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| − | A national championship is an event purporting to award a title to the best [[ | + | A national championship is an event purporting to award a title to the best [[quizbowl]] team in a particular country. Over the years a number of national championships have been held for college, high school, and middle school levels of play, with widely varying formats and question quality. |
| − | == History of | + | == History of national level play == |
| − | '' | + | Don Reid developed the [[College Bowl]] format for American university students after success with a similar program for American GIs during WWII. By the 1990's, for a variety of reasons, College Bowl's popularity began to diminish. The Academic Competition Federation was established in 1991 and held an alternate national championship out of dissatisfaction over the CBI's handling of quiz bowl. |
| − | + | Corporate sponsorship has also led to formation of several national championship tournaments. | |
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== Active titles (scheduled to be awarded in 2014) == | == Active titles (scheduled to be awarded in 2014) == | ||
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*<nowiki>§</nowiki>In 2013, NHBB offered both a middle school division at the high school Bowl and a separate middle school Bowl, held at distinct times on distinct questions, and open to participation in either or both tournaments by a given school. Both tournaments named middle school national champions in 2013. | *<nowiki>§</nowiki>In 2013, NHBB offered both a middle school division at the high school Bowl and a separate middle school Bowl, held at distinct times on distinct questions, and open to participation in either or both tournaments by a given school. Both tournaments named middle school national champions in 2013. | ||
| − | Staffing guide to good quizbowl nationals in 2014: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AitgvOoiHJZodHhhMHZEczFpLWE3eTVGUkZYTVIxRGc&output=html | + | Staffing guide to good quizbowl nationals in 2014: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AitgvOoiHJZodHhhMHZEczFpLWE3eTVGUkZYTVIxRGc&output=html] |
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[[Category:High school national championships]] | [[Category:High school national championships]] | ||
Revision as of 20:44, 21 November 2013
A national championship is an event purporting to award a title to the best quizbowl team in a particular country. Over the years a number of national championships have been held for college, high school, and middle school levels of play, with widely varying formats and question quality.
History of national level play
Don Reid developed the College Bowl format for American university students after success with a similar program for American GIs during WWII. By the 1990's, for a variety of reasons, College Bowl's popularity began to diminish. The Academic Competition Federation was established in 1991 and held an alternate national championship out of dissatisfaction over the CBI's handling of quiz bowl.
Corporate sponsorship has also led to formation of several national championship tournaments.
Active titles (scheduled to be awarded in 2014)
Defunct titles
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