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Bible quiz

Bible Quiz, also known as Bible Bowl or Bible Quizzing, is a quiz-bowl competition based on Bible memorization and study. The competition takes place between teams (often representing individual churches), and participants are quizzed on the content of a pre-determined section of the Bible. They are a popular activity in some Protestant churches and organizations, particularly in the United States. The exact rules of the game differ depending on the sponsoring organization.

Most organizations have seasons which roughly correspond with the U.S. school year (September–early July), holding local competitions on a monthly basis, with playoffs that lead to a national championship tournament. Contestants are usually students in grades six through twelve, although some organizations also offer a separate division for younger children.

The competition is similar to Quick Recall in many American schools, but it uses the Bible as the subject. Competitions which use the name "Bible Bowl" are modelled on television's College Bowl in the 1950s. Most groups feature teams competing to be the first to "buzz in" using an electronic lockout device, much like those still used in TV game shows such as Jeopardy! today. Some organizations, however, such as Nazarene Bible quizzing and the C&MA bible quizzing program, use benches (or pads) instead of buzzers, jumping when they know the question, and giving the required information necessary to be counted correct.

Some groups also feature a "quoting bee" as an additional part of their competition. Similar to a spelling bee, a contestant is given a verse reference (or references) and must quote the verse verbatim within a time limit (8–30 seconds, depending on the level of competition) or be eliminated.

Bible trivia questions are typically made up from the team coordinators' own Bible knowledge, or derived from other sources, such as Bible trivia board games (i.e. Trivial Pursuit for the Bible) or free online Bible trivia sources.

Other organizations, such as Nazarene Bible Quiz, Assemblies of God Teen Bible Quiz, Bible Quiz Fellowship, World Bible Quiz Association, Piedmont Quizzing Association, and the C&MA, derive their questions solely from the Bible text. Contestants come in teams of up to five people and two or three teams compete in a round. Quizzers buzz in as the question is being read, using either a hand-activated device or by standing (activating an electric switch in their seat). The first quizzer to buzz in must answer the question; in many competitions, if that person interrupts the moderator before the end of the question, the quizzer must complete the question first and then give the answer. In these organizations, quizzers will often memorize entire books or sets of books, depending on the material given for the year. Those who compete at higher levels often will have the entire material memorized, recallable by any given reference or keyword. Many are able to quote from start to finish in one sitting. Some organizations have competitions where they compete as to accuracy in quoting the material.

History
After the Second World War, youth organizations across the United States formed Youth for Christ as an umbrella organization to coordinate their Christian evangelical action. One of Youth for Christ's popular activities in many areas was Bible quizzing, in which teams organized according to local high schools competed against one another in local areas, known as rallies. Competition would be between three teams of four players each who would attempt to answer twenty questions, read aloud one at a time. After a player answered five questions correctly or three incorrectly he or she would have to be replaced by another player, and other substitutions were also permitted. In some regions of the United States, the local quiz team champions would travel to compete against champion teams from other areas, and national competitions also were held at the annual Winona Lake Bible Conference Youth for Christ conventions in Winona Lake, Indiana, where national team champions were determined. Popularity achieved its zenith in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the 1959 competition, there were 2000 participating teams and 7000 spectators.

One of the unusual features of early Youth for Christ Bible quizzing was the challenge to participants to jump to their feet from a sitting position to win the right to answer each question. At first, judges would determine the first to jump by viewing above index cards to see whose head first "broke the plane." But, as time passed, local Youth for Christ rallies built or purchased special seat cushions with electrical relay switches that lit signal lights on consoles after pressure was removed due to the quizzer jumping up from the seat. In this way, the right to answer went to the first to leave his/her seat rather than the first to appear to have jumped, thus removing any advantage for taller participants. This was one of the earliest mixed gender competitions for teens which partially depended on some athletic ability.

As the format of Youth for Christ activities changed in the late 1960s, Bible quiz teams began to represent individual churches, and groups of churches from the same denomination began to hold competitions limited to those denominations apart from the Youth for Christ supervision.

Alliance Bible Quizzing
Alliance Bible Quizzing is sponsored by the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Quizzing is in game format, similar to Nazarene and Free Methodist. One round (with 3 teams) is 20 questions, and 20 points are added for each correct question. Ten points are deducted for a wrong answer (starting with question number 17), the second personal error, or the third team error and each subsequent error. Quizzers sit on benches with pads attached and 'jump' when they have heard sufficient information to complete the question. The jump sends a signal to the box used to indicate which quizzer rose from the pad (or bench) first. The quizzer then has 30 seconds to give the correct answer. Similar to Assemblies of God quizzing, a quizzer "errors out" when they answer three questions incorrectly, or "quizzes out" when they answer four questions correctly, winning an extra 10 bonus points if they quiz out with no errors. Should a quizzer quiz out, they are no longer permitted to jump but may remain on the bench for bonus questions. However, if a quizzer errors out, they must leave the bench. If a member of one team errors, the next question is a "toss-up" question, answerable only by the other two non-erring teams. If there is an error on a toss-up question, the non-erring team gets a bonus question. A bonus is the next numbered question, but is only answerable by that team. After Question 15, toss-up questions are numbered 16a, 17a, 18a, 19a, and 20a, and bonus questions are numbered 16b, 17b, 18b, 19b, and 20b.

Types of questions include interrogative (regular) questions, multiple answers, situations, chapter and verse references, quoting a Bible verse or a finish the verse. Regular questions are questions that are taken from the entire text, and they don't have a specific guidelines they have to follow. Multiple answer questions are a lot like interrogatives but they have to have more than one answer. Chapter and verse references or just chapter references are questions that are in multiple different chapters or multiple verses in the same chapter, so they give the quizzer the chapter and/or verse to tell them which answer the quizmaster is looking for. Quotes are questions where they give the quizzer the reference only and they have to say the verse word perfect in the 30 seconds. There are also Quote 2 questions where you quote 2 verses consecutively. Another question type is finish the verse, where they give the quizzer the first 5 words or less depending on when the quizzer jumps. When the quizzer does jump they have to finish the verse word perfect. There are also finish these 2 verses where they must finish 2 verses consecutively. Finish this (or finish these two) questions are very similar to a finish the verse except that the quizzer has to finish the quote instead of the verse. Another question type is situation questions, these questions are only used every other year (on narrative years for Matthew, Luke, John, and Acts and not on the epistle years which include 1,2 Corinthians, Romans/James, Hebrews/ 1,2 Peter, and Galatians/Ephesians/Philippians/Colossians). In these questions the quizzer is given the quote and questions about that for up to three of the following (as long as the verse or up to five verses around it allow): who, to whom, when, where, why, how, about whom. The quizzer must then answer the required questions, but the quote, if jumped upon earlier than allowing for the quizmaster to finish, must be completed with enough important information to proceed in answering the necessary questions mentioned before the start of the question by the quizmaster.

An international tournament is held for the top 5-10 quizzers from each district of the C&MA in the U.S and Canada.

Assemblies of God Bible Quiz
'Sponsored by the Assemblies of God, Teen Bible Quiz games feature two teams of three quizzers each, plus up to three substitutes. Games have 20 questions, with point values of 10, 20, or 30 points depending on the difficulty. Quizzers who buzz in first (using hand-operated buzzers which trigger an electronic lockout device) and answer correctly within 30 seconds are awarded the point value; an incorrect response results in a deduction of half the point value. A quizzer who interrupts the quizmaster (the question reader) must first complete the essence of the question and then give the answer; a quizzer who fails to do both correctly is not only penalized with a deduction of half the point value, but allows the opposing team a chance to answer the same question. Individual quizzers with five correct answers in a game "quiz out" and receive a 20-point bonus, but must sit out the remainder of the game; this rule was created with the intent to prevent one individual from dominating the match. This also encourages team play by giving more questions to quizzers who are not as knowledgeable of Scripture or as experienced at quizzing. Similarly, a quizzer with three incorrect answers is also disqualified (known variously as an err out, quiz-out backwards or strikeout), but without further point penalty; the purpose of this rule is to discourage quizzers from "buzzing in" and simply guessing, and also to speed up play.

Monthly matches begin in October. District-level are playoffs in March or April, with top teams moving on to one of eight regional playoffs, and the top five teams from regionals advance to the Teen National Finals, held in July. Teams study a specific portion of the New Testament each season; Hebrews, I and II Peter and Jude are the books used for the 2020–21 season. Questions at the National Finals level can be extremely difficult, such as requiring a seven-verse passage to be quoted perfectly within 30 seconds, or the recollection of a list of twenty or more names or places.

