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WBQA
Chicago '02
Subject: To the Quizzers Dear Perfectly United, Because of the present crisis, I think it is good to send you an e-mail. I would like you to be free from concern, but since that is not possible under your present circumstances, I appeal to you quizzers, that you listen closely to what I have to say. I sincerely hope that things are going well with you. Yea, in all your speaking and in all your knowledge, be careful that you do not error. Remember that the testimony of us Iowa quizzers is confirmed in you. Therefore do not lack any key words or information as you eagerly wait for the final outcomes to be revealed. He will keep you awake to the end so that you will be alert even to the twentieth question. Quizzers, I can not address you as victors but as imitators of me - mere crammers at night. Indeed you are still not ready! You are still studying. For since there is quoting and reviewing among you, are you not studying? Are you not acting like unprepared quizzers? I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear friends, so that the weak teams, against whom you compete, may be destroyed by your knowledge. For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, quizzers, that pressure and buzzers often destroy the wisdom of the wise. Quizmasters demand miraculous answers and opposing teams watch for errors, as it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness." But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgement. I speak to sensible people, judge for yourselves what I say. Why should your victory be judged by another coach? I appeal to you quizzers, in the name of WBQA, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. There should be no divisions in the team; each member should have equal concern for each other. If one person errors, everyone suffers with them; if one person is honored, every one rejoices with them. On the other hand, if any of you has a dispute with another team, take it before the quizmasters for judgment. Are they not competent to judge trivial cases? The very fact that you have contests among you means you have not been completely defeated already. Now quizzers, let me apply some things to myself for your benefit so that you may learn the meaning of the saying, "DO NOT QUOTE BEYOND WHAT IS WRITTEN." Do not give incorrect information. Do not answer out of Luke. Do not go outside of the verse on reference questions. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may quiz in a right way with an unbroken record of success. Since, then, we know what it is to win quizzes, we try to persuade quizmasters. If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of victory. What shall we say then, quizzers? Anyone who quotes too fast does not speak to the quizmaster. Indeed, no one understands him, he utters mysteries. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. For who among men knows the thoughts of a quizzer except his own spirit within him? In the same way, NO ONE knows the thoughts of a quizmaster. It is actually reported that some quizzers quote at such phenomenal speeds that none of the quizmasters of this age could understand him. For if they could, they would not have called the answer an error. Do you not know that in a quiz, many compete but only one gets the prize? Quiz in such a way as to get the prize. So if you think that you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall. Therefore watch out, for it seems to me that your team may be on display at the end of the tournament, like quizzers condemned to die in the finals. You may be a spectacle to the whole college. But do not be discouraged. Already you have won tournaments! Already you have won trophies. You have become champions - and that without me! Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the finals come. They will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and expose the outcome of team's strategies. At that time each will receive their reward. All the quizzers here send greetings. I, Sarah, write this greeting in my own font. My love to you all. A
Retired Quizzer, P.S. Knowledge puffs up. P.P.S. When I was a quizzer, I talked like a quizzer, I thought like a quizzer, I reasoned like a quizzer, but when I turned twenty, I put all that pressure behind me. (c) 2002 Sarah Mally. All rights reserved www.brightlights.info.
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