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|citystate = Chicago, IL
 
|citystate = Chicago, IL
|president = [[Ned Tagtmeier]]
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|president = [[Megan Ha]]
 
|nats = '''[[ACF Nationals|ACF]]:''' [[1993 ACF Nationals|1993]], [[1994 ACF Nationals|1994]], [[1999 ACF Nationals|1999]], [[2000 ACF Nationals|2000]], [[2004 ACF Nationals|2004]], [[2007 ACF Nationals|2007]], [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]], [[2009 ACF Nationals|2009]], [[2018 ACF Nationals|2018]], [[2024 ACF Nationals|2024]]<br/>'''[[ICT|ICT Div. I]]:''' [[1997 ICT|1997]], [[1999 ICT|1999]], [[2001 ICT|2001]], [[2003 ICT|2003]], [[2007 ICT|2007]], [[2009 ICT|2009]], [[2010 ICT|2010]], [[2016 ICT|2016]], [[2024 ICT|2024]], [[2025 ICT|2025]]<br/> '''[[ICT|ICT Div. II]]:''' [[2005 ICT|2005]], [[2009 ICT|2009]], [[2016 ICT|2016]], [[2018 ICT|2018]]<br/>'''[[UCT]]:''' [[2023 UCT|2023]]<br/>'''[[NCT]]:''' [[1990 NCT|1990]], [[1994 NCT|1994]], [[1999 NCT|1999]], [[2003 NCT|2003]]
 
|nats = '''[[ACF Nationals|ACF]]:''' [[1993 ACF Nationals|1993]], [[1994 ACF Nationals|1994]], [[1999 ACF Nationals|1999]], [[2000 ACF Nationals|2000]], [[2004 ACF Nationals|2004]], [[2007 ACF Nationals|2007]], [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]], [[2009 ACF Nationals|2009]], [[2018 ACF Nationals|2018]], [[2024 ACF Nationals|2024]]<br/>'''[[ICT|ICT Div. I]]:''' [[1997 ICT|1997]], [[1999 ICT|1999]], [[2001 ICT|2001]], [[2003 ICT|2003]], [[2007 ICT|2007]], [[2009 ICT|2009]], [[2010 ICT|2010]], [[2016 ICT|2016]], [[2024 ICT|2024]], [[2025 ICT|2025]]<br/> '''[[ICT|ICT Div. II]]:''' [[2005 ICT|2005]], [[2009 ICT|2009]], [[2016 ICT|2016]], [[2018 ICT|2018]]<br/>'''[[UCT]]:''' [[2023 UCT|2023]]<br/>'''[[NCT]]:''' [[1990 NCT|1990]], [[1994 NCT|1994]], [[1999 NCT|1999]], [[2003 NCT|2003]]
 
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==Current Players==
 
==Current Players==
 
{{Columns-list|colwidth=200px|
 
{{Columns-list|colwidth=200px|
* [[Connor Blake]]
 
* [[Adam Fine (Yale)|Adam Fine]]
 
 
* [[William Foster]]
 
* [[William Foster]]
 
* [[Arthur Gayden]]
 
* [[Arthur Gayden]]
* [[Aayush Goodapaty]]
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* [[Alvin Guo]]
 
* [[Megan Ha]]
 
* [[Megan Ha]]
* [[Max Hodes]]
 
 
* [[William Houston]]
 
* [[William Houston]]
 
* [[Claire Jones]]
 
* [[Claire Jones]]
* [[Jay Kim]]
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* [[Sam Konkel]]
 
* [[Leon Luo]]
 
* [[Leon Luo]]
 
* [[John Marvin]]
 
* [[John Marvin]]
 
* [[Cavan Gabaldon O'Neill]]
 
* [[Cavan Gabaldon O'Neill]]
* [[Justin Posner]]
 
 
* [[Samarth Ram]]
 
* [[Samarth Ram]]
 
* [[Ezra Santos]]
 
* [[Ezra Santos]]
* [[Liam Starnes]]
 
 
* [[Aden Sun]]
 
* [[Aden Sun]]
* [[Ned Tagtmeier]]
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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* [[Lena Birkholz]]
 
* [[Lena Birkholz]]
 
* [[Adam Black]]
 
* [[Adam Black]]
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* [[Connor Blake]]
 
* [[Alston Boyd]]
 
* [[Alston Boyd]]
 
* [[Dani Brecher]]
 
* [[Dani Brecher]]
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* [[Nolan Esser]]
 
* [[Nolan Esser]]
 
* [[Susan Ferrari]]
 
* [[Susan Ferrari]]
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* [[Adam Fine (Yale)|Adam Fine]]
 
* [[Peter Freeman]]
 
* [[Peter Freeman]]
 
* [[Halle Friedman]]
 
