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'''NYU''' is a private university in New York City with an active quizbowl program. The team takes part in a mixture of academic and "trash" quizbowl and regularly holds practices and intramural tournaments.
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'''New York University''' ('''NYU''') is a private university whose main campus is located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The team, nicknamed the '''Violets''', is active in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regional circuits and regularly hosts collegiate tournaments.
  
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NYU has a long history of competition in collegiate quizbowl events. In the 1959-60 season, NYU played four games in the televised rounds of College Bowl, beating Dartmouth College (215-145), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (230-120) and University of Oklahoma (170-150) before losing to Colgate University by 140 points to 95. The four games were broadcast on consecutive weeks (March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10, 1960).
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==History==
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===Early history and College Bowl===
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NYU's history of competition in collegiate quiz bowl events can be traced back to the 1959–60 season, when they played four games in the televised rounds of [[College Bowl]], beating [[Dartmouth]] (215–145), [[North Carolina|UNC Chapel Hill]] (230–120), and [[Oklahoma]] (170–150) before losing to [[Colgate]] (95–140). The four games were broadcast on consecutive weeks (March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10, 1960). In the 1969–70 season, NYU once again qualified for the televised rounds but lost their first and only game to [[UConn]], 165–345. [http://www.collegebowl.com/gecollegebowlresultrpt.asp]
  
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In the 1969-70 season, they once again qualified for the televised rounds but lost their first and only game to University of Connecticut-Storrs by 345 points to 165.[http://www.collegebowl.com/gecollegebowlresultrpt.asp]
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NYU won College Bowl's Regional Championship (for ACUI Region 3) in 1986–87, 1997–98, and 2001–02, and finished third in 1985–86, 1999–2000 and 2000–01.[http://www.collegebowl.com/regionalresultrpt.asp]. Led by [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/_vb_QkAWAYM/m/zMR2LjI0RwkJ Gary Greenbaum], NYU played in the 1987 CBI Nationals televised on Disney Channel, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals on an "epic protest" against Western Connecticut State University. NYU qualified for the National Championship in 1997–98, when they finished 14th with a 2-13 record, and 2001–02, when they finished 11th with a 6-9 record. [http://www.collegebowl.com/nationalresultrpt.asp]
  
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NYU continued playing College Bowl events until 2002. NYU won College Bowl's Regional Championship (for ACUI Region 3) in 1986-87, 1997-1998 and 2001-2002, and finished third in 1985-1986, 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.[http://www.collegebowl.com/regionalresultrpt.asp] By winning the Regional Championship, NYU qualified for the National Championship, finishing 14th in 1997-1998 (with a 2-13 record) and 11th in 2001-2002 (with a 6-9 win-loss record) in the 16 team round-robin championship.[http://www.collegebowl.com/nationalresultrpt.asp]
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In October 1996, NYU College Bowl representative Petrea Mitchell announced that NYU had de-affiliated from College Bowl Inc. for [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/INVYGaJqyCQ/m/CXpIlpbVY94J financial reasons]. However, this decision was reversed a [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/2szy5RKJaQo/m/UeVKrgS-f3YJ few weeks later]. NYU continued playing CBI tournaments through at least 2002.
  
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In National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) competition, NYU were champions in Division II of [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1134 NAQT Sectionals 2000-2001] held at Boston University and thus qualified for [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1145 ICT], where they finished 20th in a field of 24 teams. NYU also finished 7th in a field of 11 teams in [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2296 NAQT Division II SCT] in 2006-07, and sixth in a field of 16 teams in [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2856 Division II SCT] in 2008-2009.
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The NYU College Bowl club was renamed to Quiz Bowl @ NYU in 2011 at the insistence of [[Mirza Ahmed]], in order to better reflect changes in the collegiate academic competition scene and the demise of College Bowl in 2008.
  
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In more recent times, NYU has regularly featured at events such as [[ACF Fall]] and [[Penn Bowl]], both of which they have attended every year since 2008, as well as [[ACF Regionals]] in 2010. Other tournaments attended include Harvard's [[FIST]] in 2009, [[THUNDER]] in 2010 and [[Blastoise]] in 2011. The 2011-2012 academic year saw an increase in tournament attendance, with participation in the [[Early Autumn Collegiate Novice]] tournament, [[Missiles of October]], [[MAGNI]] and [[ACF Fall]] as well as fielding players in a mixed team at the U Penn mirror of [[Minnesota Open]].  
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===Independent quizbowl and first tournaments hosted===
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Beginning in the late 1980s, NYU regularly took part in and hosted collegiate quiz bowl tournament outside the College Bowl circuit. The [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/Buzzer2.html second issue of Buzzer], a early newsletter for the quiz bowl community, notes that NYU participated in a tournament at University of Maryland [https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/Buzzer1.html on November 13-14, 1987], where they finished outside the top four.
  
