Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet
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The Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet is an annual, two-day event sponsored by the Minnesota Service Cooperatives, which is Minnesota's governing body of Knowledge Bowl
. The State Meet is held in April at Cragun's Resort, located in Brainerd
.
The first day of the State Knowledge Bowl Meet begins in the evening with a banquet, at which all the teams are introduced. Following the banquet is the written round which consists of 60 questions. Once the written rounds are scored, the teams are ranked. In the event of a tie after the written round, certain questions will be used to break the tie. The state meet is "power-ranked," that is, teams are grouped together by their current standing as follows:
Teams are power ranked for five, 45-question oral rounds. At then end, the team with the highest total score is the State Champion. The top 3 teams receive trophies, and the top 6 teams receive medals. If there is a tie among the top 6 following the fifth and final oral round, it is broken by a 15-question "overtime." The Heritage Spirit Award is given to one team from each class that demonstrates a positive attitude and sportsmanship as voted on by the readers, computer operators, coaches, and other teams.
Prior to 2000, there was a "championship round," in which the top three teams (after five oral rounds) competed head-to-head to determine who would be champion.
Furthermore, the state meet was not split into two classes until 1996.
Regarding how the State Tournament ended up in the Brainerd resort area, former Metro ECSU Knowledge Bowl coordinator Marilyn McGowan says "It all hinges on a measles outbreak in Thief River Falls the year the tournament was to be held there and the state health department said we would have to cancel our plans to have it there. Thus, at the last minute, it was moved to Cragun's. The original plan was to have each ECSU region host it with it being held throughout the state. However, it worked so well holding it in a resort without the temptations of a city, that it has been held at a Brainerd lakes resort ever since the episode with the measles outbreak. We have also been at Madden's and Breezy Point."
The 1984 tournament had five oral rounds like today's, but in 1986 and 1987 only four oral rounds were played (in addition to the written round and championship round). In 1991 and before, oral rounds consisted of 60 questions. In 1992 the change was made to 45 questions per round.
Knowledge Bowl
Knowledge Bowl is an interdisciplinary academic competition involving teams of four to six students trying to answer questions in a written round and several oral rounds. No team is eliminated in this event, and every team participates in every round...
. The State Meet is held in April at Cragun's Resort, located in Brainerd
Brainerd, Minnesota
Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,590 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County and one of the largest cities in Central Minnesota...
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Format
The 48 teams that qualify for the Minnesota State Knowledge Bowl Meet are ordered by enrollment size and then are evenly divided, with the larger 24 schools in Class AA, and the smaller 24 schools in Class A. All schools from the Metro Region (Region XI) are automatically placed in Class AA. If one private school qualifies, it is automatically placed in Class AA, regardless of size. If two private schools qualify, the larger is placed in Class AA, and the smaller in Class A. If three private schools qualify, the larger two are placed in Class AA, and the smallest is placed in Class A, and so on.The first day of the State Knowledge Bowl Meet begins in the evening with a banquet, at which all the teams are introduced. Following the banquet is the written round which consists of 60 questions. Once the written rounds are scored, the teams are ranked. In the event of a tie after the written round, certain questions will be used to break the tie. The state meet is "power-ranked," that is, teams are grouped together by their current standing as follows:
- Room 1: #1-2-3
- Room 2: #4-5-6
- Room 3: #7-8-9
- Room 4: #10-11-12
- Room 5: #13-14-15
- Room 6: #16-17-18
- Room 7: #19-20-21
- Room 8: #22-23-24
Teams are power ranked for five, 45-question oral rounds. At then end, the team with the highest total score is the State Champion. The top 3 teams receive trophies, and the top 6 teams receive medals. If there is a tie among the top 6 following the fifth and final oral round, it is broken by a 15-question "overtime." The Heritage Spirit Award is given to one team from each class that demonstrates a positive attitude and sportsmanship as voted on by the readers, computer operators, coaches, and other teams.
Historical Format
In 2007, the State Tournament began using strength-of-schedule, or "SOS". After the last oral rounds, teams receive receive 1.5 extra points for each round they have competed in the top room, 1 extra point for each round in the second room, and 0.5 extra points for each round in the third room. This was done both to help break ties and to recognize that scoring points is harder in top rooms.Prior to 2000, there was a "championship round," in which the top three teams (after five oral rounds) competed head-to-head to determine who would be champion.
