2006 Georgetown University History Bowl for European History Students

March 18, 2006
Hosted by Beta Pi Chapter, Phi Alpha Theta

WELCOME!!!

Registration for the 2006 History Bowl is now closed. The ten teams that will compete in the tournament this year are the following:

• Calvert Hall College High School (Baltimore, Maryland)
• Commonwealth Governor's School (Spotsylvania, Virginia)
• Damascus High School (Damascus, Maryland)
• Georgetown Preparatory School (North Bethesda, Maryland)
• Mount Saint Joseph High School (Baltimore, Maryland)
• North County High School (Glen Burnie, Maryland)
• Paul VI Catholic High School (Fairfax, Virginia)
• St. Anselm's Abbey School (Washington, D.C.)
• Severna Park High School (Severna Park, Maryland)
• Yorktown High School (Arlington, Virginia)
  

General Description

The Georgetown University History Bowl will be a College Bowl-style academic tournament for local students enrolled in European History courses. It will consist of 11 round-robin rounds with one bye per team. Each round will last approximately 30 minutes and will consist of 15 toss-up questions, each with a bonus question, covering all areas of European history from the High Renaissance to the outbreak of World War I. Each team may play only four students in a given round, but teams can include up to four additional students to serve as alternates.

Schedule

For the basic schedule for the day, please click this link.

 
Questions?

For more information, contact Professor Sandra Horvath-Peterson at horvaths@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-6195.

About Phi Alpha Theta and Beta Pi Chapter

Phi Alpha Theta is the national collegiate honor society for history. It was founded in 1921 at the University of Arkansas and has grown to include 830 chapters at colleges and universities around the country. Its active members are upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professors.

Georgetown's chapter of the honor society, Beta Pi chapter, was founded in 1948 and is the oldest chapter in Phi Alpha Theta's Mid-Atlantic (Maryland-Delaware-Washington, D.C.) region. Former President Bill Clinton became a member of Beta Pi Chapter in 1967 when he was an undergraduate at Georgetown. Phi Alpha Theta members gather during the academic year for various activities that have some relation to history. For example, Beta Pi chapter hosts a Halloween screening of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and lecture on Vlad Tepes, walking tours of historic Georgetown, and a Research Series where advanced undergraduates and doctoral students help critique drafts of each other's historical writing. It also takes students to the annual Mid-Atlantic Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference, where Beta Pi members have a tradition of winning "best paper" prizes.

You can find more information about Phi Alpha Theta and its Georgetown chapter here.