International History Bee and Bowl

International History Bee and Bowl
Genre	History competition
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	2012
Website	www.ihbbasia.com www.ihbbeurope.com www.ihbbcanada.com www.ihbbanz.com

The International History Bee and Bowl (IHBB) are history quiz competitions for individual students and school teams outside the United States. Within the United States, students compete in the comparable National History Bee and Bowl; the same organization, , oversees the International and National (i.e. American) tournaments. The International History Bee and Bowl debuted in the 2011-2012 school year in Europe^[1] and Asia.^[2] A European Championship has been held since 2012; the Asian Championships debuted in spring 2014. In the 2014-15 school year, the Australian and New Zealand Division debuted as did the Canadian Division. Tournaments are held in approximately 30 countries each year. IHBB also organizes the International History Olympiad, which debuted in 2015 at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was held in Hawaii in 2016 and Berlin in 2018. ^[3] Students can qualify for the Olympiad by participating at IHBB tournaments around the world or by taking an official qualifying exam administered by a teacher if no IHBB tournament exists nearby.

The International History Bee and Bowl test knowledge of all aspects of history in a buzzer-based competition format, which bears a resemblance to some television quiz shows. However, unlike on a quiz show most IHBB questions are paragraph-length, and move from harder to easier information. When students think they know the answer, they ring in with the buzzer. If they are correct, they, or their team members get points, if incorrect, then the other students (in the History Bee) or the other team (in the History Bowl) has an opportunity to hear the rest of the question. All IHBB matches are conducted in English - tournaments in other languages may be added at some point in the future.

The International History Bee and Bowl World Championships are contested at the International History Olympiad. However, the International History Bowl World Championships features matches between teams of 2 or 3 students representing either a particular US state or country (or a mix of two or three of these) and is thus unlike any other International History Bowl competition. A full list of IHBB world champions is maintained on the International History Olympiad page.

Regional tournaments[]

Regional tournaments are held throughout Asia, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Any school or student may attend as long as they have not participated at an earlier regional tournament that school year. Each tournament features a varsity division for students roughly 16–18 years of age, a junior varsity division for students roughly 13–15 years of age, and a middle school division for younger students.^[4]

Each tournament features a series of preliminary rounds for the History Bee for individual students and the History Bowl for teams. Students who finish in the top half in their age classification for the History Bee, and Bowl teams who finish the preliminary rounds with a .500 winning percentage or better qualify for their regional Championships, as well as the International History Olympiad. At the end of the preliminary rounds, the top Bee students advance to the Bee Finals, while Bowl teams are seeded according to their preliminary results and advance to the playoffs.

Championships[]

Students and teams who finish in the top half of their regional tournament earn the right to compete at the Canadian, European and Asian Championships. The Championships also feature a Consolation Bee for students attending with their History Bowl team who did not qualify for the Bee Championships, as well as a Geography Bee which is open to all.^[5] The Championships in Europe and Asia also feature a separate Sports and Entertainment History Bee which is open to all participants, including coaches and also an all-subject team quiz competition, the Academic Bowl of Asia (or Europe). Unique to the European Championship is a location related event played near or in a local attraction. Past examples have included tournament finals held at the Palace of Versailles, the King Charle's Bridge, and the Colosseum.

The 2012 European Championships were held in Grasse, France; the 2013 and 2019 European Championships were held in Paris; the 2014 and 2017 Championships were in Rome, the 2015 Championships in Switzerland, the 2016 Championships were in Berlin, and the 2018 European Championships were held in Prague. The Asian Championships were held in Hong Kong in 2014, in Singapore in 2017, and in Khao Lak, Thailand in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019. The inaugural Canadian Championships were held in 2015, 2017, and 2019 in Ottawa, and the 2016 and 2018 Canadian Championships were held in Toronto.

Qualified students and schools from African and Middle Eastern countries are welcome to compete at either the IHBB European or Asian Championships, but not both in any given year. Plans for expanding European and African offerings for the 2019-2020 school year exist.

