Draft:International Academic Competitions
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International Academic Competitions is an academic quiz company involved with the subjects of science, history, and geography. The company was founded in 2010 by jeopardy contestant and 19 day champion David Madden, and specializes in buzzer competitions which happen at regional, national, and international levels. IAC hosts the International Geography Championships, the International History Olympiad, and the International Environmental Scienxe Olympiad.
Format
[edit]Regional, as well as national and international preliminary rounds, have rounds of 6-8 students in which they compete using buzzers to signal knowing an answer. If a student gets 5 correct buzzes and no negative points, that student buzzes out for the round and can no longer buzz. A negative point can only be earned if a student is the third on a question to interrupt before the question has been finished. The limit for buzzes on any given question is 3. In playoff rounds in national and international competitions, the scoring system is 6,5,4, and 3 points depending on when a student buzzes in the question. If a student answers correctly at any point, they will receive -2 points for that question. A student will buzz out in these rounds if they receive 40 points.
Qualification
[edit]A student can qualify for national competitions by participating in local regional competitions and finishing in the top half of students. To qualify for international competitions, students must either finish in the top 25% in a regional competition, or make playoffs in the category they are competing in the national competition.
==Past locations for International Competitions.
International Geography Championships
[edit]The International Geography Championships have most recently been hosted in Vienna, Austria, in 2024. Previously, the Championships were hosted in Burlington, Vermont (2022), Berlin, Germany (2018), and Honolulu, Hawaii (2016)
International History Olympiad
[edit]The International History Olympiad was most recently held in 2023 in Rome, Italy. In 2022, it was held in Princeton, New Jersey.
International Environmental Science Olympiad
[edit]The International Environmental Science Olympiad was most recently hosted in Ecuador, and will be hosted in San Juan, Puerto Rico in December 2024.