David Reinstein - Revision history

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David Reinstein: /* Coaching */

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Coaching

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David Reinstein: /* Question Writing & Editing */

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Question Writing & Editing

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David Reinstein: /* Tournament Hosting */

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Tournament Hosting

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-'''David Reinstein''' was a coach at [[New Trier]] from 1994–2011, the chair of [[IHSSBCA]] from 2004–14, and the president of [[PACE]] from 2016–18. He now writes the questions for the [[Scobol Solo]], [[Masonic tournament]], and [[IESA]] tournaments, and he runs [[Scobol Solo]] and [[Reinstein Varsity]]. David also produces match questions in IESA format, and he uses questions from the Masonic tournament to write the Reinstein Set.
+'''David Reinstein''' was a coach at [[New Trier]] from 1994–2011, the chair of [[IHSSBCA]] from 2004–14, and the president of [[PACE]] from 2016–18. He now writes the questions for the [[Scobol Solo]], [[Masonic tournament]], and [[IESA]] tournaments, and he runs [[Qwiz]], [[Scobol Solo]], and [[Reinstein Varsity]]. David also produces match questions in IESA format which are used throughout Illinois.
 ==Question Writing & Editing==
-David is the head writer and editor of the [[IESA]], [[Scobol Solo]], and [[Masonic]] sets each year, and he oversees several rounds produced for Illinois middle schools to use during the regular season. 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 varying amounts of help with the sets over the years, especially editing help from [[Jonah Greenthal]]. The middle school regular season questions were produced starting in the 2019-20 school year, and David became the question supplier for the IESA State Championship starting in 2023. David was also a significant contributor to [[NAQT]] from 2011-17, and for a few years he also wrote a bunch of questions for [[CMST]].
+David is the head writer and editor of the [[IESA]], [[Scobol Solo]], and [[Masonic]] sets each year, and he oversees several rounds produced for Illinois middle schools to use during the regular season. 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 varying amounts of help with the sets over the years, especially editing help with high school questions from [[Jonah Greenthal]], and the middle school science questions are written by [[Mike Laudermith]]. The middle school regular season questions were produced starting in the 2019-20 school year, and David became the question supplier for the IESA State Championship starting in 2023. David was also a significant contributor to [[NAQT]] from 2011-17, and for a few years he also wrote a bunch of questions for [[CMST]].
 For the 2012 [[IHSA]] set, David was the social studies editor. Because the writers flaked out, he wrote half the questions. For the 2013 IHSA set, David was the math editor and assistant editor for the whole set. [[IHSA plagiarism scandal|When he told the IHSA that a bunch of the questions were copied and pasted from the internet, he was fired]]. Some other writers quit, and the questions got worse until the Head Editorship changed for the 2017-18 season. Reinstein and Jonah talked about the problem at a [[May 2014 Illinois General Assembly hearing on the IHSA‎]].
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 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]]. A few years later, however, [[IHSA]] improved its question quality somewhat when it switched from [[Answers Plus]] to a secret cabal. 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 in 2004, and the organization grew under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being while Reinstein was Chair 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]].)
+David managed Turnabouts and wrote letters and articles for [[IHSSBCA]] during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He succeeded [[David Riley]] as Chair in 2004, and the organization grew under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being while Reinstein was Chair 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==
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 From 2005 to 2007, the [[New Trier Varsity]] was hosted by [[Carlo Angiuli]] and [[Nick Matchen]], who graduated from New Trier in 2007. Reinstein ran it in 2008 and since 2014, while from 2009 to 2013 it was primarily run by [[Jonah Greenthal]] with help from Reinstein. In 2021, the tournament changed its name to [[Reinstein Varsity]] because it was not held at New Trier.
-In order to separate David's tournaments from the New Trier Business Office, in 2016 David started [http://www.reinsteinquizbowl.com/ Reinstein QuizBowl], which is a Doing Business As that handles the financials for David's tournaments and questions.
+In order to separate David's tournaments from the New Trier Business Office, in 2016 David started [http://www.reinsteinquizbowl.com/ Reinstein QuizBowl], which is a Doing Business As that handles the financials for David's tournaments and questions. He started an LLC with the same name when he bought Qwiz in late 2025, which David now runs.
-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]] from 2010 to 2016, and for the first day of [[MSNCT]] from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, David was replaced by a computer.
+David also wrote card systems for tournaments that power match. He has done so for the Scobol Solo since its inception, for the first day of [[HSNCT]] from 2010 to 2016, and for the first day of [[MSNCT]] from 2013 to 2016. In 2017, David was replaced by a computer.
 ==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.
-:Website: [https://reinsteinquizbowl.com Reinstein QuizBowl]
+:Websites:
-:[https://www.facebook.com/ReinsteinQuizBowl Facebook Question of the Day]
+:[https://reinsteinquizbowl.com Reinstein QuizBowl]
-:[https://www.instagram.com/reinsteinqb/ Instagram Question of the Day] (It's the same question.)
+:[https://qwiz-camp.com/ Qwiz]
 :[https://www.reinsteinquizbowl.com/10-ways-to-improve-your-team/ David's 10 Ways to Improve Your Team]
 :[https://www.reinsteinquizbowl.com/10-ways-to-improve-scholastic-bowl/ David's 10 Ways to Improve Scholastic Bowl]

