Consumer Bowl 2019
Consumer Bowl Team - (L to R) Ethan Pizarro, Cat Sopko, Magdaley Diaz de Leon, Mikayla Czap, Gabriel Samolchuk and Jennifer Schulz.
On Friday, February 22, 2019, a group of five (5) Nottingham students took part in the Consumer Bowl competition that occurred at the Stone Terrace in Hamilton, New Jersey. The Consumer Bowl is a quiz-bowl style competition run by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs. During this day-long competition, teams from Mercer County high schools answered Consumer Affairs themed-questions. The goal of the event was to expose high schoolers to issues that they will encounter in their everyday lives, like the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, car purchases and the applicable lemon laws, credit card safety etc. This year's Consumer Bowl delegation consisted of Gabriel Samolchuk (captain), Jennifer Schulz, Cat Sopko, Ethan Pizarro, Magdaley Diaz de Leon, and Mikayla Czap (observer) under the guidance of Ms. McWilliam and Mr. Bendorf.
The competition consisted of two rounds, a preliminary and a final. The winner of each of the preliminary rounds went on to compete against each other in the final round. In each round there were three formats for the type of questions that were asked: individual questions--no collaboration on an answer with other team members were allowed; team questions --where the
team was asked a question and members were able to discuss before answering; and the Lightning Round where all teams were asked questions and anyone in any team was able to answer. This year the Nottingham team put up a stellar fight in their preliminary round but was edged out by another competing Mercer County high school.
Although the Consumer Bowl can only send a small number of students to the delegation, it is important for all students to be aware of these issues. You can browse the Department of Consumer Affairs website to check out all of the issues that are important for students to know.
The competition consisted of two rounds, a preliminary and a final. The winner of each of the preliminary rounds went on to compete against each other in the final round. In each round there were three formats for the type of questions that were asked: individual questions--no collaboration on an answer with other team members were allowed; team questions --where the
team was asked a question and members were able to discuss before answering; and the Lightning Round where all teams were asked questions and anyone in any team was able to answer. This year the Nottingham team put up a stellar fight in their preliminary round but was edged out by another competing Mercer County high school.
Although the Consumer Bowl can only send a small number of students to the delegation, it is important for all students to be aware of these issues. You can browse the Department of Consumer Affairs website to check out all of the issues that are important for students to know.