Furthermore, the state meet was not split into two classes until 1996.
Regarding how the State Tournament ended up in the Brainerd resort area, former Metro ECSU Knowledge Bowl coordinator Marilyn McGowan says "It all hinges on a measles outbreak in Thief River Falls the year the tournament was to be held there and the state health department said we would have to cancel our plans to have it there. Thus, at the last minute, it was moved to Cragun's. The original plan was to have each ECSU region host it with it being held throughout the state. However, it worked so well holding it in a resort without the temptations of a city, that it has been held at a Brainerd lakes resort ever since the episode with the measles outbreak. We have also been at Madden's and Breezy Point."
The 1984 tournament had five oral rounds like today's, but in 1986 and 1987 only four oral rounds were played (in addition to the written round and championship round). In 1991 and before, oral rounds consisted of 60 questions. In 1992 the change was made to 45 questions per round.
Past State Champions and Runners-up
Blanks indicate incomplete records. A second score by a team name indicates score in championship round (through 1999) or score in tiebreaker round (2000 and after).| Year/Tier | First Place | Second Place | Third Place | Fourth Place | Fifth Place | Sixth Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Fergus Falls Fergus Falls Senior High School Fergus Falls Senior High School is the American high school located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. It currently serves over 1600 students and is a part of the Fergus Falls Public Schools system. The official school colors are maroon and gold and the athletic teams are known as "The Otters"... |
Duluth Cathedral | ||||
| 1983 | Fergus Falls | Duluth Cathedral | ||||
| 1984 | Fergus Falls (171) | Hibbing II (157) | Brainerd Brainerd High School (Minnesota) Brainerd High School is a public high school in Brainerd, Minnesota serving grades 10-12. It was designed by Stegner, Hendrickson, & McNutt. Ninth grade is served by the "south campus."... (151) |
Moorhead Moorhead High School Moorhead High School is a secondary school in Moorhead, Minnesota. Established in 1883, the school serves approximately 1600 students in grades 9-12.-Extracurricular activities:... (151) |
Maynard (146) | Princeton (145) |
| 1985 | Fergus Falls (__) | Hibbing (__) | ||||
| 1986 | Little Falls (132, 17) | Moorhead 1 (136, 15) | Apple Valley Apple Valley High School (Minnesota) Apple Valley High School, commonly referred to as AVHS, is a public four-year high school in Apple Valley, Minnesota. It is a part of Independent School District 196 . It is also affiliated with the Minnesota State High School League... (122, 13) |
Melrose (122) | Chaska Chaska High School Chaska Senior High School is a public high school located in Chaska, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. CHS is a 9th-12 grade school; About 1042 students attend CHS.... (120) |
Cambridge (116) |
| 1987 | Duluth Cathedral (136, __) | Rosemount Rosemount High School Rosemount High School is a public four-year high school in Rosemount, Minnesota founded in 1918. The school is a member of Minnesota Independent School District 196... /Apple Valley (129, __) |
Perham (123, __) | Atwater/Grove City (119) | International Falls Falls High School Falls High School is a public high school located in International Falls, Minnesota. The school's class ring design is the oldest class ring tradition in the United States, dating back to 1929.... (118) |
Duluth East East High School (Duluth, Minnesota) East High School is the largest of three public secondary schools in Duluth, Minnesota. It educates students in grades nine through twelve. It first opened its doors in 1927, as a junior high school... (116) |
| 1988 | Moorhead (__) | Elk River (__) | Motley (__) | |||
| 1989 | Northfield (__) | Moorhead (__) | Sebeka Sebeka High School Sebeka High School is a public high school in Sebeka, Minnesota serving grades 7–12. The high school is part of Sebeka Public School , and is contained within the same building as the elementary school... (__) |
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| 1990 | Greenbush (__) | Moorhead (__) | Northfield (__) | |||
| 1991 | Bemidji Bemidji High School Bemidji High School is a public high school in Bemidji, Minnesota. The school is situated on a campus two miles west of downtown Bemidji. The Mississippi River runs behind the high school... (137, __) |