The 2019 Teen National Finals was held at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and was won by a team from Lee's Summit, Missouri. The 2020 National Finals was scheduled to be held in Palm Springs, California, but was cancelled due to restrictions on large gatherings enforced by the state government because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The 2021 National Finals are tentatively scheduled for July 4–9 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Middle School Quiz (known until the 2009–2010 season as "novice quizzing") is for sixth- through eighth-grade students. It is played exactly the same as Teen Bible Quiz but covers a smaller amount of Scripture. Playoffs are at the district and regional levels only, with no national finals. Not all Assemblies of God districts offer Middle School Quiz. Sixth through eighth graders may compete in Teen or Middle School quizzing, but not both in the same season. A handful of districts offer an unofficial competition that covers the same material as Middle School Quiz but is open to higher grades. It is colloquially known as "B-League."

Experience League, also known as XP5 League, was added in 2014 as an entry-level competition and is open to students in grades 6–12. It features a reduced amount of Scripture material to study, with four matches per year covering one or two chapters each, and no review of material from previous matches. Designed as an entry-level version of Teen Bible Quiz, games differ from the standard format in that the first 12 questions are offered to one team only, alternating teams, with standard team-against-team quizzing beginning with the 13th question of each game. There is also no post-season playoff system.

Junior Bible Quiz uses a similar format for children in grades one through six, with some differences: 1) a group of 576 questions and answers covering the entire Bible is used as the subject material, and does not change from year to year; 2) four quizzers and up to four substitutes comprise a team; 3) six correct answers are needed for a "quiz out" and a 10-point bonus (this was also the rule in Teen Bible Quiz until the start of the 2005–2006 season).

There is also a Bible Seal program that covers Junior Bible Quiz questions. The highest nationally recognized level is the Bible Excellence, which is achieved by answering 571 out of 576 questions correctly in one sitting. (Some districts have additional higher levels, such as the Impossible Award. This award can be achieved by answering all 576 questions correctly from breakpoint — the point at which any given question can be distinguished from all the others — in one sitting. This test can often three to four hours to complete.)

Though Bible Quiz is sponsored by the Assemblies of God, teams from churches outside that fellowship may compete. In 2006, a church from outside the Assemblies won the Junior National Championship for the first time in the competition's history; previously, a Southern Baptist and a United Methodist church had each finished in second place.

The 2019 JBQ Festival national championship tournament was held at Victory Worship Center in Tucson, Arizona, and was won by "The Chosen Ones" from Braeswood Church of Houston, Texas, the second straight year and the third time in five years that the church took the championship. The 2019 National JBQ Festival was scheduled to be held at Calvary Church in Naperville, Illinois, but like its Teen Bible Quiz counterpart, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bible Quiz Fellowship
Bible Quiz Fellowship is a non-denominational, international organization currently headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. BQF has member ministries in Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, Washington, Maryland, Colorado, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and New York. Bible Quiz Fellowship has held a national tournament every April since it split from the Youth Evangelism Association in May 2001. BQF uses slightly modified YEA rules. BQF used the NIV version from its start until the 2012–2013 season when it switched to the ESV.

BQF-style Bible Quizzing is a fast-paced team sport, in which 3 teams of 5-7 people compete to answer questions based directly on scripture verses. Bible Quiz Fellowship uses a modified version of the WBQA's 8-year cycle through the New Testament. In 2010, the 8-year cycle was changed to incorporate Mark and Revelation, so that the cycle now includes the entire New Testament.

Each quiz has two six-minute halves, during which the quizmaster asks as many questions as time allows (usually around 40–50). Approximately 15% of questions are quote questions, for which the reference is given, and the verse must be quoted correctly to get points. The rest of the questions are reference-type questions. Each correct answer is worth 20 points, and points are deducted from the team score, but not individual score, for errors. Five correct answers is a "quiz-out," and three errors are an "error-out"; a ten-point bonus is awarded for a "perfect quiz-out", when a quizzer gets five right and none wrong in a quiz. A 20-point bonus is awarded for the 5th, 6th and 7th quizzers answering correctly

Quizzing usually starts on the local level in August or September, and culminates in a national tournament each April. The next national championship will be held in April 2022 in Coralville, IA. Nationals usually draws 40-45 teams each year, representing about 300 teens.

Starting in 2014, the National Champions win the Moisman Traveling Trophy, which commemorates Mike Moisman, the founder of BQF, who passed in early 2013.

Churches of Christ Bible Bowl
The Churches of Christ host various Bible Bowl competitions throughout the U.S., some nationally such as Lads to Leaders or Leadership Training for Christ, and some of them are more regional such as the Great Southeast Bible Bowl in Huntsville, Alabama and the Great Lakes Bible Bowl in Michigan. The largest of these regional competitions is the annual Bible Bowl held in Cookeville, Tennessee with more than 2,000 participants representing more than 100 congregations in multiple states every year. An online, interactive study tool is available featuring questions used in the national Lads to Leaders conventions.

The Church of God General Conference
The Church of God General Conference (one of a number denominations all using the name "Church of God") sponsors a Bible quiz competition that is similar to the Nazarene/WBQA format.

Free Methodist Bible Quiz
Free Methodist Bible Quiz is sponsored by the Free Methodist Church. Quizzers study specific books of the bible each year, and jump from seat pads in team and individual competition. While the majority of teams in the United States come from the Midwest and Pacific Northwest regions, there are teams from other regions, most notably from Kentucky and New York. Free Methodist quizzing also takes place in Kenya, the Philippines and Taiwan. Teams and individuals compete at monthly conference, regional and multi-regional tournaments throughout the quiz season, culminating in a National Bible Quiz finals each year, hosted by a Free Methodist College/University.

Quiz teams and individuals can compete in four divisions, depending on the experience level of competitors—Young Teen Rookie, Young Teen Veteran, Senior Teen Rookie, or Senior Teen Veteran. Teams and individuals that place receive a trophy and, in some divisions and competitions, scholarships. The winner of the Senior Teen Veteran National Bible Quiz Finals Team competition in Free Methodist Quizzing receives the Alpha-Omega trophy, which consists of a base on which the names of all previous winners are engraved. The back has three small stained glass windows, and there is also a platform for a detachable trophy that looks like a Bible. The winning team keeps the bible trophy and transports the base to the Quiz Team Finals the next year.

Missionary Church Bible Quiz
Missionary Church Bible Quiz is sponsored by the Missionary Church. It is similar in format to the Nazarene Bible Quizzing ministry. Teams are largely from Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Eastern Canada.

National Bible Bowl
National Bible Bowl, sponsored by the North American Christian Convention from 1964 to 2001, is now managed by National Bible Bowl, an independent non-profit organization since 2001. Most teams still come from churches affiliated with the Christian churches and churches of Christ, a branch of the Restoration Movement, but other churches are now allowed as well. The game format was at first nearly identical to College Bowl, but in 2021, the format was modified and is now similar to the television show jeopardy!. Each season, players study approximately 10 -12 pre-picked chapters of scripture. For example, the 2024 spring season covered John 1-10.

Games tend to move very quickly and are played with two teams of 2 to 5 players each with no more than 4 from each team participating at a time. The quizmaster reads "toss-up" questions worth 10, 15, or 20 points each with no variation in difficulty. Each game has 20 toss-ups divided into five answer categories. In each category, there is one 10-point question, two 15-point questions, and one 20-point question. When a player scores 75 or more points, that player has buzzed out and can no longer buzz. When someone buzzes out on a five-person team, the person sitting out will often join the game in place of the player who has buzzed out. The variation in point values and the buzz-out rule adds a measure of strategy to the game. The categories that are given in a game are diverse and usually entertaining. They range from questions that are all over a certain section of scripture to questions in which the answer involves attire, and many more in between. Some categories require "two-part" questions, in which two questions are read in sequence, and the two answers are related to each other in some way. The answers to a two-part question can be one letter different from each other or make an unrelated common phrase. For example, the answer to the first question might be "stop," and the answer to the second question might be, "sign." The correct answer would be, "stop sign" Each player has a handheld signal block on the table in front of him/her with a button and a light on it to recognize which player "buzzed in." Players must begin answering within 3 seconds of buzzing in but are not timed on the length of their answer, as in other Bible Quiz programs. This is one of the main factors in the speed of the game. Players do not need to finish the question being read; they need only give the correct answer. If a question is answered incorrectly, the other team has the opportunity to listen to the rest of the question, and then each player on the other team can answer. Points are never taken away in National Bible Bowl for any reason. After each four toss-ups have been read, a bonus question is read to each team. Bonus questions are the only part of the game in which team members may confer. Bonus questions consist of 4 segments that are each worth 5 points for a total of 20 points possible

The fact that answers are timed tends to create a faster environment and more closely reflects College Bowl in that it is more entertaining for non-participants to watch. Due to the fact that a regulation game contains 20 toss-ups and 5 bonuses per team (each of which has 4 individual questions), a Bible Bowl game has a total of 60 different questions asked. Again, this difference requires the game to move rapidly, and also contributes to the audience-friendly nature of the contest, since there is almost constant interaction between the quizmaster and the players. Some of the question types also add to the audience friendliness of the game ("Put these words together to get a brand of soap", etc.).

