The Quill is a writing competition in which teams of 3-4 students must create written products given a prompt from each of 3-4 text types. The Quill is an original competition developed in cooperation with the North Carolina Reading Association (NCRA).

Here are the basics of NCASA Quiz Bowl

  • A team has up to eight players but only four play at a time.
  • Each match has twenty toss-up / bonus combinations, ten in each half.
  • Each toss-up / bonus combination begins with a toss-up question available to any player on either team.
  • As the question is being read any player may buzz-in to answer the question.
  • A correct answer earns ten points and the right for that team to answer the three-part bonus question worth thirty points.

  1. Quiz Bowl - Overview
  2. Forensics - Overview