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Academic Decathlon excels in Super Quiz
By Nicole Bostwick quiz is an oral challenge of intelli
Metropolitan area schools com gence, "a true match of wits." A
peted in yet another sport, this time broad subject is selected and they
a sport of the mind. Academic have all year to research that sub
Decathlon students competed in ject. Sandquist said the subjectthis
10 academic areas; economics, year was the American Indians.
fine arts, language and literature, They prepared differently than the
math, science, social science, year before in having each person
speech, interview, essay, and the to go out and research a topic un
superquiz. der the American Indians like
Omaha schools competed in maybe a tribe instead of having a
two regionsdivided by 72nd street. teacher come in and lecture on it.
The East side competed with the Sandquist said they changed to
other East schools and the West doing it this way since this was
with the West, then the best three how the top teams were practic
from each side competed for first. ing.
Ralston's region includes Prep, After preparing for the super
Gretna, Benson, Mt. M ichael, quiz all year they were ready to
Burke, Northwest, Papillion, West take the challenge. At the contest
Point Catholic, and Lincoln High. site Sandquist said there is one
Among each school were teams desk for each school all around a
determined by A,B and C grade screen. Two people from each
point averages with about six level were chosen from each
people per level Senior Aaron Gindt school to be theirteam. Gindtsaid
said. Senior Chris Sandquist said to about 95% of it is quess work. He
start preparing with the team a said you just have to be lucky and
student nad to be a junior or a prepared. A question was flashed
senior. on the screen and 30 seconds went
Once on the team, students by for the person up to answer.
competed both individual ly and as Each person got five questions.
a team. The first six areas of com Gindt said only right answers went
petition are written while the last torwards the team score with each
four are oral. The Super Quiz event question worth one point and the
is when they competed as a team, idea is to get as many points as
"it's the high pressured event," possible, they set their minds on
Sandquist said. Academic Decath winning the super quiz, which
lon sponsor Ken Ah I said the super they did.
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Front Row: Jerry Lawson, Mary
Dillon, Kelly Konwinski, Ray
Abdo, Burke Allgood, Brandon
Speck, Sponsor Gene Seran Row
2: Angie Price, Colleen Prem,
Sara Potach, Michelle Mikkelsen,
Troy Lorenz, Chris McWilliams,
Phrcandria Woods, Lisa Pawloski,
Susan Keetle Row 3: Belinda
Dyrda, Jeff Westbrook, Brad
Dowd, Heather Voss, Yen Vu,
Scott Jones, Jenny Folger, Yuki
Young
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