
Quiz Bowl 2017 - 5A Harrison vs. Nettleton (Jonesboro)
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipWE'D LIKE TO HONOR OUR 3RD AND 4TH PLACE RUNNERS UP.
IN 3RD PLACE WE HAVE LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN AND IN 4TH PLACE MAGNOLIA.
NOW WE'RE READY TO INTRODUCE THE TEAMS FOR OUR 5A CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH BETWEEN HARRISON AND NETTLETON.
FIRST, FROM HARRISON WE HAVE: SPENCER HINRICHS,THEIR CAPTAIN IS COLTON SIMPSON CONNER CHU.
.
AND JONATHAN HICKS.
THEIR ALTERNATES ARE: BLAKE WHITNER, MATTHEW LAW, BERYL ANDERSON, KAITLYN BAILEY, HANNAH MATHISON, KINDER HINRICKS TREY NELSON, BERNICE RUBIO AND THEIR COACH IS RANCE KING AND ASSISTANT COACH TYLER NELSON.
GIVE THEM A HAND.
[APPLAUSE] AND NOW TO NETTLETON, FIRST WE HAVE LOGAN KUMAR THEIR CAPTAIN IS BRANDON TRAN.
ALY NICHOLS.
ALEX YOUNG.
THEIR ALTERNATES ARE SOLOMON NI AMAYA WESTMAN MINUS FORBES, ASHLEY EWERT.
MACEY ROSS.
EMILY EWERT.
AND ERIN GEORGE THEIR COACH IS HANNA BETH WRIGHT AND THEIR ASSISTANT COACH IS BETHANY PETTY LETS HEAR IT FOR NETTLETON!!
[APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO WISH BOTH TEAMS THE BEST OF LUCK AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR QUIZ MASTER STEVE PATERSON.
STEVE!
>> Steve: THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICKI.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD ONE EXCITING MATCH IN THE FOUR A CHAMPIONSHIP.
NOW WE ARE READY FOR THE 5a STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
ONLY TWO TEAMS LEFT AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE HARRISON AND NETTLETON.
GOOD LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS.WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY.
START WITH ROUND ONE THAT CONSIST OF 10 POINTS EACH.
IF YOU ARE READY, I THINK THE JUDGES ARE READY.
WE START NOW.
HANDS ON THE BUZZERS.
LET'S START THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHAT MAN, ACCORDING TO THE BIBLICAL ACTS OF THE APOSTLES WAS CHOSEN TO REPLACE JUDAS AS THE APOSTLE AFTER JUDAS BETRAYED JESUS CHRIST?
>> CONNOR.
>> MATTHIAS.
>> CORRECT.
>> MATH COMPUTATION FOR QUESTION NUMBER TWO.
WE ALLOW YOU 20 SECONDS TO WORK OUT THE MATH PROBLEM AND GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.
HERE, 20 SECONDS READY.
TRIANGLE ABC IS A 45-45-90 DEGREE RIGHT TRIANGLE WITH HYPOTENUSE OF 48 METERS.
WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF A LEG?
[BUZZER] BRANDON?
24 SQUARE ROOT OF 2 METERS.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
GOOD JOB ON THE MAP TODAY.
QUESTION NUMBER THREE.
IN MODERN LAW, WHAT IS THE TWO-WORD TERM THAT ALLOWS SOME LEGAL PROVISIONS OF AN OLD LAW TO CONTINUE TO APPLY IN SOME CASES WHILE A NEW LAW COVERS ALL FUTURE CASES?
[BUZZER] >> A GRANDFATHER LAW?
>> Steve: YES.
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE.
>> NUMBER FOUR.
IN GENETICS, WAS SQUARED.
>> PUNNETT SQUARE.
>> I THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SQUARES IN MATH BUT YOU GOT THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
WE CELEBRATE WITH SOME MATH COMPUTATION.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
ANOTHER 20 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.WHAT IS THE VALUE OF 12 FACTORIAL DIVIDED BY 10 FACTORIAL?
121?
>> Steve: NO.
[BUZZER] >> BRANDON?
132.
>> 132 IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.
>> QUESTION NUMBER SIX.
IN MUSICAL TERMINOLOGY, WHAT GENERAL TERM DENOTES SHARPS, FLATS >> CONNOR?
ACCIDENTAL.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> DURING WHOSE PRESIDENCY DID THE FOLLOWING EVENTS OCCUR: PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA JOINED THE UNITED NATIONS THE MINIMUM VOTING AGE WAS LOWERED TO 18, GOLDA MEIR BECAME PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, AND OUR NATION WAS STUNNED BY THE BIGGEST POLITICAL SCANDAL IN U.S. HISTORY?
>> JONATHAN?
NIXON.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
QUESTION NUMBER EIGHT.
WHAT PART OF A FLOWER, USUALLY GREEN , TYPICALLY FUNCTIONS AS A PROTECTION FOR THEFLOWER .
>> CONNOR?>> SEPAL.
>> THAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
>> IDENTIFY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1991 >> CONNOR?
>> MANDELA?
>> NO.
THE AUTHOR OF ULY'S PEOPLE AND BURGER'S DAUGHTER, WHOSE MAJOR THEME WAS EXILE AND ALIENATION.
>> MIDDLETON?
IT WAS NADINE GORDIMER >> HALFWAY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND.
NAME THE NAME THE TCHAIKOVSKY BALLET, SWAN LAKE >> ALREADY CONNOR.>>.
>> THAT WAS THE RIGHT ONE.
IT WAS A FEW TO CHOOSE FROM.
ALL RIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER 11.
IN GEOMETRY, WHAT IS THE NAME FOR THE SECOND OF THESE TWO SENTENCES?
