Bible Quizzing has officially ended. It's a bittersweet good-bye until next year, because although I am relieved that I no longer have to study and memorize, I will miss the actual prospect of quizzing itself.
Quiz camp is the last event of bible quizzing. It's basically a two day camp where all the quiz teams face off to end with one ultimate champion. This year, my team made it farther than I had ever made it before and we participated in the championship quiz.
Quizzing was nerve wracking and stressful, but when I wasn't quizzing, I found it an enjoyable time. The first evening of camp, I wandered around a bit with Ryan and after mastering the art of making a cappuccino, I successfully beat him at a game of checkers.
I got rather lucky since my checker skills aren't really anything to brag about, but I managed to pull out a win and I think (although this may seem childish) I will refrain from playing him again. That way I can remain undefeated between the two of us.
The camp had a gym and I spent a good amount of my time out there tossing around a ball with no particular goal in mind. When I am not aiming at anything, I am always much more pleased with my performance. I tried to shoot a few hoops, but that ended rather badly, managing only to make them when using my signature toss "the granny throw".
At night the conversation in our room varied, but all of it was light hearted and enjoyable. However, in a rather unfortunate turn of events I was only able to seize two and a half precious hours of sleep. In the morning (needless to say)I was very tired and during most of my earlier quizzes I do not recall what exactly went on.
At the camp also was a large wooden maze of sorts but the maze was stacked on top of itself to form six stories of wooden tunnels. I spent a good majority of my time crawling through the tight space and participating in a fun competition to see who could crawl through it the fastest. Since it wasn't extremely large, I was able to crawl through it in 1 minute and 19 seconds. However there was a boy who managed to make it through the entire thing in 48 seconds.
Quizzing dominated most of my time however and after facing off against the other teams in order to make it into the championships I was worn out. By dinner time I was rather nervous with the impending final quiz weighing heavy on my mind. I did not do very well in the championship quiz answering only two questions correctly and my team came in third. It was saddening, but I was still proud of us for making it that far, however it just made the loss a little harder.
Having made it through my third year of quizzing I have successfully memorized, to the best of my ability, the entire book of Acts. I am eager to discover what book we will be quizzing on next year, but I'm not ready for another season to start yet. Reflecting on my season results, I am satisfied with my personal results, however I am reminded that I could have done much better at quiz camp.
It's sad that the quiz season has finally come to an end, but also a rather large relief, because I now have more time to pursue my other passions.
Until Next Time,
Katherine Rose
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Friday, January 6, 2017
A Successful Bible Quizzing Practice
Yesterday was bible quizzing practice and we were the first to arrive. The snow was simply gorgeous last night and Claire somehow convinced me to get out of the warm car and run around in the snow covered parking lot.
I began running in lines and disrupting the snow. Soon, I found I could draw pictures by running through the snow in particular lines and Claire and I busied ourselves in the snow until people started arriving. Finally, we decided it would be a good idea to go inside and study our material a bit.
During our study period, my team gathered together and decided on a name. Since we are memorizing the book of Acts this year I decided it might be fun to make a pun on the word Acts. Our official team name is now The Acts Wielding ManiActs (Maniacs). I was pleased because we were able to fit two Acts puns into one team name.
The practice quiz went decently and my team won. I am excited for this quiz season, because I think my team will do pretty well. My teammates are Alexis, Nathan and Nathaniel, so even if we don't win we will have an enjoyable time.
After we had finished practicing Micah told a short joke. He turned to Shaina and said, "Someone asked me if I liked Switzerland, and I said the flag is a big plus."
Of course, me being me, I wasn't able to just leave the joke alone. I looked at Micah and said, "Has anyone everyone asked you who asked you if you liked Switzerland?"
"No." He admitted.
We exchanged a bit more conversation on the topic, until finally I looked to Micah and said, "Do you like Switzerland?"
He smiled and said, "Well the flag is a big plus."
"Now, when you tell that joke you can say I asked you if you like Switzerland." I pointed out. Then since Claire was casually walking by I pulled her into the conversation and instructed her to listen to Micah's joke.
