The Quizbowl Resource Center

I don't think I've ever heard of Li Bai or any of those other Tang poets. In the last couple years I've been coaching, I don't recall a question about ANY Asian poetry other than the Vedas (do those count?). I wouldn't be bothered at all if those lines showed up in the power section. This issue is i...

What is "vulching"? That's totally new to me.

I don't know if this would help, but a possible practical argument you could make is that having the students practice during school hours could cut down on hours spent in after-school practice. (Assuming, of course, that you hold after-school practices). One would think that would be attractive to...

Howdy! I'm fortunate to be in a school that already has a quizbowl team, so I'm not looking for help establishing one. What I'm needing is help with a proposal to justify having a class period set aside for quizbowl (and maybe other academic competitions). Right now, my main argument is that athleti...

Are the school qualifier questions going to be multiple choice or short answer? Would hate for someone to not qualify because they were a bad speller... Also, since the first qualifying test would have to be done at school and current 9th graders are allowed to compete, are 10-12th graders allowed t...

(How much time is needed to be considered resurrecting an old thread?) To vary up your practices, try playing Trivial Pursuit, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, or other such board games. Jeopardy now has a season on Netflix, and you can probably find episodes online other places as well - have...

Howdy! New coach of a somewhat-established team. There was an *incident* about a month ago in another city here in Texas involving a teacher and a student in the teacher's car. Now there's a moratorium in our district on any unofficial transportation of students, even with signed release forms. My t...