Quizbusters does not have official records; unofficially, the highest score ever is 720 and that was set a long time ago when the competition is not what it is today. Very rarely will teams get into the 600’s and those games usually are in the first round when random opponents rule the day.
Click on the link to watch the show. Green Division Quarterfinals.
Let’s talk about Kevin round-by-round:
Quick Ten: Two for Ten? Sure….”Around the 18th century BC, who was the legal code-giver of Babylon” Hammurabi. “What US State has the largest population?” California.
Score: 90-0
Tossups Part 1: Can’t believe my son who has been on such a old-rock kick recently couldn’t get the rock question! Sigh…
Score: 140-30
Pop Quiz: The letters are t-r-e; Kevin goes 0-3. Misses ‘trespass’; both miss “tremendous’; misses ‘tree’.
Score: 210-60
Tossups Part 2: Seems pretty obvious he knew it was Montana, although others knew it too….
Seas of the Middle East and Central Asia: A Kevin-strength. Obviously knew all three of these as well..
Score: 310-70
Tossups Part 3: Again, just surprised sometimes at the gaps in the kids knowledge, don’t know the Elton John answer.
and then surprised that Kevin missed the geography question. Grrrrr.
Score: 410-70
Pop Quiz: The letters are t-e-l; Kevin goes 1-2. Misses “telstar”, misses ‘Tel Aviv”, gets “Teller”. I seem to recall Kevin being better at these late in the season; it must be after this episode! Ugh.
Score: 480-110
Tossups Part 4: Have to point out that Christopher, sitting in the audience, loved the question about Louis Sacher because he’s read all of these books in the last year…..and knew the answer the team did not!
Score: 590-110
The Lightning Round: Nothing. Zip. Zilch.
I thought Kevin fared better in this episode than it turned out that he did. Oh well….
