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Yogesh Raut

David Reinstein — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:29:38 GMT

David Reinstein: /* High School Career */

{{Infobox|Name = Yogesh Raut
|Image = Yogesh.jpg
|Subjects = Psychology, Film, General
|schoolcur = [[NYU]] (2011-) [[Category: Players active in 2003]][[Category: Players active in 2004]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]] [[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2007]] [[Category: Players active in 2008]]
|schoolpast = [[UT-Austin]] (2009-11), [[Berkeley]] 2007-09, [[University of Southern California]] (2005-7), [[Stanford]] (2001-5)
|highschool = [[IMSA]] [[Category:High school players active in 1999]] [[Category:High school players active in 2000]] [[Category:High school players active in 2001]] }}

Yogesh Raut is a longtime West Coast quizbowl personality who earned his high school diploma at [[IMSA]], his bachelor's degree in psychology at [[Stanford]], playing successfully alongside [[Eric Smith]], his master's in film at [[USC]], did graduate work at [[Berkeley]], and did more graduate work at [[NYU]].

==High School Career==
Yogesh was a star player who is unquestionably among the best players of his time in [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl|Illinois]] (if not, in fact, the best). In [[2000 Illinois Panasonic Team|2000]] and 2001 he was selected to be a member of [[Illinois Panasonic Team|Team Illinois]], which represented the state at the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]]. The 2000 team finished fourth, while the 2001 team failed to advance from the semifinals. The 2001 team also participated in the [[2001 NSC]].

During his three years at IMSA, the Titans won the State title twice (1999 & 2001). In 2000, while favored to win, they were knocked out in the quarterfinals by an up and coming [[Stevenson]] team. He graduated just before the [[IHSSBCA]] began awarding All-State honors to players, though he certainly would have won two or three of these awards had the awards been around at that time.

Yogesh's senior year marked IMSA's sixth state title in seven years, and their eighth overall.

==College Career==
Yogesh played for four years at Stanford, earning a number of laurels, including being on the fourth-place [[2005 ICT]] team. He then pursued a master's at USC in film, competing on the quizbowl team there.

Yogesh was erroneously awarded the neg prize from [[Aztlan Cup]] 2006, which has baffled all quizbowl historians, since (1) Yogesh was not even the neg champion on his team; (2) according to UCLA's own final official stats, posted on their club's website, Yogesh had 9 negs in the tournament (the fourth-highest total) while another player had 18; and (3) hastily hand-written tournament statistics led to the postponement of the neg prize, and it was ultimately awarded at USC's own Ghetto Warz III tournament a month later, which should have been more than enough time to calculate the actual neg champion. Due to these factors, Yogesh unsurprisingly regarded this as an intentional and calculated public humiliation.

Yogesh maintains a blog, [http://www.thewrongbox.blogspot.com The Wrong Box], where he regularly writes about film, and less often about quizbowl.

[[Category: USC]]
[[Category: People]]
[[Category: Stanford]]
[[Category: Berkeley]]
[[Category: IMSA]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Yogesh Raut

David Reinstein — Thu, 02 May 2013 20:28:38 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Infobox|Name = Yogesh Raut
|Image = Yogesh.jpg
|Subjects = Psychology, Film, General
|schoolcur = [[NYU]] (2011-) [[Category: Players active in 2003]][[Category: Players active in 2004]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]] [[Category: Players active in 2006]] [[Category: Players active in 2007]] [[Category: Players active in 2008]]
|schoolpast = [[UT-Austin]] (2009-11), [[Berkeley]] 2007-09, [[University of Southern California]] (2005-7), [[Stanford]] (2001-5)
|highschool = [[IMSA]] [[Category:High school players active in 1999]] [[Category:High school players active in 2000]] [[Category:High school players active in 2001]] }}

Yogesh Raut is a longtime West Coast quizbowl personality who earned his high school diploma at [[IMSA]], his bachelor's degree in psychology at [[Stanford]], playing successfully alongside [[Eric Smith]], his master's in film at [[USC]], did graduate work at [[Berkeley]], and did more graduate work at [[NYU]].

==High School Career==
Yogesh was a star player who is unquestionably among the best players of his time in [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl|Illinois]] (if not, in fact, the best). In [[2000 Illinois Panasonic Team|2000]] and 2001 he was selected to be a member of [[Illinois Panasonic Team|Team Illinois]], which represented the state at the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]]. The 2000 team finished fourth, while the 2001 team failed to advance from the semifinals. The 2001 team also participated in the [[2001 NSC]].

During his three years at IMSA, the Titans won the State title twice (1999 & 2001). In 2000, while favored to win, they were knocked out in the quarterfinals by an up and coming [[Stevenson]] team. He graduated just before the [[IHSSBCA]] began awarding All-State honors to players, though he certainly would have won two or three of these awards had the awards been around at that time.

Akin to "The Curse of the Bambino", Yogesh's senior year marked IMSA's sixth state title in seven years, and their eighth overall. The team has not even qualified for the State Championship Tournament since Yogesh graduated.

==College Career==
Yogesh played for four years at Stanford, earning a number of laurels, including being on the fourth-place [[2005 ICT]] team. He then pursued a master's at USC in film, competing on the quizbowl team there.

Yogesh was erroneously awarded the neg prize from [[Aztlan Cup]] 2006, which has baffled all quizbowl historians, since (1) Yogesh was not even the neg champion on his team; (2) according to UCLA's own final official stats, posted on their club's website, Yogesh had 9 negs in the tournament (the fourth-highest total) while another player had 18; and (3) hastily hand-written tournament statistics led to the postponement of the neg prize, and it was ultimately awarded at USC's own Ghetto Warz III tournament a month later, which should have been more than enough time to calculate the actual neg champion. Due to these factors, Yogesh unsurprisingly regarded this as an intentional and calculated public humiliation.

Yogesh maintains a blog, [http://www.thewrongbox.blogspot.com The Wrong Box], where he regularly writes about film, and less often about quizbowl.

[[Category: USC]]
[[Category: People]]
[[Category: Stanford]]
[[Category: Berkeley]]
[[Category: IMSA]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

David Reinstein

David Reinstein — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:19:00 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Infobox|Name = David Reinstein
|Image = 2007NTStatechamps.jpg
|Subjects = math
|highschool = coached at [[New Trier]] (1994-2011)
| }}

'''David Reinstein''' was a coach at [[New Trier]] from 1994-2011. He has been the Chair of [[IHSSBCA]] since 2005.

==Question Writing & Editing==
David is the head writer and editor of the [[Scobol Solo]] and [[Masonic]] sets each year. He has been in charge of Scobol Solo since it started in 2001, and he took over the Masonic set for the 2012 tournament. He has gotten an increasing amount of help with the Solo set over the years, especially editing help from [[Jonah Greenthal]]. With the Masonic set, he has gotten significant writing help from [[Donald Taylor]] and editing advice from Jonah and [[Tom Egan]]. David is also a significant contributor to [[CMST]] and, since late 2011, [[NAQT]]. He also has contributed to the [[IHSA]] set, as a social studies editor in 2012 and then as a math and general assistant editor in 2013. Because the writers flaked out, he ended up writing half the social studies in 2012. David no longer has any association with the IHSA.

==Illinois Scholastic Bowl & Quizbowl==
David has played a major role in [[IHSSBCA]] since the organization was about one year old. He first gained attention by starting a petition asking [[IHSA]] to improve question quality. Coaches from over forty schools signed the petition, and the result was that [[New Trier]] got a bunch of angry phone calls from [[IHSA]]. Many years later, however, [[IHSA]] did improve its question quality somewhat when it switched from [[Answers Plus]] to a secret cabal, though the improvements now appear to be fleeting. The [[Masonic]] Tournament used improved questions written in part by some of David's former students at [[Aegis Questions]] for 2008 and 2009, then regressed to [[Questions Galore]] for 2010 and 2011, then used David starting in 2012.

David has a long history of managing Turnabouts and writing letters and articles for [[IHSSBCA]]. He succeeded [[David Riley]] as Chair several years ago, and the organization has continued to grow under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being since Reinstein took over are the Awards Dinner, Hall of Fame, ethics guidelines, moderator certification, annualization of [[SchoBowlFest]], Novice Tournaments, IHSSBCA Grants, IHSSBCA Liaisons and a Members Only section of their website. The organization now sponsors a team that competes at [[NASAT]]. (Before David took over and for his first few years, the organization sponsored a team that competed at [[PAC]].)

==Coaching==
Reinstein coached consistently strong teams for many years at New Trier that placed highly at many local tournaments and had decent showings at Nationals. His teams won nine [[IHSA]] Sectionals, one each IHSA and NAQT State Championship, and many [[Central Suburban League]] titles.

Reinstein took over as coach when he started teaching at [[New Trier]]. He had planned on coaching Math Team, but that team already had many coaches, so he filled a need in Scholastic Bowl. He was told that he could have the position if he was willing to drive a van, since the other coach that year did not have a license. Since then, David has worked with several coaches. After becoming a father in 1998, David dropped from attending all team matches to about half of them. In 2011, he stepped down from coaching, though he still teaches at New Trier.

Until its 2009 cancellation, Reinstein was an annual guest on the ''Kathy and Judy Show'' on Chicago's WGN radio during the week of the IHSA State Championship. Most of the time was spent asking sample questions to the hosts of the show, with somewhat humorous outcomes. It was annually the biggest publicity moment in [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]]. [http://www.ihssbca.org/20090319reinsteinkathyjudy.mp3 (listen to the 2009 appearance)]

==Tournament Hosting==
In addition to an occasional IHSA or Masonic Regional or Sectional tournament, Reinstein has run the [[Scobol Solo]] each year since 2001. He writes the questions and rules and draws up the pairings, which involve roughly 400 matches each year put together using a power-matching format. He gets some help from [[Jonah Greenthal]], who designed software that pretty much runs the tournament.

From 2005 to 2007, the [[New Trier Varsity]] was hosted by [[Carlo Angiuli]] and [[Nick Matchen]], who graduated from New Trier in 2007; duties were taken over by [[Jonah Greenthal]] beginning in 2008, but David has always played a major role in running the tournament.

David also writes card systems for tournaments that power match. He has done so for the Scobol Solo since its inception, for the first day of [[HSNCT]] since 2010, and for the first day of [[MSNCT]] since 2013.

==Personal==
David graduated from [[Niles North]] in Skokie, Illinois in 1986 and from [[Brown]] in 1990. David and his wife have two daughters and a son.

==External Links==
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:High school coaches]]
[[Category:Jews]]
[[Category:New Trier]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
[[Category:IHSSBCA]]

MSNCT

David Reinstein — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:03:41 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Middle School National Championship Tournament''', or '''MSNCT''', is a championship tournament ran by NAQT to determine the best middle school quizbowl team in the country. It debuted in 2011, with the first winners being [[Kealing|Kealing Middle School]].

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
! Year
! Champion
! Second
! Third
! Fourth
! Location
! Field Size
|-
| [[2011 MSNCT|2011]]
| [[Kealing]] A
| [[Barrington Station]]
| [[Longfellow]]
| [[Kealing]] B
| Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, IL
| 35
|-
| [[2012 MSNCT|2012]]
| [[Kealing]] A
| [[Longfellow]] A
| [[Westminster]] A
| [[Longfellow]] B
| Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, IL
| 72
|-
| [[2013 MSNCT|2013]]
| ???
| ???
| ???
| ???
| Hyatt Regency O'Hare, Rosemont, IL
| 96
|-

[[Category:Middle school tournaments]] [[Category:NAQT]]
[[Category:Quiz Bowl in Middle School]]

Masonic tournament

David Reinstein — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:07:20 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Results */

The '''Masonic tournament''' is one of the state championships in Illinois, growing from 16 teams in its first few years to about 300 teams each year now. It is sponsored by Masonic lodges throughout Illinois and has the financial resources to offer free entry fees to all teams and cash awards for teams that do well.

It used approximately the [[IHSA]] format and distribution through 2009, including what was then all-at-once bonuses, then switched to a unique format for 2010. In the Masonic tournament, the match starts with 6 tossups, then alternates 8 team questions (which work like bonuses, but each team controls half of them no matter who answers the tossups), then 6 more tossups, then 8 more team questions, then 4 more tossups. The bonuses bounce back, and they became one part at a time starting in 2013.

For most of the tournament's history, it used what was called a double-elimination format at Sectionals and State, though it was actually a single-elimination tournament with a consolation bracket. Around 2010, they switched to a tournament format that has two pools of 6 teams each play round robin, followed by the top two teams in each pool moving on to a single-elimination two round playoff.

It used [[Answers Plus]] for a very long time, eventually switched to [[Academic Hallmarks]] for (at least) 2006 and 2007, used [[Aegis Questions]] questions in 2008 and 2009, used [[Questions Galore]] in 2010 and 2011, and hired [[David Reinstein]] (who has gotten help from [[Donald Taylor]]) to write the questions for 2012. For those of you who don't know, the Aegis and Reinstein questions were much better than the others.

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Date'''
|'''Location'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''Runner-up'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''Consolation'''
|-
|1983
|[[Winnebago]]
|[[Stillman Valley]]
|Winnebago
|unknown
|unknown
|
|-
|1984
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1986
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1987
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1989
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1990
|[[Illinois Wesleyan University]]
|[[Rockridge]]
|[[Sullivan]]
|unknown
|unknown
|unknown
|-
|1991
|[[Eureka]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1992
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1993
|Eureka
|[[Maine East]]
|
|
|
|
|-
|1994
|Eureka
|Winnebago
|
|
|
|
|-
|1995
|[[Eureka College]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|4 May 1996
|Eureka College
|[[MacArthur]]
|[[Belvidere]]
|[[Princeton]]
|[[Dixon]]
|[[Niantic-Harristown]]
|-
|10 May 1997
|
|[[Woodruff]]
|[[Streator]]
|Princeton
|MacArthur
|[[Edwards County]]
|-
|4 Apr 1998
|
|MacArthur
|[[Sterling]]
|Streator
|[[Centralia]]
|[[Auburn]]
|-
|8 May 1999
|
|[[Moline]]
|[[New Trier]]
|[[Carlinville]]
|[[PORTA]]
|[[IMSA]]
|-
|18 Mar 2000
|
|[[Stevenson]]
|Streator
|New Trier
|Eureka
|Auburn
|-
|2 Mar 2001
|
|[[Salem]]
|[[Fenwick]]
|Moline
|Stillman Valley
|unknown
|-
|2 Mar 2002
|
|[[Springfield Southeast]]
|[[Limestone]]
|[[Guilford]]
|Auburn
|[[Danville]]
|-
|8 Mar 2003
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Wheaton North]]
|Sterling
|Stillman Valley
|[[Pleasant Plains]]
|Auburn
|-
|6 Mar 2004
|Springfield Southeast
|Wheaton North
|[[Morton]]
|Auburn
|[[Galena]]
|[[Bradley-Bourbonnais]]
|-
|5 Mar 2005
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Fremd]]
|Auburn
|Morton
|[[Pittsfield]]
|IMSA
|-
|4 Mar 2006
|Springfield Southeast
|Fremd
|[[Peoria Heights]]
|[[Bloomington]]
|[[Elmwood]]
|Auburn
|-
|3 Mar 2007
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Maine South]]
|New Trier
|[[Springfield]]
|Moline
|Auburn
|-
|1 Mar 2008
|[[Glenwood]]
|Auburn
|[[Carbondale]]
|Sterling
|PORTA
|Springfield
|-
|28 Feb 2009
|Glenwood
|Carbondale
|Auburn
|[[Peoria Christian]]
|[[Warrensburg-Latham]]
|New Trier
|-
|6 Mar 2010 Class A
|[[Riverton]]
|[[Litchfield]]
|[[The Latin School]]
|[[Macomb]]
|[[St. Joseph-Ogden]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[St. Ignatius]]
|Stevenson
|Auburn
|IMSA
|
|-
|5 Mar 2011 Class A
|Riverton
|[[Lisle]]
|Macomb
|PORTA
|Peoria Christian
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|Stevenson
|Carbondale
|IMSA
|Fremd
|
|-
|3 Mar 2012 Class A
|Springfield
|Peoria Christian
|Peoria Heights
|Carlinville
|[[Keith Country Day]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|IMSA
|Auburn
|Carbondale
|The Latin School
|
|-
|2 Mar 2013 Class A
|Springfield
|Litchfield
|Peoria Christian
|[[Cumberland]]
|Elmwood
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[Loyola Academy]]
|Macomb
|IMSA
|Carbondale
|
|}

==Links==
[http://www.masonicbowl.org/ official site]
[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/search/?name=Masonic&season=&archived=y questions]

[[Category:High school tournaments]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
[[Category:State championships]]

Masonic tournament

David Reinstein — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:04:19 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Masonic tournament''' is one of the state championships in Illinois, growing from 16 teams in its first few years to about 300 teams each year now. It is sponsored by Masonic lodges throughout Illinois and has the financial resources to offer free entry fees to all teams and cash awards for teams that do well.

It used approximately the [[IHSA]] format and distribution through 2009, including what was then all-at-once bonuses, then switched to a unique format for 2010. In the Masonic tournament, the match starts with 6 tossups, then alternates 8 team questions (which work like bonuses, but each team controls half of them no matter who answers the tossups), then 6 more tossups, then 8 more team questions, then 4 more tossups. The bonuses bounce back, and they became one part at a time starting in 2013.

For most of the tournament's history, it used what was called a double-elimination format at Sectionals and State, though it was actually a single-elimination tournament with a consolation bracket. Around 2010, they switched to a tournament format that has two pools of 6 teams each play round robin, followed by the top two teams in each pool moving on to a single-elimination two round playoff.

It used [[Answers Plus]] for a very long time, eventually switched to [[Academic Hallmarks]] for (at least) 2006 and 2007, used [[Aegis Questions]] questions in 2008 and 2009, used [[Questions Galore]] in 2010 and 2011, and hired [[David Reinstein]] (who has gotten help from [[Donald Taylor]]) to write the questions for 2012. For those of you who don't know, the Aegis and Reinstein questions were much better than the others.

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Date'''
|'''Location'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''Runner-up'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''Consolation'''
|-
|1983
|[[Winnebago]]
|[[Stillman Valley]]
|Winnebago
|unknown
|unknown
|
|-
|1984
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1986
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1987
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1989
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1990
|[[Illinois Wesleyan University]]
|[[Rockridge]]
|[[Sullivan]]
|unknown
|unknown
|unknown
|-
|1991
|[[Eureka]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1992
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1993
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1994
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1995
|[[Eureka College]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|4 May 1996
|Eureka College
|[[MacArthur]]
|[[Belvidere]]
|[[Princeton]]
|[[Dixon]]
|[[Niantic-Harristown]]
|-
|10 May 1997
|
|[[Woodruff]]
|[[Streator]]
|Princeton
|MacArthur
|[[Edwards County]]
|-
|4 Apr 1998
|
|MacArthur
|[[Sterling]]
|Streator
|[[Centralia]]
|[[Auburn]]
|-
|8 May 1999
|
|[[Moline]]
|[[New Trier]]
|[[Carlinville]]
|[[PORTA]]
|[[IMSA]]
|-
|18 Mar 2000
|
|[[Stevenson]]
|Streator
|New Trier
|Eureka
|Auburn
|-
|2 Mar 2001
|
|[[Salem]]
|[[Fenwick]]
|Moline
|Stillman Valley
|unknown
|-
|2 Mar 2002
|
|[[Springfield Southeast]]
|[[Limestone]]
|[[Guilford]]
|Auburn
|[[Danville]]
|-
|8 Mar 2003
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Wheaton North]]
|Sterling
|Stillman Valley
|[[Pleasant Plains]]
|Auburn
|-
|6 Mar 2004
|Springfield Southeast
|Wheaton North
|[[Morton]]
|Auburn
|[[Galena]]
|[[Bradley-Bourbonnais]]
|-
|5 Mar 2005
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Fremd]]
|Auburn
|Morton
|[[Pittsfield]]
|IMSA
|-
|4 Mar 2006
|Springfield Southeast
|Fremd
|[[Peoria Heights]]
|[[Bloomington]]
|[[Elmwood]]
|Auburn
|-
|3 Mar 2007
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Maine South]]
|New Trier
|[[Springfield]]
|Moline
|Auburn
|-
|1 Mar 2008
|[[Glenwood]]
|Auburn
|[[Carbondale]]
|Sterling
|PORTA
|Springfield
|-
|28 Feb 2009
|Glenwood
|Carbondale
|Auburn
|[[Peoria Christian]]
|[[Warrensburg-Latham]]
|New Trier
|-
|6 Mar 2010 Class A
|[[Riverton]]
|[[Litchfield]]
|[[The Latin School]]
|[[Macomb]]
|[[St. Joseph-Ogden]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[St. Ignatius]]
|Stevenson
|Auburn
|IMSA
|
|-
|5 Mar 2011 Class A
|Riverton
|[[Lisle]]
|Macomb
|PORTA
|Peoria Christian
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|Stevenson
|Carbondale
|IMSA
|Fremd
|
|-
|3 Mar 2012 Class A
|Springfield
|Peoria Christian
|Peoria Heights
|Carlinville
|[[Keith Country Day]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|IMSA
|Auburn
|Carbondale
|The Latin School
|
|-
|2 Mar 2013 Class A
|Springfield
|Litchfield
|Peoria Christian
|[[Cumberland]]
|Elmwood
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[Loyola Academy]]
|Macomb
|IMSA
|Carbondale
|
|}

==Links==
[http://www.masonicbowl.org/ official site]
[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/search/?name=Masonic&season=&archived=y questions]

[[Category:High school tournaments]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
[[Category:State championships]]

Masonic tournament

David Reinstein — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:12:47 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Masonic tournament''' is one of the state championships in Illinois, growing from 16 teams in its first few years to about 300 teams each year now. It is sponsored by Masonic lodges throughout Illinois and has the financial resources to offer free entry fees to all teams and cash awards for teams that do well.

It used approximately the [[IHSA]] format and distribution through 2009, including what was then all-at-once bonuses, then switched to a unique format for 2010. In the Masonic tournament, the match starts with 6 tossups, then alternates 8 team questions (which work like bonuses, but each team controls half of them no matter who answers the tossups), then 6 more tossups, then 8 more team questions, then 4 more tossups. The bonuses bounce back, and they became one part at a time starting in 2013.

For most of the tournament's history, it used what was called a double-elimination format at Sectionals and State, though it was actually a single-elimination tournament with a consolation bracket. Around 2010, they switched to a tournament format that has two pools of 6 teams each play round robin, followed by the top two teams in each pool moving on to a single-elimination two round playoff.

It used [[Answers Plus]] for a very long time, eventually switched to [[Academic Hallmarks]] for (at least) 2006 and 2007, used [[Aegis Questions]] questions in 2008 and 2009, used [[Questions Galore]] in 2010 and 2011, and hired [[David Reinstein]] (who has gotten help from [[Donald Taylor]]) to write the questions for 2012. For those of you who don't know, the Aegis and Reinstein questions were much better than the others.

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Date'''
|'''Location'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''Runner-up'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''Consolation'''
|-
|1983
|[[Winnebago]]
|[[Stillman Valley]]
|Winnebago
|unknown
|unknown
|
|-
|1984
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1986
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1987
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1989
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1990
|[[Illinois Wesleyan University]]
|[[Rockridge]]
|[[Sullivan]]
|unknown
|unknown
|unknown
|-
|1991
|[[Eureka]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1992
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1993
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1994
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1995
|[[Eureka College]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|4 May 1996
|Eureka College
|[[MacArthur]]
|[[Belvidere]]
|[[Princeton]]
|[[Dixon]]
|[[Niantic-Harristown]]
|-
|10 May 1997
|
|[[Woodruff]]
|[[Streator]]
|Princeton
|MacArthur
|[[Edwards County]]
|-
|4 Apr 1998
|
|MacArthur
|[[Sterling]]
|Streator
|[[Centralia]]
|[[Auburn]]
|-
|8 May 1999
|
|[[Moline]]
|[[New Trier]]
|[[Carlinville]]
|[[PORTA]]
|[[IMSA]]
|-
|18 Mar 2000
|
|[[Stevenson]]
|Streator
|New Trier
|Eureka
|Auburn
|-
|2 Mar 2001
|
|[[Salem]]
|[[Fenwick]]
|Moline
|Stillman Valley
|unknown
|-
|2 Mar 2002
|
|[[Springfield Southeast]]
|[[Limestone]]
|[[Guilford]]
|Auburn
|[[Danville]]
|-
|8 Mar 2003
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Wheaton North]]
|Sterling
|Stillman Valley
|[[Pleasant Plains]]
|Auburn
|-
|6 Mar 2004
|Springfield Southeast
|Wheaton North
|[[Morton]]
|Auburn
|[[Galena]]
|[[Bradley-Bourbonnais]]
|-
|5 Mar 2005
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Fremd]]
|Auburn
|Morton
|[[Pittsfield]]
|IMSA
|-
|4 Mar 2006
|Springfield Southeast
|Fremd
|[[Peoria Heights]]
|[[Bloomington]]
|[[Elmwood]]
|Auburn
|-
|3 Mar 2007
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Maine South]]
|New Trier
|[[Springfield]]
|Moline
|Auburn
|-
|1 Mar 2008
|[[Glenwood]]
|Auburn
|[[Carbondale]]
|Sterling
|PORTA
|Springfield
|-
|28 Feb 2009
|Glenwood
|Carbondale
|Auburn
|[[Peoria Christian]]
|[[Warrensburg-Latham]]
|New Trier
|-
|6 Mar 2010 Class A
|[[Riverton]]
|[[Litchfield]]
|[[The Latin School]]
|[[Macomb]]
|[[St. Joseph-Ogden]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[St. Ignatius]]
|Stevenson
|Auburn
|IMSA
|
|-
|5 Mar 2011 Class A
|Riverton
|[[Lisle]]
|Macomb
|PORTA
|Peoria Christian
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|Stevenson
|Carbondale
|IMSA
|Fremd
|
|-
|3 Mar 2012 Class A
|Springfield
|Peoria Christian
|Peoria Heights
|Carlinville
|[[Keith Country Day]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|IMSA
|Auburn
|Carbondale
|The Latin School
|
|-
|2 Mar 2013 Class A
|Springfield
|Litchfield
|Peoria Christian
|[[Cumberland]]
|Elmwood
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[Loyola Academy]]
|Macomb
|IMSA
|Carbondale
|
|}

[[Category:High school tournaments]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
[[Category:State championships]]

Masonic tournament

David Reinstein — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:01:52 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Winners */ Thanks to Egan

The '''Masonic tournament''' is a high school quiz bowl tournament in Illinois that some people think is a state championship. It used approximately the [[IHSA]] format through 2009, then switched to an even weirder format for 2010.