F A TRIANGLE IS NOT ISOSCELES, THEN IT IS NOT EQUILATERAL.
IF A TRIANGLE IS EQUILATERAL, IT IS ISOSCELES.
.
[BUZZER] NO.
>> JONATHAN?
CONTRAPOSITIVE.
>> Steve: THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR.GOOD.
IDENTIFY THE LANDLOCKED NATION LOCATED BETWEEN >> CONNOR?
>> KAZAKHSTAN.
>> AND CHINA TO THE SOUTH WHOSE CAPITAL IS ULAN BATOR MONGOLIA.
>>.
>> Steve: MONGOLIA IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
NUMBER 13, IDENTIFY THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST WHO WAS BEST KNOWN FOR CREATING HIS NAMESAKE HIERARCHY OF HUMAN NEEDS >> MASLOW MASLOW IS RIGHT.
AND WHAT IN WHAT PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING NOVEL BY DONNA TARTT IS 13-YEAR-OLD THEO DECKER DRAWN INTO THE UNDERWORLD OF ART AFTER SURVIVING A MUSEUM ACCIDENT THAT KILLED HIS MOTHER?
I CAN TELL YOU WANT TO READ THAT BOOK.
IT'S CALLED THE GOLDFINCH.
A MODERN WORK.
THIS AMERICAN FOOTBALL PLAYER SIGNED ON WITH THE DALLAS COWBOYS AS A FREE AGENT IN 2003 AND WENT ON TO BECOME THEIR STARTING QUARTERBACK FOR MANY SEASONS.
NAME THIS MAN WHO RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT TONY ROMO >> ALEX?
>> RIGHT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PUSHING FAKE BUZZERS AND PUSHING TO YELL AT THE T.V.
SCREEN.
WE WILL DO MATH COMPUTATION FOR THE NEXT ONE.
20 SECONDS.
CONVERT THE HEXADECIMAL NUMBER 3B TO DECIMAL NOTATION.
59.
[BUZZER] JONATHAN?
>> IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.
>> QUESTION 17.
WHAT DUTCH DANCER AND SPY, BORN MARGARETHA ZELLE WAS SHOT BY THE FRENCH ON CHARGES OF SPYING FOR GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR I?
[BUZZER] ALEX?
MATA HARI IS THE CORRECT ANSWER.
>> I COULD NOT TELL IF IT WAS A GUESS OR WHAT .QUESTION 18.
IN ASTRONOMY, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE POINT IN ITS ORBIT AROUND THE EARTH WHEN THE MOON OR AN ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE IS AT ITS GREATEST DISTANCE FROM THE EARTH?
[BUZZER] >> JONATHAN?
APOGEE.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
>> WHAT SIOUX CHIEF AND VICTOR IN THE BATTLE OF LITTLE BIGHORN LATER APPEARED IN BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST SHOW?
[BUZZER] SPONSOR?
>> BRANDON?
SITTING BULL.
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
WHAT PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER, BORN LEW ALCINDOR, HAS BEEN NAMED THE NBA'S MVP THE MOST TIMES?
[BUZZER] >> Steve: JONATHAN?
>> MIDDLETON?
NETTLETON?
HE IS KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR.
>> THAT WAS LAST QUESTION OF THE FIRST ROUND OF PLAY.
AT THE END OF ONE ROUND WE HAVE THE SCORE AS HARRISON 100 AND MIDDLETON 70.
ARE THERE ANY CHALLENGES?
>> HEARING NONE WHAT ABOUT SUBSTITUTIONS?
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTION?
NO?
ALL RIGHT.
WE GO STRAIGHT INTO ROUND TWO.
IN ROUND TWO, THE TEAM IS ANSWER THE TOSSUP QUESTION AND IF THEY GET IT RIGHT THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A BONUS.
FOR BONUS QUESTIONS AT FIVE POINTS EACH.
COLTON?
YOU SERVE AS HARRISON'S CAPTAIN AND BRANDON IS NETTLETON.
HE READY TO DO THAT JOB IN A MOMENT.WE HAVE TO GET A TOSSUP CORRECT FOR THE TEAM.
LET'S TRY TO DO THAT WITH THIS QUESTION.
IDENTIFY THE ANCIENT GREEK TRAGIC PUBLIC AND CREATIVE OF 123 DRAMAS WHOSE BEST KNOWN SURVIVING WORKS ARE ANTIGONE JONATHAN?
>> SOPHOCLES THAT GET YOU THE BONUS.
THE BONUS IS CALLED POETRY QUOTES.
NAME THE POET WHO COMPOSED THE FOLLOWING LINE OF POETRY .
N XANADU DID KUBLA KHAN/ A STATELY PLEASURE DOME DECREE .
>> DEFERRED TO SPONSOR.
>> COLERIDGE THAT IS RIGHT.
YGER!
TYGER!
BURNING BRIGHT/ IN THEFORESTS OF THE NIGHT .
>> BLAKE YES.
>> T WAS NOT DEATH, FOR I STOOD UP/ AND ALL THE DEAD, LIE DOWN DICKENS?
>> EATH, BE NOT PROUD, THOUGH SOME HAVE CALLEDTHEE .
>> DONNE DICKENS?
>> NO.
THAT WAS.
YOU WERE SO CLOSE.
IT WAS NOT DEATH.
EMILY DICKINSON.
TWO OUT OF THE FOUR, I BELIEVE, JUDGES.
YOU HAVE EARNED SEVERAL POINTS THEREFORE THAT.
LET'S GET BOTH TEAMS ANOTHER TOSSUP TO SEE WHO GETS THE SECOND BONUS.
HERE IT IS.
