#quiz bowl

[tmntxthings]

Hi! I wanted to ask since I’ve only been recently going to school in the US for nearly 2 months, what is beta club, quiz bowl, and student body? I’m guessing student body is sort of like a leadership thingy but I just wanted to make sure, I hope you don’t mind me asking! :^D

I don’t mind at all!!! ❤️ it’s been about four years since I’ve been in high school but I’m pretty sure this is at least a relevant description of each club/organization! But if anyone wants to add some specifics pls pls pls add in!!

Student Body: this is like the government of the class, in my school it was mainly important for the seniors, the roles are President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasury, etc. they make big decisions in regards to big events in school! Like Homecoming/Prom/Pep Rallies & they also give students a voice since they are kinda in direct line with higher up faculty like the Principal/Vice Principal of the entire school (at least for my small town school)

Beta Club: is an organization for students to help the community! Mainly about volunteering, helping around school and stuff like that to earn Beta Points to then have enough to qualify for this big event that involves multiple schools who have their own Beta Clubs, all the students compete against one another in different subjects, plus artistic stuff and even talented shows… I sang in front of like hundreds of students before during 6th grade (never gonna happen again!!! oml so embarrassing 😭) Beta Club also has officers too, President/Vice Pres. but I was just a member

Quiz Bowl: this is for the smarties in school! it’s kinda like a club that plays trivia, or practices trivia and then goes to a competition to play against another school, smarties against smarties, type of deal… it’s likeeee Jeopardy! That show!

I hope this helps :D

#anonymous #anon ask #grace answers #c: #<3333 #school #small school #experience #clubs #beta club #quiz bowl #student body #high school

[nyuquizbowl]

The classic 1967 Star Trek Original series episode "Mirror, Mirror" makes for a nicely packaged analogy to stereochemistry. If we consider the Thalidomide Tragedy, an incident in 1957 Germany where Thalidomide was sold as a Racemic (Quiz Bowl word #1) mixture with both enantiomers (Quiz Bowl word #2) in equal portion: R-Thalidomide, a relatively harmless sedative marketed to pregnant women (Spock), and S-Thalidomide (Mirror Spock), a teratogenic (Quiz Bowl word #3) compound  that caused thousands of babies to be born with the condition Phocomelia (Quiz Bowl word #4). Two compounds that are mirror images of each other, but behave entirely differently. Nowadays, nearly all drug patents using chiral (Quiz Bowl word #5) compounds must be enantiopure (Quiz Bowl word #6), after the FDA made the Racemic Switch. 

#star trek #organic chemistry #mirror mirror #quiz bowl

[blackbiird-poetry]

222

lights flicker on and off

a button to press, a goal

buzz out, play no more

Plus! A photo of me:

Nationals was fun, I’ll have to go again. Can’t wait to complete the next big challenge ahead of me!

watch out - I’m in the top 85% of players worldwide now!! <3

#naqt #blackbiirdpoetry #poetry #poems on tumblr #poets on tumblr #quiz bowl #writers on tumblr #quizbowl

[thoughts-of-caly]

my favorite quiz bowl–related moment is definitely when the question was who was the mother of aphrodite, one guy buzzed in and said, i kid you not, zeus. then someone else said jupiter. pretty sure i spent the rest of that practice on the floor laughing hysterically while sobbing on the inside.

#its dione if you're curious #mythology #quiz bowl #all the percy jackson fans kinda just gave each other a Look #and you could tell we wanted to throw hands after 'jupiter'

[uaisquizbowl]

Emu wars doesn't show up enough in Quizbowl Questions

We need more emus

#emu #quiz bowl #naqt #emu war

[miscellaniousbyblue]

So I’m going to a quiz bowl competition tomorrow at Salem High School in NH, the same building Trump is going to be in

Honestly I’m really tempted to ask whatever Secret Service guys are there to play a round with us because I think it would be awesome. A bunch of high-school nerds vs one of the most elite guards in the US.