He told her the joke by saying that I had indeed asked him. Claire didn't bother inquiring why I had asked Micah if he liked Switzerland in the first place, but later as I relayed the conversation to her she admitted she had thought it slightly odd that I would ask him that.
After going over yesterdays quiz practice I would deem it a successful night.
Until Next Time,
Katherine Rose
I began running in lines and disrupting the snow. Soon, I found I could draw pictures by running through the snow in particular lines and Claire and I busied ourselves in the snow until people started arriving. Finally, we decided it would be a good idea to go inside and study our material a bit.
During our study period, my team gathered together and decided on a name. Since we are memorizing the book of Acts this year I decided it might be fun to make a pun on the word Acts. Our official team name is now The Acts Wielding ManiActs (Maniacs). I was pleased because we were able to fit two Acts puns into one team name.
The practice quiz went decently and my team won. I am excited for this quiz season, because I think my team will do pretty well. My teammates are Alexis, Nathan and Nathaniel, so even if we don't win we will have an enjoyable time.
After we had finished practicing Micah told a short joke. He turned to Shaina and said, "Someone asked me if I liked Switzerland, and I said the flag is a big plus."
Of course, me being me, I wasn't able to just leave the joke alone. I looked at Micah and said, "Has anyone everyone asked you who asked you if you liked Switzerland?"
"No." He admitted.
We exchanged a bit more conversation on the topic, until finally I looked to Micah and said, "Do you like Switzerland?"
He smiled and said, "Well the flag is a big plus."
"Now, when you tell that joke you can say I asked you if you like Switzerland." I pointed out. Then since Claire was casually walking by I pulled her into the conversation and instructed her to listen to Micah's joke.
He told her the joke by saying that I had indeed asked him. Claire didn't bother inquiring why I had asked Micah if he liked Switzerland in the first place, but later as I relayed the conversation to her she admitted she had thought it slightly odd that I would ask him that.
After going over yesterdays quiz practice I would deem it a successful night.
Until Next Time,
Katherine Rose
Monday, January 2, 2017
Bible Quizzing
It's that time of year. Bible quizzing is here again. Basically, we have to memorize a certain amount of the bible and then take a quiz on the content divided in four sections. Then, at the end of the year, we put it all together and quiz on it again.
I love bible quizzing. This will be my third year quizzing.The hard part is actually getting around to memorizing. I am planning on doing a better job of that this year than I have previously because my track record isn't exactly the best :). I usually save all my studying until three days before practice and then I overload, and that really isn't the smart way of doing things; it's the procrastinators way of doing things.
I like studying at night, because my brain is pumped and ready to memorize. Sometimes, I am exhausted and my brain wants to quit and move out, but nevertheless day before studying doesn't always work out and so I force myself to study a little ahead most of the time.
One of my favorite parts of bible quizzing is making new friends and meeting new people. The people that are willing to (on top of homework and other things) take the time to memorize chapters of the bible, are the kind of people I want to hang around with.
Last year, I was on a team of all girls named the Awesome Opossums. Our mascot however was not an opossum, it was my stuffed unicorn Joe.
I am so psyched for this years quiz season and all the memories I plan on making! I'll hopefully be able to write more about it soon! So far we have only had one practice.
Until Next Time,
Meredith
I love bible quizzing. This will be my third year quizzing.The hard part is actually getting around to memorizing. I am planning on doing a better job of that this year than I have previously because my track record isn't exactly the best :). I usually save all my studying until three days before practice and then I overload, and that really isn't the smart way of doing things; it's the procrastinators way of doing things.
I like studying at night, because my brain is pumped and ready to memorize. Sometimes, I am exhausted and my brain wants to quit and move out, but nevertheless day before studying doesn't always work out and so I force myself to study a little ahead most of the time.
One of my favorite parts of bible quizzing is making new friends and meeting new people. The people that are willing to (on top of homework and other things) take the time to memorize chapters of the bible, are the kind of people I want to hang around with.
Last year, I was on a team of all girls named the Awesome Opossums. Our mascot however was not an opossum, it was my stuffed unicorn Joe.
I am so psyched for this years quiz season and all the memories I plan on making! I'll hopefully be able to write more about it soon! So far we have only had one practice.
Until Next Time,
Meredith
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