Iowa State University Beef Quiz Bowl Team
Captures National Title

Iowa State is the 2006 National Collegiate Beef Quiz Bowl Champion. The finals, held in Denver, Colorado, on February 3rd, hosted regional championship teams from Iowa State University, Oregon State University, and North Carolina State University. The teams earn the privilege of competing in the finals by winning their ASAS section’s competition of the Academic Quadrathlon.

Members of the 2006 Iowa State University Quiz Bowl team are Patrick Hoffmann (Walnut, IA), John "Dusty" Loy (Ames, IA), Jennifer Taylor (Hebron, CT), and Conrad Spangler (Hillsboro, IA). Dr. Philip Spike and Dr. Brad Skaar were the team advisors.

The students answer a series of questions about all aspects of beef cattle and the beef industry. The range of questions can include physiology, nutrition, reproduction, meat science, basic production information, and current events affecting the beef industry. The competition is a head-to-head double elimination. An Iowa State team has not participated in the NCBA contest in recent years. However, Iowa State teams have consistently finished among the top teams at the Midwest ASAS/ASAS Quadrathlon competition. In addition to 2005, Iowa State was the Midwest Champion Team in 2003. Iowa State teams have finished first in at least one component of the four parts of the Midwest Quadrathlon in every year beginning in 2000.

The National Collegiate Quiz Bowl is a joint program of the American Society of Animal Science and the National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF). The NCF is a charitable institution whose mission is to promote the beef industry through research and education.