Matt Jackson - Revision history

Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt at 21:08, 29 April 2026

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Matt Jackson at 04:32, 12 April 2025

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Matt Jackson at 22:20, 10 June 2024

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Matt Jackson at 22:14, 21 April 2024

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Matt Jackson at 22:14, 21 April 2024

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Matt Jackson at 14:06, 7 April 2024

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Matt Jackson at 03:40, 21 March 2024

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Oscar O'Flanagan: COOT hyperlink

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COOT hyperlink

Matt Jackson: oh hey there's a nats scorer box

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oh hey there's a nats scorer box

Matt Jackson: dudes posting their Ls

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dudes posting their Ls

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 |year = 2023, 2024
 |previous = [[Jason Golfinos]]
-|next = TBD
+|next = [[Tim Morrison]]
 | }}
 {{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[ACF|ACF Nationals Leading Scorer]]
 |year = 2023, 2024
 |previous = [[Matt Bollinger]]
-|next = TBD
+|next = [[Amogh Kulkarni]]
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 {{Infobox|Name = Matt Jackson
 |Subjects = Philosophy, Mythology, Classics, general, saying science words, Mixed_Pure_Academic
-|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2022-2024)
+|schoolcur =
-|schoolpast = [[Yale]] (2010-2014)
+|schoolpast = [[Yale]] (2010-2014), [[University of Chicago]] (2022-2024)
 |highschool = [[Georgetown Day]] (2007-2010)
 |firstname = Matt

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-'''Matt Jackson''' is a graduate student at [[Chicago]], and former quizbowl player for [[Yale]] and [[Georgetown Day|Georgetown Day School]]. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest quizbowl players, writers, and editors of all time.
+'''Matt Jackson''' is a former quizbowl player for [[Chicago]], [[Yale]], and [[Georgetown Day|Georgetown Day School]]. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest quizbowl players, writers, and editors of all time.
 ===First playing career===

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 During his first year at Chicago, Jackson was top individual scorer at 6 regular-season tournaments (including [[COOT|2023 COOT]] at Oxford), at [[2023 ICT]] (becoming the most recent person to put up a triple-digit [[PP20H]] at that championship), and at [[2023 ACF Nationals]]. He led Chicago to 2nd-place finishes at both ICT and ACF Nationals in 2023, in each case keeping the last game against the eventual champion to within a single-tossup margin [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=477842] [https://discord.com/channels/275279348855209984/1030550945085526117/1099166500608282804].
-In his second year, he played fewer tournaments, but did win the Midwest site of [[2024 ACF Regionals]] -- and secure the year's highest competitive [[A-value]] across all sites -- while playing solo [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zk5Dw58q_LRmCx1y0VXA6UNZ74lGrktYdyWxp2gdFRc/edit#gid=0]. He then led Chicago to [[clear the field|field-clearing]] [[https://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/Multi-championship_achievements#Double_Undefeated|undefeated]] victories at [[2024 ICT]] Division I and [[2024 ACF Nationals]], and was again the top individual scorer at both tournaments.
+In his second year, he played fewer tournaments, but did win the Midwest site of [[2024 ACF Regionals]] -- and secure the year's highest competitive [[A-value]] across all sites -- while playing solo [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zk5Dw58q_LRmCx1y0VXA6UNZ74lGrktYdyWxp2gdFRc/edit#gid=0]. He then led Chicago to [[clear the field|field-clearing]] [[Multi-championship_achievements#Double_Undefeated|undefeated]] victories at [[2024 ICT]] Division I and [[2024 ACF Nationals]], and was again the top individual scorer at both tournaments.
 ===Editing & service===

