The winners of the 2024 Community Quiz Bowl from left are Sea Grandon, Ted Grandon, Jon Grandon, Cordelia Grandon and Isaac Shipley. Photo by Jackie Gorski, Times-Union.

By Jackie Gorski
Times-Union

WARSAW — Sixty-seven teams competed in Tuesday’s Community Quiz Bowl, March 12,  at the Warsaw Community High School Tiger Recreational Activity Center.

The winner was the Sea Grandon/ATELIER team. Team members were Sea Grandon, director of ATELIER; Ted Grandon, Jon Grandon, Cordelia Grandon and Isaac Shipley.

The theme for the event was “It’s the ’90s.” Erin Serafino, executive director of the Warsaw Education Foundation, said just under $25,000 was raised. Funds will go toward WEF programs like the Red Apple Grants.

During Tuesday’s event, teams answered four rounds of questions, with 15 questions in each round. Categories included ’90s Fashion and Sports, ’90s World History and 2023 – A Year in Review.

Questions included: What was the first movie to earn $1 billion at the box office? What is Bill Clinton’s presidential number? In 1999, Wayne Gretzky retired from what and what team? Who is known as the Golden Boy of tennis and sported a mullet most of his career?

Team sponsors included Maple Leaf Farms, Paragon Medical, Lewis Salvage, Wildman, OrthoWorx, Bowen Health Clinic, Lake City Bank, Core Mechanical, Zimmer Biomet, Kosciusko County Kettleheads, Ivy Tech Community College, Warsaw Noon Optimists, SYM Financial, Titus Funeral Home, Book Club Husbands, the city of Warsaw, the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office and Warsaw Community Church.

Serafino said the Quiz Bowl’s purpose is to bring the community together, have fun and raise money for the WEF to give to teachers.

During the event, the recipients of this year’s Red Apple Grants were recognized. The teachers are Shannon Gause, Jennifer Long, Daniel Ayers, Daniel Graney, Scott Erba, Mark Riege, Abbi Richcreek, Eric Coburn, Catherine Cavanaugh, Melissa Warner, Tori Reneker, Sarah Crabtree, Treleen Cox, Sarah Wiggins and Hannah Baker.

Also during the event, WEF was trying to raise donations for Boys in the Boat projects at Edgewood and Lakeview middle schools, where students make cardboard boats.

The recipients of this year’s Red Apple Grants were recognized at the 2024 Community Quiz Bowl Tuesday. Pictured from left are Shannon Gause, Jennifer Long, Daniel Ayers, Daniel Graney, Scott Erba, Mark Riege, Abbi Richcreek, Eric Coburn, Catherine Cavanaugh, Melissa Warner, Tori Reneker, Sarah Crabtree, Treleen Cox, Sarah Wiggins and Hannah Baker. Photo provided.