Academic decathlon
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founded in the [sixties] by some guy from orange co. California.
Where a group of nine kids get together and study for a year on a designated topic (i.e. ancient civlizations) in hope to master 10 different skill areas. Incredibly hard competition at the national level and most likely california will win.
a joke is some states, and [serious business] in others.
a [safe haven] for the incredibly nerdy or naturally brilliant. -
a scholastic competition which involves all of the following:
the abuse of any number of [anti-sleep] substances
epic plastic [swordfight]
a 500 ton binder that wont ever be used for anything besides dropping it on the floor to annoy the [superintendent] on the first floor
a super-action-packed event called the super quiz, during which the honors students sit and laugh at the varsity students, followed by an intense jousting match
giving an interview and speech to a panel of three old, stoic and unfailingly unsatisfied judges
a vast amount of unattractive peopleor, 7) a term used to describe anyone with large bags under their eyes, a vast amount of bruising or dry erase marker all over their hands
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a team of 9 nerds who have decided that they cant seem to get enough of school, so they stay a while longer and train to be decathletes. smart teams win county, and possibly state (unless youre in cali, when youll work your ass off sept-feb, win county, and get your brain handed to you on a [silver platter] by [Moorpark]/ECR/[Granada])
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Intellectual challenge whereby contestants:
Swim the English Channel while spelling all the words in [the Oxford dictionary] that start with the letter E
Rid a bicycle while reciting [Ophelias] role from Hamlet
Run six miles wearing a graduation cap with [tassel] while singing old college drinking songs.
Winner gets to become a member of the Supreme Court. -
THE [premier] scholastic [competition] for AWESOME [SMART] PEOPLE!
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