PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades
Q: What grades are eligible to participate in the PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades?
Q: How many students may participate on a team?
Q: How many teams may my school send?
Q: How many teams may participate from one system?
Q: Does my system have a local play-off?
Q: What region is my school in?
Q: What topics are covered by the questions?
Q: Where can I get more practice questions?
Q: What about private schools?
Q: Can I get a list of other schools in my area that participate in Academic Bowl so that we can have scrimmages prior to Regionals?
If you have questions that weren't answered here please email them to Michelle Crawford, State Coordinator. We will answer your question and add it to this page.
Frequently Asked Questions
A: Grades 6-8 may participate in the PAGE Academic Bowl for Middle Grades.
A: Teams must not exceed ten students, five regulars and five alternates.
A: Only one team per school.
A: Up to four teams from a given system may participate, with the max of one team per school. Systems that have more than four interested schools must hold a local play-off to determine which four schools will represent the system at the Regional Competition. Some systems already have a local play-off in place. If more than four teams from your system register for PAGE Regionals and a play-off is not organized, four teams will be chosen at random from the registrations received by the registration deadline.
A: Currently, the only systems with local play-offs are Bibb, Chatham, Cherokk, Cobb, Columbia, DeKalb, Dougherty, Gwinnett, Hall, Houston and Muscogee. This may change from year to year, so please contact your central office to determine if your system has a play-off competition.
A: Regions are not decided until December. Teams will be assigned to the most convenient region on a first come - first served basis. The state coordinator reserves the right to reassign teams to a different region if necessary. Regions can and do change from year to year based on registrations.
A: Academic Bowl participants will be asked questions from the following curriculum areas: English/Literature, Math, Science, Social Studies/History (including Georgia)/Geography, Current Events, Art/Music, Physical Education/Health. Additional questions will come from the area of computer science.
A: You may order additional PAGE questions by downloading the Question Order Form,
or you may visit the Buzzer and Question Suppliers section for a comprehensive list of outside suppliers.
A: Private schools are allowed one team each.
A: Yes. Please email the State Coordinator.