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COMPETITION ARENA SYNOPSES
ARENA 1: THE SHOWTIME CHALLENGE
A Force of Nature!
Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five-minute skit about the power of magnets. You must include:
- A “Wooly Willy” type character who, when attracted to someone, grows lots of head and facial hair like a gorilla; when repelled, loses all facial hair and becomes bald
- “Magnet” people attracting and repelling each other
- Mistaken identities and confusion
- Magnetically “sticky” personalities
- A magnetic “field”
- An investigator and investigation
- A “crime”
- Entertaining Humor
ARENA 2: THE ENGINEERING FEATS CHALLENGE
Blue Light Special
Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five-minute skit about a superstore’s blue light special. You must include:
- A team-constructed electric circuit that contains a blue light
- An inept store supervisor
- A super-savings shopper
- A blue-light special that relocates almost as soon as announced
- A confused store announcer
- Entertaining Humor
ARENA 3: THE FINE TUNING CHALLENGE
Lost at Sea
Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five-minute skit based on an incorrect ship’s compass. Your presentation must include:
- A ship’s compass that has lost its direction
- An unexpected thief
- A stubborn ship’s captain
- A dufus-type ship’s mate
- A storm at sea
- An original song presented as a singing/dancing sea chanty
- An original work of art presented as a 3D helm
- Entertaining Humor
ARENA 4: THE PERSPECTIVE CHALLENGE
Dr. Heckle and Mr. Hide
Your team's challenge prior to the competition is to create a four to five-minute skit from the perspective of Dr. Heckle’s cat. The skit must include:
- The perspective of Dr. Heckle’s cat
- Dr. Heckle
- A pocketsize Van de Graaff machine
- Static electricity with the ability to change personalities
- A detective who investigates strange occurrences related to Dr. Heckle
- A mysterious political candidate
- An overly pesky houseguest
- Wacky humor