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...d by several quiz bowl formats in the eastern U.S., most notably in [[High school quizbowl in Virginia|Virginia]]. The competition takes place in local [[lea {{c|Formats}}{{c|High school quizbowl in Virginia}}{{c|Stubs}}

...stion writing company focused on providing [["good"]] questions in various formats. * [[Olympia High School]], a high school in Olympia, WA.

* [[VHSL Scholastic Bowl|Virginia High School League Scholastic Bowl]] [[Category:High school tournaments]]

==Formats that use multiple choice questions== *[[High School Quiz Show]] (WGBH Boston)

...have led the way to marked improvements in question styles and tournament formats at all levels of play. [[Category:High school formats]]

...rmat produced by the [[College Bowl Company]] and marketed for use on high school quizbowl television shows and independent tournaments. ...latest, fall 2008. It is unknown what tournaments, if any, still use High School Bowl or if new questions are being produced.

...(A-F)]], [[List of high school state champions (G-M)]], and [[List of high school state champions (N-W)]]. If you would like to help fill the table out, plea {{:List of high school state champions (A-F)}}

Especially at the high school level, bringing teams of more than four players is common. They may rotate The most common high school approach is to have four "starters" and to substitute in less experienced p

...broken into, as the name implies, four quarters, the differing individual formats vary but may include worksheets, lightning rounds, give-and-takes, and toss Four-quarter format was the predominant style of high school quizbowl in the 1990s prior to the growth in popularity of [[NAQT]] and oth

[[Category:Mysteries]] [[Category:Chip Beall antics]] [[Category:High school formats]]

...g [[academic]] content. Implicitly, such teams are [[affiliated]] with a [[school]] - active players who have graduated are often considered part of the para ==High school==

Featured in some high school formats, a '''category round''' involves reading ten questions on some theme (such Almost all [[four quarter format|four quarter]] formats include a category round. In some tournaments, including the [[NAC]], getti

The '''tossup/bonus format''' is the most common format used in both high school and collegiate quizbowl. In this format, the game consists of the reading o ...at is sometimes called the 20/20 format. Some local high school and middle school tournaments use a different number of questions. The tossup-bonus format ca

...ined about [[ACF]]-format questions being difficult in comparison to other formats. This line of argument was considered unworthy of serious consideration for ...would be foolish to say that the [[Maryland Classic]], an ACF-format high school tournament, is of a higher difficulty than the [[NAQT ICT]]. Thus, individu

..., and is aggravated by playing [[Chip Beall]] or other bad formats in high school which involve poorly worded questions that do not clearly specify what they

...l-ish competitions. Although some are known by other more specific names, "High Q" alone generally refers to the WSBTV televised competition, which airs in ...connection to IA. The variety of not necessarily affiliated shows called "High-Q" indicates that the name is probably not trademarked.

...rked this team's only loss while playing their full A team in tossup/bonus formats during the 2004 season. [[Category: Historical High school teams]]

...rently in nationwide use that involve timing games. Middle school and high school games use nine-minute halves. [[Community college]] games use 10-minute hal ==Pseudotimed formats==

...d high-school tournaments were more likely to imitate [[CBI]] or bad local formats. Since every full-length tournament in collegiate quizbowl besides [[NAQT]] More recently, the term has seen a resurgence of usage among the high-school quizbowl community, to distinguish sets with an ACF-like [[distribution|sub

...ven a chance to answer the part. Bouncebacks are common in middle and high school quiz bowl, but probably used at less than a majority of tournaments, and ar ...linois]] and [[MSHSAA|Missouri]], used bouncebacks at pretty much all high school tournaments before 2005, but now have tournaments both with and without the

...acket readings rather than main events, and do not use head-to-head or bee formats. Most ladder formats decide a winner using one of the following two systems: (1) cumulative scor

...lly speaking a team is [[affiliated]] with a [[school]] at either the high school or college level.</onlyinclude> Most formats allow four players to play at once - there may also be [[substitutes]], but

[[Category:High school formats]]

...]] at the college level and [[National Academic Championship]] at the high school level. While this conflict is still not fully resolved, the death of Colleg ...lone the start of their outreach. This made the process of replacing these formats and their very conservative-minded administrators very difficult. One conse

...he US, the [[Tossup-bonus format|most common format]] on the national high school and college level is a two-team competition in which the teams compete to b ==Formats==