International History Bee - European Division Champions[]

Varsity[]

Year	Champion	School	Country
2012	Maria Witteman	American School of Madrid	Spain
2013	Maria Witteman	American School of Madrid	Spain
2014	Cameron Bainbridge	College du Leman	Switzerland
2015	Cameron Bainbridge	College du Leman	Switzerland
2016	Ishaan Bhardwaj	Sevenoaks School	England
2017	Brychan Hall		UAE
2018	Chris Thorn	Eton College	England
2019	Juan Carlo Landayan		Qatar

Junior Varsity[]

Year	Champion	School	Country
2012	Daniel Nazarov		Switzerland
2013	Andrew Lewis	Swiss International School Basel	Switzerland
2014	Adam Wright	The American School of Madrid	Spain
2015	Jackson Stewart	Black Forest Academy	Germany
2016	Sam Brennan	St. Stephen's School	Italy
2017	Kai Schärer	Inter-Community School Zurich	Switzerland
2018	Marek Sicinski	The British School, Warsaw	Poland
2019	Ido Kons	Reali School	Israel

Middle School[]

Year	Champion	School	Country
2014	Antonio Pattori	International School of Geneva	Switzerland
2015	Marcus Banyai	International School of Stuttgart	Germany
2016	Thomas Wilson	Hockerill Anglo-European College	England
2017	Adam Rizzoli		Slovenia
2018	Pedro Juan Orduz	International School of Zug and Luzern	Switzerland
2019	Filip Firlej		France

International History Bowl - European Division Champions[]

Varsity[]

Year	Champion	City	Country
2012	American School of Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Spain
2013	American School of Madrid	Madrid, Spain	Spain
2014	Collège du Léman	Versoix, Switzerland	Switzerland
2015	Collège du Léman	Versoix, Switzerland	Switzerland
2016	Katedralskolan, Lund	Lund, Sweden	Sweden
2017		Warsaw, Poland	Poland
2018	International School of Zug and Luzern	Baar, Switzerland	Switzerland
2019	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford, England	England

Junior Varsity[]

Year	Champion	City	Country
2012	Swiss International School Basel	Basel, Switzerland	Switzerland
2013	American School in London	London, England	England
2014	International School of Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland	Switzerland
2015	International School of Geneva	Geneva, Switzerland	Switzerland
2016	St. Stephen's School	Rome, Italy	Italy
2017	Inter-Community School Zurich	Zumikon, Switzerland	Switzerland
2018	The British School, Warsaw	Warsaw, Poland	Poland
2019	Eton College	Windsor	England

Middle School[]

Year	Champion	City	Country
2014	Arnold House School	London, England	England
2015	International School of Stuttgart	Stuttgart, Germany	Germany
2016	Hockerill Anglo-European College	Bishop's Stortford, England	England
2017	Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz	Zuoz, Switzerland	Switzerland
2018			France
2019	QSI International School of Ljubljana	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Slovenia

International History Bee - Asian Division Champions[]

Varsity[]

Year	Champion	School	Country
2014	Suntiparp Somsak	International Community School	Thailand
2015	Suntiparp Somsak	International Community School	Thailand
2016	Sirapong Kancvalskul	Concordian International School	Thailand
2017	Boyang Hou	Hwa Chong Institution	Singapore
2018	Vijay Siddharth		Singapore
2019	Samuel Foo	Raffles Institution	Singapore
2020	Jun Hyuk Lee	Seoul International School	South Korea

Junior Varsity[]

Year	Champion	School	Country
2014	Nicolas Gruenwald	Singapore American School	Singapore
2015	Haripoom Prasutchai	International Community School	Thailand
2016	Priyankar Kandarpa		Singapore
2017	Vijay Siddharth		Singapore
2018	Frank Lin	Shanghai High School International Division	China
2019	Alejandro Espino		Philippines
2020	John Lance Bautista	La Salle Green Hills	Philippines

