This page will include dates for
upcoming
academic competitions as well as results from previous events.
Click on the links if you would like to
contact the coach for more information.
2008-09
CALENDAR OF COMPETITIONS
September
20,2008- Ezell-Harding
Christian School Academic Tournament (Nashville, TN) open to all
teams
Contact: Dr. Ronnie
Rummage RGRummage@aol.com
Format: Ten tossups, a worksheet, and
ten tossups with bounceback bonuses.
We have again written our own pyramid
questions composed of 1/4 science, 1/4 soc. st., 1/4 lit.,
and 1/4 from the combined areas of math, art, and music
Registration fee $60 before September 8, $75 after provided that space
is still available
September
27- Fall Academic
Knowledge
Tournament -Munford High School (Munford, TN)
Format: Varsity Grades 9-12,
Toss-ups with bounce backs
Registration fee: $60
Contact: Kristen
Zumwaltr kfzummy@gmail.com
September 27- Eleventh Annual Trevor’s Trivia: Bob Selcer
Memorial High
School Quizbowl
Format untimed tournament
with 20 tossups and bonuses per round, with no bounceback on bonuses.
Questions will cover a variety of
academic disciplines, with a smattering of popular culture and general
knowledge thrown in.
The field will be split into brackets for a round robin, followed by
playoffs for each division.
During playoffs, non-playoff teams will have the option of playing
consolation rounds.
Base fee: $80 per team
(4 players can play at a time with up to 3 alternates; substitutions
are allowed, but between rounds only.)
$5 discount for each additional team from the same school $5 discount for each working lockout
buzzer system, up to four systems
(whether we use them or not – recently we’ve had a rash of buzzer
breakdowns, so we want as many spares as possible)
After the tournament, complete sets of
questions may be purchased for $15. Complete sets will be free to
any school that provides a full-time official to assist tournament
staff.
Contact Info: Charlie Steinhice at
(423) 535-7147
utcquizbowl@gmail.com
October 11- Warrior Scholar’s
Bowl
Tournament (Christian Academy of Knoxville) open to all teams
Contact: Sara
Baker sarabaker1024@gmail.com
School: 865-690-4721
voice 205 Home: 865-546-1508
Format: two halves with worksheets
Registration Fee: $65 with $5
discount for bringing a working buzzer
October
31- November 1- Vanderbilt
ABC XXXII
(Nashville, TN) open to all teams
Contact: Jack Hartz
vuquizbowl@yahoo.com
http://studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/college_bowl/
November
15- Tennessee State University Annual High
School Academic Quiz Bowl (Nashville, TN)
Registration fee for the tournament
is $65.00 per team and includes lunch in
our cafeteria for team members(6) and
chaperones(2).
Please
contact Cathy Summers via
email or phone 615-963-5797 if you have any questions.
email: csummers@tnstate.edu
TBA TACA
State Tournament (Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN)*
April
25- Academic Knowledge
Tournament -Munford High School (Munford, TN)
Format: Varsity Grades 9-12,
Toss-ups with bounce backs
Registration fee: $60
Contact: Kristen
Zumwaltr kfzummy@gmail.com
*To qualify for the 2008-09 TACA State
Tournament, a team must satisfy each of the following conditions:
1) be a member of TACA
2) compete in a minimum of five
events between February 16, 2008 and February 15, 2009
and 3) place in the top 25% in
at least one of the competitions
