The Pilot News - Quizbowl coming to Ancilla Feb. 6

Tournament organizer Jessica Oliver, past president of the Plymouth Rotary Club explains, “We just want to reward our hard-working students by providing them with a fun way to show off what they know. And they get free pizza as well!”
Schools will be competing for a variety of prizes, including two copies of the 32-volume 2010 Encyclo-paedia Britannica, valued at $1,495. All students at the two winning schools will also receive one year of online access to the Encyclopedia, a $69.95 val-ue.
In order to even the playing field for the smaller schools, the competition will be divided into two classes: Class AA: Large Public and Private Schools; Class A: Small Public Schools. Cash prizes of $500, $300, and $100 will be awarded to the top three schools in each category. The winning teams will also receive a copy of the 32 volume 2010 edition of Encyclopaedia Brittanica (MSRP $1495) and one year of free access for all students at their schools to Britannica Online (MSRP $69.95), courtesy of Encyc-lopaedia Britannica.
Additional prizes to raffle off to all participating schools include a buzzer system valued at more than $500 for a school not currently in possession of a system, dinners for entire teams at local restaurants, and a five-day Carnival cruise for two valued at $1,500 awarded to one participating team coach.
Asked about the tournament, Culver Academies quizbowl coach and Plymouth Rotary Club member Phil Blessman said, “The club hopes to see broad participation from schools all across Northern Indiana. As Rotarians, we aim to serve our local communities, and we know how important our high schools are to the very sense of community we are trying to foster. We feel this is a wonderful opportunity to put the spotlight on some our schools’ strongest students. Quizbowl gives them the chance to compete as a team, allowing them to experience teamwork and the thrill of competition as they would on an athletic team.”
Quizbowl is an interscholastic team competition which pits two teams of four players against each other to answer questions from all fields, including literature, history, science, mathematics, the arts, and current events. Currently, sixty-six of the three hundred high schools in Indiana field quizbowl teams with the number increasing every year.
For more information and to register for the tournament, schools can go to: http://tiny.cc/RotaryQuizbowlRegister. To sponsor the tournament, businesses can go to: http://tiny.cc/RotaryQuizbowlSponsor. Individuals interested in volunteering for the tournament can go to: http://tiny.cc/RotaryQuizbowlVolunteer. More information about quizbowl or the tournament can also be requested by e-mailing This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it