It is often criticized for subpar questions. It used [[Answers Plus]] for a very long time, eventually switched to [[Academic Hallmarks]] for (at least) 2006 and 2007, used [[Aegis Questions]] questions in 2008 and 2009, used [[Questions Galore]] in 2010 and 2011, and hired [[David Reinstein]] to write the questions for 2012.

==Format==
This tournament basically used an IHSA format until 2009, then switched to a new format that is all its own. The current format consists of 16 [[tossups]] worth 15 points each (no [[powers]] or [[negs]]) and 16 three-part questions (10 points per part) in which team collaboration is permitted. The three-part questions are not [[bonuses]] because each team gets 8 of them regardless of how many tossups it answered. Team questions bounce back, and they are read all at once like IHSA bonuses. The distribution is vaguely similar to the [[IHSA]] distribution.

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Date'''
|'''Location'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''Runner-up'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''Consolation'''
|-
|1983
|[[Winnebago]]
|[[Stillman Valley]]
|Winnebago
|unknown
|unknown
|
|-
|1984
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1986
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1987
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1988
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1989
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1990
|[[Illinois Wesleyan University]]
|[[Rockridge]]
|[[Sullivan]]
|unknown
|unknown
|unknown
|-
|1991
|[[Eureka]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1992
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1993
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1994
|Eureka
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1995
|[[Eureka College]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|4 May 1996
|Eureka College
|[[MacArthur]]
|[[Belvidere]]
|[[Princeton]]
|[[Dixon]]
|[[Niantic-Harristown]]
|-
|10 May 1997
|
|[[Woodruff]]
|[[Streator]]
|Princeton
|MacArthur
|[[Edwards County]]
|-
|4 Apr 1998
|
|MacArthur
|[[Sterling]]
|Streator
|[[Centralia]]
|[[Auburn]]
|-
|8 May 1999
|
|[[Moline]]
|[[New Trier]]
|[[Carlinville]]
|[[PORTA]]
|[[IMSA]]
|-
|18 Mar 2000
|
|[[Stevenson]]
|Streator
|New Trier
|Eureka
|Auburn
|-
|2 Mar 2001
|
|[[Salem]]
|[[Fenwick]]
|Moline
|Stillman Valley
|unknown
|-
|2 Mar 2002
|
|[[Springfield Southeast]]
|[[Limestone]]
|[[Guilford]]
|Auburn
|[[Danville]]
|-
|8 Mar 2003
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Wheaton North]]
|Sterling
|Stillman Valley
|[[Pleasant Plains]]
|Auburn
|-
|6 Mar 2004
|Springfield Southeast
|Wheaton North
|[[Morton]]
|Auburn
|[[Galena]]
|[[Bradley-Bourbonnais]]
|-
|5 Mar 2005
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Fremd]]
|Auburn
|Morton
|[[Pittsfield]]
|IMSA
|-
|4 Mar 2006
|Springfield Southeast
|Fremd
|[[Peoria Heights]]
|[[Bloomington]]
|[[Elmwood]]
|Auburn
|-
|3 Mar 2007
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Maine South]]
|New Trier
|[[Springfield]]
|Moline
|Auburn
|-
|1 Mar 2008
|[[Glenwood]]
|Auburn
|[[Carbondale]]
|Sterling
|PORTA
|Springfield
|-
|28 Feb 2009
|Glenwood
|Carbondale
|Auburn
|[[Peoria Christian]]
|[[Warrensburg-Latham]]
|New Trier
|-
|6 Mar 2010 Class A
|[[Riverton]]
|[[Litchfield]]
|[[The Latin School]]
|[[Macomb]]
|[[St. Joseph-Ogden]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[St. Ignatius]]
|Stevenson
|Auburn
|IMSA
|
|-
|5 Mar 2011 Class A
|Riverton
|[[Lisle]]
|Macomb
|PORTA
|Peoria Christian
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|Stevenson
|Carbondale
|IMSA
|Fremd
|
|-
|3 Mar 2012 Class A
|Springfield
|Peoria Christian
|Peoria Heights
|Carlinville
|[[Keith Country Day]]
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|IMSA
|Auburn
|Carbondale
|The Latin School
|
|-
|2 Mar 2013 Class A
|Springfield
|Litchfield
|Peoria Christian
|[[Cumberland]]
|Elmwood
|
|-
| Class AA
|
|[[Loyola Academy]]
|Macomb
|IMSA
|Carbondale
|
|}

[[Category:High school tournaments]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
[[Category:State championships]]

IHSSBCA Kickoff

David Reinstein — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:55:24 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''IHSSBCA Kickoff''' is a high school tournament held at several sites across the state of Illinois, usually in mid-November. This tournament is the traditional beginning of the [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]] season, although since its inception, several tournaments have taken dates before Kickoff.

For several years, some sites divided teams into "large" and "small" school divisions, however, this division was left strictly to the host, and was quite arbitrary, often putting schools' A and B teams in different divisions. In particular, it did not follow the IHSA Class A (small)/Class AA (large) division system.

Excepting IHSA Regionals and Masonic Sectionals, this tournament is the most-attended (as with the others, when sites are combined) of any high school tournament in Illinois.

For the first few years of the tournament, questions were written by [[Triad Questions]], a company founded by Martin Stroup and two of his friends who played for [[Illinois]] in the early 1990s. The questions were in [[IHSA]] format and distribution but were significantly more [[pyramidal]] than other questions generally used at that time. Several question providers were used over the years, including a few times when the questions were written by Sister John Baricevic. Starting around 2008, the format started changing away from [[IHSA]] format.

[[Illinois]] hosted a fall tournament in 1995 directed by Martin Stroup. [[MacArthur]] defeated [[Quincy]] for the Championship, and [[Latin]] defeated [[Niantic-Harristown]] for Third Place. Stroup had played for [[Tom Durbin]] at [[MacArthur]], and they worked together the next year to have [[IHSSBCA]] sponsor the tournament when IHSSBCA was formed and Durbin became its first Chair. Ever since the Kickoffs have gone to multiple sites, the central coordinator has been [[David Riley]].

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Date'''
|'''Location'''
|'''Attendance'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''Runner-up'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|-
|19 Oct 1996
|'''UIUC'''
|35
|[[Quincy]]
|[[Fremd]]
|[[Woodruff]]
|[[MacArthur]]
|-
|18 Oct 1997
|'''[[Loyola Academy]]'''
|30
|[[New Trier]]
|MacArthur
|[[Wilmington]]
|[[Moline]]
|-
|21 Nov 1998
|'''Loyola Academy'''
|60
|Loyola Academy
|[[IMSA]]
|New Trier
|MacArthur
|-
|20 Nov 1999
|'''Loyola Academy'''
|42
|New Trier
|IMSA
|Loyola Gold (A)
|[[Stevenson]]
|-
|
|'''[[Sterling]]'''
|24
|[[Auburn]]
|[[Boylan]]
|[[Byron]]
|[[Stillman Valley]]
|-
|
|'''[[PORTA]]'''
|28
|[[Quincy]]
|[[St. Teresa]]
|[[Notre Dame (Peoria)]]
|[[Warrensburg-Latham]]
|-
|
|'''[[Fairfield]]'''
|12
|[[Salem]]
|Fairfield
|[[Robinson]]
|Fairfield B
|-
|18 Nov 2000
|'''Loyola Academy''' Academic Div
|16
|[[Wheaton North]]
|Stevenson
|Loyola Academy A
|[[Marist]]
|-
|
| Scholastic Div.
|16
|[[Downers Grove North]]
|[[Lake Park]]
|[[Cary-Grove]]
|[[Notre Dame (Niles)]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Blue Div.
|12
|Auburn
|[[Streator]]
|Sterling
|Boylan
|-
|
| Gold Div.
|12
|[[LaSalle-Peru]]
|Moline
|[[Winnebago]]
|Stillman Valley
|-
|
|'''PORTA''' Large School Div.
|18
|[[Springfield Southeast]]
|MacArthur
|Quincy A
|[[Normal Community]]
|-
|
| Small School Div.
|12
|Warrensburg-Latham
|[[Dunlap]]
|[[Athens]]
|[[Bloomington Central Catholic]]
|-
|
|'''Fairfield'''
|10
|Salem
|Robinson
|Fairfield
|[[Breese Central]]
|-
|17 Nov 2001
|'''Loyola Academy''' Academic Div.
|18
|Downers Grove North
|Fremd
|New Trier
|[[Homewood-Flossmoor]]
|-
|
| Scholastic Div.
|18
|[[The Latin School]]
|[[Lake Forest]]
|[[St. Ignatius]]
|Notre Dame (Niles) A
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Gold Div.
|16
|Streator
|Sterling
|[[Galesburg]]
|Moline
|-
|
| Blue Div.
|16
|[[Marian Central Catholic]]
|[[Coal City]]
|Auburn B
|Sterling B
|-
|
|'''St. Teresa''' Scholastic Div.
|15
|Springfield Southeast
|[[Normal U High]]
|[[Bradley-Bourbonnais]]
|Quincy
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|15
|Bloomington Central Catholic
|[[Sullivan]]
|St. Teresa
|Athens
|-
|
|'''Fairfield'''
|12
|[[Carterville]]
|[[Highland]]
|Breese Central
|Fairfield
|-
|16 Nov 2002
|'''[[Von Steuben]]''' Scholastic Div.
|18
|Wheaton North
|Stevenson
|[[Libertyville]]
|The Latin School
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|24
|Downers Grove North
|[[Crystal Lake South]]
|[[Wheaton Warrenville South]]
|[[Hoffman Estates]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Gold Div.
|15
|[[Rockridge]]
|[[Richmond-Burton]]
|Winnebago
|[[Newman Central Catholic]]
|-
|
| Blue Div.
|15
|Stillman Valley
|Boylan
|Auburn
|Moline
|-
|
|'''[[Springfield]]''' Scholastic Div.
|13
|MacArthur
|Quincy A
|[[Pleasant Plains]]
|Sullivan
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|14
|[[Bunker Hill]]
|[[Rossville-Alvin]]
|Quincy B
|[[Riverton]]
|-
|
|'''Fairfield Community College'''
|16
|Fairfield
|[[Litchfield A]]
|Carterville
|[[Mt. Carmel (Illinois)]]
|-
|15 Nov 2003
|'''Von Steuben''' Academic Div.
|22
|Wheaton North
|Marist
|New Trier
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
| Scholastic Div.
|24
|[[Rufus King]]
|St. Ignatius
|Von Steuben
|[[Buffalo Grove]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|Auburn
|Winnebago
|Boylan
|[[Rock Island]]
|-
|
|'''Springfield''' Scholastic Div.
|10
|MacArthur
|Bunker Hill
|[[Bloomington]]
|[[Normal Community West]]
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|15
|[[Pittsfield]]
|[[Macon Meridian]]
|Riverton
|PORTA
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|8
|Carterville
|Fairfield
|[[Edwards County]]
|Robinson
|-
|20 Nov 2004
|'''Von Steuben''' Scholastic Div.
|20
|New Trier
|Stevenson A
|[[Lincoln Way-East]]
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|20
|Stevenson B
|Von Steuben
|Loyola Academy
|[[Lisle]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Div. I
|18
|Auburn
|[[Bettendorf]]
|Winnebago
|IMSA
|-
|
| Div. II
|12
|Byron
|[[Morrison]]
|[[Galva]]
|Rockridge
|-
|
|'''[[Unity]]
|27
|MacArthur
|[[Morton]]
|Normal Community West
|Macon Meridian
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|15
|[[Carbondale]]
|[[O'Fallon]]
|Carterville
|Fairfield
|-
|19 Nov 2005
|'''Wheaton North'''
|46
|[[Fenwick]]
|[[Deerfield]]
|New Trier
|Wheaton North
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Div. I
|18
|Auburn
|Moline
|Winnebago
|Boylan
|-
|
| Div. II
|16
|Morrison
|Auburn B
|[[Seneca]]
|Newman Central Catholic
|-
|
|'''Bloomington'''
|30
|Quincy
|Springfield
|Morton
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|10
|Carbondale
|Fairfield
|O'Fallon
|[[Charleston]]
|-
|18 Nov 2006
|'''Wheaton North'''
|54
|St. Ignatius
|[[Maine South]]
|Wheaton North
|Libertyville
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|Auburn
|Morrison
|Moline
|Newman Central Cathollic
|-
|
|'''Bloomington'''
|42
|Springfield
|Bloomington
|MacArthur
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|8
|O'Fallon
|Fairfield
|Wayne City
|Edwards County
|-
|17 Nov 2007
|'''Wheaton North'''
|54
|Wheaton North
|New Trier
|Auburn
|[[Naperville North]]
|-
|17 Nov 2007
|'''Sterling'''
|26
|Byron
|Bettendorf
|Boylan
|Winnebago
|-
|10 Nov 2007
|'''PORTA'''
|24
|Bloomington
|PORTA
|[[Mahomet-Seymour]]
|[[Roanoke-Benson]]
|-
|17 Nov 2007
|'''O'Fallon'''
|20
|O'Fallon
|Carbondale
|Quincy
|Charleston
|-
|8 Nov 2008
|'''Wheaton North'''
|54
|Auburn
|Loyola Academy
|New Trier
|Stevenson
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|26
|LaSalle-Peru
|Moline
|Bloomington
|Boylan
|-
|
|'''PORTA'''
|32
|Springfield
|Warrensburg-Latham
|Mahomet-Seymour
|[[New Berlin]]
|-
|
|'''Carbondale'''
|12
|Carbondale
|[[Marissa]]
|Charleston
|Carterville
|-
|21 Nov 2009
|'''Wheaton North'''
|60
|Loyola Academy
|Auburn
|St. Ignatius
|[[Oak Park-River Forest A]]
|-
|14 Nov 2009
|'''Sterling'''
|26
|[[Geneva]]
|Bettendorf
|[[Kaneland]]
|Marian Central Catholic
|-
|14 Nov 2009
|'''PORTA'''
|30
|Litchfield
|[[Glenwood]]
|[[Macomb]]
|New Berlin
|-
|21 Nov 2009
|'''[[Greenville]]'''
|10
|[[Althoff]]
|O'Fallon
|Greenville
|[[Gillespie]]
|-
|14 Nov 2009
|'''Carbondale'''
|10
|Carbondale
|Charleston A
|Fairfield
|Charleston B
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''Wheaton North''' Competitive Div.
|24
|Auburn
|Stevenson
|Oak Park-River Forest
|IMSA
|-
|
| Learning Div.
|42
|[[St. Viator]]
|[[Naperville Central]]
|Fenwick
|unknown
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|[[Belvidere North A]]
|[[Guilford]]
|Marian Central Catholic
|Byron
|-
|13 Nov 2010
|'''[[Centennial]]
|24
|[[Rolling Meadows]]
|Normal Community
|Centennial
|Streator
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''PORTA''' A Teams Div.
|20
|Glenwood
|Macomb
|[[Richwoods]]
|Quincy
|-
|
| B Teams Div.
|7
|Springfield B
|Litchfield B
|unknown
|unknown
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''Greenville'''
|16
|Carbondale
|Greenville
|O'Fallon
|[[Marquette (Alton)]]
|-
|19 Nov 2011
|'''Wheaton North''' Über-Competitive Div.
|18
|IMSA
|Stevenson A
|Loyola Academy A
|Auburn A Wheaton Warrenville A
|-
|
| Standard Div.
|64
|[[Lake Zurich]]
|[[Fenton]] Kaneland Wheaton North B Stevenson B The Latin School A Naperville North A
|
|
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|Belvidere North A
|[[Sycamore]]
|Marian Central Catholic
|Boylan
|-
|
|'''Centennial'''
|24
|Centennial A
|Bradley-Bourbonnais A
|Mahomet-Seymour A Bloomington Central Catholic A
|
|-
|
|'''PORTA''' Class AA Div.
|8
|Macomb
|Springfield A
|Glenwood A
|Glenwood B
|-
|
| Class A Div.
|16
|PORTA
|Warrensburg-Latham [[LSA (Decatur)]]
|
|unknown
|-
|
|'''Greenville'''
|16
|O'Fallon
|[[Carlinville]]
|[[Southwestern]]
|Marquette (Alton) A
|-
|
|'''Carbondale'''
|6
|Carbondale A
|Carbondale B
|Carterville [[Johnston City]] Fairfield
|
|-
|17 Nov 2012
|'''Wheaton North''' Upper Div.
|18
|Stevenson A
|Wheaton North A
|[[Metea Valley A]] Wheaton Warrenville South A St. Ignatius A
|
|-
|
| Standard Div.
|30
|Stevenson B
|Naperville North
|Homewood-Flossmoor A
|[[Carmel]]
|-
|
|'''Loyola Academy''' Competitive Div.
|10
|Belvidere North A
|Loyola Academy A
|IMSA A
|Auburn A
|-
|
| Standard Div.
|24
|St. Viator A
|Fenton A
|[[Wauconda]]
|Auburn C
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|22
|Boylan A
|Newman Central Catholic
|Stillman Valley A
|Moline
|-
|
|'''Bloomington'''
|24
|Bloomington A
|Mahomet-Seymour A
|[[Champaign Central]]
|Bradley-Bourbonnais A
|-
|
|'''PORTA'''
|20
|Macomb A
|Glenwood A
|Springfield Macomb B
|
|-
|
|'''Greenville'''
|18
|Carlinville
|[[Cumberland]]
|Southwestern A
|Marquette (Alton) A
|-
|
|'''Carbondale'''
|9
|Carbondale A
|[[Savannah (MO)]]
|Carterville A
|Carbondale B
|}

[[Category: High school tournaments]]
[[Category: High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]] [[Category: IHSSBCA]]
__NOTOC__

IHSSBCA Kickoff

David Reinstein — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:19:54 GMT

David Reinstein: Thanks to Tom Egan

The '''IHSSBCA Kickoff''' is a high school tournament held at several sites across the state of Illinois, usually in mid-November. This tournament is the traditional beginning of the [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]] season, although since its inception, several tournaments have taken dates before Kickoff.

For several years, some sites divided teams into "large" and "small" school divisions, however, this division was left strictly to the host, and was quite arbitrary, often putting schools' A and B teams in different divisions. In particular, it did not follow the IHSA Class A (small)/Class AA (large) division system.

Excepting IHSA Regionals and Masonic Sectionals, this tournament is the most-attended (as with the others, when sites are combined) of any high school tournament in Illinois.

For the first few years of the tournament, questions were written by [[Triad Questions]], a company founded by Martin Stroup and two of his friends who played for [[Illinois]] in the early 1990s. The questions were in [[IHSA]] format and distribution but were significantly more [[pyramidal]] than other questions generally used at that time. Several question providers were used over the years, including a few times when the questions were written by Sister John Baricevic. Starting around 2008, the format started changing away from [[IHSA]] format.

[[Illinois]] hosted a fall tournament in 1995 directed by Martin Stroup. [[MacArthur]] defeated [[Quincy]] for the Championship, and [[Latin]] defeated [[Niantic-Harristown]] for Third Place. Stroup had played for [[Tom Durbin]] at [[MacArthur]], and they worked together the next year to have [[IHSSBCA]] sponsor the tournament when IHSSBCA was formed and Durbin became its first Chair. Ever since the Kickoffs have gone to multiple sites, the central coordinator has been [[David Riley]].

