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COORDINATOR : let’s give our contestants a round of applause please

[applause]

COORDINATOR : in the Home side, we have — Stephens smith Boluwaji Olale

[a very loud applause evolved from the audience]

COORDINATOR : Young man, you must be really popular ..okay,next — Michelle Simpson

[applause ]

COORDINATOR : And finally, — Toby Olawale badmus [applause]

in the Away side, we have — Mirabel Oilsfield [applause]
we also have — Annabel Daniels [applause ]

and finally — our Most Decorated Contestant of the Year from the 4th and 5th edition —

Rebecca Solomon [ the whole students of PRINCESS COLLEGE were already on their feet as well as some of the senators and Mrs. Douglas as she was greeted with a resounding applause…

COORDINATOR : As usual, every question answered evokes a 5 point , the time for each question is a 60 seconds.. please be time conscious .. walk among yourselves and let’s see who get the gold …as well as our contestant of the year award…—- we’ll start with word definition as usual

—- Home side, what is wonky ?

—– Steve : something that is twisted or turned to a side .. —- CORRECT [ 5 pts ]

—- Away side, what is x-axis ?

—– Rebecca : the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system —- CORRECT [ 5 pts ]
—-Home side, what is a wanton ?

—– Michelle : A lewd or immoral person — CORRECT [ 5 pts ]
—-Away side, what is uncanny ?

<<>> TIMER : 00: 33– Rebecca : surpassing the ordinary or normal CORRECT [ 5 pts ]
——Home side, what is tenacious ?

——Steve : stubbornly refusing to yield —- CORRECT [5 pts]

—– Away side, what’s a saquinavir ?

<<<<<< no reply >>>> TIMER : 00:30 <<<<< silence >>>> TIME UP ..

——bonus Home side …
—–Steve : a weak Protease inhibitor used in treating HIV — CORRECT [ 3 pts ] — [applause]
—–Home side, what is rambunctious ?

—- Toby : noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline — CORRECT [ 5 pts ]

—–Away side, what is quixotic ?

—-Rebecca : not sensible about practical matters —- CORRECT [ 5 pts ]

—- Home side, what is pique ?

—- Steve : a sudden outburst — Michelle interrupts him, she was upset he was answering everything …

Michelle : a sudden outburst of — urm — TIME UP
[ the audience began to murmur, she felt sad and hurt, she just wanted to contribute ] Steve was visibly angry
—- Bonus away side

—- Rebecca : a sudden outburst of anger —- CORRECT [ 3 PTS ]

—- Away side, what is paradigm ?

—- Rebecca : a standard or typical example — CORRECT [5 pts]

COORDINATOR : woah! what a battle of the best .. The HOME SIDE took the lead through Steve but gave it up as Rebecca stole the show right under their noses and brought the round to a tie @ 23 – 23 .. Rebecca leads the chart with 4 correctly answered questions and Steve with 3

[applause] the students of ACHIEVERS HIGH were still in murmurs and some were cursing at Michelle

COORDINATOR : The next round is our vocabulary jam, as each side must offer the best possible correct answer to the question .. But we want this year to be more fun so I won’t be asking the questions instead the both sides will ask each other .. let’s go in 3 ! 2! 1! …

STEVE : which city in the world could contain the entire world population ?

REBECCA : { chuckles } The American city, Los Angeles with its 500 square mile space could contain the 7.5 billion people in the world … [CORRECT- 10 pts ]

ANNABEL : Where was the name CANARY ISLANDS gotten from ?

STEVE : The canary island situated in north western Africa is also a part of Spain and it has its Spanish name as Islas Canarias, which comes from the Latin phrase canariae insulae which means island for dogs — [ CORRECT – 10 PTS]

MICHELLE : What is the average adult height of Indonesia ?

MIRABEL : 5 feet and 2.4 inches

MICHELLE : wrong, thats the average adult height of the Bolivians, the Indonesians are at 5 feet and 1.8 inches

[applause ]

REBECCA : [was angry, Michelle used a trickish question there] fine, the longest place name on the planet is 85 letters long, what is it ?

