Knowledge Bowl, Match 4: Hutchison Sting vs. Germantown Red Devils. Aired November 21st, 2009.
Hutchison (Red team):
Caroline, Senior
Amanda, Senior
Katherine, Senior
Claire, Junior
Alternate: Jasmine
Germantown (Blue team):
Rohit, Junior
Eric, Sophomore
Andrew, Sophomore
Jiaming, Junior
Alternate: Matt
Results:
Round One: Hutchison 50, Germantown 60
Round Two: Hutchison 110, Germantown 165
Round Three (Lightning Round): Hutchison 30, Germantown 30
Final: Hutchison 190, Germantown 255
Note: I’m on massive deadlines for a couple publications I edit, Germantown magazine and MBQ (Knowledge Bowl isn’t my only day job, you know), so this week’s recap’s going to be a little bit shorter — sweeter, I say — than usual and I’m also punting hard-core statistics for another week. I’ll make up for it word-count overload in a future post, I assure you.
The Game:
Like last week, we once again have an instance where the score was closer than it would’ve been because of missed bonus questions. I’m starting to think capitalizing on bonus questions is the most important facet of Knowledge Bowl victory. I’ll see what weighting statistics toward that hypothesis means for player ratings next week.
After round one, Hutchison was down by only 10, despite only getting 3 toss-ups correct versus 6 for Germantown. Round two saw the bonus-question-accuracy tilt in Germantown’s favor, as they got 5 of 7 bonuses correct in the second frame. Germantown entered the Lightning Round with a 65-point edge and played Hutchison to a draw in the third round to secure the victory.
