The International History Bee and Bowl is excited to announce the start of its 2019-2020 competition season! This is IHBB's ninth year of organizing history quiz tournaments throughout Asia, and it promises to be our most memorable year yet. Our 2020 Asian Championships are already set for the end of May at Seoul Foreign School in Korea, to be followed next July by the 2020 International History Olympiad and [...]
The Carnival Fascination: host ship of the 2020 Intl. History Olympiad & Intl. Geography Bee World Championships International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce that registration is now open for its two most prestigious events: the 2020 International History Olympiad and the 2020 International Geography Bee World Championships! Both the Olympiad and IGB Worlds will take place next summer on a week-long Caribbean cruise on board the [...]
Hwa Chong Institution from Singapore won the Varsity History Bowl at the 2019 Asian Championships. International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce that its 2020 Asian Championships will take place at Seoul Foreign School in Seoul, South Korea on Friday-Sunday, May 29-31, 2020! South Korea will be the fourth country to host our Asian Championships which heretofore have taken place in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Thailand. The [...]
International Academic Competitions is delighted to welcome a record 60 teams to its 2019 International History Bee and Bowl Asian Championships at the JW Marriott Resort and Spa in Khao Lak, Thailand! This is the largest known quiz bowl competition to date in Asia, and we are excited to have the top history scholars throughout Asia competing from June 14-16. Please see the links below for statistics on the [...]
Point Avenue and IHBB are teaming up to bring the International History Bee and Bowl to Vietnam. IHBB is delighted to announce a new partnership with Point Avenue, the leading private educational company for providing university admissions consulting and enrichment activities to students in Vietnam. In conjunction with Point Avenue, IHBB will hold at least one tournament in Vietnam in spring 2019 (in Hanoi), and possibly a tournament [...]
Beginning this academic year, International Academic Competitions is pleased to announce a new round of buzzer-based quiz tournaments across Asia, which will take the form of Regional Quiz Tournaments for the International Geography Bee! Since 2014, the International History Bee and Bowl has offered the chance for students attending tournaments to take the Qualifying Exam for the International Geography Bee (whose Asian Championships are held in conjunction with the [...]
IHBB Executive Director David Madden (center) visits with the Seoul Foreign School team, and their coach, Michael Harvey (right) on September 26. The International History Bee and Bowl's staff is visiting schools throughout Asia during September and October, with stops planned in Korea, Japan, Thailand, China, UAE, Qatar, and Singapore! If you and your school are new to our tournaments and would be interested in having our [...]