Ephesus Elementary held its fourth annual Black History Quiz Bowl on Thursday, Feb. 18, with the fifth-grade team of Wyatt Foster, Sarah Kurt, Kierra McDougall, Alexa O’Brien, Nyoke Roberson and Cameron Stamps defeating a fourth-grade team of Caroline Baldwin, Liam Derby, Quinn Foster, Joshua Frahm, Jebichiy Maritim and Ian Proctor.
The contest included two rounds of 60 questions covering topics in slavery and the civil rights movement, literature and arts/entertainment, inventors/political science and sports medicine. Harriet Tubman, W.E.B. Dubois, Rosa Parks, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, Ralph Ellison, Jesse Owens and Michael Jordan were a few of the noted figures covered in questions.