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The '''US History Bee''' was created in 2013 as an offshoot of the main [[NHBB]] competitions. It shares many characteristics with History Bee, namely the same format, but focuses entirely on American history.
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The '''US History Bee''' was created in 2013 as an offshoot of the main [[National History Bee and Bowl]] competitions. The US History Bee shares many characteristics with the National History Bee, namely the same format, but the questions focus entirely on American history.
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==Competitions==
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A qualifying exam can be taken at various regional competitions (including those hosted by IAC as well as allied organizations) with people scoring high enough eligible to compete in the national finals (which are part of the rest of the History Bee and Bowl national finals).  
  
 
==Results==
 
==Results==
The only champion in the two-year run of US History Bee thus far has been [[Bruce Lou]], who won in both 2014 and 2015.
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{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellspacing="1"
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! Year
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! Varsity champion
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! Junior Varsity champion
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|-
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| 2014
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| [[Bruce Lou]]
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| n/a
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|-
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| 2015
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| [[Bruce Lou]]
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| [[John Peter Connor]]
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|-
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| 2016
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| [[Cole Timmerwilke]]
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| [[Jaya Alagar]]
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|-
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| 2017
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| [[Jonathan Tran]]
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| [[William Golden]]
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|-
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| 2018
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| [[Fred Zhang]]
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| [[Govind Prabhakar]]
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|-
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| 2019
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| [[Fred Zhang]]
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| [[Pedro Juan Orduz]]
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|-
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| 2020
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| [[Walker Combs]]
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| [[Andrew Zeng]]
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|-
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| 2021
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| [[Kapil Nathan]]
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| [[Tanuj Chandekar]]
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|-
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| 2022
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| [[Javier Kumar]]
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| [[Arin Parsa]]
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|-
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| 2023
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| [[Ian Lu]]
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| [[Robert Wang]]
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|-
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| 2024
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| [[Olin Bose]]
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| [[Shounak Bhindwale]]
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|}
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[[Category: Subject tournaments]]

Latest revision as of 16:11, 6 May 2024

The US History Bee was created in 2013 as an offshoot of the main National History Bee and Bowl competitions. The US History Bee shares many characteristics with the National History Bee, namely the same format, but the questions focus entirely on American history.

Competitions

A qualifying exam can be taken at various regional competitions (including those hosted by IAC as well as allied organizations) with people scoring high enough eligible to compete in the national finals (which are part of the rest of the History Bee and Bowl national finals).

Results

Year Varsity champion Junior Varsity champion
2014 Bruce Lou n/a
2015 Bruce Lou John Peter Connor
2016 Cole Timmerwilke Jaya Alagar
2017 Jonathan Tran William Golden
2018 Fred Zhang Govind Prabhakar
2019 Fred Zhang Pedro Juan Orduz
2020 Walker Combs Andrew Zeng
2021 Kapil Nathan Tanuj Chandekar
2022 Javier Kumar Arin Parsa
2023 Ian Lu Robert Wang
2024 Olin Bose Shounak Bhindwale