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Scholars Bowl

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Kathy Moon

Room 112

Welcome to the official website of the Deshler High School Scholars' Bowl Team!   If you enjoy random trivia about a variety of topics, this team is for you. Don't let the name fool you.  If you don't consider yourself a scholar, but love to learn, you will be exposed to a wide range of information and will be a little smarter after every practice. We meet in room 112 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00-4:00 p.m. Please feel free to drop by and join us! 

What is Quiz Bowl?  

Scholars' Bowl (also known as "quiz bowl") is an academic competition. It is similar to the popular TV game show Jeopardy! in that questions are read to competitors, who then buzz in to answer, but it differs in that quiz bowl questions are more detailed than Jeopardy! clues, and cover mostly academic subjects, with some pop culture and sports trivia included.

In a quiz bowl tournament, two schools are each represented by a team of four players. The moderator or reader, begins to read a question, known as a tossup. Tossups are typically played in a style known as "pyramidal". Pyramidal tossups are generally several sentences long, beginning with a lead-in composed of very difficult clues, and working down, with decreasing difficulty, until the giveaway, or the easiest clue. This format rewards players with deeper knowledge of the topic in question, but teammates who listen carefully will be able to come up with the answer based on the easier clues. The team that buzzes in and answers the tossup question correctly in the allotted time has the opportunity to answer bonus questions to earn additional points. Practices and tournaments are a lot of fun!   

There are several popular formats for quiz bowl competitions, including NAQT, PACE, and mACF.  The Alabama Scholastic Competition Association (ASCA) determines the format for the district competition which is held in the Spring at NWSCC- Phil Campbell Campus.  

For more information about specific formats of quiz bowl, check out the following links or tune in to APT (Alabama Public Television) on Saturday morning at 10:00 to see Alabama Scholars Bowl teams compete.