Scottish Association of Geography Teachers (SAGT) National Geography Challenge Quiz 2025

Issued by the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers (SAGT)

On the 10 June three pupils from Millburn Academy participated in the national final of the 2025 SAGT Geography Challenge Quiz hosted by Dollar Academy. The Millburn team were up against eleven other teams, each of whom had won their own regional heats to qualify for the National final.

The final stage consisted of two rounds of geographical topics and skills; all twelve teams participated in the first round with only the top four teams progressing to the final round.  The Millburn team successfully secured a spot in the final round by answering questions about countries with tiny coastlines, limestone landscapes and contemporary geographical news stories as well as demonstrating their mapping skills.  

The final round saw Hutchesons Grammar School, James Gillespie's High School, Stewart’s Melville College and Millburn Academy all competing to become the national championship team.  The final four rounds included questions about the geography of Norway and various Commonwealth countries as well as some tough questions about countries which have changed their name in the past 50 years.  Once all the answers were in and the scores calculated the top three teams were separated by only two points, the tightest margin that anyone can remember in the long history of the quiz.  The Millburn team secured a very strong third place position just being pipped by James Gillespie's High School and Stewart’s Melville College, respectively. 

A very big well done to our Millburn pupils, Oihane Heffer S2, Lexie Kirby S3 and Jamie Main S4, who came away as the third best team in Scotland.