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according to Flinchum. “It’s an hour and a half drive and they spend an hour and 25 minutes working, answering our questions. Then we make them take a walk around (outside) the TV station before the show starts.”
Cindy Wayland was seated next to the coach of Bath’s Pop Quiz team. “He said they hadn't practiced much. They only started three weeks ago and they’ve had no competition from the community. It’s part of their gifted and talented program in Bath County. The team members are selected on the basis of competition; it’s an activity they chose. I found all this out just before the first round started and my confidence began to soar!”
According to coach Flinchum, the performances — and the personalities — of the RCHS Whiz Kids are winning them quite a following at Harrisonburg’s educational television station. “One of the judges told me she always looks forward to working our matches. They remember the kids’ names, that Ann and Will are brother and sister, that Cheryl’s an expert on art, that Jonathan’s younger than everyone else.”
Of the foursome that advanced to the semi-finals of last year’s Pop Quiz competition, Flinchum noted that they’re calmer, more poised with a year’s experience behind them. He gave much of the credit for that edge to the cooperation of the Rappahannock community that has sent team after team to scrimmage against the Whiz
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