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|Subjects = Physics, Literature, Philosophy, Eastern Europe, History, General, Ilf and Petrov
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|schoolcur = [[Brown]] (2006-) [[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2007]] [[Category: Players active in 2008]]
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|schoolcur = [[John Jay]] (2022-) [[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2007]] [[Category: Players active in 2008]][[Category: Players active in 2009]][[Category: Players active in 2010]]
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|schoolpast = [[Berkeley]] (2000-2005) [[Category: Players active in 2003]] [[Category: Players active in 2004]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]]
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|schoolpast = [[Berkeley]] (2000-2005); [[Brown]] (2006-2010) [[Category: Players active in 2003]] [[Category: Players active in 2004]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]]
 
|highschool = [[La Jolla High School]] (1996-2000)
 
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'''Jerry Vinokurov''' is one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He began his career at [[Berkeley]] and went on to found a successful club at [[Brown|Brown University]]. Pound for pound, he was the angriest man in quiz bowl, and is also known (by [[Jacob Vannucci]]) as "scary Mr. internet Jerry" due to his angry posting on HSQB about bad tournaments [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=30048#p30048].
  
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'''Jerry Vinokurov''' is a quizbowler currently of [[Brown|Brown University]], where he serves as de facto team leader. Pound for pound, he is the angriest man in quiz bowl, and is also known (by [[Jacob Vannucci]]) as scary Mr. internet Jerry due to his angry posting on HSQB about bad tournaments [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=30048#p30048]. Apart from that, he is also notable for spearheading the movement that will make the northeast the region with the highest concentration of quiz bowl facial hair, and as the pictures from ACF Nationals 2008 will attest, he has largely been successful.
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== Playing Career ==
  
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Vinokurov was a member of the Berkeley renaissance along with [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Jeff Hoppes]], and [[Ray Luo]]. He was on the Berkeley team that finished second at the [[2004 ACF Nationals]] and he was the leading scorer on the Berkeley team that finished third at the [[2005 ACF Nationals]].
  
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== History ==
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After finishing his undergraduate in math and physics, he came to Brown, where he started the team, advertising with a hand-written poster in the mailroom - leading to [[Eric Mukherjee]] joining the team. In later years, the team picked up, acquiring [[Dennis Jang]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Daniel Klein]], and several others. Under his leadership, the team became a dominant writing and playing force, winning 2nd place at the [[2007 ACF Nationals]], the [[2008 ACF Nationals]], and the [[2009 ACF Nationals]] (losing to Chicago each time).
  
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Vinokurov was a member of the Berkeley renaissance along with [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]], [[Jeff Hoppes]], [[Ray Luo]], etc., a unique convergence of fortunate events which lead to several victories, including a 2nd place and 3rd place finish at nationals in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
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Jerry has had many notable victories at open tournaments including winning the [[2008 Chicago Open]] with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Matt Weiner]], and [[Jonathan Magin]] and placing second at CO in 2006, 2007, and 2009. He also notably won the [[2009 Minnesota Open]] playing with [[Eric Mukherjee]] and [[Guy Tabachnick]].  
  
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After finishing his undergraduate in math and physics, he came to Brown, where he started the team, advertising with a hand-written poster in the mailroom - leading to [[Eric Mukherjee]] joining the team. In later years, the team picked up, acquiring [[Dennis Jang]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Daniel Klein]], [[Jacob Baskin]], and several others, many of whom became top players in their own right. Under his leadership, the team became a dominant writing and playing force, winning 2nd place at ACF Nationals 3 years in a row (losing to Chicago each time). Through somewhat of a fluke, the team has also usually consisted of four science players.
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== Writing and Editing==
  
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During this time, he won Chicago Open 2008 with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Matt Weiner]], and [[Jonathan Magin]] and won 2nd place at said tournament in 2007 and 2009.  
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Jerry is one of the best (and most versatile) editors in the modern game. He was ranked third in [[Eric Kwartler]] and [[Ryan Westbrook]]'s list of the game's best writers in 2008. He was the editor-in-chief for the [[2010 Chicago Open]], the wildly successful [[2010 ACF Regionals]], and [[2009 ACF Winter]]. Jerry also wrote the critically acclaimed vanity tournaments [[The Emergency]] and [[Jerry Singles]]. He also edited [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]] and [[2014 ACF Nationals|2014]] ACF Nationals sets.  
  
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Vinokurov maintains [[QBDB]].
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Both Jerry's CO and ACF Nationals were praised for the innovative questions, but were also critiqued as too difficult. The latter was critiqued as perhaps too different in tone than other tournaments to serve as a national championship, although Jerry pointed out he was driven by the oddity and difficulty of many submissions.
  
