Is That Your Final Answer?

[BlairW_1]

Y'all, we hardly have any posts going on at all right now, so I'm gonna try to liven things up with a sucky story, maybe I can get at least one more post a day for this board... Cuz I really don't wanna watch it die, I was almost here for it's creation, and I plan for Haven to be able to enjoy it too! If it's stupid, go ahead and tell me, I know it is. I just thought I'd chronicle the quiz bowl season at Muldrow into the Facts of Life. Be warned at the end, you'll get something un-expected.

It's quiz bowl season at Langley, and Jo convinces Blair to be on the team. Right before their hard-earned trip to the national championship, an unexpected tragedy happens, and Jo, the captain, quits the team. Then, to her suprise, Blair is picked to be the captain. Can she handle the pressure... and not melt down during the game-deciding lightning round?

Is That Your Final Answer?
Season Seven, #143.5
By Danielle Powell

(Blair and Natalie are counting rubber chickens.)
B: I got 19, how about you, Nat?
N: I'm still getting 18, I don't know how we keep doing this!
J: (Walks in) Doing what?
B: Mis-counting the rubber chickens! I keep getting 19, Nat here gets 18.
J: Lemme check this out. (Walks over to them and counts them.) Nat, I'm afraid Blair's right.
N: She is?
B: (Suprisedly.) I am?
J: Yeah, Nat, you're forgetting this chicken right here! (Points to Blair.)
(Nat cracks up, and blair looks angry.)
B: I am not a chicken!
J: Then why won't you be on the quiz bowl team? Suprisingly, your grades are good enough, so there's no problem there! What is it?
B: (Stutters.) I... I... Why do you want me to be on the team anyway? You'll probably be the center of attention anyway... if I wasn't there... (She smiles and flips her hair.) But I'm going to be captain, and you aren't!
J: So you're going to do it now?
B: Of course, did you think I would pass up even more fame?
J: (Snaps her fingers and puts on her "I should have known" look.) Dog gone it, I should have known better, shouldn't I?
B: Of course! Well, can't expect that of a Polniczek, can you? I'm off to sign up for quiz bowl, tah! (Walks out before Jo can say anything. Nat walks up to Jo with a perplexed expression on her face.)
N: Why did you want Blair to be on the team?
J: Believe it or not, she could really benefit the team! Her grades are pretty good, and she doesn't melt in the lightning round like a lot of people I know. (Looks at watch.) Geez, I better run if I'm gonna sign up! See ya! (Starts to walk out.)
N: Hey, wait a second. How many chickens were there, really?
J: 19.
N: Hah, I knew I was- 19? Are you sure?
J: Count 'em yourself, Nat, I got 19. I really have to go, bye!
N: (Sighs.) Bye, Jo. (Jo leaves, and Nat walks over to the rubber chickens.) One... (Sigh.) Two, three... (Screen fades into Langley library.)
(Blair and Jo are sitting in the back at the same table as the others waiting for tryouts. The coach, Mrs. Gray, walked up to the front of the library. The room grew quiet.)
MGr: Hi everyone, I'm Mrs. Gray, your quiz bowl coach this year. Well, I hope everyone in here signed up, because I used the sheet to split you up into teams. I think you're pretty even in experience and grades, so splitting you up wasn't that hard. Who in here has played on a team before? (Everyone but Jo and Blair raise their hands.) Almost everyone, good. Well, maybe we should go over a refresher course. There are two teams of four people playing at a time, with the captain sitting in the second seat from the inside on both teams. Since there are ten people here, there will be two subs throughout the game, switching after each half. During practices, I'll read the toss-up and lightning round questions, while one sub will be the time-keeper, and the other the score keeper. Mrs. Hall here- (She gestures to a brown haired teacher/librarian.) will be the moderator. Y'all following me? (*Strange,* Blair thought, *I just noticed she has a southern accent. She looks more like a housewife than a quiz bowl coach.*) Good, now, during the normal toss-up questions, which there are 20 of in each half, I'll read you a question, and you have 10 seconds to buzz in, 20 seconds on math. When you know the answer, buzz in whether I'm through reading or not. You can't say the answer until they say, for instance, "Langley, Caitlin," or the other team will have an immediate response, where they can answer without having to worry about you buzzing in before them, because your team can only guess once. The same goes for if you get the question wrong. If six seconds have gone by, it's the captain's duty to buzz in and guess, whether he or she gets it wrong or not. No talking at all; if you talk repeatedly, you can be taken out of the game. Everyone understand the toss-up questions now? (Everyone nods, but Blair and Jo sit there with a confused expression on their faces.) Blair, Jo? Do you understand?
J: Umm... Give me a while for this to soak in, okay?
B: Uh, yeah, what she said...
MGr: Okay, I'll be handing out the NYABA rules after this practice is over, you might wanna go home and study them, okay?
B,J: Okay.
MGr: We can only have five on a team, so half of you are going to have to leave with just the satisfaction of going to three practice games. Now, we're a little behind schedule, we only have two weeks until the New York City district tournament, but I think we can win. Team members and captain will be picked accoring to the number of questions you've answered correctly. Is everyone ready to play? (Everyone nods, most of them exitedly, some a little nervously.) Okay then, on the red team, Jo Polniaczek (Pronounced Pol-ni-a-zek), Caitlin Stricklen, Kara Stewart, Boots St. Claire, and sitting out will be Cliff (?). On the yellow team we have Blair Warner, Tiffany Chandler, Charity Money, Brock Pflasterer (Pronounced Puh-flaster-er, really Flaster) and sitting out will be Fallen Tate. Caitlin and Tiffany, you're the captains this time. Stacey and Fallen, pick out what you want to do.
S: I'll be score keeper, I've done that before.
F: I guess I'll do time, then.
MGr: Let's do a buzzer check, okay? Jo? (Buzz.) Boots? (Buzz.) Caitlin? (Buzz.) Kara? (Her's doesn't buzz because Caitlin's is still on.)
K: Mark, clear!
F: Oh, sorry! (She presses his buzzer, which is connected to the timer, and it clears Caitlin's buzzer.)
K: That's better.
MGr: Charity? (Her buzzer emits a high, shrill beep that causes Blair to cover her ears.)
B: Are you sure that things working right, Mrs. Gray?
MGr: Yeah, that's how the moderators tell the difference between one team an the other. Tiff? (Beep.) Blair? (Blair cautiously pushes it, hoping that gently pushing it wouldn't make it as loud. But it didn't. Blair grimaces.) Don't worry, you'll get used to it. Brock? (Beep.) Here's your name tags. (She walks over and puts them in front of everyone's buzzers.) We'll start out with the easy ones until you get the hang of it again. Y'all ready for question one? A homesteader is a person who settles on land under the homestead law. S- (Buzz.) Langley, Caitlin?
C: H-O-M-E-S-T-E-A-D-E-R.
MGr: Spell homesteader, correct. Here's a hint, y'all. When it sounds like the question is stating something, about 95% of the time, it turns out to be a spelling question. Number two. Name the scientific name for salt. (Blair tried to buzz in, but was beaten by Charity.) Langley, Charity?
Ch: Sodium chloride.
MGr: Correct. Question three... (Fades to a split screen of Blair and Jo with the same perplexed expression on their faces, 'What have we gotten ourselves into?' *Commercial*)

