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The '''National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB)''', often referred to as "Ocean Science Bowl" or "Ocean Bowl," is a quizbowl-like competition run by the [https://oceanleadership.org/| Consortium for Ocean Leadership].
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#REDIRECT [[National Ocean Sciences Bowl]]
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==Game Format==
 
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The NOSB format is largely identical to that of [[Science Bowl]], though there are several notable exceptions.
 
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* Each round consists of two 6-minute halves, along with two written test questions ("Team Challenge Questions") administered prior to the two buzzer halves. However, some regionals may administer the test questions between the two halves.
 
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* All tossups are multiple-choice, and all bonuses are short-answer.
 
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* A correctly answered tossup is worth 4 points, an incorrectly interrupt tossup (neg) is worth -4 points, and a correctly answered bonus is worth 6 points.
 
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* Unlike in Science Bowl, multiple-choice answers do not need to exactly match the wording of the answer choice; adding an article (e.g. "The Pacific Ocean" for "Pacific Ocean") is acceptable, though other modifications (e.g. "Octopuses" for "Octopus") are still counted as wrong.
 
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* Verbal recognition is required on tossups; "blurting" will disqualify one's team from answering the question, though there is no point penalty (unlike Science Bowl).
 
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* Math computation appears to be absent outside of written test questions.
 
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Full competition rules can be found [http://nosb.org/wp-content/uploads/NOSB-Competition-Rules-2019-2020.pdf| here].
 
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==Question Topics==
 
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NOSB questions tend to be themed around—you guessed it—the oceans. Topics include:
 
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* marine biology
 
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* physical oceanography
 
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* seawater chemistry
 
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* technology/instruments used to study the oceans
 
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* ocean geography/bathymetry
 
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* marine law (both U.S. and international)
 
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* ocean history (usually explorers)
 
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* (rarely) ocean-themed literature
 
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==Competition Results==
 
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!Year
 
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!Champion
 
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!Second
 
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!Fourth
 
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==[http://nosb.org/| NOSB Website]==
 

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