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Jerry's writing style has been universally praised for producing interesting and enjoyable tournaments[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5520&p=80410&hilit], but has sometimes been criticized for writing on things that are too difficult and valuing interesting topics over ones that are important.
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== Mentorship ==
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Jerry has been an important advocate for good quizbowl throughout his career. He served as a godfather figure for the Northeast circuit, founding a healthy program at [[Brown|Brown University]], encouraging young players, hosting many after tournament parties, and helping to rejuvenate the lackadaisical region as a whole to the point where it was able to produce several nationally competitive teams. Apart from that, he is also notable for spearheading the movement that will make the northeast the region with the highest concentration of quiz bowl facial hair, and as the pictures from ACF Nationals 2008 will attest, he has largely been successful. He also maintains [[QBDB]].
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Jerry also was a developer on tournament writing software [[QEMS2]] and hosts the server on which that software runs.
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== Editing ==
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*[[BUTT]]
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*[[2007 ACF Regionals]]
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*[[Jerry Singles]]
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*[[EFT|EFT1-4]]
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*[[2009 ACF Winter]]
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*[[VETO|2009 VETO]]
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*2009 [[The Emergency]]
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*[[2010 ACF Regionals]]
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*[[2010 Chicago Open]]
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*[[2011 ACF Nationals]]
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*[[2011 MAGNI]] (physics and other science)
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*[[2012 ACF Nationals]] - Physics, Other Science, Philosophy
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*2013 [[Fernando Arrabal Tournament of the Absurd]]
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*[[2014 ACF Nationals]] (head editor)
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*[[2015 Chicago Open]] (head editor)
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== Results ==
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*[[2010 ACF Nationals]] - Tied for 5th place (with [[Guy Tabachnick]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], and [[Daniel Klein]])
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*[[2010 ICT]] – 7th place (with [[Daniel Klein]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]])
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*[[Harvard International|2010 Harvard International]] – 3rd place (with [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Guy Tabachnick]], and [[Daniel Klein]])
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*[[2010 T Party]] - 1st place (with [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Dan Klein]])
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*[[SCT|2010 SCT]] at Harvard - 2nd place
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*[[2010 ACF Winter]] - 1st place (with [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Rebecca Maxfield]])
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*[[2010 Penn Bowl]] - 2nd place (with [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Guy Tabachnick]])
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*[[2009 FIST]] Harvard Mirror – 1st place (with [[Guy Tabachnick]])
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*[[Minnesota Open|2009 Minnesota Open]] - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Guy Tabachnick]])
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*[[Chicago Open|2009 Chicago Open]] - 2nd place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Ted Gioia]], and [[Dallas Simons]]), 8th scorer
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* [[2009 Missouri Open]] Maryland Mirror - 2nd place (with [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Chris Ray]], and [[SteveJon Guth]])
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*[[SCT|2009 SCT]] northeast - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]], and [[Daniel Klein]]), 3rd scorer
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*[[TIT|2009 TIT]] - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]])
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*[[Minnesota Open|2008 Minnesota Open]] MIT Mirror - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]]), 3rd scorer
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*[[Penn Bowl|2009 Penn Bowl]] - 2nd place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Daniel Klein]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], and [[Dennis Jang]])
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*[[2008 Chicago Open]] - 1st place (with [[Jonathan Magin]], [[Matt Weiner]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]), tied for 6th scorer
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*[[2008 ACF Nationals]] at Brandeis - 2nd place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]], and [[Aaron Rosenberg]]), 12th scorer
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*[[2008 ICT]] at WashU - 4th place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]], and [[Aaron Rosenberg]])
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*[[ACF Regionals|ACF Regionals 2008]] - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]], and [[Aaron Rosenberg]])
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*[[Bulldogs Over Broadway|BoB 2007]] - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Jonathan Magin]], and [[Charles Meigs]]), 6th individual
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*[[PARFAIT|PARFAIT III]] - 2nd place, [[Mount Vinokurov|aneurysm]] (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]], and [[Lisa Qing]])
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*[[Illinois Open|Illinois Open 2007]] - 1st place (As part of "Another Victim of the Maleocentric Maleocracy") [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/tmeade2/www/io07po_standings.html Stats]
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*[[Deep Bench|Deep Bench 2007 Brandeis Mirror]] - 2nd place
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*[[Chicago Open|2007 Chicago Open]] – 2nd place (with [[Matt Lafer]], [[Ryan Westbrook]], and [[Ray Luo]])
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*[[2007 ICT]] - 6th place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]], and [[Phil Grice]])
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*[[2007 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals 2007]] - 2nd place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]]) [http://studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu/college_bowl/ACF_Nats_07_playoff_standings.html Stats]
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* [[2007 SCT]] Northeast - 1st place (with [[Marko Djuric]], [[Micha Elsner]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]])
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* [[2006 ACF Regionals]] - 1st place (with [[Micha Elsner]])
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* [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/clubresults.html Results at Berkeley]
  
