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.
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.
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
Bee
| Year
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Bee Champion
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Bee Runner-Up
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JV Bee Champion
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JV Bee Runner-Up
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MS Bee Champion
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| 2011
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Mark Arildsen, University School of Nashville
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Nicholas Brumfield, Parkersburg High
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Sameer Rai, Bellarmine
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Mickey Gioia, Stepton HS
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| 2012
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Alex Frey, St. Joseph
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Richard Yu, Hunter
Mark Arildsen, University School of Nashville
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Sameer Rai, Bellarmine
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Jonathan Leidenheimer, George C. Marshall
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Tajin Rogers, Longfellow
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| 2013
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Sameer Rai, Bellarmine
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Jonathan Leidenheimer, George C. Marshall
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Connor Wood, Maggie Walker
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Nirav Ilango, Chattahoochee
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Jonathan Tran, Stoller
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| 2014
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Jonathan Leidenheimer, George C. Marshall
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Sameer Rai, Bellarmine
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Daniel Yan, Farragut
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Chandler Burrows, Rolla
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Alex Schmidt, Seven Generations Charter School
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| 2015
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Bruce Lou, Saratoga
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Austin Foos, Detroit Catholic Central
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Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy
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John Peter Connor, E. WA Homeschool
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Benji Chiu, Stoller
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| 2016
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Jakob Myers, Naperville North
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Devin Shang, Lexington
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Douglas Simons, High Tech
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Rohan Hegde, TJHSST
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8th Grade: Govind Prabakhar, Buffalo Grove Aptakisic
7th Grade: Enzo Cunanan, Trinity Prep
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| 2017
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Jakob Myers, Naperville North
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Jonathan Tran, Westview
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Justin Young, McLean
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William Golden, James E. Taylor
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8th Grade: Arjun Nageswaran, Buffalo Grove Aptakisic
7th Grade: Robert Muniz, Midtown Classical
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| 2018
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Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley
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Fred Zhang, Thomas Jefferson
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Govind Prabhakar, Stevenson
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Walker Combs, George Washington
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8th Grade: Robert Muniz, Midtown Classical
7th Grade: Rishabh Wuppalapati, Daniel Wright Junior High
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| 2019
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Hari Parameswaran, Beavercreek
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Eshaan Vakil, Ed W. Clark
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Shiva Oswal, Team Pi-Oneers
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Avinash Iyer, Team Escobar (CA)
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8th Grade: Vaibhav Rangan, Joaquin Miller Middle School
7th Grade: Daniel Figueroa, Ransom Everglades
6th Grade: Arin Parsa, Challenger Almaden
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| 2020
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Pedro Juan Orduz, Hunter
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Arjun Nageswaran, Stevenson
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Andrew Zeng, Hunter
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Rishabh Wuppalapati, Stevenson
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8th Grade: Bradford Kimball, Buckingham Browne & Nichols School
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| 2021
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Andrew Zeng, Hunter
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Liam Starnes, Barrington
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Ian Lu, Hunter
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Cole Hartung, Kinkaid
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8th Grade: Arin Parsa, Stanford Online High School
7th Grade: Shounak Bhindwale, Harvest Park
6th Grade: Parker Jelke, Ransom Everglades
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| 2022
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Andrew Zeng, Hunter
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Ian Lu, Hunter
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Robert Wang, Livingston
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Cole Hartung, Kinkaid
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