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Foster Michaelis: /* List of 2013-14 divisions and teams */

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List of 2013-14 divisions and teams

Foster Michaelis: /* List of 2013-14 divisions and teams */

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List of 2013-14 divisions and teams

Ross Lipsky: /* Format */

2015-11-26T20:41:07Z

Format

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Regional Quiz Bowl is a high school competition in Long Island. It is sponsored by RQB Associates Inc. of East Setauket. From November to March teams play a round robin within their divisions over five separate competitions. At the end of the season each division's top two teams and two wild card teams play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion.

==Format==
Notable RQB rules:
*RQB runs on [[Academic Hallmarks]] questions and is a four quarter format
*teams of one or two players are not allowed to play official games
*tied scores are allowed in divisional games
*teams are expected to bring snacks and refreshments to meets for sharing à la little league sports
*[[lightning round]]s (aka 60 second rounds) and [[computational math]] are played

==List of 2013-14 divisions and teams==
{| class="navbox wikitable " style="width:60%; text-align:left"
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division + Site
! style="background:white; width:17%" | School
|-
! rowspan=8 | Western Nassau
Valley Stream South HS
|-
| '''[[Baldwin]]'''
|-
| '''[[East Rockaway]]'''
|-
| '''[[Freeport]]'''
|-
| '''[[Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway]]''' (HAFTR)
|-
| '''[[Kellenberg ]]'''
|-
| '''[[South Side]]'''
|-
| '''[[Valley Stream South]]'''
|-
! rowspan=6 | Northwest Nassau
Great Neck South HS
|-
| '''[[Great Neck North]]'''
|-
| '''[[Great Neck South]]'''
|-
| '''[[Roslyn]]'''
|-
|'''[[Solomon Schechter High School of Long Island]]'''
|-
| '''[[Wheatley]]'''
|-
! rowspan=8 | Eastern Nassau
Plainview-Old Bethpage-JFK HS
|-
| '''[[Island Trees]]'''
|-
| '''[[Locust Valley]]'''
|-
| '''[[Long Island Lutheran]]'''
|-
| '''[[Mac Arthur]]'''
|-
| '''[[Massapequa]]'''
|-
| '''[[Syosset]]'''
|-
| '''[[Wantagh]]'''
|-
! rowspan=7 | Central Suffolk
Port Jefferson HS
|-
| '''[[Comsewogue]]'''
|-
| '''[[Port Jefferson]]'''
|-
| '''[[Smithtown East]]'''
|-
|'''[[Smithtown West]]'''
|-
| '''[[Shoreham Wading River]]'''
|-
| '''[[Ward Melville]]'''
|-
! rowspan=11 | Southwestern Suffolk
O’Connell-Copiague HS
|-
| '''[[Bay Shore]]'''
|-
| '''[[Deer Park]]'''
|-
| '''[[East Islip]]'''
|-
|'''[[Farmingdale]]'''
|-
| '''[[Islip]]'''
|-
| '''[[North Babylon]]'''
|-
|'''[[O’Connell]]'''
|-
| '''[[Sayville ]]'''
|-
| '''[[West Babylon]]'''
|-
| '''[[West Islip]]'''
|-
! rowspan=11 | Eastern Suffolk
Riverhead HS
|-
| '''[[East Hampton]]'''
|-
| '''[[Eastport South Manor]]'''
|-
| '''[[Longwood]]'''
|-
|'''[[Mercy-McGann]]'''
|-
| '''[[Patchogue-Medford]]'''
|-
| '''[[Pierson]]'''
|-
|'''[[Riverhead]]'''
|-
| '''[[Southold]]'''
|-
| '''[[Westhampton Beach]]'''
|-
| '''[[William Floyd]]'''
|-
|}

[[Category:High school quizbowl in New York]]
[[Category:High school leagues]]

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 Regional Quiz Bowl is a high school Quizbowl league on Long Island. It is sponsored by RQB Associates Inc. of East Setauket and managed by Ross Lipsky, coach of [[Valley Stream South]]. From November to March teams play one team per month within their division. At the end of the season each division's top two teams and two wild card teams, for 18 total from Varsity and Junior Varsity, play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion.
-Despite its shortcomings in question quality, format, and number of offered games, RQB is one of the largest and most active known leagues. All teams on Long Island participate, including all of those who play [[good quizbowl]].
+Despite its shortcomings in question quality, format, and number of offered games, RQB is one of the largest and most active known leagues. All teams on Long Island participate, including all of those who play "[[good quizbowl]]".
 ==Format==

