Written by: Presley Henson / Staff writer & Lily Amback / Managing Editor
There are many options for those who love trivia at New Palestine High School. One of those options is quiz bowl.
The quiz bowl’s first competition was at home against Center Grove, where they came out victorious.
“We’ve only had one match so far this year, so to say how the season is going so far is a bit premature. Our first match was against Center Grove and we beat them 52-17,” quiz bowl coach Madonna McGovern said.
This year’s team is full of fresh faces. The only returner is junior Eli Schultz.
“We have a very new team this year so I’m very excited about that,” Shultz said. “Everybody has their own niche of knowledge which is great for this competition.”
However, Schultz has recruited his friends to join the team.
“I joined because I liked academic superbowl, and Eli Schultz told me to,” senior Alex Appley said.
Appley has also been on the academic superbowl team, making him well-versed in certain trivia areas.
“My favorite part about quiz bowl is the varied questions,” Appley said. “The questions that are asked are always unexpected, so it feels good when you know the answer.”
Appley is not the only one who joined the quiz bowl team this year because of previous academic teams.
“I decided to join quiz bowl because I have always enjoyed trivia. I was in the cranium challenge at the Junior High for this reason, and I have always enjoyed the game show ‘Jeopardy,’” sophomore Logan Collins said.
However, unlike the cranium challenge or academic super bowl, quiz bowl competitions are only against one other team, not five or six different schools.
“Competitions are about an hour long, they are between two schools and include head-to-head, toss up, bonus and expert questions,” Collins said. “Head-to-head is between one student from each school. Toss up can be answered by anyone. Bonus is when you get a toss up question correct, and your whole team talks together before answering. Expert questions are extremely hard toss up questions that only an expert in the field of which is the focus could answer.
The quiz bowl’s next competition is at home against Shelbyville on Nov. 10.
