璀璨历史 万古千秋 | 清华附中国际部举办2019国际历史竞赛秋季北京赛

November23rd, 2019

11月23日，2019 国际历史学术活动秋季北京赛在清华附中国际部举行，来自八所学校的80余名学生受邀参赛。本届学术活动由清华附中国际部和国际学术学术活动（IAC）联合承办。

The 2019 Beijing History Bee and Bowl was held at THIS on November 23rd, welcoming over 80 students from 8 different schools. It was held in partnership with the International Academic Competitions (IAC), which sponsors buzzer-based academic competitions in 25 different countries around the globe.

*国际学术学术活动在全球25个国家承办中小学各项学术活动。该组织的使命是向世界各地的学生提供创新、激励、公平的学术活动机会，奖励出众的学术成就，鼓励学生向更深领域探索。

International Academic Competitions is a consortium of competitions for primary and secondary students operating in over 25 countries around the world. IAC’s mission is to reward academic excellence by bringing innovative, stimulating, fair, and relevant competition opportunities to students around the world. Academic competitions have a unique role to play in the education of students by encouraging them to explore new areas of knowledge while rewarding achievement inside the classroom.

参赛队伍根据国际学术学术活动的比赛章程，分为高中高级组（11年级和12年级）、高中初级组（9年级和10年级），以及初中组。本届比赛作为资格赛，将直接影响今年的国际历史亚洲锦标赛。

In accordance with IAC tournament procedures, teams were split into three divisions, Varsity (11th and 12th grade), Junior Varsity (9th and 10th grade), and Middle school divisions. As a result, this competition will serve qualification tournament for the International History Bee and Bowl Asian Championships.

团体赛

International History Bowl

上午8:20，五轮团体预赛率先展开。选手个个实力出众，难分伯仲。清华附中国际部的两支队伍位列高中高级组，分别以3-2和4-1的大比分，顺利晋级半决赛。

The tournament kicked off at 8:20 AM with five rounds of preliminary Bowl (team) rounds, with many close games decided by the last question. In the Varsity division, where both THIS teams were located, scores were so tight that qualification into the semi-finals had to be decided by a tiebreaker. THIS A and THIS B, with a comfortable scores of 3-2 and 4-1 respectively, advanced to the semis.

半决赛中，国际部A组险胜巴基斯坦使馆学校，提前锁定决赛席位；国际部B组在比赛中发挥失常，无缘总决赛。在三四名的争夺赛中，国际部B组大比分战胜巴基斯坦使馆学校，获得团体赛第三名。国际部A组在总决赛中惜败对手，获得团体赛第二名。

Although THIS B performed the best in the Prelims, they were surprisingly beaten in the semifinal, while THIS A defeated the Pakistan Embassy School in another close match. THIS B, although feeling hopeless after the surprising loss, recovered their Spartan spirits and secured third with a resounding victory over Pakistan Embassy School. Although not Champions, THIS secured second and third place, an impressive performance nonetheless.

个人赛

International History Bee

另一边，个人赛也在如火如荼地进行。清华附中国际部的Anneke Bentham同学凭借预赛最高分21分，成功晋级决赛。决赛中，她以沉着的心态和丰富的知识储备获得了个人赛第三名的好成绩。

In the Bee (individual) competition, Anneke Bentham of THIS A blazed through the prelims with the highest prelim score of 21 points into the Finals.She made a clutch buzz, and with an eager yet collected shout of “Mecca!”, secured herself the third place.

国际历史学术活动

History Bee & Bowl

本届国际历史学术活动较去年比有了质的飞跃，参赛队伍以接近三倍的速度，从6支增长到17支。相信在清华附中国际部的带领下，北京的各类学术学术活动项目将会继续蓬勃发展。

The 2019 Fall Beijing History and Bowl was a great leap from last year’s Beijing History Bee and Bowl, jumping from 6 teams to 17, nearly tripling in size. With more tournaments scheduled in the upcoming semester, future of History Bowl and Quizbowl in Beijing, spearheaded by THIS, is looking brighter than ever.

特别鸣谢 | Special Thanks

感谢Rowe老师放弃星期六休息时间监督本次活动。

感谢国际学术学术活动对国际部的信任和支持。

感谢董老师，Joy老师和金老师为活动的策划和批准提供帮助。

感谢Klimasara校长和李校长对国际历史学术活动一如既往的支持。

他们让本次比赛成为可能！

Thank you to Ms. Rowe for giving up your Saturday to supervise the event.

Thank you to International Academic Competitions for their continued trust in THIS to be a great host.

Thank you to Ms. Dong, Ms. Joy, and Ms. Jin for helping with planning and approval of the event.

Thank you to Ms. Klimasara and Ms. Li for their continued support of History Bowl at THIS.

None of this would have been possible without them.

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作者Writing | Brian Xu, Alice Gong

编辑Editing | Hanyin Song

审核Auditing | Toni Dong, Lan Yi,Wenping Li