Knowledge Bowl Blues - Part II
April 4, 2013
I remember walking into the tiebreaker room the same way I had walked into Arlington High School - shuddering and wilted. My teammates were vigorously trying to calm me down, as- suring me that we had beaten this team in the preliminary rounds, but nothing helped.
My head swam. My heart throbbed. I knew we were doomed.
A student from Davenport was assigned to keep score. Using a fat green marker, he printed SUDDEN DEATH MATCH: WAITSBURG vs. DAVENPORT on the room's whiteboard.
The moderator, a balding man in a gray suit, discussed the rules. Ten questions would be asked and played for in the...
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