Alpha Chi Sigma is your 2018 Science Quiz Bowl champion! The team of juniors and seniors were champions in a long and competitive tournament and came back from an early loss to win it all.
Twenty-nine teams participated in the 15th annual event on April 9, kicking off College of Science & Engineering (CSE) Week at the University of Minnesota.
The runners-up, “Betsy Devos’ Charter School,” were a quick-on-the-buzzer team of PSEO students with quiz bowl experience and tremendous depth of knowledge. The third place team was “Dr. Alkyne and Mr. Halide,” and in fourth place was a random team “ChaRoWuLo,” put together by the “Random Team Generator.”
About Science Quiz Bowl
Science Quiz Bowl is a double-elimination bracket quiz bowl tournament for teams of four to compete over science, pop culture, and miscellaneous trivia. The top teams go home with fabulous prizes. It’s a celebration of CSE students’ curiosity, smarts, and quickness on the buzzer.
The annual event is hosted by the University Libraries and co-sponsored by Imation. Teams of students compete in a friendly quiz bowl-style tournament for prestige, prizes, and science!