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HAWKEN'S HONESTY COSTS THEM THE GAME

Junior QuizNet (Tuesday)

Tuesday say yet another close and exciting Junior QuizNet match. Hawken (OH) took the lead with a solo shot: "To tell if a lump of iron is from a meteorite, measure the amount of this element in it. Terrestrial iron contains less than 3% of it, while iron in meteorites always has more than 4% of it. Name this other common ferro-magnetic metal." (Ans. Nickel) Miller (GA) took the lead on a math calculation solo shot. Hawken re-took the lead on another calculation problem. A solo shot on this Geography question put Miller back in the lead: "Which of these countries does not border the Persian Gulf: Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, or Yemen?" (Ans. Yemen) Hawken scored another solo shot on this math question: "There are two rabbits in a field (one male, one female). Each day the number of rabbits doubles. It will take 40 days for the field to be totally covered with rabbits. What day will it be 1/4 filled?" (Ans. 38th) That put Hawken back in the lead yet again. But Miller led once again after this one: "Famous ones in Washington include the National the Corcoran and the Freer. What are we talking about?" (Ans. Art galleries) Miller out-dueled Hawken by a score of 270-265 for their second win. However, it must be noted that Hawken lost two 5-point scores during the game, after they pointed out a couple of scoring errors in which they should not have been awarded points. Their honesty cost them the game, but their good sportsmanship is greatly appreciated!

High School QuizNet ...

Wednesday

On Wednesday, Horace Greeley (NY) sailed to their fourth victory, with a 115-point advantage over second-place Central Bucks East (PA).

Thursday

Woodlawn (VA) stole the 15 points on the Vocabulary bonus, moving into second place, only 5 points behind White Plains (NY). But with their second bounce-back, East Varsity (PA) moved into the lead. White Plains, re-took the lead after this solo shot: "They were especially burdensome. They not only imposed onerous taxes on glass, paper, and tea, they permitted customs officials, without warrants, to search homes and businesses for smuggled goods. Identify these 1767 to 1770 Acts named for the Chancellor of the Exchequer." (Ans. -- Townshend Acts) But East Varsity has jumped back into the lead on a question about the Praetorian Guard. East ended up edging White Plains 315-295, for their first win of the season.



Regular season results.

Tuesday League Feb.2 Feb.9 Feb.16 Feb.23 March 2 March 9 Total points.
Ballard-Hudson (GA) 130 100
50 100 60 440
Campbell County (KY) 130 150 200 260 215 955
Cornerstone Learning Center (FL) 85 105
65 60 60 375
Dimmick (IL) 235 165 210 205 185 190 1190
Fredonia (NY) 285 280 260 255 230 145 1455
Hawken

205 195 215 265 880
Howard (GA) 175 150 145 110 225 120 925
Lehman (NY) 145 75
85 215 160 780
Lincoln College Prep (MO) 100 170 155 160 115 700
Miller (GA) 235 215 330 245 230 270 1525
Oak Mountain Academy (GA) 280 265 240 300
210 1295
Paideia (GA)




160 160
Rutland (GA) 165 45 175 100 140
625
St. Mary's (PA) 95
140 45 85 80 445
Weaver (GA) 75 155 70 35 155 70 560
Wister (OK) 95 70



165


Wednesday League Feb.3 Feb.10 Feb.17 Feb.24 March 3 March 10 Total Points.
Aquinas Institute (NY) 125 135
60 170 100 590
Biotech (NJ) 255
265 200 170 200 1090
Bromfield (MA) 285 220 215 260 5 255 1240
Central Bucks East (PA) 235
220 255 340 270 1320
Clearwater Central Catholic (FL) 200 140 200 130 140 185 995
Fair Haven Union (VT) 195 185
150 125 160 815
Horace Greeley (NY) 420 365 265 370 330 385 2135
John Cooper (TX) 320 315 260 140 195 265 1495
Lincoln (WV) 165

95 140 150 550
Southern Boone (MO) 195 210 170 150 120 160 1005
Sparta (NJ) 160
170 205
205 740
St. Mary's Area (PA) 240 250 100 160 155 210 1115
Thornton Donovan (NY) 205
145 125 115 130 720
Williamsville North (NY) 195 130
85
165 575
Zionsville (IN)

340 345 270 250 1530



Thursday League Feb.4 Feb.11 Feb.18 Feb.25 March 4 March 11 Total Points.
Arab (AL) 20 45 100 125 160 175 625
Bishop Moore (FL) 160

50

210
Conemaugh Township (PA) 165
200
150 115 630
East JV (PA) 225
160 85 105 200 775
East Varsity (PA) 240 245 170 255 160 315 1385
H.B. Woodlawn (VA) 215
270 180 270 210 1145
High Tech (NJ) 380
280 145 280 235 1320
International Academy East (MI) 190 190 125 15 110 150 780
Pace (GA) 200 200 125 170 160
855
Phillipsburg (NJ) 240 245 225 190 175 190 1265
Pocono Mountain East (PA)

75
115
190
Pocono Mountain West (PA) 55
205
110 225 595
Southwest (GA)

10 40

50
White Plains (NY) 275 260 220 165 210 295 1425



THIS IS WHAT QUIZNET "LOOKS" LIKE ...

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Jump for joy! It's time for Junior QuizNet!
Dimmick School from Illinois gets ready.




West Chester East (PA) gets ready for QuizNet
with some sort of pre-game salute.

AND ON OUR END ...



Chip Beall moderates and
Tanya Govorune keeps track of scores.

ANNOUNCING OUR WINTER 2010 QUIZNET TOURNAMENT.
Note that we now offer middle-grade leagues as well as high school leagues.

Connected to the Internet, your academic team can compete directly with schools hundreds or thousands of miles away without the costs and inconvenience of traveling. As such, QuizNet is the greenest of all possible quiz bowl tournaments.

The cost to enter our Winter National QuizNet tournament is $150.

You may compete in up to eight preliminary matches, plus another one or two games if you make it to the playoffs. This is a terrific value, and every quiz bowl team that has access to the Internet should be a QuizNet competitor.

All matches last about an hour, and will take place every week, starting February 2, for 8 consecutive weeks.

High School Leagues (choose one):
Tuesday (5:30 Eastern Time)
Wednesday (3:30 Eastern Time)
Thursday (3:30 Eastern Time)

Middle school/junior high Leagues (choose one):
Tuesday (3:30 Eastern)
Wednesday (5:30 Eastern Time)

Each match consists of three parts: Warm-Up Round, Bonus Round, and Stump the Experts Round.

Each school winning any preliminary round match automatically qualifies for the National Academic Championship.

A complete list of rules is found here: http://www.qunlimited.com/qnrules.htm. All communication will be done by e-mail, and you must give an e-mail address which you will be checking every few days, and we suggest you white-list our address QUnlimited@comcast.net so that our messages don't end up in your spam folder.

All online matches are hosted by Chip Beall.

More Information: Contact Chip Beall directly at 801-947-8448.

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.

Try QuizNet for Free!

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.

Register for our Winter 2010 QuizNet tournament.

QUIZNET RULES AND PRECEDENTS


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