High school college bowl, competition between the 11th and 12th grade teams. Winner would go compete against another school who had challenged us. I was captain of the 11th grade team.
The question was, "Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?" I answered "Gertrude Ederle." They said, "Wrong, Florence Chadwick. The 12th grade team wins!"
I brought in the People's Almanac to prove that it actually was Ederle. They said, "Oh, well you're right. Tell you what, though, let the 12th grade have it because they're graduating and your team can compete against Washington High next year." Which isn't entirely unreasonable, but next year no one challenged us to college bowl and we never got to compete. (Why we couldn't have challenged someone ourselves, I have no idea.)
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The question was, "Who was the first woman to swim across the English Channel?" I answered "Gertrude Ederle." They said, "Wrong, Florence Chadwick. The 12th grade team wins!"
I brought in the People's Almanac to prove that it actually was Ederle. They said, "Oh, well you're right. Tell you what, though, let the 12th grade have it because they're graduating and your team can compete against Washington High next year." Which isn't entirely unreasonable, but next year no one challenged us to college bowl and we never got to compete. (Why we couldn't have challenged someone ourselves, I have no idea.)