JULIUS CAESAR'S CROSSING OF WHAT ITALIAN STREAM THE RUBICON.
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
YOU HAVE EARNED YOUR TEAM A BONUS CALLED FLORIDA.
BRANDON?
WE WILL TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT FLORIDA.
IDENTIFY EACH OF THE FOLLOWING ABOUT THE STATE.
ITS LARGEST CITY, NAMED FOR A U.S.PRESIDENT .
>> ANSWER PLEASE?
>> MIAMI?
>> NO.
CITY WHICH WAS THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT?
ST. AUGUSTINE YES.
>> SEAPORT AND RESORT CITY WHICH IS AT THE STATE'SFARTHEST POINT SOUTH ?
>> KEY WEST YES.
>> NATIONAL PARK THAT FORMS THE UNITED STATES' LARGEST SUBTROPICAL WILDERNESS EVERGLADES.
>> YES.
YOU FORGOT ABOUT PRESIDENT JACKSON AND JACKSONVILLE.
IT IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE.
GLAD YOU GOT THREE OUT OF THE FOUR.
IT'S A TOTAL OF 25 POINTS FOR THAT QUESTION.
GOOD JOB.
WE HAD TWO BONUSES TO GO.
LET'S SEE WHO CAN GET IT WITH THIS MATH COMPUTATION.
ALL RIGHT.WHAT IS THE DERIVATIVE OF THE FUNCTION 3 COSINE 4X?
[BUZZER] COLTON?
NEGATIVE 12 SINE 4X BRANDON?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THOSE NEGATIVES GET US.
YOU HAVE EARNED A BONUS FOR YOUR TEAM CALLED I WILL SEE YOU IN COURT.NOT A FLORIDA COURT.
HERE WE GO.
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING ABOUT COURTROOM PROCEDURES AND TERMS.
WORD THAT MEANS O LIEUNDER OATH .
PERJURY.
>> YES.
>> TERM FOR ANYTHING THAT PROVES OR DISPROVES A FACT IN A CASE?
EVIDENCE.
>> TERM FOR AN ORDER TO APPEAR IN COURT?
SUBPOENA YES.
>> THE TERM DESIGNATING THE COURT'S SCHEDULES OFCASES TO BE TRIED ?
DOCKET.
?
JUDGES?
DOCKET.
[LAUGHTER] I THINK THEY MAY HAVE BEEN SAYING IT BUT IT'S HARD TO HEAR.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
THREE OUT OF THE FOUR.
WE ARE NOT TRYING TO MAKE THESE TWO HARD ON YOU.
WE HAVE ONE BONUS TO GO.
HERE IS A TOSSUP FOR BOTH TEAMS TO TRY TO GET THE BONUS.HERE IT IS.
WHAT TWO WORD TERM REFERS TO THE BASIC BODY PLAN IN WHICH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF AN ORGANISM CAN BE DIVIDED INTO APPROXIMATE ALLIE?
>> BILATERAL SYMMETRY.
>> NICE.
YOU CAME UP WITH THAT.
GOOD JOB.
>> YOU EARNED AN ACTRESS BONUS FOR YOUR TEAM.
IT SAYS WHENGIVEN THE NAMES OF TWO MOVIES , IDENTIFY THE ACTRESS THAT STARTED THEM.
ARE YOU READY?
PASSENGERS AND X-MEN APOCALYPSE .
>> JENNIFER LAWRENCE.>> AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON AND CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR?
>> SCARLETT JOHANSSON YES.
>> MEAN MOMS AND CAKE.
>> MILA KUNIS?
>> NO.
MALEFICENT 2 AND SALT 2?
>> ANGELINA JOLIE YES.
>> MADE MOMS AND CAKE IS JENNIFER ANISTON.
>> THREE OUT OF THE FOUR.
YOU HAVE TAKEN US OUT AROUND TWO SO GOOD JOB.
AT THE END OF TWO ROUNDS OF PLAY, WE HAVE THE SCORES.
MIDDLETON AT 145 AND HARRISON AT 120.
A VERY CLOSE SCORE.
IT WILL TAKE US INTO WHAT WE CALL A LIGHTNING ROUND OF PLAY WHERE EACH TEAM CHOOSES A CATEGORY WITH 10 QUESTIONS IN ONE MINUTE.
HERE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU MAY CHOOSE FROM.
ARTISTS.
GIVE THE NATIONALITY OF THE FOLLOWING ARTIST.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SAY PICASSO YOU WOULD SAY SPANISH FOR SPAIN.
CATEGORY TWO?
LITERARYPSEUDONYM .
WHEN GIVEN A WRITERS PEN NAME, TELL HIS OR HER ORIGINAL NAME.
OR CHOOSE CATEGORY THREE.
THE NOBEL PRIZE.WHEN GIVEN THE NAME OF THE NOBEL LAUREATES, IDENTIFY THE CATEGORY FOR WHICH HE OR SHE WAS AWARDED THE NORVELL PRIZE.
TEAMS, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE TO MAKE YOUR DECISION.
>> Vickie: FOR A SECOND WE HAD A TIE.
HERE IS WHAT'S EXCITING.
HARRISON CAME OUT OF THE CHUTE ROLLING PRETTY GOOD.
NETTLETON COMES BACK IN THE BONUS ROUND AND THAT IS DIFFICULT TO COME BACK.
IT'S NOT AS MANY POINTS THERE.
I HAVE SEEN TEAMS DO IT.THEY CAPTURE THAT BONUS ROUND AND THEY START RUNNING AND AT FIRST, I THOUGHT NETTLETON MIGHT BE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE JUST A FEW POINTS AHEAD AND HARRISON WILL GET IT ON THE SECOND ROUND.
IT WON'T BE THE CASE.
