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Senior · Grades 8–10

Rebus Challenge — Fastest Fingers First

See Beyond the Words

Entry limit: 1 participant per school

What this event involves

Ten visual word puzzles, five minutes. Participants decode each rebus into the idiom, phrase or expression it hides.

Each correct answer earns 5 marks and only one answer per puzzle is accepted.

The key facts

Date
Thursday, 3rd September 2026
Time slot
Slot 1 · 10:00 AM
Studio
Talk Tales
Individual
1 participant
Duration
5 minutes
Entry limit
1 participant per school

Key rules

  • 1Individual competition with 10 rebus puzzles.
  • 2Only one answer is accepted for each puzzle.
  • 3No mobile phones, internet access, books or outside assistance.
  • 4The answer sheet must be submitted before time expires.

Judges' decisions shall be final and binding. See general rules

Judging criteria

  • Correct answers (10 × 5 marks... doubled to 100)100
  • Total100

Entering this event?

Each registration form covers up to three events. Entries close 29th August 2026.

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