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I'm the cutie with the booty, the hottie with the body, the honey with the money, I'm the baby, gotta love me!

*¤.¸¸.·´¨`»Danielle«´¨`·.¸¸.¤ *
<3 ya!

[FOLrocks1]

That was really good!

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*Jacob*

[Teddys_Angel_Jinny]

You posted it!!!!! I was waiting 4 u to bring up sodium chloride! Can't wait till u know what happens! (And not the tragedy at the end either! Till the good thing happens!)

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Q: How many women with PMS does it take to change a
light bulb?

A: One. Only ONE!! And do you know WHY? Because no
one
else in this house knows HOW to change a light bulb! They don't even now that the bulb is BURNED OUT! They
would sit in the dark for THREE DAYS before they figured it out. And, once they figured it out, they wouldn't be able to find the light bulbs despite the fact that they've been in the SAME CUPBOARD for the past 17 YEARS! But if they did, by some miracle, actually find them 2 DAYS LATER, the chair they dragged to stand on to change the STUPID light bulb would STILL BE IN THE SAME SPOT!! AND UNDERNEATH IT WOULD BE THE WRAPPER THE STUPID @*!#$% LIGHT BULBS CAME IN! WHY? BECAUSE NO-ONE EVER CARRIES OUT THE GARBAGE!! IT'S A WONDER WE HAVEN'T ALL SUFFOCATED FROM
THE PILES OF GARBAGE THAT ARE 12' DEEP THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE HOUSE. THE HOUSE!! - IT WOULD TAKE AN ARMY TO CLEAN THIS #@*$!#@!... HOUSE!
I'm sorry... what did you ask me?
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That's true you know, so, next month, don't screw with me!

[Bang A Gong]

Go D!!!!! Luv luv luv it.

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(-: Sourbabie :-)

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"If you touch my ass one more time, I'll kick yours." - Jinny Exstead

"Nice girls don't throw trees!" - Jo Polniaczek

Hello, my name is Sourbabie and I'm an ERoholic and a The Divsionoholic.

Do you know that real eyes realize real lies?

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[JoJoJoJoJoJoJoJoJo]

this si pretty good! please post more!!!!

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Teddy Is HoT!!

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Blair: Hold it, you ruined my watch.
Jo: No I didn't, it's a stop watch...it stopped

Jo: So things change, you're born, ya move on, ya die, that's life.
Blair: Don't get too mushy on us!

[Wild Child]

Please post more soon.I like it so far.

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"You're born,you move on,you die,that's life."-Jo
Nancy McKeon is #1!!

[sue z q]

Oh, my gosh, Teddys_Angel_Jinny! I am laughing my head off at your signature! That is so funny! Oh, wait, sorry, back on topic. Keep going with the fanfic! It's great!