Moorhead (147, __) | St. Cloud Apollo Apollo High School (St. Cloud, Minnesota) Apollo Senior High School is a high school located at 1000 44th Ave N. in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. Apollo is one of St. Cloud's two public high schools, the other being Technical Senior High School.- Meaning of name :... (138, __) |
Staples/Motley (132) | Fergus Falls (129) | New London/Spicer (128) |
| 1992 | Chaska 1 Chaska High School Chaska Senior High School is a public high school located in Chaska, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. CHS is a 9th-12 grade school; About 1042 students attend CHS.... (122, 22) |
Duluth East (126, 11) | Centennial (122, 5) | Chaska 2 (121) | MACCRAY MACCRAY High School MACCRAY High School is a public high school located in Clara City, Minnesota. It is part of the MACCRAY school district, a consolidation between Maynard, Clara City, and Raymond to create one unified school district.... (118) |
Jefferson Jefferson High School (Alexandria, Minnesota) For schools with a similar name, see Jefferson High School.Jefferson High School is a public high school located in Alexandria, Minnesota.-Academics:... (117) |
| 1993 | Chaska Purple (124, 16) | Chaska Gold (122, 12) | Moorhead Orange (128, 6) | Moorhead Black (119) | Jefferson (118) | St. John's Prep Saint John's Preparatory School (Collegeville, Minnesota) Founded in 1857, Saint John’s Preparatory School is a Catholic/Benedictine, co-educational, day and boarding college preparatory school located in Collegeville, Minnesota. The school includes a Middle School consisting of grades 6-8 and an Upper School consisting of grades 9-12... (117) |
| 1994 | Moorhead Black (114, __) | Chaska (114, __) | MACCRAY (117, __) | Fairmont (111) | Perham (109) | St. Thomas Academy Saint Thomas Academy Saint Thomas Academy , originally known as Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary, and formerly known as Saint Thomas Military Academy is the only all male, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, military high school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota Heights near Saint Paul... (107) |
| 1995 | Chaska (129, __) | Hibbing (117, __) | Cannon Falls (121, __) | Blake (115) | Fairmont (115) | St. Thomas Academy (115) |
| 1996 A | Grygla (115, 19) | Sartell Sartell High School Sartell High School is a public high school in Sartell, Minnesota. The school was constructed in 1993.... (115, 11) |
Fisher (115, 8) | Litchfield (114) | Murray County Central (109) | Cannon Falls (107) |
| 1996 AA | Hibbing (124, 19) | Chaska Gold (126, 11) | St. Cloud Tech Technical Senior School Technical Senior High School is located at 233 12th Avenue South in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. It is one of St. Cloud's two major public high schools, the other being Apollo. The school's first building was built in 1917, with another building added in the 1970s to handle the student population. There... (120, 10) |
Blake (114) | Northfield (112) | Cretin-Derham Hall Cretin-Derham Hall High School Cretin-Derham Hall High School is a private, co-educational Catholic high school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, it is co-sponsored by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet... (111) |
| 1997 A | Morris (123, __) | Murray County Central (114, __) | St. Cloud Cathedral (109, __) | Win-E-Mac (104) | Duluth Marshall The Marshall School Marshall School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in grades 4-12. Students of diverse socioeconomic, religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds from a wide variety of geographic areas attend Marshall... (103) |
Albany (102) |
| 1997 AA | Chaska (113, 12) | Centennial (113, 10) | Willmar (112, 9) | Moorhead (112) | Hibbing (107) | St. Cloud Tech 1 (107) |
| 1998 A | Murray County Central (112, 22) | Becker Becker High School Becker High School is located in Minnesota Public School District 726 in Becker, MN. Becker High School provides education for grades 9-12 and has an enrollment of approximately 800 students.... (115, __) |
Fosston (113, __) | Cannon Falls (112) | Montevideo (110) | Grygla (16) |
| 1998 AA | Cretin-Derham Hall (119, __) | Hibbing (114, __) | Chaska (113, __) | Centennial (113) | Little Falls (112) | Brainerd (111) |
| 1999 A | Moose Lake (104, __) | Grygla (119, __) | Redwood Valley (108, __) | Ortonville (103) | Loyola Loyola Catholic School Loyola Catholic School , is located in Mankato, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, the school has two campuses, the Fitzgerald Campus, housing grades four through eight, and the Good Council Campus, which houses grades K-3 and 9-12... (102) |