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Date'''
|'''Location'''
|'''Attendance'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''Runner-up'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|-
|19 Oct 1996
|'''UIUC'''
|35
|[[:Category:Quincy|Quincy]]
|[[:Category:Fremd|Fremd]]
|[[:Category:Woodruff|Woodruff]]
|[[:Category:MacArthur|MacArthur]]
|-
|18 Oct 1997
|'''[[:Category:Loyola Academy|Loyola Academy]]'''
|30
|[[:Category:New Trier|New Trier]]
|MacArthur
|[[:Category:Wilmington|Wilmington]]
|[[:Category:Moline|Moline]]
|-
|21 Nov 1998
|'''Loyola Academy'''
|60
|Loyola Academy
|[[:Category:IMSA|IMSA]]
|New Trier
|MacArthur
|-
|20 Nov 1999
|'''Loyola Academy'''
|42
|New Trier
|IMSA
|Loyola Gold (A)
|[[:Category:Stevenson|Stevenson]]
|-
|
|'''[[:Category:Sterling|Sterling]]'''
|24
|[[:Category:Auburn|Auburn]]
|[[:Category:Boylan|Boylan]]
|[[:Category:Byron|Byron]]
|[[:Category:Stillman Valley|Stillman Valley]]
|-
|
|'''[[:Category:PORTA|PORTA]]'''
|28
|[[:Category:Quincy|Quincy]]
|[[:Category:St. Teresa|St. Teresa]]
|[[:Category:Notre Dame (Peoria)|Notre Dame (Peoria)]]
|[[:Category:Warrensburg-Latham|Warrensburg-Latham]]
|-
|
|'''[[:Category:Fairfield|Fairfield]]'''
|12
|[[:Category:Salem|Salem]]
|Fairfield
|[[:Category:Robinson|Robinson]]
|Fairfield B
|-
|18 Nov 2000
|'''Loyola Academy''' Academic Div
|16
|[[:Category:Wheaton North|Wheaton North]]
|Stevenson
|Loyola Academy A
|[[:Category:Marist|Marist]]
|-
|
| Scholastic Div.
|16
|[[:Category:Downers Grove North|Downers Grove North]]
|[[:Category:Lake Park|Lake Park]]
|[[:Category:Cary-Grove|Cary-Grove]]
|[[:Category:Notre Dame (Niles)|Notre Dame (Niles)]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Blue Div.
|12
|Auburn
|[[:Category:Streator|Streator]]
|Sterling
|Boylan
|-
|
| Gold Div.
|12
|[[:Category:LaSalle-Peru|LaSalle-Peru]]
|Moline
|[[:CategoryWinnebago|Winnebago]]
|Stillman Valley
|-
|
|'''PORTA''' Large School Div.
|18
|[[:Category:Springfield Southeast|Springfield Southeast]]
|MacArthur
|Quincy A
|[[:Category:Normal Community|Normal Community]]
|-
|
| Small School Div.
|12
|Warrensburg-Latham
|[[:Category:Dunlap|Dunlap]]
|[[:Category:Athens|Athens]]
|[[:Category:Bloomington Central Catholic|Bloomington Central Catholic]]
|-
|
|'''Fairfield'''
|10
|Salem
|Robinson
|Fairfield
|[[:Category:Breese Central|Breese Central]]
|-
|17 Nov 2001
|'''Loyola Academy''' Academic Div.
|18
|Downers Grove North
|Fremd
|New Trier
|[[:Category:Homewood-Flossmoor|Homewood-Flossmoor]]
|-
|
| Scholastic Div.
|18
|[[:Category:Latin School|The Latin School]]
|[[:Category:Lake Forest|Lake Forest]]
|[[:Category:St Ignatius|St. Ignatius]]
|Notre Dame (Niles) A
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Gold Div.
|16
|Streator
|Sterling
|[[:Category:Galesburg|Galesburg]]
|Moline
|-
|
| Blue Div.
|16
|[[:Category:Marian Central Catholic|Marian Central Catholic]]
|[[:Category:Coal City|Coal City]]
|Auburn B
|Sterilng B
|-
|
|'''St. Teresa''' Scholastic Div.
|15
|Springfield Southeast
|[[:Category:Normal U High|Normal U High]]
|[[:Category:Bradley-Bourbonnais|Bradley-Bourbonnais]]
|Quincy
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|15
|Bloomington Central Catholic
|[[:Category:Sullivan|Sullivan]]
|St. Teresa
|Athens
|-
|
|'''Fairfield'''
|12
|[[:Category:Carterville|Carterville]]
|[[:Category:Highland|Highland]]
|Breese Central
|Fairfield
|-
|16 Nov 2002
|'''[[:Category:Von Steuben|Von Steuben]]''' Scholastic Div.
|18
|Wheaton North
|Stevenson
|[[:Category:Libertyville|Libertyville]]
|The Latin School
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|24
|Downers Grove North
|[[:Category:Crystal Lake South|Crystal Lake South]]
|[[:Category:Wheaton Warrenville South|Wheaton Warrenville South]]
|[[:Category:Hoffman Estates|Hoffman Estates]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Gold Div.
|15
|[[:Category:Rockridge|Rockridge]]
|[[:Category:Richmond-Burton|Richmond-Burton]]
|Winnebago
|[[:Category:Newman Central Catholic|Newman Central Catholic]]
|-
|
| Blue Div.
|15
|Stillman Valley
|Boylan
|Auburn
|Moline
|-
|
|'''[[:Category:Springfield|Springfield]]''' Scholastic Div.
|13
|MacArthur
|Quincy A
|[[:Category:Pleasant Plains|Pleasant Plains]]
|Sullivan
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|14
|[[:Category:Bunker Hill|Bunker Hill]]
|[[:Category:Rossville-Alvin|Rossville-Alvin]]
|Quincy B
|[[:Category:Riverton|Riverton]]
|-
|
|'''Fairfield Community College'''
|16
|Fairfield
|[[:Category:Litchfield|Litchfield A]]
|Carterville
|[[:Category:Mt. Carmel (Illinois)|Mt. Carmel (Illinois)]]
|-
|15 Nov 2003
|'''Von Steuben''' Academic Div.
|22
|Wheaton North
|Marist
|New Trier
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
| Scholastic Div.
|24
|[[:Category:Rufus King|Rufus King]]
|St. Ignatius
|Von Steuben
|[[:Category:Buffalo Grove|Buffalo Grove]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|Auburn
|Winnebago
|Boylan
|[[:Category:Rock Island|Rock Island]]
|-
|
|'''Springfield''' Scholastic Div.
|10
|MacArthur
|Bunker Hill
|[[:Category:Bloomington|Bloomington]]
|[[:Category:Normal Community West|Normal Community West]]
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|15
|[[:Category:Pittsfield|Pittsfield]]
|[[:Category:Macon Meridian|Macon Meridian]]
|Riverton
|PORTA
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|8
|Carterville
|Fairfield
|[[:Category:Edwards County|Edwards County]]
|Robinson
|-
|20 Nov 2004
|'''Von Steuben''' Scholastic Div.
|20
|New Trier
|Stevenson A
|[[:Category:Lincoln-Way East|Lincoln Way-East]]
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
| Academic Div.
|20
|Stevenson B
|Von Steuben
|Loyola Academy
|[[:Category:Lisle|Lisle]]
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Div. I
|18
|Auburn
|[[:Category:Bettendorf|Bettendorf]]
|Winnebago
|IMSA
|-
|
| Div. II
|12
|Byron
|[[:Category:Morrison|Morrison]]
|[[:Category:Galva|Galva]]
|Rockridge
|-
|
|'''[[:Category:Unity|Unity]]
|27
|MacArthur
|[[:Category:Morton|Morton]]
|Normal Community West
|Macon Meridian
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|15
|[[:Category:Carbonale|Carbondale]]
|[[:Category:O'Fallon|O'Fallon]]
|Carterville
|Fairfield
|-
|19 Nov 2005
|'''Wheaton North'''
|46
|[[:Category:Fenwick|Fenwick]]
|[[:Category:Deerfield|Deerfield]]
|New Trier
|Wheaton North
|-
|
|'''Sterling''' Div. I
|18
|Auburn
|Moline
|Winnebago
|Boylan
|-
|
| Div. II
|16
|Morrison
|Auburn B
|[[:Category:Seneca|Seneca]]
|Newman Central Catholic
|-
|
|'''Bloomington'''
|30
|Quincy
|Springfield
|Morton
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|10
|Carbondale
|Fairfield
|O'Fallon
|[[:Category:Charleston|Charleston]]
|-
|18 Nov 2006
|'''Wheaton North'''
|54
|St. Ignatius
|[[:Category:Maine South|Maine South]]
|Wheaton North
|Libertyville
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|Auburn
|Morrison
|Moline
|Newman Central Cathollic
|-
|
|'''Bloomington'''
|42
|Springfield
|Bloomington
|MacArthur
|Bradley-Bourbonnais
|-
|
|'''Wayne City'''
|8
|O'Fallon
|Fairfield
|Wayne City
|Edwards County
|-
|17 Nov 2007
|'''Wheaton North'''
|54
|Wheaton North
|New Trier
|Auburn
|[[:Category:Naperville North|Naperville North]]
|-
|17 Nov 2007
|'''Sterling'''
|26
|Byron
|Bettendorf
|Boylan
|Winnebago
|-
|10 Nov 2007
|'''PORTA'''
|24
|Bloomington
|PORTA
|[[:Category:Mahomet-Seymour|Mahomet-Seymour]]
|[[:Category:Roanoke-Benson|Roanoke-Benson]]
|-
|17 Nov 2007
|'''O'Fallon'''
|20
|O'Fallon
|Carbondale
|Quincy
|Charleston
|-
|8 Nov 2008
|'''Wheaton North'''
|54
|Auburn
|Loyola Academy
|New Trier
|Stevenson
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|26
|LaSalle-Peru
|Moline
|Bloomington
|Boylan
|-
|
|'''PORTA'''
|32
|Springfield
|Warrensburg-Latham
|Mahomet-Seymour
|[[:Category:New Berlin|New Berlin]]
|-
|
|'''Carbondale'''
|12
|Carbondale
|[[:Category:Marissa|Marissa]]
|Charleston
|Carterville
|-
|21 Nov 2009
|'''Wheaton North'''
|60
|Loyola Academy
|Auburn
|St. Ignatius
|[[:Category:Oak Park-River Forest|Oak Park-River Forest A]]
|-
|14 Nov 2009
|'''Sterling'''
|26
|[[:Category:Geneva|Geneva]]
|Bettendorf
|[[:Category:Kaneland|Kaneland]]
|Marian Central Catholic
|-
|14 Nov 2009
|'''PORTA'''
|30
|Litchfield
|[[:Category:Glenwood|Glenwood]]
|[[:Category:Macomb|Macomb]]
|New Berlin
|-
|21 Nov 2009
|'''[[:Category:Greenville|Greenville]]'''
|10
|[[:Category:Althoff|Althoff]]
|O'Fallon
|Greenville
|[[:Category:Gillespie|Gillespie]]
|-
|14 Nov 2009
|'''Carbondale'''
|10
|Carbondale
|Charleston A
|Fairfield
|Charleston B
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''Wheaton North''' Competitive Div.
|24
|Auburn
|Stevenson
|Oak Park-River Forest
|IMSA
|-
|
| Learning Div.
|42
|[[:Category:St. Viator|St. Viator]]
|[[:Category:Naperville Central|Naperville Central]]
|Fenwick
|unknown
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|[[:Category:Belvidere North|Belvidere North A]]
|[[:Category:Guilford|Guilford]]
|Marian Central Catholic
|Byron
|-
|13 Nov 2010
|'''[[:Category:Centennial|Centennial]]
|24
|[[:Category:Rolling Meadows|Rolling Meadows]]
|Normal Community
|Centennial
|Streator
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''PORTA''' A Teams Div.
|20
|Glenwood
|Macomb
|[[:Category:Richwoods|Richwoods]]
|Quincy
|-
|
| B Teams Div.
|7
|Springfield B
|Litchfield B
|unknown
|unknown
|-
|6 Nov 2010
|'''Greenville'''
|16
|Carbondale
|Greenville
|O'Fallon
|[[:Category:Marquette (Alton)|Marquette (Alton)]]
|-
|19 Nov 2011
|'''Wheaton North''' Über-Competitive Div.
|18
|IMSA
|Stevenson A
|Loyola Academy A
|Auburn A Wheaton Warrenville A
|-
|
| Standard Div.
|64
|[[:Category:Lake Zurich|Lake Zurich A]]
|[[:Category:Fenton|Fenton A]] Kaneland Wheaton North B Stevenson B The Latin School A Naperville North A
|
|
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|24
|Belvidere North A
|[[:Category:Sycamore|Sycamore A]]
|Marian Central Catholic
|Boylan
|-
|
|'''Centennial'''
|24
|Centennial A
|Bradley-Bourbonnais A
|Mahomet-Seymour A Bloomington Central Catholic A
|
|-
|
|'''PORTA''' Class AA Div.
|8
|Macomb
|Springfield A
|Glenwood A
|Glenwood B
|-
|
| Class A Div.
|16
|PORTA
|Warrensburg-Latham [[:Category:LSA (Decatur)|LSA (Decatur)]]
|
|unknown
|-
|
|'''Greenville'''
|16
|O'Fallon
|[[:Category:Carlinville|Carlinville]]
|[[:Category:Southwestern|Southwestern]]
|Marquette (Alton) A
|-
|
|'''Carbondale'''
|6
|Carbondale A
|Carbondale B
|Carterville [[:Category:Johnston City|Johnston City]] Fairfield
|
|-
|17 Nov 2012
|'''Wheaton North''' Upper Div.
|18
|Stevenson A
|Wheaton North A
|[[:Category:Metea Valley|Metea Valley A]] Wheaton Warrenville South A St. Ignatius A
|
|-
|
| Standard Div.
|30
|Stevenson B
|Naperville North
|Homewood-Flossmoor A
|[[:Category:Carmel|Carmel A]]
|-
|
|'''Loyola Academy''' Competiive Div.
|10
|Belvidere North A
|Loyola Academy A
|IMSA A
|Auburn A
|-
|
| Standard Div.
|24
|St. Viator A
|Fenton A
|[[:Category:Wauconda|Wauconda A]]
|Auburn C
|-
|
|'''Sterling'''
|22
|Boylan A
|Newman Central Catholic
|Stillman Valley A
|Moline
|-
|
|'''Bloomington'''
|24
|Bloomington A
|Mahomet-Seymour A
|[[:Category:Champaign Central|Champaign Central]]
|Bradley-Bourbonnais A
|-
|
|'''PORTA'''
|20
|Macomb A
|Glenwood A
|Springfield Macomb B
|
|-
|
|'''Greenville'''
|18
|Carlinville
|[[:Category:Cumberland|Cumberland A]]
|Southwestern A
|Marquette (Alton) A
|-
|
|'''Carbondale'''
|9
|Carbondale A
|[[:Category:Savannah (MO)|Savannah (MO)]]
|Carterville A
|Carbondale B
|}

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Scobol Solo

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The '''Scobol Solo''' is an individual tournament held each November since 2001 at [[New Trier]] High School in Winnetka, Illinois. It is open to any high school student. It typically attracts many of the top players in Illinois and occasionally attracts players from out of state.

==History==
The ''Solo'', as it is often simply called, was the second major individual tournament to be held in Illinois, following the demise of the ''Ultimate Scholar'' Tournament which originated at downstate [[Sullivan]] before being moved to the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. That tournament, run by [[Ken Johnson]], ended when IWU could no longer provide the space for free.

This tournament has been directed by and written by [[David Reinstein]] since its inception. With the exception of the 2006 tournament, it has been held at New Trier's Winnetka campus. In 2006, New Trier was forced to close the weekend of the tournament due to a pertussis outbreak, causing the tournament to be moved to nearby [[Adlai E. Stevenson|Stevenson]] at the last moment.

In addition to the Scobol Solo, [[Donald Taylor]] has run annual individual competitions since 2006, first at the [[Illinois|University of Illinois]], then as a side event after the NAQT State Qualifier, and starting in Spring 2011 as a side event to [[ATROPHY]] at Northern Illinois University.

In 2010, Scobol Solo was mirrored at [[PORTA]].

In 2010, Scobol Solo used a program [[Jonah Greenthal]] developed called Scobol Solo Statistics System, or SSSS. Moderators entered in results at the end of each match, and the results were immediately compiled into the tournament stats and posted on the internet. The program kept track of category stats, so ribbons for category winners could be handed out as soon as the rounds were completed.

==Match Format==
Each match consists of 20 toss-up questions. There are no bonus questions. Each question is worth one point, with no power or neg points, and ties are decided by sudden death. There were three computational questions in each match through 2009, but computation was eliminated starting in 2010.

==Categories==
===Current Categories===
Since 2001, the following 8 categories have always been in use:
* U.S. Literature
* Chemistry
* Physics
* Biology
* U.S. History
* World History (which included European History for the first few years)
* Religion/Mythology
* World Literature (adjusted to World & European Literature in 2012, which was a change in name only)

In the first year, American Literature and American Dramas, Poems, and Short Stories were two separate categories, and all the other literature questions were in World Literature. British Literature was added in 2002, and American Literature was condensed into one category.

The other current categories:
* Current Events/Geography (added 2010)
* Curricular Math (added 2010)
* European History (added as "Western European History" in 2009, renamed in 2010)
* Instrumental Classical Music (added 2010)
* Military History (added 2010)
* Other Fine Arts (added 2010, "other" being defined as not painting or instrumental classical music)
* Other Math (added 2010)
* Other Science (added in 2010, "other" being defined as not biology, chemistry, or physics)
* Painting (added 2010)
* Poetry (added 2010)
* Social Studies/Philosophy (added 2010 as "Other Social Studies", renamed in 2011)

===Discontinued Categories===
* Algebra (2001-09)
* Art/Architecture (introduced as "Art" in 2001, renamed 2002, last played in 2009)
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography (introduced as "Astronomy/Earth Science" in 2002, renamed 2003, last played in 2009)
* Calculus/Combinatorics (introduced as "Calculus/Precalculus" in 2001, renamed as "Calculus" in 2002, "Calculus/Math History" in 2003, renamed in 2004, last played in 2007)
* Current Events (2002-09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry (2001-09)
* Language Arts (2001-07)
* Pop Culture (2001-08)
* Technology (2001-07)
* U.S. Drama and Poetry (2001)

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Year'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''2nd Place'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''5th Place'''
|'''6th Place'''
|'''7th Place'''
|'''8th Place'''
|'''9th Place'''
|-
|2001
|[[Jim Davis]] ([[Latin]])
|[[Parag Bhayani]] ([[Homewood-Flossmoor]])
|[[Matt Keenan]] (New Trier)
|[[Tony Wu]] ([[Fremd]])
|[[Sameer Gopal]] ([[Sterling]])
|[[Chris Marks]] ([[Downers Grove North]]) [[Lori Sommars]] ([[Wheaton North]])
|
|
|
|-
|2002
|Matt Keenan (New Trier)
|[[Ben Taylor]] ([[Guilford]])
|[[Paul Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Mark Hedden]] (Downers Grove North)
|[[Kelly Tourdot]] ([[Stillman Valley]])
|[[Blair Nathan]] (New Trier)
|[[Josh Laufenberg]] (Wheaton North) [[David Vock]] (Wheaton North)
|
|[[Donald Taylor]] ([[MacArthur]])
|-
|2003
|Paul Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|[[Michael Evans]] (New Trier)
|[[Andrew Uzzell]] ([[Evanston]])
|[[Eric Grebing]] ([[Bunker Hill]])
|[[Nik Brendler]] ([[Lincoln-Way East]]) [[Yian Chen]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jaya Kalra]] (Sterling)
|[[Amy Minas]] ([[Bradley-Bourbonnais]])
|15 way tie
|-
|2004
|[[Sara Garnett]] ([[Okemos (MI)]])
|[[Cliff Chang]][[#Notes|1]] (New Trier)
|[[Alex Beata]] (Fremd)
|[[Billy Ouska]] ([[Buffalo Grove]])
|[[Alex Inman]] (Fremd) [[Jonathan Mayer]] (Latin)
|
|[[Alex Schallmo]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Maine South]])
|[[Michael Bilow]] ([[Deerfield]])
|Donald Taylor (MacArthur)
|-
|2005
|[[Robert Sale]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Brookwood (GA)]])
|[[Greg Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Brad Fischer]] (Winnebago) [[Katie Kragh]] ([[Loyola]])
|
|[[Colleen Powers]] ([[Auburn]])
|[[Carlo Angiuli]] (New Trier) [[John Bracke]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Moline]]) [[Nick Matchen]] (New Trier)
|
|
|[[Ben Weiss]] (Latin)
|-
|2006
|Carlo Angiuli (New Trier)
|Greg Gauthier[[#Notes|1]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Greg Peterson]] (Maine South) [[Kristina Warren]] ([[Bloomington]])
|
|[[Jeff Wear]] (Maine South)
|[[John Brown]] (Auburn) [[Katie Hibbeln]][[#Notes|2]] (Downers Grove North) [[Justin Stoncius]] ([[Carbondale]])
|
|
|[[Siva Sundaram]] (Auburn)
|-
|2007
|Greg Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|John Brown (Auburn) [[Tony Cao]] (Carbondale)
|
|[[Catie Flynn]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Springfield]])
|[[Jonathan Irving]] (Wheaton North) [[Robert Sido]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Mike Verity]] (Loyola)
|[[Michael Jiang]] (Auburn)
|-
|2008
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|[[Joe Ahmad]] (Loyola)
|Tony Cao (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Cohen]] (New Trier)
|[[Krystle Leung]] ([[Naperville Central]])
|[[Alex Cash]] ([[Wheaton Warrenville South]]) [[Isa Domin]] ([[Niles North]]) Michael Jiang (Auburn)
|
|
|[[Calvin Quilty]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Bloomington]])
|-
|2009
|[[Lloyd Sy]] (Auburn)
|[[Andrew Deveau]] ([[St. Ignatius]])
|[[Kevin Malis]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Stevenson]])
|[[Steve Server]] (New Trier)
|[[Jeremiah Monk]][[#Notes|2]] (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Carbery]] ([[Oak Park-River Forest]]) Isa Domin (Niles North)
|
|[[Greg Dzuriscko]] ([[Lisle]])
|[[Christian Kreb]] (Loyola)
|-
|2010
|Kevin Malis (Stevenson)
|Ben Carbery[[#Notes|1]] (Oak Park-River Forest)
|Andrew Deveau (St. Ignatius)
|[[Ben Chametzsky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Andrew Van Duyn]] ([[Culver]] (IN))
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Zach Blumenfeld]] (Stevenson) [[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jake Rebnord]][[#Notes|2]] (Stevenson)
|-
|2011
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Dylan Minarik]] [[Belvidere North]]
|[[Nolan Winkler]][[#Notes|1]] Loyola
|[[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|[[Ben Chametzky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Srinivas Panchamukhi]] (Carbondale)
|[[Webster Guan]] (IMSA) [[Alex Kling]] (Latin)
|
|Andrew Van Duyn (Culver (IN))
|-
|2012
|Nicholas Wawrykow (St. Joseph’s (IN))
|[[Thomas Birt]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Anton Karpovich]] (IMSA) [[Anand Poozhikunnel]] Wheaton Warrenville South
|
|[[Ian Torres]] Loyola
|[[Saieesh Rao]] (IMSA)
|Dylan Minarik[[#Notes|1]] Belvidere North
|[[Morgan Venkus]] Loyola
|[[Greg Krzywicki]] ([[Fenton]])
|}

Notes
# Morning Champion
# Desperation Shot Champion (2001-2010)

==Team Accomplishments==

===Schools with three finalists, all-time===
:14 - New Trier
:11 - Auburn
:10 - Wheaton North
: 7 - Carbondale
: 7 - Loyola
: 4 - Latin
: 4 - Stevenson
: 3 - IMSA
: 3 - Downers Grove North
: 3 - Fremd
: 3 - Maine South

===Schools with two finalists, one tournament===
:3 - Wheaton North (2002)
:3 - Auburn (2007)
:3 - Stevenson (2010)
:2 - New Trier (2002)
:2 - New Trier (2003)
:2 - Fremd (2004)
:2 - New Trier (2005)
:2 - Auburn (2006)
:2 - Maine South (2006)
:2 - Wheaton North (2007)
:2 - Auburn (2008)
:2 - Carbondale (2011)
:2 - IMSA (2012)
:2 - Loyola (2012)

==Category champions==
In addition to the finalists being recognized as among the best players, ribbons are given to any player who scores the most questions in each of the 20 categories.

===Won a category three times===
:4 - Greg Gauthier (Geometry/Trigonometry, '04, '05, '06' 07)
:3 - Greg Gauthier (Calculus/Combinatorics, '04, '06, '07)
:3 - Paul Gauthier (World Literature, '01, '02, '03)
:3 - Nick Matchen (Pop Culture, '04, '05, '06)

===Won a category in consecutive years===
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography: Zach Blumenfeld ('08, '09)
* British Literature: Paul Gauthier ('02, '03), Andrew Deveau ('09, '10), Lloyd Sy ('10, '11)
* Calculus/Combinatorics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Chemistry: Carlo Angiuli ('05, '06)
* Current Events: [[Ian Secviar]] ('04, '05), Ben Cohen ('07, '08), [[Mike Penicnak]] ('08, '09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry: Greg Gauthier ('04, '05, '06, '07), [[Karen Li]] ('05, '06)
* Instrumental Classical Music: Dylan Minarik ('11, '12)
* Nonfiction: Nik Brendler ('02, '03)
* Pop Culture: Nick Matchen ('04, '05, '06)
* Physics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Religion/Myth: Issa Domin ('08, '09)
* U.S. History: [[Garrett Ryan]] ('03, '04), Andrew Van Duyn ('10, '11)
* World History: Kelly Tourdot ('01, '02), Joe Ahmad ('07, '08)
* World Literature: Paul Gauthier ('01, '02, '03), Kristina Warren ('05, '06)

===Won three categories in one tournament===
:2001 - '''Parag Bhayani''' (3-U.S. History, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Kelly Tourdot''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Religion/Myth)
:2002 - '''Paul Gauthier''' (5-World Lit, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig, British Lit, Current Events), '''Matt Keenan''' (4-Music, Biology, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci)
:2003 - '''Andrew Uzzell''' (4-Physics, Calculus/Math History, Language Arts, World History), '''Garrett Ryan''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography)
:2004 - '''Ian Secviar''' (3-Religion/Myth, Language Arts, Current Events)
:2005 - none
:2006 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (4-U.S Lit, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Kristina Warren''' (3-U.S. Lit, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (3-Pop Culture, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig)
:2007 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (5-Chemistry, Algebra, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (5-U.S. Lit, Art/Architecture, Religion/Myth, World Lit, Music), '''[[Dan Auerbach]]''' (4-Nonfiction, World History, Current Events, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography), '''John Brown''' (3-U.S. Lit, Biology, Brit Lit)
:2008 - '''Ben Cohen''' (5-U.S. Lit, U.S. History, Nonfiction, World History, Current Events), '''Joe Ahmad''' (3-Music, World History, Vocabulary), '''[[Bonny Jain]]''' (3-Physics, Geometry/Trig, Pyramidal Math), '''Michael Jiang''' (3-Art/Architecture, World Lit, Nonfiction)
:2009 - '''Andrew Deveau''' (4-Art/Architecture, Physics, Nonfiction, British Lit)
:2010 - '''Ben Carbery''' (5-World History, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Military History), '''Lloyd Sy''' (4-World Lit, British Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music)
:2011 - '''Lloyd Sy''' (8-Physics, Biology, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Poetry, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Ben Chametzsky''' (4-U.S. History, Other Science, Social Studies/Philosophy, Current Events/Geography), '''[[Nolan Maloney]]''' (4-Chemistry, Physics, Biology, World History), '''Webster Guan''' (3-Physics, U.S. Lit, Poetry), '''Dylan Minarik''' (3-U.S. Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music), '''Nolan Winkler''' (3-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Biology)
:2012 - '''Dylan Minarik''' (7-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Physics, Other Science, Poetry, Instrumental Classical Music, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Thomas Birt''' (3-U.S. History, European History, Military History), '''Anton Karpovich''' (3-Physics, Other Science, Current Events/Geography), '''Ian Torres''' (3-Curricular Math, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy)

===7 categories won, career===
:14 - Lloyd Sy
:13 - Greg Gauthier
:11 - Paul Gauthier
:10 - Siva Sundaram
:10 - Dylan Minarik
:7 - Ben Carbery
:7 - Andrew Deveau

==External Links==
*[http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/page.aspx?id=16482 Scobol Solo]
*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/search/?name=scobol+solo&season=&archived=y Questions]

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[[Category: New Trier]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Scobol Solo

David Reinstein — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:54:04 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Match Format */

The '''Scobol Solo''' is an individual tournament held each November since 2001 at [[New Trier]] High School in Winnetka, Illinois. It is open to any high school student. It typically attracts many of the top players in Illinois and occasionally attracts players from out of state.

==History==
The ''Solo'', as it is often simply called, was the second major individual tournament to be held in Illinois, following the demise of the ''Ultimate Scholar'' Tournament which originated at downstate [[Sullivan]] before being moved to the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. That tournament, run by [[Ken Johnson]], ended when IWU could no longer provide the space for free.

This tournament has been directed by and written by [[David Reinstein]] since its inception. With the exception of the 2006 tournament, it has been held at New Trier's Winnetka campus. In 2006, New Trier was forced to close the weekend of the tournament due to a pertussis outbreak, causing the tournament to be moved to nearby [[Adlai E. Stevenson|Stevenson]] at the last moment.

In addition to the Scobol Solo, [[Donald Taylor]] has run annual individual competitions since 2006, first at the [[Illinois|University of Illinois]], then as a side event after the NAQT State Qualifier, and starting in Spring 2011 as a side event to [[ATROPHY]] at Northern Illinois University.

In 2010, Scobol Solo was mirrored at [[PORTA]].

In 2010, Scobol Solo used a program [[Jonah Greenthal]] developed called Scobol Solo Statistics System, or SSSS. Moderators entered in results at the end of each match, and the results were immediately compiled into the tournament stats and posted on the internet. The program kept track of category stats, so ribbons for category winners could be handed out as soon as the rounds were completed.

