So today is the Community Knowledge Bowl. It's a fundraiser for the real Knowledge Bowl, a high school quiz team thing that reminded me fondly of my days of yore in Academic Decathlon. Our beloved sixteen-year-old neighbor Ellington is competing on the GJHS Knowledge Bowl team, and her mom Carolyn approached me about helping out with the fundraiser.
So I will be spending three hours today answering questions on such subjects as grammatical cases (whaaaa?), factorials (huh?) and medieval trivia (aha! something with which I can claim a degree of familiarity!).
Our team: my neighbor Lisa, my neighbor/Ellington's sister Brionne, Brionne's friend Olivia and myself. Our official name: Teddy's Neighbors. (Teddy lives kitty-corner across the street.) Our mission: RULE the WORLD with our demonstration of superior knowledge! Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Go Molly, Go!
Posted by: traci | April 09, 2005 at 12:33 PM
Molly is a Nerd! Molly is a Nerd!
Hey, I was on a local High School quiz TV show, too....and then grew up to place an ignominious 3rd on Jeopardy! Nerds RULE.
Lanus
Posted by: Elaine | April 11, 2005 at 11:07 AM
I happen to know that RedMolly ROCKED Academic Decathlon as a teen. She also has superhuman knowledge of anything that happened in Europe (yes, THE Europe) before 1700. Probably after 1700, too, but who wants to dredge up recent history?
Posted by: Herm | April 12, 2005 at 09:10 AM
Note to Molly: I have learned from sad experience that very few of the young people respond positively to the statement, "My sister says that as a teen, I TOTALLY ROCKED the Academic Decathalon...."
Just a heads up.
Posted by: Elaine | April 12, 2005 at 12:23 PM
you guyz 'r' crackheads.
Just 'cuz I totally ROCKED the Academic Decathlon is no reason to snipe, now, is it?
~Mollyrock McAcaDecRocker
Posted by: molly | April 12, 2005 at 01:27 PM