The ULM Honors Quiz Bowl will be held Saturday, Feb. 23 in the ULM Conference Center (Library, seventh floor). Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the tournament will conclude at approximately 12:30 p.m. with the awards ceremony.

The tournament will maintain a single elimination format with area high school teams being randomly assigned to an initial match time and opponent. Each match will consist of four rounds: a 10-question toss-up round, two 60-second lightning rounds, a two-minute worksheet round, and a 10-question toss-up bonus round. An over-all 25-minute time limit will be placed on each match.

ULM faculty participating are:

• Dr. Jeffrey Cass, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences—Keynote Speaker
• Deanna Buczala—Quiz Bowl Co-Chair
• Dr. Gene Eller—Reader
• Dr. Bob Eisenstadt—Reader
• Dr. Stephen Fox—Reader
• Dr. Rebecca Stephens—Reader
• Dr. Christian Rubio—Judge
• Dr. Monica Bontty—Participate
• Megan Lowe—Reader
• Dr. Jack Palmer—Judge

For more information, contact Dr. Ralph W. Brown III, Honors Quiz Bowl co-chair and ULM associate professor of history, at: (318) 342-1088 or at rbrown@ulm.edu.




ULM practicum student Josh Carroll contributed to this release.