BHS Ready to Defend History Bowl Title

Published February 17, 2017

The Battle of the Minds competition returns Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m. at Brentwood City Hall and nine Williamson County High Schools will be competing.

Sponsored by the Brentwood Historic Commission, this program stimulates awareness and a love for American history in young people. The History Bowl format provides an exciting and fun event for area high school students.

The history bowl is similar to the TV show, ‘Jeopardy’ and is made up of a total of four fast-paced rounds with the students buzzing in to answer. There is also a final question on which they can confer and risk some points. There are a total of 130 questions.

This year there will be teams from Brentwood High, Centennial High, Fairview High, Franklin High, Independence High, Page High, Ravenwood High, Summit High and Nolensville High.

Brentwood High School currently holds the trophy from last year’s event. The trophy will move on to this year’s winning school and kept there throughout the school year. The top three teams will win cash prizes.

For the first time, this year’s event will be LIVE streamed online. The link can be found here. (Please note, you will not see anything on this link until Thursday, February 23rd at 7 p.m.) A rebroadcast will also be available in the weeks following the event on Brentwood Comcast Cable Channel 19 or on the city’s website.