  
 
==Art==
 
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Below is an artist's depiction of Mount Vinokurov, found in the wreckage of Penn Bowl 2009
 
Below is an artist's depiction of Mount Vinokurov, found in the wreckage of Penn Bowl 2009
  
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==External links==
 
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*[http://www.grapesmoker.com/ Jerry's website, including blog, tournament results and the QBDB]
  
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[http://www.grapesmoker.com/ Jerry's website, including blog, tournament results and the QBDB]
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Latest revision as of 22:52, 4 February 2024

Jerry Vinokurov
Self-portrait.png
Noted subjects Physics, Literature, Philosophy, Eastern Europe, History, General, Ilf and Petrov
Current college John Jay (2022-)
Past colleges Berkeley (2000-2005); Brown (2006-2010)
High school La Jolla High School (1996-2000)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Jerry Vinokurov is one of the greatest players in the history of the game. He began his career at Berkeley and went on to found a successful club at Brown University. Pound for pound, he was the angriest man in quiz bowl, and is also known (by Jacob Vannucci) as "scary Mr. internet Jerry" due to his angry posting on HSQB about bad tournaments [1].

Playing Career

Vinokurov was a member of the Berkeley renaissance along with Seth Teitler, Selene Koo, Jeff Hoppes, and Ray Luo. He was on the Berkeley team that finished second at the 2004 ACF Nationals and he was the leading scorer on the Berkeley team that finished third at the 2005 ACF Nationals.

After finishing his undergraduate in math and physics, he came to Brown, where he started the team, advertising with a hand-written poster in the mailroom - leading to Eric Mukherjee joining the team. In later years, the team picked up, acquiring Dennis Jang, Aaron Rosenberg, Daniel Klein, and several others. Under his leadership, the team became a dominant writing and playing force, winning 2nd place at the 2007 ACF Nationals, the 2008 ACF Nationals, and the 2009 ACF Nationals (losing to Chicago each time).

Jerry has had many notable victories at open tournaments including winning the 2008 Chicago Open with Eric Mukherjee, Matt Weiner, and Jonathan Magin and placing second at CO in 2006, 2007, and 2009. He also notably won the 2009 Minnesota Open playing with Eric Mukherjee and Guy Tabachnick.

Writing and Editing

Jerry is one of the best (and most versatile) editors in the modern game. He was ranked third in Eric Kwartler and Ryan Westbrook's list of the game's best writers in 2008. He was the editor-in-chief for the 2010 Chicago Open, the wildly successful 2010 ACF Regionals, and 2009 ACF Winter. Jerry also wrote the critically acclaimed vanity tournaments The Emergency and Jerry Singles. He also edited 2011 and 2014 ACF Nationals sets.

Both Jerry's CO and ACF Nationals were praised for the innovative questions, but were also critiqued as too difficult. The latter was critiqued as perhaps too different in tone than other tournaments to serve as a national championship, although Jerry pointed out he was driven by the oddity and difficulty of many submissions.

Jerry's writing style has been universally praised for producing interesting and enjoyable tournaments[2], but has sometimes been criticized for writing on things that are too difficult and valuing interesting topics over ones that are important.

Mentorship

Jerry has been an important advocate for good quizbowl throughout his career. He served as a godfather figure for the Northeast circuit, founding a healthy program at Brown University, encouraging young players, hosting many after tournament parties, and helping to rejuvenate the lackadaisical region as a whole to the point where it was able to produce several nationally competitive teams. Apart from that, he is also notable for spearheading the movement that will make the northeast the region with the highest concentration of quiz bowl facial hair, and as the pictures from ACF Nationals 2008 will attest, he has largely been successful. He also maintains QBDB.

Jerry also was a developer on tournament writing software QEMS2 and hosts the server on which that software runs.

Editing

Results


Art

Below is an artist's depiction of Mount Vinokurov, found in the wreckage of Penn Bowl 2009

"An artist's depiction of Mount Vinokurov, found in the wreckage of Penn Bowl"

External links

Carper Award
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Year
Succeeded by
Susan Ferrari
2015
Andrew Hart
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