Brainy boy does Kerry proud

THE son of a Kerryman and a Donegal woman was last night crowned Britain's Brainiest Kid with an IQ higher than quizmaster Carol Vorderman.

Brainy boy does Kerry proud
Wed, 01 Jan, 2003 - 00:00
Jim Caldwell

Christopher Guerin, aged 12, is a member of Mensa with an IQ of 162, eight points higher than the Countdown queen. The schoolboy from Great Barr, Birmingham, beat thousands of hopefuls to make it on to the ITV1 show, hosted by Vorderman.

He breezed through questions on sport and geography before triumphing with his specialist subject, the life of Thomas Beckett.

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