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a compendium of information on [[Quizbowl]].<br/>
 
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'''Find information about a club or team'''
 
* [[:Category:College clubs|List of collegiate clubs]] ([[College directory|directory of contact information]])
 
* [[:Category:High school teams|List of high school clubs]]
 
* [[:Category:Middle school teams|List of middle school clubs]]
 
'''Quizbowl History'''
 
* Follow the history of quizbowl at the [[Timeline of Quizbowl History|timeline of quizbowl history]]
 
* Find out how they play overseas in [[Canada]], the [[United Kingdom]], and [[Quizbowl#History|other nations]]
 
* Learn about the predecessor and long-time competitor to quizbowl, [[College Bowl]]
 
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* Let past players teach you [[:Category:How-to|how-to]] learn [[science]] or run a club
 
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'''Miscellaneous'''
 
* Confused what a [[vulcher]] is? Find out that, and more at [[quizbowl lingo‏‎]]
 
* Wondering about quizbowl's fascination with ''[[Dog with a Blog]]''? Stop by the list of [[:Category:In-jokes|quiz bowl in-jokes]]
 
* Want to catch the game? Visit the list of [[:Category:Quizbowl TV shows|quizbowl TV shows]]
 
* Curious about the accolades of the game? Read through the list of [[:Category:Quizbowl awards|quizbowl awards]]
 
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* [[GrogerRanks|GrogerRanks: rankings of high school quizbowl teams]]
 
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* [http://naqt.com/stats/results.jsp?coll=yes NAQT college results]
 
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The [[Solon|Solon High School]] quizbowl team competes at the [[2018 NSC|2018 PACE National Scholastic Championship]].
 
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Latest revision as of 01:16, 11 September 2022

Welcome to QBWiki,
a compendium of information on Quizbowl.
Featuring 5,367 articles on tournaments, players, sets, and theory.

Introduction

Quizbowl, or quiz bowl, is the most common name for a team-based competition involving answering knowledge-testing questions with a buzzer. Quizbowl is played at thousands of colleges, high schools, and middle schools across the United States, but competitions exist throughout the world with different names and different formats. In the US, the most common format on the national high school and college level is a two-team competition in which the teams compete to buzz in on tossup questions and then collaborate on bonus questions.

The most important organizations in quizbowl are ACF (at the collegiate level), PACE (at the high school level), IQBT (at the collegiate and high school levels) and NAQT (at the collegiate, high school, and middle school levels). Much quizbowl community activity occurs at hsquizbowl.org, which is hosted by the Quizbowl Resource Center. Also check out our pages on quizbowl software, buzzer sets, and outreach to new schools and players.

Getting started as a collegiate team

ACF Fall
October 19, 2024
ACF Winter
November 16, 2024
ACF Regionals
February 1, 2025
ACF Nationals
Unannounced

Quick Links

Find information about a club or team

Quizbowl History

How-to's and guides

  • Let past players teach you how-to learn science or run a club
  • Peruse various documents written by the community

Miscellaneous

Recent tournament results

No recent results


Historical tournament info

Internal

External

Featured picture


Improving the QBWiki

Only logged-in users can edit pages. You can use this form to request an account. Please direct any questions to Jonah Greenthal.

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When editing the QBWiki, please follow the rules.


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