This annual event in the IOP calendar is open to student teams from all the physics departments in the universities and institutes of technology on the island of Ireland. The quiz was a mixture of general knowledge and physics questions and provided a fun and challenging evening for all involved.  There was a dramatic finish with the UCC team battling it out in a head-to-head round with UCD.  The victors were decided on the final question and UCC retained their title for the second year running.  The quiz was organised and sponsored by the IOP in Ireland with additional sponsorship through INSPIRE.

The Institute of Physics in Ireland, http://www.iopireland.org, with over 2000 members, is the learned society and professional body for the advancement of physics and physics education on the island of Ireland. It is a part of the Institute of Physics, which has its headquarters in London, and is a leading international professional body and learned society with over 37,000 members. The Institute of Physics in Ireland aims to promote the role of physics in education, health, the environment, technology, and scientific literacy. Its membership is wide-ranging and multidisciplinary, including the educational, industrial, medical, and general public sectors. INSPIRE – the Integrated NanoScience Platform for Ireland http://www.inspirenano.com – is a consortium of Irish third-level institutions with internationally leading research capabilities in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Picture: UCC Physics students who retained the Institute of Physics in Ireland Intervarsity Quiz Title L-R: Tadhg Healy, Joseph Cashell, Shane O Mahony, Mark Moriarty, Brendan Curtis.

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