Iolani School in Honolulu was the setting for the first-ever held statewide National History Bowl and Bee. The event, sponsored by History Education Hawaii, Inc., an allied organization of the National Council for History Education, was held on December 17. It was organized and facilitated by Dave Madden, founder of the National History Bowl and Bee.
Participating schools included Waianae High School, Iolani School and a student from the island of Kauai representing Hawaii Technology Academy.
The National History Bowl is an interscholastic team history competition with a quiz bowl format. From Oct. 2011-Mar. 2012, students across the nation are scheduled compete in teams at the regional-level tournaments, with the top teams qualifying for the National Championships in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 28, 2012. The National History Bowl is a competition for teams of students.
The History Bowl competition consisted of teams of up to four students.
Students competed with buzzers in a system of four sets of questions. In addition to rote memorization, the questions sometimes required students to utilize critical and analytical thinking skills to establish connections from pieces of information to correctly answer the questions.
In the Varsity Bowl Division the 'Iolani team of Ken-Ben Chao (13), Keke Liu (13), Jason Loui (13), and Michael Mow (13) won in the final round by beating the 'Iolani team of Courtney Kobata (13), Eden Koo (13), James Teruya (13), and Nick Yim (13).
The Junior Varsity Division is for students in tenth grade or below. Here the 'Iolani team of Kenneth Lee (14), Nick Lee (15), and Spencer Oshita (15) defeat their opponent, Andy Anderton of Hawaii Technology Academy.
In the History Bee students compete as individuals to answer questions. In the Varsity Bee Division Ken-Ben Chao (13) won the first place plaque by defeating Jason Loui (13) in the final round. In the Junior Varsity Division, Kenneth Lee (14) defeated Matthew Beattie-Callahan (14) for the title.
The team is coached by 'Iolani History teacher, John Bickel and plans to attend the national competition in Washington, D.C., April 27 -29.
The competition was attended by NCHE Hawaii Liaison Jeffrey Bingham Mead.
“This is just the beginning,” Mead said. “These competing students were among the most enthused about the subject of history I’ve met in some time. They were passionate throughout the competition, the questions and about history. Their instructors have clearly imparted in these students a love for the subject. I look forward to more competitions in the years ahead.”
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