After an exciting week of dress-down days, Game Development Club paired up with National Honor Society (NHS) to host Family Feud in the Choir Room beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13.
Students paid $10 to play in a team of four or $5 to spectate. “The top team gets a prize of $150 and the rest of the proceeds go to an organization called Close the Gap which aims to bridge the digital divide” junior organizer Pranav Rai said.
The teams were split in two brackets based on age: senior high and junior high.
Teams competed in a bracket-style competition: two teams would go head-to-head and the winning team moved on. Competing in the best of three rounds, the game rules were similar to those of the TV show “Family Feud,” both teams send one representative per round to fight to press a button first and correctly guess an option off the board, based on popular answers from a survey of 100 students. The winner was then given the chance to either “pass or play.” If they chose to play, their team got the chance to complete the board.
If a team was unable to complete a question’s board after three incorrect strikes, the opposing team was given the opportunity to steal the round, getting one chance to guess and fill a missing piece of the board. If the opposing team filled a slot on the board, they won the round, if not the first team was given the point.
Junior host Thomas Gioia begins Family Feud by asking the event’s first question, “Name something people swap,” to junior Rishitha Marri. (Photo/Zayn Charania)
After a long fight of knowledge, juniors Zayn Charania, Aniket Shukla and Karthik Maddineni, led by team captain junior Dylan De Schryver reigned victorious. “I had a lot of fun competing with my friends,” junior Zayn Charania said. “I think the money goes to a really good cause and I enjoyed showing off what I know.”