THE SPREAD IS BIG ENOUGH THAT NETTLETON IS IN THE DRIVERS SEAT RIGHT NOW.
HARRISON HAS GOT TO COME UP WITH A 62ND ROUND THAT THEY COULD ANSWER EIGHT, NINE OR 10.
THE DISADVANTAGE IS YOU WILL REALLY HAVE TO BE SHARP TO RUN ONE OF THOSE.
>> PSEUDONYMS?
THERE IS AN OUTLIER OUT THERE YOU NEVER HEARD OF.
ARTISTS THE SAME THING.
BUT NOBEL PRIZE?
>> YOU WILL THINK YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT NAILED DOWN BUT IF A TEAM RUNS THOSE THEY HAVE REALLY DONE SOME STUDYING.
>> Vickie: WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN ONCE TODAY IN THE VERY FIRST MATCH.
>> Bill: I WOULD BE WILLING TO BET THAT THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY WE WON'T SEE ANOTHER 62ND ROUND RUN.
I MIGHT GET EGG ON MY FACE BUT LAST YEAR, NO 62ND ROUNDS WERE RUN.
>> THAT IS 10 QUESTIONS.
>> 60 SECONDS.
>> IT'S THRILLING.
>> YES.
YOU COULD TURN THE GAME.
ALL OF THESE WILL BE DIFFICULT.
>> THE TRAJECTORY OF THAT MATCH.
>> THEY WILL BE COMFORTABLE.
IF THAT HAPPENS IT WILL BE A REALLY CLOSE GAME.
I HOPE IT KIND OF DROPSON ME.
THEY ARE AWFULLY SMART.
>> VERY SHARP .
>> YOU HAVE BEEN A QUICK BOWL COACH.
>> YES.
I COACH FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS WITH SOME SUCCESSES AND ENJOYED THE COACHING BUT I ENJOY WHAT I DO NOW.IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA.
WE WANT TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW WHAT PART THEY PLAY.
>> 60 SECONDS.
BACK OVER TO STEVE.
>>.
>> Steve: WELCOME BACK.
A VERY EXCITING 5a CHAMPIONSHIP.
JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS SEPARATES THESE TEAMS.
DURING THE BREAK, THE TEAMS CHOSE THE CATEGORIES AND HARRISON GOT TO PICKFIRST ON THEIR CATEGORY.THEY CHOSE THE ARTIST .NETTLETON CHOSE LITERARY.
WE ARE READY TO PLAY THIS ROUND.
HARRISON WILL GET A CHANCE TO ANSWER THEM FIRST.
IF THEY MISS ANY, THE QUESTIONS WILL BOUNCE OVER TO NETTLETON TO HAVE A SHOT AT THOSE AND VICE VERSA.
COLTON, WE HAVE A MINUTE ON THE CLOCK AND ACATEGORY CALLED ARTIST .IT SAYS GIVEN THE NATIONALITY OF THE FOLLOWING ARTIST FOR EXAMPLE, IF I SAY PICASSO YOU WOULD SAY SPANISH.
READY?
ALL RIGHT HERE WE GO.
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN.
>> DUTCH.
>> YES.
>> JAN VAN EYCK.
>> DUTCH EUGENE DELACROIX?
>> NO.
>> FRENCH.
>> YES.
EDWARD HOPPER?
>> THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH AMERICAN.
>> YES.
>> ENGLISH.
>> YES.
>> RAFAEL?
>> ITALIAN?
>> YES.
MARCEL DUCHAMP.
>> FRENCH.
>> YES.
VINCENT VAN GOGH?
>> DUTCH.
>> SALVADOR DALI?
>> MEXICAN?
>> NO.
>> PETER PAUL RUBENS?
>> ENGLISH?
>> NO.
ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD JOB.
THEY GOT SEVEN?
IS THAT RIGHT?
YES.
70 POINTS IN THAT ROUND.
MATTHEW, I FORGET TO WELCOME YOU TO THE GAMES ON GLAD YOU COULD COME IN.
NOW WE GO OVER TO NETTLETON AND SOLOMON, I SEE YOU JOIN THE TEAM SO GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
BRANDON, YOU HAVE THREE TO TRY TO WIN THE POINTS.
THE FIRST ONE IS BEYOND THE NECK.
THE SECOND SALVADOR DALI.
>> SPANISH.
>> PETER PAUL RUBENS?
>> GERMAN?
>> HE IS FLEMISH.
>> BELGIUM.
YOU PICKED UP THE SPANISH ONCE A GOOD JOB.
SO, NETTLETON, IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO DO THE SAME THING OR EVEN BETTER THAN HARRISON ON THEIR CATEGORY WITH LITTERED THE LITERARY PSEUDONYMS.
BRANDON, WHEN YOU ARE READY SPEAK LOUDLY.
WHEN GIVEN THE WRITERS PEN NAME, YOU GIVE THEIR ORIGINAL NAME.
ARE YOU READY?
HERE WE GO.
LEWIS CARROLL.
>> PASS.
>> VOLTAIRE.
>> PASS.
>> GEORGE ORWELL.
>> PLAYER.
>> YES.
CS FORRESTER?
>> STALL.
>> THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROUND AND NOT GET ANY MORE QUESTIONS.
THEY HAVE TWO TO PASS OVER TO HARRISON BEFORE THE STALL.
THAT IS NUMBERS ONE AND TWO.
COLTON, HERE'S A CHANCE TO PICK UP A FEW MORE POINTS.
TELL ME THE REAL NAME OF LEWIS CARROLL?
HE'S A DOCTOR I KNOW THAT MUCH.
>> SMITH.
>> VOLTAIRE LET'S GO WITH THE FRENCH NAME.