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Booker T. Washington High School ...ington''' (often simply referred to as "'''Booker T.'''") is a magnet high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose quizbowl team won the 2001 and 2004 [[NAQT Oklaho

{{Highschoolteam|Name = York Suburban High School '''York Suburban High School''' is a high school located in York, Pennsylvania. Their quiz bowl team has played extensively

...up is said to "control" the bonus, as they have the right to answer it. In formats with [[bouncebacks]] like [[PACE]] [[NSC]], the other team has the opportun ...10 points, but this was not always the case. For discussion of these older formats, see the section on "[[Bonus#Defunct styles of bonuses|defunct styles of bo

The '''advantaged final on half-packets''' was a format used in many high school tournaments from 2009 to the mid-2010s. ...a single packet. Certainly, this has some drawbacks (as do all tournament formats and finals schemes, including advantaged finals).

...]] and the pursuit of [[fairness]] in question structure and competition [[formats]]). ...g [[National Academic Championship]] as well as a number of state-specific formats.</onlyinclude>

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Hastings High School ...eagues [[WACKO]] and [[MACC]], but has increasingly been playing pyramidal formats over the past two years.

* Matches consist of two [[timed play|nine-minute]] (middle school and high school) or ten-minute (college, including community college) halves (but may end s ...ariable-value bonuses]] were eliminated c. 1997, while all remaining bonus formats (besides three parts worth 10 points each) were eliminated c. 2014.

...without local modifications. NAQT has also produced sets in various other formats. ===Differences in original NAQT format from other major game formats in 1997===

|status = Active in state league & TV formats '''James Monroe High School''' is located in Fredericksburg, VA and participates in [[VHSL Scholastic B

...on writing company, based in the St. Louis area, for elementary and middle school level tournaments. SAGES may also refer to the elementary-level set produce ...In the fall of 2015, Alex was asked if he would consider writing a middle school set as well, and given the expansion of effort, SAGES was founded as a comp

[[Category: High school formats]]

Games are played once a week after school over the course of four weeks during the spring. ...e noted that most Knowledge Bowl teams do not usually participate in other formats.

...post indicates that a Kiwanis Bowl tournament was held at Los Amigos High School in November 2006. ...mid-1990s, possibly 1996, though [[Gustavo Arellano]] claims that Anaheim High won in both 1996 and 1997 (it's possible that this writer has misremembered

...etitive schedule (the mid-Atlantic was the most competitive region in high school quizbowl at the time). ...on after Maryland negged on the final question. While not credited to the school, it could be argued that the members of this team in fact won a third natio

'''Reach for Dalhousie''' is a competition for Atlantic Canada high school teams held at Dalhousie University in Halifax. It is held in late October/ The inaugural event was attended by 45 high schools in Nova Scotia - nearly the entire province. The [[2005 Cobequid]]

...eferred to as "Chip Bowl." Chip grew up in Arkansas and played on his high school team.

...ing body. The group sponsors a Fall Camp for both Senior High and Jr. High school students and helps coordinate tournaments in the state throughout the year. Arkansas Governor's Quiz Bowl is particularly unique among quiz bowl formats in how it chooses to structure question challenges ([[protest]]s) during ma

...legiate quizbowl, including [[NAQT]] and [[ACF]] and in many forms of high school quizbowl. The verb "to neg" (word forms: negged, negging, etc.) can either In nearly all team-based formats that issue interrupt penalties, a penalty can only be incurred if the answe

...l number of bonuses heard, and is expressed in points per bonus (ppb). In formats where bonuses take different maximum point values over the course of the ga Formats which use [[bouncebacks]] and are connected enough to the quizbowl mainstre

In some state high school formats (such as [[IHSA]]), protests must be made immediately and are resolved on t ==Other formats==

..."Wise County PACE" (in Pound's case) and VHSL formats. While Central High School is located in the depths of Southwest Virginia, it is one of a small number [[Category:High school quizbowl in Virginia]]

'''Idaho National Laboratory Scholastic Tournament''' is a high school science and math focused quizbowl program played throughout the state of Id [[Category:High school formats]]

The '''Public Library Quiz Bowl''' is a format of high school quiz bowl played in North Carolina, sponsored by the Public Library system. ...ory: High school formats]] [[Category: Quizbowl TV shows]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in North Carolina]]

