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| − | ==Current Players== | + | The '''Georgia Institute of Technology''' is a public university located in Atlanta, Georgia. Their quizbowl team has competed regularly since the formation of college quizbowl in the early 1970s, and almost certainly holds the record for most consecutive academic years of fielding a team in at least one intercollegiate academic quizbowl event, having done so since 1974. |
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| − | + | Georgia Tech played Ripon College on November 30, 1963 on the GE College Bowl program and lost 130-115. Georgia Tech led 120-80 with 90 seconds to go but could only manage an interrupt while Ripon got 2 tossups and some bonus points to close to 115-100. Ripon got the last tossup, then the bonus question, which was an octopus has 8 legs but what similar creature has 10 legs. The answer of squid put Ripon ahead at the end of the game. Georgia Tech did well on the toss ups but only accumulated 30 points on bonuses. Georgia Tech was led by Edwardo Mitrani with 55 points. Other players included Paul Bandow with 30 points, John Barwick with 20 points, and Mitch Barlow with 10 points. The alternate was Ed Patterson. Georgia Tech was coached by English professor Dr. James Young. | |
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| + | Georgia Tech played a series of exhibition games with Agnes Scott in 1964. | ||
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| + | Georgia Tech next played in the 1974 [[Southeastern Invitational]] held at [[Georgia Southern]] February 15-16. Georgia Tech tied with Georgia Southern for second place behind the winning [[Berry]] team. Georgia Tech finished 6-2, losing to Berry A and Austin Peay. The Georgia Tech team consisted of captain Garry Williamson, Hili Gastfriend, Jeff Kipnis, Jan Koenig, and alternate Ray Campbell. Jeff Kipnis led the Georgia Tech team with 26 tossups, followed by Hilli Gastfriend with 17, Garry Williamson with 15, Jan Koenig with 7, and Ray Campbell with 2. Georgia Tech was coached by Dean of Students James Dull. | ||
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| + | The 1975 [[Southeastern Invitational]] held at [[Berry College]] on February 28 - March 1 was the first tournament for legendary Georgia Tech coach [[Robert Meredith]]. This was also the first tournament that Dr. Meredith's team wrangled with equally legendary Berry coach Dr. [[Gordon Carper]] and his powerful [[Berry]] team. Georgia Tech and Berry were both undefeated going into the last round where Georgia Tech and Berry met. Georgia Tech got out to an early lead and held on for a 155-150 triumph. This victory won for Dr. Meredith the first of his record 8 championships at this tournament. Jeff Kipnis was captain for the Georgia Tech team. | ||
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| + | As the winner of the 1975 [[Southeastern Invitational]], Georgia Tech hosted the 1976 tournament on February 27-28. Georgia Tech finished tied for third. | ||
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| + | Georgia Tech won the 1977 [[Southeastern Invitational]] with an unbeaten 11-0 record. Georgia Tech's winning team consisted of captain Joe Owens, John Cook, Mark Crawford, John Flynn, and Hili Gastfriend. | ||
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| + | Georgia Tech next played at the 1978 Alabama Invitational held at [[Alabama-Huntsville]]. Georgia Tech won this tournament with an unbeaten record. Georgia Tech team consisted of captain Hili Gastfriend, Mark Crawford, [[Rudy Guercia]], and Pam Norris. This was the first tournament for legendary Georgia Tech player [[Rudy Guercia]]. | ||
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| + | Georgia Tech won the 1978 Southeastern Invitational with a 10-3 record, losing to Agnes Scott, Alabama, and Newberry. Georgia Tech's team consisted of captain Hili Gastfriend, Mark Crawford, Rudy Guercia, David Jalufka, and Pam Norris. | ||
