International History Bee and Bowl
Year Champion City Country
2012 Swiss International School Basel Basel , Switzerland Switzerland
2013 American School in London London , England England
2014 International School of Lausanne Lausanne , Switzerland Switzerland
2015 International School of Geneva Geneva , Switzerland Switzerland
2016 St. Stephen 's School Rome , Italy Italy
2017 Inter-Community School Zurich Zumikon , Switzerland Switzerland
2018 The British School , Warsaw Warsaw , Poland Poland
2019 Eton College Windsor England
International History Bowl - European Division Champions -- Junior Varsity
The International History Bee and Bowl (IHBB) are history quiz competitions for individual students and school teams outside the United States. Within the United States, students compete in the comparable National History Bee and Bowl; the same organization, International Academic Competitions, oversees the International and National (i.e. American) tournaments. The International History Bee and Bowl debuted in the 2011-2012 school year in Europe and Asia. A European Championship has been held since 2012; the Asian Championships debuted in spring 2014. In the 2014-15 school year, the Australian and New Zealand Division debuted as did the Canadian Division. Tournaments are held in approximately 30 countries each year. IHBB also organizes the International History Olympiad, which debuted in 2015 at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was held in Hawaii in 2016 and Berlin in 2018. Students can qualify for the Olympiad by participating at IHBB tournaments around the world or by taking an official qualifying exam administered by a teacher if no IHBB tournament exists nearby. The International History Bee and Bowl test knowledge of all aspects of history in a buzzer-based competition format, which bears a resemblance to some television quiz shows. However, unlike on a quiz show most IHBB questions are paragraph-length, and move from harder to easier information. When students think they know the answer, they ring in with the buzzer.