History
- Not to be confused with the history of quizbowl (see also Timeline of Quizbowl History).
History is a significant part of the quizbowl distribution, typically taking up one-fifth of the questions (4/4) in a 20-question packet. The subject of history typically contains questions regarding human civilization from the inception of writing through the recent past (5–20 years for most sets, with more recent material being considered current events).
In U.S. quizbowl, a large amount of history is devoted to American history, with the next largest focus on European history. Smaller amounts of world history and ancient history are also present. Question sets used in other countries typically have more of that country's history.
History questions focus on many different types of things, such as leaders, battles, treaties, political groups/parties, elections, civilizations, technologies, social trends, high-impact events, and (in college quizbowl) historiography/specific historians' theories.
National History Bee and Bowl
The National History Bowl primarily has questions on history, as its name would suggest.