* [[Halle Friedman]]
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* [[Shen Gong]]
 
* [[Shen Gong]]
 
* [[Bess Goodfellow]]
 
* [[Bess Goodfellow]]
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* [[Aayush Goodapaty]]
 
* [[Douglas Graebner]]
 
* [[Douglas Graebner]]
 
* [[Rob Greenspoon]]
 
* [[Rob Greenspoon]]
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* [[Athena Kern]]
 
* [[Athena Kern]]
 
* [[Samir Khan]]
 
* [[Samir Khan]]
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* [[Jay Kim]]
 
* [[James Kiselik]]
 
* [[James Kiselik]]
 
* [[Olivia Kiser]]
 
* [[Olivia Kiser]]
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* [[Isabella Perez]]
 
* [[Isabella Perez]]
 
* [[Adam Perkins]]
 
* [[Adam Perkins]]
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* [[Justin Posner]]
 
* [[Connie Prater]]
 
* [[Connie Prater]]
 
* [[Nicholas Polk]]
 
* [[Nicholas Polk]]
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* [[Tony Song]]
 
* [[Tony Song]]
 
* [[Jen Spinoglio]]
 
* [[Jen Spinoglio]]
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* [[Liam Starnes]]
 
* [[Marshall Steinbaum]]
 
* [[Marshall Steinbaum]]
 
* [[Andi Sun]]
 
* [[Andi Sun]]
 
* [[Ev Sun]]
 
* [[Ev Sun]]
 
* [[Ray Sun]]
 
* [[Ray Sun]]
* [[Emily Zen]]
 
 
* [[Naomi Sweeting]]
 
* [[Naomi Sweeting]]
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* [[Ned Tagtmeier]]
 
* [[Gareth Tan]]
 
* [[Gareth Tan]]
 
* [[Mary Tang]]
 
* [[Mary Tang]]
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* [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
* [[Andrew Yaphe]]
 
* [[Mike Zarren]]
 
* [[Mike Zarren]]
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* [[Emily Zen]]
 
* [[Marianna Zhang]]
 
* [[Marianna Zhang]]
 
* [[Jason Zhou]]
 
* [[Jason Zhou]]
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'''Current Officers''' are Ned Tagtmeier (President), Jay Kim (Vice President for Finance), Liam Starnes (Vice President for Club Activities), Megan Ha (Vice President for Club Activities), Ezra Santos (Web Chair), and William Houston (Community Chair).
 
'''Current Officers''' are Ned Tagtmeier (President), Jay Kim (Vice President for Finance), Liam Starnes (Vice President for Club Activities), Megan Ha (Vice President for Club Activities), Ezra Santos (Web Chair), and William Houston (Community Chair).
  
'''Past Presidents''' include: [[Robert Condron]] (2023-2024), [[Vivek Sasse]] (2022-2023), [[Ben Miller]] (2021-2022), [[Matthew Lehmann]] (2020-2021), [[Tim Morrison]] (2019-2020), [[Samir Khan]] (2018-2019), [[Jason Zhou]] (2017-2018), [[Max Schindler]] (2015-2017), [[Michael Coates]] (2014-2015), [[Connie Prater]] (2013-2014), [[Tracy Lee]] (2012-2013), [[Matt Menard]] (spring quarter 2012), [[Sam Bailey]] (2011-2012), [[Jimmy Ready]] (2010-2011), [[Michael Arnold]] (2009-2010), [[David Seal]] (2007-2009), [[Nolan Esser]] (fall quarter 2007), [[Seth Teitler]] (2006-2007), [[Tim McElroy]] (2005-2006), [[Nick Poulos]] (2004-2005), [[Kathleen Moriarty]] (2003-2004), [[Susan Ferrari]] (acting, fall quarter 2003), [[Peter Onyisi]] (2002-2003), [[Mike Altman]] (2000-2002), [[John Tangren]] (1999-2000), [[Mike Zarren]] (??-1999), [[Christian Edstrom]], [[John Edwards]], [[Peter Freeman]], [[Rob Greenspoon]], [[Erin McKean]], and [[Anand Raman]].
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'''Past Presidents''' include: [[Ned Tagtmeier]] (2024-2025), [[Robert Condron]] (2023-2024), [[Vivek Sasse]] (2022-2023), [[Ben Miller]] (2021-2022), [[Matthew Lehmann]] (2020-2021), [[Tim Morrison]] (2019-2020), [[Samir Khan]] (2018-2019), [[Jason Zhou]] (2017-2018), [[Max Schindler]] (2015-2017), [[Michael Coates]] (2014-2015), [[Connie Prater]] (2013-2014), [[Tracy Lee]] (2012-2013), [[Matt Menard]] (spring quarter 2012), [[Sam Bailey]] (2011-2012), [[Jimmy Ready]] (2010-2011), [[Michael Arnold]] (2009-2010), [[David Seal]] (2007-2009), [[Nolan Esser]] (fall quarter 2007), [[Seth Teitler]] (2006-2007), [[Tim McElroy]] (2005-2006), [[Nick Poulos]] (2004-2005), [[Kathleen Moriarty]] (2003-2004), [[Susan Ferrari]] (acting, fall quarter 2003), [[Peter Onyisi]] (2002-2003), [[Mike Altman]] (2000-2002), [[John Tangren]] (1999-2000), [[Mike Zarren]] (??-1999), [[Christian Edstrom]], [[John Edwards]], [[Peter Freeman]], [[Rob Greenspoon]], [[Erin McKean]], and [[Anand Raman]].
  
