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Contact:
For more information about the History Bowl, contact Debra Basham at debra.a.basham@wv.gov or (304) 558-0230.
2026 Regional History Bowl Winners
Region 1:
Champion – TBA
Runner-Up – TBA
Region 2:
Champion – TBA
Runner-Up – TBA
Region 3:
Champion – TBA
Runner-Up – TBA
Region 4:
Summersville Middle School Team 1, Champion
Summersville Middle School Team 2, Runner-Up
Region 5:
Champion – TBA
Runner-Up – TBA
Region 6:
Sherrard Middle School Team 1, Champion
Sherrard Middle School Team 2, Runner-Up
Region 7:
Doddridge County Middle School Team 1, Champion
Mountaineer Middle School Team 2, Runner-Up
Region 8:
Keyser Middle School Team 1, Champion
Keyser Middle School Team 2, Runner-Up
2026 Play-In Tournament
Champion – TBA
Runner-Up – TBA
3rd Place – TBA
4th Place – TBA
5th Place – TBA
6th Place – TBA
7th Place – TBA
8th Place – TBA
2026 History Bowl Schedule and Regional District Applications
In 2010, what was then the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, now the West Virginia Department of Tourism, began an exciting new challenge for eighth graders to test their West Virginia history: the West Virginia History Bowl Tournament. Teams of students from around the state face off in an academic bowl competition focusing on West Virginia history, literature, arts, architecture, geography and culture.
The West Virginia History Bowl expanded in 2011 to include regional tournaments in all eight West Virginia Regional Service Education Agency (RESA) districts.
Eighth graders in public, private and home school education programs are eligible to compete on the four-person teams in double-elimination tournament play. The regional tournament winners and the runner-up team move forward to the state tournament held in late April at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston.
The questions for the history bowl are largely drawn from questions found in the Archives and History Quick Quizzes and Daily Trivia.
Previous Tournament Results
Winners
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