Baal says,
"Come to BAAL!"
The Bay Area Academic League is back and will soon begin enrolling teams for a seventh season (2008-09) of quiz competition! 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. Matches will start in late October.
The commitment for BAAL
is small (3 nights out of the entire school year), but the benefits are
many! Please note: Teams wishing to participate should register in
October. For questions, more information, or inquiries about how your
school can join BAAL, or to re-register for this season, please email Gaius Stern:
BAAL still costs only $60 per team per year, if you pay on time. We
play from late October through April. Every year, BAAL also runs several NAQT-qualifying one-day
tournaments open to everyone.
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
BAAL tournament rules (NAQT qualifying)
Congratulations to the Bentley School in Lafayette for winning the 2007-08 BAAL championship!