THIS YEAR'S WORLD BIBLE QUIZ WINNER: A GIRL!

The World Bible Quiz is held every year on Independence Day in Israel, and this is the first time I know of that a girl has won the contest:

Or Ashual, a 17-year-old student at the Kfar Saba Amana girls’ school, became the 2010 winner of the World Bible Quiz competition on Tuesday, which took place on Israel’s 62nd Independence Day at the Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts.

The first runner-up was Elad Nachshon of the De Shalit high school in Rehovot, while third place went to Avner Netanyahu, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s 15-year-old son, who is a ninth-grader at a school in the capital. The younger Netanyahu was also the winner of last month’s National Bible Quiz.

Ashual bested 15 other finalists from all over the world, including the Americas and Australia.

That's right, even the PM's own son was a contestant here. This was quite an amazing contest this year.