Mira Costa students show off their smarts in Scholar Quiz
Brady Currey, Zack Gill, Alec Lautanen and Eli Rivas won Tuesday’s Scholar Quiz at Mira Costa High School. Photo by Alene Tchekmedyian “Competitors are you ready?” Charlotte Shales-Clark asked two teams of four Mira Costa High School students sitting in front of a packed campus auditorium on Tuesday. The teams had just been introduced to the crowd, as Tyga’s “Rack City” blared through the speakers. Clad in tank tops and matching wayfarer style sunglasses, Rob Janotta, Dylan Fair, Tom Wissel and Nick Maston made up the white team. The team boasts a combined academic weight of 11 advanced placement classes, two students on La Vista and one in Model United Nations. The blue team, Alec Lautanen, Eli Rivas, Brady Currey and Zack Gill, wearing matching caps and button-down sweaters, were introduced as having a combined weight of 13 advanced placement classes, two students on La Vista, and all four in Model United Nations. “Here we go Scholar Quiz 2012,” Costa science teacher Shales-Clark continued, behind the podium. First question: “The number is the same. What common number represents the number of states which joined the confederacy during the Civil War and the number of…” Nick…
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