Academically Speaking

By Philip Ruiz and Suvan BhatNutley TalentYantacaw School- 2013-2014

What is it ?

• Academically Speaking is a trivia competition for 5th and 6th graders. Each town in Essex county that participated in it assembled their team of 5 to 7 participants.

• Each team puts up 3 of their students (one of them being the captain) up to battle against the other team and tries to win the contest.

• The teammates were notified during their Nutley Talent classes about the competition, and started to practice during lunch, as well as after school.

Nutley’s Team

Nutley’s Team (continued)

Our team consisted of 7 students from 3 of the 5 schools in Nutley. They are as follows:Radcliffe School: Ian Brown(captain),

Christian RoserWashington School: Sarah TakhimYantacaw School: Krishna Desai

Suvan BhatJake ShoemakerPhilip Ruiz(manager)

Coach: Mrs. Woods- Murphy (Nutley Talent teacher)Assistant Coach: Sebastian Ruiz

The Rules

Round1:- 4 minutes- 30 questions- May interrupt- Buzzer round- Only the person who signals may answer- No discussion permitted- +10 correct -5 incorrect

Round 2: - 1 ½ minutes- 10 questions- Discussion permitted- +10 correct -10 incorrect- Passed and incorrect questions not available to the other team- 50 point bonus for all questions answered correctly before 1 ½ minutes

Round 3:- 1 ½ minutes- 10 questions- Discussion is permitted- +20 correct -20 incorrect- Passed questions are available to the other team- +50 bonus- Incorrect questions not available to the other team

The Rules (continued)

Team Presentations(welcoming speech) Substitutions

Round 4- 1 ½ minutes- 10 questions- Discussion permitted- +20 correct -20 incorrect- +50 bonus - Teams may double - (+40 -40)- Incorrect and Passed questions available [+ or – 20] May discuss on pickups

Round 5- 4 minutes- 30 questions- Discussion permitted- +20 correct -20 incorrect- Incorrect questions available IMMEDIATELY (Only the person who signals may answer)- Interrupted questions answered incorrectly will be read in their entirety for the other team- Buzzer round

The Range of Questions

• The questions ranged from:- History- Science- Math- Social Studies- Current Events- Geography

First Round-Bloomfield vs. Nutley

First Round- Results

• Our team was down early but came back and pulled away to beat Bloomfield by about 200 points.

• Our win in Round 1 advanced us to Round 2 vs. Livingston.

Second Round-Livingston vs. Nutley

Second Round- Results

We lost by a small margin of 30 points against Livingston.We were eliminated from the tournament but we came in 3rd place in Essex county. We had a great experience and Nutley put up a good fight.

Special Thanks

• Thank you very much Mrs. Woods-Murphy for believing in our knowledge.

• Thank you Sebastian Ruiz for using your time, knowledge, and experience in assisting us.

• Thank you to the parents who let their kids come to practice.• Thank you Mrs. Barton, for preparing and organizing the

competition.• Thank you John Mccolough for moderating the event.• Thank you also to our superintendent, Mr. Lazovick and our

assistant superintendent, Dr. Gina Villani, for your supporting this wonderful program.

Farewell