The Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC) is the premier academic competition among the nation's Historically Black Colleges & Universities. 64 teams are invited to the National Championship Tournament (NCT) to compete for the National Championship. This year, the NCT will be held on March 26-30, 2009 in Orlando, Florida.

    HCASC is a quiz bowl style game where two teams of four players each answer questions pertaining to various subjects such as:

• U.S. History
• Current Events
• Sports
• Literature
• Fine Arts
• Mythology
• African-American History
• Geography
• Pop Culture
• Science

The game is played in two eight-minute halves.

There are two types of questions:

• Toss-up questions are worth 10 points, and any member of the team can answer on a toss-up
• Bonus questions are worth 20, 25, or 30 points, and the team can work together to figure out the answer.

    You are allowed to buzz in and answer a question while the moderator is reading the question. If you answer the question incorrectly, you will get a 5 point deduction and the question will be finished for the other team.