Brain Bowl Links

The following links all lead to sites with information that often comes up in Brain Bowl. They're not the only ones available by any stretch, but they are a good place to start if you want to expand your knowledge in a specific area. If you know of other good sites you think should be added, send an email here: cborglum@valencia.cc.fl.us

• The Reference Desk, created by Brain Bowl player Dwight Kidder, is a good place to start. It is a page of links to various academic sites organized by discipline. The number next to the site ranks its usefulness for Brain Bowl players.
• If you want to learn more about composers, check out this site.
• Here's a great site with lots of information about U. S. Presidents.
• It never hurts to know more about the periodic table of elements. This link will satisfy your chemistry jones while teaching you more about comic books. You have to see it to believe it.
• Mythology is a common subject in the game. At this site you can learn the difference between Hippolyta and Hippolytus.
• Think you know a lot about the British Monarchy? You can find out by checking out this official site with information about all the kings and queens of England.
• If you want to find out who's the current President of Turkmenistan, you can find out in the CIA World Factbook. You never know when such information might come in handy.
• Here's a site where you can discover more about famous explorers who come up in Brain Bowl (and those who don't).
• This astronomy site will tell you everything you need to know about our solar system.
• This site is a good place to learn about various world religions.
• Trivia Wars is a fun site where you can register a name for yourself and compete in various subject areas. It's a good place to test your knowledge.
• Want to see what the four-year college folks are up to? Visit our friends (and many former Valencians) at UCF College Bowl.
• The Nobel Prize Archive allows you to find out who won when and has some fun quizzes to test what you've learned.
• The Particle Physics site will tell you far more than you need to know about what's going on that you can't see.