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West Virginia History Bowl |
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The West Virginia History Bowl, introduced in 2010 by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, will expand in 2011 to include regional tournaments in all eight West Virginia Regional Service Education Agency (RESA) districts. The winning team and the runner-up team in each RESA will compete in the statewide tournament.
This year’s regional tournaments will take place in February and March. The state tournament will take place April 26 at the Culture Center on the State Capitol Complex in Charleston.
The History Bowl Competition is held in late April at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston. All public and private schools and home school organizations are eligible to participate.
“Our experience with last year’s first History Bowl was tremendous,” said Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History. “The students were enthusiastic and enjoyed the competition. That encouraged us to look at expanding the tournament so that more students could participate. The response has been overwhelming.”
The West Virginia History Bowl features questions about the state’s history, culture, heritage, tourism and people. Those questions are compiled by the staff of the Archives and History Section of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History with help from the West Virginia Division of Tourism.
“The Archives and History staff will develop a field of more than 1,600 questions for the regional and state tournaments,” Reid-Smith said. “Teams that are preparing for the History Bowl tournaments may use the Archives and History Daily Trivia, Quick Quizzes and Golden Horseshoe study guide as helpful tools from the Division’s Web site, www.wvculture.org.”
Eighth graders in public, private and home school education programs are eligible to compete on the four-person teams in double-elimination tournament play. This year’s regional tournament winners and the runner-up team will then move forward to the state tournament.
General information about the History Bowl, along with registration forms and information can be found on this page or by contacting Bryan Ward at 304-558-0230 or Bryan.E.Ward@wv.gov.
| 2010 Winners |
Important Information |
Applications | Tournament Rules |
Click to Download: Color Logo | B & W Logo |
2012 West Virginia History Bowl RegionalsRESA I RESA II RESA III RESA IV RESA V RESA VI RESA VII RESA VIII West Virginia History Bowl Championship 2012
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2010 Competing Teams | Photo Gallery Shady Spring Middle School, Raleigh County, 2010 Winners |
