Our niece, Hannah, just finished her third year of Bible Quizzing. We are so proud of her! She has chosen to stop at district finals each of last two years, no matter if her team qualified for nationals. It gives her a chance to enjoy her summer after working so hard for so many months! Here is the recap from the tournament from her dad, Lance:
Yesterday was our Indiana Junior Quiz State Finals. 10 teams participated, with 4 of them being from Calvary.
Hannah had decided that she didn't want to quiz past this
weekend. Though she likely would have been placed on the top Calvary
Junior team, her decision meant that she was put on another team.
Her first quiz was against Lawrence, a team that had
beaten our top Calvary team in the previous tournament. Hannah got 2
ten pointers and 2 twenty pointers and only trailed 65-60 going into the
30 point questions. Unfortunately, Lawrence's top quizzer nailed #13
and #14 to seal the win.
In the Loser's Bracket, Hannah quizzed Indianapolis
Bible Church, who was second in last year's Finals. Hannah got a
ten pointer and 3 twenties to take a 70-40 lead going into the 30
pointers. Bible Church's captain got #13 and #14, making the score
100-70 with one question to go. The last question was a quotation
question - Hannah's favorite type question. She nailed it to tie the
score and send the quiz into overtime. Both she and the Bible Church
captain had five correct, leaving them each with only one to quiz
out. Fortunately, the Bible Church captain misquoted while responding
to question #16, giving Hannah a 100-90 lead with two to go. Hannah got
#17, earning the 10 point bonus for quizzing out and sealing the
win even though the Bible Church captain would go on to get
#18. Hannah's 130 point total meant she now
was in position to make all-tournament team, if she could win a second
quiz required to qualify.
Her next quiz was against New Whiteland. Hannah got
questions #1, #6, and #7 to make the score 40-40. New Whiteland missed
the next two, but then got two questions to take a 60-40 lead with 4
questions left. Hannah got #12 to tie the score. New Whiteland missed a
cross-reference question on #13 to nose Hannah back ahead 60-45.
Hannah got the four-part question #14 to ice the win by a final score of
90-75.
That put her up against Greenwood, a team that had won
every Indiana tournament during the year. They have two very good
quizzers who are fast on the buzzer. Hannah's lack of buzzer speed was
exposed as the two Greenwood quizzers buzzed in ahead of her on all of
the first 12 questions, with one quizzer quizzing out and the other
getting 5 correct. Trailing 160-0, Hannah came to life, getting a
four-part question #13. And then after the other Greenwood quizzer
quizzed out on #14, Hannah got the last question of her tournament - a
quotation question - to give her 60 points despite only answering two
questions in the quiz.
For her 4 quizzes in the tournament, Hannah answered 17
questions without missing any. She averaged 85 points per quiz,
finishing 4th on the all-tournament team.
Our top Calvary team won the tournament, going undefeated
in 5 quizzes. Greenwood ended up second and another one of our Calvary
teams finished third. Lawrence was fourth, and Hannah's team finished
fifth.
For the year, Hannah memorized 202 verses of Pentecostal
Doctrine. She has learned 590 verses the last three years - memorizing
and reviewing daily for 21 out of the last 30 months. As you all know, I
could not be prouder of her accomplishment. The hundreds of hours I
have spent studying with her will be some of the most cherished memories
of my life.
As in past years, we'll let her make the decision if she
wants to quiz again next year, in what would be her last as a Junior... we'll see in November.
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| Hannah is an 11 year old quizzer, I don't know how old those giants are! The age limit is 12. |
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