WCS Team Wins Charity Quiz Bowl

BY LAURIE HAHN, Times-Union Staff Writer

Kosciusko County businesses and some school representatives raised at least $2,600 for scholarships Tuesday – and had fun doing it.

In the first Community Quiz Bowl, 26 teams of up to six people each showed off their knowledge – or lack of – Tuesday in the Warsaw Community High School Career Center Gym.

Questions asked by emcee Harvey Miller focused on the contestants’ knowledge of trivia pertaining to Warsaw (question: What was the name of the building built in 1870 to seat 4,000 people? Answer: Wigwam), Kosciusko County (What three towns were vying to become the county seat? Leesburg, Oswego and Warsaw) and Indiana (Who wrote the state song, “On the Banks of the Wabash”? Paul Dresser).

Contestants took the contest quite seriously: some dressed in matching T-shirts or baseball caps, one team wore hard hats and the Bowen Center’s mascot, Orby, was there to cheer on his (her?) team.

In the end, a team from Warsaw Community Schools won the brain game, with a score of 61 out of a possible 75. Team members were Adrian Coplen, Dan Coplen, Jeannette Harvuot, Jim Harvuot and Dick Rooker. The team was sponsored by Keith Reinholt and Reinholt’s Town Square Furniture.

The event was the brainchild of the Warsaw Community Foundation for Public Education Inc. The foundation sponsors such programs as the Partnership Program, which links local businesses with area schools; the Mini-Grant Program, which provides funding for special classroom projects; the Fall Arts and Craft Show; and the A-1 Program, which recognizes students in grades nine to 12 who earn straight A’s throughout the school year.

And to further compliment – or embarrass – the companies that competed, here’s a list of all companies and their scores (remember, 75 was a perfect score):

ABC Industries 35

City of Warsaw 43

Dekko Heating 47

DePuy Inc. 39

Explorer Van 42

Farmers State Bank 43

Grace College 56

Grossnickle Eye Ctr. 50

KCH 31

Lake City Bank 43

Sofamore Danek 48

Miller’s Merry Manor 34

NIPSCO 37

Otis R. Bowen Ctr. 48

Paragon Medical 43

Ramada Plaza 31

R.R. Donnelley 46

Times-Union 44

Tri Kappa 42

WCS-Harman’s team 47

WCS-Brumfield 53

WCS-Rooker 61

WCS-Retired teachers 52

Warsaw Chamber 48

Women’s Center 41

Zimmer Inc. 47