#NEWS | Beryllium ’27 sweeps 2023 Pisay History Bowl
By Marla Alferez
Team Beryllium emerged victorious, garnering 120–30, in the final round of this year’s Pisay History Bowl as they scored several times to escape from a tight opening against Team Strontium.
This was during today’s Pisay History Bowl, a quiz bee for selected Batch 2027 students, held during the Humanities Festival 2023.
The triumphant Beryllium team consisted of Clarice Ilonah Chavez, Tyrone Lemuel Cabiao, Danilo Fajardo III, John Glenn Pascual, and Amiel Isaiah Layco.
The Strontium team, who followed as first runner-up, consisted of Sophia Isabella Manuel, Bryan Gil Batarilan, Jessica Claire Caputero, Ceana Blair Ramirez, and Ron Joseph Rodillas.
“It was very unexpected,” Chavez remarked on Beryllium’s victory, adding that they expected the questions to be more difficult.
Participants of the Pisay History Bowl were selected through a batch-wide qualifying exam, with the top five students from each section forming their section’s teams.
The eight sections were divided into two clusters, where only the top two teams from each round were eligible to proceed to the subsequent rounds.
Beryllium, Magnesium, Rubidium, and Lithium made up the first cluster of the first knockout rounds, while Strontium, Potassium, Sodium, and Cesium comprised the second.
The four sections that emerged victorious in the quarter finals were Beryllium, Rubidium, Strontium, and Cesium with 160, 50, 100, and 90 points, respectively.
After the quarter finals, Beryllium, with 130 points, and Strontium, with 70 points, advanced to the final round.
According to Sir Arnie Lapuz of the Social Science Unit, the event aims to gauge the knowledge of Grade 9 students in topics they’ve learned in History from Grades 7 to 9.
“Isang paraan din ito para ma-encourage ‘yung mga estudyante to have love for history,” he added.
(“This is also a way to encourage the students to have love for history.”)
The winning team will be awarded during the Humanities Festival’s closing ceremony tomorrow, December 21.
Jayden Dagsa contributed to the reporting of this article.
