WAYNE – The annual KTCH Quiz Bowl returns to the airwaves of Big Red Country 104.9 and waynedailynews.com in early January.
The Quiz Bowl will feature 64 teams in a single elimination format with first round matches set to begin on Tuesday, January 7, 2020. The 2020 consolation round will be March 2 and championship match on March 3.
Week one matches will be held from Tuesday, January 7 – Friday, January 10 before the following weeks will have quiz bowl matches Monday through Thursday and Friday’s used for rescheduling dates.
Last year Schuyler defeated Shelby-Rising City in the championship match while St. Edward won against Tekamah-Herman in the consolation round in early March of 2019.
Each match will be limited to three rounds with the team leading after three rounds will be declared the winner unless tied. The match will then go to sudden death one round at a time. Each team will have 15 seconds to answer the question with students getting 30 seconds to calculate match problems.
All matches will be aired on Big Red Country ‘KTCH’ 104.9 and waynedailynews.com at 9:30 or 10:30 a.m.
Participating teams: 2020 Quiz Bowl Bracket 12-31-19
Allen, Arlington, Battle Creek, Bloomfield, Boone Central, Chambers, Clarkson, Clearwater, Columbus High, Columbus Scotus, Creighton, Crofton, David City, David Aquinas, Elgin, Elkhorn Valley, Emerson-Hubbard, Fullerton, GACC, Hartington Cedar Catholic, Homer, Howells-Dodge, Humphrey, Humphrey St. Francis, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, Leigh, Lindsay Holy Family, Logan View, Lutheran High Northeast, Lyons-Decatur, Madison, Neligh-Oakdale, Newman Grove, Niobrara, Norfolk Catholic, Norfolk High, Oakland-Craig, O’Neill, Orchard, Osceola, Pender, Pierce, Plainview, Pope John, Randolph, Schuyler Central, Scribner-Snyder, Shelby-Rising City, Stanton, South Sioux City, St. Edward, St. Mary’s of O’Neill, Tekamah-Herman, Verdigre, Wahoo, Wakefield, Wausa, Wayne, West Holt, West Point-Beemer, Wheeler Central, Winnebago, Winside and Wisner-Pilger.