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The University Interscholastic League Academic Contests, also known as UIL Academics, is a series of academic contests offered by the University Interscholastic League in the state of Texas. At the High School level, 30 contests are offered. At the Middle and Elementary School levels, 20 contests are offered.
Standardized quiz bowl formats are played by primary school, middle school, high school, and university students throughout North America, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa. [2] Quiz bowl competitions are typically played with a lockout buzzer system [1] between at least two teams, usually consisting of four players each.
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC is a question-writing and quiz bowl tournament-organizing company founded by former players in 1996. It is unique among U.S. quiz organizations for supplying questions and hosting championships at the middle school, high school, and college levels.
Public School extra-curricular activities, which includes marching band, are governed by the University Interscholastic League, or UIL. UIL holds a series of contests every fall in order to determine the state champion for High School Marching Bands. The state is divided up into 6 categories for high schools, 1A to 6A.
The National Science Bowl (NSB) is a high school and middle school science knowledge competition, using a quiz bowl format, held in the United States. A buzzer system similar to those seen on popular television game shows is used to signal an answer.
The current highest individual score is 9,707.9, achieved by Hannah Lee from Wakeland High School at the 2019 Texas state competition. State champion scores vary greatly from year to year. As an example, for the 2002–03 season, scores ranged from 24,785 to 49,910 points. [ 115 ]
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Olympiad – A competition based on exams to test the students' knowledge in one or more areas of knowledge, in a similar way to school exams. The topic, environment of application and awarding method of the exams may vary from olympiad to olympiad. Math and science competitions like the IMO, the USAMO and the IPhO fall into this category.