Quiz Master
 

Linda Wilke, Dr. Daniel Kallgren, and the Tin Man at Last Year's Banquet at Schussler's
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Hi-Q News Flash:

Dr. Daniel Kallgren, after celebrating his 10th year as the Hi-Q Quiz Master, was told by Emcee Linda Wilke that he was being replaced by a modern Moderator... a Tin Man.  Dr. Dan did not take the news graciously however.  He vowed to "fight" the Tin Man for the job and "swore" (to use the vernacular) that he would be back in the Quiz Master's seat in 2006.

Stay tuned to see who will actually be the 2006 Quiz Master... Dr. Dan Kallgren or some short, rusty, old... Mr. Tin Man.

Bio (courtesy of UW-Marinette website:)

Daniel Kallgren (dkallgre@uwc.edu)
Associate Professor, History/Political Science
L-110, 715-735-4317

PhD, University of Minnesota
MA, University of Minnesota
BA, Gustavus Adolphus College

Dr. Kallgren has taught history and political science courses at UW-Marinette since 1995. He is the advisor for the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society on campus and the Hi-Q Quiz Master. He has also served as the campus Colleges Senate representative for the past several years and received the Teacher of the Year award for 1997, 1998 and 2000.

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Emcee/Scorekeeper

 

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Engineer/Technician

Bill Walker served as the Hi-Q Engineer/Technician for the last 24 years.  Bill retired as of the end of last year's HI-Q Season.  When I interviewed Bill today (Thursday Dec 22, 2005), he told me that he really enjoyed working with the program, watching the Academic Teams compete, and being part of such a "wonderful program... one of the best and longest running academic quiz programs in the country." That would mean that Bill Walker took over as the Engineer/Technician in 1982... the year that Coleman won the championship.  Thanks Bill, for your years of dedicated service to Hi-Q.  (I'll bet he could tell some great stories about Hi-Q over the years...maybe he will?)

The new Engineer/Technician is (tba)

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2006 Match Schedule/Scores

Notes: Host School is the first team listed. Visitors are always welcome and encouraged to attend.
Please notify the host school of your attendance in advance to insure proper seating.

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Round #1

Wausaukee Catholic Central Menominee	31 28 35	January 10 Tuesday 10:00AM
Oconto Falls Niagara Florence	43 16 20	January 10 Tuesday 1:00PM
Coleman Gillett Suring	17 54 29	January 12 Thursday 10:00AM
Crivitz Lena Faith Baptist	29 31 27	January 12 Thursday 1:30PM
Stephenson Goodman/Armstrong Oconto	32 14 36 . .	January 17 Tuesday 9:55AM
Peshtigo Marinette Beecher/Dunbar/Pembine	45 29 24	January 17 Tuesday 1:30PM

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Round #2

Niagara Faith Baptist Catholic Central	15 44 38	February 02 Thursday 10:00AM
Florence Oconto Coleman	30 25 25	February 02 Thursday 1:30PM
Suring Crivitz Wausaukee	34 33 25	February 09 Thursday 10:00AM
Lena Beecher/Dunbar/Pembine Goodman/Armstrong	13 24 04	February 09 Thursday 1:30PM
Gillett Peshtigo Oconto Falls	33 37 32	February 23 Thursday 9:40AM
Marinette Menominee Stephenson	44 30 11	February 23 Thursday 1:35PM

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Round #3

Catholic Central Coleman Marinette	20 31 40	March 02 Thursday 10:00AM
Faith Baptist Stephenson Peshtigo	45 20 42	March 02 Thursday 1:30PM
Beecher/Dunbar/Pembine Oconto Falls Crivitz	27 28 38	March 07 Thursday 10:05AM
Menominee Florence Gillett	48 5 30	March 07 Tuesday 1:30PM
Oconto Suring Lena	28 34 27	March 09 Thursday 9:35AM
Goodman/Armstrong Wausaukee Niagara	13 18 19	March 16 Thursday 1:30PM

Note: Host school is the first team listed.  Visitors are always
welcome and encouraged to attend.  Please notify host
school of your attendance to insure proper seating.  Teams
must report to the auditorium/gym 15 minutes prior to
competition.  (Rule 3)

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2006 CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES:

SEMI-FINAL MATCH

The Semi-Final match was held yesterday at Faith Baptist School.  Scores at the end of the match were Faith Baptist 30, Marinette 29 and Menominee 21 points.  However, as a result of a Challenge by Marinette they gained 3 additional points to bring their score to 32 points and now move into the Championship Round.

The first match of  The Championship Round will be held on April 5th at Peshtigo High School at 10:00 AM.  The second match will be held on April 6th at Gillett High School at 10:00 AM.  It is a good experience for teams to attend these matches (one or both) to see what they should be striving to reach.  Please as a courtesy call the host school if you are planning on attending. 

Thanks,

Linda

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FINAL MATCHES

Wednesday, April 5th at Peshtigo
10:00am

Peshtigo, Gillett and Marinette

RESULTS:
Gillett - 38
Peshtigo - 33
Marinette - 25

Thursday, April 6th at Gillett
10:00am

Peshtigo, Gillett and Marinette

RESULTS:
Gillett - 33
Marinette - 43
Peshtigo - 23

Combined Championship Points:

Gillett Wins!