...re dropped from the competition after a single loss. Some [[bad quizbowl]] formats utilize single-elimination playoffs after an initial pool or bracket, which ==Classic high school format==

...overning gameplay at [[tournaments]]. (Sets of rules are sometimes called "formats", a usage that can create confusion with the different concept of [[tournam | [[timed play|timed]] with two halves of 9 minutes (middle school, high school) or 10 minutes (college) each; maximum 24 [[tossup-bonus cycles]]

...resheet|scoresheets]] and [[Schedule|schedules]] may be printed out, or in formats with [[computational math|computation]], scratch paper may be provided to t ...nts are increasingly popular; almost all college tournaments and many high school tournaments are paperless.

...area of San Diego County, California and run by the Sweetwater Union High School District. It is one of four members of the [[San Diego County Academic Leag ...eams in semi-final matches. All semi-finalist teams qualify for the [[High School National Championship Tournament]]. The winners of the semi-final matches p

...League''' is a format of high school quizbowl run by the San Diego Unified School District. It is one of four members of the [[San Diego County Academic Leag ...rsity, or Varsity. As of 2017, the novice division uses two [[NAQT Middle School Series]] sets, the JV divison uses two Introdudtory Invitational Series set

===High school=== The amount of computational math in the high school game varies significantly from format to format and from state to state. Th

...chool''', also known as '''NKC''' or '''Northtown''', is a suburban public school in North Kansas City. Its quizbowl team has been active since the 1980s in North Kansas City has hosted many tournaments over the years in varying formats. Earlier iterations were generally hosted in a [[four-quarter]] format. The

...quizbowl formats just need a moderator and scorekeeper in every room. Some formats use additional game officials. ...e can keep track of the score from afar during the match. In Illinois high school quizbowl, this function was traditionally performed by a non-playing team m

...ably assume that the answer could be Tesla, and in some "[[bad quizbowl]]" formats be ruled incorrect despite the given answer being correct based on the info ...written or included in a tournament. However, under the rules of some high school state [[quizbowl]] associations, an answer of "Bismarck" would be marked in

Tournament directors often try to incorporate into their formats the principle that a single loss should never eliminate a team from champio * Varsity and Junior Varsity/Novice (middle and high school tournaments)

...most common number. In most matches, players on a team all attend the same school, though [[open]] tournaments do not have this requirement. ...correctly answering a tossup and up to 30 points possible on a bonus. Some formats, including [[NAQT]], reward 15 points for correctly answering a tossup [[po

...r Bowl]], [[Cullman County Scholar Bowl]], [[AISA]], [[Madison County High School Scholars' Bowl]], [[Snead State Scholars Bowl]] and [[Chilton County Schola ...cially do so. Some teams are formally known as "[School] Academic Team", "[School] Quiz Team", or other variations.

...quizbowl|bad quality]]. Arizona Knowledge Bowl largely resembles other KB formats in that three teams play at the same time and it is [[tossup]] only. ...m/index.php?type=groups&action=details&id=119 Schedule on Thatcher Unified School District Website]

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...from around the greater Reno area. Although it is run by the Washoe County School District, there does not appear to be anything specifically describing what According to [http://www.inclineschools.org/index.php/schools/36-high-school-news/978-ihs-academic-olympic-team-places-third| this article], "Academic O

...any different tournaments around the country on different dates during the school year. ...ter (maximum 300 characters) questions and are intended for beginning high school players, and use [https://www.naqt.com/hs/distribution-introductory.jsp a s

...is composed of 29 Intermediate Units that act as coalitions of the public school districts therein. Each IU sends one team to the PSAC (unless the previous In recent years, some IUs have created or changed their formats to follow NAQT rules exclusively. Philadelphia IU's Regional Qualifier, for

...so hosts end-of-year championships for middle schools, small high schools, high schools, community colleges, and four-year colleges. ...discontinuation in 2001. NAQT's middle school program began in the 2010-11 school year and continues to this day.

...wl (though they may have extensive experience in high school and/or middle school quizbowl). A team is eligible for Division II if all of its players are eli ...a function of the specific players on a specific team, not of a school. A school can generally enter one or more Division I teams and also one or more Divis

The Educational Service Unit "provide[s] educational services to thirteen school districts in south-central and southwestern Nebraska." Their mission "is to ...llowed for any team member to respond", the player must wait until his/her school name and position is completely called before giving the answer", "The team

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Lakeside School '''Lakeside School''' is a private grade 5-12 school in Seattle, Washington.

