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02/09/2007: "Knowledge Bowl - Fun For All"

(Ralph Hahn checks for correct answers held aloft by the teams)

The Knowledge Bowl tests the knowledge of students and local service clubs, and this year it looked like the students representing the 11th and 12th grades may be able to unseat the defending service club from last year, but in the end the Rotary Club was able to hold on to their title.

(L to R:Mike Close, Mike Griffin, Diane Giesy, & Jack McKenna)

This was the 13th year the Bowl has been held, and it is a hoot. The teams get dressed up in silly costumes and get-ups, and while the questions can be tough, and must be answered quickly, the judging is relaxed, and not without a good deal of humor.

The event is a fun fund raising event, and a blow-up of a check from the San Juan Public School Foundation in the amount of $49,000.00 was displayed on the stage.

The questions -and the judging- were posed by Ralph Hahn, and ranged from the easy (What is the world's largest bird? A: Ostrich)) to ones a bit more difficult, such as:The first country to declare war on the US was?...Tripoli, in 1801.

Photos Of The Rest Of The Teams


8th Grade: Nick Roberts; Emily Schultz, Jenny Dunn, Elwyn Pratt, Alternates-Megan Cuomo, Conor Lanphere


9th-10th Grade: Albert Strasser, Brooke Jangard, Catherine Beens Trevor Youngquist; Alternates-Callie Bartlett, Alaina Schultz, Hannah Snow, Alex Michael


11th-12th Grade: Steffan Iverson, Judy Finn, Theo Pratt, Kate Fyrquist,; Alternates -Kevin O'Conner, Loch Stimpson, Lindsey Youngquist, Kelsey Kennedy


Lions:John Bostrom, Jim Carrol, George Johnson, Kira Sable


Kiwanis: David Eden, Lisa Anderson, Janice Peterson, Bob Jarman, Alternate -Nancy Fusare


Soroptomist: Howard Schonberger, Nancy DeVaux, Marty
Huleatte, Pat Hansen,