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• Muddy battlefield
  ...states that tournaments that meaningfully distinguish between two teams of a given skill level do not meaningfully distinguish between teams of signific == History ==
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• Shantanu Jha
  |schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2008-9, 2012) |highschool = [[Walt Whitman]] (2006-2008)
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• Crete-Monee
  ...ol''' is a public high school in Crete, Illinois located 30 miles south of Chicago. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[Illinois Hi ==History==
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• Chicago Open History Tournament
  ...]. It serves as a side event for Chicago Open, attracting players from the Chicago Open field. It is usually played as a doubles tournament, with teams of two.
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• Selene Koo
  |schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2003-2011), [[Berkeley]] (1999-2002) ...izbowl national champion players|second most national titles]] in quizbowl history. She also played with [[Berkeley]] from 1998-2002.
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• Chris Romero
  |Subjects = General, Art, History, Math |schoolpast = [[Texas A&M]] (2000-2007)
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• Adam Kemezis
  |Subjects = History, Arts |schoolpast = [[Stanford]] (1998-1999), [[Michigan]] (2001-2006)
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• Bruce Arthur
  |Subjects = History, RMP, IR Theory, and Hungary |schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2005-2007); [[Harvard]] (2007-2010)
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• David Seal
  |Subjects = Trash, History, Bang Bang Boom |schoolpast = [[Virginia]] (2010-2013) [[Chicago]] (2006-2010)
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• Auroni Gupta
  |highschool = [[Torrey Pines High School]] (2006-2008) ...17]], and [[2019 Chicago Open]]s. From 2019 to 2022, they were enrolled in a PhD program at [[Illinois]].
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• Brainiac
  ...-6445-7) is a book written by [[Ken Jennings]]. The book was published in 2006 by Villard Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group. ...Ken's 2004 run on the game show, ''[[Jeopardy!]]''. The second story is a history of trivia and quiz competitions, including some discussion of [[College Bow
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• Paul Gauthier
  ...hicago]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]][[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2007]] [[Category: Players active in 2008]] '''Paul Gauthier''' is a player at the [[University of Chicago]]. He played for Wheaton North High School where he was the middle of the
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• Novelty tournament
  <onlyinclude>A '''novelty tournament''' is an outdated term for a quizbowl event that deviates from accepted tournament norms. The term was c ...s include the [[Chicago Open Literature Tournament]] or the [[Chicago Open History Tournament]]. Other novelty tournaments include "theme" packets.
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• Jonathan Magin
  |schoolpast = [[Maryland]] (2006-2008) ...s. Jonathan is largely considered the second best literature player in the history of the game after [[Andrew Yaphe]].
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• Chris Ray
  |Subjects = General, History, Science theft |schoolpast = [[Maryland]] (2007-2014); [[Chicago]] (2014-2016)
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• Turkey Leg Match
  ...rglum]] and [[Matt Weiner]], who had earlier spent the summer debating the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and other Jewish issues. ...s admittance no more implies that anything I say must be nutty because I'm a wacky stoner than your girth implies you miss the nuances of my points when
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• List of college quizbowl national champion teams
  ...the Undergraduate and Division II champions at ACF Nationals and ICT. For a list of '''players''' who have won ACF Nationals or ICT, see [[List of coll | [[1990 Chicago|Chicago]]
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• Minnesota Effect
  ==History== ...ajor knowledge holes led to their 27th-place finish at that year's ICT and a description of "no championship material" from [[Jerry Vinokurov]], who pla
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• Andrew Yaphe
  |schoolpast = [[Virginia]] (1995-1998), [[Chicago]] (1999-2007), [[Stanford]] (2008-2010) ...ently, he enrolled in a doctoral program in English at the [[University of Chicago]] and played for its team; he then went to [[Stanford]] for law school, rec
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• McMaster
  ...lar recruitment of new members. Their attendance at every Canadian SCT is a better record than other successful Canadian schools such as [[Toronto]], [ ==Early History==
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• Kent Buxton
  ...tate]] (2005-2011) [[Category: Truman State]] [[Category:Players active in 2006]] [[Category:Players active in 2007]] [[Category:Players active in 2008]][[ ...''' graduated from Truman State University in 2009 with a B.A. in Biology (History and Spanish minors) at [[Truman State|Truman State University]]. He gradu
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• Zeke Berdichevsky
  '''Ezequiel "Zeke" Berdichevsky''' is a retired quizbowl player who played for [[Michigan]] and [[Maryland]]. He is ...d 2005. Prior to his Triple Crown year, he was also on the winning team at Chicago Open in 2001.
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• UCLA
  |nats = [[2004 NAQT ICT|2004 ICT Division II]]; [[NCT|2006 College Bowl]] '''UCLA''' or the University of California, Los Angeles, is a large public university located in Westwood (Los Angeles), California.