STEVE : Taumatawhakatangihanga – koauauotamateaturipukakapikimaung – ahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, New Zealand — [ CORRECT – 10 PTS ]

MICHELLE stared at him He was really good, I haven’t seen anyway challenge Rebecca in such a way — No but he’s a threat …

STEVE : Due to huge effects of Chlorofluorocarbons ( CFOs) and the intervention of the Montreal protocol on the Earth’s ozone layer in 1987, what is calculated total time of recovery it will take the ozone layer to fully heal ?

REBECCA :urm.. that’s quite technical ..i think its 60 years

STEVE : [smiles] wrong, its 50 years ….

REBECCA : I’m impressed but you haven’t won yet …

STEVE : not exactly, but this tiny drop points will make a mighty ocean with time…

REBECCA : what a smooth talker ? I believe you should know of the fact that Mohammed is the most popular name in the world with an estimated 150 million men and boys bearing this fact, can you explain why is that ?

STEVE : Oh, there’s actually a Muslim tradition of naming first-born by the name of the Islamic prophet..

REBECCA : correct – 10 pts

Everyone was moved…

COORDINATOR : the newbie surely is a rare gem.. Are we gonna be having a new Contestant of the year …?

STEVE : listen to this one, Three eyes have I, all in a row; when the red one opens , all freeze… identify the meaning by stating which type of riddle this is ?

REBECCA : I think its a Enigma and the riddle is a Traffic Light ..

STEVE : [amused] it sure is a traffic light but its a conundrum..

REBECCA : [she was enjoying competing with Steve ] what a funny fellow, failed again

STEVE : not entirely, ill give you 5 pts .. because you got half…

the crowd got on their feet in cheers .. what a fellow indeed… applause filled the air

MRS. DOUGLAS turns to MR.

POPOV : I’m impressed, what a lad ?

VIVIAN : this boy is soo cool, handsome and so manly, Michelle is sure one hell of a confused girl

DEAN : you know Sammy, I count myself lucky to have known a friend like Steve in this lifetime…

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COORDINATOR : Well, Round 2 has come to end with the home side leading at 30-15 points and Rebecca and Steve at a tie in 6-6, the young man did to unthinkable awarding a point to both Rebecca and PRINCESS COLLEGE … we’ll take a break and resume with the spelling bee, the final stage

HOME SIDE : 53 – AWAY SIDE : 38

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MISS HILDA : Steve, you made me proud and I know you could do this

STEVE : thanks for believing in me

UNCLE JOE : Let’s finish this off…

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COORDINATOR : Welcome back, this is the final round and its the stage that determines the winner …

SPELLING BEE … all the contestants will be required to spell a word and whoever fails drops out till we have a last man standing and that person is automatically awarded 20 points ….

COORDINATOR : Toby, spell LIAISON

TOBY : L-I-A-I-S-O-N [correct]

—- Annabel, spell CHAUFFEUR

ANNABEL : C-H-A-F-F-E-U-R [ wrong ] eliminated ——

—–Michelle, spell CHRYSANTHEMUM …

MICHELLE : (what the f–k ? is that a word .) C-H-Y-S-A-N-T-E– (Steve slips a paper into my hands and I bend my eyes to look at it.. what ?!) C-H-R-Y-S-A-N-T-H-E-M-U-M {correct } thank you

——Mirabel, spell IDIOSYNCRATIC

MIRABEL : I-D-I-O-S-Y-N-C-R-A-T-I-C [correct]

——Steve, spell DEMITASSE

STEVE : D-E-M-I-T-A-S-S-E [correct]

——-Rebecca, spell CONSCIENTIOUS

REBECCA: C-O-N-S-C-I-E-N-T-I-O-U-S [correct]