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| + | Pam Norris only played one season for Georgia Tech before transferring to Harvard. She later carved out an amazing career as a screenwriter and producer, writing for such shows as Saturday Night Live and producing such shows as Designing Women. She did go back to her trivia roots in 1985 as a 3 time Jeopardy champion. | ||
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| + | == Current Players== | ||
| + | * [[Kevin Wang (GT)|Kevin Wang]] | ||
| + | * [[Rohan Dalal]] | ||
| + | * [[Jeffrey Xu]] | ||
| + | * [[Ian Lu]] | ||
| + | * [[Tianyu Xu]] | ||
| + | * [[Alex Thomas]] | ||
| + | * [[Samir Sarma]] | ||
| + | * [[Arunn Sankar]] | ||
| + | * [[Bharath Ram]] | ||
| + | * [[Matthew Sumanen]] | ||
| + | * [[S.A. Shenoy]] | ||
| + | * [[Graham Cope]] | ||
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| + | == Former Players== | ||
| + | * [[Matt Bollinger]] | ||
| + | * [[Hari Parameswaran]] | ||
| + | * [[Tejas Santanam]] | ||
| + | * [[Sarah Mueller]] | ||
| + | * [[Harrison Zhu]] | ||
| + | * [[Rishi Banerjee]] | ||
| + | * [[Henry Schaeffer]] | ||
| + | * [[Joseph Deerin]] | ||
| + | * [[Quentin Mot]] | ||
| + | * [[Tegan Kapadia]] | ||
| + | * [[Adam Silverman]] | ||
* Mostafa Bhuiyan | * Mostafa Bhuiyan | ||
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* Sean Dai | * Sean Dai | ||
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* Alex Liu | * Alex Liu | ||
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* Brian Owen | * Brian Owen | ||
* Joey Reifenberger | * Joey Reifenberger | ||
| + | * [[Naveed Chowdhury]] | ||
| + | * [[Michael Zhou]] | ||
==Title Succession== | ==Title Succession== | ||
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| + | {{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] | ||
| + | |year = [[2022 ACF Nationals|2022]], [[2023 ACF Nationals|2023]] | ||
| + | |previous = [[Florida]] | ||
| + | |next = [[Chicago]] | ||
| + | | }} | ||
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] | {{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] | ||
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|previous = [[1995 Harvard|Harvard]] | |previous = [[1995 Harvard|Harvard]] | ||
|next = [[1997 Virginia|Virginia]] | |next = [[1997 Virginia|Virginia]] | ||
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| + | {{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT ICT]] Division I Undergraduate | ||
| + | |year = [[2022 ICT|2022]] | ||
| + | |previous = [[Brown]] | ||
| + | |next = [[Brown]] | ||
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|previous = [[1994 Maryland|Maryland]] | |previous = [[1994 Maryland|Maryland]] | ||
|next = [[1996 Maryland|Maryland]] | |next = [[1996 Maryland|Maryland]] | ||
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[[Category: College clubs]] | [[Category: College clubs]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Georgia college clubs]] | ||
[[Category: Programs that have won ACF Nationals]] | [[Category: Programs that have won ACF Nationals]] | ||
[[Category:Stubs]] | [[Category:Stubs]] | ||
[[Category: Georgia Tech]] | [[Category: Georgia Tech]] | ||
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]] | [[Category:Original QBWiki Page]] | ||
| + | {{ccactive|1975|2026}} | ||
Latest revision as of 22:40, 30 May 2026
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| National championships | 1981 National Invitational Tournament, 1996 ACF, 2022 ICT UG, 2022 ACF, 2023 ACF, |
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The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public university located in Atlanta, Georgia. Their quizbowl team has competed regularly since the formation of college quizbowl in the early 1970s, and almost certainly holds the record for most consecutive academic years of fielding a team in at least one intercollegiate academic quizbowl event, having done so since 1974.
