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All results, the full statistical analysis, and the final press releases from the 2019 National History Bee and Bowl, US History Bee, International Geography Bee, US Geography Olympiad, and National Sports and Entertainment History Bee Varsity & Junior Varsity National Championships are now available through the links provided here. Thanks for coming to our ninth National Championships, and congratulations to all who competed and especially to our 2019 National [...]

Your top 3 in the National History Bee 2019 Varsity National Championships! From L to R: 2nd Place - Eshaan Vakil (Ed W. Clark HS, Las Vegas, NV); National Champion - Hari Parameswaran (Beavercreek HS, Beavercreek, OH); 3rd Place - Daniel Ma, Hunter College HS (New York, NY) Congratulations to your new 2019 National History Bee and Bowl Varsity & JV National Champions! History Bowl: Varsity - [...]

The 2019 National History Bee and Bowl Varsity and JV National Championships, sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, concludes today, Sunday, April 28, with the entirety of the National History Bee and the final playoff rounds of the National History Bowl. Follow along at www.nhbbstats.com and we will look to Facebook live the final matches too! Check here, especially at 1:20pm or 2:00pm for Bowl streaming if possible. Good luck [...]

Please click here to download the text of General Email # 1 for the 2019 Varsity & JV IAC National Championships (including the National History Bee and Bowl, US History Bee, US Geography Olympiad, International Geography Bee, National Sports and Entertainment History Bee, and Consolation Bee) if needed. Please click here to access the Nationals survey if needed.

The 2019 Varsity & JV National Championships of the National History Bee and Bowl are fast approaching on April 26-28 in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA! We have a great field from around the country currently signed up and hope that you will be able to join us! Registration closes on April 8 (this has been pushed back two days from the originally stated deadline of April 6 to [...]

Team Brad includes Larissa Kelly, Brad Rutter, and NHBB Executive Director, David Madden Team Brad (Brad Rutter, Larissa Kelly, and NHBB Executive Director David Madden) won the Jeopardy! All Star Games tournament! David plans to use his winnings to further the growth and development of International Academic Competitions, the parent organization of the National History Bee and Bowl, the US Geography Olympiad, the International Geography Bee, and [...]

Hunter College HS swept the Bee and Bowl titles in both the Varsity & JV Divisions at the 2019 NHBB NJ State Championships The National History Bee and Bowl's high season for regional and state tournaments is here! Over 70 tournaments are planned between now and early April at the Varsity and Junior Varsity level, and a few more will still be scheduled. January has already seen [...]

The Belen Jesuit A team (Miami, FL) won our 2018 Varsity South Florida History Bowl held on Nov. 17 at Archimedean Upper Conservatory International Academic Competitions has been busy organizing National History Bee and Bowl tournaments throughout the USA this fall! Through the Thanksgiving weekend, we have run 13 tournaments from Hawaii to Massachusetts, and Florida to Washington state. Results for the History Bee and History Bowl are [...]

With the beginning of the 2018-2019 season, we're introducing a new NHBB logo too! International Academic Competitions is delighted to present the ninth year of The National History Bee and Bowl! Last year, we had a record number of 103 state and regional history quiz tournaments for our Varsity and Junior Varsity Divisions, culminating in our annual National Championships in late April in Arlington, VA. This year, [...]