Entries for the Livestock Quiz Bowl Competition on Saturday, January 23, 2010 are due January 15th.  The event this year will be at the UW – Madison Animal Sciences Department, Madison, starting at 9:30 a.m. with registration.  All teams in place for a 10 a.m. start.  The cost of this event is $15 per team. 

Livestock Bowl is a quiz competition where all the questions are about beef, sheep, swine, and meat goat topics and students use a buzzer in order to answer the questions.  Teams compete in a double elimination format by giving oral answers to questions posed by a moderator.  Each match has both an individual and toss-up question round.  The teams are divided into three age divisions.  The junior division is made up of four members who are under 14 years of age as of Jan.1, 2010. The senior division is for teams of four members who are all 14 years of age or older as of Jan. 1, 2010. A mixed team must contain at least one youth from each age division.

Competition in Livestock Quiz Bowl encourages members to develop a more complete knowledge of animals and related subjects.  This contest provides an educational program for all project members, including those who may not own a project animal, and provides a way to develop self-confidence. 

The winning 4-H senior team will represent Wisconsin at the National 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl competition in Omaha, NE at the AKSARBEN Livestock Exhibition. 

We encourage youth to participant in both contests.  Hotel and other information are available on the Extension Youth Livestock Website at http://www.uwex.edu/ces/animalscience/youthlivestock/index.cfm.  Please contact Bernie O’Rourke at (608)263-4304 or borourke2@ansci.wisc.edu for more information.