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 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. David has worked with several coaches over the years. 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.
+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. David has worked with several coaches over the years. 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 taught at New Trier until 2025.
 Until its 2009 cancellation, Reinstein was an annual guest on the ''[https://soundcloud.com/user-186507147/05-scholastic-bowl?in=user-186507147/sets/kj-cd-42 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]].

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 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.
-Website: [https://reinsteinquizbowl.com Reinstein QuizBowl]
+:Website: [https://reinsteinquizbowl.com Reinstein QuizBowl]
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 ==Question Writing & Editing==
-David is the head writer and editor of thev [[IESA]], [[Scobol Solo]], and [[Masonic]] sets each year, and he oversees several rounds produced for Illinois middle schools to use during the regular season. 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 varying amounts of help with the sets over the years, especially editing help from [[Jonah Greenthal]]. The middle school regular season questions were produced starting in the 2019-20 school year, and David became the question supplier for the IESA State Championship starting in 2023. David was also a significant contributor to [[NAQT]] from 2011-17, and for a few years he also wrote a bunch of questions for [[CMST]].
+David is the head writer and editor of the [[IESA]], [[Scobol Solo]], and [[Masonic]] sets each year, and he oversees several rounds produced for Illinois middle schools to use during the regular season. 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 varying amounts of help with the sets over the years, especially editing help from [[Jonah Greenthal]]. The middle school regular season questions were produced starting in the 2019-20 school year, and David became the question supplier for the IESA State Championship starting in 2023. David was also a significant contributor to [[NAQT]] from 2011-17, and for a few years he also wrote a bunch of questions for [[CMST]].
 For the 2012 [[IHSA]] set, David was the social studies editor. Because the writers flaked out, he wrote half the questions. For the 2013 IHSA set, David was the math editor and assistant editor for the whole set. [[IHSA plagiarism scandal|When he told the IHSA that a bunch of the questions were copied and pasted from the internet, he was fired]]. Some other writers quit, and the questions got worse until the Head Editorship changed for the 2017-18 season. Reinstein and Jonah talked about the problem at a [[May 2014 Illinois General Assembly hearing on the IHSA‎]].
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 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]]. A few years later, however, [[IHSA]] improved its question quality somewhat when it switched from [[Answers Plus]] to a secret cabal. 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 in 2004, and the organization grew under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being while Reinstein was Chair 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]].)
+David has a long history of managing Turnabouts and writing letters and articles for [[IHSSBCA]]. He succeeded [[David Riley]] as Chair in 2004, and the organization grew under his leadership. Some of the programs that came into being while Reinstein was Chair 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]].)
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