Past Championships Qualifying Exams used in Canada and Answer Keys
2019-2020 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam
2019-2020 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam – ANSWER KEY
2018-2019 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam
2018-2019 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam – ANSWER KEY
2017-2018 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam – Alpha Version
2017-2018 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam – Alpha Version – ANSWER KEY
2017-2018 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam – Beta Version
2017-2018 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam – Beta Version – ANSWER KEY
2016-2017 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam
2017-2017 IGB Canada – Championships Qualifying Exam – ANSWER KEY
Past IGB Canadian Championships Questions
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 1
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 1 – Middle School
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 2
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 2 – Middle School
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 3
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 3 – Middle School
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Finals
2019 IGB Canadian Championships – Finals – Middle School
2018 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 1
2018 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 1 – Middle School
2018 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 2
2018 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 2 Middle School
2018 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 3
2018 IGB Canadian Championships – Round 3 Middle School
2018 IGB Canadian Championships – Finals
2017 IGB Canadian Championships Round 1
2017 IGB Canadian Championships Round 2
2017 IGB Canadian Championships Round 3
2017 IGB Canadian Championships – Finals
Additionally helpful in preparing are the past Qualifying Exams for the US Geography Championships, which date back to 2012-2013, as the USA version of the IGB Qualifying Exam is now the same exam for both the IGB’s USA Division, and the US Geography Championships. Past versions of the Qualifying Exam for the US Geography Championships, along with their answer keys, can be found here on the US Geography Championships website.
The best resource for preparing for the Canadian Championships are the past questions linked above as well as the past questions used in the Quiz Bowl Tournament portion of the US Geography Championships’ Varsity and Junior Varsity National Championships from 2013-2016, as well as the Middle School and Elementary Division USGC Quiz Bowl Tournament National Championships from 2015. These can be found on the USGC website here.
Likewise, if at all possible, we strongly recommend students get advance practice and experience with buzzer-based academic competition through participation in International History Bee and Bowl events (click here for the IHBB Canada website) and through all subject quiz bowl tournaments (see here for the best compendium of upcoming tournaments in North America, though the events listed on these forums are by no means the only competitions that exist). Many students (especially those with experience in other non-buzzer based geography competitions, but lacking buzzer-based academic competition experience) may find buzzer-based play takes some getting used to in order to excel at, and it is beneficial for students to get some buzzer-based competition experience (even if not on mostly geography questions) prior to the Canadian Championships.
Links to additional buzzer-style quiz questions can be found on the International Academic Competitions USA Division Resources Page here. Many of the history questions have geographic references in their clues, and many of the science questions have some crossover with physical geography. You can also view all-subject quiz questions at www.quizbowlpackets.com including a much narrower selection of all-geography events.
Additionally, we recommend that students keep up to date with current events, as a fair number of the questions have a focus on what is currently happening in the world, and how geography applies to national and international affairs. The Economist and The New York Times are worth reading in particular for this purpose (paywalls apply).
Motivated students might also consider becoming an AFS Exchange Student (or hosting one from another country) for a particularly unique chance to learn about foreign cultures and languages while studying overseas and living with a host family. Contact IGB founder, AFS alumnus (USA Semester Program to Vienna, Austria in 1998-1999) David Madden, if you have any further questions about AFS at david@iacompetitions.com.