News & Announcements

IAC regrets to announce that effective immediately, all of its upcoming events through July 2020 are cancelled. This includes all regional tournaments at the high school, middle school, and elementary school levels, both the Varsity/JV and Middle School / Elementary School National Championships and the International History Olympiad and International Geography Bee World Championships. This was not a decision we made lightly, but given the current state of the [...]

The International History Bee and Bowl is excited to announce the start of its 2019-2020 competition season! This is IHBB's ninth year of organizing history quiz tournaments throughout Europe, and it promises to be our most memorable year yet. Our 2020 European Championships are already set for 5-7 June, 2020 at Swiss International School Basel, to be followed next July by the 2020 International History Olympiad and International Geography [...]

The Carnival Fascination: host ship of the 2020 Intl. History Olympiad & Intl. Geography Bee World Championships International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce that registration is now open for its two most prestigious events: the 2020 International History Olympiad and the 2020 International Geography Bee World Championships! Both the Olympiad and IGB Worlds will take place next summer on a week-long Caribbean cruise on board the [...]

SIS Basel, host school of the 2020 IAC and IHBB European Championships International Academic Competitions is delighted to announce that its 2020 European Championships will take place at Swiss International School Basel in Basel, Switzerland on Friday-Sunday, 5-7 June, 2020! SIS Basel is the sole school that has attended each IHBB European Championships since the inaugural event took place in 2012, and we are delighted that they [...]

The International History Bee and Bowl held its eighth annual European Championships in Paris on 24-26 May, 2019, with the International School of Paris as the host venue for all competitions aside from the History Bee of Versailles (which was played on questions on the history of France outside in the Versailles palace gardens!). Thanks to Ms. Genevieve McHoes of the International School of Paris for coordinating the hosting [...]

For its eighth annual European Championships, International Academic Competitions is delighted to return to the site of its second championships back in 2013; the International School of Paris! From 24-26 May, we will contest six different competitions and also take an excursion to the palace of Versailles on Friday morning. There our first competition will take place that afternoon, with our History Bee of Versailles – a competition entirely [...]

International Academic Competitions is delighted to begin its eighth year of holding International History Bee and Bowl history quiz tournaments for students and school teams throughout Europe! Our competition season will then conclude with our 8th annual European Championships, to be held on the final weekend of May 2019. It promises to be an exciting year, and we hope that you and your school can be a part of it! [...]

The International History Bee and Bowl held its seventh annual European Championships in Prague on 8-10 June, 2018, with Novy PORG as the host venue for all competitions aside from the History Bee of Bohemia (which was played on questions on the history of the Czech Republic outside in Prague’s Old Town Square and on the historic Charles Bridge!). Thanks to Mr. Zach Barnes of Novy PORG for coordinating [...]