CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History (WVDACH) will hold its 15th annual State History Bowl Championship on Tuesday, April 30, at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, in Charleston. Twenty-four teams of eighth graders from 19 schools in 11 counties will vie for the championship title. Activities begin with a general assembly at 9 a.m., followed by the first round of competition at 9:30 a.m.
The double-elimination tournament includes lightning rounds and team rounds featuring questions about state and county culture, geography, government, heritage, history, literature, sports and tourism prepared by the staff of the department’s Archives and History section.
The Archives and History staff developed more than 2,000 questions for its online Quick Quizzes. Teams preparing for the tournament use the Archives and History Daily Trivia and Quick Quizzes as helpful tools from the department’s website https://wvculture.org/agencies/archives-and-history/.
Eighth graders in public, private and home-school education programs are eligible to compete on the four-person teams in double-elimination tournament play. The regional winner and runner-up team from each district and the top eight teams from a play-in competition will compete in the tournament final.
The play-in competition was held to accommodate schools that were unable to compete in their regional round because of inclement weather and school closings. It also was open to all schools throughout the state that wanted to get a second chance in the History Bowl tournament.
For more information, contact Aaron Parsons, director of Archives and History, at (304) 558-0230 or Aaron.P.Parsons@wv.gov.
Competitors include the following teams:
Region 1
Park Middle School (Raleigh County) Team 1, Champion
Mountain View Middle School (Monroe County), Runner-Up
Independence Middle School Team 1 (Raleigh County), Play-In
Park Middle School Team 2 (Raleigh County), Play-In
Peterstown Middle School Team 2 (Monroe County), Play-In
Region 2
Huntington Middle School Team (Cabell County), Champion
Milton Middle School Team (Cabell County), Runner-Up
Region 3
Winfield Middle School (Putnam County), Champion
Bible Center Middle School (Kanawha County), Runner-Up
Madison Middle School (Boone County), Play-In
Region 4
Summersville Middle School (Nicholas County) Team 1, Champion
Summersville Middle School (Nicholas County) Team 2, Runner-Up
Region 5
Edison Middle School (Wood County), Champion
Jackson Middle School (Wood County), Runner-Up
Region 6
Sherrard Middle School Team 2 (Marshall County), Champion
Sherrard Middle School Team 1 (Marshall County), Runner-Up
Cameron High School (Marshall County), Play-In
Region 7
South Middle School Team 1 (Monongalia County), Champion
South Middle School Team 2 (Monongalia County), Runner-Up
Doddridge County Middle School Team 1 (Doddridge County), Play-In
Mountaineer Middle School (Monongalia County), Play-In
Region 8
Keyser Middle School Team 2 (Mineral County), Champion
Frankfort Middle School Team 1 (Mineral County), Runner-Up
Keyser Middle School Team 2 (Mineral County), Play-In