WHO: Clea Cox and Tony Troy. WHEN: High School. WHERE: History class. SUMMARY: Clea and Tony go head-to-head in a Jeopardy! review game. Insults are exchanged. Dialogue only! WARNINGS: None.
“Class settle down. You can talk within your teams, but remember you only have 30 seconds per question. The Flying Awesomes won first question so what category do you pick?”
“Uh. Famous people for 100?”
“Conductor on the Underground Railroad; also served as a spy in the American Civil War”
“...Harry Truman? Ow! Who is Harry Truman?”
“...Harriet Tubman, Tony. Next question goes to the Genghis Khan, Not Genghis Khan-nots.”
“SUCK IT, TROY!”
“Clea.”
“Right, sorry, Mrs. Bergman. Important Documents for 500?”
“When was the 13th Amendment passed by Congress and ratified by the individual states?”
“When is January 31st, 1865, and December 6, 1865?”
“Correct!”
“Ooooooo look at me I know dates.”
“Tony.”
“Battles for 200!”
“Tony, it's not your team's turn.”
“At least I know who Harry Truman is.”
“Clea, your team has five seconds to choose a top -- ”
“Quotes for 500.”
“Ooooh, and folks, we have a Daily Double here! What is the first line of the Gettysburg Address?”
“What is...four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
“Well done, Clea!”
“Oh come on even I knew that!”
“Tony if you can't keep your comments to yourself.”
“But!”
“Tony”
“You don’t even know what four score means, anyway!”
“Clea. I’ll take away points from you, too, don’t test me.”
“We’ll take Important Locations for 400.”
“Where did the Confederate Army surrender to the Union?”
“Where is the Appomattox Court House, then known as McLean House, in Appomattox, Virginia?”
“Correct!”
“Are we just going to let her answer all of them?”
“Tony, one more outburst.”
“Yeah, Tony, one more outburst!”
“Clea, one more outburst from you and I’ll give all of your points to Tony’s team.”
“NO.”
“Watch me.”
“No, no, please, I’ll be good!”
“Good. Now pick your next question and put Tony out of his misery already.”