Junior QuizNet (Tuesday)

Howard (GA) took a 5-point lead over Hawken (OH) after gaining 30 points on the CURRENT EVENTS bonus. Campbell County (KY) stole the 20-pointer, putting them into a second-place tie with Hawken. After Fredonia (NY) picked up 5 on the CHRISTIANITY bonus, the leader board read: Campbell County...110, Fredonia...110, Hawken...105, Howard...115, Lehman...100, Miller...95. Moments later the Bonus Round ended. In the 14-year history of QuizNet -- including our less-than-a-year-old Junior tournament -- this had never happened, but there was a four-way tie at 115 going into the final period, Campbell County, Fredonia, Hawken, Howard. Hawken (OH) resumed sole possession of first place after a literature question: Which novel opens with the line, "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.''? (Ans. To Kill a Mockingbird). From out of nowhere, Dimmick (IL) moved into a tie for second, only 5 points off the lead, after this history question: To what was Richard Nixon refering when he said, "This should remind us all once again that when dissent turns to violence it invites tragedy. It is my hope that this tragic and unfortunate incident will strengthen the determination of all the nation's campuses, administrators, faculty and students alike to stand firmly for the right which exists in this country of peaceful dissent and just as strongly against the resort to violence as a means of such expression." (Ans. The Kent State Massacre). Campbell County moved into a tie for the lead with Fredonia after an Art question: "What type of composition did Chardin paint with Glass Flask and Fruit and Cezanne paint with Peppermint Bottle? (Ans. Still life). Fredonia re-took the lead late in the contest on Geography: "Which country currently has possession of the Auckland Islands?" (Ans. New Zealand). Campbell County takes the lead on a solo shot on a math problem: "A man travels 30 miles in 1 hour, but it takes him 2 hours to get back because of snow. What is his average speed?" (Ans. 20 miles per hour). In what may be the most exciting game ever in Junior QuizNet, Campbell County notched their first win ever, by a 30-point margin over playoff-bound Miller and Fredonia.

High School QuizNet ...

Wednesday

Central Bucks East (PA) vaulted into second place, only 10 points behind Horace Greeley (NY), after achieving a QuizNet rarity, which we see perhaps a couple times a season: a 70-point whammy, with a solo shot on this tossup question - "Into what body of water does the Sacramento River empty?" (Ans. -- San Francisco Bay) and a sweep of the ensuing FINANCE bonus. Central Bucks East, looking for their first win of the season, moved into the lead on another Geography query: "What is the least populous country in Central America?" (Ans. -- Belize). They increased their lead on question: "This aquatic mammal has webbed feet, or flippers. The major difference between it and the fur seal is the texture of the underfur. Name the animal." (Ans. -- Sea lion). Horace Greeley came back it was a close one till the very end. Atop the leader board at game's end: Central Bucks East 340, Horace Greeley 330.

Thursday

Connecting to QuizNet. One computer per team may be connected to the QuizNet chatroom.
Connect your Java-enabled computer to the chatroom by clicking HERE. On the popup screen just type in a Nickname (name of your school) and a Channel Key (password) and click "connect".
Note: Please connect by the above means, as we are no longer providing customer support for mIRC.

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For schools that have never played QuizNet (and for prospective competitors) only, we will be conducting free exhibition games: for high school teams Wednesday Jan. 20, 3:30 Eastern time; and for middle grade teams Tuesday Jan. 19, 3:30 Eastern. Join us and be prepared to play. The exhibition game is free, but limited to the first 20 teams to pre-register, which may be done by emailing the following information to QUnlimited@comcast.net: coach name, school name, city & state, date on which you'd like to play (Jan. 19 for middle schools; Jan. 20 for high schools). It is crucial that you and your school's computer specialist resolve any filter/firewall issues that may prevent your team from connecting to our channel, and this should be before the first match.

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