The Individual format is very similar to the Team format, but there are some important differences. Each player is only trying to score his/her own points, not for the team. There are no bonuses, and questions that are missed are not rebounded to the other side. In Individual, a player buzzes out at 50 points instead of 75, and is out of the game if they answer three questions incorrectly

The official study text material covers both the Old and New Testament, but there is no set cycle used to determine the books of the Bible studied and new questions are created every year, even if the same material is covered again. There are typically three local tournaments or round robins each season, with two seasons in a year: Fall (August-December) and Spring (February-June). There is a National Tournament at the end of each season which is usually hosted by a bible college.

In addition to a round robin and individual format tournaments, each competition also administers a written test with 100 questions. The National Tournament includes all of these and a double-elimination tournament to decide the overall winning team. Certain competitions, including the National Tournament, also hold "Quote Bees" wherein a participant is given a verse location from the text and must quote the entire verse from beginning to end verbatim. There are no official district or regional competitions that determine advancement. Assistant Quizmasters are only used in later rounds of double elimination tournaments; otherwise, there is only one Quizmaster per game. The season ends with a national championship tournament open to all teams (less than a hundred attend) which concludes with a double-elimination bracket-style playoff, where the final games are staged in front of audiences.

A children's program, called Beginner Bible Bowl, is for children in third through fifth grades. This program has slightly different rules to engage younger players, (contentions, which are allowed in the older group are illegal, and there are no two-part questions. The Beginners use a shortened version of the older group's text. This means that unlike other Bible Quiz programs for this age group, all of the questions change each season.

Their website is https://home.biblebowl.org/

Nazarene Bible Quizzing
Nazarene Bible Quizzing is sponsored by the Church of the Nazarene. It is similar to Assemblies of God quizzing, with a few exceptions. Matches are 20 questions in length, and questions are worth 20 points each. Penalty points of ten points each are deducted only when a quizzer "errors out" by answering three questions incorrectly, when a quizzer commits two fouls in a single round, each team error starting with the fifth error, or any error after question number 15; however, only a total of ten points may be deducted on a single question. There are also possible bonus of ten points which occur when a single quizzer "quizzes out without error"—he gets four questions correct without getting a single one wrong—or when a third, fourth, or fifth quizzer on one team gets a correct answer. The latter is meant to encourage participation from all members of the team rather than just one or two quizzers. Another important difference is that teams consist of up to four quizzers with one substitute, rather than three and three. The most obvious difference is the method of buzzing-in — a seated quizzer jumps up, which activates a pad on an electronic lock-out device. When a quizzer jumps and gives an incorrect answer or incorrectly or incompletely finishes the question, he receives an error. The opposite team then receives a chance to get the "bonus"; the quizzer in the seat directly opposite of the quizzer who received an error will be given the complete question and, if he answers correctly, will receive the ten-point bonus for his team. Each team also has a designated captain, as well as a co-captain who assumes the captain's responsibility in the case of an error-out or quiz-out, who has the ability to challenge a ruling (asking for an opposite ruling) or appeal the question's validity (asking for it to be thrown out). A penalty of ten points will be deducted if a captain challenges twice in one quiz and is overruled both times. There is a material cycle consisting of eight books or groups of books: Luke, 1-2 Corinthians, John, Hebrews & 1-2 Peter, Matthew, Romans & James, Acts, Galatians-Ephesians-Philippians-Colossians & Philemon.

Regional competition consists of all-star teams from each district on the region and is held in the spring. Some regions also include all-star local church teams and an open division which might even include a non-Nazarene team (that team must compete during the year on the district with approval). During the regional competitions, the first-place church teams and district "all-star" teams compete to form a Regional "all-star" team which will represent their region at nationals. There are two different national competitions in Nazarene Bible quizzing, one which includes local church, district and regional competitions, and one which only involves the regional teams. These national competitions alternate from one year to the next and are held at one of the regional colleges during even numbered years and during global and USA/Canada events during the odd numbered years. Nazarene Bible Quizzing has a long history in the Church of the Nazarene (50 years), and has been popular with many churches for generations. Quizzers are in their junior and senior high (teenage) years.

Pathfinder Bible Achievement, Seventh-day Adventist
Pathfinder Bible Achievement has the members of the Bible Bowl team study one book or part of the Bible out of the New King James version. Pathfinders and the Bible Quiz event are run and organized by the Seventh-day Adventist Church. There are 90 questions in the event. The book or part of the Bible changes every year. There are four different stages in Bible Achievement. First, there is the District level; then the Conference level. Finally there is the Division level, in Berrien Springs, Michigan. If a team received a first place in a level, they are then allowed to go on to the next level, and so on and so forth. Finding a team's placement is determined by taking the team's score and comparing it with the top score. If the team's score is within 10% of the top score, the team received a first place. If it is within 20%, the team received a second place. Anything under 20% of the top score is a third place. Bible Achievement is for Pathfinders in 5th through 10th grades.

United Pentecostal Church Bible Quizzing
Bible quizzing sponsored by the United Pentecostal Church International spans throughout North America and allows other countries to participate. It is similar in game format to Assemblies of God Bible quizzing. The quiz year runs from around January to June for state competitions and through the end of July and beginning of August for national competitions. Many teams start studying as early as November. Young people are given a list of verses from around 170 verses (for 4-8 year olds), around 280 verses (for 9- to 12-year-olds) and 520 verses (for 13- to 18-year-olds) to memorize verbatim. As the quiz year progresses, each tournament accumulates more material being quizzed over. Monthly state tournaments are held during the quiz year. At these tournaments, teams typically compete against each other in double elimination tournaments. During a quiz, two teams face against each other with 3 quizzers on each team sitting at two long tables facing the quizmaster and holding a hand-held buzzer. A team can consist of as few as 2 and as many as 5 quizzers along with either 1 or 2 coaches. The quizmaster reads a question and the first quizzer to buzz in receives the ability to answer that question. Quizzers can interrupt the quizmaster, but must finish what the question would have been (if interrupted) then give the answer within 30 seconds. The quiz consists of 20 questions: 8 ten point questions, 9 twenty point questions and 3 thirty point question for the intermediate teams aging from grade 7-grade 9. The juniors have only 15 questions. The national tournament each year is called the North American Bible Quizzing Tournament (NABQT) and alternates location from year to year.

Wesleyan Bible Bowl
Wesleyan Bible Bowl, sponsored by the Wesleyan Church, is also similar to College Bowl, but games begin with a written quiz.

World Bible Quiz Association
The World Bible Quiz Association is an independent ministry that sponsors quizzing across denominational lines. Its game format is most similar to Nazarene, Free Methodist and Alliance quizzing, and most competing teams come from those three groups. The WBQA has an eight-year cycle of the material studied for each season, which is followed by the Missionary Church quiz program and Wesleyan Bible Bowl, and previously Assemblies of God Teen Bible Quiz. The cycle rotates as follows: Luke (2016–17), followed by 1 & 2 Corinthians, John, Hebrews & 1-2 Peter, Matthew, Romans & James, Acts, and Galatians/Ephesians/Philippians/Colossians/Philemon. The WBQA uses the Berean Study Bible as its translation for quizzing.

WBQA quizzing style is similar to Nazarene. It consists of three teams in a quiz, four players per team (though a team can have up to five, subbing quizzer in and out). A quiz is 20 questions long, and each question is worth 20 points, with a few exceptions. If a team gets a question wrong, that team will sit out the next question, which will be for the other two teams only. If one of those two teams gets the question wrong, the following question is a "free question" to the remaining team, worth 10 points. A quizzer is removed from the quiz if he or she answers four questions correctly or three questions incorrectly. If a quizzer answers four questions correctly without making an error, an extra 10 points are added onto his or her final correct answer and he or she is awarded with a "quiz-out without error." If three separate members of the same team answer a question correctly, that team is awarded a 10-point bonus. If a fourth member of the team answers correctly, another bonus is awarded.