I also want to play Trump, but mainly because I want to destroy him and I think it would be hilarious

#anti trump #for the record #Trump #quiz bowl

[rockcandymines707]

Quiz Team Quarrels (Part 1)

Word count: 2k

You'd never admit it, but one of your favorite pastimes at school is bickering and competing with Zach, a fellow team member on the Hillcrest Quiz Team. Just his smart mouth alone is more than enough to provoke you now after a year of rivalry. But lately your focus is on something else. The National Championship Tournament is approaching fast, and you're struggling with stage fright. Will Zach only serve to distract you, or is there a chance that things could go back to the way they used to be?

Content Warnings: None, just quiz nerds and classic tsundere antics.

The official quiz team meeting ended almost an hour ago. Most of the members were long gone, but a few still remained in the school. They all huddled around two desks pushed head to head in a classroom, watching as two of their own teammates fought to win in a sudden-death style quiz.

Buzzers were going off non-stop, and answers were being shouted loud enough to be heard from out in the hallway. This should have been a friendly practice match between allies, but everyone witnessing it knew the players wanted nothing less than a fierce battle where everything they held dear was on the line. And you knew they were right, because you were one of the players.

"What is the capital of North Korea?"

As soon as the question was asked, your sweaty palm flew to the buzzer on your desk and pressed it. It lit up under the touch, and you answered immediately, a bit too passionately, "Pyongyang."

Kahina, quiz team leader and mock moderator, didn't look up from her laptop as she nodded in confirmation. "Correct. Next question," there was no pause to award points. You decided to get rid of them because they were useless in a battle where one wrong answer sealed your destruction. Anxiety compelled you to glance at the desk across from you. This struggle had been going on for so long already, all you needed to win was for him to slip up just once.

Everyone could feel the end approaching. The members who stayed behind were invested enough to become stirred by this, and a steady murmur of bets and comments began to pollute the silence between questions. They were close enough for you to side-eye them, but with most of your attention on the battle, the crowd devolved into blurry blocks that radiated invasive warmth and discomfort. Not to mention their eyes, always staring with the stressful weight of expectancy. You knew you couldn’t afford to be intimidated by people who weren’t even a threat, but knowing that did nothing to change your situation. 

The only presence you didn’t mind was Kahina’s, and that was because she always insisted on remaining neutral. She had no problem calling out the questions in a constant, even tone, or letting the contestants’ reflexes and knowledge decide who earned the right to answer those questions first.

"Finish the quote from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet: ‘ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a…’”

You were so caught up assessing your audience, your reflexes suffered just a fraction, but that was more than enough for your opponent. Your gaze quickly flew back to the desk across from you and landed squarely on a boy with clear-framed glasses. The buzzer on his desk was glowing under his hand, and Kahina prompted him with a nod, "Zachary." 

His lax words didn't match the speed and intensity at which he raced to press his button first, “Grave man.”

"Correct."

You mentally cursed as you felt jitters start to threaten your body. This wasn’t good. Your little stutter meant that you were both tied now. This was the third and final round. You had won the first, while Zach took the second. There was no way you’d let this be settled with a tie, so that meant…

By pure chance, you both tore away from your buzzers at the same time and locked eyes. His stare was frosted with an icy glare, but underneath the surface, you could tell he was thinking the exact same burning thought you were- It all came down to this last question. You two were equal distance from the finish line, but only one would get to cross.

At this point in your relationship, words were not needed. What he wanted to say to you was written all over his face, from his taunting eyes to the cocky smirk curling his lips. I’m going to win, and there’s nothing you can do about it. 

Within, you were seething at his shameless arrogance, but you knew better than to show it. Frowning, you imitated his cool exterior. I’ll show you, just wait. The silent conversation ended when you refocused your attention to the plastic surface of your buzzer. You’d show him, alright, you’d show him when you buzzed in first and answered the question before he even had a chance to blink-

Kahina closed her laptop, "Okay, that was the entire set. Congratulations, you both got all of your questions right."

Hearing those words was like waking up from a dreamless sleep, except not nearly as seamless. You could see it with your own widened eyes, Zach was just as startled as you were. 

You watched as he turned away from you and looked towards Kahina with an affronted expression. "Wait, but that means this whole thing ends in a tie!"