Duluth Marshall The Marshall School Marshall School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in grades 4-12. Students of diverse socioeconomic, religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds from a wide variety of geographic areas attend Marshall... (102) |
| 1999 AA | Cretin-Derham Hall White (119, 15) | Chaska (115, 13) | St. Cloud Tech (123, 11) | Hibbing Green (114) | Eagan (110) | Cretin-Derham Hall Blue (110) |
| 2000 A | Moose Lake (111) | Redwood Valley (110) | St. John's Prep (107) | Minnesota Valley Lutheran (102) | NRHEG (94) | Chisholm (93) |
| 2000 AA | St. Cloud Tech (121) | Blake (115) | Chaska (114) | Hibbing (113) | Cretin-Derham Hall (109) | Hastings Hastings High School (Minnesota) Hastings Senior High School is located in Hastings, Minnesota and is part of Independent School District 200. A brand new multi-million dollar school was established in 2001, upon which a new vision took place for the education of Hastings' students. The construction of the new school was centered... (108) |
| 2001 A | NRHEG (133) | Redwood Area (121) | St. John's Prep (121) | St. Louis County (119) | Moose Lake (117) | Minnesota Valley Lutheran (117) |
| 2001 AA | Hibbing Tan (151) | St. Thomas Academy (124) | Chaska Purple (120) | Moorhead Red (119) | Bemidji (117) | Buffalo Buffalo High School Buffalo High School is located off the intersection of County Road 35 and Dague Avenue in Buffalo, Minnesota. A constantly-growing area, along with three communities contributing students, has helped BHS grow into a large sized school of over 1,800 students with a staff of approximately... (117) |
| 2002 A | Cook (112) | Springfield (110) | Osakis (110) | Pelican Rapids (108) | Becker (105) | Moose Lake (104) |
| 2002 AA | St. Thomas Academy (132) | Moorhead (126) | Chaska (121) | Hibbing Blue (120) | Rocori Area Rocori high school ROCORI High School is a high school that serves three Minnesota towns, whose names form the acronym "ROCORI": Rockville, Cold Spring, and Richmond. The school is located in Cold Spring, Minnesota about twenty miles southwest of St. Cloud. The school received its greatest media attention for a... (113) |
Apple Valley (113) |
| 2003 A | Springfield (116) | Blackduck (106) | Park Christian (Moorhead) (103) | Moose Lake (102) | Cook (St. Louis County) (102) | Lake Park Audubon (100) |
| 2003 AA | Chaska (120) | Moorhead (113) | Rochester Mayo Mayo High School Mayo High School is an American high school named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic. Mayo High School was built in 1966 in the southeastern section of Rochester, Minnesota. A public school, it is part of the Rochester... (110) |
Bemidji (110) | St. Thomas Academy (107) | Northfield (106) |
| 2004 A | Park Christian (Moorhead) (115) | East Grand Forks (105) | Windom (105) | Lac qui Parle Valley (104) | Pequot Lakes Pequot Lakes High School Pequot Lakes High School is a 9-12 high school located a few blocks west of Minnesota State Highway 371 towards the southern end of the city of Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. The high school was originally built at its present location in 1976, and the music wing in the front of the building was... (100) |
Blackduck (99) |
| 2004 AA | St. Anthony Village St. Anthony Village High School St. Anthony Village High School is a public high school located in St. Anthony, Minnesota.-School Overview:St. Anthony Village High School is the only high school serving ISD #282, and it has over 500 students. It attracts a large number of open-enrollment students from other communities. ... (114) |
Mahtomedi Mahtomedi Senior High School Mahtomedi Senior High School is a four year public high school located in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. The school houses grades 9-12 with a total population of approximately 1,016 students. The school colors are gold and blue and the athletic teams are known as the Zephyrs. The district was created in... (113) |
St. Thomas Academy (112) | Chaska (112) | Moorhead White (111) | Hibbing (108) |
| 2005 A | East Grand Forks East Grand Forks Senior High School East Grand Forks Senior High School is a public high school in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.- References :*... (111) |
Win-E-Mac (110) | Montevideo (107) | Lac qui Parle Valley (106) | Blue Earth Blue Earth Area High School Blue Earth Area High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12. Its principal is Jack Eustice and its sports teams are called the Buccaneers. It is located in Blue Earth, Minnesota, along U.S. Route 169.... (98, 5) |
