Brain Bowl is an academic competition in which Florida Community College teams are pitted against one another. Teams consist of up to six players, only four of whom play at any given time. A moderator reads questions from four subject areas that includes humanities, mathematics, natural science and social sciences. Each area is equally represented. A buzzer system is used to identify the player who buzzes in first. Ten points are awarded for correctly answering the tossup question. The team winning the tossup is eligible to win up to 20 points for correctly answering the followup bonus questions. After 44 questions, the team that has accumulated the most points wins the game.
Brain Bowl varies from Quiz Bowl and other forms in that only academic questions are used.
Read more about Brain Bowl: Florida Brain Bowl Purpose, History and Scholarships, Tournament History, Florida Community College Activities Association
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