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Brain Bowl is a club here at Phoenix High School. It is a chance to participate in trivia competitions with fellow students to compete with other schools. Students exercise their brains with relevant and random trivia questions while learning about the world around them. The questions can have a variety of topics such as social studies, geography, math, literature, language arts, history, science, art, and even current events; but don’t let that scare you!

For those students who wish to join you just show up to the meetings. All students are welcomed to this club. They meet every Wednesday at lunch in Mr. Gullo’s room N419. There are approximately sixteen students that will split into a Junior and Varsity team with some students ready to step in as alternates. “Brain bowl is both entertaining, informational, and fun” Mr. Gullo says.
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Teams can consist up to six people, but only four will play at a time. A moderator will read a question from one of the subjects; which all will be equally represented. There is a buzzer system to see who answers the questions first. The team who can get the most points in the end will be the

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