, the vegetarians competed against six other

teams including butchers, estate agents, public school pupils, state

school pupils, footballers' wives and celebrities.

 

 

 

The veggie team was made up of vegetarians and Society members from

around the UK, including five members of VegSoc staff. As the

results were announced, the veggie team was consistently in the top

three but not the obvious victors. However, when the final scores

were tallied, including IQ variations for age differences, we were

delighted to be declared the winners – with an overall IQ of 113.

Interestingly, The Butchers came joint fourth! For a full break-down

of the scores please go to:

www.bbc.co.uk/testthenation/iq/results/results.shtml

 

Top-scoring contestant Marie Bidmead, 68, a mother-of-five from

Churcham, Gloucester said: " It was great fun. The veggie team was so

united and jolly, regardless of winning. We all went along for a bit

of fun and were up against these highflying students and stars. I

was in absolute shock when I got the top score! I failed my 11-plus

and I've never considered myself to be a brain-box. I think it shows

that we veggies are good `thinkers' – we think about what we eat

with intelligence for a start! "

 

September 2006 "