In WBQA quizzing, questions must only contain words from the verse from which the question is taken, plus an interrogative (who/what/where/when/why/how) and, if necessary, a form of the verb "to be" (i.e. was/is/were/am, though in practice very few questions require this addition)--no other helping verbs may be used. All questions must be grammatically correct (with the exception of questions beginning with "what if"). This is the same style of question used in other groups such as Bible Quiz Fellowship.

WBQA operates in close cooperation with numerous independent local leagues in the Great Lakes region, such as Detroit Bible Quizzing, Huron Valley Bible Quizzing in the Ann Arbor area, the Ohio Bible Quizzing Association centered around Chillicothe, the Shenango Valley Bible Quiz league around the Pittsburgh area, BIC (Brethren in Christ) Quizzing in the Harrisburg region, and Rochester Youth for Christ Quizzing around Rochester, Minnesota.

WBQA quizzing held a “World finals” tournament in summer from 1974 to 2010, usually at a midwestern Christian college or university. Champions nearly always came from the northeast United States, primarily the Pittsburgh area, northeast Ohio, central Pennsylvania, and Maine. The Detroit program enjoyed a period of dominance in the tournament's latter years and remains one of the largest and most competitive WBQA-affiliated organizations today. The “World finals” tournament is now held annually in the Chicago area each year in early April, and registration is open to any team. Other major tournaments include the Great Lakes Regional Tournament in November, and the All-Timers tournament, open to both children and adults, in January.

National Bible Bee
The National Bible Bee is an independent organization to promote biblical literacy. Contestants study questions about the Bible as well as memorize specific passages from the Bible from any of five approved English versions.

Piedmont Quizzing Association
The Piedmont Quizzing Association is based in Greenville, South Carolina and includes about 20 church teams of two to seven quizzers each from the Southeast. Teens in grades 6 through 12 participate. The main quiz season is from August to January, and a tournament is held in February. During the main season, a quiz meet is held once a month. At each quiz meet, each team participates in two twenty-question, two-team quizzes. All questions read by the quizmaster come from the King James Bible, and each question is worth 20 points. A player jumps of the pad on his chair to answer a question, which causes his light to come on in order to alert the quiz master that he jumped first. The quizzer who jumps first gets to answer the question. When the quizzer answers the question correctly, 20 points are awarded his team. When he answers incorrectly, the question is given as a rebound to the other team. After the team's 5th error or Question 15 (whichever comes first), 10 points are also taken off for incorrect answers. A quizzer may "quiz out forwards" if he answers five questions in the quiz correctly, or "quiz out backwards" if he answers four questions incorrectly. In either case, the quizzer leaves his chair, and a substitute may take his place. Quizzers earn 10 points for their team if they "quiz out (forwards) without error." The team that earns the most points in each quiz wins the quiz.

Choice of Bible version
Historically, most Bible Bowl/Quiz organizations have used either the New International Version or the King James Version as the translation for their programs. More recently some groups such as Bible Quiz Fellowship and World Bible Quiz Association have instead chosen the English Standard Version, and the Assemblies of God has announced plans to transition from the NIV to the New Living Translation beginning with the 2021–2022 season.

In the media
Bible Quiz is the name of a feature documentary by filmmaker Nicole Teeny. The film is a coming-of-age story of an Assemblies of God teen Bible Quizzer on her quest to win the 2008 National Bible Quiz Championship which took place in Green Bay, Wisconsin that year. The film premiered at the 2013 Slamdance Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary and was picked up for distribution.

Bible Bowl was a Christian game show in the United States. Hosted by "Coach" Jack Gray and a robot, the program featured competition between two teams (the Bible Boys and the Gospel Girls). Taped at KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the show occasionally appeared on various religious cable television channels in the 1970s & 1980s.

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Joan Fitz-Gerald

Joan Fitz-Gerald is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the Colorado Senate, representing the 16th district from 2001 until 2007. She also served as President of the Senate, the first woman to hold that office.

Fitz-Gerald is a former chair of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) with state-house Democrats picking up seats across the nation under her chairmanship.

Early life and education
Born in New York City, Joan graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a B.A. in History and later attended Fordham Law School, where she met her husband. The Fitz-Geralds moved to Colorado in 1977.

Career
Until November 2007, Fitz-Gerald represented the 16th Legislative District in the Colorado State Senate. She represented 7 counties in the Legislature: Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Jefferson and Summit. She was the chair of, and served on, the Executive Committee of Legislative Council, Legislative Council, and Senate Services. She also served on the Senate State, Veterans & Military Affairs Committee.

She was elected as the President of the Colorado Senate in 2015, where several GOP state senators broke with the tradition of endorsing the majority party's pick after the Democrats fired a clerk.

Before serving in the State Senate, Fitz-Gerald was a county clerk. She was the first woman ever elected as Jefferson County clerk and recorder, where she pioneered the use of mail ballots.

She is married to John Fitz-Gerald. The couple has two adult sons.

Fitz-Gerald was considered to be one of several possible Democratic candidates for Governor of Colorado in 2006, but chose not to run. On April 18, 2007 she announced that she would run for U.S. Congress, representing the 2nd Congressional District seat being vacated by Mark Udall, who ran for, and eventually was elected to, the U.S. Senate. On August 2, 2007 Emily's List endorsed her.

In November 2007, Fitz-Gerald announced her retirement from the Colorado Senate to campaign full-time for the U.S. House. Peter Groff was elected to succeed her as Senate President, and Dan Gibbs was appointed to fill the senate vacancy left by her resignation. In August 2008, Fitz-Gerald lost the Democratic primary to Jared Polis.

In November 2008, Fitz-Gerald was mentioned as a possible successor to Mike Coffman in the Secretary of State of Colorado's office.

In December 2008, Fitz-Gerald was mentioned as a possible successor to Ken Salazar in the U.S. Senate after Salazar was chosen by President-Elect Barack Obama for Secretary of the Interior. After Salazar's confirmation, Michael Bennet was ultimately selected as the replacement for his Senate seat by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter.

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Talk:Timothy Treadwell

Categories
This page is categorized under American agnostics and People with Bipolar Disorder. Now where are the citations for these? --AirLiner (talk) 19:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Cremation
He is cremated and his ashes where scattered at Katmai National Park, according to Find a Grave. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18D:4701:C4A0:80DF:DCF7:3E70:F544 (talk) 21:10, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Is this a joke?
I think somebody edited and added that Tim tried out for a role in Cheers and was turned down. That he overdosed on heroine and cocaine, and other things that seem quite odd. I read this a while ago and don't remember this details. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dragon1604 (talk • contribs) 15:48, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

 * The overdose is described in Treadwell's book "Among Grizzlies" and the role in Cheers is referred to in "Grizzly Man" by Treadwell's father. I can't vouch for the accuracy though. 71.193.243.8 (talk) 03:01, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

He talks at length about losing the role of Sam's assistant bartender (on Cheers) to Woody Harrelson on the Discovery Channel documentary "Grizzly Man", also about his subsequent drug abuse following the decline of his acting career... He appears to be suffering from classic Manic-Depression during his time in the park, very weepy and melancholy about his life and relationships one minute and very animated and elated the next, professing his love for the bears and nature as almost a stream of conciousness monologue... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.73.79.254 (talk) 19:47, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with your observations, but I believe manic depression is characterized by depressions and manic periods that last for long periods, such as weeks or longer. I'm unsure what causes sudden mood changes. -Lciaccio (talk) 03:47, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Not certain how any of this can be verified because the people you probably want to talk to aren't there anymore. I was in Alaska right after Treadwell's death, and, of course, we were all hypothesizing why this bear would attack them which is quite out of nature for that brown bear. Being the wife of a field ecologist/marine biologist who pioneered the biological computer simulation program, my spontaneous utterance was: "She was on her period! That's why!" When you're applying for hiking permits in Alaska and US parks in California, women don't get any if they are having or expecting their periods. A few weeks after the final autopsy reports were completed, rumor from the forestry service was that Treadwell's girlfriend had, in fact, been expecting her menses. Hope this info might be able to dump up some leads for you guys. Borderbumble (talk) 11:57, 26 February 2020 (UTC) BorderbumbleBorderbumble (talk) 11:57, 26 February 2020 (UTC)

Audio status
Can we confirm that Jewel Palovak still has the audio, or has she destroyed it? Coolgamer (talk) 00:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * I recall reading somewhere (this was a couple of years ago) that she said she did not intend to follow Herzog's advice to destroy it, though she was following his advice not to ever listen to it herself. If I remember correctly, she said she'd locked it away in a safe deposit box.  12.155.58.181 (talk) 00:11, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

 * The audio has been made public. http://www.ogrish.tv/playXXXXXX.php?vid=1083 --Janwo Disc./Mail 21:49, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

I don't know what you think your link is to, but it is not audio of Timothy Treadwell. IT IS A PORN SITE. I added a bunch of x's to the middle, so it won't take people there, in case it just needs fixed. Anyway, that isn't too cool.

