Sponsorship & Prizes
Another unique fixture of this tournament are the resources committed by corporate and government sponsorship. Since its inception, the tournament has been sponsored by the school systems of the Florida counties of Pinellas and Polk, with the Florida Department of Education joining in the tournament's third year. Herff Jones and Publix Supermarkets have also been sponsors since the first year of the tournament.
From 1992 to 2008, Panasonic had been the title sponsor of the event. The Pepsi Bottling Group has also been a longtime sponsor.
This corporate sponsorship allows for one of the largest prize packages in high school quizbowl. The top six teams each earn trophies, which are sent to the governors of the respective states or territories. The members of each of the top three teams earn scholarships ($2000, $1000, and $500 per team member, respectively), and earn championship rings. An "all-tournament" team is selected based on geography and individual performance in the first round of competition. These players earn medals and scholarship money.
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—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)