The accursed word “tie” shocked you from your daze, "No way. That's not happening. Kahina, could you moderate just one more-"

"No. Three rounds are more than enough.” Blunt and to the point, Kahina moved to pack up her belongings. “I appreciate how eager you both are, but I think we should all start to head home now."

In unison, you and Zachary began to argue, but she cut you off with a shout.

"Would you two give it a rest already!” The rise in volume was unnatural to hear from your captain, and the impact was enough to shut you up. “In case you’ve forgotten, you two are playing for the same team during the Quiz Bowl, which is now less than a week away. If we can’t become synchronized by then, we may as well forfeit now."

Her words had no cushion or restraint to them. She was a student just like you, yet she had a harsh authority that was potent enough to make you feel like a toddler being scolded. Even Zach wasn’t immune- He tried to hide it, but you noticed his head was lowered enough for some of his brown curls to hang on his face.

It wasn’t that you had forgotten about the Quiz Bowl, or the fact that the purpose of today’s meeting was to work together and train for it, but Zach had gotten in the way! Thinking back to how he provoked you before the meeting made your mood sour all over again. He’s had this habit of going out of his way to mess with you for a year now, always putting himself on a pedestal and looking down on you just to spite you.

 You had no idea why he decided to target you of all people, but one thing you did know was that you were done trying to just ignore him. You admit, he knew how to bait you, but once you gave in and challenged him to a one-on-one battle, you couldn’t take it back. Your pride wouldn’t let that be an option.

"If you two have a problem with each other, I recommend settling it as soon as possible to ensure others don't suffer because of your little… rivalry."

Kahina gave you one last look before she slung her bag over her shoulder. She turned to address the entire room. "Have a good evening everyone." Silence followed her retreating footsteps until it was all that filled the classroom. Everyone’s eyes lingered on the door until the slam of its closing signaled them to return to their business. While the crowd prepared to leave, you were still trying to recover from your leader’s lecture. 

Beside you, Zach clicked his tongue. “This is all your fault.”

You glared at him, “My fault? How the hell is it my fault when you were the one who started this whole mess in the first place?” And just like that, you two were at it again.

He crossed his arms, “If you hadn’t challenged me, then none of us would even be here right now. Am I wrong?” 

You pointed an accusatory finger at him, passion growing in your voice. “If you hadn’t come up to me out of nowhere and started bothering me, then we wouldn’t have had a problem to begin with!”

“You should have known having a contest would end with me being the victor. That was a complete waste of time.”

His matter-of-fact tone was your worst weakness, “We tied, you idiot. That means no one won, whether you like it or not.”

He gritted his teeth. For a moment, his focus drifted away from you, and an irked frown broke past his mask, “That had no reason to end in a damn tie.” 

In an extremely rare event, you and Zach were on the same page, “I’d be more than happy to break it by winning, but we need a moderator.” 

You both looked towards your fellow teammates at the same time. The students who were engrossed in your drama eventually registered your expecting gazes. All of them accelerated gathering their belongings in response, then rushed to hurry out the door with only cursory goodbyes.

After witnessing the group flee to safety with annoyance, Zach rolled his eyes, “Whatever. Having another round would be pointless since we both know I’d win in the end. I’m clearly at a higher level than you.” “Excuse you? You’re revealing how insecure you are with those weak insults. And where in the world did you get the idea you’re better than me? If anything, that game showed I’m perfectly capable of surpassing you."

He scoffed, closing in on you with a pressuring aura. He was close enough to see your own reflection in his lenses, “Are you sure? Someone capable of surpassing me wouldn’t freeze up like you did on the last question. If that was an actual match in the Quiz Bowl, the enemy would have eaten you alive.”

You felt hot blood rush to your face, not only because he noticed you were distracted, but also because his last remark pierced you right in the heart. You stuttered out, “T-That wouldn’t have even happened if you didn’t-!” Your own intrusive thought made you pause. It told you that you couldn’t dismiss the remark as easily- because there was an ugly truth hidden in his words. 

The Quiz Bowl in less than a week was the National Championship Tournament. Every team you encountered there would be made up of the most brilliant and formidable foes. Since this will be your first Quiz Bowl, there was no doubt that most of them would be more experienced than you, as well. Less likely to trip than you. If your anxiety about playing in front of a crowd persisted, then he may very well be right. One trip could be the difference between life and death.

