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.
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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!”
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