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What do Star Wars, Twilight,Tetris, and the "take this pebble from my hand" scene in The Karate Kid all have in common? They were all part of the nerd-related events that took place Thursday, July 29, at Duke TIP's first ever NERD QUEST!!!
NerdQuest is "to find which class is the nerdiest," says Philosophy student Freddy Argueta. NerdQuest consists of playing "Rock, Paper, Scissors", Star Wars and Harry Potter Trivia, and some other nerdy events. The philosophy class and zombies/vampires class met in Myers Hall around 2PM on Thursday for this nerdy event. It was a great time for these two classes to bond.
The students from Duke TIP's philosophy class took place in an all out battle with the Zombies and Vampires class over things that only true, true, dedicated nerds would know. When it came time for the events Thursday afternoon, the two classes were ready to "pwn some noobz" and prove why their class was the nerdiest of the nerdiest in this mental melee of nerd-tastic events.
It started out as a joke within the Zombies and Vampires class one afternoon. Members of the class started kidding around about how instead of discussing some "nerd-related activities" amongst themselves, they wanted to have a chance to "crush the philosophy class" instead. Zombies teacher and Teacher's Assistant, Anna Carson Dewitt and Danny Mehta, came back the next day saying "Remember how you said you wanted to crush the philosophy class? You may just get a chance to do that..." and thus, NERD QUEST!!! was born.
The Quest started out with a Star Wars trivia round. The classes each had a trivia team,The Destroyers (Zombies) and The Philosoraptors (Philosophy), made up of 6 members, who answered trivia questions about Star Wars. When asked about the caliber of the questions, Zombies and Vampires student, Sam Gray, said, "Those questions were really hard! Our team really didn't know enough about Star Wars to beat [the] Philosophy [class in that round]!"
The next event of the afternoon was the Rock Paper Scissors throwdown. Gray also commented on this event, saying "[The philosophy class was] very strict about their rules! ...They were so serious about doing it the right way."
Rules put in place by the Philosophy class included:
1. If you're using PAPER, your hand has to be parallel to the ground and your fingers can't be spread.
2. You can't use your other hand as a "training wheel".
3. You go 1, 2, Shoot!
Other events at the first ever Nerd Quest included Harry Potter and Twilight trivia, the Poetry Challenge, where the two contestants battle trying to create a poem based off of well-known excerpts, the nerd-tabulous game of Tetris, Philosophical Text Analysis, and plainly stated, taking a pebble from someone's hands (based off of the scene in The [original] Karate Kid).
When asked to describe what Nerd Quest is all about, Gray stated, "We are learning to be well-rounded nerds by participating in a wide variety of common nerd activities."
In this, the first ever Nerd Quest, the noobz were pwnd as the Philosoraptors came to victory. Thus, the possible start of a new tradition and friendly rivalry at Duke TIP at UGA has been born.
MaLea Berry, 15, is a sophomore at The Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia
Emily Soroka, 14, is a freshman at West Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia
The Quest started out with a Star Wars trivia round. The classes each had a trivia team,The Destroyers (Zombies) and The Philosoraptors (Philosophy), made up of 6 members, who answered trivia questions about Star Wars. When asked about the caliber of the questions, Zombies and Vampires student, Sam Gray, said, "Those questions were really hard! Our team really didn't know enough about Star Wars to beat [the] Philosophy [class in that round]!"
The next event of the afternoon was the Rock Paper Scissors throwdown. Gray also commented on this event, saying "[The philosophy class was] very strict about their rules! ...They were so serious about doing it the right way."
Rules put in place by the Philosophy class included:
1. If you're using PAPER, your hand has to be parallel to the ground and your fingers can't be spread.
2. You can't use your other hand as a "training wheel".
3. You go 1, 2, Shoot!
Other events at the first ever Nerd Quest included Harry Potter and Twilight trivia, the Poetry Challenge, where the two contestants battle trying to create a poem based off of well-known excerpts, the nerd-tabulous game of Tetris, Philosophical Text Analysis, and plainly stated, taking a pebble from someone's hands (based off of the scene in The [original] Karate Kid).
When asked to describe what Nerd Quest is all about, Gray stated, "We are learning to be well-rounded nerds by participating in a wide variety of common nerd activities."
In this, the first ever Nerd Quest, the noobz were pwnd as the Philosoraptors came to victory. Thus, the possible start of a new tradition and friendly rivalry at Duke TIP at UGA has been born.
MaLea Berry, 15, is a sophomore at The Paideia School in Atlanta, Georgia
Emily Soroka, 14, is a freshman at West Forsyth High School in Cumming, Georgia
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