February 26, 2010

Elementary students compete in Brain Bowl

The Sunrise Optimist Club of Fort Morgan, Colorado recently hosted more than 130 children in the 4th Annual Brain Bowl.  Students in third and fourth grades  and fifth and sixth grades competed against each other to answer questions posed by the judges.

The Brain Bowl is team play format.  The first round consisted of 30 written questions.  They were followed by four rounds of oral questions.   At the end of the evening, two teams came out on top. First, second and third places were awarded in both categories. 

Shown in the contributed photo is the first place Third and Fourth Place team: Hallee Shaver, Kelsey Shaver, Merrick Adams, Jon Gertner, Simon Graff and Brook Kaiser.

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