Dean’s Office wins Thurs. Quiz Bowl
Members of the Dean’s Office came out victorious after battling students, professors and department heads in yesterday’s Quiz Bowl.
The bowl was part of this week’s Education Week, which is put on by the Education Council. Students were able to enjoy free Aggie ice cream while watching the competition.
The Dean’s Office began the competition against students from the College of Education and Human Services in three five-minute sections. Then the department heads competed against professors to see which team would make it to the next round.
Questions varied from what kind of dog has a blue tongue (a chow) to the trophy given to champions in hockey (the Stanley Cup) to names of battles and questions about literature, just to name a few.
Eric Bingham, a senior in biology composite teaching, said he was told not only would the questions be completely random, but that there would be some about pop culture. Bingham said he didn’t know anything about pop culture but was still happy to compete.
The Dean’s Office came out victorious in the final round of a best-of-three competition. With the professors winning both of their first rounds, they were matched against the Dean’s Office for the championship. While spectators expected a close round, the Dean’s Office took the lead and won strong with a seven to three victory.
Members of the winning team were Dean Carol Strong, Jason Barnett, LuAnn Parkinson, Hal Potter and Michael Freeman. They were awarded flash drives from the USU Bookstore, while members of the second place team got chocolates.
“It was just the biggest thrill of our lives,” Potter said.
Trent Duffey, the education senator, said while this is the first time they have done a Quiz Bowl as part of Education Week, it went well and hopefully next year’s senator will choose to do it again.
“I want to thank everyone for participating in Education Week,” Duffey said.
The finale of the week will be movies and free popcorn today from 12 to 5 p.m. in Room 131 of the Education Building. Everyone is invited to attend.
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