Contradiction In article about six minute "death" Tape
The 5th sentence in this article states, and I quote, "An audio recording of the attack survived and has been released to the public". A citation points to Werner's film-WRONG! The tape is in the hands of Jewel Pavlovak, which is recorded in Werner Herzog's film, BUT it has Never been released to my knowledge. It is a 6 minute audio clip from Treadwell's video camera, which has been reported in this article about Treadwell. The 2nd to last sentence under the heading of "Death" states, and I quote, "The tape is now the property of Jewel Palovak, and has not been released". Or "released to the public", whatever. We may hear a word or Possibly two words of it at the end of Werner's film when he is talking to Jewel telling her about it, But I Know we don't hear even 5 seconds- Never mind all 6 minutes! It is highly doubtful, If you watch the last 15 minutes of Werner's film, that Jewel would release this 6 minute audio clip to the public. PLEASE CORRECT this article as there are two Directly contradictory statements, And the 1st one is Incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.170.111.187 (talk) 20:14, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Relax, it was vandalism, someone changed "has not" to "has". It's changed back now. Mike R (talk) 20:27, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Saving the world.

 * This is not a forum. Personal opinions, character attacks, speculation without citation is not the purpose of Wikipedia. Such behavior is considered graffiti. Suggest removal of this individual's rant.--74.235.39.151 (talk) 21:09, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

 * Seconded for removal. Everyunitone (talk) 11:42, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Done.

Knee jerk reaction?
In the following section-

Charlie Russell, who has studied bears for 42 years and raised them and lived with them in Kamchatka, Russia for a decade, wrote a lengthy response in which he criticized both Treadwell's lack of basic safety precautions such as pepper spray and electric fences (but not his close contact with bears) as well as the predictable, knee-jerk reaction to his death. He is also critical of the film Grizzly Man.[5]

Is the use of 'knee-jerk' encyclopedic? 86.141.182.225 (talk) 21:57, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

External link description
Just followed this external link: "Bear Activist and Companion Mauled to Death in Alaska" — Associated Press story giving detailed factual debunking of the whole Treadwell myth, dated May 8, 2004, quoted by respected wild life organization.

It's not really the AP story. It's a couple of lines of the AP story and then someone's personal arguments with the perceived myth. The "debunking" is unverified and emotionally over-wrought in a way that probably detracts from its credibility, and its points are made better elsewhere. Suggest deleting it, or at least changing the description. 65.96.173.41 (talk) 20:48, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Name change
Shouldn't this article discuss how and why his name changed from Timothy Dexter to Timothy Treadwell? I was curious about that as I was reading the article, but the oddity was never addressed. Does anyone know anything about this? Thanks. (Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 00:49, 1 November 2011 (UTC))

 * In the Warner Hartzog documentary, his parents state that he changed it because it sounded better as a stage name for his acting career. It is a family name, as they confirm.  I have read from an unconfirmed source that it is from his mother's side. -Lciaccio (talk) 03:52, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

 * Thanks. The article should address this.     Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 07:38, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * I added a sourced sentence, since nobody else has. Muzilon (talk) 04:03, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Where is Hessel?
The first paragraph states that Treadwell and his fiance lived in Hessel. Where the heck is Hessel? Hessel, Michigan? I know of no other Hessel. Vandemark (talk) 00:20, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Broken reference
Reference 8 is broken. Can someone who knows what they're doing find a source? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.10.193.198 (talk) 07:30, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Citation needed?
Why is there a [citation needed] tag at several places? That information is told in the film and apparently some of it in Treadwell's autobiography as well. Bever (talk) 16:19, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Diagram
The diagram is labelled as such: Diagram of attack site showing positions of bodies. (I added the bold emphasis.) However, I do not see any notations showing the positions of the bodies. Am I missing something? If the notations are indeed there, they certainly are not clear or obvious. Does anyone know? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 07:33, 5 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I have removed the problematic text in the caption. Hoof Hearted (talk) 17:21, 5 July 2023 (UTC)

So sad
I listened too the audio it was so sad I hope nothing ever happens too anyone again. 2601:602:CE00:1E40:6488:8369:473B:32BE (talk) 01:31, 28 January 2022 (UTC)

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Hollin Hills

Hollin Hills is a historic district and neighborhood in southeast Fairfax County, Virginia. It is located primarily in the Fort Hunt area of the county with some portions remaining in the Hybla Valley and Groveton areas since a shift for census purposes prior to 2010. The community contains more than 30 acre of parkland across seven distinct parks, a pool and swim club, a bocce court, and a pickleball and tennis club, operated and maintained by the Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH).

Principally designed by Charles M. Goodman and developed by Robert C. Davenport in the 1940s, it was one of the Washington, D.C. area's first post-war modernist architecture developments, combined with natural landscape designs between 1949 and 1971. Davenport purchased the original 225 acre of hilly, undeveloped land for $550/acre (present value:$/acre). As home sales and national acclaim grew, he then acquired another 101 acre in 1956, and constructed more homes until the "New Hollin Hills" was completed in 1971. In all, roughly 450 houses with contemporary construction techniques and landscape plans were established in northern Virginia, offsetting the area's more common Colonial Revival homes. Today, the neighborhood is known primarily for its mid-century modern architecture homes, each is uniquely oriented on its lot to maximize its privacy and landscape view, with sight lines intentionally chosen to enhance the common space shared by each structure. These design tenets have remained very cohesive because of a long-standing design review committee that advises on building or modification of existing houses, and starting in 2022, its designation as the Hollin Hills Historic Overlay District (HOD), which requires modifications and additions to be reviewed by Fairfax County Architectural Review Board.

The Hollin Hills Historic District is a 326 acre residential neighborhood encompassing 468 contributing buildings, five contributing sites, and three contributing structures for its 2013 designation in the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. The boundaries of Hollin Hills reflect the initial purchase of the 225 acres in 1946 as the site for a residential suburb and the neighborhood's 1956 expansion by Robert Davenport that added 101 acres to the southwest of the original section. The historic district encompasses all of the present 326 acre of Hollin Hills, composed of single-family dwellings, parks, and recreational areas.

Residents have Alexandria mailing addresses with ZIP codes 22306 or 22307.

Early history
Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron appointed land agents who lived on the Northern Neck to sell parcels from what became known as the Fairfax Grant. The land agents for the proprietor included Philip Ludwell, George Brent, and William Fitzhugh. They processed the paperwork for Northern Neck grants (i.e., land sales) rather than the Secretary and Governor in Jamestown/Williamsburg. Based on pre-1742 maps of the Patents and Northern Neck Grants of Fairfax County, the land of present-day Hollin Hills sat on land once owned by land agent, George Brent.

Based on an 1862 Union engineer map (VREF 975.52 U 1862 DC.), known as the “McDowell map”, Hollin Hills sat near Sparrow Hill, which later formed Popkins Farm.

1949 to present

When Davenport acquired the original tract, he intended the name "Hollin Hills" as a variation of the 18th-century Hollin Hall Plantation, originally owned by George Mason, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights." General Mason named his lands after an English estate of his mother's family. Some of the Hollin Hall plantation buildings still stand on Sherwood Hall Lane.

Modernist architecture
Davenport hired D.C.-based architect Charles M. Goodman (who also designed the Washington National Airport) to design the community; Goodman hired landscape architect Lou "Barney" Voigt to his firm in 1950. Together, the trio of builder/developer, architect and landscape architect chose to design each home with lots no smaller than one-third of an acre. Between 1949 and 1961, Charles Goodman designed eight modern unit types with variations in square footage and interior amenities, comprising 15 different combinations for Hollin Hills. During construction, many trees were retained to block sight lines, and houses were built at angles to ensure privacy. The popularity of the homes, which feature huge expanses of glass, established Goodman as a nationally acclaimed guru of modern architecture. Davenport named some streets to complement the community name, while others were named after family members: Martha's Road for his mother and Rebecca Drive for his daughter. Elba Road was named after one of his prize bulls.

