The Colorado-Wyoming Optimist Brain Bowl is a quizbowl type competition. It is presented by the Colorado-Wyoming Optimist Clubs, Denver Public Schools, and Boulder Valley Schools. It has two separate competitions, the North Region and Central Region competitions. It quizzes middle school children (6th, 7th, and 8th grades) on a variety of academic topics. As of 2008, the University of Denver no longer is a sponsor.
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—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
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—Helen Prejean (b. 1940)
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—Bill Bryson (b. 1951)