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Mandatory Coaches/Captains/Coordinators Meetings: (2nd meeting)

MONDAY: February 11, 2008 @ 6pm at 3933 Mission Inn - Fair Housing Authority of Riverside County. Information duties and assignments will be clearly defined.  Please come early.  Call Alecia Lee @ 951-789-0986

JUDGES/MODERATORS/TIMEKEEPERS/SCOREKEEPERS:

Tuesday, February 12, 2008 @ 6pm at 3933 Mission Inn - Fair Housing Authority of Riverside County. Information duties and assignments will be clearly defined. Please arrive before 11:30am.

INTRODUCTION
The purpose of the Academic Bowl is four fold: First, to reinforce the notion that academic excellence can be challenging and rewarding; Second, to encourage African American high school students to learn more about Africa, African people in the Diaspora, Inland Empire Community & culture; Third, to emphasize the development of teamwork and study skills building; Last, to understand the unique gifts & challenges African people bring to the world.

To participate, you must submit the official Academic Bowl Team Registration Form. For your convenience, a team registration form is enclosed. NOTE: You may still attend without participating in the Academic Bowl.

Please take time out to read over this study guide to familiarize yourself with the format, rules and guidelines. In addition, we have also enclosed a list of study resources and will announce NEW SOURCE MATERIALS on the website at RAAHS.NET REMEMBER: To do your best you must Study! Study! Study!

As was last year, we will utilize a buzzer and light lock-out system for the competition. It is most similar to the system utilized by the Jeopardy TV show. There will be a hand held buzzer for each team member; a light for each team and the system will lock out all but the first respondent. Some questions and answers will be placed on PowerPoint and projected to the audience by screen; others will only have a moderator to read and a judge to monitor the questions and answers.

We hope you enjoy your preparation for the competition as much as the competition itself! Should you have any additional questions please call or e-mail Jalani Bakari @ 714-681-3109 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

 Good Luck!  Study Hard.
Jalani Bakar

Chair, RAAHS Academic Bowl

2008 Academic Bowl Format and Rules
 

Format:

The format for the Academic Bowl will be a round robin competition where all teams will randomly compete for total points.  If the number of teams is uneven, a team will be randomly drawn to move to the next round.*   The lowest scoring team of the first and second round making it to the next round and the randomly selected team will compete for the last quarterfinal spot after the first two rounds.  If a tie happens after the first two rounds, and those teams have a chance to move to the quarterfinals, the teams will compete in a 50-question round, between the randomly selected team and the teams who are tied.  Only four teams will move to the semi-final round.

Questions will progress in difficulty leveling off in the final round.

The day will begin with the 11:00 a.m. check in time.  All teams must check in and be ready to start at 11:15 a.m.  The competition will conclude at 5:00 p.m.  Awards and acknowledgments will start promptly thereafter.

We will have 50 questions in the first two rounds, 60 questions in the semi-final rounds, and 75 questions in the final round. 

All teams will have a chance to play at least two rounds, with the exception of the randomly selected team in the case of uneven teams. The top teams in scoring, regardless of win-loss records, will advance to the third round.  In case of a tie breaker, the lowest scoring teams who make it to the third round will have to compete with the randomly selected team in the tie breaker round to determine which team will go to the semi-final round.

The first place team will be the winner of the final round.  The second place team will be the competitor in the final round.  Points scored in their final rounds will determine the third and fourth place teams.  

TEAM

1. A team shall consist of a minimum of two players and a maximum of five, with one as the alternate. (Alternate only to compete in the case of an emergency.) The team shall designate one member to serve as team captain.
2. Students may combine from different schools to participate in a church or organization team. However, only one team per school, church, and/or organization will be allowed to participate in the competition.  Your team must be registered and approved by the registration deadline of Monday, February 4th, 2008.
3. Competition rounds:
1. First two rounds  - 50 toss-up questions – 5 bonus questions
2. Semi-final round - 60 toss-up questions – 6 bonus questions
3. Final round - 75 toss-up questions – 8 bonus questions 