Throughout the community, several custom designs, additions and modifications were constructed beyond the unit types creating an “architectural laboratory” for modern home design. In 1957, Goodman was appointed to design Alcoa Care-free Homes across the United States using more than 7500 lb of aluminum per home. Only 23 were ever built, including one in Hollin Hills, which has since been restored. This Elba Road-home is one of the district's NRHP contributing properties and is listed separately within the Virginia Department of Historic Resources’ ‘’Notable Modern Architecture in Virginia, ca. 1940-1990’’ listing.

Environment
In 1950, Goodman employed Harvard-trained landscape designer Lou "Barney" Voight to develop landscape plans for homes that optimized their home-sitting, the rolling hills and natural wood setting. After his untimely death at age 37 in 1953, he was followed by Daniel Urban Kiley and Eric Paepcke who focused on more geometric designs. Each provided property owners with landscaping plans intended to harmonize the contours of the land and highlight each building's individual design and siting. Depending on the address and date of construction, residents of today may obtain copies of their original landscape plans from the Library of Congress, Harvard's Frances Loeb Library, or George Mason University's Fenwick Library.

Stormwater throughout Hollin Hills is part of the Little Hunting Creek watershed that flows to the Potomac River and onto the Chesapeake Bay. Starting in April 2021 after months of debate, Fairfax County closed access to the parks and began stream restoration projects designed to restore and stabilize the dangerously eroded perennial streambeds in Goodman and Brickelmaier Parks and restore the parks to safety, ecological health, and natural beauty, which was heavily debated by residents, ecological experts and the county. The two parks were reopened in November 2022.

Transportation
Motor vehicles are the most common form of transportation to and from Hollin Hills via its 11 ingress/egress points. Most houses do not feature garages, and instead include carports that may have been part of Goodman's plans or added via additions by Goodman associate Eason Cross Jr., and other architects throughout the years. Many homes in the original 225-acre tract have gravel parking pads at the edge of the street, in addition to driveways. County restrictions prohibit the parking of watercraft, motor homes, campers, trailers, and other large vehicles on public streets, as the community is within the Mount Vernon Community Parking District.

Virtually all public roads (interstate, primary and secondary) in Fairfax County are maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). The county's public bus service, Fairfax Connector, has nearby connections via Route 101 (Fort Hunt–Mt. Vernon) and Route 152 (Groveton–Fort Hunt) routes, located near the intersection of Fort Hunt Rd and Paul Spring Rd, near the Hollin Hills Pool and community entrance. The Huntington station serves as the nearest rapid transit terminal of the Washington Metro (WMATA) system. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), located approximately 8 miles north, is the closest airport for residents.

Utilities
Trash and recycling collection throughout Fairfax County is performed either by the county or private collection company. The entirety of Hollin Hills is located within the County Collection service area.

Dominion Energy is the primary supplier of electricity to area residents. Homes with natural gas are supplied Washington Gas. The Fairfax County Water Authority (or simply, Fairfax Water) is the primary water company for potable water supply to homes and fire hydrants.

Regulated wireline telephone service (aka, land line), digital/cable TV service, and residential Internet service is available with Comcast, Cox and Verizon.

Government
For elections, the majority of Hollin Hills is located within the Kirkside (608) voting precinct and the Hollin Meadows Elementary School is the polling place. For others, residents are served by the Bucknell (604) voting precinct and its Bryant Center polling place.

 * In the U.S. House of Representatives, residents are represented by Virginia's 8th congressional district.
 * For representation in the Virginia General Assembly, the community rests inside Virginia's 44th House of Delegates district and Virginia's 36th Senate district, for State Delegate and State Senator, respectively.
 * At the county (or district) level, citizens are served by the Mount Vernon Magisterial District of Fairfax County for representation amongst the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, and other district representatives on a variety of boards and commissions within the county.
 * Mount Vernon Station No. 9, located in Sherwood Hall Lane, is the nearest response unit for emergency services from the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department (FCFRD).
 * Of the eight police stations of the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD), Mount Vernon District Police Station is nearest the community.
 * At the community level, the Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH) is a member association of the Mount Vernon Council of Citizens’ Associations, which was formed to represent and promote the interests of its member associations and to further the common good and general welfare of the residents of the Mount Vernon Magisterial District.

Education
Within the community's first five years, construction began in June 1954 on Hollin Hills Elementary School, located adjacent to the community entrance along Fort Hunt Road, immediately north of the intersection with Paul Spring Road. The school was built at a cost of $275,964 (present value: $) and opened its doors to students on September 6, 1955. In the subsequent years, the originally all-white school was desegregated in 1964. By the late 1970s, enrollment numbers had declined and the school was closed in June 1980. The buildings have since been converted into the Paul Spring Retirement Community living center.

As of 2023, public elementary and secondary education of resident youth is provided by Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) with school board representation from the Mount Vernon District. FCPS schools serving the community are Hollin Meadows Elementary School, Sandburg Middle School and West Potomac High School (Wolverines). There are also many private schools in the area, such as Bishop Ireton High School (Cardinals) and St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School (Saints).

The nearest public libraries to Hollin Hills are the Sherwood Regional Library and Martha Washington Library served by the Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) system. In addition, several residents have installed and maintain neighborhood book exchanges and chartered Little Free Library locations throughout the neighborhood, often stylized in the shape of mid-century modern homes found throughout the community.

Civic association
The Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH) is a volunteer residential membership organization structured to promote the common good of the community. It is led by a nine-member, democratically elected Board of Directors which manages a variety of community activities, social and educational events, including a monthly newsletter, a resident/owner directory, an architectural design review committee, management and oversight of 30 acres of parkland, the Hollin Hills Pool, Hollin Hills Pickleball and Tennis Club, and the biennial House and Garden Tour.

Parks
Resident volunteers with efforts of the CAHH Parks Committee and the Friends of Hollin Hills organize to enhance park amenities and to control non-native, invasive species such as English ivy, multiflora rose, and tea viburnum. The seven CAHH parks include:

 * Paul Spring Park–a 6.38 acre park that runs along the north side of Paul Spring Road, located in the Groveton area. According to the county website, Paul Spring Park is located in a FEMA-designated "100 year floodplain" (aka, Zone AE) and Chesapeake Bay Resource Protection Area (RPA) since 1993.
 * Voigt Memorial Park–a set of three properties totaling 9.772 acre located between Fort Hunt Road and Rippon Road at the eastern edge of Hollin Hills in the Fort Hunt area, including the Hollin Hills Pool & Swim Club, the Hollin Hills Pickleball & Tennis Courts and wooded parkland. The main portion of the park includes a children's playground, with a bocce court located along Rippon Road. Voigt Park is located within FEMA Zone AE floodplain and the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area RPA since 1993.
 * McCalley Park–a small 0.351 acre park named after Charles R. “Mac” McCalley, the construction foreman of Hollin Hills from 1949 to 1971. It is located at the southwest corner of Paul Spring Road and Rippon Road across from Voigt Park. This land was once the site of one of the originally built homes but often suffered from flooding. As a result, the structure (formerly 1801 Paul Spring Rd) was raised and the property purchased by Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in 1990. The entire park is located within the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area RPA with some portions within a FEMA Zone AE floodplain.
 * Charles Goodman Park & Trail–originally named East Stafford Park and renamed after the neighborhood's master architect and planner. The sloping, narrow park consists of two tracts at a combined 3.2029 acre size that directly borders 28 home properties, and is located in the Fort Hunt area and runs roughly north–south from Paul Spring Road to Martha's Road; it can be accessed at either end. A riparian zone exists along its stream. The park is similar to Brickelmaier Park in that it is mostly forested land following the Paul Spring Branch stream with a riparian corridor.
 * Brickelmaier Park & Trail–the park originally was known as West Stafford Park, but was renamed in 1978 in honor of George Brickelmaier, an original resident of Hollin Hills who worked with developer Robert Davenport. This Fort Hunt area park is 3.104 acre and is accessible from Popkins Lane and Paul Spring Road, and borders 20 properties along Beechwood Road, Stafford Road, Bedford Lane, and Pickwick Lane. The park is mostly forested land that followed the natural watercourse of the Paul Spring Branch stream with a riparian corridor which buffers the stream. The park is within a designated RPA since 2003.
 * Wildlife Sanctuary–a relatively level 2.785 acre set of six tracts, which was subdivided for development in the 1960s, but never improved. It is located in the Hybla Valley area and Hybla Valley Farm land tract along Delafield Place and Boswell Avenue, west of Elba Road. While it was acquired through a land trade with Fairfax County in 1976, it is a part of the HOD. The majority of the land is located within the Chesapeake Bay RPA since 2003.
 * Sutton–Potter Park–a narrow, sloping 5.37 acre rectangular park along with a much smaller 0.29 acre access tract (aka, the dogleg) at the western edge of Hollin Hills (in the Hybla Valley area). The park entrance is located via path in the 7400 block of Range Road. The homes along this block (officially designated in county records as Hollin Meadows) are a semi-exclave to Hollin Hills; its homeowners and residents are allowed to join and become members of the CAHH. This park was acquired in 1966 as part of a land swap with the county; it is located outside the historic district and HOD.

