Quiz Team

Quiz Team: Welcome Back!

By Kenzi Perkins, on Friday Jan. 24

The Quiz Team of Sheridan High School has been a thing of the past— that is, until this school year. This club was implemented here in earlier years, but eventually, it fell off, and was forgotten. No longer, though, as English teacher Mrs. Moore has brought it back! 

The Quiz Team is a group of students who spend their free afternoons learning just about any and everything in order to answer questions in competitions, Jeopardy! style. This sort of club holds a particular draw to students who want to expand their knowledge on the world around them, including on the subjects of pop culture, history, science, and so much more.

Senior Kameron VanBalen joined the Quiz Team this year in order to try something new. “I thought that it would be a fun adventure,” VanBalen said with a shrug. 

VanBalen is already a member of a multitude of clubs, but considered the Quiz Team to be a worthy addition to her repertoire. “I like seeing an old club start up again, like the newspaper. I like seeing freshmen join something that will be a part of them for the next four years, just like I've done with other clubs before,” VanBalen confessed.

The Quiz Team is just beginning to regain momentum, their practices occurring once, maybe twice weekly for now, but competitions will ramp up in the coming spring. Here at the General Idea, we’re holding our breaths to see what the newly reinstated club brings to the table, and we’re anxiously awaiting the success we know they’ll bring. 

For more information on the Quiz Team, you can talk to Mrs. Moore or one of the members of the team!

The Skinny on Quiz Team

By Kameron VanBalen, on Wednesday Dec. 11

After many years of not having such a club the Sheridan quiz team is back and here's how you can join! The quiz team meets after school in room 214, Mrs. Moore's room, on Tuesdays and Thursdays till 3:45. The quiz team is currently both looking for more members but to also train those who showed up last practice, playing jeopardy, trivial pursuit and other games with knowledge based playing techniques.

Competitions start in March of this year, these competitions are all held at the Zanesville High School on Tuesdays, the quiz team will enter these competitions with two teams: the underclassmen and the upperclassmen. These two teams would like to be able to have two sub-ins, if we get enough people to do so, if we do not however, the plan will be to have one big team with a lot of sub-ins.

It has been a while since sheridan has had a quiz team, previously led by Mr. Chennells, but now the honor has been passed to Mrs. Moore. Mrs. Moore has been extremely happy and excited to host this quiz team, and even more so to see the students she's known for years to join and participate in this new club.