...zbowl who remains nostalgic for the 30-20-10 and other "nonstandard" bonus formats. ==High School==

...r Challenge]], [[University Challenge]], [[Zain Africa Challenge]], [[High School Bowl]], and perhaps other products along those lines. It is headed by [[Ric ===High School Bowl===

...edgebowl_buzzer.jpg|thumb|300px|The buzzer strip in action]]Knowledge Bowl formats are generally the same across the nation although some regional differences ...tiated the activity in their home states. At some point after 1983, former school superintendent [[Bill Brown]] founded [[Academic Hallmarks]] and began supp

...is the most common format in the state, second to NAQT and television-show formats. Every year, the OAC Committee hosts two tournaments at the end of the sea Like most formats, two teams compete in a match. The rules state that the sides are chosen b

...ship. A Junior Varsity Quiz, similar to Varsity Quiz, runs for area middle school teams. ...ey had created. In 2008, Varsity Quiz winner [[Coronado (NV)|Coronado High School]] received an invitation to [[2008 HSNCT|that year's]] [[NAQT]] [[HSNCT]].

|highschool = King & Queen Central High School ...director for VCU from 2013–2017, over which span he directed sixteen high school tournaments and ten college tournaments. He was the Assistant Tournament Di

...d by [[David Madden]] in January 2016. It is open to elementary and middle school students. It also includes two [[side events]], the [[National Science Bee] ...for the elementary division. Longfellow's [[William Wang]] won the middle school division of the US Academic Bee and [[Shiva Oswal]] of Pi-oneers won the el

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Round robins are the building blocks for many invitational tournament formats. An experienced [[tournament director]] will be familiar with the round ro ...rd practice and is often implied to be the format used - hence, tournament formats can frequently be described in terms of just their bracket sizes. For examp

...s [["good"]], high quality Quiz Bowl questions, particularly at the middle school level. It is currently led by [[Charles Hang]], who founded the company in ...n October of 2010 in order to provide high quality questions at the middle school level. [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=10734]

===High School=== ===Middle School===

"Trivia" is also used to refer to [[trivia formats|formats used in the broader trivia community]], e.g. Learned League and ''[[Jeopard ...t. For more information on these other formats, visit the page on [[trivia formats]].

The '''Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Coaches Association''' or '''IHSSBCA''' is an organization ...te in the development and communication of coaching techniques, tournament formats, and other ways of improving the quality of competition with integrity and

The '''North County Academic League''' is a format of high school quiz bowl found in northern San Diego County. It is one of four members of ! style="background:white; width:9%" | School

...able in comparison to his smaller competitors, who do not write in as many formats as he does, as well as favorable in comparison to his larger competitors, w ...eryenterprises.net/quiz-bowl/quiz-bowl-high-school Avery Enterprises: high school quizbowl (archived)]</ref>

...School Association ([[IESA]]), and from roughly 1986-2006 most of its high school tournaments were played under IHSA Rules. The history of quizbowl in Illino ...hallenge held in [[Streator Rotary|Streator]], which was open only to high school seniors. Questions were written by locals, and lockout systems were homema

...ams is directly and positively correlated with the quality of the quizbowl formats preferred. I.e., [[ACF]] supporters are more well-groomed than [[NAQT]] fan ...ket|freelanced]] questions for the tournament, the names of random obscure high schools whose students have presumably done the same, and the words "[[Char

|'''Former school(s):''' [[Fort Zumwalt West]] ===On Other Formats===

...ahoma]], the [[Oklahoma|University of Oklahoma]], and [[Norman|Norman High School]]. ...ons</ref>. In 2023, the tournament was split into separate large and small school divisions, with the winning team from each competing in an exhibition final

...Chip-affiliated coaches association and TV show that reaches nearly every school in the state; no pyramidal tournaments in several years ...n Fraser and UBC but they did not host high school events. Interested high school teams could get to tournaments at the University of Washington fairly easil

WREG News Channel Three's '''''Knowledge Bowl''''' is a high school televised quiz competition held each year by WREG-TV in the Memphis and gre ...featuring some of the best teams, which can lead to frustration given the high financial stakes for advancing later in the tournament. Matches are filmed

Current Champion: [[Del Norte|Del Norte High School]] Current Champion: [[The Bishop's School|The Bishop's School]]

