European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 16, 1992 education the stars and stripes Page 9 brainpower was the name of the game by Jimi Jones education writer Ramstein a Germany the Buzzer sounded Friday before the Moderator could finish the final question. But it did no to really matter because by that time Heidelberg High school was More than 100 Points ahead of its opponent. And so ended the mentally grueling 11th interscholastic academic games with Heidelberg steam scoring 235 Points against Hanau High schools 90 Points for the no. 1 spot in the annual a brain bowl Competition. A a its been a personal thing a said Heidelberg steam Captain Alex Bueno Edwards who was the first to Buzz on most of the brain boggling questions. A a we be been trying since two years ago to be number one and now we Are a the Heidelberg senior told the audience after the Competition. A a it a stressful but its fun a Bueno Edwards said later in a Brief interview in which he had Only a few comments to make. A a it a really Good that we did  a Alex is at a loss for words a chided Megan Flanagan the Heidelberg teams Lith Grade member. A i done to believe it. I think this must be the first time that Ever  the Competition is patterned after to game shows that test students knowledge of such subjects As history math and science. About 125 ninth through 12th-graders from 25 department of defense dependents schools competed. Excluding osterholz every High school in the Germany Region including the new bad sibling High school in Southern Germany participated this year said organizer Kathlyn Hofmann a German teacher at Ramstein. Osterholz converted to an elementary High school this year with the extensive military draw Down in that Northern German  team members said after the game that they had done Well but acknowledged that Bueno Edwards would have been Tough for any team to beat. Capturing second place was a a new High for Hanau a said senior Tamara Worlton the teams alternate player. A a it a better than we be Ever done before a added Lith grader John Hatzis who was a member of Hanau steam last year when it edged out the Heidelberg team for third place. A a it a  Bueno Edwards and Ramstein steam Captain Kerry Kartchner were named most valuable players. Ramstein won the Competition in the games second year and took the no. 2 spot last year. Augsburg High school took Home third place honors while Wurzburg the 1986-87 8i8>  team members a rom Heidelberg High school in Germany Are from left Megan Flanagan Konstantinos Kritikos Kyle Rausch and Captain Alex Bueno Edwards. Not pictured is team member Michael Furman. School year Winner placed fourth. Patch High school at Stuttgart the 1984-85 Winner took fifth and Ansbach sixth. Wei Brincken is the Only school to win the Competition More than once taking honors in the first bowl in 1982-83, and for three consecutive years beginning with the 1987-88 school year. The two Day event held this year at Ramstein High school originated at bad Kreuz Nach High school. Sandy Riggins who now teaches English at Berlin High school founded the event with the belief that Scholastic Competition should rank alongside school sports Competition. In the contest four member teams Are made up of a student from each Grade. Each team has an alternate but there must be one student from each Grade in the first round of play. V Heidelberg sponsor Anne Bednarz has coached the schools team for three years. This time was a Breeze she said. A i did nothing this year a she said. A they All Are such Busy Young people that they did no to have time to practice. But they Are All very aggressive Bright Young people and did it on their own. A we tried to choose a team that has Strong people in various areas some of which overlapped Here a Bednarz said. A i think the secret to having a Good team is to have All your different disciplines covered and they have to be verbal kids a she said. The Only other necessity she said is a fast thumbs for the contest s  bowl quiz hero is a sampling of questions brain bowl participants answered Over a two Day period at this years interscholastic academic games. 1. In greek mythology who was the Only god who was not physically perfect 2. What three things does the Dative Case govern in German 3. Find the distance Between the Points whose coordinates Are 0,0 and 3,4bonus How Long is the Diagonal of a Square if one Side has a length of the Square Root of 2?4. Down s syndrome results from Tricomy of what chromosome number ? 5. How do you say 99 in French 6. What is the Domain of the function f x to Over 1x. Bonus what is the limit As x approaches one of x1 / x2 a 7. What Are the three body types 8. The poem when lilacs last in the door Yard bloomed by Wall Whitman laments which american president Bonus what is the significance or activity of the Muslim month called Ramadan 9. What Type of bonding always produces ionization when water is added 10. The potential difference Between two Points in an electrical Field is known by what term answers 1. Hephaestus or Vulcan in latin. 2. 1 indirect objects. 2 objects of Dative propositions 3 objects of Dativo verbs 3. 5. Bonus 2. 4.21. 5. Quatre Wing Dix neuf. 6. The real numbers. Bonus two thirds. 7. End morph Eclo morph and Mes morph. 8. Lincoln. Bonus people should fast 9. Ionic bonding. 10. Voltage. Samake a Joyful noise with pens writer tells pupils. By Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brun sum Netherlands a children a Book author Paul Fleischman likes his Job too much to keep it a secret. So he a visiting 10 schools in Belgium and the Netherlands this month to talk to pupils about the work that has brought him not Only Joy but numerous awards including the Newbey medal for the Best children s Book published in 1988. A Reading a Book is fun a Fleischman told second graders earlier this month at accent International school a but writing a Book is much More  the author of More lid than 20 books including Graven images the Boming room and medal Winner Joyful noise poems for two voices said he Hopes to instill in Young people the belief that they too can grow up to be writers. Fleischman was to speak to shape elementary and High schools today in Casteau Belgium winding up his series of presentations sponsored by the department of defense dependents schools Benelux District. In his talks Fleischman attempts to dispel the myth that Only people who Lead adventurous exotic lives can be writers. A things All around you give you something to write about a Fleischman told the youngsters answering the most often asked question before it was uttered. The writer from Pacific Grove calif., said he is not surprised at being repeatedly asked where he gets his ideas. A something coming out of nothing is rather miraculous an object of wonder such As a How did the universe begin a the said. A a it a a Good question a Short question with a very Long answer. Many Many different things go into what causes an author to come up with a Book or what causes an artist to develop a  however those ingredients need not be mind boggling. In fact Fleischman collects so Many ideas from his not so exotic surroundings that he always carries a scrap of paper on which to record them. He later adds the ideas to a notebook chock full of names for future Book characters descriptive phrases and prospective Story lines. A you can keep a notebook just like mine a he said. Then to the children a cries of amazement the author held up a 20-Ycar-old notebook one of his earliest. A it s those physical objects that often make a big Impact a said Fleischman whose father is Sid Fleischman author of the Mcbroom and bloodhound gang series of children s books the message could not have been better for the children who often get mired in their writing by a Lack of ideas said second Grade teacher Andrea Haynes. A i really appreciated him stressing the fact that you go from your own experience and you should be observant a that a tree or a persons name can be a catalyst for your Story writings a Haynes said. A i could see on the faces of some of Thelt ids that they really do understand  eight year old Ilona Evenden said she will carry a folded paper in her pocket when she goes on Bike rides. A sometimes t Stop and look in gardens and look to Sec if they have anything there to do with stories Quot Ilona said. Her classmate Jamar Adams 7, said he already has started an idea notebook in one of his fathers old binders. A i ripped out All the pages that he used a now i use them Quot Jamar said. A i write stories i m going to think of. I wrote about a cat i wrote about a lot of animals 1 wrote about a pirate and a lot of those  Fleischman told the pupils that he hoped he would Quot walk into a Library in 15 years and be Able to Check out books that they had written. Jamar Wasny to sure if he wanted to be Quot a writer when he grew up he said but added a a in la be an