Knowledge Bowl is an athletic event for the mind, providing a high energy atmosphere as teams huddle together to plot strategies and pull together plans and answers that result in scored points.

Knowledge Bowl is an opportunity for high school teams to test their knowledge on science, astronomy, literature, math, current events, history, and a wide array of other subjects. Not unlike an athletic event, this friendly academic competition offers opportunities for students to master their team building skills, participate in a competitive test of their academic knowledge, and interact with students from other schools in the region.

The activities involve practice meets that begin in late fall and continue until the Regional Knowledge Bowl meets early in the spring, when teams compete for advancement to their division's State Knowledge Bowl competition. Each team is comprised of up to six students who compete in an opening group-answer written round, followed by a series of oral rounds.

Congratulations to our region's two trophy-winning teams at State during March of 2007:
• Riverside Christian – 3rd place at the State 2B Tournament
• Selah High School – 4th place at the State 2A Tournament

ESD 105 has hosted Knowledge Bowl competition in the region since 2003-2004. (Our first regional competition was held December 11, 2003.)

2007-2008 Participating Schools & Contact Info:

Competition Schedule for 2007-2008:

Results from Meet #1 (Nov. 13, 2007):
1. Riverside Christian 2 — 70 total (36 written round; 34 orals)
1. Riverside Christian 3 — 70 total (43 written round; 27 orals)
3. Riverside Christian 1 — 68 total (42 written round; 26 orals)
4. Toppenish — 65 total (39 written round; 26 orals)
5. Selah 2 — 64 total (34 written round; 30 orals)
6. East Valley 1 — 59 total (32 written round; 27 orals)
7. East Valley 2 — 47 total (27 written round; 20 orals)
8. Cle Elum-Roslyn — 46 total (37 written round; 9 orals)
9. Selah 1 — 44 total (30 written round; 14 orals)
10. Grandview — 36 total (31 written round; 5 orals)
11. Mt. Adams 2 — 31 total (24 written round; 7 orals)
12. Mt. Adams 1 — 29 total (24 written round; 5 orals)

Results from Meet #2 (Dec. 10, 2007):
1. Riverside Christian 1 — 74 total (42 written round; 32 orals)
2. Riverside Christian 2 — 73 total (36 written round; 37 orals)
3. Riverside Christian 3 — 69 total (40 written round; 29 orals)
4. Selah 1 — 68 total (40 written round; 28 orals)
4. Toppenish — 68 total (39 written round; 29 orals)
4. West Valley 2 — 68 total (41 written round; 27 orals)
7. West Valley 1 — 61 total (38 written round; 23 orals)
8. East Valley 1 — 55 total (33 written round; 22 orals)
9. Selah 2 — 54 total (32 written round; 22 orals)
9. West Valley — 54 total (35 written round; 19 orals)
11. Grandview — 45 total (27 written round; 18 orals)
11. Cle Elum-Roslyn — 45 total (30 written round; 15 orals)
13. White Swan 1 — 41 total (26 written round; 15 orals)
13. Wapato 2 — 41 total (28 written round; 13 orals)
15. East Valley 2 — 38 total (30 written round; 8 orals)
15. Wapato 1 — 38 total (27 written round; 11 orals)
17. White Swan 2 — 32 total (23 written round; 9 orals)

Results from Meet #3 (Jan. 16, 2008):
1. Riverside Christian 1 — 77 total (46 written round; 31 orals)
2. West Valley 2 — 73 total (40 written round; 33 orals)
3. Ellensburg 1 — 72 total (38 written round; 34 orals)
4. Riverside Christian 2 — 71 total (39 written round; 32 orals)
5. Riverside Christian 3 — 70 total (37 written round; 33 orals)
6. West Valley 1 — 64 total (40 written round; 24 orals)
7. Selah 2 — 61 total (35 written round; 26 orals)
8. Toppenish 1 — 58 total (39 written round; 19 orals)
9. Toppenish 2 — 55 total (35 written round; 20 orals)
10. Selah 3 — 53 total (34 written round; 19 orals)
10. West Valley 3 — 53 total (29 written round; 24 orals)
12. East Valley 2 — 51 total (32 written round; 19 orals)
13. Ellensburg 2 — 48 total (31 written round; 17 orals)
14. Cle Elum-Roslyn — 45 total (31 written round; 14 orals)
15. White Swan — 43 total (29 written round; 14 orals)
16. Wapato — 42 total (23 written round; 19 orals)
17. Selah 1 — 41 total (33 written round; 8 orals)
17. Easton — 38 total (31 written round; 7 orals)
19. Grandview 2 — 38 total (27 written round; 11 orals)
20. East Valley 1 — 37 total (24 written round; 13 orals)
21. Grandview 1 — 21 total (19 written round; 2 orals)

Results from Meet #4 (Feb. 12, 2008):
1. Riverside Christian 1 — 77 total (41 written round; 36 orals)
2. West Valley 1 — 73 total (42 written round; 31 orals)
2. Selah 1 — 73 total (37 written round; 36 orals)
4. Ellensburg 3 — 67 total (30 written round; 327 orals)
5. Toppenish — 66 total (44 written round; 22 orals)
6. West Valley 2— 62 total (32 written round; 30 orals)
7. Ellensburg 2 — 61 total (30 written round; 31 orals)
8. Riverside Christian 2 — 55 total (33 written round; 22 orals)
9. East Valley 2 — 53 total (30 written round; 23 orals)
10. Cle Elum — 52 total (27 written round; 25 orals)
11. Ellensburg 1 — 49 total (30 written round; 29 orals)
12. West Valley 3 — 46 total (27 written round; 19 orals)
13. Selah 2 — 45 total (22 written round; 23 orals)
13. Riverside Christian 3 — 45 total (33 written round; 12 orals)
15. White Swan — 34 total (24 written round; 10 orals)
16. Grandview — 33 total (23 written round; 10 orals)
17. Easton — 32 total (23 written round; 9 orals)
18. East Valley 1 — 31 total (19 written round; 12 orals)

State qualifiers from Regional meet (Feb. 20, 2008):
2B: Riverside Christian — 102 points (47 written, 55 oral)
1A: Cle Elum-Roslyn — 73 points (33 written, 40 oral)
2A: Ellensburg — 93 points (50 written, 43 oral)
Selah — 86 points (45 written, 41 oral)
3A: West Valley — 80 points (41 written, 39 oral)

Other participants at Regional meet:
1A: White Swan — 33 points (20 written, 13 oral)
2A: Toppenish — 80 points (48 written, 32 oral)
East Valley — 61 points (30 written, 31 oral
Grandview — 46 points (32 written, 14 oral)
Wapato — 43 points (27 written, 16 oral)

State meet results (March 22, 2008):
• Riverside Christian — 3rd place among 18 2B teams
• Ellensburg — 6th place among 18 2A teams
• Other regional participants at the State meets in Spokane and Camas: Cle Elum-Roslyn (1A), Selah (2A), and West Valley (3A)

Knowledge Bowl Program Contact Information: