The Darien Times

Middle school hosts regional Quiz Bowl

Friday, January 20, 2012 07:00 AM

Middlesex Middle School will be hosting its first Quiz Bowl tournament, the Charter Oak Scholastic Open, on Sunday, Jan. 29.  Schools from Boston, New York, and all over Connecticut will come to Middlesex to compete.

Quiz Bowl participants answer questions that range over the entire spectrum of middle school curriculum as well as special events, sports and popular culture.

The teams compete in matches that incorporate individual knowledge and team collaboration. The ideal Quiz Bowl team comprises students with individual expertise in different subjects which, when combined, cover a wide array of knowledge.

The most common form of national Quiz Bowl competition is held at a host school where anywhere from four to 104 teams from different schools come to play five to twelve matches, each of which takes around 30 minutes.

Last December, the Middlesex Quiz Bowl team placed 22nd out of 545 teams from all over the world in a competition called The Knowledge Master Open. Teams in this international tournament receive 200 contest questions on a CD-ROM and compete using a computer at their own schools. The Middlesex team is planning on participating in the next international Knowledge Master Open on April 25, 2012.

The Middlesex Quiz Bowl team routinely excels in national and international competition. Middlesex's team is a bright and energetic group of students who meet once a week to practice with team coordinators Ken Romeo and Barbara Ivey to prepare them for various academic tournaments.

The Middlesex Middle School Quiz Bowl Team members are Lavin, Sarishka Desai, Porter Bowman, Tommy Paul, Michael Borecki, Sarah Lehan, Teresa Du, Arija Forsyth, J.P. Barce, Brendan Berrigan, Julia Chow, Jonathon Stimpson and Brendan Mahoney.

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