1. The Moderator will ask toss-up questions. Any time during the question, a team may buzz in and answer the question, after being acknowledged by the moderator. Any team member buzzing in and attempting to answer the question must be acknowledged by the moderator before attempting to answer the question; otherwise, the question will be passed to the opposing team for an answer.  The Moderator will stop reading the question when a team member has been acknowledged. Then the team member has up to five seconds to answer the question without conferring.  Any team member may respond to a toss-up question, yet only one person can speak at a time.
2. No conferring is allowed by team members on toss-up questions.
3. If an incorrect answer is given, then the moderator will request responses from the other team.  Any member of the other team has five seconds to respond.   It is advantageous for the eligible team to allow the moderator to repeat the question in its entirety before answering the question.  No points will be awarded for an incorrect answer.
4. A correct toss-up answer yields five (5) points.  Correct Bonus Question answers yield:  ten (10) points in first two rounds:  fifteen (15) points in the semi-final round, and twenty five (25) points in the final round.
5. After 10 toss-up questions are asked, one bonus question will be asked which either team is eligible to answer.
6. Either team can answer the question, but the team who is first to buzz-in and be acknowledged will be given the opportunity to answer the bonus question.  Teams can confer with each other for 15 seconds. The opposing team will have a chance at answering the bonus question only if the first team did not let the moderator finish the question before answering.  Thus, when the moderator finishes asking the question, only one team has the chance to answer the question.  Points cannot be broken up.
7. After a Bonus question is asked, moderator will go back to toss-up format for 10 more questions.
8. The last question of the game will be a bonus question.  Therefore, eight bonus questions will be asked in the final round.
9. Outside interference by non-members, guests, parents, coaches, or teachers can and will result in team disqualification.  Verbal or unsolicited abuse to create disruption in the game will result in removal of said parties and/or disqualification of team.  Judge(s) will have final ruling on the matter.  Any issue in dispute will be handled during the round and must be in writing, and given to the judge(s).  The moderator and the judge(s) will review for correctness.
10. A team may elect to call one time out during each round.  The captain must request the time out from the moderator before any changes are permitted or corrected.  There will be no stoppage of the game for clarification from the audience.
11. * NOTE: in the final round points will be deducted for an incorrect response to a question. 

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Toss-Up Questions 

Toss-up questions will be drawn from the required reading and documented sources. Teams are advised to keep up with local and Inland Empire African-American history and to check the website for updates.  The Black Voice News, and other important sources.  Other questions will be derived from Great African Americans who have passed recently, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’S), and the Riverside African American Historical Journal.
 

Review the rules and format carefully, as revisions have been made for the 2007 Academic Bowl. Please do not hesitate to call Jalani or Alicia for review and/or clarification. 

Jalani Bakari, Chair, RAAHS Academic Bowl

714-681-3109

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STUDY GUIDE

1.  This Inland Valley newspaper was founded by Hardy and Cheryl Brown over 30 plus years ago.
Answer: The Black Voice News

2. Who specialized in pediatric neurosurgery and was the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the United States (1984)?  Answer:  Dr. Alexia Irene Canada

3. Who became the first black female doctor to be formally certified (1873)?
Answer: Dr. Susan McKinney Steward

 6.Who owned the first private trash hauling business in Riverside?

Answer: Oscar Harris. 

 7.What was the name of the pre-WW II Women’s self-help organization that assisted families in emergencies and during financial hardship?          Answer: Woman’s Uplifting Club. 

8. What is the name of the historic Riverside African American Masonic Lodge that recently celebrated its 100^th anniversary?       Answer: Orange Valley Lodge #13. 

9. Who sued the City of Riverside for $500.00 in Superior Court because his daughter was not allowed to swim in the Fairmont Park Plunge (pool) with White children?
Answer: Reverend Frank Johnson, Pastor of Allen Chapel, AME

10. Which church came first to Riverside: Allen Chapel, AME or Second Baptist Church?
Answer: Allen Chapel, AME. 

12. What was the name of the first Black man to arrive in Riverside, and settle his family here?
Answer: Robert Stokes

 13.  Who patented the first successful shoe lasting machine which increased productivity?  Answer: Ian Matzeliger

17. Who was born a slave in Diamond Grove, Missouri in 1864 and became a teacher at Iowa Agriculture College.  He became a great Agricultural Scientist, performing many experiments with plants and plant diseases.  He developed a crop rotation system that would lead the South to an economic breakthrough and a new source of income, after he went to Tuskegee Institute?
Answer:  George Washington Carver

18. Name the African American US senator from the State of Illinois? His new book “The Audacity Of Hope came out in 2006!” His  He is presently running for the President of the United States?