...e''' ('''LIQBA''') is a corporation founded by [[Joe Feldman]] to run High School tournaments in the Northeast United States. Most notably, they have held th ...and quietly provides tournament questions for leagues with nontraditional formats throughout the Northeast and beyond, notably resulting in the conversion of

...l''' has served as the official Vermont state tournament since the 1983-84 school year. The tournament is sponsored by the Vermont chapter of the National Ed ...ald Medlar]], the tournament survived without a sponsor during the 1994-95 school year and the [http://www.vtnea.org/ Vermont-NEA] has been the tournament's

A typical high school [[housewrite]] has a [[mirror fee]] of $15-20 a team. Sets intended for low The existence and continued popularity of other [[trivia formats]] is a useful point of comparison for the quizbowl community. This example

...cross the state that participate in Knowledge Bowl. There is also a middle school Knowledge Bowl circuit. ...ity. The first meet was held in [[Pagosa Springs]] and involved just three high schools. Within two years, it evolved to include scores of invitational mee

...ach year varies considerably from state-to-state. Even in states with very high levels of participation in pyramidal quizbowl like [[IHSA|Illinois]], there ...an official extracurricular at a school. A number of formerly strong high school quizbowl teams such as [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] and [[Ezell-Harding]] have gon

...be part of the same school/team depending on the structure of one's local school district was addressed in the eligibility rules. ...pants were quizbowl teams, or at least squads that had success in local TV formats. Some teams that were initially formed to compete in KMO evolved into very

Your school may offer a small budget for food early in the year or for events: take adv There are a variety of [[fun practice formats|alternative practice formats]] which exist to spice up gameplay and help involve players who would not n

'''Arcadia High School''' is a public high school located in Arcadia, California about 13 miles northeast of downtown Los Ang ...p mediocre stats at various iterations of Trojan Wars and the Caltech High School Tournament; nevertheless, the team managed to qualify for HSNCT in 2002. Be

...ia since 1993. It is known for asking questions about Lancaster area high school sports teams and mascots and other local trivia, "math" problems of a forma ...sually features around 5 preliminary rounds and complimentary lunch at the school cafeteria. The prelims are randomly assigned, meaning that some teams get

...enior Schools' Challenge for students in the remaining three years of high school. A unique rule for Senior Schools' Challenge is that a maximum of two stude ...and an in-person National Finals is scheduled. This takes place at a host school, and has customarily taken place in London since 2019. There is no limit ap

...form as the correct name of the tournament.</ref> or '''NSC''', is a high school national quizbowl tournament run by [[PACE]]. ...on-ACF variations designed to incorporate elements of regional high school formats. From 2010 through 2019, matches consisted of 20 tossups and 20 three-part

...Institute''', also known as '''East Scarborough''', is a public secondary school in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. In [[2006 Woburn|2006]], the team won the ...nning school of each of their games Woburn would face the stronger winning school of another match, while highly seeded schools that lost against Woburn wher

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The '''Virginia High School League''' offers a comprehensive program of extracurricular activities incl *independent weekend tournaments run by high schools and colleges, with [[Spotswood]], [[Thomas Jefferson (VA)]], and [[

...l's team has done this (nor has any team composed of players from a single school ever won Chicago Open at all). The individual players to have accomplished ...ing scorer at all three tournaments. 2014 Virginia is also the most recent school to win both ICT Division I and ACF Nationals in the same competition year.

...rnament of Academic Excellence (NTAE)''' was a United States national high school academic competition held in June. For most of its run, it was known as the ...onsored by the Florida Department of Education and Disney. The Polk County School District ran the tournament and past TDs have included Terry Boehm, Peggy H

...ob Selcer Memorial" and spring "Trevor's Trivia: Dennis Haskins Open" high school tournaments, the fall [[Center of the Known Universe Open]], winter [[Sword ...mber of reasons: they tended to last for fewer-than-normal rounds and used formats unheard-of in the rest of the country such as single-elimination playoffs;

The '''High School National Championship Tournament''' (HSNCT) is a premier national tournamen ...of any national tournament. In [[2017 HSNCT|2017]] it attracted 304 high school teams from 235 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HS

...see below note on crossover categories), though [[ACF Fall]] and most high-school level regular-season events, including the former [[HSAPQ]] Tournament Sets [[NAQT]] has somewhat more trash (6.6% in their high school sets when pop culture and sports are treated as a unit [http://www.naqt.com

...When there is an item that pertains to both or an item relating to middle school history, the box spans both columns. {{History table header|Start of High School Quizbowl|Start of College Quizbowl|top=true}}

...mmon in ''Jeopardy!'' discourse and may exist in other non-quizbowl trivia formats as well. As a result of this universal understanding of its meaning, even p ...ed is underlining, though in older sets it is possible to find alternative formats.

