Brookwood Invitational Scholars Bowl on Nov 19

[jrbarry]

Your school is invited to enter a team or teams in the TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL BROOKWOOD INVITATIONAL SCHOLARS BOWL to be held on the campus of Brookwood High School in Snellville, GA, in the northeastern suburbs of Atlanta. The BISB is an annual competition of academic quiz teams sponsored by the Brookwood Academic Team Program. 98 teams representing 55 high schools from 5 states participated in the November 2010 BISB in what has become one of the largest academic quiz bowl hosted by one high school in the nation.

The tournament format features each team playing 5 preliminary matches without byes. The Tournament Director will arrange each team’s schedule of matches. After the completion of the 5 preliminary matches, a single elimination playoff (that includes most teams) will determine the top 8 finishers who will win trophies and other prizes.

The match format for 2011 is as follows: Part One – 8 tossups, Part Two – Give and Takes (4), and Part Three – 8 tossups with 3-part bonuses. The BISB will continue its tradition of having exclusively academic questions with social studies, literature, and science questions composing 75% of the total and the remaining percentage of questions being split between mathematics and the fine arts. All tossups will be pyramidal in structure.

The entry fee is SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS per team. Should you not be able to attend the 2011 BISB, you may order a set of the preliminary rounds questions by completing the accompanying registration form and mailing it with a check for TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. Those questions will be mailed to you on December 1st. All schools who enter teams in the tournament will receive a FREE copy of the prelim questions.

If you have any questions, please call or e-mail Tournament Director Erin Eidson at school (770-736-2145) or on her cell (404-428-4017) or at [email protected].

[jrbarry]

67 teams registered as of today, November 8. Lotsa spots left for those interested. Contact Ty Director Erin Eidson at [email protected] for more information.

I will attempt to get a teams list up tomorrow.

[jrbarry]

Team List (68 as of Nov 8)

Aiken (SC)
Alpharetta
Archer
Athens Academy
Baconton Charter (2)
Berkmar
Bleckley County
Blessed Trinity
Campbell
Carrollton
Cedar Shoals (2)
Central Gwinnett
Chamblee (3)
Chattahoochee (4)
Daviess County (KY)
Dorman (SC) (4)
Duluth
Etowah (2)
Ezell-Harding (TN) (2)
Grayson
James Island (SC)
Lakeside - Evans (2)
Lamar County
Madison Central (MS) (2)
Marist
Meadowcreek
Mountain View (2)
Murray County (2)
Norcross (2)
Ola (3)
Paideia
Prince Avenue (2)
Roswell (2)
Rutland (2)
St. Mary's (LA)
Walker (3)
Walton (3)
Wesleyan
West Forsyth
Westminster (2)
Whitefield Academy

[jrbarry]

Spaces remain. Contact Erin Eidson at [email protected]

BISB Team List Updated (73 teams as of November 11)

Aiken (SC)
Alpharetta
Archer
Athens Academy
Baconton Charter (2)
Berkmar
Bleckley County
Blessed Trinity
Campbell
Carrollton
Cedar Shoals (2)
Central Gwinnett
Chamblee (3)
Chattahoochee (4)
Collins Hill
Daviess County (KY)
Dorman (SC) (4)
Duluth
Dunwoody (2)
Etowah (2)
Ezell-Harding (TN) (2)
Grayson
Hoover (AL) (2)
James Island (SC)
Lakeside - Evans (2)
Lamar County
Madison Central (MS) (2)
Marist
Meadowcreek
Mountain View (2)
Murray County (2)
Norcross (2)
Ola (3)
Paideia
Prince Avenue (2)
Roswell (2)
Rutland (2)
St. Mary's (LA)
Walker (3)
Walton (3)
Wesleyan
West Forsyth
Westminster (2)
Whitefield

[Great Bustard]

How'd this go?

[BlueDevil95]

Mr. Barry will be able to give more detailed information, but from what I recall the top 4 were:

1. Dorman A
2. Centennial A
3. Dorman B
4. Norcross A

Both the 1/2 and 3/4 game came down to the last tossup. Overall, it was a pretty fun day.