Adam Dorr represented Cook County well in the regional History Bee competition at Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul on Wednesday, March 18. He finished 5th in the state!
After finishing high enough in an online qualifying test, Cook County Middle School seventh-grader Adam Dorr headed to Nova Classical Academy in St. Paul on Wednesday, March 18 to compete in a live regional competition. Dorr finished in the top 10—in 5th place—and is eligible for the National History Bee competition in Louisville, Kentucky in May.
The Cook County News-Herald talked to Dorr this week, asking him first how difficult it was to qualify. Dorr said the on-line test was not too bad. And, it gave him practice in answering questions quickly. “You have 30 seconds per question,” he explained.
At the regional competition, the first three rounds were fairly easy for the history buff. “There weren’t that many people watching,” he said, grinning when asked if it included a buzzer like the challenging game show Jeopardy.
“It’s kind of like that,” he said, noting that as competition advanced, the crowd watching grew.
Asked if he remembered the toughest question, Dorr said he didn’t. “They are all pretty long questions. But the ones hardest for me were about kings and queens.
“I like U.S. history better,” he said.
Those were the questions that were “easy” for Dorr.
Asked what he would say to other students who might want to take part in the History Bee, Dorr said, “They should do it. There’s a lot of stuff to know, but it’s really fun.”
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