SIUE group wins quiz bowl |
Pete Stump |
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The SIUE chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers brought home first place in a regional African-American Quiz Bowl. The bowl, sponsored by the National Society of Black Engineers, was in Indianapolis. Several four-member teams from universities in Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio took part in the November event. Questions concerned general information about the National Society of Black Engineers and black history. To make the final round of play, SIUE defeated teams from the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana and Kittering University of Flint, Mich. SIUE team members were Tanya Jackson, Marqus Hall, Michael Thurpeau and John Rhodes. According to Rhodes, NSBE communications chair, the final round proved harder than the first two. Rhodes said SIUE faced an impressive squad from the Illinois Institute of Technology. The two teams played sudden-death overtime to decide the winner of the quiz bowl. Rhodes answered the winning question to give SIUE the victory. | |