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==World Series of Pop Culture==
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The earliest known tournament hosted by New York University was the [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/Buzzer4.html NYU Invitational in Fall 1988]. The exact date is unknown, but since other tournaments were scheduled for mid-November (Terrapin Invitational at Maryland) and "winter" (Nittany Lions Invitational at Penn State and Wisconsin Invitational at UW-Madison), it is presumed the tournament took place in September, October or early November. An NYU Invitational was also announced for [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/Buzzer6.html 1989] (date implied to be February 3-5). It is unclear if the 1988 tournament was simply postponed to 1989; although the mention of two different tournament directors (Keith Reynolds and Kim LaFond) suggest they were separate events. A Google search for Kim LaFond indicates they worked at the Office of Residential Life before leaving in 2000 for a job at [https://www2.oberlin.edu/stupub/ocreview/archives/2000.05.26/news/president.html Oberlin College]. No records of results or statistics survive from either of these events.
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A team composed of NYU undergraduates Andrew Weber, Andrew Unterberger and Victor Lee won Season 2 of VH1's World Series of Pop Culture, playing under the name Twistëd Misters. The show was taped in March 2007 and broadcast during the summer of the same year.
 
  
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==Current Players==
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The alt.college.college-bowl Usenet archives on Google Groups indicate that school had an organized quizbowl presence by the fall of 1993, with two individuals, Jodi Cramer and Steve Zwanger, listed [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/o3yjB6UldT8/m/XMhAGI82a9UJ as contacts]. Further reading of the Usenet group indicates [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/6QFN6Z3_eRo/m/2_RMtFrQ3H8J Gregory Draves was named president for 1993-94].
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[[Yogesh Raut]]
 
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[[Hannah Kirsch]] (inactive)
 
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[[Andrew Watkins]] (inactive}
 
  
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In April 1994, NYU College Bowl president-elect Jason Beckerman [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/qIYpGwqkGi0/m/HPx58Qzm2CEJ announced] that a packet-submission tournament, the Big Apple Bowl I, will be hosted at NYU on October 7-8, 1994. The tournament was to follow a modified CBI format and include [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/gZhslYTxB0c/m/Sxvev9Hb0yQJ packets with 30 tossups and 30 bonuses each].
  
