Upper School faculty win Quiz Bowl match against students

Gitanjali Raman, Feature Editor|March 21, 2014

Quiz Bowl members and faculty go head-to-head as they face difficult academic questions, surrounded by an audience of other students and teachers.

As soon as 4th period ended and X-period began, St. Paul Academy and Summit School students began crowd in the lunchroom for a showdown: Quiz Bowl team members vs. Upper School faculty.

The Upper School faculty consisted of biology teacher Ned Heckman, math teacher Carl Corcoran, counselor Susanna Short, and history teacher and college counselor Andrea Sachs. They were placed against freshman Jack Indritz, freshman Cole Staples, freshman Sarah Wheaton, freshman Paul Watkins, sophomore Netta Kaplan and sophomore Patrick Commers.

The round started off with the students winning the first point and leading in the first half.

In the end the faculty won the round. The final score was 270 -125.

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