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 *Tied scores are allowed and common in divisional games
 *Teams are encouraged to bring snacks and refreshments to meets for sharing
-*[[computational math]] and Spelling tossups are heard
+*[[computational math]] is heard; spelling tossups were present before [[NAQT]] took over question writing
 ==List of 2019-2020 divisions and teams==

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-Regional Quiz Bowl is a high school competition in Long Island. It is sponsored by RQB Associates Inc. of East Setauket. From November to March teams play a round robin within their divisions over five separate competitions. At the end of the season each division's top two teams and two wild card teams play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion.
+Regional Quiz Bowl is a high school Quizbowl league on Long Island. It is sponsored by RQB Associates Inc. of East Setauket and managed by Ross Lipsky, coach of [[Valley Stream South]]. From November to March teams play one team per month within their division. At the end of the season each division's top two teams and two wild card teams, for 18 total from Varsity and Junior Varsity, play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion.
 ==Format==
-Notable RQB rules:
+*RQB runs on [[NAQT]] questions and plays a unique four quarter format
-*RQB runs on [[NAQT]] questions and is a four quarter format
+**The first quarter is 20 five-point tossups with one five-point bonus; no negs are possible
-*teams of one or two players are not allowed to play official games
+**The second quarter is a set of five random tossups read to one team and answered cooperatively, followed by a set of five tossups read to the other team and answered cooperatively
-*tied scores are allowed in divisional games
+**The third round is a 60-second, 10-question cooperative lightning round with bouncebacks; teams choose one of four categories
-*teams are encouraged to bring snacks and refreshments to meets for sharing à la little league sports
+**The fourth round is 20 5-point tossups; negs are possible, and the other team cannot answer once a question is negged. No bonuses are asked.
-*[[lightning round]]s (aka 60 second rounds) and [[computational math]] are played
+*Teams of one or two players are not allowed to play official games
-==List of 2013-14 divisions and teams==
+==List of 2019-2020 divisions and teams==
 {| class="navbox wikitable " style="width:60%; text-align:left"
 ! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division + Site
 ! style="background:white; width:17%" | School
 |-
-! rowspan=8 | Western Nassau
+! rowspan=9 | Western Nassau
 Valley Stream South HS
 |-
@@ Line 21: / Line 26: @@
 | '''[[East Rockaway]]'''
 |-
-| '''[[Freeport]]'''
+| '''[[Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway]]''' (HAFTR)
 |-
-| '''[[Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway]]''' (HAFTR)
+| '''[[Kellenberg]]'''
 |-
-| '''[[Kellenberg ]]'''
+| '''[[Malverne]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[South Side]]'''
@@ Line 31: / Line 38: @@
 | '''[[Valley Stream South]]'''
 |-
-! rowspan=6 | Northwest Nassau
+! rowspan=8 | Northwest Nassau
 Great Neck South HS
 |-
 | '''[[Great Neck North]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Great Neck South]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Roslyn]]'''
 |-
-|'''[[Solomon Schechter High School of Long Island]]'''
+|'''[[Solomon Schechter]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Wheatley]]'''
 |-
-! rowspan=8 | Eastern Nassau
+! rowspan=10 | Eastern Nassau
 Plainview-Old Bethpage-JFK HS
 |-
@@ Line 50: / Line 61: @@
 |-
 | '''[[Locust Valley]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[MacArthur (NY)|MacArthur]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Massapequa]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Syosset]]'''
@@ Line 61: / Line 74: @@
 | '''[[Wantagh]]'''
 |-
-! rowspan=7 | Central Suffolk
+| '''[[W. T. Clarke]]'''
-Port Jefferson HS
+|-
 |-
 | '''[[Comsewogue]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Port Jefferson]]'''
@@ Line 72: / Line 90: @@
 |'''[[Smithtown West]]'''
 |-
-| '''[[Shoreham Wading River]]'''
+! rowspan=9 | Southwestern Suffolk
 O’Connell-Copiague HS
 |-
@@ Line 84: / Line 98: @@
 |-
 | '''[[East Islip]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Islip]]'''
@@ Line 92: / Line 104: @@
 |-
 |'''[[O’Connell]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[West Babylon]]'''
@@ Line 99: / Line 109: @@
 | '''[[West Islip]]'''
 |-
-! rowspan=11 | Eastern Suffolk
+! rowspan=10 | Eastern Suffolk
 Riverhead HS
 |-
@@ Line 107: / Line 117: @@
 |-
 | '''[[Longwood]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Pierson]]'''
@@ Line 117: / Line 123: @@
 |-
 | '''[[Southold]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Westhampton Beach]]'''

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 | '''[[Long Island Lutheran]]'''
 |-
-| '''[[MacArthur]]'''
+| '''[[MacArthur (NY)|MacArthur]]'''
 |-
 | '''[[Massapequa]]'''