The Academic Quiz Bowl Team, better known as BoB Squad for Battle of the Brains, participates in local, regional, state & national quiz bowl competitions. The team fields a team for the Channel 6 (WTVR) Battle of the Brains high school show. The team prepares from June to November for the tournament it hosts in December called GSAC, the Governor’s School Academic Competition, a tournament among mid-Atlantic area quiz bowl teams which raises money for the Maggie Walker team. Team members meet during lunch most days, and area tournaments occur throughout the year. National championship tournaments occur from April to June.
Sponsored by Ms. Hana Reed and assisted by Ms. Juanita Lasswell, the winning team members are Will Overman, Patrick Canteros, Connor Wood and Parth Kotak .
The team has won States 6 times since 1998, including 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years. The team also came in 2nd place 9 times since 1999. (Any year that they did not get 1st, it was TJHSST that won!)
Upcoming team events:
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- National History Bee & Bowl
- NAQT (National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC) High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT), and
- PACE (Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence) National Scholastic Championship (NSC)