Fairmont (98, 3) |
| 2005 AA | St. Thomas Academy (122) | Chaska Purple (113) | St. Anthony Village (112) | Moorhead Orange (107) | Buffalo Buffalo High School Buffalo High School is located off the intersection of County Road 35 and Dague Avenue in Buffalo, Minnesota. A constantly-growing area, along with three communities contributing students, has helped BHS grow into a large sized school of over 1,800 students with a staff of approximately... (107) |
Hermantown (103) |
| 2006 A | St. John's Prep (114) | Redwood Area Black (110) | Lake Park-Audubon (103) | Staples-Motley (102) | Dover-Eyota (101) | Roseau (101) |
| 2006 AA | St. Anthony Village (123) | Chaska (121) | Buffalo (118) | St. Thomas Academy (117) | Eden Prairie Eden Prairie High School Eden Prairie High School is a four-year public high school located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The present high school opened in 1981 and was significantly added to in 1990, 1994 and 1997. Eden Prairie High School has been graduating students for over seventy years. The school was named a Blue... (114) |
Moorhead Gold (112) |
| 2007 A | Glencoe-Silver Lake (139.5) | Morris (123) | Minnesota Valley Lutheran (119.5) | Lake Park Audubon (119) | St. John's Prep (114) | Lac qui Parle Valley (112.5) |
| 2007 AA | St. Anthony Village (146.5) | Eden Prairie (130) | Moorhead (128) | St. Thomas Academy/Visitation Convent of the Visitation Convent of the Visitation, also known as Visitation, is an independent, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory, school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota Heights near Saint Paul. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Visitation is a coeducational school for... (128) |
Chaska (122.5) | Prior Lake (121.5) |
| 2008 A | St. John's Prep (121.5) | Lac qui Parle Valley (118.5) | Sebeka (109.5) | Houston (109) | Redwood Area (108) | Dover-Eyota (106) |
| 2008 AA | Eden Prairie (130) | Prior Lake-Savage (129.5) | Simley Simley High School Located in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Simley High School had its first graduating class in 1961. The school was named after I.T. Simley, the retired Superintendent of Schools from South St. Paul who served as a consultant to Inver Grove Heights during the district’s transition years. Simley’s... (119.5) |
St. Anthony Village (118.5) | Minnesota Valley Lutheran (116.5) | Chaska (116) |
| 2009 A | Loyola Catholic Loyola Catholic School Loyola Catholic School , is located in Mankato, Minnesota. Located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, the school has two campuses, the Fitzgerald Campus, housing grades four through eight, and the Good Council Campus, which houses grades K-3 and 9-12... (120) |
Redwood Area (115) | St. John's Prep (113.5) | Montevideo (111) | Sebeka (109.5) | Rushford-Peterson (107.5) |
| 2009 AA | Chaska (142.5) | Rochester Mayo Mayo High School Mayo High School is an American high school named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic. Mayo High School was built in 1966 in the southeastern section of Rochester, Minnesota. A public school, it is part of the Rochester... (119.5) |
Prior Lake-Savage (117) | St. Anthony Village-Helen (116) | Glencoe-Silver Lake (115.5) | Simley (114) |
| 2010 A | Sebeka (162.5) | Crookston Crookston High School Crookston High School is a public high school located in Crookston, Minnesota. The school serves about 600 students in grades 7 through 12.... (116.5) |
Sibley East (112, 5) | New London-Spicer (112, 4) | Duluth Marshall The Marshall School Marshall School is an independent, coeducational, college-preparatory day school for students in grades 4-12. Students of diverse socioeconomic, religious, ethnic and racial backgrounds from a wide variety of geographic areas attend Marshall... (112, 1) |
Albany (111.5) |
| 2010 AA | St. Anthony (131.5) | Little Falls (128) | St. Thomas Academy (125) | Holy Family Catholic Holy Family Catholic High School (Victoria, Minnesota) Holy Family Catholic High School is a co-educational high school committed to helping young women and men realize their academic and spiritual potential. The school was opened in the fall of 2000 to an inaugural school of freshman and sophomore students... (119.5) |
Chaska (118) | Prior Lake (116) |
| 2011 A | Sebeka (146.5) | International Falls Purple (117.5) | Crookston (115) | St. John's Prep (112) | Zimmerman (107) | Minnesota Valley Lutheran (106.5) |
| 2011 AA | St. Anthony (137.5) | Chaska (130) | Fergus Falls (126.5) | Moorhead (118) | Rochester Mayo (117) | Bemidji (116.5) |