Irritated by your body’s abnormal heat and your insecurity in front of Zach, you grabbed your nearby bag and headed straight for the door. You accepted what you had to do now. Zach excluded, your team didn’t deserve to hold you as deadweight. For Kahina and the others’ sake, as well as your own, you’d find a way to conquer your fear before the deadline. “What happened today won’t ever happen again. I’ll make sure of it.”

You didn't see it, but Zach's face flickered with surprise. He followed you to the door, “Hold on! What happened to finishing our match? We can keep competing without a moderator, you know.”

You looked back at him with a raised eyebrow, a little surprised he would insist on you staying, “No thanks, I’ve tolerated you long enough for today, and I have something important to do with my time, unlike you.” You just couldn’t resist throwing in one last dig before walking out with your head held high. It was immature, you knew that, but Zach had the odd talent of making you not care anymore. You were perfectly content with your childish satisfaction.

Meanwhile, Zach stood still, bathing in the perfect silence surrounding him. He stared at the spot you were just occupying in the doorway, something unknown stirring behind his pupils. Then, he sighed, and began preparing for his way home.

#rival #rivalry #tsundere vibes #short story #original fiction #original writing #anime and manga #fiction #high school #school life #quiz bowl #quiz team #second person narration #second person pov #yn insert #reader insert #relationship #y/n #chapter 1 #hillcrest academy

[ncfcatalyst]

New College Of Florida Quizbowl Team makes it to nationals

New College Of Florida Quizbowl Team makes it to nationals

On Apr. 10, the New College of Florida Quizbowl team continued its impressive legacy by competing on the national level, having already made it past regionals.  “Go ahead, go to the trophy cases at the back of Ham Center, and look for all the trophies Quizbowl has won over the years,” NCF Quizbowl President and thesis student Carlos Gonzalez iconically wrote in a Catalyst Op-Ed from 2020. “Yeah,…

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#nationals #quiz bowl #quizbowl

[luanneclatterbuck]

My childhood in a tiny town with a niche historical event just helped my eldest in a quiz bowl tournament. Also a specific health malady of mine has helped in the past. Just little mom win things.

🤘😎🤘

#plus my kid is super smart and a quiz bowl and trivia night genius and you bet that’s a fuckin brag

[aropride]

Good morning. <- the miserabler

#text #goals for today: sew; work on bowl; sort more rocks; EAT; history quiz

[nyuquizbowl]

"The Polar Bears made me do it”

Welcome to another episode of SNACKS (Some New Academic Centric Knowledge Snippets). 

In the Royal Holloway, University of London Picture gallery, there sits an Edwin Landseer painting of two polar bears tearing apart a fallen ship's mast with the title "Man Proposes, God Disposes." This painting is based on the Lost Arctic Expedition of Captain Sir John Franklin, where his two ships, the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, became icebound somewhere north of Canada and disappeared. (For other depictions of the HMS Terror, check on Dan Simmon's Novel and the AMC series it inspired. For other fictionalized Arctic Expeditions, check out Transformers (2008).) 

Not only does this painting have an insane title, it also has an interesting urban myth attached to it. The Royal Holloway college holds exams in its picture gallery, and according to legend a student in the 1920s or 30s sitting near the painting stabbed themselves in the eye with a pencil after writing the words "The Polar Bears made me do it" on their exam paper. In the 1970s, the painting was hastily covered with a Union Jack during exam hour to ease the students' fears about the supernatural nature of work, which has become a tradition ever since, because nothing covers up a history of death and violence quite like the symbol of the British.

#NYUQB #SNACKS #painting #art #the terror amc #quiz bowl

[piglii]

having like a flashback to high school and thinking about how there were these two girls that would regularly sit with me at lunch (because they recognized me from some tumblr post? and were also some of the few people I knew in school who used tumblr as well) and for the most part we'd mostly just hang out and talk and I thought they were just interested in me in a friendly way. but in hindsight one of them did somewhat regularly do that "hand size comparison" thing that I only just recently found it is something people usually only do if they're interested in you. also distinctly remembering the time she took a big whiff of my jacket and said "you smell like guy," and was like complimenting me on my scent.