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[[Category: College clubs]]
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===NAQT involvement===
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NYU played in the first ever [[National Academic Quiz Tournaments]] (NAQT) Sectional Championship Tournament on [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=2947 November 22, 1996], at Harvard University. The two NYU teams finished 16th and 18th out of 19 teams. A post on Usenet indicated the tournament was well-received by NYU players, and they indicated an interest in playing [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/5h7hLnBEIb8/m/TyZc5dTuvdEJ NAQT Nationals].
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NAQT extended [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.college.college-bowl/c/kTXOEHIpwsA/m/y4yl4W1BPVQJ an invitation] to NYU to fill out their 64-team roster for the inaugural [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=1313 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament], but it appears that NYU declined or failed to show up.
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In 2000-01, the NYU team won Division II of [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1134 NAQT Sectionals 2000-2001], held at Boston University, and thus qualified for [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=1145 ICT], where they finished 20th in a field of 24 teams.
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At the 2006 SCT at University of Maryland, NYU's two teams were forced to leave early due to an [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2428 impending storm]. This was despite the A team having a 7-1 record in the [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=1949 Division II prelims], and therefore being in an advantageous position to qualify for their first ICT in five years.
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NYU won the [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4106 2012 NAQT SCT Region 3 (Division II)] hosted at [[Princeton University]] and thus qualified for ICT. An NYU team comprised of [[Mirza Ahmed]], Jason Lai, Max Stivers, Katrina Van Laan and Michael Zhuang finished runner-up at [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3872 ICT (Division II)], losing the final to Harvard.
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In 2013, NYU finished in second place at [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4802 NAQT SCT (Region 1) at MIT] and went on to a ninth-place finish at [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4301 Division I ICT].
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Since then, NYU has regularly qualified for ICT in Division I and II, and finished as high as 4th place in each (Division II in [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14704 2024] and Division I in [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14704 2025]).
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===ACF involvement===
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In their first appearance at [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1397/stats/combined_w_tiebreakers_%26_final/ ACF Nationals] in 2013, NYU finished 18th in a field of 36 teams, in what was to be the last tournament for A team players [[Yogesh Raut]], Jason Lai, and Michael Zhuang. NYU has consistently qualified for ACF Nationals since then, but never finished higher than 18th place.
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===Other tournaments===
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An NYU team composed of Mirza Ahmed, Yogest Raut, and Douglas Yetman won the college division of the [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=13213&p=246001&hilit=NYU#p246001 2012 Ridgewood Summer Invitational].
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==Nationals Results==
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{| class="wikitable"
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!  !! ACF Nationals !! Division I ICT !! Division II ICT
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| 2001 ||  ||  || 20th
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| 2012 ||  ||  || 2nd
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| 2013 || 18th || 9th ||
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| 2014 ||  ||  || 13th
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| 2015 || 27th || 14th ||
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| 2017 || 29th || 19th || 17th
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| 2018 || 31st || 11th || 18th
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| 2019 || 38th ||  ||
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| 2023 || 44th ||  ||
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| 2024 || 18th  ||  || 4th
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| 2025 || 25th  || 4th ||
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|}
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==Current players==
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*Zaid Asif
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*Rico-Ian Banting
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*Vinayak Singh Bhadoriya
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*Saketh Dontaraju
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*[[Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt]]
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*[[Nate Kang]]
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*Andrea Ladino
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*Elle Lee
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*Owen Mimno
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*Chansol Park
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*Eshan Pant
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*[[Ryan Rosenberg]]
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*Hazel Singh
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*Magnolia Schnirman Barria
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*Rishi Swaminathan
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*Arthur Zhang
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==Notable former players==
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*[[Evan Adams]]
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*[[Mirza Ahmed]]
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*[[Sameen Belal]]
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*[[Lev Bernstein]]
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*[[Aaron Cohen]]
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*[[Halle Friedman]]
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*[[Harrison Hsu]]
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*[[Jason Lai]]
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*[[Rahul Rao-Pothuraju]]
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*[[Yogesh Raut]]
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*[[Doug Simons]]
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*[[Arnav Sood]]
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*[[Max Stivers]]
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*[[Rohan Vora]]
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*[[Alec Vulfson]]
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*[[Harrison Whitaker]]
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*[[Michael Zhuang]]
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Latest revision as of 06:49, 11 November 2025

New York University
200px-New York University Seal.svg.png
Location:
New York, NY
Current President or Coach Hazel Singh
National championships none
NAQT Page link

New York University (NYU) is a private university whose main campus is located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The team, nicknamed the Violets, is active in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regional circuits and regularly hosts collegiate tournaments.

History

Early history and College Bowl

NYU's history of competition in collegiate quiz bowl events can be traced back to the 1959–60 season, when they played four games in the televised rounds of College Bowl, beating Dartmouth (215–145), UNC Chapel Hill (230–120), and Oklahoma (170–150) before losing to Colgate (95–140). The four games were broadcast on consecutive weeks (March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10, 1960). In the 1969–70 season, NYU once again qualified for the televised rounds but lost their first and only game to UConn, 165–345. [1]

NYU won College Bowl's Regional Championship (for ACUI Region 3) in 1986–87, 1997–98, and 2001–02, and finished third in 1985–86, 1999–2000 and 2000–01.[2]. Led by Gary Greenbaum, NYU played in the 1987 CBI Nationals televised on Disney Channel, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals on an "epic protest" against Western Connecticut State University. NYU qualified for the National Championship in 1997–98, when they finished 14th with a 2-13 record, and 2001–02, when they finished 11th with a 6-9 record. [3]

In October 1996, NYU College Bowl representative Petrea Mitchell announced that NYU had de-affiliated from College Bowl Inc. for financial reasons. However, this decision was reversed a few weeks later. NYU continued playing CBI tournaments through at least 2002.

The NYU College Bowl club was renamed to Quiz Bowl @ NYU in 2011 at the insistence of Mirza Ahmed, in order to better reflect changes in the collegiate academic competition scene and the demise of College Bowl in 2008.

