Tech Quiz Bowl Challenge

For the 2020 Virtual Texas Thespian State Festival, the Tech Team Challenge will be temporarily replaced by a Technician Quiz Bowl Challenge.

The best part:
No additional fee.
No additional registration.
No limit on school participants. ​
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Student participants will be tested through a series of different assessment formats and events that are designed to test a wide range of technical skills. Students can compete in 1 or all 6 Quiz Bowl rounds for a chance to compete in the Quiz Bowl Championship.

​This year we will be hosting 2 Tech Challenge Quiz Bowl activities on each Super Saturday! Students will receive an access code prior to participating in each virtual competition.

Students will gain points for correct answers surrounding technical theatre. Each Saturday will have a leaderboard for Tech Challenge Quiz Bowl results so students can see where they land in the competition. ​

Resources

The Quiz Bowl Preliminary rounds will include questions over:
  1. Performance Spaces
  2. Manual Rigging Systems and Terminology
  3. General Theatre Safety
  4. Scene Shop Tools and Equipment
  5. Lighting Systems, Fixtures, Tools, Electricity, Common Electrical Components and Terminology
  6. Costume, Sewing, Costume History and Terminology
  7. Live Audio Systems, Digital Audio, Components, Applications and Terminology
  8. Make-up, Types of, Application and FX Techniques and Terminology
  9. Props, Types, Common Construction Techniques and Terminology
  10. Scenic, Lighting, Audio, Costume, Make-up Design, and Terminology.

The Quiz Bowl Finals may cover previous topics as well as questions over:
  1. Digital Media and Projection
  2. Shop Math, Theatre Mechanics and Automation
  3. Basic Electronics and Wireless components and Applications


Please Note:
Due to limited screen size and other issues with cell phones, it is recommended that Quiz bowl participants use either a tablet device, or computer running Google Chrome to  participate in the Quiz Bowl.

Questions? 

For Questions about Tech Challenge Quiz Bowl contact:  charlie.woods@texasthespians.org