Please see the link to the International Academic Competitions Guide to the Varsity and Junior Varsity Divisions (last updated in November 2018) which has an overview of our competition offerings, valuable study tips, and other information that can help you in your preparations. This has helpful information for everyone, including veteran players and schools too.

The above linked IAC Guide can help you prepare for the National History Bee and Bowl, especially when used in conjunction with the Practice Questions available at www.hsapq.com/samples Please see Tournaments 20, 24, 26, 27, 30, 37-40, 46-49 for our past question sets which are your best guide to seeing what topics we ask about, and how our questions are structured.

Click on Tournaments 50 and 51 for samples of the US History Bee (a separate NHBB-run all-US History competition). US History Bee National Qualifying Exams and the US History Bee National Championships questions from 2015 onwards are found here.

NHBB Varsity & Junior Varsity-level question sets used since the fall of 2014 are found in the links below.

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