Both Nashville High School Olympiad teams competed in Mount Vernon yesterday and they placed 1^st and 2^nd in the regional and qualified for the state competition in May.  The 1^st place team was the team of Megan Hall, Madison Frerker, John Schroeder and Tyler Williamson, while the team of Garrett Guest, Alana Czajkowski, Alex Orr and Alyssa Lohmann placed 2^nd.  4 other teams qualified from the southern half of Illinois and area.  There is another competition in the northern part of the state later.  The theme was “Game On”.  Team Quest is a program that challenges students to apply their knowledge in a group setting to come up with an answer to a question or a solution to a problem.  It also allows students to come up with their own ideas and to be creative to accomplish the challenges of the program.  This program is a competitive activity which makes the students strive for the top award.  The challenges are based on a wide range of subjects, such as engineering, trivia, math, music and creativity.  All of these challenges incorporate all subjects such as language, literature, history, geography, health and current events to give a well-rounded program which challenges students to use all areas of knowledge.