D&D helped me answer a question in Scholastic Bowl!

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

So my school's scholastic bowl team went to a tournament this past Saturday, and I happened to be with them. We're playing and all of a sudden a toss-up question about a multi-headed dragon goddess comes up. The minute they start saying Dungeons & Dragons I buzz in and answer Tiamat.

Never thought I'd find trivia about D&D in Scholastic Bowl... and for those of you wondering... it's sort of like jeopardy or trivial pursuit. 5 person team gets asked toss-up questions and the first team to buzz in the with the correct answer gets the first chance to answer a 3-6 part bonus question with 20 points.

My team got slaughtered, but I just thought I'd post my happy news... LOL

 

[Mark]

Well played, Jason!

Perhaps, if that was a school sponsored event, it falls into the research material that you are gathering to show that D&D is not taboo in regard to scholastica...?

 

[Darkness]

"We got slaughtered, but at least I have D&D..."

Truly an epic tale of heroism and glory!

 

[Trevalon Moonleirion]

originally posted by Mark
Perhaps, if that was a school sponsored event, it falls into the research material that you are gathering to show that D&D is not taboo in regard to scholastica...?

Hrmm.... You're a clever one, Mark, yes you are!

originally posted by Darkness
"We got slaughtered, but at least I have D&D..."

Truly an epic tale of heroism and glory!

Aye, my friend! I've got D&D and I've got this, my online home.

 

[William Ronald]

Jason, Mark has a point. If D&D is good enough for the scholastic bowl, it should be good enough for the Borg Queen. Oops, I mean the assistant principal.

 

[Mirth]

Jason, Mark has a point. If D&D is good enough for the scholastic bowl, it should be good enough for the Borg Queen. Oops, I mean the assistant principal.

Agreed. See if you can find out who made up the questions and explain your situation to them. Perhaps you'll have another adult on your side, if you need it.

 

[sellars]

Quote:

everything i ever needed to know I learned from DnD

looks like there's some truth in this

S

 

[Zander]

Years ago, when I was taking a statistics class at university, our instructor told us that to calculate the mean (average) of a series from 1 to n (without omissions or repetitions) you had to do the following:

(1+2....n)/n = mean

So for example, to find the mean of 1,2,3,4,5,6, the calculation would be:

(1+2+3+4+5+6)/6 = 3.5

Our instructor then asked us to simplify the equation. The other students were about to start scribbling in their notebooks, but I didn't give them the time. Without hesitating, I announced the answer:

(n+1)/2 = mean

The instructor was surprised that anyone should come up with the answer so quickly. He asked me if I had taken statistics before. I answered that I hadn't. I told him I knew it from playing D&D.

 

[Greatwyrm]

I had a similar situation in a scholastic bowl meet of my own in high school. There was a question about Olliver Cromwell, a figure from the English (UK) Civil War. The only reason I got the question right was because of a song by Monty Python that tells pretty much his whole career.

 

[HellHound]

Everyone knows that D&D is educational!

Well... ok.

Not everyone.

In fact, there are several organizations trying to get that message accross - that RPGs can really be educational tools. They teach math, good writing skills and more.

That's one of the goals of "Operation Gamer Orphan" aka "Project Get' em Young" which is now known as...

The Kid's Colouring Book o Critters