so first i should mention people, history team went last before captans finale. and believe it or not people there was jv team that played before the 'big boys' featureing youngest member of each team (science, math, english, history) in an anything goes 15 question showdown. so i was getting kind of bored waiting hour and half for every other team to finish. also people let me explain the way it worked, after jv science team would send up 4 members to compete against 4 members of other school science team. 10 questions where you buzz-in, 10 questions (5 each team) where they can discuss and if they get it wrong the other team gets a chance, and 10 more buzz in questions. do not know if any rounds questions gave more points than others, i forget because it has been a few years. after each round teams were allowed to make substitutions. i remember we always used same routine, first round was me, j, r, and other junior. second was me, j, and bf&gf, third was me, j, r and other junior (she is not important enough for me to give her name).
match 1
this is it. the big day finally arrive. the day i will lead my squad to victory. i am ready. this is a home match so after school i meet up with friend who is science captan (he was 2nd in graduating class) and we go eat at subway. eat fresh. after eat he drive me to my home so i can get changed into suit. drive back to school and meet up with the rest and feel ready to win. so, finally it is history team chance and 4 members sit down, me, j, r, and other junior. introduce teammates and say 'we are history team coached by the honorable mr ___". teacher thought it was funny but i did not mean for it to be. i remember having tough time in this round 1. i did not even attempt any questions but thankfully j and r kept it tied 4-4 with 2 questions nobody knowing. we made switch to second round and since r was leaving i knew i had to step up. i did not really step up 😥. but j did. j took control of second round and since this was round where we got to consult each other nobody knew i was essentially worthless. oh by the way people as captan, in the consulting round i gave the answer to moderator on behalf of team, so at least i probably looked like i was helping. j killed it so we had good lead going into last round. but round 3 i actually did ok. "who was elected in 1880" of course i knew it was james garfield. by the way people that was my specialty. us presidents i know all in order, by year, and many vps and other facts about them. so i buzz in and was glad to get monkey off my back. later on was another question and i did not know the answer but other team buzz in and say 'edict of nantz' so i use context clues and say 'edict of milan' and get another right. i do not remember every question i answered right through course of the 6 meets but i will all ways remember them because they were on first match and it is only 2 of them, still, i was not happy with my performance, but glad they history team won by 3 questions, and we were only winning team that night. i was not in captans finale round because remember people i told j he deserved that spot.
match 2
first away match for me. get on bus, sit beside science friend and others and have a nice trip to other school. unload and sit in audotorium and almost fall asleep from boredom of other teams. history teams turn finally. and let me tell you something people, i was hot. buzz in and got each of first 4 questions. thankfully all were about us history/government. other team got 5 because i was too slow but i knew answer. number 6 i remember 'francis e warren..." i buzz in because i have heard all i need to know answer. 'wyoming' correct. first governor of state of wyoming (but not territory). there was similar question in practice many times so i was confident in answer. did not do so great rest of the night but with good early performance and strong showing by j in second round we did not even need to do well in third round. a solid 6 question win for us.
to be continued, if you want. if you like this story let me know, if you do not i will write about something else tomorow. thank you for reading everybody. have nice day and stay safe.
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