International History Bee and Bowl

The International History Bee and Bowl is the international division of NHBB. It consists of the National History Bowl, a four-player team event played on pyramidal questions in a four-quarter format, and the National History Bee, an individual elimination-style event.IHBB holds tournaments in Canada, Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. IHBB hosts the International History Olympiad, open to qualifying students worldwide. IHBB was founded in 2010 along with NHBB.

In recent years, IHBB has also organized a number of other events such as the Science Bee, Academic Bee & Bowl, and Geography Bee.

History Bowl Format

A History Bowl game consists of 4 quarters, and the number of questions in each quarter is not standardized. The first quarter features tossups worth 10 points each. The second quarter features tossups and one-part bonuses, worth 10 points. The third quarter, known as the Lightning Round, gives teams 60 seconds to answer a series of increasingly difficult short questions on a particular theme. Questions missed by one team "bounceback" to the other team. Finally, the fourth quarter features powermarked tossups worth 30, 20, or 10 points.

History Bee Format

In local competitions, history bee questions are simply a series of 30-tossups, worth 1 point each. However, students who obtain 7 (this number used to be 8 until recently) are said to "exit" the round, and gain a number of bonus points based on where they exit (for a total score ranging from 8 to 15).

At nationals, the history bee uses the 6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system. Tossups are powermarked, and based on where a student buzzes they can earn either 6,5,4, or 3 points if they are correct. If they are incorrect, they suffer a -2 penalty if they buzzed before the end of the tossup, and a -1 penalty otherwise.

In both local bees and national bees, 3 incorrect interrupts "kill" the question.

Past Champions and Results (Asia)

Bowl

Year	Bowl Champion	Bowl Runner-Up	JV Bowl Champion	JV Bowl Runner-up	MS Bowl Champion	MS Bowl Runner-up
2014	International Community School, Bangkok, Thailand	Chinese International School of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Singapore American School, Singapore	International Christian School, Hong Kong	Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong,	India International School of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
2015	International Community School, Bangkok, Thailand	Ruamrudee International School, Bangkok, Thailand	NPS International School, Singapore	Shanghai American School – Pudong Campus, Shanghai, China	Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China	India International School of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
2016	Concordian International School, Bangkok, Thailand	Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus, Shanghai, China	NPS International School, Singapore	Renaissance College Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China	India International School of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
2017	Hwa Chong Institution A, Singapore	Hwa Chong Institution B, Singapore	Shanghai American School – Puxi Campus, Shanghai, China	NPS International School, Singapore	International Christian Academy, Parañaque, Philippines	Dulwich College Singapore, Singapore
2018	Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China	Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies, Yongin, South Korea	Tsinghua International School, Beijing, China	Harrow International School Hong Kong, Hong Kong	Shanghai High School –International Division, Shanghai, China	Shatin College, Hong Kong
2019	Hwa Chong Institution, Singapore	Raffles Institution, Singapore	Shanghai High School International Division, Shanghai, China	La Salle Green Hills, Manila, Philippines	La Salle Green Hills, Manila, Philippines	Harrow International School Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2020	Seoul International School, Seoul, South Korea	Taipei Fuhsing Private School, Taiwan	La Salle Green Hills, Manila, Philippines	Phillipine Science High School—Main Campus, Philippines	School of the Nations, Macau	NPS International School, Singapore
2021	Seoul International School, Seoul, South Korea	La Salle Green Hills, Manila, Philippines	Seoul Foreign School, Seoul, South Korea	Taipei Fuhsing Private School, Taiwan	Korea International School, Seoul, South Korea	NPS International School, Singapore

Bee

Year	Bee Champion	JV Bee Champion	MS Bee Champion
2014	Suntiparp Somsak, International Community School	Nicolas Gruenwald, [[Singapore American School]	Chansol Park, Hong Kong International School
2015	Suntiparp Somsak, International Community School	Haripoom Prasutchai, International Community School	Chansol Park, Shanghai American School – Pudong Campus	2016	Sirapong Kancvalskul, Concordian International School	Priyankar Kandarpa, NPS International School	Wesley Zhang, [High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China]]	2017	Boyang Hou, Hwa Chong Institution	Vijay Siddharth,, NPS International School, Singapore	Elizabeth Enright, Dulwich College Singapore	2018	Vijay Siddharth,, NPS International School, Singapore	Frank Lin, Shanghai High School International Division	Calvin Pan, Shanghai High School International Division	2019	Samuel Foo, Raffles Institution	Alejandro Espino, International Christian Academy	John Lance V. Bautista, [La Salle Green Hills]]	2020	Jun Hyuk (Edward) Lee, Seoul International School	John Lance V. Bautista, [La Salle Green Hills]]	Claire Haigh, Seoul Foreign School	2021	Cheng (Felix) Qin, Shanghai High School International Divisionl	Yanni B.Ranollo, La Salle Green Hillsl	Jayden Choe, Korea International School	2022	Yanni B.Ranollo, La Salle Green Hillsl	Nicholas Brumfield, Parkersburg High	Sameer Rai, Bellarmine

External Links

• International website