Scobol Solo 2001

The first Scobol Solo was held on Saturday, November 10, 2001. There were 64 players. The full results have been lost to memory, but here are the final standings:

1.	Jim Davis	Latin School of Chicago
2.	Parag Bhayani	Homewood-Flossmoor High School
3.	Matt Keenan	New Trier High School (Winnetka)
4.	Tony Wu	William Fremd High School (Palatine)
5.	Sameer Gopal	Sterling High School
6T.	Chris Marks	Downers Grove North High School
	Lori Sommars	Wheaton North High School

These players won exactly four of their last six matches:

Denny Abraham, Leyden (Franklin Park)
Paras Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor
Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North
Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North
Jacob Gold, New Trier (Winnetka)
John Keig, Moline
James Lee, Fremd (Palatine)
Todd Mayer, Richmond-Burton
Donnie Norton, Macomb
Cezary Podkul, Leyden
Jacob Straub, Fremd
Ben Taylor, Guilford (Rockford)
Chris Temple, Bloomington
Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley
David Vock, Wheaton North

These players won exactly three of their last six matches:

Greg Brown, Fremd (Palatine)
Vince Cima, Leyden (Franklin Park)
Dena Dittrich, Fremd
Kristen Dorsey, Homewood-Flossmoor
Manuel Estrada, Sterling
Alex Gordon, New Trier (Winnetka)
Alan Ho, Fremd
Olivia Johns, University of Chicago Lab Schools
Andrew Lemkaw, Richmond-Burton
Eapen Mathew, Sterling
Craig McKenna, Prairie Ridge (Crystal Lake)
Keith McKenna, Prairie Ridge
Aaron Mertz, Fremd
Ryan O’Shea, Bloomington
Mark Pliska, Fremd
Phil Rasher, New Trier
Ryan Reyes, Leyden
Eli Wald, Von Steuben (Chicago)
Ben Whitcher, Guilford (Rockford)
Dylan Whitcher, Guilford

Category Results

The following lists include players who answered at least four tossups correctly in each category (out of a maximum of seven). Some specific numbers are unknown because the source data only listed players who answered at least four tossups correctly in each category without specifying how many, but did indicate relative rankings.

Algebra

Seven tossups: Denny Abraham, Leyden
Six tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; Mark Pliska, Fremd; Tony Wu, Fremd
Five tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor
Four tossups: Matt Abbott, Fremd; Dena Dittrich, Fremd; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Aaron Mertz, Fremd; Matt Nothnagel, Marian Central Catholic

American Dramas, Poems, & Short Stories

The following numbers are guesses. The relative rankings are correct. It’s possible that Mark actually answered seven, Jim and Kelly answered six, and Parag et al answered five, or there was some other combination of point distributions between four and seven inclusive.

Six tossups: Mark Pliska, Fremd
Five tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley
Four tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; Jacob Gold, New Trier; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North; Eapen Mathew, Sterling; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North; Ben Taylor, Guilford; David Vock, Wheaton North

American Literature

Seven tossups: Mariusz Galcynski, Downers Grove North
Six tossups: Tony Wu, Fremd
Five tossups: Jim Davis, Latin School of Chicago; Alex Gordon, New Trier
Four tossups: Jacob Gold, New Trier; Alan Ho, Fremd; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North; Ben Taylor, Guilford; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley

Art

Seven tossups: Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North
Six tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Jim Davis, Latin; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Matt Keenan, New Trier; Jacob Straub, Fremd; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley
Five tossups: Paras Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Robert Dellsy, University of Chicago Lab Schools; John Keig, Moline; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North; Ben Taylor, Guilford
Four tossups: Greg Brown, Fremd

Biology

Seven tossups: David Vock, Wheaton North
Six tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; Olivia Johns, University of Chicago Lab Schools; Eapen Mathew, Sterling
Five tossups: Matt Abbott, Fremd; Denny Abraham, Leyden; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North; Ben Whitcher, Guilford
Four tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Paras Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; Alex Gordon, New Trier; John Keig, Moline; Cezary Podkul, Leyden; Jacob Straub, Fremd; Chris Temple, Bloomington

Chemistry

The following numbers are guesses. The relative rankings are correct. It’s possible that Jim et al actually answered seven, Parag and Alex answered six, and Paras et al answered five, or there was some other combination of point distributions between four and seven inclusive.

