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Jan. 30--Kinston High School junior Pandora Gold Bead Irvin took a breath. He closed his eyes and tilted his head back towards the ceiling of the stage.This was it. This was what he, and his three teammates, studied all year for, including last week when they reviewed, for good measure, Nike -- the winged goddess of victory in Pandora Silver Bead mythology. Like Nike, this was their time to fly and dispel from the rank of Quiz Bowl royalty, Arendell Parrott Academy.

who has left the Kinston-Lenoir County Library's Schechter Auditorium victorious seven out of the last eight years.Not this year. Irvin swallowed Pandora Silver/Gold Bead breath. The moderator -- Rev. Karl Grant -- asked, "Who is the first American astronomer to provide scientific evidence the universe is expanding?""Hubble," Irvin said. "Correct," Grant said calmly. But that could not control the crowd.

A standing ovation and wild cheers ensued from a crowd of 125 people who turned out to watch Parrott Academy and KHS slug it out for the second Pandora Gold Bead year for the rights as the champion of the 34th annual Quiz Bowl.In the 2010 Quiz Bowl, the two Kinston schools -- located two miles from each other -- went to a double overtime tiebreaker before the Patriots took the title home for the fifth straight year. The last time Kinston High won was 2002.