FHN algebra teacher Anne Ledbetter often hosts trivia nights for her friends and family separate from her day-to-day teaching job. Three years ago, she decided to overlap this passion with her teaching job, and she became the sponsor for the Scholar Bowl club at FHN.
During meetings, students work to learn new questions that they could be exposed to when tournament day comes around.
“I just really like that Scholar Bowl teaches you things that you wouldn’t learn anywhere else, I think a lot of people would have fun if they joined,” junior Ryan Neukomm said.
The club is also done by many other high schools in the area. Five-week-long tournaments are held on Tuesdays by a different school each week.
Scholar Bowl provides the opportunity to create new connections with people who have similar interests, such as knowledge of random facts.
“My favorite thing is when kids start talking to each other and I see the collaboration of how excited they get sharing their information,” Ledbetter said. “One of my favorite things has always been to just know random fun facts, and it’s fun to be around other people who also love random facts.”
