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Hong Kong Association for Science The Royal Australian Chemical
and Mathematic Education Institute
International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ) * (H.K. Section)

[previous Australian National Chemistry Quiz (H.K. Section)]*
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(June 22 - July 20, 2022 )
For NSS students, the award and certificate from ANCQ / ICQ can
be marked in “Student Learning Portfolio”
Australian National Chemistry Quiz (ANCQ) organized by Royal
Australian Chemical Institute has its long history for more than 20 years and is a
big-scale international chemistry quiz held in July each year. Approximate 120,000
candidates from 15 countries and districts participated in the quiz in the past years.
Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education (Chemistry)

is going to host ANCQ from June to July this year for Hong Kong students to take
part in such international competition. Indeed, Hong Kong students perform very
well in the past few years. 45 and 70 students obtained full marks, while 27 and 64
students were ranked in the top range of 0.5% amongst participants all over the
world, in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
To promote the competition for a greater participation, all participating

students can select their best suit language in the quiz. A performance analysis,
together with the result will be issued after the competition. The theme of the Quiz
is “Science for Everyone” covering daily life-related and challenging questions.
Candidates can visit our web site at http://www.hkasme.org/ for details.
Suggested Academic Level (School Calendar) and Paper Level
Grade Year 7/8 Year 9/10 Year 11 Year 12

Corresponding
Hong Kong Level F.1-3 F. 4 (NSS) F. 5 (NSS) F.6 (NSS)
***Student can ONLY participate in ONE Grade in each academic year.
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H.K. Regional Coordinators: Mr. Ricky Yeung
Email: icq@hkasme.org
¹ Participating schools have a flexibility to schedule the date of the Quiz from 22th
June to 20th July, 2022.
*From 2021 onwards, the organizer RACI change the name of Quiz from “ANCQ” to “ICQ”.
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2022 International The Royal
Chemistry Quiz Australian
Chemical
(ICQ) (H. K. Institute
HKASME Section)
Awarding System
 All students, who sit for the quiz, will receive a Certificate of Participation.
 It is anticipated that 40% of the entrants will receive Certificates of Merit to

acknowledge their performance according to their rank position in the quiz:
Level of Awards Atta Attainment

Cer Certificates of Excellence 卓越表現 Full Full marks (滿分)
Cer Certificates of High Distinction 特別優異 The The top 10% of students in Hong
Kong
(香 (香港最佳10%)
Cer Certificates of Distinction 優異 The The next 15% of students in Hong
Kong (10% - 25%)
香港最佳的10%-25%學生
Cer Certificates of Credit 榮譽 T Top 25-40% in Hong Kong
最最佳的25%-40%學生
 Internationally, the top 800 entrants receive a Plaque and 64 had such award in
2017(在國際層面，成績最好的首 800 位能獲得 Plaque 一個。在 2017，香港區
共得 64 個 plaque)
Plaque
Certificate of Merit
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2022 The Royal
International Australian
Chemical
Chemistry Quiz Institute
HKASME (ICQ) (H. K.
Section)
Beliefs of Organizing International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ)

(Hong Kong)
1. Every school has bright students! ANCQ (H.K.) is not a competition solely for EMI
schools. In past three years, CMI schools got a remarkable achievement .
2. Some junior form students or NSS students are talented or highly competent in
Chemistry/Science. ANCQ offers its full range of papers for students of different
grades (Form 1 to Form 6).
3. Students may recognize and stay alert their respective position at both school level
and territory level.
4. The host of ANCQ promises that student’s report and analysis including the strength
and weakness of each level will be sent before the end of October.
5. For NSS students, the award and certificate from ANCQ can be regarded as ‘award
in International Competition/Academic Awards’, which can be marked in
“Student Learning Portfolio”(SLP).
6. NSS students can use the certificate obtained from ANCQ for JUPAS application.
7. The administrative work of ANCQ is light. Teachers can arrange the quiz during the
period from the end of June to the end of July. Teachers/Tutors/TAs only need to
spend around 1.5 hours for invigilation. ANCQ can be regarded as one of the post-
exam activities.
8. The average performance of Hong Kong students in the past years is tabulated as
follow (full mark is set at 30):
Level Form 3 Form 4 Form 5 Form 6/7

Year 7/8 Year 9/10 Year 11 Year 12
2009 20.6 21.2 21.7 19.8
2010 21.0 20.0 22.6 16.6
2011 23.7 20.4 20.7 17.0
2012 23.4 19.2 20.0 15.1
2013 21.0 20.5 20.1 18.7
2014
2015 20.3 21.0 19.4
2016 22.1 22.6 21.7
2017 23.9 19.2 20.9
Note - Example: In 2009, one CMI school in Tuen Mun sent 20 students to
participate in the quiz. The result was 7 High Distinction, 3 Distinction and 3
Credit.
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Hong Kong Association for Science The Royal Australian Chemical

and Mathematic Education Institute

International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ) * (H.K. Section)

Hong Kong Association for Science and Mathematics Education (Chemistry)

To promote the competition for a greater participation, all participating

Suggested Academic Level (School Calendar) and Paper Level

Grade Year 7/8 Year 9/10 Year 11 Year 12

 It is anticipated that 40% of the entrants will receive Certificates of Merit to

Level of Awards Atta Attainment

Beliefs of Organizing International Chemistry Quiz (ICQ)

Level Form 3 Form 4 Form 5 Form 6/7

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