Independent quizbowl and first tournaments hosted

Beginning in the late 1980s, NYU regularly took part in and hosted collegiate quiz bowl tournament outside the College Bowl circuit. The second issue of Buzzer, a early newsletter for the quiz bowl community, notes that NYU participated in a tournament at University of Maryland on November 13-14, 1987, where they finished outside the top four.

The earliest known tournament hosted by New York University was the NYU Invitational in Fall 1988. The exact date is unknown, but since other tournaments were scheduled for mid-November (Terrapin Invitational at Maryland) and "winter" (Nittany Lions Invitational at Penn State and Wisconsin Invitational at UW-Madison), it is presumed the tournament took place in September, October or early November. An NYU Invitational was also announced for 1989 (date implied to be February 3-5). It is unclear if the 1988 tournament was simply postponed to 1989; although the mention of two different tournament directors (Keith Reynolds and Kim LaFond) suggest they were separate events. A Google search for Kim LaFond indicates they worked at the Office of Residential Life before leaving in 2000 for a job at Oberlin College. No records of results or statistics survive from either of these events.

The alt.college.college-bowl Usenet archives on Google Groups indicate that school had an organized quizbowl presence by the fall of 1993, with two individuals, Jodi Cramer and Steve Zwanger, listed as contacts. Further reading of the Usenet group indicates Gregory Draves was named president for 1993-94.

In April 1994, NYU College Bowl president-elect Jason Beckerman announced that a packet-submission tournament, the Big Apple Bowl I, will be hosted at NYU on October 7-8, 1994. The tournament was to follow a modified CBI format and include packets with 30 tossups and 30 bonuses each.

NAQT involvement

NYU played in the first ever National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Sectional Championship Tournament on November 22, 1996, at Harvard University. The two NYU teams finished 16th and 18th out of 19 teams. A post on Usenet indicated the tournament was well-received by NYU players, and they indicated an interest in playing NAQT Nationals.

NAQT extended an invitation to NYU to fill out their 64-team roster for the inaugural Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, but it appears that NYU declined or failed to show up.

In 2000-01, the NYU team won Division II of NAQT Sectionals 2000-2001, held at Boston University, and thus qualified for ICT, where they finished 20th in a field of 24 teams.

At the 2006 SCT at University of Maryland, NYU's two teams were forced to leave early due to an impending storm. This was despite the A team having a 7-1 record in the Division II prelims, and therefore being in an advantageous position to qualify for their first ICT in five years.

NYU won the 2012 NAQT SCT Region 3 (Division II) hosted at Princeton University and thus qualified for ICT. An NYU team comprised of Mirza Ahmed, Jason Lai, Max Stivers, Katrina Van Laan and Michael Zhuang finished runner-up at ICT (Division II), losing the final to Harvard.

In 2013, NYU finished in second place at NAQT SCT (Region 1) at MIT and went on to a ninth-place finish at Division I ICT.

Since then, NYU has regularly qualified for ICT in Division I and II, and finished as high as 4th place in each (Division II in 2024 and Division I in 2025).

ACF involvement

In their first appearance at ACF Nationals in 2013, NYU finished 18th in a field of 36 teams, in what was to be the last tournament for A team players Yogesh Raut, Jason Lai, and Michael Zhuang. NYU has consistently qualified for ACF Nationals since then, but never finished higher than 18th place.

Other tournaments

An NYU team composed of Mirza Ahmed, Yogest Raut, and Douglas Yetman won the college division of the 2012 Ridgewood Summer Invitational.

Nationals Results

ACF Nationals Division I ICT Division II ICT
2001 20th
2012 2nd
2013 18th 9th
2014 13th
2015 27th 14th
2017 29th 19th 17th
2018 31st 11th 18th
2019 38th
2023 44th
2024 18th 4th
2025 25th 4th

Current players

  • Zaid Asif
  • Rico-Ian Banting
  • Vinayak Singh Bhadoriya
  • Saketh Dontaraju
  • Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt
  • Nate Kang
  • Andrea Ladino
  • Elle Lee
  • Owen Mimno
  • Chansol Park
  • Eshan Pant
  • Ryan Rosenberg
  • Hazel Singh
  • Magnolia Schnirman Barria
  • Rishi Swaminathan
  • Arthur Zhang

Notable former players

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