Brookwood Invitational Scholars Bowl

CONFIRMATION NOTICE

Your school is invited to enter a team or teams in the SIXTEENTH 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.  138 teams from 90 high schools from 9 states participated in the November, 2002, BISB in what has become the largest academic quiz bowl hosted by one high school in the nation.

 The tentative 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 6 single elimination playoff (that includes most teams) will determine the top 8 finishers who will win trophies and other prizes.

 Matches will consist of  four quarters with short toss-ups in the first quarter and pyramid-style, longer toss-ups in quarters 2 and 4.  The second quarter includes multi-part, bounce-back bonuses.  The third quarter features a series of questions that each team can answer working together.  All questions will be exclusively academic 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.

 The entry fee per team is SIXTY DOLLARS if paid by OCTOBER 15.  After OCTOBER 15, the entry fee is seventy-five dollars per team.  Should you not be able to attend the 2003 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 November 25.  All schools who enter teams in the tournament will receive a FREE copy of the prelim questions.

 If you have any questions, please call Tournament Director J.R. Barry at school (770-978-5094) or at home (770-466-3212) or email at rickbarry@mindspring.com.  OR  rick_barry@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

Click Here to download the registration form.