 
==Title succession==
 
==Title succession==
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|year = [[2024 ICT|2024]]
 
|year = [[2024 ICT|2024]]
 
|previous = [[Cornell]]
 
|previous = [[Cornell]]
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|next = [[Chicago]]
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{{Succession box|Tournament = [[NAQT ICT]] Division I Overall
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|year = [[2025 ICT|2025]]
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Latest revision as of 20:01, 5 July 2025

Chicago
Chicago.jpg
Location:
Chicago, IL
Current President or Coach Megan Ha
National championships ACF: 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2024
ICT Div. I: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016, 2024, 2025
ICT Div. II: 2005, 2009, 2016, 2018
UCT: 2023
NCT: 1990, 1994, 1999, 2003
NAQT Page link

The University of Chicago is a private university in Chicago, Illinois. Its quizbowl team is noted for being consistently excellent, claiming many national titles since the early 1990s. Due to their repeated success, strong institutional and financial support for the club, and tendency to continually receive strong high school players, Chicago is sometimes jokingly referred to as the "evil empire of quizbowl."

Tournaments

In addition to frequently hosting ACF events, the University of Chicago was home to the annual Chicago Open and its assorted side events from 1999 to 2017, after which it moved to Northwestern.

Current Players

Former Players

Leadership

Current Officers are Ned Tagtmeier (President), Jay Kim (Vice President for Finance), Liam Starnes (Vice President for Club Activities), Megan Ha (Vice President for Club Activities), Ezra Santos (Web Chair), and William Houston (Community Chair).

Past Presidents include: Ned Tagtmeier (2024-2025), Robert Condron (2023-2024), Vivek Sasse (2022-2023), Ben Miller (2021-2022), Matthew Lehmann (2020-2021), Tim Morrison (2019-2020), Samir Khan (2018-2019), Jason Zhou (2017-2018), Max Schindler (2015-2017), Michael Coates (2014-2015), Connie Prater (2013-2014), Tracy Lee (2012-2013), Matt Menard (spring quarter 2012), Sam Bailey (2011-2012), Jimmy Ready (2010-2011), Michael Arnold (2009-2010), David Seal (2007-2009), Nolan Esser (fall quarter 2007), Seth Teitler (2006-2007), Tim McElroy (2005-2006), Nick Poulos (2004-2005), Kathleen Moriarty (2003-2004), Susan Ferrari (acting, fall quarter 2003), Peter Onyisi (2002-2003), Mike Altman (2000-2002), John Tangren (1999-2000), Mike Zarren (??-1999), Christian Edstrom, John Edwards, Peter Freeman, Rob Greenspoon, Erin McKean, and Anand Raman.

Title succession

ACF Title Succession

ACF Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Tennessee
1993, 1994
Harvard
ACF Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Virginia
1999, 2000
Michigan
ACF Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Berkeley
2004
Michigan
ACF Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Texas A&M
2007, 2008, 2009
Stanford
ACF Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Maryland
2018
Columbia
ACF Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Georgia Tech
2024
TBD

NAQT Title Succession

NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
None
1997
Stanford
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Stanford
1999
Illinois
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Illinois
2001
Michigan
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Michigan
2003
Berkeley
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Berkeley
2007
Maryland
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Maryland
2009
Chicago
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Chicago
2010
Minnesota
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Virginia
2016
Michigan
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Cornell
2024
Chicago
NAQT ICT Division I Overall Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Chicago
2025
tbd


NAQT ICT Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
UCLA
2005
Stanford
NAQT ICT Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Carleton College
2009
Brown
NAQT ICT Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Texas
2016
Berkeley
NAQT ICT Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Berkeley
2018
Maryland

College Bowl Title Succession

College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Minnesota
1990
Rice
College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Virginia
1994
Harvard
College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Michigan
1999
Michigan
College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Michigan
2003
Minnesota

Unofficial title succession

ACF Nationals Undergraduate Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Harvard
2006
Carleton College
ACF Nationals Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Harvard
2005
Illinois

External Links

Official Website