Middle School[]

Year	Champion	School	Country
2014	Chansol Park	Hong Kong International School	Hong Kong
2015	Chansol Park	Shanghai American School - Pudong Campus	China
2016	Wesley Zhang	High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China	China
2017	Elizabeth Enright	Dulwich College Singapore	Singapore
2018	Calvin Pan	Shanghai High School International Division	China
2019	John Lance Bautista	La Salle Green Hills	Philippines
2020	Claire Haigh	Seoul Foreign School	South Korea

International History Bowl - Asian Division Champions[]

Varsity[]

Year	Champion	City	Country
2014	International Community School	Bangkok	Thailand
2015	International Community School	Bangkok	Thailand
2016	Concordian International School	Bangkok	Thailand
2017	Hwa Chong Institution	Singapore	Singapore
2018	Shanghai High School International Division	Shanghai	China
2019	Hwa Chong Institution	Singapore	Singapore
2020	Seoul International School	Seoul	South Korea

Junior Varsity[]

Year	Champion	City	Country
2014	Singapore American School	Singapore	Singapore
2015		Singapore	Singapore
2016		Singapore	Singapore
2017	Shanghai American School - Puxi Campus	Shanghai	China
2018	Tsinghua International School	Beijing	China
2019	Shanghai High School International Division	Shanghai	China
2020	La Salle Green Hills	Mandaluyong	Philippines

Middle School[]

Year	Champion	City	Country
2014	Hong Kong International School	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
2015	Shanghai High School International Division	Shanghai	China
2016	Shanghai High School International Division	Shanghai	China
2017		Parañaque	Philippines
2018	Shanghai High School International Division	Shanghai	China
2019	La Salle Green Hills	Mandaluyong	Philippines
2020	School of the Nations (Macau)	Macau	Macau

International History Bee - Canadian Division Champions[]

Varsity[]

Year	Champion	School	Province
2015	Cameron Amini	Colonel By Secondary School	Ontario
2016	Sheena Li	Lisgar Collegiate Institute	Ontario
2017	Gareth Thorlakson	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2018	Ryan Hamilton	Royal St. George's College	Ontario
2019	Oliver Weizel	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2021	Gabriel McMurren	Glebe Collegiate Institute	Ontario

Junior Varsity[]

Year	Champion	School	Province
2015	Gareth Thorlakson	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2016	Ryan Hamilton	Royal St. George's College	Ontario
2017	Oliver Weizel	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2018	Oliver Weizel	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2019	Vivek Sapru	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2021	Raymond Ha	St. Robert Catholic High School	Ontario

Middle School[]

Year	Champion	School	Province
2015	Darcy Mazloum	Loyola High School	Quebec
2016	Oliver Weizel	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2017	Cameron Miranda-Radbord	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2018	Vivek Sapru	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2019	Sreesa Virinchi	University of Toronto Schools	Ontario
2021	Daniel Li		British Columbia

International History Bowl - Canadian Division Champions[]

Varsity[]

Year	Champion	City	Province
2015	Lisgar Collegiate Institute	Ottawa	Ontario
2016	Lisgar Collegiate Institute	Ottawa	Ontario
2017	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2018	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2019	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2021	Glebe Collegiate Institute	Ottawa	Ontario

Junior Varsity[]

Year	Champion	City	Province
2015	Royal St. George's College	Toronto	Ontario
2016	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2017	Lisgar Collegiate Institute	Ottawa	Ontario
2018	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2019	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2021	Royal St. George's College	Toronto	Ontario

Middle School[]

Year	Champion	City	Province
2015	Selwyn House School	Westmount	Quebec
2016	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2017	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2018	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2019	University of Toronto Schools	Toronto	Ontario
2021	Royal St. George's College	Toronto	Ontario

See also[]

• National History Bee and Bowl

References[]

External links[]

• Official website