>> SMITH.
>> NO.
THE ANSWER WAS SMITH THE ONE THEY STALLED ON.>> CECIL SMITH TO BE EXACT.
THE TWO THAT WE MISSED IS LEWIS CARROLL AND DODSON AND VOLTAIRE WAS FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET.
>> CECIL SMITH FOR THE ONE THAT YOU STALLED ON.
>> THAT TAKES US OUT OF THE LIGHTNING ROUND.
UNLESS WE HAVE ANY CHALLENGES.
I DON'T SEE ANY.
AT THE END OF THE THIRD ROUND OF PLAY IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, HARRISON IS 190 AND 165.
IT'S A VERY CLOSE GAME GOING INTO THE FINAL ROUND.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANY SUBSTITUTIONS?
>> YES.
WE ARE.
[MUSIC] >> Steve: WELCOME BACK FOR THE FIVE A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN HARRISON AND NETTLETON.
TWO GREAT TEAMS COMPETING IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
ALEX IS BACK FOR THE NETTLETON TEAM AND BLAKE IS IN FOR THE FINAL ROUND FOR HARRISON.
VERY CLOSE GAME.
SEPARATED BY ONLY THREE QUESTIONS.
IT'S VERY EXCITING.
THE LAST ROUND CONSISTED OF 20 TOSSUP QUESTIONS OF 10 POINTS EACH.
WEHAVE 200 POINTS STILL UP FOR GRABS .
I WISH BOTH TEAMS WELL AS WE COMPETE IN THE FINAL ROUND.
ARE WE READY?
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
IN ASTRONOMY, WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO A STAR, APPROXIMATELY THE MASS OF THE EARTH, WHICH HAS UNDERGONE GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE >> CONNOR?
>> IT'S IN THE FINAL STAGE OF EVOLUTION FOR LOWMASS STARS ?
BROWN DWARF.
>> IT IS A WHITE DWARF.
NUMBER 32, IDENTIFY THE AMERICAN WRITER WHOSE NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, AND POEMS ARE NOTED FOR THEIR INSIGHTFUL TREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE, THE MOST NOTABLE OF WHICH IS THE COLOR PURPLE.
ALICE WALKER.
[BUZZER] >>.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> IN BUDDHISM, WHAT IS DEFINED AS THE FINAL RELEASE FROM THE CYCLE OF REINCARNATION >> ENLIGHTENMENT?
ATTAINED BY EXTINCTION OF ALL DESIRES AND INDIVIDUAL EXISTENCE, CULMINATING IN ABSOLUTE BLESSEDNESS?
>> NIRVANA BRANDON?
>> THAT WAS WHERE WE ARE LOOKING FOR.
>> THANK YOU, BRANDON.
WHAT MAN'S NOVEL ENTITLED, WHILE ENGLAND SLEPT HIGHLIGHTED THE UNITED KINGDOM'S LACK OF MILITARY PREPARATION TO FACE THE THREAT OF NAZI GERMANY'S EXPANSION?
WINSTON CHURCHILL?
>>.
>> Steve: THAT IS CORRECT.
MATH COMPUTATION.
ALL RIGHT WHAT IS THE AREA OF A RHOMBUS WITH DIAGONALS OF LENGTH 40 AND 24 INCHES?
>> 480 SQUARE INCHES BLAKE?
YOU ARE IN THE GAME JUST IN TIME TO GET THAT RIGHT.
GOOD JOB.
ALL RIGHT.
NEXT QUESTION.
IN CELL BIOLOGY, WHAT TYPE OF CELL DIVISION REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES MEIOSIS COLTON?
>> GOOD JOB.
>> WHAT DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, WHICH WORKS TO INCREASE THE AFFORDABILITY AND QUALITY OF HOUSING >> COLTON?
>> DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WE WILL CELEBRATE THAT WITH ANOTHER MATH PROBLEM.
WE HAVE 20 SECONDS READY.
IT SAYS, WHAT IS THE DEGREE MEASURE OF ANY EXTERIOR ANGLE OF A REGULAR NONAGON?
[BUZZER] >> BLAKE.
>> 140 DEGREES?
>> NO.
MIDDLETON?
NETTLETON?
ANSWER PLEASE.
40 DEGREES.
TAKE THE HUNDRED OFTEN YOU HAVE THE RIGHT ANSWER.
QUESTION 30 AT NINE.
>> THE IDEAL FOR THIS NOVEL CAME TO THE STORY AFTER VIEWING THE BODY >> COLTON?
>> ANNA KARENINA YOU ARE RIGHT.
IT WAS A VERY LONG QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME.WHAT ASTRONOMY TERM REFERS TO THE OUTER PART OF A CONICAL SHADOW >> PENUMBRA GOOD JOB.
>> THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT WASTE LINDA'S ARE CALLED THE WESTERN DESERT OR CANNING DESERT OF NORTHERN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IS.
>> COLTON?
>> GREAT SANDY DESERT.
>> ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
TO EVENTS THAT CANNOT OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME >> MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE CONNOR?
RIGHT.
IN 1936, THIS MAN RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE.
FOUR OF HIS PLAYS WON PULITZER PRIZES.
NAME THIS MAN WHOSE LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT WON THE PULITZER PRIZE >> BECKETT?
>> IT WAS FOUR YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH.
>> ALLIE?
THOMAS?
>> NO IT IS EUGENE O'NEILL.
QUESTION 44 FOR BOTH SCHOOLS: WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE CONTINUOUS FLOW OF PARTICLES FROM THE SUN RESULTING CHIEFLY FROM THE EXPANSION OF GASES >> CONNOR?
>> SOLAR WIND.
>> GOOD JOB.
