Welcome to the 25th season of Quizmaster Challenge, MCPS' own academic quiz show in which teams of the finest minds from MCPS high schools compete against each other in a question-and-answer battle.

Quizmaster Challenge is taped weekly at Rockville High School under the direction of Michael Bailey, Tim Hibberd and their crew of talented students.

For our 2012-13 season, we have 22 teams competing. The 12 winning teams will be seeded based on highest point totals and selected to compete in the second phase of the academic tournament the Play-off round. There are also four wildcard spots available to the top-scoring runner-up teams. Each of the following rounds; Play-off, Quarter-Final, and Final are single elimination rounds in which the winning teams of each match-up will advance until the winner is determined.

Kallie Haas, a Seneca Valley High School Screamin' Eagle teacher, hosts this season of Quizmaster Challenge. A Ball State University alumna, she studied Deaf Education and Mild Disabilities Special Education for her bachelor’s degree and continued her professional development in autism and differentiated instruction at The Johns Hopkins University for her masters of science. She also holds certification in Bilingual Special Education. Ms. Haas has co-taught general/special education in MCPS for seven years within mathematics and social studies classes. Ms. Haas has been a coach, class sponsor, and club sponsor for numerous groups and is excited to work with MCPS’ finest minds this year because she is been a big fan of all games involving trivia and puzzles.

Gladiator Trophies - Gladiator Trophies & Awards has serving the Washington, DC area for nearly 40 years, specializing in awards for warriors on fields of play as well as in corporate boardrooms. Thank you to Gladiator Trophies who has graciously provided Quizmaster Challenge with winners' trophies for our tournament champion and runner-up.


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