Coach Gary Kleinknecht

Knowledge Bowl is a question and answer academic team contest.

Teams begin a tournament by taking a 60 question multiple choice test. After the tests are scored, the teams are arranged in "power" groups of three teams. The first group consists of the three teams with the top test scores, the second group consists of the the three teams with the next highest scores and so on. The groups then answer 60 oral questions and the number of questions answered correctly is added to their written test score to determine team rank. Teams are then arranged into new "power" groups. The oral round process is repeated two more times and the team with the highest combined score wins the tournament.

A broad range of knowledge, acute listening skills, and the ability to analyze questions and anticipate what the question is asking are key to Knowledge Bowl success.

In nine years of Knowledge Bowl competition Kamiakin teams have competed in the Washington State tournament each year, been state champions five times and placed second once.

TEAM MEMBERS

Alex		Chris
Cory		David
Derek		Erik
Erin		Josh
Kevin		Kyle
Max		Sarah
Sharon		Tara

SCHEDULE

OCT. 24TH: AT KENNEWICK: ALL TEAMS.

NOV. 7TH: AT HANFORD: ALL TEAMS.

NOV. 18TH: CHARLES WRIGHT INVITATIONAL, VARSITY AND JV.

DEC. 6TH: AT WALLA WALLA: TOP TEAM ONLY.

JAN. 10TH: AT PASCO: ALL TEAMS.

FEB. 13TH: KAMIAKIN HOSTS TOP 2 TEAMS FROM ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN WA.

MARCH 6TH: REGIONAL TOURNAMENT AT WALLA WALLA. TOP TEAM ONLY. 1ST AND 2ND PLACES GO TO STATE.

MARCH 24TH: STATE TOURNAMENT AT CAMAS HIGH SCHOOL.

SCORES

FIRST TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR ON 10-24-2000:

PLACE	SCHOOL			SCORE
1st	Kamiakin #1			124 (Kevin, Alex, Chris, Derek, and Max.)
2nd	Kennewick #2			102
3rd	Kennewick #1			97
4th	Kamiakin #3			92 (Erin, Erik, Sarah, and Josh.)
5th	Kamiakin #2			88 (Kyle, Sharon, Tara, Cory, and David.)
6th	Othello			87
6th	Connell #1			87
8th	Kennewick #3			86
9th	Southridge #1			85
10th	Connell #2			81
11th	Kennewick #4			76
12th	Pasco			75
13th	Kennewick #5			72
14th	Southridge #2			62
15th	Connell #3			48

Kamiakin's #1 team got 55 of 60 questions correct, (best of tournament).

SECOND TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR ON 11-7-2000:

SCHOOL		TOTAL SCORE
Kamiakin #1		122
Kamiakin #2		94
Richland #1		93
Hanford #1		88
Walla Walla #2		85
Walla Walla #3		84
Kamiakin #3		81
Southridge #3		80
Hanford #2		79
Walla Walla #1		79
Southridge #2		78
Richland #2		77
Burbank #1		74
Hanford #3		72
Richland #3		62
Burbank #2		59
Southridge #1		57
Burbank #3		51

THIRD TOURNAMENT OF THE YEAR ON 11-18-2000:

VARSITY
SCHOOL	PLACE
Kamiakin #1	First Place (Chris, Alex and Kevin).
Kennewick #1	Second Place.
Enumclaw #1	Third Place.
JUNIOR VARSITY
SCHOOL	PLACE	FINALS
Kamiakin	Third Place (Sarah, Erik, Kyle and Tara.	A Finals.
Kamiakin	Second Place (Josh, Cory, Sharon and David).	B Finals.

KAMIAKIN KNOWLEDGE BOWL IN ACTION

"Taking a break after a successful test."

"Sometimes thinking is painful."

"Concentration."

"Is that really the answer?"

This site was developed by Derek Charles Caudill