Six tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; Todd Mayer, Richmond-Burton; Ryan O’Shea, Bloomington
Five tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Alex Gordon, New Trier
Four tossups: Paras Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Matt Keenan, New Trier; John Keig, Moline; Chris Temple, Bloomington

Current Events

Seven tossups: Matt Keenan, New Trier
Six tossups: Paras Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Jacob Gold, New Trier; Cezary Podkul, Leyden; Phil Rasher, New Trier
Five tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Joe Danavi, Fremd; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley; Eli Wald, Von Steuben
Four tossups: Vince Cima, Leyden; Dena Dittrich, Fremd; Kristen Dorsey, Homewood-Flossmoor; Dylan Whitcher, Guilford

Geography, Earth Science, & Astronomy

Seven tossups: John Keig, Moline
Six tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor
Five tossups: Denny Abraham, Leyden; Greg Brown, Fremd; Mike Dietrich, Prairie Ridge; Jacob Gold, New Trier; James Lee, Fremd; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North
Four tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; Manuel Estrada, Sterling; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Andrew Lemkaw, Richmond-Burton; Ben Whitcher, Guilford

Geometry & Trigonometry

Some number of tossups x ≥ 5: Denny Abraham, Leyden; Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Tony Wu, Fremd
Some smaller number of tossups y ≥ 4: Ellie Frazier, Richmond-Burton; Sandra Karolus, Richmond-Burton; John Keig, Moline; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North; Eapen Mathew, Sterling; Aaron Mertz, Fremd

Language Arts

The following numbers are guesses. The relative rankings are correct. It’s possible that John actually answered seven, Jim et al answered six, and Denny et al answered five, or there was some other combination of point distributions between four and seven inclusive.

Six tossups: John Keig, Moline
Five tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; Matt Keenan, New Trier; Keith McKenna, Prairie Ridge
Four tossups: Denny Abraham, Leyden; Paras Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Sameer Gopal, Sterling; Todd Mayer, Richmond-Burton; Craig McKenna, Prairie Ridge; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North; Brent Stern, Homewood-Flossmoor; Chris Temple, Bloomington; David Vock, Wheaton North

Music

The following numbers are guesses. The relative rankings are correct. It’s possible that Jim et al actually answered seven, Parag et al answered six, and Dena et al answered five, or there was some other combination of point distributions between four and seven inclusive.

Six tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; Donnie Norton, Macomb; Jacob Straub, Fremd
Five tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Phil Rasher, New Trier; Chris Temple, Bloomington; David Vock, Wheaton North
Four tossups: Dena Dittrich, Fremd; Jacob Gold, New Trier; Alan Ho, Fremd; Matt Keenan, New Trier; Aaron Mertz, Fremd; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley

Nonfiction

The following numbers are guesses. The relative rankings are correct. It’s possible that Jim actually answered seven, Matt et al answered six, and Denny et al answered five, or there was some other combination of point distributions between four and seven inclusive.

Six tossups: Jim Davis, Latin
Five tossups: Matt Abbott, Fremd; Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North
Four tossups: Denny Abraham, Leyden; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Jacob Gold, New Trier; Matt Keenan, New Trier; Cezary Podkul, Leyden; Jacob Straub, Fremd; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley; Tony Wu, Fremd

Physics

Jim Davis, Latin School of Chicago and Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor were the only players to answer at least four physics tossups correctly. We don’t know how many they each answered, but Jim answered more than Parag.

