A team of Woodlawn School fifth graders placed first in North Carolina and 22nd among 300 teams nationally in the Knowledge Master Open student quiz competition March 21.

Davidson Elementary School was close behind, finishing No. 2 in North Carolina and No. 24 nationwide in the computer-based trivia competition. Woodlawn scored 720 points, Davidson 717.

Woodlawn School’s 5th grade Knowledge Master team: front row (from left): Iliana Ragnone (Davidson), Ali Phillips (Mooresville), Nelle Thomas (Davidson), Kendall Fletcher (Mooresville), Sydney Bowman (Cornelius). Middle row (from left): John Patrick Shaw (Davidson), Alex Lee (Davidson), Bradford Weir (Davidson), Jacob Vaughn (Huntersville), Morgan Crawford (Mooresville). Back row (from left): Stephan Snyder (Davidson), Daniel Wyatt (Davidson), Thomas Tyson (Davidson), Kaylee Bodner (Davidson), Maisie Wills (Huntersville). (Photo from Woodlawn School)

Woodlawn’s sixth-grade team was fifth in the state.

Woodlawn is a small independent school just north of Davidson, on Presbyterian Road.

TEAM TRIVIA TEST

Teams competing in the Knowledge Master Open must answer 100 multiple-choice questions on a computer. Scores are tallied and rankings published soon after on the Knowledge Master website.

Woodlawn’s fifth-grade team scored high good enough to place third among schools with fewer than 200 students.

In an earlier competition Jan. 24, the Davidson team finished first in the state and No. 17 nationwide.

DAVIDSON QUIZ-BOWLERS

Davidson Elementary School has 12 members on its quiz-bowl team, which competes not only in the Knowledge Master Open competitions, but other elementary-school quiz events as well, according to adviser Celia Felthaus.

Team members are: Rachel and Jake Bringewatt, Emma Boraks, Sharad Wertheimer, Logan Mariner, Carson Slayton, Adam Cosgrove, Luke Churchill, Thomas Churchill, Wilson Goode, Cat Buechler and Baily Johnson.

KNOWLEDGE MASTER OPEN RESULTS

2007 North Carolina Results – 5th Grade
1. Woodlawn School, Davidson, 720
2. Davidson Elementary School, Davidson, 717
3. Cox Mill Elementary School, Concord, 646
4. Greenfield School, Wilson, 609
5. Vinson-Bynum School, Wilson, 579

2007 National Results – 5th Grade (schools under 200 students)
1. Mark Twain Challenge Center, Sioux Falls, S.D., 805
2. Winchester Thurston Middle School, Pittsburgh, Pa., 775
3. Woodlawn School, Davidson, NC, 720
4. Gilbert Elementary School, Gilbert, Iowa, 666

2007 North Carolina Results – 6th Grade
1. Forest Hills Middle School, Wilson, 710
2. Startown Elementary School, Newton, 687
3. Springfield Middle School, Lucama, 647
4. Elm City Middle School, Elm City, 645
5. Woodlawn School, Davidson, 632