Lastly, other nearby parks inclusive of the county HOD but located outside of the state and national historic district boundaries are White Oaks Park and two portions of the Paul Springs Valley Stream Park, all of which is maintained by the Fairfax County Park Authority (FCPA).

Swim and racquet clubs
Goodman and Davenport originally planned and submitted to Fairfax County for zoning approval in 1952 that Hollin Hills would have its own shopping center and gas station; however, the county rejected the plan and the shopping center is never built on the corner of Paul Spring Road and Fort Hunt Road. The site is now the home of the Hollin Hills pool, and tennis and pickleball courts. Completed in 1954, Hollin Hills Pool & Swim Club, which was established on 2.95 acre of land purchased by the Civic Association from Robert Davenport. The Hollin Hills Swim Team, established in 1956, is one of the nine charter members of the Northern Virginia Swim League (NVSL). The Hollin Hills Bluefish compete in NVSL Division 14.

In 1955, the community formed a tennis club and four tennis courts were built and remained in active use for many years until the 1990s when period flooding from the Paul Spring Branch damaged the courts to become nearly unplayable. In 2021, the community voted to replace half the tennis courts. In 2022, six pickleball courts were built atop two of the tennis courts; the courts are managed by the CAHH Hollin Hills Pickleball and Tennis Club. The pool/tennis/pickleball property, now consisting of 6.137 acre, is located along Fort Hunt Road at its intersection with Paul Spring Road. Both the swim and racquet clubs offer resident and non-resident membership options.

In 1964, the Hollin Meadows Swim and Tennis Club at 2500 Woodlawn Trail is located near the "new" Hollin Hills area and was once part of CAHH. Today, the HMSTC is separate from the CAHH as a private-membership based club operating a 5-acre complex in a wooded area, bordering the historic district boundaries.

Awards and recognition
The structures and community of Hollin Hills has won many architectural and landscape design awards beginning with the Revere Quality House award from the Southwest Research Institute in 1950. After more than 25 years, the community was the inaugural awardee of the Test-of-Time Award (Residential category) from the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for its lasting appeal in site-planning, house sitting and architecture for houses on Stafford Road.

With its last home constructed in 1971, the community's first significant and lasting recognition as a historic community occurred quickly thereafter with its 1972 inclusion in the Fairfax County's Inventory of Historic Sites. Next in December 2004, Hollin Hills is prominently listed within The Contemporary House and The Contemporary Landscape Design sections of the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) multiple property submission for Historic Residential Suburbs in the United States, 1830–1960. Subsequently, the Board of the Civic Association of Hollin Hills (CAHH) sought and was granted state and national designations when Hollin Hills was added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in late June 2013, followed by its September 2013 inclusion as a National Register of Historic Places national historic district.

Notable residents
Over the decades, this mid-century modern community has attracted artists, architects, politicians, lawyers, doctors and numerous other individuals typical of the metropolitan DC region, including and the production designers for Mad Men, Dan Bishop and Jeremy Conway. Notable residents include:

 * Reginald Bartholomew—diplomat
 * Gilbert Wheeler Beebe—epidemiologist and statistician
 * James Carroll—author, historian, and journalist
 * Joseph Carroll—military officer (Lt. General); original settler of Hollin Hills (1950–58)
 * Bernard B. Fall—prominent war correspondent, historian, political scientist, and expert on Indochina during the 1950s and 1960s
 * Roberta Flack—singer
 * Noel Gayler—naval officer (Admiral), 6th director of the National Security Agency
 * Philip Hirschkop—civil rights lawyer
 * Paul Krizek—politician; House of Delegates–District 44.
 * Ronald F. Lee—principal architect of the national historic preservation program
 * James G. O'Hara—former U.S. Representative
 * Pat Roberts—retired U.S. Senator
 * Salvatore R. Martoche—political appointee and judge
 * Gil Scott-Heron—jazz poet and musician
 * David McCullough—author
 * William "Bill" Green Miller—ambassador
 * Richard M. Moose—executive and diplomat
 * Carl C. Mose—sculptor
 * Helen W. Nies–judge
 * Steve Novosel—jazz bassist and educator
 * Michael Sorkin—architectural and urban critic, designer, and educator
 * Kathleen Mary Spagnolo—artist

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Aeschynite-(Ce)

Aeschynite-(Ce) (or Aschynite, Eschinite, Eschynite) is a rare earth mineral of cerium, calcium, iron, thorium, titanium, niobium, oxygen, and hydrogen with chemical formula (Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6. Its name comes from the Greek word αισχύνη ("aeschyne") for "shame" because early chemists had difficulty with separations of titanium from zirconium.

The "-(Ce)" means it has more cerium than the yttrium variety aeschynite-(Y). Its Mohs scale rating is 5–6.

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User talk:Kennylucius

Nomination for deletion of Template:SF
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April 2011
Please do not add promotional material to Wikipedia. While objective prose about beliefs, products or services is acceptable, Wikipedia is not intended to be a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion. Thank you. Ckatz chat spy  07:43, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems this has been a long term spam campaign since 2005 for his site http://.awardannals.com
 * Accounts
 * Owner   2005         --Hu12 (talk) 18:17, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Votes for deletion/Snoogol

Snoogol
Neologism with just a hint of linkspam at the end. Let's kill it. DS 18:10, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:Slehar

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Steve, in creating an article about yourself, Steven Lehar, you are automatically placing it in danger of being deleted. See Don't create articles about yourself and Avoid self-references for the applicable Wikipedia policies. Please see Wikipedia's deletion policy to familiarize yourself with various reasons an article may be evaluated for possible deletion, and Votes for deletion for the procedure involved. I am not nominating the article at this time, but you should be aware that someone else may do so. If your work is considered notable, you should have no problem finding someone else to write an article about it, and using references to support the entry. Your work may indeed be significant, but I am sure you understand the problems inherent in open editing making it possible for anyone to create a vanity page, which the policy is intended to supress. Additional information you may find useful are the policy on no original research, and the guideline on vanity pages. --Blainster 21:56, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi Blainster. Thank you for your feedback. Although I am brand new as a contributer to Wikipedia, I was aware of the vanity articles rule, and the risk of rapid deletion of my new page Steven Lehar. In this case however I would plead special circumstances. My work is being actively ignored by the scientific establishment because it runs counter to some widely held paradigmatic assumptions, which however turn out to be outright wrong, as I can demonstrate to any reasonable-minded person. The fact that I am not a merely a self-delusional kook is demonstrated by the fact that two of my papers have actually been published in peer reviewed journals, they make very significant bold claims, and yet the feedback from the community has been almost complete silence, or "ignore-ance". I see from your user page that you have an interest in consciousness, and thus you are in a position to make a judgment on my theories. I urge that you check out my on-line illustrated Cartoon Epistemology to get the general thrust of my main theory, or you can read my recent paper on Gestalt Isomorphism for a more formal presentation. The fact is that my Representationalist position is very often discounted as thoroughly implausible, (as seen for example on the Representationalism page) because nobody has heard the counter-arguments to objections like the Homunculus fallacy. The fact that I present a significant philosophical position which is widely and unjustifiably ignored in the literature is, in my view, justification for my having to unfortunately present it myself. As you say on your own user page, sometimes, under special circumstances, it is valid to Ignore all rules. To see the absurd and indefensible series of objections to the Representationalist thesis, check out this debate on the PSYCHE-D mailing list, the outrageous objections by reviewers of my Gestalt Isomorphism paper, the absurd comments by commentators in the open peer review of my paper, and contrast that with the reviews of my book including "I think it is reasonable to suggest that The World in Your Head is a seminal work that is destined to become a fixture in the conceptual landscape which no one seriously interested in the study of perception can reasonably ignore. It's hypotheses, models, implications, and extensions are likely to influence investigators for decades to come. It is obviously a 'must read' for anyone interested in visual perception...". I think that material deserves exposure on Wikipedia even before it is recognized widely elsewhere.--Slehar 14:22, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Page titles
(I sent the following question on page titles to (talk) )

