https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=User%3AJohn_Dorsey 2026-09-30T03:32:53Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.35.1 https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:John_Dorsey&diff=42722&oldid=prev 2020-05-17T20:49:15Z

<p>Updated to add cool and fun biographical details.</p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:49, 17 May 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain of the [[Winston Churchill (MD)]] High School team (2014-2016). Member, University of [[Michigan]] team (2016 - <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">present</del>).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain of the [[Winston Churchill (MD)]] High School team (2014-2016<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) (Potomac, MD</ins>).</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Member, University of [[Michigan]] team (2016 - <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2020) (Ann Arbor, MI</ins>).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>John specializes in history, geography, and current (political) events. On the rare occasions in which they do pop up, John can power any Star Trek question. Needless to say, he is a very lonely man. He is also in the process of writing toss-up packets about various elements of the Star Trek franchise, including one packet <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">where </del>none of the answers <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are directly related </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the franchise itself</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">BSc. Economics, UMich &#039;20.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>John specializes in history, geography<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, economics</ins>, and current (political) events. On the rare occasions in which they do pop up, John can power any Star Trek question. Needless to say, he is a very lonely man<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">After spending two years refusing offers to join his high school trivia team for no particularly good reason, John attended one practice and instantly ascended to the rank of co-Captain, competing after school in the Montgomery Academic Beltway League and on screen in It&#039;s Academic and the MCPSTV Quizmaster Challenge show, an HS-run public access TV show that very much looked like an HS-run public access TV show. The Churchill quizbowl team ended the 2014-15 season with a 2-0 record on Quizmaster Challenge and a 2-1 record on It&#039;s Academic, and the 2015-16 season with another 2-1 record on It&#039;s Academic. Three winning It&#039;s Academic games were preserved for all time on his personal YouTube channel for all time, but two losses and one embarrassing near-loss mysteriously never appeared.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">John joined Michigan&#039;s quizbowl team upon matriculation and played in exactly two tournaments in his four years. As a freshman playing in a September 2016 novice tournament, he came in first with 90.50 PPG (although his name was spelled wrong on the stats), which encouraged him to play again in another tournament the following year, where he placed 32nd in spite of (or perhaps because of) his name&#039;s correct spelling. Correctly observing that his career had long since peaked, he spent the next few years diligently staffing.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Having graduated from the University of Michigan, he now plays recreational trivia, either in the DC metro area with former teammates, or online with alumni of the Beto O&#039;Rourke campaign</ins>. He is also in the process of writing toss-up packets about various elements of the Star Trek franchise, including one packet <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that uses Star Trek clues even though </ins>none of the answers <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">have anything </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">do with Star Trek (&quot;this substance was contaminated with tribbles when served to Captain Kirk in 2268, and in 2371 USS Voyager was nearly destroyed when it entered a nebula desperately looking for this substance&quot; for coffee)</ins>.</div></td></tr> </table>

John Dorsey https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:John_Dorsey&diff=36322&oldid=prev 2018-04-16T06:06:44Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:06, 16 April 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain of the [[Winston Churchill (MD)]] High School team (2014-2016)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain of the [[Winston Churchill (MD)]] High School team (2014-2016)<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. Member, University of [[Michigan]] team (2016 - present).</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Member</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">University </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Michigan]] team (2016 </del>- <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">John specializes in history</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">geography, and current (political) events. On the rare occasions in which they do pop up, John can power any Star Trek question. Needless to say, he is a very lonely man. He is also in the process </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">writing toss</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">up packets about various elements of the Star Trek franchise, including one packet where none of the answers are directly related to the franchise itself.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

John Dorsey https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:John_Dorsey&diff=32212&oldid=prev 2017-04-10T00:48:34Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:48, 10 April 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain of the Winston Churchill High School team (2014-2016)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Winston Churchill <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(MD)]] </ins>High School team (2014-2016)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Member, University of Michigan team (2016 - )</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Member, University of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Michigan<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>team (2016 - )</div></td></tr> </table>

John Dorsey https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:John_Dorsey&diff=32211&oldid=prev 2017-04-10T00:45:46Z

<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left diff-editfont-monospace" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:45, 10 April 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">WCHS </del>(<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Potomac, MD) </del>2014-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">16</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Captain <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of the Winston Churchill High School team </ins>(2014-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2016)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">UMich Quizbowl </del>2016-</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Member, University of Michigan team (</ins>2016 - <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

John Dorsey https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=User:John_Dorsey&diff=29351&oldid=prev 2016-10-30T00:02:21Z

<p>Creating user page for new user.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Captain WCHS (Potomac, MD) 2014-16<br /> <br /> UMich Quizbowl 2016-</div>

Jonah Greenthal