All Ireland Safety Quiz – Criteria for Entry and Rules
Quiz Format
The Health and Safety Quiz will be held as a table quiz [no individual questions] at both Regional / NI and All Ireland levels.
Quiz Categories
- Previous Entrants Category
- Novices Category
Quiz Categories: Criteria for entry
Novice Category
Teams may include:
- Individuals who have never participated in the competition before. OR
- Individuals who have not participated in either category of the quiz for the past 5 years. OR
- Individuals who participated in the competition in the Novice Category but never won the Regional / Northern Ireland finals or participated in the All Ireland finals.
Previous Entrants Category
- Any individual not participating in the Novice Category [change: September 2023]
Please note that changes to the entry rules are retrospective.
Eligibility to enter either Quiz Categories
Professional health and safety managers, specialists, officers, or similar roles, and NISO/NISG Committee members may not participate in the quiz as a team member but their assistance with the management or coaching of teams would be appreciated.
New Qualifications rules [change: February 2025]
View a graphical representation of the New Qualification Rules here.
Regional teams can now qualify for the All Ireland Safety Quiz Finals through two pathways:
- In-person regional quiz
- Online Safety Quiz Qualifier*
Northern Ireland Teams:
- Northern Ireland Safety Group (NISG) is not participating in the Online Safety Quiz Qualifier in 2025.
- NI teams can only qualify through the in-person NI Quiz.
A maximum of two Previous Entrant (PE) teams and two Novice (N) teams from each Region / NI can qualify for the Quiz Finals.
*Online Safety Quiz Qualifier
- Takes place in April.
- Open to all NISO regions.
- Teams compete against others in their own region (no overall winner).
- The highest-scoring PE and N teams from each region qualify for the Quiz Finals.
Qualification Scenarios
- Speedy Delivery Ltd. (PE or N category) wins the in-person regional quiz → They qualify for the Quiz Finals.
(They may enter the online quiz but their results won’t count as they have already qualified for the Finals.) - Speedy Delivery Ltd. (PE or N category) does not win the in-person regional quiz → They can try again in the Online Qualifier Quiz.
(If they score the highest in their region online, they qualify for the Finals.) - No in-person quiz is being held in Speedy Delivery Ltd.’s region → They can enter the Online Qualifier Quiz.
(The top two PE teams and top two N teams in their region can qualify through the Online Qualifier.)
Substitution
In the event of a team member or members being unable to participate in the All Ireland Finals, organisations are allowed make two substitutions [change: September 2023] provided the new team member satisfies the rules under the relevant category of competition.
If a winning regional team is unable to proceed to the All Ireland Finals, the relevant regional committee may exercise their right to nominate the next placed team to participate in the All Ireland Finals.
Quiz Questions
Eight rounds of eight questions (64 questions) for Previous Entrants and eight rounds of six questions (48 questions) for New Entrants [All Ireland Finals]
How are the questions sourced?
Many of the safety questions will be sourced from the NISO quiz book. The balance of the questions may be taken from a number of reliable sources and will comprise of health/safety/welfare questions [No general knowledge questions will be asked at the All Ireland finals]. Questions from the book may be rephrased.
The last two questions (for Previous Entrants) in each round may not be taken from the quiz book. Some of the questions through the competition may also be taken from a reliable source.
Quiz Book
We recognise that some of the questions from the Book of Safety Questions and Answers may be obsolete or dated. NISO / NISG will endeavour not to use such questions.
Overall Winner
The overall winner of the Safety Quiz finals in each of the two categories will be determined by the team who achieves the highest score.
Updated January 2014
Reviewed: March 2017
Updated: September 2023
Update: February 2025
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