>> WITH HAD A TIMEOUT CALLED.
THE COACHES ARE ALLOWED 1/32 TIMEOUT.
BOTH COACHES CAN APPROACH THEIR TEAMS IF THEY LIKE.
WE WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO DO THIS.
WELCOME BACK RIGHT AFTER THE TIMEOUT CAUSED BY THE HARRISON TEAM, DURING THE TIMEOUT, THEN ONLY CONFERRED WITH THEIR TEAMS BUT THEY ALSO MADE SOME SUBSTITUTIONS.
ASHLEY, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
THE HARRISON TEAM LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT NOW.
WE HAVE MATTHEW AND BURRELL AND CAITLIN ALL IN FOR THE TEAM.
CONNOR, GOOD TO HAVE YOU IN THE GAME.
ALL RIGHT, NOW.
WE HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS LEFT FOR THESE TWO TEAMS.
BEFORE WE ANNOUNCE THE STATE CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP SO LET'S GET RIGHT TO IT.
QUESTION 45 IS NEXT.
IN WHAT ALEXANDER DUMAS NOVEL >> THREE MUSKETEERS.
>> YOU GUESSED AND GUESSED WRONG, CONNOR.
>> BRANDON?
COUNT OF MONTECRISTO .
>> WITHOUT EVEN THE DESCRIPTION.
THAT IS RIGHT.
>> WHAT IS DEFINED AS A SMALL CAVITY OR SPACE IN THE CYTOPLASM CONTAINING AIR OR FLUID?A POOR?
>> POOR?
NUMBER NETTLETON?
VACUOLE.
>> YES.
COULD'VE ALSO ACCEPTED CYST.
ALSO CALLED RAPA NUI, WHAT CHILEAN DEPENDENCY IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN IS FAMOUS FOR ITS GIANT STONE STATUES?
EASTER ISLAND.
>> CONNOR.
>> IS CORRECT.
WES CAUGHT 12 WALLEYE AND LUKE CAUGHT 8.
HOW MANY MUST SARAH CATCH SO THE THREE OF THEM HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 18 EACH?
>> BRANDON?
>> 34.
>> 34 IS RIGHT.
>> THAT SOME GOOD ARKANSAS PRACTICAL MATH.
WHAT 1914 LAW, PASSED TO GIVE SUPPORT TO THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT, OUTLAWED PRICE DISCRIMINATION THAT GAVE FAVORED BUYERS AN ADVANTAGE OVER OTHERS?
[BUZZER] CONNOR?
>> NO.
NETTLETON?
IT IS THE CLAYTON ANTITRUST ACT.
NAME THE ENGLISH WRITER WHOSE OBSERVATION OF THE DUCKS, SQUIRRELS AND HEDGEHOGS AROUND HER DISTRICT HOME BECAME THE BASIS FOR THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS .
>> BEATRIX POTTER CONNORS?
THE WRITER OF THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, RIGHT.
>> THAT HAPPENED TO BE THE FINAL QUESTION.
45.
(DOO MAH) NOVEL IS EDMOND DANTES (DON TEES) SET TO BEGIN A BLISSFUL EXISTENCE AS CAPTAIN OF HIS SHIP AND HUSBAND TO HIS SWEETHEART WHEN A FALSE POLITICAL CHARGE CONDEMNS HIM TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT?
46.WHAT IS DEFINED AS A SMALL CAVITY OR SPACE IN THE CYTOPLASM OF AN ORGANISM CONTAINING AIR OR FLUID?
OR CYST 47.ALSO CALLED (RAHP UH NOO EE), <HTTP://WWW.BRITANNICA.CO M/PLACE/EASTER-ISLAND/IMA GES-VIDEOS/138977> 48.MATH COMPUTATION: ANSWER: 49.CLAYTON ANTI-TRUST ACT 50.NAME THE ENGLISH WRITER WHOSE OBSERVATION OF THE RABBITS, DUCKS, SQUIRRELS, AND HEDGEHOGS AROUND HER LAKE DISTRICT HOME BECAME THE BASIS FOR HER CHILDREN'S BOOKS, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT AND THE TALE OF BENJAMIN BUNNY.
EXTRA TOSS UPS: 1.WHAT CLASS OF COMPOUNDS ARE PRODUCED BY A REACTION BETWEEN ACIDS AND ALCOHOLS WITH THE ELIMINATION OF WATER?
ESTERS 2.WHAT [APPLAUSE] WE HAD TWO GREAT TEAMS.
HARRISON HAS WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A SCORE OF 310.
CONGRATULATIONS, TEAMS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> WHAT IS REMARKABLE IS HARRISON WAS HERE LAST YEAR AND LOST.
LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN.
THAT KIND OF DETERMINATION TELL YOU ABOUT THE PLAYER.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO >> CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
TELL US ABOUT THE AWARDS.
>> THE AWARDS THAT THEY EACH GET IS A FINANCIAL AWARD.
$3000 FOR THE WINNER AND $1500 FOR THE RUNNER-UP.THAT MONEY ULTIMATELY COMES FROM THE LEGISLATURE.
THEY APPROPRIATE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ORDER TO FUND THIS ACTIVITY.
MOST OF WHICH GOES TO THE SCHOLARSHIPS.
NONE OF THE COACHES ARE PAID OUT OF THAT.
NONE OF THE PERSONNEL THAT YOU SEE HERE OTHER THAN THOSE HOOKED UP WITH ATN.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING HERE ARE VOLUNTEERS.
THEY VOLUNTEER.
THAT MONEY CAN GO TO THE STUDENTS.
SOMETIMES THEY WILL USE THIS TO GO TO NATIONAL COMPETITIONS.
WE DO VERY WELL AT THE NATIONAL LEVELS.