==Match Format==
Each match consists of 20 toss-up questions. There are no bonus questions. Each question is worth one point, with no power or neg points, and ties are decided by sudden death. There were three computational questions in each match through 2009, but computation was eliminated starting in 2010.

==Categories==
===Current Categories===
Since 2001, the following 8 categories have always been in use:
* U.S. Literature
* Chemistry
* Physics
* Biology
* U.S. History
* World History (which included European History for the first few years)
* Religion/Mythology
* World Literature (adjusted to World & European Literature in 2012, which was a change in name only)

In the first year, American Literature and American Dramas, Poems, and Short Stories were two separate categories, and all the other literature questions were in World Literature. British Literature was added in 2002, and American Literature was condensed into one category.

The other current categories:
* Current Events/Geography (added 2010)
* Curricular Math (added 2010)
* European History (added as "Western European History" in 2009, renamed in 2010)
* Instrumental Classical Music (added 2010)
* Military History (added 2010)
* Other Fine Arts (added 2010, "other" being defined as not painting or instrumental classical music)
* Other Math (added 2010)
* Other Science (added in 2010, "other" being defined as not biology, chemistry, or physics)
* Painting (added 2010)
* Poetry (added 2010)
* Social Studies/Philosophy (added 2010 as "Other Social Studies", renamed in 2011)

===Discontinued Categories===
* Algebra (2001-09)
* Art/Architecture (introduced as "Art" in 2001, renamed 2002, last played in 2009)
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography (introduced as "Astronomy/Earth Science" in 2002, renamed 2003, last played in 2009)
* Calculus/Combinatorics (introduced as "Calculus/Precalculus" in 2001, renamed as "Calculus" in 2002, "Calculus/Math History" in 2003, renamed in 2004, last played in 2007)
* Current Events (2002-09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry (2001-09)
* Language Arts (2001-07)
* Pop Culture (2001-08)
* Technology (2001-07)
* U.S. Drama and Poetry (2001)

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Year'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''2nd Place'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''5th Place'''
|'''6th Place'''
|'''7th Place'''
|'''8th Place'''
|'''9th Place'''
|-
|2001
|[[Jim Davis]] ([[Latin]])
|[[Parag Bhayani]] ([[Homewood-Flossmoor]])
|[[Matt Keenan]] (New Trier)
|[[Tony Wu]] ([[Fremd]])
|[[Sameer Gopal]] ([[Sterling]])
|[[Chris Marks]] ([[Downers Grove North]]) [[Lori Sommars]] ([[Wheaton North]])
|
|
|
|-
|2002
|Matt Keenan (New Trier)
|[[Ben Taylor]] ([[Guilford]])
|[[Paul Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Mark Hedden]] (Downers Grove North)
|[[Kelly Tourdot]] ([[Stillman Valley]])
|[[Blair Nathan]] (New Trier)
|[[Josh Laufenberg]] (Wheaton North) [[David Vock]] (Wheaton North)
|
|[[Donald Taylor]] ([[MacArthur]])
|-
|2003
|Paul Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|[[Michael Evans]] (New Trier)
|[[Andrew Uzzell]] ([[Evanston]])
|[[Eric Grebing]] ([[Bunker Hill]])
|[[Nik Brendler]] ([[Lincoln-Way East]]) [[Yian Chen]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jaya Kalra]] (Sterling)
|[[Amy Minas]] ([[Bradley-Bourbonnais]])
|15 way tie
|-
|2004
|[[Sara Garnett]] ([[Okemos (MI)]])
|[[Cliff Chang]][[#Notes|1]] (New Trier)
|[[Alex Beata]] (Fremd)
|[[Billy Ouska]] ([[Buffalo Grove]])
|[[Alex Inman]] (Fremd) [[Jonathan Mayer]] (Latin)
|
|[[Alex Schallmo]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Maine South]])
|[[Michael Bilow]] ([[Deerfield]])
|Donald Taylor (MacArthur)
|-
|2005
|[[Robert Sale]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Brookwood (GA)]])
|[[Greg Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Brad Fischer]] (Winnebago) [[Katie Kragh]] ([[Loyola]])
|
|[[Colleen Powers]] ([[Auburn]])
|[[Carlo Angiuli]] (New Trier) [[John Bracke]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Moline]]) [[Nick Matchen]] (New Trier)
|
|
|[[Ben Weiss]] (Latin)
|-
|2006
|Carlo Angiuli (New Trier)
|Greg Gauthier[[#Notes|1]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Greg Peterson]] (Maine South) [[Kristina Warren]] ([[Bloomington]])
|
|[[Jeff Wear]] (Maine South)
|[[John Brown]] (Auburn) [[Katie Hibbeln]][[#Notes|2]] (Downers Grove North) [[Justin Stoncius]] ([[Carbondale]])
|
|
|[[Siva Sundaram]] (Auburn)
|-
|2007
|Greg Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|John Brown (Auburn) [[Tony Cao]] (Carbondale)
|
|[[Catie Flynn]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Springfield]])
|[[Jonathan Irving]] (Wheaton North) [[Robert Sido]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Mike Verity]] (Loyola)
|[[Michael Jiang]] (Auburn)
|-
|2008
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|[[Joe Ahmad]] (Loyola)
|Tony Cao (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Cohen]] (New Trier)
|[[Krystle Leung]] ([[Naperville Central]])
|[[Alex Cash]] ([[Wheaton Warrenville South]]) [[Isa Domin]] ([[Niles North]]) Michael Jiang (Auburn)
|
|
|[[Calvin Quilty]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Bloomington]])
|-
|2009
|[[Lloyd Sy]] (Auburn)
|[[Andrew Deveau]] ([[St. Ignatius]])
|[[Kevin Malis]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Stevenson]])
|[[Steve Server]] (New Trier)
|[[Jeremiah Monk]][[#Notes|2]] (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Carbery]] ([[Oak Park-River Forest]]) Isa Domin (Niles North)
|
|[[Greg Dzuriscko]] ([[Lisle]])
|[[Christian Kreb]] (Loyola)
|-
|2010
|Kevin Malis (Stevenson)
|Ben Carbery[[#Notes|1]] (Oak Park-River Forest)
|Andrew Deveau (St. Ignatius)
|[[Ben Chametzsky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Andrew Van Duyn]] ([[Culver]] (IN))
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Zach Blumenfeld]] (Stevenson) [[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jake Rebnord]][[#Notes|2]] (Stevenson)
|-
|2011
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Dylan Minarik]] [[Belvidere North]]
|[[Nolan Winkler]][[#Notes|1]] Loyola
|[[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|[[Ben Chametzky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Srinivas Panchamukhi]] (Carbondale)
|[[Webster Guan]] (IMSA) [[Alex Kling]] (Latin)
|
|Andrew Van Duyn (Culver (IN))
|-
|2012
|Nicholas Wawrykow (St. Joseph’s (IN))
|[[Thomas Birt]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Anton Karpovich]] (IMSA) [[Anand Poozhikunnel]] Wheaton Warrenville South
|
|[[Ian Torres]] Loyola
|[[Saieesh Rao]] (IMSA)
|Dylan Minarik[[#Notes|1]] Belvidere North
|[[Morgan Venkus]] Loyola
|[[Greg Krzywicki]] ([[Fenton]])
|}

Notes
# Morning Champion
# Desperation Shot Champion (2001-2010)

==Team Accomplishments==

===Schools with three finalists, all-time===
:14 - New Trier
:11 - Auburn
:10 - Wheaton North
: 7 - Carbondale
: 7 - Loyola
: 4 - Latin
: 4 - Stevenson
: 3 - IMSA
: 3 - Downers Grove North
: 3 - Fremd
: 3 - Maine South

===Schools with two finalists, one tournament===
:3 - Wheaton North (2002)
:3 - Auburn (2007)
:3 - Stevenson (2010)
:2 - New Trier (2002)
:2 - New Trier (2003)
:2 - Fremd (2004)
:2 - New Trier (2005)
:2 - Auburn (2006)
:2 - Maine South (2006)
:2 - Wheaton North (2007)
:2 - Auburn (2008)
:2 - Carbondale (2011)
:2 - IMSA (2012)
:2 - Loyola (2012)

==Category champions==
In addition to the finalists being recognized as among the best players, ribbons are given to any player who scores the most questions in each of the 20 categories.

===Won a category three times===
:4 - Greg Gauthier (Geometry/Trigonometry, '04, '05, '06' 07)
:3 - Greg Gauthier (Calculus/Combinatorics, '04, '06, '07)
:3 - Paul Gauthier (World Literature, '01, '02, '03)
:3 - Nick Matchen (Pop Culture, '04, '05, '06)

===Won a category in consecutive years===
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography: Zach Blumenfeld ('08, '09)
* British Literature: Paul Gauthier ('02, '03), Andrew Deveau ('09, '10), Lloyd Sy ('10, '11)
* Calculus/Combinatorics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Chemistry: Carlo Angiuli ('05, '06)
* Current Events: [[Ian Secviar]] ('04, '05), Ben Cohen ('07, '08), [[Mike Penicnak]] ('08, '09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry: Greg Gauthier ('04, '05, '06, '07), [[Karen Li]] ('05, '06)
* Instrumental Classical Music: Dylan Minarik ('11, '12)
* Nonfiction: Nik Brendler ('02, '03)
* Pop Culture: Nick Matchen ('04, '05, '06)
* Physics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Religion/Myth: Issa Domin ('08, '09)
* U.S. History: [[Garrett Ryan]] ('03, '04), Andrew Van Duyn ('10, '11)
* World History: Kelly Tourdot ('01, '02), Joe Ahmad ('07, '08)
* World Literature: Paul Gauthier ('01, '02, '03), Kristina Warren ('05, '06)

===Won three categories in one tournament===
:2001 - '''Parag Bhayani''' (3-U.S. History, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Kelly Tourdot''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Religion/Myth)
:2002 - '''Paul Gauthier''' (5-World Lit, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig, British Lit, Current Events), '''Matt Keenan''' (4-Music, Biology, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci)
:2003 - '''Andrew Uzzell''' (4-Physics, Calculus/Math History, Language Arts, World History), '''Garrett Ryan''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography)
:2004 - '''Ian Secviar''' (3-Religion/Myth, Language Arts, Current Events)
:2005 - none
:2006 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (4-U.S Lit, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Kristina Warren''' (3-U.S. Lit, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (3-Pop Culture, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig)
:2007 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (5-Chemistry, Algebra, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (5-U.S. Lit, Art/Architecture, Religion/Myth, World Lit, Music), '''[[Dan Auerbach]]''' (4-Nonfiction, World History, Current Events, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography), '''John Brown''' (3-U.S. Lit, Biology, Brit Lit)
:2008 - '''Ben Cohen''' (5-U.S. Lit, U.S. History, Nonfiction, World History, Current Events), '''Joe Ahmad''' (3-Music, World History, Vocabulary), '''[[Bonny Jain]]''' (3-Physics, Geometry/Trig, Pyramidal Math), '''Michael Jiang''' (3-Art/Architecture, World Lit, Nonfiction)
:2009 - '''Andrew Deveau''' (4-Art/Architecture, Physics, Nonfiction, British Lit)
:2010 - '''Ben Carbery''' (5-World History, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Military History), '''Lloyd Sy''' (4-World Lit, British Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music)
:2011 - '''Lloyd Sy''' (8-Physics, Biology, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Poetry, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Ben Chametzsky''' (4-U.S. History, Other Science, Social Studies/Philosophy, Current Events/Geography), '''[[Nolan Maloney]]''' (4-Chemistry, Physics, Biology, World History), '''Webster Guan''' (3-Physics, U.S. Lit, Poetry), '''Dylan Minarik''' (3-U.S. Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music), '''Nolan Winkler''' (3-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Biology)
:2012 - '''Dylan Minarik''' (7-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Physics, Other Science, Poetry, Instrumental Classical Music, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Thomas Birt''' (3-U.S. History, European History, Military History), '''Anton Karpovich''' (3-Physics, Other Science, Current Events/Geography), '''Ian Torres''' (3-Curricular Math, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy)

===7 categories won, career===
:14 - Lloyd Sy
:13 - Greg Gauthier
:11 - Paul Gauthier
:10 - Siva Sundaram
:10 - Dylan Minarik
:7 - Ben Carbery
:7 - Andrew Deveau

==External Links==
*[http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/page.aspx?id=16482 Scobol Solo]

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[[Category: High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
[[Category: New Trier]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Scobol Solo

David Reinstein — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:38:51 GMT

David Reinstein: more from Egan

The '''Scobol Solo''' is an individual tournament held each November since 2001 at [[New Trier]] High School in Winnetka, Illinois. It is open to any high school student. It typically attracts many of the top players in Illinois and occasionally attracts players from out of state.

==History==
The ''Solo'', as it is often simply called, was the second major individual tournament to be held in Illinois, following the demise of the ''Ultimate Scholar'' Tournament which originated at downstate [[Sullivan]] before being moved to the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. That tournament, run by [[Ken Johnson]], ended when IWU could no longer provide the space for free.

This tournament has been directed by and written by [[David Reinstein]] since its inception. With the exception of the 2006 tournament, it has been held at New Trier's Winnetka campus. In 2006, New Trier was forced to close the weekend of the tournament due to a pertussis outbreak, causing the tournament to be moved to nearby [[Adlai E. Stevenson|Stevenson]] at the last moment.

In addition to the Scobol Solo, [[Donald Taylor]] has run annual individual competitions since 2006, first at the [[Illinois|University of Illinois]], then as a side event after the NAQT State Qualifier, and starting in Spring 2011 as a side event to [[ATROPHY]] at Northern Illinois University.

In 2010, Scobol Solo was mirrored at [[PORTA]].

In 2010, Scobol Solo used a program [[Jonah Greenthal]] developed called Scobol Solo Statistics System, or SSSS. Moderators entered in results at the end of each match, and the results were immediately compiled into the tournament stats and posted on the internet. The program kept track of category stats, so ribbons for category winners could be handed out as soon as the rounds were completed.

==Match Format==
Each match consists of 20 toss-up questions. There are no bonus questions. Each question is worth one point, with no power or neg points, and ties are decided by sudden death. There are three computational questions in each match.

==Categories==
===Current Categories===
Since 2001, the following 8 categories have always been in use:
* U.S. Literature
* Chemistry
* Physics
* Biology
* U.S. History
* World History (which included European History for the first few years)
* Religion/Mythology
* World Literature (adjusted to World & European Literature in 2012, which was a change in name only)

In the first year, American Literature and American Dramas, Poems, and Short Stories were two separate categories, and all the other literature questions were in World Literature. British Literature was added in 2002, and American Literature was condensed into one category.

The other current categories:
* Current Events/Geography (added 2010)
* Curricular Math (added 2010)
* European History (added as "Western European History" in 2009, renamed in 2010)
* Instrumental Classical Music (added 2010)
* Military History (added 2010)
* Other Fine Arts (added 2010, "other" being defined as not painting or instrumental classical music)
* Other Math (added 2010)
* Other Science (added in 2010, "other" being defined as not biology, chemistry, or physics)
* Painting (added 2010)
* Poetry (added 2010)
* Social Studies/Philosophy (added 2010 as "Other Social Studies", renamed in 2011)

===Discontinued Categories===
* Algebra (2001-09)
* Art/Architecture (introduced as "Art" in 2001, renamed 2002, last played in 2009)
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography (introduced as "Astronomy/Earth Science" in 2002, renamed 2003, last played in 2009)
* Calculus/Combinatorics (introduced as "Calculus/Precalculus" in 2001, renamed as "Calculus" in 2002, "Calculus/Math History" in 2003, renamed in 2004, last played in 2007)
* Current Events (2002-09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry (2001-09)
* Language Arts (2001-07)
* Pop Culture (2001-08)
* Technology (2001-07)
* U.S. Drama and Poetry (2001)

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Year'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''2nd Place'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''5th Place'''
|'''6th Place'''
|'''7th Place'''
|'''8th Place'''
|'''9th Place'''
|-
|2001
|[[Jim Davis]] ([[Latin]])
|[[Parag Bhayani]] ([[Homewood-Flossmoor]])
|[[Matt Keenan]] (New Trier)
|[[Tony Wu]] ([[Fremd]])
|[[Sameer Gopal]] ([[Sterling]])
|[[Chris Marks]] ([[Downers Grove North]]) [[Lori Sommars]] ([[Wheaton North]])
|
|
|
|-
|2002
|Matt Keenan (New Trier)
|[[Ben Taylor]] ([[Guilford]])
|[[Paul Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Mark Hedden]] (Downers Grove North)
|[[Kelly Tourdot]] ([[Stillman Valley]])
|[[Blair Nathan]] (New Trier)
|[[Josh Laufenberg]] (Wheaton North) [[David Vock]] (Wheaton North)
|
|[[Donald Taylor]] ([[MacArthur]])
|-
|2003
|Paul Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|[[Michael Evans]] (New Trier)
|[[Andrew Uzzell]] ([[Evanston]])
|[[Eric Grebing]] ([[Bunker Hill]])
|[[Nik Brendler]] ([[Lincoln-Way East]]) [[Yian Chen]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jaya Kalra]] (Sterling)
|[[Amy Minas]] ([[Bradley-Bourbonnais]])
|15 way tie
|-
|2004
|[[Sara Garnett]] ([[Okemos (MI)]])
|[[Cliff Chang]][[#Notes|1]] (New Trier)
|[[Alex Beata]] (Fremd)
|[[Billy Ouska]] ([[Buffalo Grove]])
|[[Alex Inman]] (Fremd) [[Jonathan Mayer]] (Latin)
|
|[[Alex Schallmo]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Maine South]])
|[[Michael Bilow]] ([[Deerfield]])
|Donald Taylor (MacArthur)
|-
|2005
|[[Robert Sale]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Brookwood (GA)]])
|[[Greg Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Brad Fischer]] (Winnebago) [[Katie Kragh]] ([[Loyola]])
|
|[[Colleen Powers]] ([[Auburn]])
|[[Carlo Angiuli]] (New Trier) [[John Bracke]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Moline]]) [[Nick Matchen]] (New Trier)
|
|
|[[Ben Weiss]] (Latin)
|-
|2006
|Carlo Angiuli (New Trier)
|Greg Gauthier[[#Notes|1]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Greg Peterson]] (Maine South) [[Kristina Warren]] ([[Bloomington]])
|
|[[Jeff Wear]] (Maine South)
|[[John Brown]] (Auburn) [[Katie Hibbeln]][[#Notes|2]] (Downers Grove North) [[Justin Stoncius]] ([[Carbondale]])
|
|
|[[Siva Sundaram]] (Auburn)
|-
|2007
|Greg Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|John Brown (Auburn) [[Tony Cao]] (Carbondale)
|
|[[Catie Flynn]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Springfield]])
|[[Jonathan Irving]] (Wheaton North) [[Robert Sido]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Mike Verity]] (Loyola)
|[[Michael Jiang]] (Auburn)
|-
|2008
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|[[Joe Ahmad]] (Loyola)
|Tony Cao (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Cohen]] (New Trier)
|[[Krystle Leung]] ([[Naperville Central]])
|[[Alex Cash]] ([[Wheaton Warrenville South]]) [[Isa Domin]] ([[Niles North]]) Michael Jiang (Auburn)
|
|
|[[Calvin Quilty]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Bloomington]])
|-
|2009
|[[Lloyd Sy]] (Auburn)
|[[Andrew Deveau]] ([[St. Ignatius]])
|[[Kevin Malis]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Stevenson]])
|[[Steve Server]] (New Trier)
|[[Jeremiah Monk]][[#Notes|2]] (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Carbery]] ([[Oak Park-River Forest]]) Isa Domin (Niles North)
|
|[[Greg Dzuriscko]] ([[Lisle]])
|[[Christian Kreb]] (Loyola)
|-
|2010
|Kevin Malis (Stevenson)
|Ben Carbery[[#Notes|1]] (Oak Park-River Forest)
|Andrew Deveau (St. Ignatius)
|[[Ben Chametzsky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Andrew Van Duyn]] ([[Culver]] (IN))
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Zach Blumenfeld]] (Stevenson) [[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jake Rebnord]][[#Notes|2]] (Stevenson)
|-
|2011
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Dylan Minarik]] [[Belvidere North]]
|[[Nolan Winkler]][[#Notes|1]] Loyola
|[[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|[[Ben Chametzky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Srinivas Panchamukhi]] (Carbondale)
|[[Webster Guan]] (IMSA) [[Alex Kling]] (Latin)
|
|Andrew Van Duyn (Culver (IN))
|-
|2012
|Nicholas Wawrykow (St. Joseph’s (IN))
|[[Thomas Birt]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Anton Karpovich]] (IMSA) [[Anand Poozhikunnel]] Wheaton Warrenville South
|
|[[Ian Torres]] Loyola
|[[Saieesh Rao]] (IMSA)
|Dylan Minarik[[#Notes|1]] Belvidere North
|[[Morgan Venkus]] Loyola
|[[Greg Krzywicki]] ([[Fenton]])
|}

Notes
# Morning Champion
# Desperation Shot Champion (2001-2010)

==Team Accomplishments==

===Schools with three finalists, all-time===
:14 - New Trier
:11 - Auburn
:10 - Wheaton North
: 7 - Carbondale
: 7 - Loyola
: 4 - Latin
: 4 - Stevenson
: 3 - IMSA
: 3 - Downers Grove North
: 3 - Fremd
: 3 - Maine South

===Schools with two finalists, one tournament===
:3 - Wheaton North (2002)
:3 - Auburn (2007)
:3 - Stevenson (2010)
:2 - New Trier (2002)
:2 - New Trier (2003)
:2 - Fremd (2004)
:2 - New Trier (2005)
:2 - Auburn (2006)
:2 - Maine South (2006)
:2 - Wheaton North (2007)
:2 - Auburn (2008)
:2 - Carbondale (2011)
:2 - IMSA (2012)
:2 - Loyola (2012)

==Category champions==
In addition to the finalists being recognized as among the best players, ribbons are given to any player who scores the most questions in each of the 20 categories.

===Won a category three times===
:4 - Greg Gauthier (Geometry/Trigonometry, '04, '05, '06' 07)
:3 - Greg Gauthier (Calculus/Combinatorics, '04, '06, '07)
:3 - Paul Gauthier (World Literature, '01, '02, '03)
:3 - Nick Matchen (Pop Culture, '04, '05, '06)

===Won a category in consecutive years===
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography: Zach Blumenfeld ('08, '09)
* British Literature: Paul Gauthier ('02, '03), Andrew Deveau ('09, '10), Lloyd Sy ('10, '11)
* Calculus/Combinatorics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Chemistry: Carlo Angiuli ('05, '06)
* Current Events: [[Ian Secviar]] ('04, '05), Ben Cohen ('07, '08), [[Mike Penicnak]] ('08, '09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry: Greg Gauthier ('04, '05, '06, '07), [[Karen Li]] ('05, '06)
* Instrumental Classical Music: Dylan Minarik ('11, '12)
* Nonfiction: Nik Brendler ('02, '03)
* Pop Culture: Nick Matchen ('04, '05, '06)
* Physics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Religion/Myth: Issa Domin ('08, '09)
* U.S. History: [[Garrett Ryan]] ('03, '04), Andrew Van Duyn ('10, '11)
* World History: Kelly Tourdot ('01, '02), Joe Ahmad ('07, '08)
* World Literature: Paul Gauthier ('01, '02, '03), Kristina Warren ('05, '06)

===Won three categories in one tournament===
:2001 - '''Parag Bhayani''' (3-U.S. History, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Kelly Tourdot''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Religion/Myth)
:2002 - '''Paul Gauthier''' (5-World Lit, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig, British Lit, Current Events), '''Matt Keenan''' (4-Music, Biology, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci)
:2003 - '''Andrew Uzzell''' (4-Physics, Calculus/Math History, Language Arts, World History), '''Garrett Ryan''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography)
:2004 - '''Ian Secviar''' (3-Religion/Myth, Language Arts, Current Events)
:2005 - none
:2006 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (4-U.S Lit, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Kristina Warren''' (3-U.S. Lit, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (3-Pop Culture, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig)
:2007 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (5-Chemistry, Algebra, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (5-U.S. Lit, Art/Architecture, Religion/Myth, World Lit, Music), '''[[Dan Auerbach]]''' (4-Nonfiction, World History, Current Events, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography), '''John Brown''' (3-U.S. Lit, Biology, Brit Lit)
:2008 - '''Ben Cohen''' (5-U.S. Lit, U.S. History, Nonfiction, World History, Current Events), '''Joe Ahmad''' (3-Music, World History, Vocabulary), '''[[Bonny Jain]]''' (3-Physics, Geometry/Trig, Pyramidal Math), '''Michael Jiang''' (3-Art/Architecture, World Lit, Nonfiction)
:2009 - '''Andrew Deveau''' (4-Art/Architecture, Physics, Nonfiction, British Lit)
:2010 - '''Ben Carbery''' (5-World History, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Military History), '''Lloyd Sy''' (4-World Lit, British Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music)
:2011 - '''Lloyd Sy''' (8-Physics, Biology, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Poetry, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Ben Chametzsky''' (4-U.S. History, Other Science, Social Studies/Philosophy, Current Events/Geography), '''[[Nolan Maloney]]''' (4-Chemistry, Physics, Biology, World History), '''Webster Guan''' (3-Physics, U.S. Lit, Poetry), '''Dylan Minarik''' (3-U.S. Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music), '''Nolan Winkler''' (3-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Biology)
:2012 - '''Dylan Minarik''' (7-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Physics, Other Science, Poetry, Instrumental Classical Music, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Thomas Birt''' (3-U.S. History, European History, Military History), '''Anton Karpovich''' (3-Physics, Other Science, Current Events/Geography), '''Ian Torres''' (3-Curricular Math, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy)

===7 categories won, career===
:14 - Lloyd Sy
:13 - Greg Gauthier
:11 - Paul Gauthier
:10 - Siva Sundaram
:10 - Dylan Minarik
:7 - Ben Carbery
:7 - Andrew Deveau

==External Links==
*[http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/page.aspx?id=16482 Scobol Solo]

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Scobol Solo

David Reinstein — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:43:04 GMT

David Reinstein: Thanks to Tom Egan

The '''Scobol Solo''' is an individual tournament held each November since 2001 at [[New Trier]] High School in Winnetka, Illinois. It is open to any high school student. It typically attracts many of the top players in Illinois and occasionally attracts players from out of state.

