Registered Teams: 26
- Beck(3)
- Harmony (2)
- Holy Family (3)
- John Paul II (1)
- Kealing (3)
- Pearland South (1)
- Presbyterian (2)
- Rogers (1)
- St. John’s (3)
- St. Michael (1)
- St. Thomas More (2)
- St. Vincent de Paul (3)
- Seabrook (1)
Announcement:
Texas Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce that we will host our 2011 Middle School Kickoff Event on October 1, 2011 at St. John’s School in Houston. This tournament is open to all Texas students currently in 6th, 7th, or 8th grades.
Quiz Bowl is a academics-based game in which two teams of four students compete to answer questions about math, science, history, literature, religion, and arts. Students buzz in to answer tossup questions and correct tossup responses are rewarded with an opportunity to answer 3 bonus questions that cannot be stolen by the opposing team. The team with the most points after 20 tossup-bonus pairs is the winner.
This tournament is being organized and directed by Texas Quiz Bowl director Chris Romero. Teams that wish to register for the event may email their school name, faculty sponsor, team member names and grades, and contact information to Chris at romeroc@gmail.com.
On tournament morning Teams are asked to register at 8 a.m. in Room W-205 which is located near the parking lot nearest the corner of Westheimer and Buffalo Speedway (When you enter the upper school gate take your first right). We will have a brief meeting at 8:45 and start our first matches around 9:00 a.m. Each team will play 6 matches and have two byes during 8 rounds of preliminary play. Pizza will be available for pre-order on tournament morning and drinks and concessions will be available during our 30-minute lunch break between rounds 6 and 7. A pre-order form for Pizza can be found here. You can turn this it with your money at the registration desk on tournament morning.
After the prelims the top 16 teams will advance to a seeded single elimination playoff. The top teams will qualify to attend the Middle School National Championship Tournament in Chicago in May.
The fee for this event is $95 per team with a $10 discount available for teams bringing a working buzzer system. Teams will be required to submit a roster form on tournament morning