——-Toby, spell PROSPICIENCE

TOBY : (sweating) P-R-O-P-I-S-C-I-E-N-C-E [wrong] eliminated

——- Mirabel, spell ACQUIESCE

MIRABEL : A-Q-U-I-S-C-E [wrong]

——- Michelle, spell MALFEASANCE

MICHELLE : M-A-F-E-S-A—- (Steve slips a paper into my hands again ) M-A-L-F-E-A-S-A-N-C-E

——–Rebecca, spell ANTEDILUVIAN

REBECCA : A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N [correct]

——-Steve, spell IRASCIBLE

STEVE : I-R-A-S-C-I-B-L-E [correct]

——Michelle, spell FOUDROYANT

MICHELLE : F-O-U-D-R-O-Y-A-N-T [correct]

——Rebecca, spell EUDEMONIC

REBECCA: E-U-D-E-M-O-N-I-C [correct]

——Steve, spell LOGORRHEA

STEVE : L-O-G-O-R-R-H-E-A-( correct)

——-Michelle, spell PTERODACTYL

MICHELLE : P-T-E-R-O-D-A-C-T-Y-L [correct]

——Rebecca, spell STICHOMYTHIA

REBECCA : S-T-I-C-H-O-M-Y-T-H-I-A [correct } she began to feel uneasy she was expecting the competition to last this long …she was asthmatic and dint come upstage with her inhaler …

STEVE : already knew what was wrong with her as he told Uncle Joe to do a background check on everyone, he knew the asthma was coming back …

—–Steve, spell CHARISMATIC

the crowd gasped that was way too easy

STEVE : C-A-R-I-M-A-S-T-I-C [wrong ] Michelle stared at him …what are you doing, Steve ?
—“I’m sorry, Michelle I can’t go on with this ..”

MICHELLE : I hate you, Steve …i hate you

Rebecca was shocked so was everyone , the emotion on the face of Mr. Popov and Mrs. Douglas was very clear .. it was obvious Steve was walking from the competition but what for..

COORDINATOR : Steve eliminated

—Rebecca, spell MILQUETOAST

REBECCA : M-I-L-Q-U-E-T-O-A-S-T- [correct ]

—–Michelle, spell INSOUCIANT

MICHELLE : I-N-S-O-C-I-A-N-T [wrong] ELIMINATED

COORDINATOR : Let’s take a brief break and come back to calculate and declare the winner but for this round, the Last man standing is REBECCA SOLOMON

——backstage—–

REBECCA : why did you do that, Steve ?

STEVE : I dint know the word truly

REBECCA : don’t give me that …tell me what went wrong

STEVE : fine, I was observant of you the whole time, I know about your condition and dragging this competition would have exposed something you wanted no one to know because I know you were not gonna fail intentionally, I know how much this means to you and your school.. I dint want you to be disgraced

REBECCA : (she was already in tears) Steve, you shouldn’t have done that.. this competition involved a bet between the two schools and MR. Popov won’t forgive you …

STEVE : I can handle myself ..

REBECCA : I will forever grateful to you.. she draws him into her as their lips met in a passionate kiss…

STEVE : What was that for ?

REBECCA : I’ve been meaning to do that … You’re just irresistible ..

STEVE : Thanks , and you’re mesmerizing too

MICHELLE’S POV

I couldn’t believe that boy, walking away from a major competition just like that… I needed to give him a piece of my mind as I walked closer to his where his locker was, I heard whispers from a corner drawing close I saw Steve with some girl, I was about crashing in on them when I saw it was Rebecca, so he’s this cheap betraying his school just to get into a girl’s pant…

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After listening to their conversation, I was moved and I don’t know why I felt butterflies in my stomach rise suddenly and I was jealous when she kissed him.. I had Stanley– I shouldn’t be jealous …..and I was just feeling soft because he helped me with some spellings .nothing more

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COORDINATOR : Its time to announce the winner and the contestant of the year for the 6th edition of this GRAMMAR competition ….

the drama unfolds next