==History==
The ''Solo'', as it is often simply called, was the second major individual tournament to be held in Illinois, following the demise of the ''Ultimate Scholar'' Tournament which originated at downstate [[Sullivan]] before being moved to the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. That tournament, run by [[Ken Johnson]], ended when IWU could no longer provide the space for free.

This tournament has been directed by and written by [[David Reinstein]] since its inception. With the exception of the 2006 tournament, it has been held at New Trier's Winnetka campus. In 2006, New Trier was forced to close the weekend of the tournament due to a pertussis outbreak, causing the tournament to be moved to nearby [[Adlai E. Stevenson|Stevenson]] at the last moment.

In addition to the Scobol Solo, [[Donald Taylor]] has run annual individual competitions since 2006, first at the [[Illinois|University of Illinois]], then as a side event after the NAQT State Qualifier, and starting in Spring 2011 as a side event to [[ATROPHY]] at Northern Illinois University.

In 2010, Scobol Solo was mirrored at [[PORTA]].

In 2010, Scobol Solo used a program [[Jonah Greenthal]] developed called Scobol Solo Statistics System, or SSSS. Moderators entered in results at the end of each match, and the results were immediately compiled into the tournament stats and posted on the internet. The program kept track of category stats, so ribbons for category winners could be handed out as soon as the rounds were completed.

==Match Format==
Each match consists of 20 toss-up questions. There are no bonus questions. Each question is worth one point, with no power or neg points, and ties are decided by sudden death. There are three computational questions in each match.

==Categories==
===Current Categories===
Since 2001, the following 8 categories have always been in use:
* U.S. Literature
* Chemistry
* Physics
* Biology
* U.S. History
* World History (which included European History for the first few years)
* Religion/Mythology
* World Literature (adjusted to World & European Literature in 2012, which was a change in name only)

In the first year, American Literature and American Dramas, Poems, and Short Stories were two separate categories, and all the other literature questions were in World Literature. British Literature was added in 2002, and American Literature was condensed into one category.

The other current categories:
* Current Events/Geography (added 2010)
* Curricular Math (added 2010)
* European History (added as "Western European History" in 2009, renamed in 2010)
* Instrumental Classical Music (added 2010)
* Military History (added 2010)
* Other Fine Arts (added 2010, "other" being defined as not painting or instrumental classical music)
* Other Math (added 2010)
* Other Science (added in 2010, "other" being defined as not biology, chemistry, or physics)
* Painting (added 2010)
* Poetry (added 2010)
* Social Studies/Philosophy (added 2010 as "Other Social Studies", renamed in 2011)

===Discontinued Categories===
* Algebra (2001-09)
* Art/Architecture (introduced as "Art" in 2001, renamed 2002, last played in 2009)
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography (introduced as "Astronomy/Earth Science" in 2002, renamed 2003, last played in 2009)
* Calculus/Combinatorics (introduced as "Calculus/Precalculus" in 2001, renamed as "Calculus" in 2002, "Calculus/Math History" in 2003, renamed in 2004, last played in 2007)
* Current Events (2002-09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry (2001-09)
* Language Arts (2001-07)
* Pop Culture (2001-08)
* Technology (2001-07)
* U.S. Drama and Poetry (2001)

==Results==
{|border ="1"
|'''Year'''
|'''Champion'''
|'''2nd Place'''
|'''3rd Place'''
|'''4th Place'''
|'''5th Place'''
|'''6th Place'''
|'''7th Place'''
|'''8th Place'''
|'''9th Place'''
|-
|2001
|[[Jim Davis]] ([[Latin]])
|[[Parag Bhayani]] ([[Homewood-Flossmoor]])
|[[Matt Keenan]] (New Trier)
|[[Tony Wu]] ([[Fremd]])
|[[Sameer Gopal]] ([[Sterling]])
|[[Chris Marks]] ([[Downers Grove North]]) [[Lori Sommars]] ([[Wheaton North]])
|
|
|
|-
|2002
|Matt Keenan (New Trier)
|[[Ben Taylor]] ([[Guilford]])
|[[Paul Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Mark Hedden]] (Downers Grove North)
|[[Kelly Tourdot]] ([[Stillman Valley]])
|[[Blair Nathan]] (New Trier)
|[[Josh Laufenberg]] (Wheaton North) [[David Vock]] (Wheaton North)
|
|[[Donald Taylor]] ([[MacArthur]])
|-
|2003
|Paul Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|[[Michael Evans]] (New Trier)
|[[Andrew Uzzell]] ([[Evanston]])
|[[Eric Grebing]] ([[Bunker Hill]])
|[[Nik Brendler]] ([[Lincoln-Way East]]) [[Yian Chen]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jaya Kalra]] (Sterling)
|[[Amy Minas]] ([[Bradley-Bourbonnais]])
|15 way tie
|-
|2004
|[[Sara Garnett]] ([[Okemos (MI)]])
|[[Cliff Chang]][[#Notes|1]] (New Trier)
|[[Alex Beata]] (Fremd)
|[[Billy Ouska]] ([[Buffalo Grove]])
|[[Alex Inman]] (Fremd) [[Jonathan Mayer]] (Latin)
|
|[[Alex Schallmo]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Maine South]])
|[[Michael Bilow]] ([[Deerfield]])
|Donald Taylor (MacArthur)
|-
|2005
|[[Robert Sale]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Brookwood (GA)]])
|[[Greg Gauthier]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Brad Fischer]] (Winnebago) [[Katie Kragh]] ([[Loyola]])
|
|[[Colleen Powers]] ([[Auburn]])
|[[Carlo Angiuli]] (New Trier) [[John Bracke]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Moline]]) [[Nick Matchen]] (New Trier)
|
|
|[[Ben Weiss]] (Latin)
|-
|2006
|Carlo Angiuli (New Trier)
|Greg Gauthier[[#Notes|1]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Greg Peterson]] (Maine South) [[Kristina Warren]] ([[Bloomington]])
|
|[[Jeff Wear]] (Maine South)
|[[John Brown]] (Auburn) [[Katie Hibbeln]][[#Notes|2]] (Downers Grove North) [[Justin Stoncius]] ([[Carbondale]])
|
|
|[[Siva Sundaram]] (Auburn)
|-
|2007
|Greg Gauthier (Wheaton North)
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|John Brown (Auburn) [[Tony Cao]] (Carbondale)
|
|[[Catie Flynn]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Springfield]])
|[[Jonathan Irving]] (Wheaton North) [[Robert Sido]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Mike Verity]] (Loyola)
|[[Michael Jiang]] (Auburn)
|-
|2008
|Siva Sundaram[[#Notes|1]] (Auburn)
|[[Joe Ahmad]] (Loyola)
|Tony Cao (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Cohen]] (New Trier)
|[[Krystle Leung]] ([[Naperville Central]])
|[[Alex Cash]] ([[Wheaton Warrenville South]]) [[Isa Domin]] ([[Niles North]]) Michael Jiang (Auburn)
|
|
|[[Calvin Quilty]][[#Notes|2]] ([[Bloomington]])
|-
|2009
|[[Lloyd Sy]] (Auburn)
|[[Andrew Deveau]] ([[St. Ignatius]])
|[[Kevin Malis]][[#Notes|1]] ([[Stevenson]])
|[[Steve Server]] (New Trier)
|[[Jeremiah Monk]][[#Notes|2]] (Carbondale)
|[[Ben Carbery]] ([[Oak Park-River Forest]]) Isa Domin (Niles North)
|
|[[Greg Dzuriscko]] ([[Lisle]])
|[[Christian Kreb]] (Loyola)
|-
|2010
|Kevin Malis (Stevenson)
|Ben Carbery[[#Notes|1]] (Oak Park-River Forest)
|Andrew Deveau (St. Ignatius)
|[[Ben Chametzsky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Andrew Van Duyn]] ([[Culver]] (IN))
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Zach Blumenfeld]] (Stevenson) [[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|
|[[Jake Rebnord]][[#Notes|2]] (Stevenson)
|-
|2011
|Lloyd Sy (Auburn)
|[[Dylan Minarik]] [[Belvidere North]]
|[[Nolan Winkler]][[#Notes|1]] Loyola
|[[Andrew Wang]] (New Trier)
|[[Ben Chametzky]] (Carbondale)
|[[Srinivas Panchamukhi]] (Carbondale)
|[[Webster Guan]] (IMSA) [[Alex Kling]] (Latin)
|
|Andrew Van Duyn (Culver (IN))
|-
|2012
|Nicholas Wawrykow (St. Joseph’s (IN))
|[[Thomas Birt]] (Wheaton North)
|[[Anton Karpovich]] (IMSA) [[Anand Poozhikunnel]] Wheaton Warrenville South
|
|[[Ian Torres]] Loyola
|[[Saieesh Rao]] (IMSA)
|Dylan Minarik[[#Notes|1]] Belvidere North
|[[Morgan Venkus]] Loyola
|[[Greg Krzywicki]] ([[Fenton]])
|}

==Notes==
# Morning Champion
# Desperation Shot Champion (2001-2010)

==Category champions==
In addition to the finalists being recognized as among the best players, ribbons are given to any player who scores the most questions in each of the 20 categories.

===Won a category three times===
:4 - Greg Gauthier (Geometry/Trigonometry, '04, '05, '06' 07)
:3 - Greg Gauthier (Calculus/Combinatorics, '04, '06, '07)
:3 - Paul Gauthier (World Literature, '01, '02, '03)
:3 - Nick Matchen (Pop Culture, '04, '05, '06)

===Won a category in consecutive years===
* Astronomy/Earth Science/Geography: Zach Blumenfeld ('08, '09)
* British Literature: Paul Gauthier ('02, '03), Andrew Deveau ('09, '10), Lloyd Sy ('10, '11)
* Calculus/Combinatorics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Chemistry: Carlo Angiuli ('05, '06)
* Current Events: [[Ian Secviar]] ('04, '05), Ben Cohen ('07, '08), [[Mike Penicnak]] ('08, '09)
* Geometry/Trigonometry: Greg Gauthier ('04, '05, '06, '07), [[Karen Li]] ('05, '06)
* Instrumental Classical Music: Dylan Minarik ('11, '12)
* Nonfiction: Nik Brendler ('02, '03)
* Pop Culture: Nick Matchen ('04, '05, '06)
* Physics: Greg Gauthier ('06, '07)
* Religion/Myth: Issa Domin ('08, '09)
* U.S. History: [[Garrett Ryan]] ('03, '04), Andrew Van Duyn ('10, '11)
* World History: Kelly Tourdot ('01, '02), Joe Ahmad ('07, '08)
* World Literature: Paul Gauthier ('01, '02, '03), Kristina Warren ('05, '06)

===Won three categories in one tournament===
:2001 - '''Parag Bhayani''' (3-U.S. History, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Kelly Tourdot''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Religion/Myth)
:2002 - '''Paul Gauthier''' (5-World Lit, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig, British Lit, Current Events), '''Matt Keenan''' (4-Music, Biology, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci)
:2003 - '''Andrew Uzzell''' (4-Physics, Calculus/Math History, Language Arts, World History), '''Garrett Ryan''' (3-U.S. History, World History, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography)
:2004 - '''Ian Secviar''' (3-Religion/Myth, Language Arts, Current Events)
:2005 - none
:2006 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (4-U.S Lit, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Kristina Warren''' (3-U.S. Lit, World Lit, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (3-Pop Culture, Language Arts, Geometry/Trig)
:2007 - '''Greg Gauthier''' (5-Chemistry, Algebra, Physics, Calculus/Combinatorics, Geometry/Trig), '''Siva Sundaram''' (5-U.S. Lit, Art/Architecture, Religion/Myth, World Lit, Music), '''[[Dan Auerbach]]''' (4-Nonfiction, World History, Current Events, Astronomy/Earth Sci/Geography), '''John Brown''' (3-U.S. Lit, Biology, Brit Lit)
:2008 - '''Ben Cohen''' (5-U.S. Lit, U.S. History, Nonfiction, World History, Current Events), '''Joe Ahmad''' (3-Music, World History, Vocabulary), '''[[Bonny Jain]]''' (3-Physics, Geometry/Trig, Pyramidal Math), '''Michael Jiang''' (3-Art/Architecture, World Lit, Nonfiction)
:2009 - '''Andrew Deveau''' (4-Art/Architecture, Physics, Nonfiction, British Lit)
:2010 - '''Ben Carbery''' (5-World History, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Military History), '''Lloyd Sy''' (4-World Lit, British Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music)
:2011 - '''Lloyd Sy''' (8-Physics, Biology, British Lit, European History, Other Science, Poetry, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Ben Chametzsky''' (4-U.S. History, Other Science, Social Studies/Philosophy, Current Events/Geography), '''[[Nolan Maloney]]''' (4-Chemistry, Physics, Biology, World History), '''Webster Guan''' (3-Physics, U.S. Lit, Poetry), '''Dylan Minarik''' (3-U.S. Lit, Painting, Instrumental Classical Music), '''Nolan Winkler''' (3-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Biology)
:2012 - '''Dylan Minarik''' (7-U.S. History, Religion/Mythology, Physics, Other Science, Poetry, Instrumental Classical Music, Social Studies/Philosophy), '''Thomas Birt''' (3-U.S. History, European History, Military History), '''Anton Karpovich''' (3-Physics, Other Science, Current Events/Geography), '''Ian Torres''' (3-Curricular Math, Other Fine Arts, Social Studies/Philosophy)

===7 categories won, career===
:14 - Lloyd Sy
:13 - Greg Gauthier
:11 - Paul Gauthier
:10 - Siva Sundaram
:10 - Dylan Minarik
:7 - Ben Carbery
:7 - Andrew Deveau

==External Links==
*[http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/page.aspx?id=16482 Scobol Solo]

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Shantanu Jha

David Reinstein — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:09:48 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Infobox|Name = Shantanu "Shmoo" Jha
|Image = Shantanu.jpg
|Subjects = Lots of stuff
|schoolcur = None
|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2008-9, 2012)
|highschool = [[Walt Whitman]]
| }}

In high school, Shantanu Jha was a 2008 PACE All-Star, and was 24th individually at the 2008 HSNCT. After matriculating at [[Chicago]] Shantanu helped that school's A team win Div I at [[2009 ICT|ICT 2009]] and the [[2009 ACF Nationals]].

Since then, Shantanu has played very little quizbowl and took some time off from Chicago. He did some editing for 2010 [[Penn Bowl]], [[T-Party 2010]], [[Harvard International]], the [[2010 ICT]], [[Chicago Open Lit]] 2010, and Jean-Baptiste [[Lully Fine Arts]] doubles.

Shortly after making his comeback in Spring 2012, it was discovered that Shantanu had misused his NAQT editor's privileges in an attempt to help Chicago do better at the 2012 ICT, a title for which he himself was ineligible due to his editing history with NAQT [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12970]. He is no longer a member of the Chicago team.

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David Reinstein

David Reinstein — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:54:14 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Illinois Scholastic Bowl & Quizbowl */

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[[Image: 2007NTStatechamps.jpg|thumb|400px|The 2007 IHSA State Champions at the IHSSBCA Awards Dinner: Coach David Reinstein, Robert Sido, Sohaib Qadri, [[Carlo Angiuli]], [[Nick Matchen]], [[Jonah Greenthal]].]]
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|'''Career record:''' over 1000 wins, about 300 losses
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|'''Former school(s):''' [[New Trier]]
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|'''Other leadership:''' [[IHSSBCA]] Chair (2005-)
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'''David Reinstein''' was a coach at [[New Trier]] from 1994-2011. He has been the Chair of [[IHSSBCA]] since 2005.

==Question Writing & Editing==
David is the head writer and editor of the [[Scobol Solo]] and [[Masonic]] sets each year. He has been in charge of Scobol Solo since it started in 2001, and he took over the Masonic set for the 2012 tournament. He has gotten an increasing amount of help with the Solo set over the years, especially editing help from [[Jonah Greenthal]]. With the Masonic set, he has gotten significant writing help from [[Donald Taylor]] and editing advice from Jonah and [[Tom Egan]]. David is also a significant contributor to [[CMST]] and, since late 2011, [[NAQT]]. He also has contributed to the [[IHSA]] set, as a social studies editor in 2012 and then as a math and general assistant editor in 2013. Because the writers flaked out, he ended up writing half the social studies in 2012. David no longer has any association with the IHSA.

==Illinois Scholastic Bowl & Quizbowl==
David has played a major role in [[IHSSBCA]] since the organization was about one year old. He first gained attention by starting a petition asking [[IHSA]] to improve question quality. Coaches from over forty schools signed the petition, and the result was that [[New Trier]] got a bunch of angry phone calls from [[IHSA]]. Many years later, however, [[IHSA]] did improve its question quality somewhat when it switched from [[Answers Plus]] to a secret cabal, though the improvements now appear to be fleeting. The [[Masonic]] Tournament used improved questions written in part by some of David's former students at [[Aegis Questions]] for 2008 and 2009, then regressed to [[Questions Galore]] for 2010 and 2011, then used David starting in 2012.

David has a long history of managing Turnabouts and writing letters and articles for [[IHSSBCA]]. He succeeded [[David Riley]] as Chair several years ago, and the organization has continued to grow under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being since Reinstein took over are the Awards Dinner, Hall of Fame, ethics guidelines, moderator certification, annualization of [[SchoBowlFest]], Novice Tournaments, IHSSBCA Grants, IHSSBCA Liaisons and a Members Only section of their website. The organization now sponsors a team that competes at [[NASAT]]. (Before David took over and for his first few years, the organization sponsored a team that competed at [[PAC]].)

==Coaching==
Reinstein coached consistently strong teams for many years at New Trier that placed highly at many local tournaments and had decent showings at Nationals. His teams won nine [[IHSA]] Sectionals, one each IHSA and NAQT State Championship, and many [[Central Suburban League]] titles.

Reinstein took over as coach when he started teaching at [[New Trier]]. He had planned on coaching Math Team, but that team already had many coaches, so he filled a need in Scholastic Bowl. He was told that he could have the position if he was willing to drive a van, since the other coach that year did not have a license. Since then, David has worked with several coaches. After becoming a father in 1998, David dropped from attending all team matches to about half of them. In 2011, he stepped down from coaching, though he still teaches at New Trier.

Until its 2009 cancellation, Reinstein was an annual guest on the ''Kathy and Judy Show'' on Chicago's WGN radio during the week of the IHSA State Championship. Most of the time was spent asking sample questions to the hosts of the show, with somewhat humorous outcomes. It was annually the biggest publicity moment in [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]]. [http://www.ihssbca.org/20090319reinsteinkathyjudy.mp3 (listen to the 2009 appearance)]

==Tournament Hosting==
In addition to an occasional IHSA or Masonic Regional or Sectional tournament, Reinstein has run the [[Scobol Solo]] each year since 2001. He writes the questions and rules and draws up the pairings, which involve roughly 400 matches each year put together using a power-matching format. He gets some help from [[Jonah Greenthal]], who designed software that pretty much runs the tournament.

From 2005 to 2007, the [[New Trier Varsity]] was hosted by [[Carlo Angiuli]] and [[Nick Matchen]], who graduated from New Trier in 2007; duties were taken over by [[Jonah Greenthal]] beginning in 2008, but David has always played a major role in running the tournament.

==Personal==
David graduated from [[Niles North]] in Skokie, Illinois in 1986 and from [[Brown]] in 1990. David and his wife have two daughters and a son.

==External Links==
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:High school coaches]]
[[Category:Jews]]
[[Category:New Trier]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
[[Category:IHSSBCA]]

David Reinstein

David Reinstein — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:47:55 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Question Writing & Editing */

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[[Image: 2007NTStatechamps.jpg|thumb|400px|The 2007 IHSA State Champions at the IHSSBCA Awards Dinner: Coach David Reinstein, Robert Sido, Sohaib Qadri, [[Carlo Angiuli]], [[Nick Matchen]], [[Jonah Greenthal]].]]
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'''David Reinstein''' was a coach at [[New Trier]] from 1994-2011. He has been the Chair of [[IHSSBCA]] since 2005.

==Question Writing & Editing==
David is the head writer and editor of the [[Scobol Solo]] and [[Masonic]] sets each year. He has been in charge of Scobol Solo since it started in 2001, and he took over the Masonic set for the 2012 tournament. He has gotten an increasing amount of help with the Solo set over the years, especially editing help from [[Jonah Greenthal]]. With the Masonic set, he has gotten significant writing help from [[Donald Taylor]] and editing advice from Jonah and [[Tom Egan]]. David is also a significant contributor to [[CMST]] and, since late 2011, [[NAQT]]. He also has contributed to the [[IHSA]] set, as a social studies editor in 2012 and then as a math and general assistant editor in 2013. Because the writers flaked out, he ended up writing half the social studies in 2012. David no longer has any association with the IHSA.

==Illinois Scholastic Bowl & Quizbowl==
David has played a major role in [[IHSSBCA]] since the organization was about one year old. He first gained attention by starting a petition asking [[IHSA]] to improve question quality. Coaches from over forty schools signed the petition, and the result was that [[New Trier]] got a bunch of angry phone calls from [[IHSA]]. Many years later, however, [[IHSA]] did improve its question quality somewhat when it switched from [[Answers Plus]] to a secret cabal that Reinstein now belongs to, though there are still serious issues with their questions. The [[Masonic]] Tournament used improved questions written in part by some of David's former students at [[Aegis Questions]] for 2008 and 2009, then regressed to [[Questions Galore]] for 2010 and 2011, then used David starting in 2012.

David has a long history of managing Turnabouts and writing letters and articles for [[IHSSBCA]]. He succeeded [[David Riley]] as Chair several years ago, and the organization has continued to grow under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being since Reinstein took over are the Awards Dinner, Hall of Fame, ethics guidelines, moderator certification, the annualization of [[SchoBowlFest]], Novice Tournaments, and a Members Only section of their website. The organization now sponsors a team that attends [[NASAT]].

==Coaching==
Reinstein coached consistently strong teams for many years at New Trier that placed highly at many local tournaments and had decent showings at Nationals. His teams won nine [[IHSA]] Sectionals, one each IHSA and NAQT State Championship, and many [[Central Suburban League]] titles.

Reinstein took over as coach when he started teaching at [[New Trier]]. He had planned on coaching Math Team, but that team already had many coaches, so he filled a need in Scholastic Bowl. He was told that he could have the position if he was willing to drive a van, since the other coach that year did not have a license. Since then, David has worked with several coaches. After becoming a father in 1998, David dropped from attending all team matches to about half of them. In 2011, he stepped down from coaching, though he still teaches at New Trier.

Until its 2009 cancellation, Reinstein was an annual guest on the ''Kathy and Judy Show'' on Chicago's WGN radio during the week of the IHSA State Championship. Most of the time was spent asking sample questions to the hosts of the show, with somewhat humorous outcomes. It was annually the biggest publicity moment in [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]]. [http://www.ihssbca.org/20090319reinsteinkathyjudy.mp3 (listen to the 2009 appearance)]

==Tournament Hosting==
In addition to an occasional IHSA or Masonic Regional or Sectional tournament, Reinstein has run the [[Scobol Solo]] each year since 2001. He writes the questions and rules and draws up the pairings, which involve roughly 400 matches each year put together using a power-matching format. He gets some help from [[Jonah Greenthal]], who designed software that pretty much runs the tournament.

From 2005 to 2007, the [[New Trier Varsity]] was hosted by [[Carlo Angiuli]] and [[Nick Matchen]], who graduated from New Trier in 2007; duties were taken over by [[Jonah Greenthal]] beginning in 2008, but David has always played a major role in running the tournament.

==Personal==
David graduated from [[Niles North]] in Skokie, Illinois in 1986 and from [[Brown]] in 1990. David and his wife have two daughters and a son.

==External Links==
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:High school coaches]]
[[Category:Jews]]
[[Category:New Trier]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
[[Category:IHSSBCA]]

Wheaton North

David Reinstein — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:34:47 GMT

David Reinstein: /* The Uniform */

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Wheaton North Falcons
|image = WheatonNfalcon.jpg
|citystate = Wheaton, Illinois
|currentcoach = Phyllis Kidd
|state = [[2002 IHSA State Championship Tournament|2002 IHSA]], [[2003 IHSA State Championship Tournament|2003 IHSA]], [[2004 IHSA State Championship Tournament|2004 IHSA]], 2003 Masonic, 2004 Masonic
|nats = }}

:''“IMSA may have, for the moment, won more state championships, but do not kid yourself. In the early twenty-first century, Wheaton North is the elite program in Illinois. They are excellent tournament hosts, they travel well, and have a hardware collection that rivals Craftsman. Beyond that, they are as gracious in victory as they are in defeat ... not that many people have ever seen the latter.”'' —[[Tom Egan]]

'''Wheaton North''' High School is a public high school located in Wheaton, Illinois. Their nickname is the Falcons. The team currently competes as a member of the [[DuPage Valley Conference]] (DVC). It also competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) State Championship Series. Their founding coach is Susan Martin, and the current coach is Phyllis Kidd.