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• ECSO
  | Season = 2005-2006 | First = June 24, 2006
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• Maine East
  ...Ridge, Illinois, a near-north suburb of Chicago. It currently competes as a member of the [[Central Suburban League]] (CSL). It also competes in Class ==History==
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• Mid-Suburban League
  ...''MSL''' is a league of high school quiz bowl programs across the northern Chicago suburbs. It is composed of 12 schools & divided into two divisions - East & ==Mid-Suburban League History (Varsity)==
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• Bloomington
  ...loomington, Illinois. Its nickname is the Purple Raiders. It competes as a member of the [[Big 12 Conference]], which represents most of the large pub ==History==
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• Latin School
  |citystate = Chicago, Illinois ...pionship Tournament|2005 IHSA]], [[2006 IHSA State Championship Tournament|2006 IHSA]], [[2009 IHSA State Championship Tournament|2009 IHSA]]
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• Quizbowl Cast
  '''The Quizbowl Cast''' is a Quizbowl [[Podcast]], marginally run by former [[Maryland]] player [[Mike B # GSAC 2006 Quarterfinals (1 Round, high school)
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• Jerry Vinokurov
  |Subjects = Physics, Literature, Philosophy, Eastern Europe, History, General, Ilf and Petrov |schoolcur = [[John Jay]] (2022-) [[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2007]] [[Category: Players active in 2008]]
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• McGill
  '''McGill University''' is an anglophone university in Montreal, Quebec. A trivia club was established in the 2002-03 season. ==History==
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• Earlybird
  ...ites. According to the best records available, it started in 2002, skipped a year, and then became an annual event. It often occurs in October, though t ...[Niantic-Harristown]] for Third Place. However, that tournament is more of a forerunner of the [[IHSSBCA Kickoff]] than [[Earlybird]].
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• Penn Bowl
  ...d every year at the [[Penn|University of Pennsylvania]]. Though originally a [[packet submission]] tournament, the questions have been [[housewrite|hous ...chance to play a variety of nationwide teams on bad questions, it was just a regular local tournament with bad questions. This trend in question quality
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• Homewood-Flossmoor
  '''Homewood-Flossmoor''' is located just South of Chicago. Over time, they probably have been the strongest program in the South Subu ...ldaker's teams consistently were among the strongest in the state, playing a full schedule of local tournaments and winning close to ninety percent of t
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• Edmontago
  ...ccess in quizbowl, the attraction of the large-scale HSNCT and the city of Chicago, and, perhaps most importantly, the fact that Lisgar had never qualified fo ...t they had won handily in each of the years of the tournament's existence (2006 and 2007). This belief held true, and the team demolished [[Gananoque]] in
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• 2008 ICT
  |second = [[Chicago]] |third = [[Illinois]] A
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• Harvard
  '''Harvard''' is a large private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It participat ==History==
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• East Brunswick
  |nats appearances = '''[[Pyramidal]]:''' <br/> HSNCT: 2006-2009, 2012, 2015-2019, 2021 <br/> NHBB: 2021 <br/> ONCT: 2021 <br/> '''[[No ...] tournament in 1997, and returned briefly in 2002. Starting from the 2005-2006 season, they have attended tournaments every year. EB has been hosting the
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• Naperville North
  ...ol''' is a high school in Naperville, Illinois located in the west-central Chicago suburbs. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[Ill ==History==
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• Eric Mukherjee
  |Subjects = General, History, Science, Mythology, and Comic Books '''Eric Mukherjee''' is a longtime player, [[editor]], and quizbowl [[coach]].
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• Phil Blessman
  ...lver's three second-round playoff appearances at HSNCT (2009, 2010, 2012), a regional semifinal finish at NAC by Latin in 2001, and an Elite Eight appea | [[Latin School|Latin School of Chicago]] (IL)
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• Chicago Open
  ...[[ACF Nationals]]) and its extremely competitive field, which usually make Chicago Open the most challenging all-subject set of the calendar year. A true open tournament, Chicago Open attracts current college players, retired or graduated players, and, o
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• North Metropolitan Scholastic Bowl League
  ...private (6 Catholic, 2 non-religious), with the other two representing the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which does not support Scholastic Bowl competition. ==History==
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• Bradley-Bourbonnais
  ...ool in Bradley, Illinois just outside of Kankakee and the south suburbs of Chicago. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High ...ayers from that era, Greg Lindsay, played for [[Illinois]], tried to write a Quiz Bowl article for Playboy, and is rumored to have beaten IBM's Watson a
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• Maryland
  The '''University of Maryland''' is a large public university located in College Park, Maryland. ==History==
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• Evan Adams
  |Subjects = Literature, History, Architecture [[Category:High school players active in 2006]]
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• Wheaton North
  ...Illinois. They are excellent tournament hosts, they travel well, and have a hardware collection that rivals Craftsman. Beyond that, they are as gracio ...Illinois. Their nickname is the Falcons. The team currently competes as a member of the [[DuPage Valley Conference]] (DVC). It also competes in Class
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• Mike Bentley
  |Subjects = Visual arts, technology, modern world, history '''Mike Bentley''' is the VP of Editing of [[PACE]] and a past President and Treasurer. He formerly played quizbowl for the [[Marylan
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• Southwestern
  ...rogram's creation until the spring of 2015, Southwestern competed in Class A, the "small school" division of the [[Illinois High School Association]]'s ...tied for 5th at [[SSNCT]] at Chicago in 2017 and 2022, 4th at [[SSNCT]] in Chicago in 2016, tied for 7th at Atlanta in 2015, and tied for 11th at the first [[
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• Honda Campus All-Star Challenge
  ...llege Bowl Company]] and sponsored by Honda. The HSASC season culminate on a National Championship Tournament, an annual competition in March that has b The name also refers to a small circuit of tournaments, advertised as "preparatory" HCASC Pre-NCT tou
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