By Seth I. Pickens
Editor-in-chief
On Tuesday, Team Greenberg clinched the victory against Team Bindler in the finals of Costa’s Scholar Quiz competition, with a final score of 225 to 190. Seniors Daniel Greenberg, Maxine Wright, Ava Larson, and junior Thomas Love defeated Team Bindler, consisting of juniors Alex Bindler, Dylan Feakins, Ethan Stearns, and Davis Radden.
The competition is organized by Costa’s PTSA in partnership with Study Hut. According to Scholar Quiz Committee Co-Chair Angie Smith, putting together the event each year is no small task.
“We work really hard with Study Hut; they write all the questions and send them off every morning,” Smith said. “From there, it’s kind of a puzzle piece of getting all the teachers to volunteer, finding rooms, and organizing everyone into teams. The very first day, we had 120 volunteers. We get a lot of city council representatives, former teachers, and city employees.”
The final round was the tie-breaker, with both teams trading leads throughout the match. The game came down to the lightning round, where correct answers were worth five points and wrong answers cost five points. Team Greenberg’s sharp focus and quick teamwork ultimately gave them the edge.
“In my teammates, I was mostly looking for knowledge diversity,” Greenberg said. “That’s kind of my secret sauce that I don’t tell anyone. There’s a bunch of different ways to get questions and practice, but once you make your team, you don’t want to be practicing aimlessly. It’s less about the knowledge and more about working together as a team and building trust.”
According to Bindler, he and Feakins have been teammates in Scholar Quiz since middle school. Despite the loss, they look forward to playing again next year as seniors.
“I participate in Scholar Quiz solely because it’s fun,” Bindler said. “Showing up with your friends every day and just having fun and competing is really what makes it so great. You can approach it from so many different ways to play, and I enjoy that adaptability.”
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