Gillett - 71
Marinette - 68
Peshtigo - 56
 

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About

Last updated: Wednesday October 15, 2008 11:28 AM

Established in Delaware County Pennsylvania in 1948, Hi-Q is the oldest continuing academic quiz competition in the United States. This competition was expanded in 1976 to Washington State, in 1977 to Wisconsin/Michigan, in 1982 to Maine, in 1984 to Arkansas, and in 1987 to Alabama.

Presently, The Farmers & Merchants Bank & Trust, in cooperation with The Kimberly-Clark Corporation and the University of Wisconsin - Marinette, sponsor the program.  "We believe the experience and support of academic competition encourages academic achievement, initiative, and good sportsmanship.  We feel that the experience gained from this program as a participant or as a supportive spectator is invaluable."

2006 marks the 58th anniversary of the Hi-Q Program and the 30th year of local competition.

Area Schools who will participate in 2006 include:

Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine, Coleman, Crivitz, Catholic Central (Marinette), Faith Baptist, Florence, Gillett, Goodman-Armstrong Creek, Lena, Marinette, Menominee, Niagara, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Peshtigo, Stephenson, Suring, and Wausaukee.

Congratulations to all Hi-Q Participants on a fine 2005 season!

 

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What-is  

Hi-Q is an academic quiz competition for high school students.  Currently eighteen schools from Northeast Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan actively compete. Each school's team is composed of eight students who are counseled by a representative of the school faculty (called a team adviser.)

There are three rounds of contests during the regular Hi-Q season that begin in January each year.  Each team competes once in each round, and three teams appear on stage in each contest.  At the end of this series of eighteen contests, standings are determined by the total points earned by each team in the three programs in which it competes.

At the conclusion of the first three rounds, final rounds are played consisting of three matches - one semi-final and two finals.   The semi-final match will be hosted by the third highest scoring team from the first round.  This team will compete against teams four and five.  These three teams will start with zero points and compete for the third place spot.

The winner of the semi-final contest will then compete against teams one and two (the first and second highest scoring teams of the first three rounds.)  Again, these three teams will begin with zero points.  Teams one and two will each host a final championship contest.

Questions are drawn from 14 subjects and based primarily on the content of standard high school courses and general scholastic knowledge that students can be expected to have acquired at school or elsewhere.  Guidelines for study and specific reference material are provided when the category is not usually a standard high school course.

Questions are prepared from various reference works of which the students are informed.  Subjects covered are American Government, American History, Art History, Biology, Chemistry, Current Events, Geography, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Shakespeare, Sports, and World History.

Awards:  After the finals competition, first, second, and third place teams from that contest win cash awards for their schools of $2,000, $1,500, and $1,000 respectively.  Certificates are presented to each member of all of the eighteen school teams.

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Past Finalists (1977-2005)

Last updated: Wednesday October 15, 2008 11:28 AM

Year		First Place School		Second Place School		Third Place School
2005	6	Peshtigo	9	Marinette	1	Beecher/Dunbar/Pembine
2004	1	Gillett	8	Marinette	2	Peshtigo
2003	4	Crivitz	7	Marinette	2	Faith Baptist
2002	5	Peshtigo	6	Marinette	1	Gillett
2001	4	Peshtigo	5	Marinette	3	Marinette Catholic Central
2000	10	Marinette	6	Peshtigo	1	Faith Baptist
1999	4	Marinette Catholic Central	5	Peshtigo	4	Marinette
1998	3	Peshtigo	4	Marinette	2	Marinette Catholic Central
1997	9	Marinette	4	Peshtigo	4	Wausaukee
1996	8	Marinette	3	Peshtigo	3	Wausaukee
1995	2	Peshtigo	3	Marinette	6	Menominee
1994	7	Marinette	2	Peshtigo	5	Menominee
1993	6	Marinette	2	Coleman	1	Marinette Catholic Central
1992	5	Marinette	1	Peshtigo	3	Menominee
1991	3	Crivitz	1	Wausaukee	3	Marinette
1990	4	Marinette	2	Crivitz	3	Menominee
1989	2	Crivitz	1	Coleman	2	Wausaukee
1988	3	Marinette Catholic Central	2	Menominee	1	Peshtigo
1987	1	Peshtigo	1	Crivitz	1	Wausaukee
1986	1	Crivitz	1	Menominee	2	Marinette
1985	3	Coleman	5	Marinette Catholic Central	1	Crivitz
1984	3	Marinette	4	Marinette Catholic Central	1	Niagara
1983	2	Marinette	3	Marinette Catholic Central	1	Oconto
1982	2	Coleman	2	Marinette	2	Oconto Falls
1981	2	Marinette Catholic Central	1	Lena	1	Coleman
1980	1	Coleman	1	Marinette	1	Oconto Falls
1979	1	Marinette Catholic Central	1	Oconto	2	Menominee
1978	1	Marinette	2	Marinette Catholic Central	1	Menominee
1977	1	Oconto Falls	1	Marinette Catholic Central	1	Marinette

 

Since 1977, seven schools have won the overall competition:

    Marinette leads with 10 wins
    Peshtigo has won 6 times
    Crivitz and Marinette Catholic Central have won 4 times each
    Coleman have won 3 times
    Gillett and Oconto Falls won once

Seven other schools have placed in the top 3.  They are:

    Menominee with 8 top 3 finishes
    Wausaukee has 5 top 3 finishes
    Faith Baptist and Oconto have 2 top 3 finishes
    Beecher/Dunbar/Pembine, Lena, and Niagara with 1 top 3 finish each

And, there are only 4 schools who haven't placed in the top three....yet.

 

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