Brain Bowl is a competition in which
teams of three students go head to head in answering questions covering social
studies, literature, mathematics, geography, art, and current events. The most successful teams exhibit broad
knowledge of many subject areas, collaboration, teamwork, confidence, and
willingness to take risks. Brain Bowl
is offered at two levels for high school students:
Master
Brain Bowl is
the premier competition at the high school level.
Teams generally include juniors and seniors who have competed on previous
teams. The winning team from the regional
competition has the opportunity to compete in a national competition with
teams from the entire nation. Master
Brain Bowl will be held Saturday, March 6.
Freshman/Sophomore
Brain Bowl competition
is limited to high school freshman and sophomores. Questions are tailored to prepare these rookie
teams for the high level of competitiveness required for Senior Brain Bowl.
Freshman/Sophomore Brain Bowl will be held Tuesday, March 2.
Our own school tournament will be held
in January and February during lunch periods and is open to anyone who desires
to participate. Students are both
scored as individuals (on the basis of how many questions they answered correctly
or incorrectly) and scored as a team (whichever team has the most points at
the end of the round moves on). The
tournament is double elimination with two brackets: a championship bracket
and a consolation bracket. The winners
of both brackets will meet in the final round to determine which team is our
school's champion. After the schoolwide
tournament, the students with the highest individual scores will also be able
to represent the school at the regional competition at Southern Oregon University.