In-The-Know Team Takes WOSU Tournament

Bexley's In-the-Know academic quiz team has bested 64 teams from Central Ohio high schools to win the WOSU-TV tournament. WOSU's sponsor, Westfield Insurance, awarded the team a check for $7,000 with members also earning four $2,000 scholarships to Ohio State University for the 2011-12 academic year, according to team adviser Mike Nolan.

On Feb 24, ITK beat Mt. Vernon High School 505 - 500 in a rousing semifinal match at the WOSU-TV studios at COSI Columbus, before going on to defeat Dublin Scioto High School in the finals. The final score was 320 to 295, the lowest scoring match of the season for either team. "The questions were impossible," noted Mr. Nolan.

Bexley's In-the-Know team has also earned at least a share of the Northeast ITK League title for the third year in a row.

ITK Varsity Players:
Alex Lange*, Sam Meizlish*, Co-Captain Sirrus Lawson-Bourne*, Adam Soll*, Wesley Curran, Charlie Meszaros, Co-Captain Evan Soll.
(*played in the Feb 24 semi-final and championship matches)

JV Players:
Shoshie Blair, Abram Blau, Hannah Blau, William Bowman, Amelia Brownstein, Max Cohen, Tori Delap, Evan Gutter, Aky Locke, Rachel Moore, Caitlin Peet, Jackie Serpico, Ella Winters, and John Winters

Highlights of the semifinal match included several math questions quickly calculated and answered by Mr. Soll. Mr. Lange correctly named the government in England under Oliver Cromwell ("Protectorate"), while Mr. Sirrus-Bourne identified a photo of the flag of Uruguay, named the artist in an audio cue (Stevie Wonder) and recognized a line from an Emily Dickinson poem. Mr. Meizlish aced several arts questions, including the correct identification of El Greco as the painter of a 1557 work shown on the studio's video screen.
 

 

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