>> IT REALLY LIGHTS THE FIRE AND ENCOURAGES THEM.
THEY ARE GENEROUS SCHOLARSHIPS.
>> Bill: YES, THEY ARE.
SOMETIMES SCHOOLS GET IT THEY DON'T KEEP THE MONEY THEY USE IT TO FURTHER THEIR PROGRAM OR GIVE IT TO THE STUDENTS OR WHATEVER.
BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE STUDENTS WILL SAY, I HAVE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY I WILL USE IT FOR GOING TO SCHOOL AND COLLEGE AND SOME OF THESE WILL BE SOPHOMORES AND JUNIORS PLAYING.
THEY COME BACK AND IT WILL BE TWO IN THREE YEARS IN A ROW AND THEY WILL ACCUMULATE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AND THEY CAN USE IT FOR WHATEVER THEY WANT TO USE IT FOR.>> REGULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
THANK YOU, BILL FOR THE INSIGHT.
>> LOOKS LIKE IT'S TIME TO GO BACK TO THE COMPETITION.
>> IT'S A WONDERFUL TOURNAMENT MATCH.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THESE GREAT TEAMS.
WE HAVE A CHECK FOR ACADEMIC ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE.
IT GOES TO NETTLETON.
CONGRATULATIONS.
[APPLAUSE] >> I AM PROUD TO AWARD NETTLETON THE SECOND-PLACE AWARD AND THEY ARE GOOD COMPETITION SO WE ARE HAPPY TO AWARD IT TO THEM [APPLAUSE] HARRISON, YOU HAD A GREAT RUN.
CHAMPIONS AGAIN.
HOW DOES IT FEEL.
>> IT FEELS GREAT.
>> YOU HAVE 3000 REASONS TO FEEL GOOD.
ON BEHALF OF ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S QUIZ BOWL IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE, HERE'S A CHECK FOR $3000.
HOW DOES THAT SOUND?
SOUNDS GOOD.
>> THE TROPHY FIRST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WE ARE NOT DONE YET!
WE HAVE THE MVP WHO IS A FELLOW ON THE END.
FROM NETTLETON.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> I HAVE JOHNNY BORUM AND PATTY YEAR NOW FROM THE QUIZ BOWL ASSOCIATION.
IT'S AWARDING THIS YEAR'S SCHOLARSHIP.
IT AWARDS A SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP.
IT IMPLEMENTED THE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN THE SUMMER OF 2014 AFTER THE TRAGIC DEATH AND SON OF ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
HE GRADUATED FROM SACRED HEART WHERE THEY COMPETED IN QUIZ BOWL JUST THREE WEEKS BEFORE HIS ACCIDENT.
OUR FIRST SCHOLARSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $1000 WAS AWARDED IN 2015.
THAT SUMMER WE INCORPORATED THE FRIEND TO HANDLE THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
THANKS TO THE SUCCESSFUL TOURNAMENT, WE ARE NOW ABLE TO AWARD TO SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1500 EACH YEAR.
WE ENCOURAGE ALL SCHOOLS TO SUPPORT THE TOURNAMENT TO BEGIN THE CONTINUATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE THIRD ANNUAL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP TO COLE.
HERE'S A SENIOR AT THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND ATTENDS ARKANSAS TECH IN THE FALL FOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
[APPLAUSE] THE SECOND SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT IS MADISON.
MADISON IS A SENIOR AT HUNTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL BUT SHE PLANS TO ATTEND COLLEGE OF THE OZARKS AND POINT LOOKOUT MISSOURI AND MAJORED IN SECONDARY EDUCATION.
[APPLAUSE] AETN LOST A DEAR FRIEND WITH THE PASSING OF ALAN WEATHERLY IN NOVEMBER.
WHEN WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD BEST HONOR HIM AS THE QUIZ BOWL BOARD MET WE DECIDED WHAT COULD BE BETTER DO THAN TO AWARD A SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP IN HIS HONOR.
IT IS MY PLEASURE AND HONOR TO AWARD THE SCHOLARSHIP TO SAMANTHA BURNETT FROM CENTERPOINT.
SAMANTHA WILL BE GOING TO ASU IN THE FALL.
CONGRATULATIONS, SAMANTHA.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, WE PRESENT THE AWARD TO THE SENIOR HIGH IN JUNIOR HIGH COACH OF THE YEAR.
THE COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD WAS STARTED IN 2014.
IT'S THE THIRD YEAR THEY HAVE HONORED THE COACHING EXCELLENCE AT THE JUNIOR HIGH LEVELS.
COACHES WHO RECEIVE THESE AWARDS RECEIVE EXCELLENCE NOT ONLY DURING COMPETITION BUT SHAPING THE LIVES OF THEIR PLAYERS.
EACH WINNER WILL RECEIVE A PLAQUE AND A $100 CHECK.OUR SENIOR COACH OF THE YEAR IS TERESA FLYNN.
THE HEAD COACH AT HIGHLANDS.
21 YEARS IN THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
HERE IS WHAT HERSTUDENTS HAD TO SAY .
>> WITHOUT THE CHILDHOOD GUIDANCE, I COULD NOT HAVE LEARNED HOW TO CULTIVATE THE ACADEMIC PROWESS INTO SOMETHING I WOULD BE PROUD OF.
BY PROCEEDING MYSELF MS. FLYNN GAVE ME THE TOOLS I NEEDED TO BECOME GOOD AT SOMETHING AND NOT JUST SOME NERD THAT LIKE TO WATCH JEOPARDY.
THANKS TO HER GUIDANCE, GROWING TO YOUNG MEN WHO LIKES TO LEARN.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND I NOMINATE HER FOR THIS AWARD AS THE BEST LEAST I COULD DO TO REPLACE HER.
