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What a matchup for the Finals! Plano West (TX), our defending champions, won only one regular-season match during Fall QuizNet, but triumphed in the Semifinals and Finals last December. They advanced to the final game of Winter QuizNet as the wild card team, having been edged by Horace Greeley 460-400 in the Semifinals. Horace Greeley (NY) one year ago accomplished for the first time in QuizNet history a perfect season: 8-0 during regular season, winners in the Semifinals, winners in the Final match. John Cooper School (TX), trying to match Greeley's feat, entered this final match with an 8-0 regular-season record, and winner in their semifinal game.
It should be noted at the outset that Plano West, unfortunately, was suffering from obvious technical difficulties.
With a 40-point lead going into the bonus round, John Cooper got the first five bonus opportunities, adding 15, 15, 30, 30, and 0. At the start of the "Stump the Experts" round the game seemed basically over: Horace Greeley...175, John Cooper...330, Plano West...100. However, in five minutes or so Greeley had moved from a position of virtual impossibility ... to within reach: Horace Greeley...360, John Cooper... 420, Plano West... 130.
After a solo shot on this one, Greeley trailed by only 40: "You can only use this Japanese 'hello' (or 'good afternoon') on a person once a day, and never on family members. What's the word?" (Ans. -- Konnichi-wa ). With two questions left, Greeley trailed by only 35: Horace Greeley...435, John Cooper...470, Plano West...220. After a solo shot on this math problem, they trailed by only 15: "Consider the graph of the trig function: Y equals the negative cosine of X. Use an ordered pair to state the smallest positive X-intercept." [Ans. (Pi/2, 0)]. Due to speed, Greeley gained 5 more than John Cooper on the last question. The final score: Horace Greeley...475, John Cooper... 485, Plano West... 220. Greeley set an alltime record for most points in "Stump the Experts" (300), but John Cooper hung on to win, finishing Winter QuizNet with a perfect season.
Regular season results.
| Monday League | Feb. 2 | Feb. 9 | Feb. 16 | Feb. 23 | March 2 | March 9 | March 16 | March 23 | Total points. |
| Bromfield (MA) | 445 | 320 | 240 | 355 | 185 | 305 | 345 | 215 | 2410 |
| Clark (TX) | 145 | 60 | 110 | 195 | 200 | 145 | 145 | 1000 | |
| Kamiakin (WA) | 160 | 135 | 265 | 180 | 185 | 925 | |||
| Lamar (TX) | 55 | 60 | 165 | 60 | 60 | 75 | 475 | ||
| Meridian Tech (ID) | 180 | 100 | 230 | 175 | 100 | 165 | 950 | ||
| Middletown (NY) | 150 | 165 | 135 | 215 | 155 | 820 | |||
| North Allegheny (PA) | 120 | 160 | 280 | ||||||
| Parker (CA) | 225 | 145 | 165 | 230 | 765 | ||||
| Pingry (NJ) | 175 | 150 | 235 | 225 | 140 | 290 | 255 | 230 | 1700 |
| Plano East (TX) | 200 | 220 | 245 | 210 | 160 | 150 | 1185 | ||
| Plano West (TX) | 285 | 290 | 320 | 395 | 335 | 235 | 270 | 230 | 2360 |
| Wednesday League | Feb. 4 | Feb. 11 | Feb. 18 | Feb. 25 | March 4 | March 11 | March 18 | March 25 | Total points. |
| Central Bucks East (PA) | 240 | 145 | 210 | 280 | 170 | 225 | 185 | 255 | 1710 |
| Central DeWitt (IA) | 35 | 180 | 120 | 115 | 160 | 610 | |||
| Defiance (OH) | 95 | 130 | 150 | 110 | 150 | 205 | 165 | 1005 | |
| Emma Willard (NY) | 125 | 195 | 170 | 130 | 110 | 225 | 150 | 1105 | |
| H-B Woodlawn (VA) | 210 | 110 | 230 | 300 | 200 | 160 | 255 | 205 | 1670 |
| John Cooper (TX) | 290 | 360 | 350 | 315 | 415 | 340 | 315 | 380 | 2765 |
| MAST (NJ) | 135 | 135 | 140 | 130 | 110 | 145 | 120 | 90 | 1005 |
| Pace (GA) | 170 | 145 | 175 | 180 | 170 | 170 | 180 | 1190 | |
| Parkland (PA) | 195 | 175 | 175 | 225 | 185 | 155 | 200 | 260 | 1570 |
| South Point (OH) | 55 | 145 | 170 | 370 | |||||
| Sparta (NJ) | 110 | 105 | 95 | 155 | 125 | 170 | 185 | 945 | |
| St. Pius X (GA) | 120 | 170 | 115 | 170 | 195 | 220 | 240 | 205 | 1435 |
