And now for my list of the top ten Women of Quiz Bowl, just 'cause someone ought to tell them how cool they are: 10. The quiz bowl team from Muir High School, which consisted of two members of the womens' water polo team since all the real quizbowl people dropped out. They lost every game at our last high school tournament but had a good time, gave it a damn good shot, and maybe they even decided to keep playing. 9. Jessie and Jetta of BYU, who are not only good players but must be really nice people to put up with all those Simpsons questions. Special mention to Nephi's wife Gina for being a good sport and a good moderator at BYU tournaments. 8. Kristin Hamlin of Denison, 'cause she loves the game, has red hair, and likes Ally McBeal. Here's hoping she finds some teammates. (Come to QuESADILLA and we'll see if we can't form a kick-ass chick team.) 7. Julie Singer of Maryland, who won that East Coast singles tournament. Way to go, Julie! 6. Mary Moran of Iowa State, who, as Andy Wang says, is the nicest literature taker you'll ever meet, and dresses well at tournaments, giving them that much-needed element of style. 5. T. Fred Carpenter, who kicks ass at trash and isn't too shabby on other subjects, and is also fun to party with. Feel her fire! 4. Avanti Athreya, who's apparently trying to help set up a new circuit team at the University of Washington. (You too! Come to QuESADILLA!) 3. Emily Pike and Cheryl Klein of Carleton, who wrote a damn fine chick packet, and Andrea Rossillon of Illinois, for defending it (and just for putting up with those wacky quizbowlers out in the corn country.) 2. Julie Stalhut, who buzzes in really fast, knows a lot about trash, likes bugs, plays interesting things on the piano, gives us all those fun things to talk about on qb-chat, and always has a kind word to say about people. <You may insert warm fuzzies here.> 1. Carol Guthrie, who could be known as the 'Mother of Quizbowl', if that wasn't such a lame-ass title (I think I once read a packet she wrote in _1988_, and it was actually _good_) for running the Tennessee Masters and Tech MLK and probably other tournaments for a really long time. She ought to get a lot of credit, in my opinion, for making the game as good as it is today. Woo-hoo! You go, girls! -- mb, still the Dominatrix of the West Coast after beating Rob by some pathetic score on a trash packet
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