The Phi Alpha Theta chapter of UNC, with support from the UNC History Department, hosted its fourth annual history quiz bowl for high school students on Saturday, April 1st, in Hamilton Hall.
Question content roughly followed knowledge from AP-level classes and ranged from the Indus Valley Civilization to Supreme Court nominees and Nagasaki to Tenochtitlan. This year, nine teams from six high schools participated, including Durham School of the Arts, Panther Creek High School, East Chapel Hill High School, Jordan High School, Cary High School, and Chapel Hill High School. After ten matches, Durham School of the Arts, whose team name was Society of the Harmonious Fists, and Chapel Hill High, whose team name was the Black Tigers, had the most points and continued on to the Final Match, which was read by Professor Lisa Lindsay. After an initial tie in this match, Durham School of the Arts won the day.
The Quiz Bowl Organizing Committee is composed of undergraduate volunteers from Phi Alpha Theta, history majors, and history enthusiasts from other departments. Around fifteen talented and dedicated students began composing questions in August in order to write and edit a total of 561 questions by April.
–Ellie Edwards ’17, President of UNC Phi Alpha Theta