Baal says,
"Come to BAAL!"
The Bay Area Academic League is back and will soon begin enrolling teams for an eighth season (2009-10) of quiz competition! This year BAAL will modify its normal calendar. We will try to run weeknight matches on 25 Feb for East Bay (location: San Leandro High) and 1 March for the Peninsula (location: Menlo School). Latest revisions to the schedule can be found here . Each night will feature 4 matches. BAAL gives your school the opportunity to showcase its quizbowl knowledge, talents, and skills. Since 2006-07 BAAL has been the largest quizbowl competition in the SF Bay Area with as many as 56 teams. This year, BAAL plans to reward existing teams that recruit new schools to join the BAAL circuit with a recruitment bonus.
The commitment for BAAL
is small (1 or 2 nights out of the entire school year), but the benefits are many! Please note: Teams wishing to participate should register as soon as possible. For questions, more information, or inquiries about how your school can join BAAL, or to re-register for this season, please email Gaius Stern:
This year BAAL will cost $60, and if you participate in the weeknight match(es) BAAL will give you a $10 discount towards the NAQT No CA state
Championship (to be held by BAAL between 1-11 April), location TBA.
Quiz Bowl is an academic knowledge / trivia game played by teams of four with a buzzer system. Players signal to answer open
"toss-up" questions from all academic areas (art, history,
literature, math, science), plus pop culture from current events to
sports. On bonus questions, the whole team confers to earn
additional points.
BAAL is a great activity for those schools looking to compete in academic style competitions or even for those already participating in other Bay Area events such as Quiz Kids, Academic Decathlon, or Science Bowl. The difference is that BAAL runs many quizbowl events every year and allows schools to enter multiple teams at all BAAL events.
BAAL format and rules
Congratulations to University High School for winning the 2008-09 BAAL championship!