Popular Culture

Seven tossups: Alex Gordon, New Trier
Six tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Vince Cima, Leyden; Jim Davis, Latin; Donnie Norton, Macomb; Mark Pliska, Fremd)
Five tossups: Greg Brown, Fremd; James Lee, Fremd; Dylan Whitcher, Guilford; Tony Wu, Fremd
Four tossups: Jimmy Estrada, Sterling; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Alan Ho, Fremd; Keith McKenna, Prairie Ridge; Phil Rasher, New Trier; Chris Temple, Bloomington

Precalculus & Calculus

Some number of tossups x ≥ 5: Tony Wu, Fremd
Some smaller number of tossups y ≥ 4: Olivia Johns, University of Chicago Lab Schools Schools; David Vock, Wheaton North

Religion & Mythology

The following numbers are guesses. The relative rankings are correct. It’s possible that Matt et al actually answered seven, Denny et al answered six, and Paul et al answered five, or there was some other combination of point distributions between four and seven inclusive.

Six tossups: Matt Keenan, New Trier; Ben Taylor, Guilford; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley
Five tossups: Denny Abraham, Leyden; Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Jim Davis, Latin; Eapen Mathew, Sterling; Keith McKenna, Prairie Ridge
Four tossups: Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; John Keig, Moline; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North; Jacob Straub, Fremd

Technology

Seven tossups: Matt Keenan, New Trier
Six tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; James Lee, Fremd; Keith McKenna, Prairie Ridge
Five tossups: Adam Beach, Sterling; Jacob Gold, New Trier; John Keig, Moline; Kyle Platt, Prairie Ridge; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North; Chris Temple, Bloomington
Four tossups: Greg Brown, Fremd; Vince Cima, Leyden; Rebecca Diamond, University of Chicago Lab Schools; Kristen Dorsey, Homewood-Flossmoor; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; Sameer Gopal, Sterling; Olivia Johns, University of Chicago Lab Schools; Andrew Lemkaw, Richmond-Burton; Todd Mayer, Richmond-Burton; Matt Nothnagel, Marian Central Catholic; Cezary Podkul, Leyden; Brent Stern, Homewood-Flossmoor; Jacob Straub, Fremd; Ben Taylor, Guilford; Eli Wald, Von Steuben; Ben Whitcher, Guilford; Dylan Whitcher, Guilford

U.S. History

The following numbers are guesses. The relative rankings are correct. It’s possible that Matt et al actually answered seven, Paras et al answered six, and Greg et al answered five, or there was some other combination of point distributions between four and seven inclusive.

Six tossups: Matt Abbott, Fremd; Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Alan Ho, Fremd; Mark Pliska, Fremd; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley
Five tossups: Paras Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Jim Davis, Latin; Dena Dittrich, Fremd; Mike Landow, Homewood-Flossmoor; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North
Four tossups: Greg Brown, Fremd; Robert Dellsy, University of Chicago Lab Schools; Mike Dietrich, Prairie Ridge; Manuel Estrada, Sterling; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; John Keig, Moline; James Lee, Fremd; Ryan O’Shea, Bloomington; Jacob Straub, Fremd; Ben Taylor, Guilford; Eli Wald, Von Steuben

World History

Seven tossups: Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley
Six tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Matt Keenan, New Trier; John Keig, Moline
Five tossups: Matt Abbott, Fremd; Jim Davis, Latin; Jimmy Estrada, Sterling; Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North; Afeefa Ismael, Von Steuben; Cezary Podkul, Leyden; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North; Jacob Straub, Fremd; David Vock, Wheaton North
Four tossups: Vince Cima, Leyden; Dena Dittrich, Fremd; Manuel Estrada, Sterling; Eapen Mathew, Sterling; Eli Wald, Von Steuben; Ben Whitcher, Guilford

World Literature

Seven tossups: Parag Bhayani, Homewood-Flossmoor; Paul Gauthier, Wheaton North
Six tossups: Ben Taylor, Guilford
Five tossups: Mariusz Galczynski, Downers Grove North; Chris Marks, Downers Grove North; Kelly Tourdot, Stillman Valley; Tony Wu, Fremd
Four tossups: Jim Davis, Latin; John Keig, Moline; Cezary Podkul, Leyden; Lori Sommars, Wheaton North; Jacob Straub, Fremd; Paraskevi Vamulas, Von Steuben; David Vock, Wheaton North