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Jo: Partners? You mean 50-50? Uh, 50-50-50-50-50?
Blair: Good, Jo, we'll let you do the books!
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.
~God Bless~

[Wild Child]

Originally posted by sue z q:
Oh, my gosh, Teddys_Angel_Jinny! I am laughing my head off at your signature! That is so funny!

Yeah,I thought it was really funny too!

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"You're born,you move on,you die,that's life."-Jo
Nancy McKeon is #1!!

[Teddys_Angel_Jinny]

*Bows* Thank you! Thank you! C'mon, D! Hurry up and write more on this! I can't wait! Even though I know what's gonna happen. I seriously thought that I'd quit QB when the tragedy happened. This was written from real life.

[BlairW_1]

Thanks y'all, I really appreciate your replies. K, I almost did quit! But we're gonna make it up at nationals next year, right? Right!

We are the Muldrow Bulldog quiz bowl team
We're gonna beat old (insert team here) with the lead
We're gonna squish 'em, and squash 'em
And roll 'em around!
All with the sound of the beep, beep, beep!
BULLDOGS!

Sue Z Q, you're just like me on getting off topic! That's bad... No, it could be good, well... I'm cornfused. Just ignore everything I just said, ko? kk. Adios@buh_bye.com

[BlairW_1]

Y'all, big problem. Everytime I try to write on this story, I cry, and I can't type when I cry... You see, I went off in search of my OJABA rules (Oklahoma Junior Academic Bowl Association), and I happened to come across my nametag that I made in our last practice, so, well... I'll try to write more. Tomorrow I'll be in Tulsa all day with Kenzie, so I can't post more then. I have a few paragraphs written, but I want to know if you want me to put in some of the OJABA rules (NYABA in the story) in, or none. If I put some in, y'all could probably understand quiz bowl better, cuz I know some of you have never hear of it b4. Well, post and tell me what y'all think on the OJABA issue, plz. Buh-byeziez.

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I'm the cutie with the booty, the hottie with the body, the honey with the money, I'm the baby, gotta love me!

*¤.¸¸.·´¨`»Danielle«´¨`·.¸¸.¤ *
<3 ya!

[Wild Child]

Sure,go ahead and add 'em.It'd probably help me understand it better(I understand it but I wouldn't mind knowing a little more).Please post soon.

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"You're born,you move on,you die,that's life."-Jo
Nancy McKeon is #1!!

[Teddys_Angel_Jinny]

Yeah! Put 'em in! I only read them once anyway. I wouldn't mind havin a refresher class. (Isn't that what CA's for next year?) I'm OT again... Oh, well...

[sue z q]

Originally posted by BlairW_1:
Sue Z Q, you're just like me on getting off topic! That's bad... No, it could be good, well... I'm cornfused. Just ignore everything I just said, ko? kk. Adios@buh_bye.com

Lol, we are the off-topic queens! We can just go on and on forever and...oh wait, I'm getting off-topic. Post that rulebook thing cause I don't know what that whole quiz bowl thing is. We've never had one of those at our school, I mean we've had Math Olympics and Spelling Bees, and Speech Competitions so...oh, shoot! I did it again! Man, we need some 12 step program or therapy group or something! I've heard those can be very effective, just last week-AHHHHHHH!!!!!! I can't stop! Just post more soon, ko? kk.

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Jo: Partners? You mean 50-50? Uh, 50-50-50-50-50?
Blair: Good, Jo, we'll let you do the books!

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't there more happy people?

Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most.

*^*^*~~~God Bless~~~*^*^*

[This message has been edited by sue z q (edited 07-06-2001).]

[BlairW_1]

You've never had quiz bowl?!?!?!
You're right about the 12 step thing!

Ya know, I really think that we need some serious help with this... It kind o scares me a wee bit... :::sigh::: You know, I went to Tulsa today with K, and we rode a train, and while we were waiting for it, we were talking about how we would win quiz bowl next year, and stinkin Sallisaw would probably get 2nd... But then we got on, and started talking about the Yankee/Hick dictionary thingy-ma-whopper-jiggy I have on the chit-chat board... Have you gone to see that topic? I think you could post something on it, it's really kewl! (Slaps self.) Yeah, post something like hicks have quiz bowl, yanks have academic bowls or something... (I think I'm getting better...) I'll post the rules tonight if I can; I'm trying to get my call in to B98 for the bedcheck. But I guess it could wait 4 tomorrow. Yeah, I'll do it tomorrow. Buh-byezies! Sue Z Q, can ya tell me yer email, MSN, AIM, whatever address so we can counsel and comfort each other? anywayziez, buh-byezies!

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We are the Muldrow Bulldog quiz bowl team
We're gonna beat old Sallisaw with the lead
We're gonna squish 'em
And squash 'em
And roll 'em around!
All with the sound of the BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!
Bulldogs!

"1st in county may be great, but next year we are taking state!" Kenzie R.

WIN-LOSE RATIO
9 - 1

~*Danielle, Captain of the Muldrow quiz bowl team*~
<3 ya!