[APPLAUSE] THE JUNIOR HIGH COACH OFTHE YEAR IS KIM COOK .
MRS. COOK COULDN'T BE HERE IN THE STUDIO TODAY SO WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER HER GRATITUDE FOR ALL SHE HAS DONE.
[APPLAUSE] HER STUDENTS HAD TO SAY I AM NOMINATING KIM COOK BECAUSE I FEEL STRONGLY IF ANYONE DESERVES IT IT'S HER.
SHE HAS BEEN MY COACH FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS AND SHE HAS MADE MY TIME THE MOST ENJOYABLE MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.
SHE TREATS ALL THE QUIZ BOWL TEAM SHE COACHES LIKE FAMILY AND SHEALWAYS ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO DO THEIR BEST.
MRS. COOK , IF SHE WINS THIS OR NOT SHE IS THE BEST IN ALL OF ARKANSAS, WITHOUT A DOUBT.
>> IT'S A VERY DESERVING RECIPIENT WITH JOHNNY, PATTY AND SAMMY.CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE COACHES TERESA FLYNN AND KIM COOK.
LET'S GO OVER TO CAROLYN.
>> AND NOW WE HAVE THE ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM THAT IN ADDITION TO LOGAN IS A FEW OTHERS JOINING HIM.
DANIEL WAS FROM POLASKY ACADEMY AND THEIR TEAM MADE IT TO STAY AND DID NOT QUITE GET HERE.
HE HAD A VERY ASTOUNDING 12.4 AVERAGE.HE IS A HIGH POINT PLAYER.
WE HAVE JOHN HOPP ENDS.
MICHAEL FROM GREENBRIER, TALON HIGGINS FROM MILLS, JACKSON PARKER, MISTY GOINS, RYAN BALDWIN FROM GREENE COUNTY TECH.
BENJAMIN NEIL, WATSON CHAPEL AND CALVIN McGILLIVRAY.
LITTLE ROCK CHRISTIAN.
TRISTAN OATH, ADAM OF MAGNOLIA, NOAH REED OF THE QUEEN AND NOAH BEAVER'S SEND OF GREENE COUNTY TECH AND A NEWLY FORMED MEMBER, COMMON VIRTUE FROM HARRISON WHO JUST MADE IT TODAY AND EXCEEDED THE FIVE POINT AVERAGE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM [APPLAUSE] .THANK YOU, CAROLYN.
WE HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR STATE GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON.. HI, THIS IS THE GOVERNOR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS DISSIPATING IN THIS YEAR'S ARKANSAS GOVERNOR'S QUIZ BOWL.
QUIZ BOWL HAS HAD AN IMPORTANT AND LASTING IMPACT ON ACADEMICS IN ARKANSAS FOR MANY YEARS.
IT'S AN ARKANSAS TRADITION THAT SHOWCASES THE STATE MOST DEDICATED STUDENTS AND COACHES.
AS THE FATHER OF A FORMER QUIZ BOWL CHAMPION, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW MANY COUNTLESS HOURS TEAM MEMBERS COMMIT TO STUDYING EVERYTHING FROM THE CLASSICS TO HISTORY TO THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENCE.
QUIZ BOWL EXHIBITS THE ACHIEVEMENT AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OFHARD-WORKING STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE STATE .
WE ARE ESPECIALLY PROUD THAT ARKANSAS HAS BEEN PART OF QUIZ BOWL FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS.
I COMMEND YOUR EFFORT AND DEDICATION AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR OF ACCIDENT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE .
>> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
YOU CAN REALLY TELL HE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF QUIZ BOWL IN ARKANSAS.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET HERE?
TO THE QUIZ BOWL FINALS ATAETN.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK .
CHAMPIONSHIP 3A.
HERE'S HOW YOU ACTUALLY GET TO THE FINALS.
[MUSIC] I THINK THE THING I LIKE MOST IS THE TEAMWORK ASPECT.
I AM NOT A SPORTY PERSON.
THIS IS REALLY THE ONLY TIME I GET TO BE PART OF THE TEAM.
IT TEACHES YOU LEADERSHIP AND HOW TO BE ON THE TEAM AND HOW TO BE A TEAM PLAYER.
IT'S JUST A SKILL I WILL BE ABLE TO USE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
>> I WAS DABBLING IN IT BUT AFTER NOT BEING ON THE CHEERLEADING TEAM I FELT LIKE QUIZ BOWL WAS THE ONLY PLACE I BELONGED AND I FELT LIKE I BELONGED.
I LIKE TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.
YOU GET PUT ON THE TEAM AND YOU GET TO SEE WHERE EVERYONE COMES FROM.
ALL THE DIFFERENT SMARTS AND SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE AND IT'S AWESOME.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> I LIKE IT WHENEVER THERE IS SOMETHING I HAVE LEARNED THAT I COULD ALSO USE LATER ON.
LIKE CLASSES OR SOMETHING.
>> YOU GET TO MEET ALL THESE NEW PEOPLE AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE RIDICULOUSLY SMART.
THEY LET IT RUB OFF ON YOU.
YOU SAY WOW I HAD NO IDEA I NEEDED TO KNOW THAT BUT YOU DO.
IT'S REALLY COOL.
EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT THE SMARTEST PERSON, YOU CAN STILL CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A STARTER.
THEIR SPECIALTY PLAYERS, MANAGERS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO IN THE QUIZ BOWL TEAM.
EVERYONE HAS A SKILL.
YOU COULD USE THAT SKILL.
>> QUIZ BOWL IS ONE OF THE BEST ORGANIZATIONS YOU COULD JOIN.
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