The Oct. 17-20 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is truly a test of Prairie View students’ intelligence. The HCASC also known as the Honda Bowl started in 1989. It is the first academic competition between students at HBCUs.
Honda commits nearly $5 million dollars in grants to the participating HBCUs.
Along with Honda, the Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education and the Association of College Unions International sponsor the quiz bowl. Sixty-four schools compete for the chance to win their university $50,000.
Since 1989 Prairie View has put its brain power against schools such as Texas Southern, Grambling, and Howard.
The students who compete are asked questions from every avenue of life such as black history, pop culture, natural science, etc.
Each institution must have a team composed of up to eight students. Five members are selected to travel to the tournament.
The questions are asked of two teams with four members, and are answered by a designated team captain. Only undergraduate students are allowed to compete for their university, and students must carry seven hours per semester to compete.
In the campus matches like the one Prairie View recently held, each half is eight minutes long and points are scored by correctly answering questions asked by the moderator. Nationally over 25,000 students compete in the Honda bowl.
For instance from 1990 through 1995 BET broadcasted the national championship tournament.
The 2006 HCASC finals will be held in Orlando, Florida, March 30- April 3. HCASC alumni have pursued careers in government, medicine, aeronautics, science, and industry.
Furthermore the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge is an educated and fun competition to be involved in.
The best of luck to the Prairie View students competing this week in the play-off