WEST II HI WSWICk /'LAYERS {from left) (ire a Yeager. Tern ? Xanara, Jacob llugg and Ifridget Hill
consult on a JO-point response. Xot pictured are teammates Jeremy Hcwett, John Cook, Elizabeth
Robinson, Melissa Robinson and George Stathos.
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A H.EIX.USG TEAM from Xurth Brunswick High puzzles over a question posed by moderator
Marybeth Ifianchi. From the left are Otis Mapsom, Christina l.loyd, Zachary Miller and Torrie
McMillan. Alternate h as Scott Monzon.
South High Takes Quiz Bowl By Storm
BY SI SAN ISHKR
South Brunswick Hi eh School re
claimcd the Brunswick County Qui/
Bowl championship literally by
storm Saturday alter watching West
Brunswick High hold on to the title
three consecutive years.
Going into the final round of the
final ganic. West was leading 50-40.
But South ga\e the only correct
answer in the final. 30-point round,
in which players get to consult with
teammates lor 10 seconds before an
swering their question. The team
correctly identified the first question
of the round, giving kaniika/e (w ind
god > as the Japanese name for a ty
phoon. The final score was 70-50.
Qui/ Bowl, an academic competi
tion sponsored by the Brunswick
County Library in cooperation with
county high schools, challenges stu
dents with trivia-type questions
drawn from the arts and humanities,
science and mathematics and current
events.
As county champion. South
Brunswick will advance to regional
competition next year in Pender
Ccuntv. The state championship
bow 1 w ill be held in Raieigh in May.
As defending champion Saturday.
West received a bye in the opening
round of double elimination compe
tition at the Brunswick Community
College Student Center. In double
STAFF PHOTOS BY SUSAN USHER
RECIAIMIXG THE CHAMPIONSHIP trophy after a three-year winning streak by West are South Brunswick Coach Mabel Calloway
and team members (front, from left) Santino MclMtighlin, Joey Walls, John Walls and Ixiura DeFino and (rear) Danny Holy field, Mike
Wescott, Andrew Cowan and Rudra Ramphal.
elimination, play continues until on
ly one team has less than tv> o losses.
South Brunswick defeated an in
experienced learn from North
Brunswick High 100-15. North also
took a healing from West, with the
score 120-20.
in the lirst match, South nipped
by West 90-85, with both teams fal
tering over challenging questions
tluu ranged from identifying Burke's
Peerage to naming an area hank thai
was among the first to fail in North
Carolina.
The questions didn't gel any easi
er in subsequent games.
West leaped ahead in the second
game, going into the third round
with the score 80-40. The Trojans
picked up another 30 points in half
credils for a final score of 110-40,
forcing a rematch for the champi
onship. (Team members could earn
half-credit by correctly answering a
question missed by their opponent.)
In the final. West led 30-20 at the
end of the opening round, in which a
correct answer was worth 10 points.
West players correctly identified
Asia as the continent with the great
est land mass, calculated the perime
ter of a geometric figure and identi
fied the National Rifle Association
as the major lobbying force against
legislation to ban sales of assault
weapons.
Through the 20-point round.
West held on to its 10-point lead.
But South pulled from behind,
giving the only correct answer in the
final, 30-point round, in which play
ers gel to consult with teammates
for 10 seconds before answering
their question.
West players couldn't connect,
missing questions on such diverse
topics as Bolshevik Revolution lead
er Leon Trotsky and Sen. Jesse
Helms' recently diagnosed bone dis
order.
The championship team gets to
keep the Qui/ Bowl rotating trophy
at its school during until the next
county Quiz Bowl.
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