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'''Andrew Yaphe''' was a collegiate quiz bowl player. As an undergraduate student, he attended the [[University of Virginia]] and played for its quiz bowl team. Subsequently, he enrolled in a doctoral program in English at the [[University of Chicago]] and played for its team; he then went to [[Stanford]] for law school, receiving his J.D. in 2010.
  
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Andrew Yaphe is a collegiate quiz bowl player. As an undergraduate student, he attended the University of Virginia and played for its quiz bowl team. Subsequently, he enrolled in a doctoral program in English at the University of Chicago and played for its team. Currently, he is a student at Stanford Law School.
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Yaphe is widely considered the best player in the history of collegiate quizbowl, being the leading scorer on 6 ACF Nationals championship teams, 2 NAQT ICT Division I championship teams, and two NAQT ICT Division I runner-up teams. He also won a College Bowl title and was reportedly a very good high school player, though a paucity of records on high school quizbowl from that time precludes any further judgment.
  
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He is widely considered the best player in the history of collegiate quizbowl, being the leading scorer on 5 ACF Nationals championship teams, 2 NAQT ICT Division I championship teams, and two NAQT ICT Division I runner-up teams. Also won a College Bowl title and was reportedly a very good high school player, though a paucity of records on high school quizbowl from that time precludes any further judgment.
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As an undergrad at Virginia, Yaphe was on the championship teams at the [[1997 ACF Nationals|1997]] and [[1998 ACF Nationals]].
  
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Most importantly, Yaphe was the driving force in keeping [[ACF]] alive from 1997 onwards, and edited such tournaments as the 2000 Regionals and 2005 and 2006 Nationals. His recent role as NAQT editor has been a more complex phenomenon.
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Immediately after becoming a member of Chicago, he won the [[1999 ACF Nationals|1999]] and [[2000 ACF Nationals]], only ending this four-year streak of championships by choosing to edit the [[2001 ACF Nationals]]; he then won the [[2004 ACF Nationals]]. Yaphe also won the [[1999 ICT|1999]] and [[2001 ICT]] and placed second at the [[2000 ICT|2000]] and [[2005 ICT]].
  
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Finally, Yaphe was prominently featured in the 1999 New York Times [[1999 "Total Recall" article|"Total Recall" article]], which included [[Chicago|The University of Chicago's]] winning of the 1999 Midwest [[SCT]].
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Yaphe's run at Stanford may perhaps be his most impressive. During a period of greatly reduced activity, Yaphe led a team to a third place finish at the [[2009 ACF Nationals]] and then a first place finish at the [[2010 ACF Nationals]].
  
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Most importantly, Yaphe was the driving force in keeping [[ACF]] alive from 1997 onwards, and edited such tournaments as the [[2000 ACF Regionals]] and [[2005 ACF Nationals|2005]] and [[2006 ACF Nationals]]. His recent role as NAQT editor has been a more complex phenomenon. Yaphe has been heavily involved in the writing and editing of NAQT's college tournaments (especially [[ICT]]) since 2010.
  
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Yaphe was prominently featured in the 1999 New York Times [[1999 "Total Recall" article|"Total Recall" article]], which included [[Chicago|The University of Chicago's]] winning of the 1999 Midwest [[SCT]].
  
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Latest revision as of 16:25, 9 January 2026

Andrew Yaphe
Yaphe.JPG
Past colleges Virginia (1995-1998), Chicago (1999-2007), Stanford (2008-2010)
High school Thomas Jefferson (1991-1994)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Andrew Yaphe was a collegiate quiz bowl player. As an undergraduate student, he attended the University of Virginia and played for its quiz bowl team. Subsequently, he enrolled in a doctoral program in English at the University of Chicago and played for its team; he then went to Stanford for law school, receiving his J.D. in 2010.

Career

Yaphe is widely considered the best player in the history of collegiate quizbowl, being the leading scorer on 6 ACF Nationals championship teams, 2 NAQT ICT Division I championship teams, and two NAQT ICT Division I runner-up teams. He also won a College Bowl title and was reportedly a very good high school player, though a paucity of records on high school quizbowl from that time precludes any further judgment.

As an undergrad at Virginia, Yaphe was on the championship teams at the 1997 and 1998 ACF Nationals.

Immediately after becoming a member of Chicago, he won the 1999 and 2000 ACF Nationals, only ending this four-year streak of championships by choosing to edit the 2001 ACF Nationals; he then won the 2004 ACF Nationals. Yaphe also won the 1999 and 2001 ICT and placed second at the 2000 and 2005 ICT.

Yaphe's run at Stanford may perhaps be his most impressive. During a period of greatly reduced activity, Yaphe led a team to a third place finish at the 2009 ACF Nationals and then a first place finish at the 2010 ACF Nationals.

Most importantly, Yaphe was the driving force in keeping ACF alive from 1997 onwards, and edited such tournaments as the 2000 ACF Regionals and 2005 and 2006 ACF Nationals. His recent role as NAQT editor has been a more complex phenomenon. Yaphe has been heavily involved in the writing and editing of NAQT's college tournaments (especially ICT) since 2010.

Yaphe was prominently featured in the 1999 New York Times "Total Recall" article, which included The University of Chicago's winning of the 1999 Midwest SCT.

Carper Award
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
R. Robert Hentzel
2007
Chris Sewell
ACF Nationals Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Tom Waters
1996
John Sheahan
ACF Nationals Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
John Sheahan
1998, 1999, 2000
John Kenney
ACF Nationals Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Mike Sorice
2009, 2010
Matt Bollinger
ICT DI Leading Scorer
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
John Sheahan
2000, 2001
Matt Weiner

Anecdotes

Full list and references: here

  • While editing an NAQT question Yaphe revealed he had never heard of the Ship of Theseus, comparing it to a "chestnut of epistemology," Neurath's raft.
  • Yaphe's tenure as a sports editor for NAQT has revealed his unorthodox preference for clues on statlines over off-the-court anecdotes; this stance was jokingly summarized by Fred Morlan as "crossing a single line through the tiger woods divorce incident and replacing it with a clue about his third round score at the 2006 deutsche bank championship."
  • Yaphe is described as a "critic" on the Poetry Foundation and Wikipedia articles for poet John Koethe, which both cite a 2001 article Yaphe wrote for student-run magazine Chicago Review.

References

  1. ↑ “crossing a single line through the tiger woods divorce incident and replacing it with a clue about his third round score at the 2006 deutsche bank championship”
  2. ↑ Poetry Foundation - John Koethe
  3. ↑ Wikipedia - John Koethe
  4. ↑ “The Romantic Futility of John Koethe,” Chicago Review, March 22, 2001 (library card access required)

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