 * If I discover a page whose name does not abide by the conventions, e.g. Berlin School, which should actually be Berlin school, (second word in no-caps) should I bother to rename the page to what it should be? (Would that screw up other links to that same page?) Or should I just link to Berlin School and leave it at that? Slehar 15:47, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

In cases like that, there should be a tab called "move page" somewhere--use that. I believe it's disabled unless you have a certain number of edits (can't remember off the top of my head), so until then, you can just let it sit, or use Requested moves. Best wishes and keep editing, Meelar (talk) 15:53, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

 * As far as naming conventions go, the rule is that things go by the name they're most commonly known as. For example, if there were only one person named John Wood, he would go there. If that's unavailable (e.g. there's more than one thing with the same name), then you move to the most specific possible name (perhaps John Travers Wood). Since there's no other article at Berlin School, that title should be fine. Hope this helps explain things--if not, feel free to ask me again. Best, Meelar (talk) 18:09, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

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Nomination of Early anthropocene for deletion
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Hello. Interested in your research
I saw your article Steven Lehar. I want to know more about you. Do you have a skype? Are your research paper available online? Did they got published in any peer reviewed journal or got rejected because of apparently anti revisionist politics? Rawal of Jaisalmer (talk) 03:42, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

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John Michael Sherlock

John Michael Sherlock (January 20, 1926 – August 12, 2019) was a Canadian bishop. He was the Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ontario, from July 8, 1978 to April 27, 2002. He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and raised in Brantford, Ontario. Second eldest of a family of eight, four of his five brothers also studied at the seminary. Two of them, Fr William Sherlock and Fr Philip Sherlock, were ordained priests.

Bishop Sherlock was ordained in 1950. He became the head of the Diocese of London in 1978 - a district that includes over 130 parishes from Windsor to Huron County, with approximately 440,000 parishioners. Bishop John Sherlock's tenure was riddled with clergy sexual abuse scandals, which shone a harsh spotlight on the prevalence of historical sexual abuse within the Diocese of London.

Timeline

 * January 20, 1926: Born in Regina, Saskatchewan
 * June 3, 1950: Ordained priest for Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
 * June 25, 1974: Appointed Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
 * August 28, 1974: Consecrated Titular Bishop of Macriana in Mauretania
 * July 7, 1978: Appointed Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
 * August 21, 1978: Installed as Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
 * April 27, 2002: Bishop Emeritus of London, Ontario, Canada

References & External links

 * Catholic-Hierarchy profile
 * Roman Catholic Diocese of London biography

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Together We're Heavy

Together We're Heavy is the second release from Dallas symphonic rock group The Polyphonic Spree. Produced by Eric Drew Feldman and released in Japan on June 30, 2004, Europe on July 12 and North America on July 13. It includes the hit singles "Hold Me Now" and "Two Thousand Places". The album was released by Hollywood Records, and represents the band's first "true" album (their previous release, The Beginning Stages of..., was recorded as a demo and released only by popular demand).

The US version of Together We're Heavy contains an additional bonus DVD (entitled "The Adventure of Listening") while the Japanese version contains three bonus songs.

It reached number one on the Billboard Top Heatseekers albums chart in the United States.

Track listing
All songs written by Tim DeLaughter.
 * 1) "Section 11 (A Long Day Continues/We Sound Amazed)" – 8:32
 * 2) "Section 12 (Hold Me Now)" – 4:30
 * 3) "Section 13 (Diamonds/Mild Devotion to Majesty)" – 4:55
 * 4) "Section 14 (Two Thousand Places)" – 5:19
 * 5) "Section 15 (Ensure Your Reservation)" – 1:39
 * 6) "Section 16 (One Man Show)" – 4:58
 * 7) "Section 17 (Suitcase Calling)" – 8:48
 * 8) "Section 18 (Everything Starts at the Seam)" – 1:54
 * 9) "Section 19 (When the Fool Becomes a King)" – 10:38
 * 10) "Section 20 (Together We're Heavy)" – 6:30

 * 1) "Bonus Section 1 (The Best Part)" (Japanese release only)
 * 2) "Bonus Section 2 (Mercury Tea)" (Japanese release only)
 * 3) "Bonus Section 3 (Working Out the Kinks [Demo 2002])" (Japanese release only)

"The Adventure of Listening" DVD:

 * "A Blissed Out Occasion" – Live at the Summersonic Festival, Tokyo, 2003
 * Contains "The Anthem for Summer Camp", "It's the Sun", "Light & Day", "Everything Starts at the Seam" and "When the Fool Becomes a King"
 * "Air Near the Ground" – Live at the Cabaret Metro, Chicago, 2003
 * Contains "Soldier Girl", "Hanging Around the Day (Parts 1 & 2)" and "It's the Sun"
 * "Confessions of an Instigator" – An interview with Tim DeLaughter
 * "Moving Pictures"
 * Contains the music video for "Light & Day (Single Version)", the animated video for "Light & Day (Orchestral Version)" and "The Tramp (A Vignette)" (previously titled "Cane" and played to the song "Ensure Your Reservation")

Singles

 * "Hold Me Now" CD single (July 26, 2004)
 * 1) "Hold Me Now" (Radio Edit – UK Edit)
 * 2) "Hold Me Now" (Album Version)
 * 3) "Working Out the Kinks" (Demo)
 * "Two Thousand Places" CD single (December 8, 2004)
 * 1) "Two Thousand Places"
 * 2) "The Best Part"
 * 3) "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"

Personnel
Adapted from AllMusic.

Musicians

 * Tim DeLaughter: Lead vocals, guitars, percussion, tubular bells, piano, organ, samples, various noises
 * Ryan Fitzgerald: Acoustic and electric guitars, banjo
 * Joe Butcher: Pedal steel
 * Evan Hisey: Keyboards, organ, synthesizers
 * Jesse Hester: Piano, vocals
 * Mark Pirro: Bass guitar
 * Rick Nelson: Double bass, violin, viola
 * Bryan Wakeland: Drums, percussion
 * Audrey Easley: Flute, piccolo, tin whistle, Electronic Wind Instruments
 * Louis Schwadron: French horn
 * Toby Halbrooks: Theremin
 * James Reimer: Trombone, glockenspiel
 * Logan Keese: Trumpet, flugelhorn
 * Jennifer Jobe, Jennie Kelley, Jessica Jordan, Julie Duncanville, Kelly Repka, Michael Turner: Lead, backing and choir vocals

Production

 * Produced by Eric Drew Feldman, Jeff Levison and The Speekers
 * Recorded and engineered by Andrew Paul Baker, Ronnie Katz, Allen Sides, The Speekers and Dave Willingham
 * Assistant engineers: Chris Bell, Joel Pelphrey, Darrell Thorp
 * Mixed by Rich Costey, The Speekers and Dave Willingham
 * Mix assistant: Claudius Mittendorfer
 * Digital editing: Rail Jon Rogut
 * Mastered by Mark Chalecki and Ted Jensen

Release history
CD
 * UK release (July 12, 2004)
 * US release (July 13, 2004)
 * Japanese release (June 30, 2004)

DVD-Audio 5.1 Surround + DTS-Encoded track
 * US release (September 14, 2004)

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The Big Book of Mischief

The Big Book of Mischief (TBBOM) is a book by David Richards. This manual describes the process of creating and detonating a wide variety of explosives. The end products include dry ice bombs and nitroglycerin. Construction of the devices described in the book is generally illegal, in addition to being highly dangerous. According to the file's revision information, a version of TBBOM, then known as The Terrorist's Handbook (by The Jolly Roger), was compiled between 1987 and 1989. The more familiar version, built on the Handbook and other underground BBS text resources, was first posted in the early morning of August 8, 1990, as The Complete Terrorist Today. It assumed its final title with the March 31, 1991, revision.

The most common edition of TBBOM is the 1.5 release (1993).

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User:Johann Wolfgang/Index-3

Pages I contributed to:
Lineage (evolution), Nagold, List of illustrators, Ayya Khema, Snap!

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