SEG Challenge Bowl

Contestants should be student members of SEG and may be at the graduate or undergraduate level.

Each team consists of 2 players who are usually from the same university.

The contest itself is in the form of a short answer/multiple choice quiz in the geosciences (geology, geophysics, geography and some geodesy), as well as some questions about the history of our science and the SEG itself. Questions will range in difficulty from 2nd or 3rd year undergraduate level to perhaps first year graduate school.

The contest will consist of 3 legs of 3 rounds each—9 rounds in total. All teams participate in the first leg, after which the 4 teams with the lowest cumulative score on the first 3 rounds retire leaving the 4 top teams to continue playing.

After the second leg of 3 rounds, the 2 teams with the lowest cumulative score on the second leg only (not including the first leg scoring) retire leaving the top 2 teams to compete in the final 3 rounds.

Scoring is reset for each leg rather than being carried over between legs.

To sign up for a Challenge Bowl event, simply follow the link to the hosting organization and follow the directions. If you have any problems, feel free to contact cb@seg.org.

8 May 2013
SEG Canadian Challenge Bowl, Calgary, Canada
Held in conjunction with the CSEG/CSPG Annual Convention
Winner results to be posted soon.

10 May 2013
SEG Nigerian Challenge Bowl, Lagos, Nigeria
Held in conjunction with the African Geosciences Student Conference
Winner results to be posted soon.

28 April 2013
SEG European Challenge Bowl, Berlin, Germany
Held in conjunction with the 4th International Geosciences Student Conference
Igor Karpov - Novosibirsk State University
Sergey Yaskevich - Novosibirsk State University

19 April 2013
China Challenge Bowl, Beijing, China
Held in conjunction with SEG China Student Event
Min Chen - China University of Petroleum
Caiyun Zhang - China University of Petroleum

10 April 2013
SEG Latin America Challenge Bowl, Medellin, Colombia
Held in conjunction with the Latin American Geosciences Student Conference
Luis Enrique Arce Pérez - National Autonomous University of Mexico
Juan Sebastián Cervantes Villa - National Autonomous University of Mexico

21 March 2013
SEG Middle East Challenge Bowl, Al Ain, UAE
Held in conjunction with the Middle East Student Education Day
Muhammad Naeem – King Saud University
Muhammad Kamran Hafri – King Saud University

15 March 2013
SEG Sooner Challenge Bowl, Norman, Oklahoma
Held in conjunction with the AAPG/SEG Spring Break Expo
Brandon Lutz – University of Alabama
Gabril Machado – University of Oklahoma

5 March 2013
Gulf Coast Challenge Bowl, Houston, TX, USA
Held in conjunction with Geophysical Society of Houston Spring Symposium
Khushboo Arora – University of Texas, Austin
Menal Gupta – University of Texas, Austin

4 March 2013
Rocky Mountain Challenge Bowl, Denver, CO, USA
Held in conjunction with Denver Geophysical Society 3D Seismic Symposium
Esteban Diaz – Colorado School of Mines
Andrew Munoz – Colorado School of Mines

5 Nov 2012
7th Annual SEG International Challenge Bowl Finals, Las Vegas, Nevada
Held in conjunction with SEG 82nd International Exhibition and Annual Meeting
Darragh O'Connor – Dalhousie University
Adrian Smith – University of Calgary

19 Sept 2012
SEG European Challenge Bowl, Istanbul, Turkey
Held in conjunction with Istanbul 2012 International Geophysical Conference and Oil & Gas Exhibition
Henry Debens- Imperial College London
Matthew Wilks – University of Bristol

16 Sept 2012
China SEG Challenge Bowl, Anhui, China
Held in conjunction with Stanford - University of Science and Technology, China – MIT Geophysics Camp Rall Walsh – Stanford University
Jide Ogunbo – University of Science and Technology, China

31 July 2012
Latin America Challenge Bowl in Cartagena, Colombia
Held in conjunction with the XI Symposium of Exploration in Subandean Basins
Soledad Rocio Lagos – Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Gabriel Ricardo Gelpi – Universidad Nacional de La Plata

31 May 2012
SEG Challenge Bowl in Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
Held in conjunction with the 3rd International Geosciences Student Conference

16 May 2012
6th Annual Canadian Challenge Bowl, Calgary Alberta, Canada
Held in conjunction with the GeoConvention 2012
Keneth Silva – University of Calgary
Abdolnaser Yousetz Zadeh – University of Calgary
Read more about the 6th Annual Canadian Challenge Bowl!

11 April 2012
6th Annual Gulf Coast Challenge Bowl, Houston, Texas, USA
Held in conjunction with the GSH-SEG Spring Symposium
Brandon Bush – Texas A & M University
Sireesh Dadi – Texas A & M University

16 March 2012
6th Annual Sooner Challenge Bowl, Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Held in conjunction with the AAPG/SEG Spring Break Expo
David Sigward – University of Oklahoma
Sumit Verma – University of Oklahoma

6 March 2012
6th Annual Middle East Challenge Bowl, Manama, Bahrain
Held in conjunction with DGS's GEO 2012 – 10th Middle East Geosciences Conference and Exhibition
Mina Salib – Petroleum Institute
Hasan Zakaria – Petroleum Institute
Read more about the 6th Annual Middle East Challenge Bowl!

1 March 2012
6th Annual Rocky Mountain Challenge Bowl, Denver, Colorado, USA
Held in conjunction with DGS's 18th Annual 3D Seismic Symposium
Bharath Shekar – Colorado School of Mines
Conrad Newton – Colorado School of Mines

15 November 2011
5th Annual Italian Challenge Bowl, Trieste, Italy
Held in conjunction with 30^th Annual Meeting GNGTS (National Group of Solid Earth Geophysics)
Letizia Pini – University of Florence
Cosimo Nencioni – University of Florence