==History==
Over the tenure of Coach Martin's coaching career, she has led Wheaton North to becoming one of the premiere programs in the Midwest, with a record of 753-153 over her first twenty years at the helm. Only in her first and third year did Wheaton North see a losing record.[http://www.ihsa.org/activity/scb/records/sum-w.htm]

Wheaton North can also lay claim to one of the great seasons in Illinois Scholastic Bowl history when, in 2003-04, the team won its third consecutive state title behind a season record of 95-1. Their sole loss (as Loyola coach [[David Riley]] repeats to anyone willing to sit still long enough to listen), was to [[Loyola Academy]] in the semifinals of the "Bulldog Classic" at Richards High School in Oak Lawn. While it is not the record for wins in a season in Illinois, no one has approached the winning percentage that Wheaton North accrued in so many matches.

The school administration has been especially supportive of the Scholastic Bowl program. The team's championship photos can be seen prominently with athletic champions in the hallways, and banners commemorating their state titles hang in the gymnasium.

On January 26, 2008, Coach Susan Martin publicly announced that she would be retiring from coaching at the end of the 2007-08 season. She coached her final game at the [[2008 IHSA State Championship Tournament|IHSA State Championship Tournament]] on March 14, 2008, guiding her team to third place in state. She ended her career with an overall record of 946-189, of which she accrued a record of 915-174 while at Wheaton North.

==Tournament Hosting==
Wheaton North is one of the most active tournament hosts in the Chicago area, and likely in the State of Illinois. In addition to the duties of acting as one of the sites for the annual [[IHSSBCA]] Kickoff Tournament, Wheaton North hosts its own frosh-soph tournament (after hosting a third varsity tournament for years). Their annual spot as a top Sectional school usually means that they are hosting an IHSA Regional Tournament. Their access to great competition facilities and a long list of expert moderators means that they are regularly asked to host an IHSA Sectional Tournament.
[[Image: WNBanners.jpg|thumb|400px|The first of many banners are hung in the "Museum Room".]]

Wheaton North is also one of the few schools in the Chicago area to offer an adult tournament, usually hosted in the Spring, to raise money for a scholarship fund.

Teams who play against Wheaton North on their home turf usually play them in their "museum room", in which hang numerous conference, regional, sectional, and state championship banners, championship display brackets, in addition to the more than modest trophy collection (the largest trophies being on display elsewhere in a permanent case).

==The Uniform==
When the IHSA passed its infamous uniform requirement, Wheaton North opted to dress in Hawaiian-style shirts. The uniform was a tribute to Steven Wilkinson, a Wheaton North Scholastic Bowl player who died in a car accident in 1999 before his senior year, when he would have been captain. While at first, some coaches wondered if the uniform violated the "appropriateness" standard of the rule, the team has never had a serious challenge to their use. Today, they have become the team's unofficial trademark, and often make the Falcons the most easily identifiable team at virtually any tournament. In 2005, the [[IHSA]] received possession of one of the shirts, and added it to the display case in their headquarters foyer, which contains many artifacts from past champions in their sports and activities. Wheaton North's shirt is the only representation for Scholastic Bowl.

==Noted Team Accomplishments==
* DVC Champions (16): 1989, 91, 93-96, 98-99, 2001-08
* IHSA Regional Titles (8): 2001-08
* IHSA Sectional Titles (14): 1991, 93-95, 99-2008
* IHSA Championship Tournament Champions: 2002-04
* IHSA Championship Tournament Runner-Up: 2001, 05, 07
* IHSA Championship Tournament Third Place: 2008
* IHSA Championship Tournament Fourth Place: 2006

==IHSSBCA Individual Awards==
The following were honored by the Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Coaches Association ([[IHSSBCA]]) for outstanding play through their [[IHSSBCA All State Program|All-Sectional/All-State Program]]. Each sectional comprises roughly 24 geographically concentrated teams, and thus roughly 125 starting players. Through the 2006-07 season, the top ten players were recognized in each sectional,(starting with 2007-08, the number was raised to 15) with teams restricted to no more than two nominations (three nominations starting in 2007-08). There are twenty All-State awards given each year (10 First Team, 10 Second Team) in each of Illinois' two classes.

===All-Sectional Honorees===
[[Image: Falcons Triumphant.jpg|thumb|400px|All of Falcon Nation turned out for a pep rally to welcome the newly crowned 2001-02 State Champions, led by their All-Sectional players.]]
*2001-02: Lori Sommars, David Vock
*2002-03: [[Paul Gauthier]], David Vock
*2003-04: Paul Gauthier,
*2004-05: James Nyenhuis, Devin Patel
*2005-06: [[Greg Gauthier]], Ian Slack
*2006-07: Greg Gauthier, Jonathan Irving
*2007-08: Greg Gauthier, Jonathan Irving, Jeff Sommars
*2008-09: [[Michael Perovanovic]]

===All-State Honorees===
* 2001-02: Lori Sommars (1st team), David Vock (2nd team)
* 2002-03: Paul Gauthier (1st team), David Vock (1st team)
* 2003-04: Paul Gauthier (1st team)
* 2004-05: James Nyenhuis (1st team), Devin Patel (2nd team)
* 2005-06: Greg Gauthier (1st team), Ian Slack (2nd team)
* 2006-07: Greg Gauthier (1st team)
* 2007-08: Greg Gauthier (1st team), Jonathan Irving (2nd team)

:''Through the end of the 2007-08 season, Wheaton North players have earned more First Team All-State, and more overall All-State awards than any program in Illinois, both records tied with [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Auburn]].''

===Playing for [[Illinois Panasonic Team|Team Illinois]]===
* Lori Sommars (2002)
* [[Paul Gauthier]] (2003, 2004)
* David Vock (2003)
* Greg Gauthier (2006, 2007, 2008)

==External Links==
[http://wnscobowl.com/]

{{Succession_box|Tournament = IHSA State
|year = 2002, 2003, & 2004
|previous = [[IMSA]]
|next = [[Stevenson]]
| }}
{{Succession_box|Tournament = Illinois Masonic State
|year = 2003 & 2004
|previous = [[Springfield Southeast]]
|next = [[Fremd]]
| }}

[[Category:High school teams]] [[Category:Illinois high school teams]] [[Category:Wheaton North]]
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Angus King

David Reinstein — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:49:23 GMT

David Reinstein: d'oh

'''Angus King''' was the governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003 and was elected to the US Senate in 2012. He was a member of the team from the then-Hammond High School in Alexandria, VA that won the first-ever [[It's Academic]] tournament in 1961.

[[Category: High school players active in 1961]]
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[[Category: Celebrity quizbowl alums]]
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Angus King

David Reinstein — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:48:41 GMT

David Reinstein:

''Angus King'' was the governor of Maine from 1995 to 2003 and was elected to the US Senate in 2012. He was a member of the team from the then-Hammond High School in Alexandria, VA that won the first-ever [[It's Academic]] tournament in 1961.

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[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Illinois Scholastic Bowl

David Reinstein — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:45:28 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Notable annual tournaments */

'''Scholastic Bowl''' in Illinois is played by over 500 high schools and 300 middle schools. It traditionally has been governed by the Illinois High School Association ([[IHSA]]), and until recently most of its tournaments were played under IHSA Rules.

==History==
===Little Quizbowl on the Prairie (1960s-1985)===
Quizbowl in Illinois can be traced back at least as far back as the 1960s, and was originally more popular in Downstate Illinois than in the Chicago area. One of the first tournaments in the state to gain notability was the Senior Challenge held in Streator, which was open only to high school seniors. Questions were written by locals, and lockout systems were homemade. Local businesses sponsored the tournament, which was organized by the local Rotary Club.

Certainly, there were other tournaments, with each tournament having a unique twist to their format. This became the key thread running through Illinois quizbowl throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s: there was no universal set of rules.

===IHSA Consensus Years (1986-2007)===
By 1985, the popularity of the activity was notable enough for numerous coaches and school administrators to petition the [[IHSA]] for formal recognition as a competitive activity. With recognition came a codification of the rules, and the recognition of a state champion. All teams competed in one class until 1991, and were placed into 16 geographic sectional tournaments. The 16 winners of those tournaments advanced to a single elimination tournament.

During this time, IHSA Scholastic Bowl grew tremendously, with new teams, conferences, and tournaments forming every year. Though there was some disagreement as to whether or not tossups should be [[pyramidal]], there generally was agreement that matches should follow [[IHSA]] format and that tournaments should use morning pools with single-elimination afternoons, though occasionally tournaments did experiment with other formats.

===The Schism Years (2008-)===
As some of Illinois' better teams became more exposed to [[good quizbowl]] through [[Hsquizbowl.org]] and tournaments hosted by the University of [[Illinois]], [[NAQT]], and [[PACE]], they became vocal proponents for change. The changes sought included improved question quality, bonus parts being read one at a time, increases in the number of matches guaranteed to teams entering tournaments, the elimination of single-elimination tournament formats, and the reduction or elimination of computation, grammar, and most miscellaneous topics. While [[IHSSBCA]] generally supported these changes, many coaches, including a majority on the IHSA Advisory Committee generally, did not, leading several top teams to put a higher value on national tournaments and invitationals than Illinois' state tournaments (though the teams that did not value the State Tournaments were dominant at them because they learned more by playing tournaments in other formats). During this time, several Illinois invitationals became a [[mirror]] of tournaments from out of state, starting with [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Auburn's]] mirror of [[HFT]]. By 2010, a majority of invitationals in Illinois did not use IHSA Format, with [[mACF]] becoming more popular. Some people believed that this schism pitted the Chicago suburbs against downstate, though in reality opinions varied throughout the state. For its 2013 tournament, the IHSA switched to one bonus part at a time.

==Notable annual tournaments==
A complete list of tournaments in Illinois can be found [http://www.ihssbca.org/tournaments.html on the IHSSBCA's site]. Notable recurring tournaments include the following:
*[[Earlybird]] - October - Formerly a housewrite by [[Illinois|UIUC]] and now using questions from different sources each year, this tournament is usually the first tournament of the season.
*[[IHSSBCA Novice]] - October - hosted in several locations across the state, this tournament allows students who did not achieve certain levels of success to compete against each other. It uses the [[SCOP]] set.
*[[Northwestern Wake-Up Call]] - October - another tournament for novice students
*[[IHSSBCA Kickoff]] - mid-November - hosted in several locations across the state, this tournament used to mark the "start" of the season, but several tournaments have arisen prior to its usual date. Combined across sites, it has the largest turnout of any tournament except for the IHSA and Masonic series.
*[[Scobol Solo]] - November - hosted by [[New Trier]], it is a solo contest attracting over 100 top players each year.
*[[HFT]] mirror - at [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]]
*[[PORTA Frosh/Soph]] - tournament near Springfield that uses an [[NAQT]] A Set and splits teams into Class A and Class AA levels
*[[Loyburn]] - tournament that alternates between [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]] and [[Loyola Academy]] each year
*[[New Trier Varsity]] - last Saturday before Winter Break - Started in 2005 by [[Carlo Angiuli]] and [[Nick Matchen]], this was the first tournament written by current students. This tournament in recent years has used the [[GSAC]] set.
*[[Niles West Varsity]] - January - started in 2012
*[[Ultima]] at [[Loyola Academy]] - formerly held in October but now moving to January, which used to use the format of the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]] and now uses [[mACF]] format
*[[IMSANITY]] - January - [[IMSA]] writes a set that is typically used in a Chicagoland and central Illinois site
*[[Springfield Tournament]] - January - tournament with varsity and JV divisions that uses [[NAQT]]
*[[Greenville Comet]] - February - tournament south of Springfield that uses [[HSAPQ]]
*[[Masonic]] tournament - mid-February - many sectionals are held across the state, followed two weeks later by the state finals. This used to be in IHSA format, but now uses a format unique to itself featuring bonuses that are not bonuses.
*[[NAQT Illinois State Tournament|NAQT State]] - late February - moved from [[Fenton]] to [[Bloomington]] in 2013
*[[IHSA]] - early to mid March. Single-elimination regionals are held at 32 sites per class across the state, with the winners advancing to round-robin sectionals at 8 sites per class, the winners of which go on to State.
*[[ATROPHY]] - tournament hosted by [[Northern Illinois]] in April

Many people traditionally considered the IHSA State Series to crown the state champion. The major problems with this paradigm include a failure to assure the advancement of top teams (deferring to geographic representation), poor question quality, and a poor distribution. While the first of these is not likely to ever change because of the IHSA constitution, attempts are ongoing to rectify the latter two.

The [[Masonic tournament]], while older than the IHSA Tournament (starting in 1983), has been regarded as a lesser championship due to the smaller pool of teams playing (about 300 teams, compared to about 500 in the IHSA tournaments). The tournament also has the same long standing problem with advancement of good teams. It also uses a match format of 6 tossups, 8 alternating team questions, 6 tossups, 8 alternating team questions, and 4 tossups. The team questions are structured like bonus questions usually are structured, with the exception that control of them is not earned. This format is not used by any other tournaments.

==Famous/Infamous collegiate players==
*[[Pericles Abbasi]] - [[Fenwick]]; [[Chicago]]
*[[Joe Ahmad]] - [[Loyola Academy]]; [[Notre Dame]]
*[[Carlo Angiuli]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Indiana]]
*[[Bruce Arthur]] - [[Roycemore]]; [[Chicago]], [[Harvard]]
*[[Greg Baboukis]] - [[Normal Community West]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Parag Bhayani]] - [[Homewood-Flossmoor]]; [[Caltech]]
*[[Michael Bilow]] - [[Deerfield]]; [[Yale]]
*[[Colby Burnett]] - [[Fenwick]]; [[Northwestern]]
*[[Steven Canning]] - [[Libertyville]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Ben Cohen]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Brown]]
*[[Kevin Costello]] - [[IMSA]]; [[Rutgers]]
*[[Dan Donohue]] - [[St. Viator]]; [[Northwestern]]
*[[Brad Fischer]] - [[Winnebago]]; [[Rock Valley College]], [[NIU]]
*[[David Garb]] - [[Buffalo Grove]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Greg Gauthier]] - [[Wheaton North]]; [[Vanderbilt]]
*[[Paul Gauthier]] - [[Wheaton North]]; [[Vanderbilt]], [[Chicago]]
*[[Joel Gluskin]] - [[Stevenson]]; [[Wash U]]; [[NAQT]]
*[[Scott Green]] - [[Stevenson]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Jonah Greenthal]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Illinois]], [[Chicago]]
*[[Brad Houston]] - [[Stevenson]]; [[Grinnell]], [[Maryland]]
*[[Alejandro Lopez-Lago]] - [[Naperville Central]]; [[Claremont]]
*[[Lyon|The Lyons]] - [[IMSA]]
*[[Subash Maddipoti]] - [[Quincy]]; [[Northwestern]], [[Quincy]], [[Illinois]], [[Chicago]]
*[[Trygve Meade]] - [[Canton]]; [[Illinois]]; [[PACE]]
*[[Craig Messner]] - [[Lakes]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Mark Messner]] - [[Antioch]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Greg Peterson]] - [[Maine South]]; [[Lawrence]]
*[[Nick Poulos]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Chicago]]
*[[Yogesh Raut]] - [[IMSA]]; [[Stanford]], [[USC]]
*[[Garrett Ryan]] - [[Lincoln-Way East]]; [[Carleton]]
*[[James Sanner]] - [[Decatur Eisenhower]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Mike Sorice]] - [[Fenwick]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Justin Stoncius]] - [[Carbondale]]; [[Stanford]]
*[[Christopher Stone]] - [[Glenwood]]; [[Truman State]]
*[[Kristin Strey]] - [[Winnebago]]; [[Rock Valley College]], [[NIU]]
*[[Martin Stroup]] - [[MacArthur]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Siva Sundaram]] - [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Rockford Auburn]]; [[Harvard]]
*[[Donald Taylor]] - [[MacArthur]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Kelly Tourdot]] - [[Stillman Valley]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Andrew Ullsperger]] - [[Bloomington]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Andrew Uzzell]] - [[Evanston]]; [[Yale]]
*[[Jan Zasowski]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Northwestern]]

==Notable former players who are famous for something else==
*Kristin Castillo - Macomb - Miss Illinois, 2001[http://www.ihsa.org/initiatives/allstate/2001.htm], [http://www.missamerica.org/scholarships/recipients-2001.asp], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Illinois]
*[[Hillary Clinton]] (nee Rodham) - [[Maine South]] - US Secretary of State

==External Links==
*IHSSBCA Web Site[http://www.ihssbca.org/]
*IHSA Scholastic Bowl page[http://www.ihsa.org/activity/scb/index.htm]
*IHSA Scholastic Bowl Champions and Tournament Results [http://www.ihsa.org/activity/scb/records/index.htm]
*For an example of why people make fun of Illinois Scholastic Bowl, try [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND7I2GxAq54]

[[Category: High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Illinois Scholastic Bowl

David Reinstein — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 21:20:44 GMT

David Reinstein: /* The Schism Years (2008-) */

'''Scholastic Bowl''' in Illinois is played by over 500 high schools and 300 middle schools. It traditionally has been governed by the Illinois High School Association ([[IHSA]]), and until recently most of its tournaments were played under IHSA Rules.

==History==
===Little Quizbowl on the Prairie (1960s-1985)===
Quizbowl in Illinois can be traced back at least as far back as the 1960s, and was originally more popular in Downstate Illinois than in the Chicago area. One of the first tournaments in the state to gain notability was the Senior Challenge held in Streator, which was open only to high school seniors. Questions were written by locals, and lockout systems were homemade. Local businesses sponsored the tournament, which was organized by the local Rotary Club.

Certainly, there were other tournaments, with each tournament having a unique twist to their format. This became the key thread running through Illinois quizbowl throughout the 60s, 70s, and 80s: there was no universal set of rules.

===IHSA Consensus Years (1986-2007)===
By 1985, the popularity of the activity was notable enough for numerous coaches and school administrators to petition the [[IHSA]] for formal recognition as a competitive activity. With recognition came a codification of the rules, and the recognition of a state champion. All teams competed in one class until 1991, and were placed into 16 geographic sectional tournaments. The 16 winners of those tournaments advanced to a single elimination tournament.

During this time, IHSA Scholastic Bowl grew tremendously, with new teams, conferences, and tournaments forming every year. Though there was some disagreement as to whether or not tossups should be [[pyramidal]], there generally was agreement that matches should follow [[IHSA]] format and that tournaments should use morning pools with single-elimination afternoons, though occasionally tournaments did experiment with other formats.

===The Schism Years (2008-)===
As some of Illinois' better teams became more exposed to [[good quizbowl]] through [[Hsquizbowl.org]] and tournaments hosted by the University of [[Illinois]], [[NAQT]], and [[PACE]], they became vocal proponents for change. The changes sought included improved question quality, bonus parts being read one at a time, increases in the number of matches guaranteed to teams entering tournaments, the elimination of single-elimination tournament formats, and the reduction or elimination of computation, grammar, and most miscellaneous topics. While [[IHSSBCA]] generally supported these changes, many coaches, including a majority on the IHSA Advisory Committee generally, did not, leading several top teams to put a higher value on national tournaments and invitationals than Illinois' state tournaments (though the teams that did not value the State Tournaments were dominant at them because they learned more by playing tournaments in other formats). During this time, several Illinois invitationals became a [[mirror]] of tournaments from out of state, starting with [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Auburn's]] mirror of [[HFT]]. By 2010, a majority of invitationals in Illinois did not use IHSA Format, with [[mACF]] becoming more popular. Some people believed that this schism pitted the Chicago suburbs against downstate, though in reality opinions varied throughout the state. For its 2013 tournament, the IHSA switched to one bonus part at a time.

==Notable annual tournaments==
A complete list of tournaments in Illinois can be found [http://www.ihssbca.org/tournaments.html on the IHSSBCA's site]. Notable recurring tournaments include the following:
*[[Earlybird]] - October - Formerly a housewrite by [[Illinois|UIUC]] and now using questions from [[HSAPQ]], this tournament is usually the first tournament of the season and lately uses the (new as of 2010) [[PACE]] format.
*[[Ultima]] at [[Loyola Academy]] - formerly held in October but now moving to January, which used to use the format of the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]] and now uses [[mACF]] format
*[[IHSSBCA Kickoff]] - mid-November - hosted in several locations across the state, this tournament used to mark the "start" of the season, but several tournaments have arisen prior to its usual date. Combined across sites, it has the largest turnout of any tournament except for the IHSA and Masonic series.
*[[Scobol Solo]] - mid-November - hosted by [[New Trier]], it is a solo contest attracting over 100 top players each year.
*[[The Decemberist]] - early December - Held at [[Rock Valley College]] (except in 2009, when it was hosted at [[Maine South]]), this tournament uses [[mACF]] format.
*[[HFT]] mirror - at [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois high school)|Auburn]]
*[[New Trier Varsity]] - last Saturday before Winter Break - Started in 2005 by [[Carlo Angiuli]] and [[Nick Matchen]], this marks the first tournament written by current students. The success of this tournament led to the beginning of [[Aegis Questions]], and since 2007 has used [[mACF]] format.
*[[Wildcat]] - Held at [[Northwestern]], this tournament used timed [[NAQT]] format through 2008, and for much of that time was the only NAQT tournament in Illinois. It used to have was over 40 teams coming from as far as Michigan, but attendance has dropped precipitously since.
*[[Masonic]] tournament - mid-February - many sectionals are held across the state, followed two weeks later by the state finals. This used to be in IHSA format, but now uses a format unique to itself featuring bonuses that are not bonuses.
*[[NAQT Illinois State Tournament|NAQT State]] - late February
*[[UIUC Solo]] - late February - held in conjunction with the NAQT State Tournament starting in 2008
*[[IHSA]] - early to mid March. Single-elimination regionals are held at 32 sites per class across the state, with the winners advancing to round-robin sectionals at 8 sites per class, the winners of which go on to State.

Many people consider the IHSA State Series to crown the state champion. The major problems with this paradigm include a failure to assure the advancement of top teams (deferring to geographic representation), poor question quality, a poor distribution, and a poor match format. While the first of these is not likely to ever change because of the IHSA constitution, attempts are ongoing to rectify the latter three.

The [[Masonic tournament]], while older than the IHSA Tournament (starting in 1983), has been regarded as a lesser championship due to the smaller pool of teams playing (less than 300 teams, compared to the roughly 500 in the IHSA tournaments). The tournament has also had the same long standing problem with advancement of good teams and poor questions. The use of [[Aegis Questions]] in 2008 did a great deal to solve the problem of question quality, but the Masons regressed for the [[2010 Masonic series|2010 series]] to [[Questions Galore]] questions and a very strange new format.

==Famous/Infamous collegiate players==
*[[Pericles Abbasi]] - [[Fenwick]]; [[Chicago]]
*[[Joe Ahmad]] - [[Loyola Academy]]; [[Notre Dame]]
*[[Carlo Angiuli]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Indiana]]
*[[Bruce Arthur]] - [[Roycemore]]; [[Chicago]], [[Harvard]]
*[[Greg Baboukis]] - [[Normal Community West]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Parag Bhayani]] - [[Homewood-Flossmoor]]; [[Caltech]]
*[[Michael Bilow]] - [[Deerfield]]; [[Yale]]
*[[Colby Burnett]] - [[Fenwick]]; [[Northwestern]]
*[[Steven Canning]] - [[Libertyville]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Ben Cohen]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Brown]]
*[[Kevin Costello]] - [[IMSA]]; [[Rutgers]]
*[[Dan Donohue]] - [[St. Viator]]; [[Northwestern]]
*[[Brad Fischer]] - [[Winnebago]]; [[Rock Valley College]], [[NIU]]
*[[David Garb]] - [[Buffalo Grove]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Greg Gauthier]] - [[Wheaton North]]; [[Vanderbilt]]
*[[Paul Gauthier]] - [[Wheaton North]]; [[Vanderbilt]], [[Chicago]]
*[[Joel Gluskin]] - [[Stevenson]]; [[Wash U]]; [[NAQT]]
*[[Scott Green]] - [[Stevenson]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Jonah Greenthal]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Illinois]], [[Chicago]]
*[[Brad Houston]] - [[Stevenson]]; [[Grinnell]], [[Maryland]]
*[[Alejandro Lopez-Lago]] - [[Naperville Central]]; [[Claremont]]
*[[Lyon|The Lyons]] - [[IMSA]]
*[[Subash Maddipoti]] - [[Quincy]]; [[Northwestern]], [[Quincy]], [[Illinois]], [[Chicago]]
*[[Trygve Meade]] - [[Canton]]; [[Illinois]]; [[PACE]]
*[[Craig Messner]] - [[Lakes]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Mark Messner]] - [[Antioch]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Greg Peterson]] - [[Maine South]]; [[Lawrence]]
*[[Nick Poulos]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Chicago]]
*[[Yogesh Raut]] - [[IMSA]]; [[Stanford]], [[USC]]
*[[Garrett Ryan]] - [[Lincoln-Way East]]; [[Carleton]]
*[[James Sanner]] - [[Decatur Eisenhower]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Mike Sorice]] - [[Fenwick]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Justin Stoncius]] - [[Carbondale]]; [[Stanford]]
*[[Christopher Stone]] - [[Glenwood]]; [[Truman State]]
*[[Kristin Strey]] - [[Winnebago]]; [[Rock Valley College]], [[NIU]]
*[[Martin Stroup]] - [[MacArthur]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Siva Sundaram]] - [[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Rockford Auburn]]; [[Harvard]]
*[[Donald Taylor]] - [[MacArthur]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Kelly Tourdot]] - [[Stillman Valley]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Andrew Ullsperger]] - [[Bloomington]]; [[Illinois]]
*[[Andrew Uzzell]] - [[Evanston]]; [[Yale]]
*[[Jan Zasowski]] - [[New Trier]]; [[Northwestern]]

==Notable former players who are famous for something else==
*Kristin Castillo - Macomb - Miss Illinois, 2001[http://www.ihsa.org/initiatives/allstate/2001.htm], [http://www.missamerica.org/scholarships/recipients-2001.asp], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Illinois]
*[[Hillary Clinton]] (nee Rodham) - [[Maine South]] - US Secretary of State

==External Links==
*IHSSBCA Web Site[http://www.ihssbca.org/]
*IHSA Scholastic Bowl page[http://www.ihsa.org/activity/scb/index.htm]
*IHSA Scholastic Bowl Champions and Tournament Results [http://www.ihsa.org/activity/scb/records/index.htm]
*For an example of why people make fun of Illinois Scholastic Bowl, try [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND7I2GxAq54]

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Jeopardy!

