Top Brains Tops
| The team was still raring to go eight hours later when the apparently indefatigable Tubridy opened a Student Union West classroom for the regular Friday afternoon mock bout. It was then that WMBB was able to uncover the secret of the GCCC team’s staying power- child labor. Turbidy and Rahim are actually dual enrolled local high school students, Rahim attending Panama Advanced, and Tubridy haling from Bay High. They acquitted themselves well, casually answering questions as random as the name of a 19th century feminist and the law of inertia. Dr. Finley was there, as well as coach Jeff Yawn, who gave the students tips while simultaneously playing Brainage on his Nintendo. |
Didn’t get it? Most of us didn’t either, but never fear - Dr. Dan Finley and the GCCC Brain Bowl made Gulf Coast look good on February the 9th, when they won their ninth straight game-undefeated- at the National Association of Quiz-Bowls Tournament. The Brains of Gulf Coast, so to speak, are Carly Karas, Justin Lee, Nicole Maulden, Anas-Abdul Rahim, and Carl Tubridy. They were coached to their Alabama success this year by Dr. Finley, Dean Burbank, Tonia Lawson, and Jeff Yawn. Their streak has qualified them the advance to the two day Nationals in St. Louis in the spring. GCCC will finance the trip, since the Brain Bowl, supported by the Student Activities Fee, is out of cash. They’ve never let that stop them-the GCCC team has gone up against schools like Yale, Vanderbilt, and Dartmouth at the Nationals for the past two years, on the lowest budget in the state of Florida.
Even though budget restraints kept them from the March Florida Practice Tournament in Orlando, they’ve stayed keen with their own frequent practices, complete with red and green electronic buzzers, as well as an appearance on the News13 This Morning Trivia Challenge. This bout was held at the unsporting hour of 6 AM, no doubt an attempt to give News13 contestants Justin Keifer and Greg Sherrod the home field advantage. They further insisted on using Deanna Lambert as the moderator, evidently hoping she could use wily vocal inflections to give hints to Team13. In spite of these hardships, Nicole Maulden and Carl Tubridy were able to defend Gulf Coast’s undefeated status. The team will go to St. Louis and represent Gulf Coast on April 11th and 12th.,
BTW- Charles I reigned only one year. Charles I is the answer.
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I was born into the middle of The Strip in 1960s Atlanta, Georgia. I was educated in Fayetteville, Georgia and at Georgia Southern College (now University) in Statesboro. I moved with my family to Panama City, Florida in 1999. My two daughters and I have enjoyed exploring the beaches, the Downtown Library, and all of our neighbors' attics and cupboards. I think writing is like pulling teeth but I can't do anything else, and that... not too well. I love looking at pictures and especially old ones, so if you have any, send me a COPY and tell me about it and I'll share it with my readers. Tell everyone you know about this blog, and ya'll come back now, hear?
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