Key Meetings & Events of 2022
First Edition of The Unicorn's Scribe
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The History Club had 15 meetings & events in 2022. In this edition of the Unicorn's Scribe, we will be honouring a piece of the club's history by remembering the top six meetings/events of 2022.
The History Club Launch Meeting + Quiz
The History Club Launch Meeting + Quiz
Lunchtime of May 31st 2022 in T29
On the 27th of May, 2022, the History Club Cabinet dared to launch its first teams post excitingly announcing the club. It would certainly not be its last.
Before then, stunning posters were designed and posted, and the President boldly advocated the club to anyone who'd listen. Everything was going to plan, until a 'Dux Returns' event scheduled for the same day as the launch meeting was announced. The club had to choose between changing the launch date (after posters had been posted) or going to war with the Dux. It decided to go to war, and it decided to do so with chocolate and online sign-ups.
Fast forward to the 27th: the club was boldly announced, a bit of candy was promised to those who came and online-sign ups were offered to those who were interested but would rather go to the Dux.
18 people signed up online. Then, four days after the teams post, a whopping 33 fellow History enthusiasts came to the launch meeting to show their support for the club. After the PowerPoint presentation (which featured the President energetically detailing the purpose of the club, what it planned to achieve and more) the audience was challenged to guess the names of famous figures by looking at pictures of them. The launch presentation + exhilarating history quiz ended up being a massive success.
The Debate on Who Caused WW1
The Debate on Who Caused WW1
Lunchtime of July 12th 2022 in T29
The cause The Great War is as greatly fascinating as the war itself ('The Great War' is another name for World War 1.)!!! While there were specific incidences that escalated tension across Europe during the early 1900s, the final nail in the coffin was the Sarajevo assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Bosnian-Serb separatist Gavrilo Princip. In this situation, either Serbia or Austro-Hungary can be blamed for the start of WW1.
Therefore, we gathered the entirety of History Club, let them divide themselves on the topic, and battle it out on who to blame. On the Serbian side, the debaters proceeded with the obvious argument that since Gavrilo Princip committed the murder, Serbia, which had an increasingly fierce nationalist movement, should have been held accountable. With those that blame Austria, they claimed that the Serbian government itself did not orchestrate the assassination, but rather the seperatist group, The Black Hand.
After a lively and entertaining debate, which featured countless history fanatics bravely sharing their opinion, the debate's resolution was put up to a vote. The people voted, and it was decided that Serbia was to blame for the cause of WW1. In the future, unbiased adjudicators will decide the resolution of debates.
'The Kahoots' Meeting
'The Kahoots' Meeting
Lunchtime of August 9th 2022 in T29
When History Club runs out of tricks, it keeps its meetings simple yet fun. This was one of those meetings, for which a few public Kahoots were secretly selected in advance. These Kahoots covered a wide range of topics, from French to Roman to American history (sadly there were no Asian history kahoots). Countless history fanatics had loads of fun competitively playing these Kahoots, especially since the President built a lot of hype around them. Everyone was thrilled to hopefully get the coveted first place. Unfortunately, one of the players, Harrison Bartlett, got pissed as the President kept yelling out the wrong answers (which kept confusing him). It was very funny. L Harrison. The person who won the most Kahoots was Ray Lim: a brilliant history enthusiast who's since graduated from the school.
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?: 1900s History Parody
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?: 1900s History Parody
Lunchtime of October 11th 2022 in T34
In an effort to give History Club a lighter, more fun atmosphere, we took on the challenge of creating one of the biggest gameshows in the history of the Club. We played a history version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The top prize: a $30 Amazon giftcard.
However, as there was not enough time for everyone to have a turn at this legedary game show, we had to choose one person to play the game... with a Kahoot! The Kahoot was very challenging, with people getting 2-3 seconds to answer a question. This was to prevent cheating and reserve enough time for the main game.
Finally, Yaseen Ahmed got the grand honours to participate in History Club's second Who Wants to be a Millionaire? With stellar performance, he at first blazed through the questions of varying difficulties. Sadly, he gave the wrong answer to question #7, which left him with a $10 Amazon giftcard. For the final questions, the President challenged the spectators to answer them, which I thought was a smart move by him as he engaged the audience. That day was a huge success, so...
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN THE NEXT ROUND OF WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE!!!
Guess the Historical Figure: 1900s History
Guess the Historical Figure: 1900s History
Lunchtime of October 25th 2022 in T34
History Club loves to come up with innovative games like this for its members. This game was different than a Kahoot, as it was inspired by the beloved, popular game Guess-Who. This game has players guess the name of a famous figure assigned to them by asking yes or no questions. In Guess the Historical Figure, players do the same thing, except the famous figure is a historical figure! This game was better that our usual Kahoot as it involved everyone (unlike the Kahoots where someone would always be playing flappy bird). Also, it was more creative and original than a Kahoot. Unfortunately, a single round of the game was almost sabotaged by the unfunny Sho Tochigi and Arav Ranjan. They are now Club Executives : (
The British History Kahoot
The British History Kahoot
Lunchtime of November 15th 2022 in T34
An engrossing meeting about the most successful colonists in the History of the World- The British. The 45-question Kahoot used for this activity was custom made by President Vibhaan, Vice President Soham and Executive Arav (although Arav only made like 5 questions). This quiz was attended by a whopping 14 people, who basically just vented at the British and tried to prove that everyone else were History noobs. Although, it turned out that they were all noobs except for one person: the winner of the Kahoot. The glorious Serbian Nationalist Andrej Todorovic, who has since moved onto greener pastures, such as arguing with randos on the internet that Kosovo doesn't exist.
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