David Reinstein — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:52:38 GMT

David Reinstein:

'''Jeopardy!''' is an American game show somewhat similar to [[quizbowl]] in that questions are asked and answers are given (although the show claims to be [[Weiner's Laws|cute]] by reversing this).

==Quizbowlers on Jeopardy!==
Several former and current quizbowlers have appeared on Jeopardy. Here is a non-exhaustive list:

*[[Tori Amos]] - Played in the 2013 Teen Tournament
*[[Shawn Askew]] - One day co-champion in 1997.
*[[Craig Barker]] - Won 1997 College Tournament.
*[[Chip Beall]] - Was on the show in the '80s.
*[[Chris Borglum]] - Played during season 13. Lost in only game.
*[[Michael Braun]] - Won Teen Tournament and then mysteriously dropped out of quizbowl.
*[[Colby Burnett]] - Won the first ever Teachers Tournament in 2012
*[[Papa Chakravarthy]] - Won 2006 Teen Tournament
* Raynell Cooper - Won the 2011 Teen Tournament
* Roger Craig - Won 7 shows in Fall 2010 and the 2011 Tournament of Champions, set the single day record of $77,000
*[[Kunle Demuren]] -
*[[Mehrun Etebari]] - Five day champion. Lost in the first round of the 2007 Tournament of Champions.
*[[Meryl Federman]] - Won 2007 Summer Teen Tournament.
*[[Susan Ferrari]] - Lost in her only game.
*[[Frank Firke]] - Played in 2007 Teen Tournament.
*[[Arthur Fleming]] - Lost because he could not come up with "Mercury" in Final Jeopardy.
*[[Kermin Fleming]] - Won 2004 College Tournament.
*[[Cliff Galiher]] - Won 2007 College Tournament.
*[[Kriti Gandhi]] - 2007 Summer Teen Tournament finalist.
*[[Victoria Groce]] - Defeated 19-day champion [[David Madden]].
*[[Eric Hillemann]] - Won $20,700.
*[[Jeff Hoppes]] - Lost to Ken Jennings.
*[[Rachel Horn]] - 2008 Teen Tournament winner
*[[Ken Jennings]] - He like won a few games or something.
*[[Vinita Kailasanath]] - Won 2001 College Tournament, 2004 Tournament of Champions Semifinalist, Semifinalist in Ultimate Tournament of Champions.
*[[Steve Kaplan]] - One day champion in 2005.
*[[Anurag Kashyap]] - won the 2009 Teen Tournament
*[[Larissa Kelly]] - Six day champion in 2008. 2009 Tournament of Champions Finalist
*[[Josh Levy]] - Second Runner Up in 1999 College Tournament
*[[Jimmy Li]]
*[[David Madden]] - 19 day champion in 2005; Tournament of Champions Semifinalist in 2006. Defeated Watson twice in beta-testing at IBM headquarters.
*[[Daniel M. Maggin]] - Lost to Larissa Kelly.
* Aidan Mehigan - finished 3rd in 2009 teen tournament
*[[Ryan McClarren]] - Lost to Ken Jennings.
*[[Susan Mitchell]] - Four day champion. Played in the 2007 Tournament of Champions, made it to the semifinals.
*[[Emily Moore]] - Appeared in July 2008
*[[Alex Nutman]] - Came in second on a Kids' Week show. He blames his loss on the fact that his opponent was an Asian video game expert.
*[[Greg Peterson]] - Runner-Up to Meryl Federman in 2007 Summer Teen Tournament.
*[[James Quintong]] - One day champion.
*[[Casey Retterer]] - Reached semi-finals in 2004 College Tournament.
*[[Samantha Ross]] - Much to her surprise, she won a total of $15,000.
*[[Brad Rutter]] - Won Ultimate Tournament of Champions, [[Chip Beall|Chip]] partisan.
*[[Ben Schenkel]] - Runner-Up in 2007 Teen Tournament.
*[[Aaron Schroeder]] - Five day Champion in 2008. 2009 Tournament of Champions Finalist.
*[[Ryan Stander]] - Lost in Final Jeopardy in his only appearance in March 2010.
*[[Jeff Stewart]] - Won 1994 College Tournament.
*[[Ted Stratton]] - Two day champion in 2005.
*[[Ray Sun]] - One day champion.
*[[Guy Tabachnick]] - Won $25,000 on Kids' Week.
*[[Naren Tallapragada]] - Played on a Teen Tournament, but screwed up in Final J! of one of the semi or perhaps quarterfinals.
*[[Eliza Urban]] - Played in 2007 Teen Tournament.
*[[Vik Vaz]] - Three day champion, Runner-Up in 2006 Tournament of Champions.
*[[Andy Watkins]] - Was on a Teen Tournament or something.
*[[Brian Weikle]] - Set numerous records, many of which were broken by Ken Jennings.
*[[Leo Wolpert]] - Lost to Ken Jennings. Still extraordinarily bitter about the whole thing.
*[[Jan Zasowski]] - Two day champion in 2011.

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IHSSBCA

David Reinstein — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 22:17:58 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Initiatives */

The '''Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Coaches Association''' or '''IHSSBCA''' is an organization primarily of coaches who support improvements in [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl|Illinois Quizbowl]]. The current president of the organization is [[David Reinstein]], who until 2011 coached at [[New Trier]]. Annual membership in the organization is typically around 300.

==Mission Statement==
From the IHSSBCA website:

:''The IHSSBCA exists to improve the quality of Scholastic Bowl competition and foster greater opportunities for collaboration, participation, and recognition.''

Additionally

:''The purpose of the IHSSBCA is to increase awareness and support of the public, school leaders, and parents for high school Scholastic Bowl competition in Illinois; to provide opportunities for Scholastic Bowl coaches to meet and cooperate in the development and communication of coaching techniques, tournament formats, and other ways of improving the quality of competition with integrity and the highest possible standards; and to promote recognition of participants, coaches, and programs.''[http://www.ihssbca.org/about.php]

==History==
The Association was started after an [[IHSA]] Administrator suggested in 1994 that such an organization would give coaches more credence with the IHSA. [[Rob Grierson]] of [[Latin]] did much of the organizing, including sending out the first newsletter in September 1995 to 440 coaches, one at each school known to have a team.

The first meeting was held March 30, 1996, and the first elected officers were Chairman Tom Durbin of [[Decatur MacArthur]], Secretary Cathy Groesch of [[Springfield Southeast]], Treasurer John Rathbun of [[Woodruff]], and Ombudsman Beth Young of [[Quincy]].

Durbin stepped down as Chair after two years and was replaced by [[David Riley]]. After six years, Riley did not run for re-election and was replaced by [[David Reinstein]]. All elected officers serve two-year terms.

==Initiatives==
Here is a non-exhaustive list of the projects which the Association has taken on over its history.

* '''The quarterly newsletter ''Scholastic Visions'''''[http://www.ihssbca.org/schovisions.php]
:Perhaps the earliest project to pay immediate dividends was the publication of an annual newsletter that included articles about happenings across the state, information that connected coaches to the often monolithic IHSA, and editorials on everything from rules to questions. Advertising from lockout and question vendors came later, as well as polls ranking the top teams. Throughout its entire run, [[Rob Grierson]] has been the editor of the newsletter.

*'''ihssbca.org'''[http://www.ihssbca.org]
:As the digital age arrived, the association branched out onto the world wide web to speed up communication across the vast geographic divide of the state. The website keeps an up-to-date listing of tournaments in the state, as well as some in other states which may be of interest to Illinois teams. Around 2008, a Members Only Section was added to the website, allowing members to access all newsletters and a Handbook which essentially contains the best newsletter articles organized by topic.

*'''SchoBowlFest'''
:Back in 2007 after several years hiatus, it is an annual workshop and meetings for coaches across the state where coaches meet to discuss topics ranging from player recruitment, running practices, and organizing tournaments. Vendors also attend to advertise their wares.

*'''[[Robert Grierson Friend of Scholastic Bowl Award|The Robert Grierson Friend of Scholastic Bowl Award]]'''[http://www.ihssbca.org/awards/rgfosb.php]
:Presented originally in 1996 at the first meeting, it is presented to an individual or group for their support of Scholastic Bowl in Illinois. The award was renamed in honor of Rob Grierson when he was elected to receive the award in 2003, two years after Grierson had received the [[Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award]].

*'''[[Illinois Panasonic Team|Team Illinois]]'''[http://www.ihssbca.org/awards/teamillinois.php]
:The IHSSBCA assembles an all-star team to represent the state. It participated at the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]] in Orlando from 1997-2008 and has participated annually at [[NASAT]] since 2010. Team Illinois won PAC in 2007 and 2008.

*'''[[IHSSBCA Kickoff|Kickoff Tournaments]]'''
:The annual IHSSBCA Kickoffs are mirrored at several sites around the state in November, annually drawing over 100 teams. While no longer the earliest tournament in Illinois, for many teams, it is still the beginning of the competition season. For many years, the Kickoffs were in IHSA Format, though that changed when they used [[Aegis]] in 2008, and they have used [[NAQT]] [[IS]] since then.

*'''[[IHSSBCA Turnabout|Turnabout Tournaments]]'''
:In response to the need for tournaments where teams in need of improvement could find a competitive level of their own, while giving them a greater probability for success (which would hopefully translate into their program's expansion, and later improvement among other great teams), the Turnabout Tournaments were born in the late 1990s. Mirrored at several sites across the state, invitations are sent to all members except for approximately fifty teams that were very successful the previous season. Since 2010, these tournaments have used an [[NAQT]] A Set.

*'''[[IHSSBCA Novice|Novice Tournaments]]'''
:To give upcoming students an additional chance to compete early in the season, IHSSBCA started sponsoring Novice Tournaments in 2012. Mirrored at several sites across the state in October, invitations are sent at the beginning of the school year to all teams. Students who meet any of several measurements of previous levels of success are not eligible to compete.

*'''[[IHSSBCA All State Program|All-Sectional/All-State Teams]]'''[http://www.ihssbca.org/awards/]
:Since 2002, this has been the official recognition program for the state's best players. At each of the 16 Sectional seeding meetings (8 Class A small school, 8 Class AA large school), the coaches select the best 12 players as being "All-Sectional". The top 4-5 players are then advanced to a committee who select the best 20 players in each class to be named "All-State".

*'''[[IHSSBCA Hall of Fame|Coaches Hall-of-Fame]]'''[http://www.ihssbca.org/awards/halloffame.php]
:2005 saw a long standing project finally get under way as the first class of the Illinois Coaches Hall-of-Fame was inducted to recognize outstanding coaching careers. Seven coaches were inducted the first year, and four coaches are now inducted annually.

*'''Annual Banquet'''
:The annual banquet is usually held in April on the campus of Illinois State University. In addition to being an annual celebration of quizbowl in Illinois, it is here where Team Illinois is introduced, the All-State honorees receive their awards, The Grierson Award is presented, and the Hall-of-Fame class is inducted.

*'''Moderator Certification'''[http://www.ihssbca.org/moderators.html]
:This is an attempt to improve the quality of game officials. Based off of the system used to certify athletic officials, moderators can become Test Certified by taking an open book test and/or become Performance Certified based on the input from coaches or other moderators who see them officiate in matches.

*'''Rule Proposals'''
:Though the IHSSBCA role with the IHSA is unofficial, the vast majority of rule proposals come from members of the IHSSBCA Steering Committee, and the IHSSBCA Chair is usually welcome as a non-voting participant at the IHSA Advisory Committee meeting.

*'''Scorebooks'''
:IHSSBCA sells bound books of scoresheets. The scoresheets are designed for the IHSA format, but are easy to use for [[mACF]] formats as well.

*'''Social Media'''
:Starting in 2012, IHSSBCA has a presence on Facebook and Twitter.

==See Also==
* [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl Coaches' Poll]]

[[Category: High school quizbowl in Illinois]]
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Main Page

David Reinstein — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:58:49 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Improving QBWiki */

Welcome to the '''Quizbowl Wiki''', a compendium of information on Quizbowl, from middle school up to the masters level. If you wish to edit pages, you must have an account and be logged in. Please direct any questions to [mailto:jonah+qbwiki@jonahgreenthal.com Jonah Greenthal].

If you are new to Quizbowl, you might want to start with the [[Quizbowl]] article and the [[:Category: Quizbowl basics]]. We also have specific articles on [[How Collegiate Quizbowl Works]] and [[How Quizbowl Works, For Journalists]]. Once you start getting involved, useful information can be found at [[How to Get Good at This Game]], [[How to Write Questions]], and [[How to run a high school tournament]].

Some of the most important organizations in Quizbowl are [[ACF]], [[NAQT]], [[HSAPQ]], and [[PACE]].

The most important Quizbowl website is the [[Quizbowl Resource Center]] (formerly known as Hsquizbowl.org). There is an article on [[Computer-related things in quizbowl]].

==Stylizing QBWiki==

'''I've launched a discussion of how to name pages at [[Quizbowl_Wiki:Naming_conventions]]. Please go there and discuss it. --[[User:Fred Morlan|Fred Morlan]] 02:00, 12 July 2011 (UTC)'''

'''I've launched a discussion of how to format tournament pages at [[Quizbowl_Wiki:Tournament_page_conventions]]. Please go there and discuss it.--[[User:Dwight Wynne|Dwight Wynne]] 20:31, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

==Improving QBWiki==
For those of you looking for free advice on how to improve this site, the first thing you should do is make sure that articles on topics you know firsthand are informative and updated. If an article on an important topic or person does not exist, feel free to create one. Also, place a high priority on the articles linked to above.

Many of the pages we would like to see improved are listed at [[:Category:Stubs]]. Some of the priorities are [[Brookwood]], [[Detroit Country Day]], [[Dwight Kidder]], [[Eric Huff]], [[Graham Moyer]], [[Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet]], [[Novi]], [[Olmsted Falls]], and [[Seven Lakes]].

Many of the pages we would like to see created are listed [[Special:WantedPages|here]].

If you'd like to add results to tournaments who are missing part of their results, you can check [[High school tournaments with missing results]] for those pages.

Unlike Wikipedia, there is no conflict of interest policy on QBWiki; you may and should write from firsthand experience, as long as what you write is true and doesn't violate anyone's privacy, etc.

David Reinstein

David Reinstein — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 22:36:13 GMT

David Reinstein:

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'''David Reinstein''' was a coach at [[New Trier]] from 1994-2011. He has been the Chair of [[IHSSBCA]] since 2005.

==Question Writing & Editing==
David is the head writer and editor of the [[Scobol Solo]] and [[Masonic]] sets each year. He has been in charge of Scobol Solo since it started in 2001, and he took over the Masonic set for the 2012 tournament. He has gotten an increasing amount of help with the Solo set over the years, especially editing help from [[Jonah Greenthal]]. With the Masonic set, he has gotten significant writing help from [[Donald Taylor]] and editing advice from Jonah. David is also a significant contributor to [[CMST]] and, since late 2011, [[NAQT]]. He also has contributed to the [[IHSA]] set, as a social studies editor in 2012 and then as a math and general assistant editor in 2013.

==Illinois Scholastic Bowl & Quizbowl==
David has played a major role in [[IHSSBCA]] since the organization was about one year old. He first gained attention by starting a petition asking [[IHSA]] to improve question quality. Coaches from over forty schools signed the petition, and the result was that [[New Trier]] got a bunch of angry phone calls from [[IHSA]]. Many years later, however, [[IHSA]] did improve its question quality somewhat when it switched from [[Answers Plus]] to a secret cabal that Reinstein now belongs to, though there are still serious issues with their questions. The [[Masonic]] Tournament used improved questions written in part by some of David's former students at [[Aegis Questions]] for 2008 and 2009, then regressed to [[Questions Galore]] for 2010 and 2011, then used David starting in 2012.

David has a long history of managing Turnabouts and writing letters and articles for [[IHSSBCA]]. He succeeded [[David Riley]] as Chair several years ago, and the organization has continued to grow under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being since Reinstein took over are the Awards Dinner, Hall of Fame, ethics guidelines, moderator certification, the annualization of [[SchoBowlFest]], Novice Tournaments, and a Members Only section of their website. The organization now sponsors a team that attends [[NASAT]].

==Coaching==
Reinstein coached consistently strong teams for many years at New Trier that placed highly at many local tournaments and had decent showings at Nationals. His teams won nine [[IHSA]] Sectionals, one each IHSA and NAQT State Championship, and many [[Central Suburban League]] titles.

Reinstein took over as coach when he started teaching at [[New Trier]]. He had planned on coaching Math Team, but that team already had many coaches, so he filled a need in Scholastic Bowl. He was told that he could have the position if he was willing to drive a van, since the other coach that year did not have a license. Since then, David has worked with several coaches. After becoming a father in 1998, David dropped from attending all team matches to about half of them. In 2011, he stepped down from coaching, though he still teaches at New Trier.

Until its 2009 cancellation, Reinstein was an annual guest on the ''Kathy and Judy Show'' on Chicago's WGN radio during the week of the IHSA State Championship. Most of the time was spent asking sample questions to the hosts of the show, with somewhat humorous outcomes. It was annually the biggest publicity moment in [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]]. [http://www.ihssbca.org/20090319reinsteinkathyjudy.mp3 (listen to the 2009 appearance)]

==Tournament Hosting==
In addition to an occasional IHSA or Masonic Regional or Sectional tournament, Reinstein has run the [[Scobol Solo]] each year since 2001. He writes the questions and rules and draws up the pairings, which involve roughly 400 matches each year put together using a power-matching format. He gets some help from [[Jonah Greenthal]], who designed software that pretty much runs the tournament.

From 2005 to 2007, the [[New Trier Varsity]] was hosted by [[Carlo Angiuli]] and [[Nick Matchen]], who graduated from New Trier in 2007; duties were taken over by [[Jonah Greenthal]] beginning in 2008, but David has always played a major role in running the tournament.

==Personal==
David graduated from [[Niles North]] in Skokie, Illinois in 1986 and from [[Brown]] in 1990. David and his wife have two daughters and a son.

==External Links==
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:High school coaches]]
[[Category:Jews]]
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HSNCT

David Reinstein — Sun, 27 May 2012 20:03:54 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Results */

The '''High School National Championship Tournament''' (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by [[NAQT]] every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend. The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday; there are also optional practice rounds on the Friday before.

The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament. In 2011 it attracted 224 high school teams from 179 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are alternative ways listed on the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/qualification.html NAQT HSNCT website].

The HSNCT tournament set contains 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses (until 2011, it used 26 packets of 26/26). Its distribution can be found [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/distribution.jsp here]. Matches use [[timed|nine-minute halves]], so it is common for a match to not get through all of the tossups in a packet. When the timer goes off, moderators finish the question they are reading, and if that question is a tossup that gets answered they read the associated bonus.

On Saturday, the first day of competition, each team plays ten matches. There are sixteen rounds, so each team gets six byes. HSNCT uses power-matching; each team is guaranteed to play each of its matches against opponents that have a record within one win of its own record. (In other words, if your current record is 3-5, then your next opponent will be 4-4, 3-5, or 2-6.) Teams need to win at least six of their ten matches to continue play on Sunday. (NOTE: This paragraph and the next one describe the format starting around 2008 and continuing through 2011. Past years were similar but not identical, and formats in future years may change based on decisions to be made by NAQT.)

On Sunday, teams that won six matches on Saturday are eliminated by their first Sunday loss, and teams that won seven or more matches on Saturday are eliminated by their second Sunday loss. With a few exceptions, teams on the verge of elimination play each other, while teams that still have one match to lose also play each other. Play continues until all teams but one are eliminated, and the rest of the final standings in the tournament are based on which teams last the longest on Sunday before being eliminated.

HSNCT also has a Small School Division, which is for schools that have 500 or fewer students in grades 10-12 and non-selective admissions. These schools play as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday, but after they are eliminated from the regular tournament, they play in a separate set of small school playoff rounds to determine a Small School Champion.

Matches from the HSNCT since 2005 are recorded and posted on the [[9 Minutes]] podcast or the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website].

==Results==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
! Year
! Champion
! Second
! Third
! Fourth
! Small School Champion
! Location
! Field Size
|-
| [[1999 HSNCT|1999]]
| [[1999 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[1999 Walton|Walton]]
| [[1999 Brookwood|Brookwood A]]
| Tie among [[1999 Edmond Memorial|Edmond Memorial]], [[1999 North Kansas City|North Kansas City]], and [[1999 Edmond Santa Fe|Edmond Santa Fe]]
| NA
| Norman, OK
| 26
|-
| [[2000 HSNCT|2000]]
| [[2000 State College|State College A]]
| [[2000 Maggie Walker|Governor's School A]]
| [[2000 Eleanor Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
| [[2000 Eisenhower (MI)|Eisenhower]]
| NA
| Atlanta, GA
| 52
|-
| [[2001 HSNCT|2001]]
| [[2001 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2001 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
| [[2001 State College|State College A]]
| [[2001 Riverdale|Riverdale]]
| NA
| Ann Arbor, MI
| 40
|-
| [[2002 HSNCT|2002]]
| [[2002 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
| [[2002 Irmo|Irmo]]
| [[2002 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2002 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
| [[2002 Kent City|Kent City]]
| Austin, TX
| 54
|-
| [[2003 HSNCT|2003]]
| [[2003 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2003 Dorman|Dorman]]
| [[2003 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
| [[2003 Walton|Walton]]
| [[2003 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
| Myrtle Beach, SC
| 62
|-
| [[2004 HSNCT|2004]]
| [[2004 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2004 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
| [[2004 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
| [[2004 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2004 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
| Houston, TX
| 64
|-
| [[2005 HSNCT|2005]]
| [[2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2005 Lakeside|Lakeside]]
| [[2005 State College|State College]]
| [[2005 Solon|Solon]]
| [[2005 Danville|Danville]]
| Chicago, IL
| 96
|-
| [[2006 HSNCT|2006]]
| [[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
| [[2006 State College|State College]]
| [[2006 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
| [[2006 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2006 Danville|Danville]]
| Chicago, IL
| 128
|-
| [[2007 HSNCT|2007]]
| [[2007 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
| [[2007 State College|State College]]
| [[2007 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
| [[2007 Danville|Danville]]
| Chicago, IL
| 160
|-
| [[2008 HSNCT|2008]]
| [[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2008 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
| [[2008 Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman]]
| [[2008 Dorman|Dorman B]]
| [[2008 Russell|Russell]]
| Chicago, IL
| 176
|-
| [[2009 HSNCT|2009]]
| [[2009 Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter]]
| [[2009 Dorman| Dorman A]]
| [[2009 State College| State College A]]
| [[2009 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2009 Ottawa Hills| Ottawa Hills]]
| Chicago, IL
| 192
|-
| [[2010 HSNCT|2010]]
| [[Maggie Walker]]
| [[State College| State College A]]
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
| [[South Range]]
| Chicago, IL
| 200
|-
| [[2011 HSNCT|2011]]
| [[State College| State College A]]
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
| [[Stevenson]]
| [[George Mason High School| George Mason]]
| Atlanta, GA
| 224
|-
| [[2012 HSNCT|2012]]
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
| [[Detroit Catholic Central| Detroit Catholic Central A]]
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
| [[Centennial (GA)| Centennial]]
| [[Beachwood]]
| Atlanta, GA
| 240
|}

[http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]

[[Category:High school national championships]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:HSNCT]]
[[Category:NAQT]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Rutgers

David Reinstein — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:27:54 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Collegebox|College Name = Rutgers (New Brunswick)
|Image = Rutgers.jpg
|citystate = New Brunswick, NJ
|president = Unknown
|nats = None?
| }}

'''Rutgers''' typically refers to the quizbowl program at Rutgers New Brunswick in New Jersey. It should not be confused with the program at [[Rutgers Newark]] or [[Nick Clusserath|Rutgers-Camden]].

==History==

The top teams at Rutgers centered around [[Kevin Costello]], who graduated in 2007, and [[Jason Keller]], who graduated in 2008. The team finished 7th at the [[2007 ICT]] and placed 18th at the [[2008 ICT]], with Keller finishing 2nd in individual scoring. At the [[2008 ACF Nationals]], the team finished with a 6-6 record in the Middle Bracket.