I literally completely missed that there might've been some other factor at play there. I'm realizing this very nearly like a decade later.

#my posts #they also used to regularly drop in to visit my after school quiz bowl sessions. was past me perhaps some kind of idiot.

[goddessofroyalty]

So I do a big Halloween display every year and am the person at the door handing out the candy. And this year I was surprised how many kids didn't know the phrase "Trick or treat".

Obviously if the kid was clearly not forming words generally I would just give them the candy but almost half the kids that made it to the door I had the following exchange with:

Kid(/s): Oh wow your place is so good. (or some variant/other small talk)

Me: Thank you.

Kid(/s): ...

Me, holding the candy bowl: Now what do we say?

Kid(/s): Uh... please?

Me: Normally correct yes but what's the phrase of the season?

Kid(/s): Oh! Happy Halloween!

Me: Yes? But not quite. Do you want to try again?

Kid(/s): Uh...

Me: Trick or treat maybe?

Kid(/s): Oh yeah, right, trick or treat!

I had three separate signs directly behind me with the words 'trick or treat' written on them. But, hey, at least this year they all got to the front door instead of just walking through my display and me having to call "do you want treats?" at them because they went to just leave.

#Ramblings of the Goddess #Halloween #Trick or treat #spooky season #I've been doing this for enough years #where I can read most kids before they get to more door #and have like 3 different levels of candy bowl scariness #depending on how scared their face is at the display generally #(with the least scary being a pumpkin bucket and the most having a hand that tries to grab you) #Did not have a single kid where I grabbed a bowl to scary for them and had to switch #I did not realise this year I was apparently hosting a pop quiz #Which like again all kids left with candy #I was just surprised how many didn't know the phrase trick or treat this year

[uaisquizbowl]

You wanna study over the summer?

You have a broad variety of knowledge but nothing in-depth?

Have no extra time but want to add one more thing to your plate?

Try finding something you're vaguely familiar with, researching it more deeply, and writing a question about it (NAQT style)

This, genuinely, helps immensely, as it requires your brain to recall info that'd otherwise be forgotten

#study time #study tips #study techniques #naqt #quiz bowl #really #this helps #seriously

[jesusbutbetterrr]

5 random facts you know?

i literally just won a whole ass quiz bowl conference thing that had 11 other teams playing and I'm blanking out like a mf.

Uhhhhh

1: that Schrodinger guy not only had that whole idea about that cat being in the box but also came up with some thing about the quantum mechanical model of an atom, something something electrons being like waves, plus he came up with an equation. Glad to know that guy was doing more than having an existential crisis

2: most ballerinas were also prostitutes in like the 19th century

3: in like the last 18th century, it was very fashionable to wear red chokers in France because all the rich people were getting beheaded, and hey, you gotta take it til you make it, am I right?

4: In 1811-1812 there was a series of earth quakes in the New Madrid fault line area, with the highest magnitude reaching up to around 8.8 or so. It was so bad it made the Mississippi River run backwards. If there were to be another earthquake like that now, the area would be #fucked up and probably uninhabitable. Anyways I live in that area so like... hahahaha I hate it here :)

5: toes have the same types of patterns as fingerprints do (like the different whorls, arches, and loops) and like low-key idk who tf would be commiting crime with their grippers out, but in the case they were to be out, the toe prints could possibly be used as evidence.

#crazy shit #quiz bowl team captain my ass #this took me like 3 ish hour to get done #bex tag #jesus responds

[ramenaddicted]

Here is a link to a new quiz: which girls love stereotype would you be?

Here's mine, anyone is free to play or tag.

Moots: @letstalkaboutfandomsbaby @kinjuutsu @kingkatsuki @touyaspeach @touyasdollmain @hellminx @fatgumsupremacy @myhero-allmight @porcogalliardenthusiast @stupid-sloot-headcanons @deleteddewewted

#tag game #quiz #GL quiz #GL #Girls love #yuri #🍜 having a bowl with the mutuals #🍜adds to the queue