'''Francis Howell Central High School''' (or '''FHC''') is located in St. Charles, Missouri, a suburb of St. Loui ...School Activities Association ([[MSHSAA]]) Academic Competition and other formats such as [[NAQT]], reaching the State competition in 2000 and 2001 and placi

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology ...is known for being highly selective. TJ has been a notable force in [[High school quizbowl in Virginia|Virginia]] and national quizbowl since the early 1990s

...slight modifications, or especially to make a broad distinction with other formats. ...about question length and difficulty in ACF (belied then, as usual, by the high scoring which normally took place at ACF tournaments). Guthrie and Georgia

...014-2017), and is currently classified as a [[VHSL Class 1A|VHSL Class 1]] school. The 2007-2008 season was the first year for Honaker in non-VHSL formats since 1997, when it placed a local format known as "PACE" (no known relatio

...National Championship Tournament]]s run by NAQT; ACF does not run any high school events. The size of NAQT means that it is important whether or not they are ...l term coined during the transition away from [[College Bowl]] and related formats which encompasses a number of axioms which are held to be essential to a fa

...ted.com/naths.php '''National Academic Championship'''] was the first high school national tournament involving normal teams (the [[National Academic Super B ...p in attendance, the Chicago phase of the championship added an elementary school division.

...reliability. While never zero, the likelihood of errors is kept low by the high average ability of staff, eliminating a major downside of physical scoreshe ...-knit college community. As recently as 2018, it was not the norm for high school tournaments to use online stats.<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtop

...d]]" tournaments in Missouri, and actively promote bad questions, bad game formats, and bad rules in Missouri quizbowl. * January 24, 2009: The [[Washington (Missouri High School)|Washington HS]] tournament was not known until after Missouri had already

'''MSHSAA''' (Missouri State High School Activities Association) is the organization responsible for running Missour ...in early April, with the winners of adjacent districts meeting in an after school quarterfinal meet in a best two-of-three format to determine the four teams

'''Reach for the Top''' is the dominant high school quiz competition in Canada. It is composed largely of speed-check questions Francophone high school students usually play [[Genies en herbe]], while university students play i

The '''Illinois High School Association''' governs many sports and activities in Illinois, including [[ ...IHSA was founded in 1900, and is the second oldest (Wisconsin) state high school athletic/activities governing organization.

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Each school that participates in College Bowl is required to purchase at least 10 packe ...2, the College Bowl Company has issued more firm suggestions on tournament formats and so forth to the Regional tournament directors, who previously had full

<nowiki> 2a. Other formats available</nowiki><br> <nowiki> 2b. What are the rules for the various formats</nowiki><br>

'''Battle of the Brains''' is a a high school televised quizbowl competition in Virginia, currently airing on Saturday mo ...further afield. There are no formal published guidelines as to what area a school must be from to participate. In practice, the rule seems to be that any tea

...hasing the daisy-chained version is suggested due to their ease of use and high durability. When disassembled these buzzers only have 4 parts making it nea ...rely-big-enough case designed for the system. Taking into account the very high cost and lack of durability it is suggested that you stay away from Zeecraf

...in a relatively short amount of time. This is especially true at the high school level, where every year new teams emerge as contenders for the title. ...t in a situation where guessing is optimal and the chance of a neg is very high. Sometimes you just neg. Few games are decided by a single [[tossup]] and e

...was the level of question being asked at a supposed national caliber high school varsity tournament. Surely, there could be some very legitimate questions ...d to win in order to stay alive (as the host twice reminded the room, this school was a “usual playoff qualifier”, and needed to “win their final three

...sheer effort, into a force on the buzzer. His numerous titles in multiple formats (three ACF, two NAQT, even a Penn Bowl) speak for themselves, especially wh ...yers on this tier. Very fine humanities player who could play all academic formats well, though it never seemed to me that he could take over a game like the