More recently, the team has featured Harrison Hsu, Isabel Juniewicz, and Stephanie Yuen. It attended the [[2012 ACF Nationals]].

==Tournaments Hosted==

Rutgers has occasionally hosted ACF and NAQT tournaments, as well as trash tournaments like the [[Molly Pitcher Service Area Open]].

[[Category: College clubs]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Triton Winter

David Reinstein — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:37:01 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Triton Winter''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[UCSD]].

[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/554/stats/with_playoffs/standings/ February 21, 2009 results] (called Triton Bowl)

[http://cchiego.myweb.uga.edu/TritonWinter_overall_standings.html February 19, 2011 results]

[http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/844/stats/combined/ January 21, 2012 results]

[[Category:Stubs]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:High school quizbowl in California]]
[[Category:High school tournaments with missing results]]

HSNCT

David Reinstein — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:29:46 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Results */

The '''High School National Championship Tournament''' (HSNCT) is a premier national tournament run by [[NAQT]] every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend. The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday; there are also optional practice rounds on the Friday before.

The HSNCT currently draws the largest field of any national tournament. In 2011 it attracted 224 high school teams from 179 different schools. The most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are alternative ways listed on the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/qualification.html NAQT HSNCT website].

The HSNCT tournament set contains 27 packets, each of 24 tossups and 24 bonuses (until 2011, it used 26 packets of 26/26). Its distribution can be found [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/distribution.jsp here]. Matches use [[timed|nine-minute halves]], so it is common for a match to not get through all of the tossups in a packet. When the timer goes off, moderators finish the question they are reading, and if that question is a tossup that gets answered they read the associated bonus.

On Saturday, the first day of competition, each team plays ten matches. There are sixteen rounds, so each team gets six byes. HSNCT uses power-matching; each team is guaranteed to play each of its matches against opponents that have a record within one win of its own record. (In other words, if your current record is 3-5, then your next opponent will be 4-4, 3-5, or 2-6.) Teams need to win at least six of their ten matches to continue play on Sunday. (NOTE: This paragraph and the next one describe the format starting around 2008 and continuing through 2011. Past years were similar but not identical, and formats in future years may change based on decisions to be made by NAQT.)

On Sunday, teams that won six matches on Saturday are eliminated by their first Sunday loss, and teams that won seven or more matches on Saturday are eliminated by their second Sunday loss. With a few exceptions, teams on the verge of elimination play each other, while teams that still have one match to lose also play each other. Play continues until all teams but one are eliminated, and the rest of the final standings in the tournament are based on which teams last the longest on Sunday before being eliminated.

HSNCT also has a Small School Division, which is for schools that have 500 or fewer students in grades 10-12 and non-selective admissions. These schools play as part of the regular tournament Saturday and Sunday, but after they are eliminated from the regular tournament, they play in a separate set of small school playoff rounds to determine a Small School Champion.

Matches from the HSNCT since 2005 are recorded and posted on the [[9 Minutes]] podcast or the [http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website].

==Results==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
! Year
! Champion
! Second
! Third
! Fourth
! Small School Champion
! Location
! Field Size
|-
| [[1999 HSNCT|1999]]
| [[1999 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[1999 Walton|Walton]]
| [[1999 Brookwood|Brookwood A]]
| Tie among [[1999 Edmond Memorial|Edmond Memorial]], [[1999 North Kansas City|North Kansas City]], and [[1999 Edmond Santa Fe|Edmond Santa Fe]]
| NA
| Norman, OK
| 26
|-
| [[2000 HSNCT|2000]]
| [[2000 State College|State College A]]
| [[2000 Maggie Walker|Governor's School A]]
| [[2000 Eleanor Roosevelt|Eleanor Roosevelt]]
| [[2000 Eisenhower (MI)|Eisenhower]]
| NA
| Atlanta, GA
| 52
|-
| [[2001 HSNCT|2001]]
| [[2001 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2001 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
| [[2001 State College|State College A]]
| [[2001 Riverdale|Riverdale]]
| NA
| Ann Arbor, MI
| 40
|-
| [[2002 HSNCT|2002]]
| [[2002 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
| [[2002 Irmo|Irmo]]
| [[2002 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2002 Detroit Country Day|Detroit Country Day]]
| [[2002 Kent City|Kent City]]
| Austin, TX
| 54
|-
| [[2003 HSNCT|2003]]
| [[2003 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2003 Dorman|Dorman]]
| [[2003 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
| [[2003 Walton|Walton]]
| [[2003 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
| Myrtle Beach, SC
| 62
|-
| [[2004 HSNCT|2004]]
| [[2004 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2004 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
| [[2004 St. John's (TX)|St. John's]]
| [[2004 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2004 Cutter Morning Star|Cutter Morning Star]]
| Houston, TX
| 64
|-
| [[2005 HSNCT|2005]]
| [[2005 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2005 Lakeside|Lakeside]]
| [[2005 State College|State College]]
| [[2005 Solon|Solon]]
| [[2005 Danville|Danville]]
| Chicago, IL
| 96
|-
| [[2006 HSNCT|2006]]
| [[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]]
| [[2006 State College|State College]]
| [[2006 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
| [[2006 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2006 Danville|Danville]]
| Chicago, IL
| 128
|-
| [[2007 HSNCT|2007]]
| [[2007 Maggie Walker|Maggie Walker]]
| [[2007 State College|State College]]
| [[2007 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2007 Dorman|Dorman]]
| [[2007 Danville|Danville]]
| Chicago, IL
| 160
|-
| [[2008 HSNCT|2008]]
| [[2008 Thomas Jefferson (VA)|Thomas Jefferson]]
| [[2008 Wilmington Charter|Wilmington Charter]]
| [[2008 Walt Whitman|Walt Whitman]]
| [[2008 Dorman|Dorman B]]
| [[2008 Russell|Russell]]
| Chicago, IL
| 176
|-
| [[2009 HSNCT|2009]]
| [[2009 Wilmington Charter| Wilmington Charter]]
| [[2009 Dorman| Dorman A]]
| [[2009 State College| State College A]]
| [[2009 Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[2009 Ottawa Hills| Ottawa Hills]]
| Chicago, IL
| 192
|-
| [[2010 HSNCT|2010]]
| [[Maggie Walker]]
| [[State College| State College A]]
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
| [[South Range]]
| Chicago, IL
| 200
|-
| [[2011 HSNCT|2011]]
| [[State College| State College A]]
| [[Liberal Arts and Science Academy of Austin| LASA A]]
| [[Bellarmine| Bellarmine A]]
| [[Stevenson]]
| [[George Mason High School| George Mason]]
| Atlanta, GA
| 224
|-
| [[2012 HSNCT|2012]]
|
|
|
|
|
| Atlanta, GA
| 240?
|}

[http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/ NAQT HSNCT website]

[[Category:High school national championships]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:HSNCT]]
[[Category:NAQT]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Negstorm

David Reinstein — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:17:27 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Pic|Image = Negstorm.jpg
| Caption = An unfortunate quizbowl team gets caught in a negstorm
| }}

A '''negstorm''' is a situation where the [[neg|negging]] of one player on a team causes other players to neg more than they otherwise would. Because the initial neg puts the team at a point disadvantage, other players, believing that points are desperately needed, will buzz earlier during [[tossups]], increasingly the likelihood that they too will neg. The process can become self-perpetuating and lead to a lot of negs by a team in one round, even if it does not usually neg.

[[Category: Mysteries]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Lee Henry

David Reinstein — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:34:06 GMT

David Reinstein:

Columbia High School Invitational

David Reinstein — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:32:14 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Columbia High School Invitational''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Columbia (AL)|Columbia High School]] in Huntsville, Alabama. It is run by [[Lee Henry]].

The 2010 final results were
Varsity:
1st - Lincoln County A 2nd - Indian Springs 3rd - Hoover A 4th - Ezell-Harding A

JV:
1st - Ezell-Harding B 2nd - Hoover B

[http://www.columbiaquizbowl.com/12-4-stats.php December 4, 2010 prelim stats]

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3892 December 10, 2011 results]

[[Category:Stubs]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Alabama]]

Pirate Open

David Reinstein — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:24:53 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Pirate Open''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Seton Hall (NJ)|Seton Hall Preparatory School]].

[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/754/stats/varsity/ April 5, 2008 results]

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3452 September 25, 2010 results]

[[Category:Stubs]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:High school quizbowl in New Jersey]]
[[Category:High school tournaments with missing results]]

Tippecanoe Academic Challenge

David Reinstein — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:14:42 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Results */

The '''Tippecanoe Academic Challenge''' is a tournament hosted by [[Tippecanoe|Tippecanoe High School]]. Its fifteenth edition was held in 2010. It has used questions from [[NAQT]] as far back as 2004.

== Results ==

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
! Year
! # of Teams
! Champion
! Second
! Semi-finalist
! Semi-finalist
|-
| 1996
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| 1997
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| 1998
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| 1999
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| 2000
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| 2001
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| 2002
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| 2003
| Unknown
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1331 10/30/2004]
| 40
| [[Fisher Catholic]]
| [[Findlay]]
| [[Columbus Academy]]
| [[St. Charles]]
|-
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=2032 11/5/2005]
| Unknown
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[Walnut Hills]]
| [[Fisher Catholic]]
| [[Central Hardin]]
|-
| 11/4/2006
| Unknown
| [[Fisher Catholic]]
| Result missing
| Result missing
| Result missing
|-
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2350 11/3/2007]
| 24
| [[Walnut Hills]]
| [[Columbus Academy]]
| [[Defiance]]
| [[Miami Valley]]
|-
| [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6750&start=0 11/8/2008]
| 32
| [[Walnut Hills]]
| [[Simon Kenton]]
| [[Fisher Catholic]]
| [[Solon]]
|-
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3030 11/7/2009]
| 40
| [[Solon|Solon A]]
| [[Detroit Catholic Central]]
| [[South Range]]
| [[Walnut Hills|Walnut Hills A]]
|-
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3335 11/6/2010]
| 32
| [[Solon]]
| [[Northmont|Northmont A]]
| [[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central A]]
| [[Olmsted Falls|Olmsted Falls A]]
|-
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3814 11/5/2011]
| 24 Varsity
| [[Walnut Hills]]
| Academic Aves
| [[Fisher Catholic]]
| [[Northmont]]
|-
| [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3814 11/5/2011]
| 14 JV
| [[Walnut Hills]]
| [[Sidney]]
| [[Fisher Catholic]]
| [[St. Charles]]
|}

[[Category:Stubs]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Ohio]]
[[Category:High school tournaments with missing results]]

Eli Reding

David Reinstein — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:08:32 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Infobox|Name = Eli Reding
|Image = Mohican.jpg
|Subjects = Whatever he feels like
|schoolcur = St. Olaf (not active)
|schoolpast =
|highschool = [[Wayzata High School]] (2006-2008) [[Category:High school players active in 2006]] [[Category:High school players active in 2007]] [[Category:High school players active in 2008]]
| }}

'''Eliah "Eli" Reding''' played a little at St. Olaf. He started quiz bowl in his sophomore year at [[Wayzata]].

==Achievments==
*First Doubles Third place at WISDOM Deep Bench with [[Carsten Gehring]] (April 21, 2007)

[[Category:Wayzata]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Bell

David Reinstein — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 20:07:02 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Bell High School
|image = bell_front_small.jpg
|citystate = Ottawa, ON
|currentcoach = Margaret Kerr
|state = 1994 [[Reach for the Top|Reach]]
|nats = 1994 [[Reach for the Top|Reach]]
| }}

'''Bell High School''' is a public high school in suburban Ottawa, Ontario. While the year of the establishment of a [[Reach for the Top]] team there is unknown, [[Richard Mageau]] assisted for one year, during which the [[1994 Bell]] team won the Reach national championship. Mageau has since assisted at other Ottawa-area high schools, and has the Ottawa city SchoolReach trophy named after him. Since the championship, Bell has only reached provincials twice.

Bell High School hosts two annual tournaments - [[BOKCHOI]], a NAQT tournament in the winter, and the Bell Junior Invitational, a NAQT spring tournament for Grade 9 and 10 students.

Bell High School currently competes in both [[Reach for the Top|Reach]] and [[NAQT]]. In the 2010-2011 season, they qualified for HSNCT, but could not attend due to lack of funds. Their team name at trivia night events is Fiscal Solvency. In 2011 they placed 2nd in the [[Ottawa Schoolreach League]], qualifying for Ontario Reach provincials for the first time since the 1995 Bell squad.

[[NAQT]] Provincials - 2nd

[[Reach for the Top]] Provincials - T8th (13th by points)

[[Reach for the Top]] Regionals - [[Ottawa Schoolreach League]] - 2nd

In 2009-2010 their final rankings were:

[[NAQT]] Provincials - 9th

[[Reach for the Top]] Regionals - [[Ottawa Schoolreach League]] - 4th

==Current Team==
*Ken Caughey '13
*Mark Giles '13
*Michael Yu '12
*Brandon Zhao '13
*Bryan Wu '12
*Rossdan Craig '13
*Celine Zhang '13
*Matt Grenander '13

==Alumni==
*Aravind Pillai '11
*Nicholas Harrison '11
*Richard Ye '11
*David Parlor '11
*Yousef Masood '11
*Kelsey Langford '11
*Trevor Kitt '11
*Wilson Zhang '10
*Christine Irwin '10

==1995 Legal Controversy==

In 1995, the Carleton Board of Education had a teacher work-to-rule strike, barring teachers from participating in any extra-curricular activities. However, Reach has traditionally allowed the previous national champion a bye to the provincial tournament in the following year. Bell, being the 1994 champion, was invited to the 1995 provincials.

Though the team was supervised by people other than teachers, the Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers Federation deemed the Bell team illegal. They demanded SchoolReach to cancel the 1995 tournament if Bell participated, and ordered the Ontario public school teams to boycott their schedules matches against Bell at provincials.

The students themselves had to go to court to get a special injunction to allow them to participate. Even so, some coaches threatened to boycott, some uncooperative game officials were ejected, and one Oakville coach "screamed at them".

Nevertheless, Bell managed to play each match against actual teams and fill-in officials. There were no incidents of the ''students'' themselves complaining about the presence of Bell. The defending national champions ultimately finished third in the province, one spot short of qualifying for nationals.

A full run-down of the incident can be found in newspaper archives, specifically: "Students lose title, win respect" by Keri Sweetman of the Ottawa Citizen, May 15, 1995, page B1.

Notably, there was another work-to-rule strike the year after Mageau coached another team to the championship: [[2000 Merivale]].

[[Category:Ontario high school teams]]
[[Category:High school teams]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
[[Category:Bell]]
[[Category:Reach for the Top championship teams]]

Cornell Cayuga Championship

David Reinstein — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:44:06 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Cornell Cayuga Championship''' is a tournament hosted by [[Cornell|Cornell University]]. It uses [[NAQT]] questions.

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2728 October 25, 2008 results]

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3045 November 14, 2009 results]

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3457 November 13, 2010 results]

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4018 November 19, 2011 results]

[[Category:Stubs]]
[[Category:High school quizbowl in New York]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:High school tournaments with missing results]]

Bridgeport Invitational

David Reinstein — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:38:58 GMT

David Reinstein: /* Results */

The '''Bridgeport Invitational''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport High School]].

== Results ==

It is not known if editions of this tournament were held prior to 2000 or from 2001-2003 inclusive.

{| border="1" cellspacing="0"
! Year
! # of Teams
! Champion
! Second
! Third
! Fourth
|-
| 2000
| Unknown
| [[Cabell Midland]]
| [[Parkersburg South]]
| [[Williamson]]
| [[Parkersburg Catholic]]
|-
| 2004
| Unknown
| [[Ripley]]
| [[St. Marys]]
| [[Parkersburg High]]
| Results needed
|-
| 3/21/2005
| Unknown
| [[Parkersburg High]]
| [[Aiken]]
| [[Ripley]]
| [[Philip Barbour]]
|-
| 1/21/2006
| Unknown
| [[Cabell Midland]]
| [[George Washington (WV)|George Washington]]
| [[Ripley]]
| Results needed
|-
| 1/20/2007
| Unknown
| Results needed
| Results needed
| Results needed
| Results needed
|-
| 1/12/2008
| 35
| [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport A]]
| [[George Washington (WV)|George Washington A]]
| [[Parkersburg Catholic|Parkersburg Catholic A]]
| [[Ripley|Ripley A]]
|-
| 2/28/2009
| 33
| [[Parkersburg High|Parkersburg High A]]
| [[Winfield|Winfield A]]
| [[Charleston Catholic|Charleston Catholic A]]
| [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport A]]
|-
| 3/20/2010
| 24
| [[Quince Orchard]]
| [[Parkersburg High|Parkersburg High A]]
| [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport A]]
| [[Warren G. Harding]]
|-
| 3/19/2011
| 20
| [[Parkersburg High|Parkersburg High A]]
| [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport A]]
| [[Russell]]
| [[Nitro]]
|-
| 3/17/2012
| 22
| [[Winchester Thurston]]
| [[South Charleston]]
| [[Bridgeport (WV)|Bridgeport A]]
| [[Charleston Catholic|Charleston Catholic A]]
|}
[[Category:Stubs]]
[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:High school quizbowl in West Virginia]]
[[Category:High school tournaments with missing results]]

Chris Rantz

David Reinstein — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:33:14 GMT

David Reinstein:

{{Infobox|Name = Chris Rantz
|Image =
|Subjects = Politics, TV
|schoolcur = none
|schoolpast = [[Brandeis]] (1999-2001) [[Category:Players active in 1999]] [[Category:Players active in 2000]] [[Category:Players active in 2001]]
|highschool = none
| }}

Chris Rantz is the co-founder of the current incarnation of Brandeis Quiz Bowl (1999-), along with [[Scott Bleiweis]]. He successfully convinced the Brandeis administration to end its affiliation with [[CBI]], allowing the nascent squad to play in several circuit events each year.

In the fall of 1999, Rantz's authority was challenged by [[Andy Tirrell]], who set up his own quiz bowl organization at Brandeis. Rantz and Tirrell came to an agreement in which Brandeis Quiz Bowl would remain the school's officially recognized team.

In 2000, Rantz was a "Hot Seat" contestant on the first season of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire? He subsequently appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell Show.[http://www.brandeis.edu/president/letters/2000-01.pdf] He was also a member of Brandeis' 2001 [[ICT]] Division II team.

After college, Rantz stayed active in the trash (pop culture) circuit, leading his team to the 2007 New England [[TRASH Regionals]] Championship.

[[Category:Brandeis]]
[[Category: People]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

HSQBRank

David Reinstein — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:29:32 GMT

David Reinstein:

'''HSQBRank''' is a ranking of high school quiz bowl teams maintained by [[Fred Morlan]]. The site is found [http://hsqbrank.wordpress.com/ here].

[[Category:Stubs]]

Brian Riddle

David Reinstein — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:27:36 GMT

David Reinstein:

Brian Riddle is a quiz bowl player at [[WKU]]. He is currently serving as treasurer for the club. His high school career was played at [[Edmonson County]] High School from 2005-2009. During this time he attended the state tournament 3 times and qualified for nationals twice. As well as playing collegiate quiz bowl he has served as the assistant coach at Edmonson County High School since 2009.

[[Category: People]]
[[Category:Edmonson County]]

Ysleta Invitational

David Reinstein — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:58:49 GMT

David Reinstein:

The '''Ysleta Invitational''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Ysleta|Ysleta High School]]. It started in 2009 or earlier. Ysleta also hosts the [[El Paso Challenge]] and the [[Ysleta Academic Shoot Out]]. Ysleta's tournaments use questions from [[NAQT]].

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3529 September 25, 2010 results]

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3971 September 24, 2011 results]

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Ysleta Invitational

David Reinstein — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:58:30 GMT

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The '''Ysleta Invitational''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Ysleta|Ysleta High School]]. It started in 2009 or earlier. Ysleta also hosts the [[El Paso Challenge]] and the [[Ysleta Academic Shoot Out]]. Ysleta's tournaments use questions from [[NAQT]].

[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3529 September 25, 2010 results]
[http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3971 September 24, 2011 results]

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[[Category:High school tournaments]]
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Texas]]
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Ohio State

David Reinstein — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:49:46 GMT

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{{Collegebox|College Name = Ohio State
|Image = Ohio State.png
|citystate = Columbus, OH
|president = [[Jacob Durst]]
}}

'''The Ohio State University''' ('''Ohio State''') is a large public university located in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State is represented in quizbowl by the Ohio State Academic Team (OSUAT)

==Tournaments==

Ohio State has hosted the following tournaments:

* 2008 Buckeye Invitational (NAQT; HS)
* From Here to Eternity (Written by [[Ike Jose]] and [[Brian Saxton]]; HS)
* 2009 NAQT Ohio State Championship (NAQT; HS)
* 2009 Buckeye Fall Invitational (Fall Novice; HS)
* 2010 George Berkeley Anti-Memorial (HSAPQ; HS)
* 2010 ACF Regionals Midwest (College)
* 2010 NAQT Ohio State Championsihp (NAQT; HS)
* 2010 Buckeye Fall Invitational (DAFT; HS)
* 2010 ACF Fall Great Lakes (College)
* 2011 George Berkeley Anti-Memorial (HSAPQ; HS)
* 2011 NAQT SCT Region 7 (NAQT; College)
* 2011 NAQT Ohio State Championship (NAQT; HS)

They are producing a high school set for use in the Spring of 2012 and will be hosting the Midwest mirror of MAGNI and the [[HSAPQ]] [[NASAT]].

==Current Members==
* [[Daniel Beckett]], Sophomore
* [[Max Bucher]], Sophomore
* [[Bradley Burdick]], Junior
* [[Jacob Durst]], Graduate Student
* [[Joseph Echt]], Junior
* [[Richard Edwards]], Senior
* [[Nandan Gokhale]], Junior
* [[Jarret Greene]], Sophomore
* [[Richard Hersch]]
* [[Madellyn Kennedy]], Junior
* [[Peter Komarek]], Junior
* [[Kevin Kulig]]
* [[Jasper Lee]], Sophomore
* [[Asanka Nanayakkara]], Junior
* [[Brice Russ]], Graduate Student
* [[Kirun Sankaran]], Senior
* [[Andy Sekerak]], Graduate Student
* [[Asha Underiner]], Sophomore

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Parkersburg Catholic

David Reinstein — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:46:35 GMT

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'''Parkersburg Catholic''' High School is an active quiz bowl team in West Virginia. They are coached by Shawn Weaver and formerly coached by Stephanie Frank. They host the [[Parkersburg Catholic Invitational]]. They won the 2007 [[West Virginia State Championship]].

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Santa Monica

David Reinstein — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:44:28 GMT

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{{Highschoolteam|Name = Santa Monica High School
|image src = http://www.geocities.com/samoaquatics/seal.jpg|
|citystate = Santa Monica, CA
|currentcoach =
|state = 2004, 2005, 2006
|nats =
| }}
'''Santa Monica''' is widely considered one of the best team in Southern California, with several [[NAQT Southern California]] championships and strong showings at other local tournaments and [[HSNCT]].

==History==
Santa Monica finished in fourth place at the 2001 NAQT California State Championships. Due to the current lack of tournament statistics from before 2005, it is unknown whether they participated in other tournaments prior to 2003.

In 2003 Santa Monica won the JV division of [[Capistrano Valley|Capistrano Valley's]] High School Tournament. They sent two teams to the state championship, which finished tied for third and tied for seventh.

In 2004 the circuit as a whole suffered a setback after several of the great players from 2002 and 2003 graduated. Santa Monica took advantage of the situation, blowing out most of the competition on their way to the 2004 NAQT Southern California State Championship.

Santa Monica continued their circuit dominance in 2005, winning another state championship. They also attended their first [[HSNCT]], finishing in an eight-way tie for 20th place.

In 2006 Santa Monica once again won the state championship, clearing the field by two games, and went to HSNCT, where they beat eventual national champion [[2006 Richard Montgomery|Richard Montgomery]] and finished tied for 12th place.

In 2007 Santa Monica seems not to have repeated in winning the state championship; however, they once again attended HSNCT and this time finished tied for 8th place.

Santa Monica's 2007-2008 season started with a victory at TWAIN VIII, followed by an undefeated tournament at Trojan Wars V.

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Manny Antunes

David Reinstein — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:54:10 GMT

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{{Infobox|Name = Manny Antunes
|Image = MannyAntunes.jpg
|Subjects = History
|schoolcur = [[Harvard]] (2008-11) [[Category: Players active in 2008]]
|schoolpast = none
|highschool = [[Tabor]]
| }}

'''Manny Antunes''' was a quizbowl player for [[Harvard]].

[[Category: People]] [[Category: Harvard]]
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Danville Fall Tournament

David Reinstein — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:50:21 GMT

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The '''Danville Fall Tournament''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Danville|Danville High School]]. It was first held in 2009. It uses HSAPQ questions.

[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/735/stats/varsity_jv/standings/ October 16, 2010 results]

[http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/58/stats/danville_fall_2011_prelims/ October 1, 2011 prelims]

[http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/58/stats/danville_fall_2011_playoffs/ October 1, 2011 playoffs]

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2006 Princeton

David Reinstein — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:35:34 GMT

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#REDIRECT [[Princeton]]

2006 Chicago B

David Reinstein — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:34:51 GMT

David Reinstein: Redirected page to Chicago

#REDIRECT [[Chicago]]