The winner of the 13th annual Quiz Whiz Middle School Academic Tournament is Dent Middle School. This is Dent’s fifth time winning the tournament since it started in 2011. Quiz Whiz is a Richland School District Two sponsored event that features sixth through eighth graders from all seven of the district’s middle schools.
Quiz Whiz is similar to the National Academic Quiz Tournament with rigorous, pyramid-style questions focusing on history, literature, science, math, fine arts, current events, and sports. It’s not a game of trivia. Quiz Whiz was held at the R2i2 Conference Center located at 763 Fashion Drive, Columbia, SC.
Dent, coached by Dr. Tim Hicks, was undefeated in winning six matches and the championship round against E. L. Wright Middle School. Coached by Sarah Jaynes, E. L. Wright won four games and broke a three-way tie to compete in the championship round by scoring more overall points than the other contenders to break the tie.
Previous tournament winners are Kelly Mill Middle School (2011), E.L. Wright Middle School (2012, 2019), Summit Parkway Middle School (2013, 2015), Dent Middle School (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018) and Blythewood Middle School (2020, 2022, 2023). The tournament was not held in 2021 because of COVID-19 restrictions.