Advisor: Mr. Walter Peck
Meetings: Thursdays at 7:00 a.m with Mr. Peck

By Invitation Only:
The High School Challenge team is coached by Mr. Walter Peck. To become a member of the team, students are recommended by their teachers and then invited to join.

Members:

Sophomores- Jacinda Goicea and Anthony Pagano

Juniors- Nir Swenson, Dan Arseneau, Jenny Feeney, Krista Gehm, and Casey Hust

Seniors- Kyle Groening, Nate Stocking, Sarah Simpson, and Matt Wade

Match Info

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In a fast paced game where every question is worth points, players have to be at the top of their game to be ready to answer any question. Questions can be on topics anywhere from Medieval Literature to Calculus questions, all of which they only have seconds to answer.

High School Challenge is trivia based on any topic that you could imagine. From Auction rounds, to names of World Series winners from most recent, as far back as you know, to naming countries that originally made up the Warsaw Pact.

The constant trivia tests the students overall knowledge.

Challenge Team Triumphs at Trivia

       On any given Thursday morning before school, you are likely to find a group of eleven students with Mr. Peck playing what looks to be a usual trivia contest.
        What you may not know about this group is that they are among the top of their class, and each one of them can bring to the table answers that would leave most people looking on the Internet.
        This group of students usually place among the top teams in the tournaments they participate in. Mr. Peck stated that this years team is, “One of the best we have had.”
        In the latest event at Oxford High School, the students who make up "A" the team went 5-0 to be the outright winners of the tournament.
        Mr. Peck said that, “The team did well at Oneonta, and we went undefeated to win the tournament at Oxford.”
        When asked what makes these students unique and able to compete so well in these events, Mr. Peck said, “They have to be big readers and good thinkers. Between the two gives them the wealth of experience and knowledge needed to succeed at the game.”
        Mr. Peck, who has been in charge of the High School Challenge group for 21 years, feels that his experiences have given him the ability to know what will help his team to prepare and compete well against any opponents that they come up against.
        A team that has four returning seniors, five juniors, and two sophomores is looking to the future where they see fun, trivia, and opportunities to win at any competition in which they participate.

By Matt Wade

The contest is made up of five rounds:

-Toss-Ups:
        -Any individual can answer, but cannot consult with
        his team.
        -An individual is not penalized for answering a
        question inaccurate. The only thing is that no one
        else on their team can answer that question.

-Toss-Up With Bonus:
        -Same as Toss-Up, but followed by 4 questions for
        only your team to get a chance to answer correctly.

-Auction Round:
        -Both teams are given a topic and you have to
        consult with each other to figure out how many
        questions from the given topic you can name
        accurately.

-Team Round:
        -There are 4 categories of ten questions. The
        team that is losing picks their topic first then the
        other team picks. Both teams have a chance to “pick up” questions the other team incorrectly answers.

-Final Toss-Ups:
        -They are worth more than the original Toss-Ups,
        but follow the same rules.

These are the the general rules for the competitors when they attend the competitions at the Tompkins Cortland Community College. Other competitions use some different rounds, but the rules are usually the same from one competition to another.