The annual Bible quiz extravaganza for 3rd through 12th graders is modeled on the GE College Bowl. Two teams of three or four players square off in two 10-minute halves. The quiz-master asks a 10-point tossup question, and whichever team buzzes in first with the correct answer gets several bonus questions.Hmmm... Any of our quizzers in the mood to memorize the entire book of Romans? I know at least one person who did so on his own, and it has served him very well in life! (And seminary.)
But instead of having to know the locations of the Lincoln-Douglas debates or the identity of Columbia University's first anthropology professor (Franz Boas, of course), the students were quizzed on a section of the Bible. The text - it can be Old or New Testament - is from the New International Version of the Bible.
Each June 1, the following year's text is announced. For this year's event, it was the Book of Luke. To say that the kids learned their stuff would be an understatement.
The First Christian Church of Kissimmee, Fla., sent two teams to Chicago. Of the seven team members, six totally memorized the text, "and the seventh can quote pieces," said coach Gary Bordelon, whose No. 1 team finished eighth.
Saturday, August 13, 2005
The Bible Bowl?
Here is yet another form of Bible Quizzing to add to our growing lexicon!