Quiz Bowl Improvement Tips
HAL Quiz Bowl Improvement Activities
On-Line Practice Sites:
What You’ve Gotta Know: http://www.naqt.com/YouGottaKnow/ http://www.quizbowldb.com
http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/archive/ http://www.greatauk.com/ http://www.naqt.com/samples/ http://www.quizbowlquestions.com/sample.html
http://www.studenthandouts.com/Quiz-Bowl/01-Literature-Practice-
Questions.html
The Culture Guide Index: http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/culture/
Knowledge Bowl: http://www.knowledgebowl.net
Math and Reading Practice Up to 8 th Grade: http://www.adaptedmind.com/Math-
Worksheets.html?gclid=CKWrvKzelLsCFbE-MgodlHkA2Q
Just google Quiz Bowl Practice material and you find tons of sites to visit and practice.
Definitions:
Palindromes –
a word, phrase, or number that reads the same backward or forward
Spoonerisms -
a humorous mistake in which a speaker switches the first sounds of two or more words
Anagrams –
a word or phrase made by changing the order of the letters in another word or phrase
Logic/Reasoning:
Deductive -
using logic or reason to form a conclusion or opinion about something. Unlike inductive reasoning, which moves from specific evidence to a general conclusion,
deductive reasoning does the opposite; it generally moves from a conclusion to the evidence for that conclusion. In deductive reasoning, on the other hand, we start with the conclusion and then see if the evidence for that conclusion is valid.
Deductive reasoning involves asking:
1.
What is the conclusion?
2.
What evidence supports it?
3. Is that evidence logical?
Inductive -
using particular examples to reach a general conclusion about something or making observations and then drawing conclusions based on those observations. In inductive reasoning, the conclusion has to be "figured out" and we must determine whether or not the conclusion is valid.
Using inductive reasoning generally involves the following questions:
1.
What have you observed? What evidence is available?
2.
What can you conclude from that evidence?
3. Is that conclusion logical?
It's easy to confuse inductive and deductive reasoning, so here's something to help you remember which is which:
Inductive: Evidence · Conclusion (IEC)
Deductive: Conclusion · Evidence (DCE)
What is it? http://www.education.com/study-help/article/workingarguments/ http://library.royalroads.ca/writing-centre/writing/argumentation/buildingargument/types-reasoning-deductive-vs-inductive http://www.psych.utah.edu/gordon/Classes/Psy4905Docs/PsychHistory/Car ds/Logic.html
Practice: http://quizlet.com/15564826/deductiveinductive-reasoning-flashcards/ http://203.166.81.53/higher_education/Connecting%20with%20Law%202E/ interactive_01.html
http://www.assessmentday.co.uk/aptitudetests_logical.htm
Logic Games: Quell app http://www.fallentreegames.com/test/
Brain Games: http://www.lumosity.com
Books that have appeared in Quiz Bowl competition questions:
Free Classics on-line: http://www.read.gov/books/ http://www.classicreader.com
http://www.pagebypagebooks.com
http://www.gutenberg.org
Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Mary Poppins P. L. Travers
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Graham
Rescuers by Disney (movie) http://video.disney.com/watch/rescue-aidsociety-4c5987b1c6319366de4d0871
Shel Silverstein Poems
Something Wicked Comes This Way by Ray Bradbury
Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Tahir Shah
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss
That Was Then, This is Now by S. E. Hinton
Time Machine by by H. G. Wells
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
Uncle Remus tales w/Brer Rabbit, Tar Baby by Joel Chandler Harris
The Walrus and the Carpenter (poem) by Lewis Carroll - attached
Watership Down by Richard Adams
White Fang by Jack London
Additional Things you can do to improve your “value” as a team member : read the newspaper, do word puzzles & riddles, read trivia books, play Brain Quest games, read a book about works of
art & famous artists, read the classics, improve your mental math skills, , and attend every quiz bowl practice session!
Roman Numerals: Chart Attached
Oceans of the World:
http://geography.about.com/od/locateplacesworldwide/tp/fiveoceans.htm
Video: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/parks-and-natureplaces/oceans/oceans-overview/