| Syosset (NY) | 255 | 160 | 235 | 190 | 225 | 175 | 250 | 285 | 1775 |
| Valhalla (NY) | 110 | 80 | 160 | 35 | 145 | 160 | 690 |
| Thursday League | Feb. 5 | Feb. 12 | Feb. 19 | Feb. 26 | March 5 | March 12 | March 19 | March 26 | Total Points. |
| Biotech (NJ) | 100 | 150 | 145 | 135 | 100 | 150 | 150 | 140 | 1065 |
| DeWitt (MI) | 275 | 345 | 280 | 280 | 195 | 245 | 260 | 365 | 2245 |
| East JV (PA) | 100 | 135 | 225 | 180 | 170 | 150 | 235 | 140 | 1335 |
| East Varsity (PA) | 205 | 190 | 250 | 390 | 195 | 260 | 325 | 290 | 2105 |
| High Tech (NJ) | 230 | 140 | 175 | 195 | 140 | 150 | 200 | 210 | 1440 |
| Horace Greeley (NY) | 285 | 280 | 355 | 355 | 320 | 285 | 470 | 385 | 2735 |
| Millburn (NJ) | 195 | 105 | 215 | 175 | 185 | 170 | 185 | 1230 | |
| Phillipsburg (NJ) | 240 | 210 | 250 | 235 | 135 | 250 | 160 | 185 | 1665 |
| Pocono West (PA) | 135 | 170 | 200 | 235 | 155 | 225 | 210 | 205 | 1535 |
| Sallisaw Central (OK) | 110 | 115 | 100 | 110 | 90 | 115 | 120 | 760 | |
| Villa Maria (PA) | 100 | 40 | 110 | 145 | 95 | 170 | 210 | 125 | 995 |
| WhitePlains (NY) | 220 | 195 | 170 | 345 | 250 | 260 | 320 | 355 | 2115 |
| THIS IS WHAT QUIZNET "LOOKS" LIKE ...
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 Chip Beall moderates and Tanya Govorune keeps track of scores. |
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. We plan to conduct preliminary-round matches every Monday (5:30 Eastern Time), Wednesday (3:30 Eastern Time) and Thursday (3:30 Eastern Time) for 8 consecutive weeks, starting February 2. 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 will be e-mailed to registering teams. All communication, in fact, will be done by e-mail, and you must give a reliable e-mail address which you will be checking every few days.
All online matches are hosted by Chip Beall, America's most prolific writer of quiz bowl questions.
Bonus: You may keep the questions! Among the benefits of enrolling in QuizNet is our permission to log the session and thus acquire all the questions in your match. (This only works with the IRC option; see below.)
More Information: Contact Chip Beall directly at 801-947-8448.
There are two ways to connect to QuizNet:
Some teams report better connection results with A, although the Fall '08 championship was won by a team using B.
A. From your web browser. If your computer supports Java you can join simply by clicking on the word HERE at http://www.qunlimited.com/quiznet1.html. On the popup screen just type in a Nickname (name of your school) and "click to join chatroom". You will be taken to an empty #quiznet channel because there is a password requirement. At the bottom you will need to type: /join #quiznet yourpassword and click Enter.
B. Install IRC software on your computer. . This can be downloaded for free from the Net itself, and takes about 10 minutes. You can get more information about IRC chat and the IRC client mIRC at many websites, including this one: http://www.mirc.co.uk/irc.html if you use a PC and http://www.ircle.com if you use a Mac. ... With the help of your school's computer technical specialist or your computer-savvy students, you should find it easy to connect to IRC through the following server: irc.esper.net
You must connect through this server or you will not be able to find our channel, #quiznet. To do that from the mIRC screen, click on file, then setup, then "add". You can choose your own "Description" or you can put irc.esper.net. "IRC server" box should have irc.esper.net
"Ports" box should have 5555 or any of 6667 - 6669 or 7000. After that click "add", then click "connect to server". Once you note on the screen that you are successfully connected, in the box down below, type /join #quiznet and then click enter ... on game day, when we activate the password requirement, you'll be typing /join #quiznet (followed by a space and the password), and then click enter.
Send questions or comments to Chip Beall at qunlimited@comcast.net