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 {{Infobox|Name = Matt Jackson
 |Subjects = Philosophy, Mythology, Classics, general, saying science words, Mixed_Pure_Academic
-|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2022-)
+|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2022-2024)
 |schoolpast = [[Yale]] (2010-2014)
 |highschool = [[Georgetown Day]] (2007-2010)
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 During his first year at Chicago, Jackson was top individual scorer at 6 regular-season tournaments (including [[COOT|2023 COOT]] at Oxford), at [[2023 ICT]] (becoming the most recent person to put up a triple-digit [[PP20H]] at that championship), and at [[2023 ACF Nationals]]. He led Chicago to 2nd-place finishes at both ICT and ACF Nationals in 2023, in each case keeping the last game against the eventual champion to within a single-tossup margin [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=477842] [https://discord.com/channels/275279348855209984/1030550945085526117/1099166500608282804].
-In his second year, he played fewer tournaments, but did win the Midwest site of [[2024 ACF Regionals]] -- and secure the year's highest competitive [[A-value]] across all sites -- while playing solo [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zk5Dw58q_LRmCx1y0VXA6UNZ74lGrktYdyWxp2gdFRc/edit#gid=0]. He then led Chicago to a [[clear the field|field-clearing]] victory at [[2024 ICT]] Division I, where he was again the top individual scorer.
+In his second year, he played fewer tournaments, but did win the Midwest site of [[2024 ACF Regionals]] -- and secure the year's highest competitive [[A-value]] across all sites -- while playing solo [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zk5Dw58q_LRmCx1y0VXA6UNZ74lGrktYdyWxp2gdFRc/edit#gid=0]. He then led Chicago to [[clear the field|field-clearing]] [[https://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/Multi-championship_achievements#Double_Undefeated|undefeated]] victories at [[2024 ICT]] Division I and [[2024 ACF Nationals]], and was again the top individual scorer at both tournaments.
 ===Editing & service===
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 {{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[ACF|ACF Nationals Leading Scorer]]
-|year = 2023
+|year = 2023, 2024
 |previous = [[Matt Bollinger]]
 |next = TBD

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 During his first year at Chicago, Jackson was top individual scorer at 6 regular-season tournaments (including [[COOT|2023 COOT]] at Oxford), at [[2023 ICT]] (becoming the most recent person to put up a triple-digit [[PP20H]] at that championship), and at [[2023 ACF Nationals]]. He led Chicago to 2nd-place finishes at both ICT and ACF Nationals in 2023, in each case keeping the last game against the eventual champion to within a single-tossup margin [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=477842] [https://discord.com/channels/275279348855209984/1030550945085526117/1099166500608282804].
 ===Editing & service===
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 ===Jeopardy!===
-Shortly after his first retirement from quizbowl, Jackson competed on the televised game show [[Jeopardy]]!, appearing in regular-season 14 games and winning 13 of them (25 September 2015 - 14 October 2015).  At that point, his winning streak and cash winnings ($413,612) were each the [https://www.jeopardy.com/news/stage10/matt-retrospective fourth-highest of all time]; those rankings have since [https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/hall-of-fame fallen somewhat].  Jackson later appeared on the 2015 Tournament of Champions, where he earned an additional $100,000 as first runner-up to Alex Jacob, and in the 2019 All-Star Games (as part of "Team [[Ken Jennings|Ken]]").
+Shortly after his first retirement from quizbowl, Jackson competed on the televised game show [[Jeopardy]]!, appearing in regular-season 14 games and winning 13 of them (25 September 2015 - 14 October 2015).  At that point, his winning streak and cash winnings ($413,612) were each the [https://www.jeopardy.com/news/stage10/matt-retrospective fourth-highest of all time]; those rankings have since [https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/hall-of-fame fallen somewhat].
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 After a seven year, near-total hiatus from playing tournaments, Jackson enrolled in a graduate program at the [[University of Chicago]] and un-retired in the summer of 2022 to play [[UMD]]'s mirror of [[NASAT]] (which his team won) and [[2022 Chicago Open|CO]] (at which he finished 3rd).
-During his first year at Chicago, Jackson was top individual scorer at 6 regular-season tournaments (including [[2023 COOT]] at Oxford), at [[2023 ICT]] (becoming the most recent person to put up a triple-digit [[PP20H]] at that championship), and at [[2023 ACF Nationals]]. He led Chicago to 2nd-place finishes at both ICT and ACF Nationals in 2023, in each case keeping the last game against the eventual champion to within a single-tossup margin [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=477842] [https://discord.com/channels/275279348855209984/1030550945085526117/1099166500608282804].
+During his first year at Chicago, Jackson was top individual scorer at 6 regular-season tournaments (including [[COOT|2023 COOT]] at Oxford), at [[2023 ICT]] (becoming the most recent person to put up a triple-digit [[PP20H]] at that championship), and at [[2023 ACF Nationals]]. He led Chicago to 2nd-place finishes at both ICT and ACF Nationals in 2023, in each case keeping the last game against the eventual champion to within a single-tossup margin [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=477842] [https://discord.com/channels/275279348855209984/1030550945085526117/1099166500608282804].
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