Answer: Barak Obama
 

19. Instead if being limited to a language of grunts, groans and mixed up ideals as Europeans said, the average Africa at the time of African enslavement could speak

Answer: Twelve languages or dialects

20. What is the Name of the Society responsible for hosting this annual Academic Bowl?

Answer: The Riverside African American Historical Society (RAAHS) 

21. The first black to receive a Ph.D. degree from an American University.  He was awarded a degree in physics at Yale University in 1876.  He as also the first black inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa at Yale University in 1874.         Answer:  Edward A. Bouchet

22. The first black to receive a Ph.D. degree.  He passed the final examinations at Louvain in Belgium on July 16, 1865.                           Answer:  Patrick Francis Healy
 

23. She was born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland around 1821.  She became an Abolitionist, a member of a secret group called the Underground Railroad.  During the Civil War, she worked as a nurse, a scout and even as a spy for the Union Army.  After the war, she worked to help the poor and the elderly, as well as the promotion of more rights for women.  Through the Underground Railroad, she made more than 19 hazardous trips back into the sought to lead over 300 slaves to freedom.                            Answer:  Harriet Tubman
 

24. As the president of The Riverside African American Historical Society, a member of The Group, and Executive Director of the Fair Housing Authority for Riverside County are just a few of the activities this hard working community activist participates in. She sits on numerous boards and works with a host of organizations supporting the Inland Empire.           Answer: Rose Mays.
 

25. She is the sitting president of the local Riverside Branch of the NAACP. Her tireless work in the community is offset by her dedication to the students of Riverside. She is a administrator, mother, and community activist.                            Answer: Woody Ruckier Hughes.
 

26. What is Africa to me: Copper sun or scarlet sea, jungle star or jungle track, Strong bronzed men or regal Black, Women from whose loins I sprang, When the Birds of Eden Sang. Who wrote this?
Answer: Countee Cullen.

27. He was totally opposed to Booker T. Washington politics, and spent countless hours trying to destroy Booker T's idea and image. Harvard Educated, He founded the Boston Gaurdian which presented the message of "total equality and total struggle." Name him? 
Answer: William Monroe Trotter

28. "If we must die, let it not be like hogs, Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, while round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock of our accursed lot.  If we must die, O let us nobly die." Who wrote this?                                Answer: Claude McKay

29. First President of the African American Historical Society, Retired Teacher, Community Activists, and family has very strong roots in Riverside where she resides.  Who is this? 
Answer: Sue Strickland.

30. He was an Inland Empire Psychiatrist, a National Medical Association Trustee, and secretary of the Board. His outstanding contributions and dedicated service as a Golden State Medical Association member lives on through the society named after him.  Name him, and the society? 

Answer: James Wesley Vines Jr., M.D. Medical Society Inc.
 

31. World renowned Historian known for the precise and meticulous chronicling of the African experience in America and how Americans see through these cultural prisms.  Retired in Early 2003 from UC Riverside.  Avid scholar of the African American experience.  Name Him? 
Answer: Dr. P. Sterling Stuckey

32. In 2006, this strong community advocate retired as Director of the Settlement House.  She coordinates the toys for tots program for the riverside community.  Charter member of the of the Riverside African American Historical Society. Recognized by numerous organization for her enduring service to the Riverside community.  Who is this?             Answer: Dorrie Anderson

33. A Pavilion will be named in their honor, UCR's Chancellor's Concerned Citizens groups is named in their honor, An Irvine Grant has been received in their name for leadership development in Riverside, A pioneer educators, community activists, Life members of the Riverside African American Historical Society.  Who are these Riverside citizens? 
Answer:  Dr. Barnett Grier Sr., and the Late Eleanor Jean Grier. 

34. On January 23, 1987 this organization was granted a charter to organize as a component society of the National Medical Association and the Golden State Medical Association in the Pomona Valley area.  It represents Inland Empire and High Desert African American Physicians. Name the Organization? 
Answer: James Wesley Vines Jr., M.D. Medical Society Inc.  

35. Currently a tenured faculty member and Special Assistant for Diversity and Excellence Programs at UC Riverside.  Past president American Association for Higher Education(AAHE), Past President of the City College of New York/CUNY.  A national recognized expert on cultural diversity.  Who is she?  Answer:  Dr. Yolanda Moses.

Recommended Sections to be studied in depth:

Riverside weekly newspaper:  The Black Voice, website: www.blackvoicenews.com

The Black Voice has graciously agreed to supply weekly copies to teams.