Georgia Tech played Ripon College on November 30, 1963 on the GE College Bowl program and lost 130-115. Georgia Tech led 120-80 with 90 seconds to go but could only manage an interrupt while Ripon got 2 tossups and some bonus points to close to 115-100. Ripon got the last tossup, then the bonus question, which was an octopus has 8 legs but what similar creature has 10 legs. The answer of squid put Ripon ahead at the end of the game. Georgia Tech did well on the toss ups but only accumulated 30 points on bonuses. Georgia Tech was led by Edwardo Mitrani with 55 points. Other players included Paul Bandow with 30 points, John Barwick with 20 points, and Mitch Barlow with 10 points. The alternate was Ed Patterson. Georgia Tech was coached by English professor Dr. James Young.
Georgia Tech played a series of exhibition games with Agnes Scott in 1964.
Georgia Tech next played in the 1974 Southeastern Invitational held at Georgia Southern February 15-16. Georgia Tech tied with Georgia Southern for second place behind the winning Berry team. Georgia Tech finished 6-2, losing to Berry A and Austin Peay. The Georgia Tech team consisted of captain Garry Williamson, Hili Gastfriend, Jeff Kipnis, Jan Koenig, and alternate Ray Campbell. Jeff Kipnis led the Georgia Tech team with 26 tossups, followed by Hilli Gastfriend with 17, Garry Williamson with 15, Jan Koenig with 7, and Ray Campbell with 2. Georgia Tech was coached by Dean of Students James Dull.
The 1975 Southeastern Invitational held at Berry College on February 28 - March 1 was the first tournament for legendary Georgia Tech coach Robert Meredith. This was also the first tournament that Dr. Meredith's team wrangled with equally legendary Berry coach Dr. Gordon Carper and his powerful Berry team. Georgia Tech and Berry were both undefeated going into the last round where Georgia Tech and Berry met. Georgia Tech got out to an early lead and held on for a 155-150 triumph. This victory won for Dr. Meredith the first of his record 8 championships at this tournament. Jeff Kipnis was captain for the Georgia Tech team.
As the winner of the 1975 Southeastern Invitational, Georgia Tech hosted the 1976 tournament on February 27-28. Georgia Tech finished tied for third.
Georgia Tech won the 1977 Southeastern Invitational with an unbeaten 11-0 record. Georgia Tech's winning team consisted of captain Joe Owens, John Cook, Mark Crawford, John Flynn, and Hili Gastfriend.
Georgia Tech next played at the 1978 Alabama Invitational held at Alabama-Huntsville. Georgia Tech won this tournament with an unbeaten record. Georgia Tech team consisted of captain Hili Gastfriend, Mark Crawford, Rudy Guercia, and Pam Norris. This was the first tournament for legendary Georgia Tech player Rudy Guercia.
Georgia Tech won the 1978 Southeastern Invitational with a 10-3 record, losing to Agnes Scott, Alabama, and Newberry. Georgia Tech's team consisted of captain Hili Gastfriend, Mark Crawford, Rudy Guercia, David Jalufka, and Pam Norris.
Pam Norris only played one season for Georgia Tech before transferring to Harvard. She later carved out an amazing career as a screenwriter and producer, writing for such shows as Saturday Night Live and producing such shows as Designing Women. She did go back to her trivia roots in 1985 as a 3 time Jeopardy champion.
Current Players
- Kevin Wang
- Rohan Dalal
- Jeffrey Xu
- Ian Lu
- Tianyu Xu
- Alex Thomas
- Samir Sarma
- Arunn Sankar
- Bharath Ram
- Matthew Sumanen
- S.A. Shenoy
- Graham Cope
Former Players
- Matt Bollinger
- Hari Parameswaran
- Tejas Santanam
- Sarah Mueller
- Harrison Zhu
- Rishi Banerjee
- Henry Schaeffer
- Joseph Deerin
- Quentin Mot
- Tegan Kapadia
- Adam Silverman
- Mostafa Bhuiyan
- Sean Dai
- Alex Liu
- Brian Owen
- Joey Reifenberger
- Naveed Chowdhury
- Michael Zhou
Title Succession
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