The BibleQuizzer Blog

Wisconsin Invitational 2025
I would like to invite you to the 8th annual Wisconsin Invitational taking place this November 14-15 at the Mukwonago Baptist Church and Academy in Mukwonago, WI. We have taken the words from Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ…
Micah Folkers

Fall Festival Canoga Park Update
On Saturday, October 4, seven teams from three ministries met at Faith Baptist Canoga Park for a half-day of quizzing over the full passage of Romans and James. This was the first time we had met each other since CAST in June. Everyone was a little nervous to quiz over new chapters, but the nerves dissipated…
Allison Castner

2025 Crosspointe Quizzing Invitational Tournament
We are thrilled to announce that there will be a tournament Saturday, September 13th in Indianapolis, Indiana! This tournament will cover Romans chapters 1-8 & James and is open to quizzers 6th-12th grade with two divisions.
Cullen Baggett

GASS 2025 Results
This year’s tournament took place on Saturday, July 12th and featured 39 teams from several states across the southeast. The morning featured thirteen rounds of quizzing with the afternoon broken up into three flights.
Cullen Baggett

CAST 2025 Results
The CAST spectacular tournament took place on June 14th featuring 25 teams from four different ministries.
1st Place: Isaac Corral and Nathanial Villarreal (FBCLB)
2nd Place: Carl Vallesteros and Nicole Areola (FBCLB)
3rd Place: Mannasseh Osei-kwarteng and Christian Harris (FBCLB)
Cullen Baggett

Greenville Area Summer Spectacular (GASS) 2025
We are pleased to announce that sign-ups for the 15th annual Greenville Area Summer Spectacular to be held July 12 at Faith Baptist Church in Taylors, SC are now open…
Micah Folkers

CQA Begins Its Second Year
The impact of the Bible quizzing ministry on the youth of Cameroon has been truly uplifting! One coach, Elizabeth Needham, shared how some of her quizzers, who previously struggled with reading, can now read fluently—what a testimony…
Godwill Penn

Final Rankings (2024-2025 over Hebrews and Peter)
Below are the final rankings for the 2024-2025 season over Hebrews and Peter:
1. Falls (WI) – 120
2. Ridgeview (TN) – 107
3. FBCLB (CA) – 90
4. Shoultz (MN) – 77
5. Mukwonago (WI) – 70
Cullen Baggett

Midwest Summer Spectacular (MASS) 2025
Mark your calendar for the Midwest Area Summer Spectacular on Friday, June 20th at Falls Baptist Church. We strongly encourage you to seriously consider this exciting Bible quizzing event!
Cullen Baggett

February 2025 Rankings
Following CI 2025, here are the rankings:
1. Falls WI – 69
2. Ridgeview TN – 63
3. Shoultz MN – 55
Cullen Baggett

CAST 2025
The California Annual Spectacular Tournament (CAST) will be held on Saturday, June 14, at Bethel Baptist Church in Carson, CA.
Cullen Baggett

Bobby Smith
Perhaps the most individually dynamic quizzer of the 2010s, Bobby truly was unstoppable. The 2013 Hillsdale team he led seemed to always grab leads very early in the quiz off of Bobby’s answers and then maintain or expand those leads as the competition tried to crawl back…
Cullen Baggett

Cat Smith
Cat Smith first stepped into the world of Bible Quizzing in 2008, a choice that would go on to shape her high school years and her life thereafter. Cat and her brother Bobby established themselves as one of the greatest sibling duos in Bible Quiz history.
Cullen Baggett

How God Used Bible Quizzing in My Family
In April 2006, I was a happily married man with four children. We were members of Faith Baptist Church in Taylors, SC and our church had an incredible Bible quiz program for seventh through twelfth graders…
Michael Balka

Throwback: Ski Day at CI
During my 7+ years as part of the Athens Christian Bible Quiz team, we were blessed with our fair share of success on the quiz chairs. I could write a small stack of articles highlighting some of our team’s nail-biting victories…
Dalton Croy

George Wood
George Wood has been a part of the Bible Quiz community for nearly forty years. Shortly after moving his family from the hills of his beloved Tennessee, George began his Bible Quiz journey as a parent of a 7th grader and a 9th grader…
Cullen Baggett

CAST 2024 Review
The California Annual Spectacular Tournament was the largest West Coast spectacular tournament since pre-COVID years—27 teams altogether. Brother Ralph Yuvienco of Bethel Baptist Carson hosted the tournament…
Allison Castner

The Africa Report: What Happened in Nigeria
When Micah told me about the possibility of starting Bible quizzing in Nigeria, I was so excited about it because of the love that I have for getting to guide Africans to memorize God’s Word…
Godwill Penn

GAQSS Signup 2024
We are pleased to announce that sign-ups for the 14th annual Greenville Area Quizzing Summer Spectacular to be held July 13 at Faith Baptist Church in Taylors, SC are now open. After fielding our first full tournament last year we anticipate a full field…
Cullen Baggett

Open-Book Bible Quizzing
At face value, this idea defeats the purpose of Bible quizzing. Maybe that’s why I had never thought of doing it until one of my students asked me to quiz her with her book open…
Micah Folkers

A Coach’s Perspective of Athens 2016
You’ll have to forgive me if I sound a bit emotional, but I’ve got a whole lot of feelings bound up inside me on this one. In fact, unless you have experience with the topic, you’ll likely wonder if I’ve gone a bit crazy when you read this…
