About the Scholarship

The CKSF Common Knowledge Scholarship has no specific focus.  It has questions that are based on things anyone could know if they are paying attention as they go through life.

~It’s Fun, It’s Interesting, You Could Learn A Few Things~

Eligibility

Anyone over the age of 14 living in the United States.

Award(s)

• $250 scholarship

How it Works

*Participants must register with CKSF to take the scholarship quizzes.

• There are Four quizzes, one each month,  leading up to a Championship Round.
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• The top 25% are advanced to the Championship Round in September

Quiz Dates

• Quiz 1: 5/1/2017 – 8/31/2017 
• Quiz 2: 6/1/2017 – 8/31/2017
• Quiz 3:  7/1/2017 – 8/31/2017
• Quiz 4:  8/1/2017 – 8/31/2017

National Championship Round: 9/3/2017  –  9/9/2017 – Common Knowledge

Quiz Details

• To participate, you must register with the Common Knowledge Scholarship Foundation at www.cksf.org.
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• For all CKSF scholarship quizzes, 500 points are awarded for each correct answer and one point is deducted for each second taken to complete a question.
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• The scholarship is awarded to the top scoring student at the end of the State Championship Round
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• Results are available immediately to each participant and the overall ranking is available within three hours under the “Results” tab at www.cksf.org.