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{{Collegebox|College Name = Swarthmore College |Image = Swarthmore.jpg |citystate = Swarthmore, PA |president = Simeon Spurrier]] |nats = [[1998 NAQT ICT|1998 NAQT Undergraduate |status = active | }}

Swarthmore is a private liberal arts college in southeastern Pennsylvania and home to a quizbowl team of the same name.

History

Swarthmore has had a long history of participation at College Bowl, appearing on many of the televised events. The also have had success in pyramidal quizbowl, winning the first undergraduate title awarded at ICT in 1998. The club has largely been inactive since 2009, but was revived in 2016 with the arrival of Rebecca Rosenthal.

Tournaments

Swarthmore used to host SNEWT, a juniorbird tournament, every fall. However, this tournament has not occurred since 2005.

In the spring the team hosted Questions on the Crum (QOTC). There were around twelve of these tournaments, the last occurring in 2004. Scattered information about the first eleven tournaments are on the team website [1].

Swarthmore began hosting collegiate tournaments again in 2019, when they hosted a mirror of ACF Regionals. They have remained active until 2024. They came back in 2025-26 under Ben Hellman and Simeon Spurrier.

Nationals Results

	Division I ICT	Division II ICT
1997	A: 26th B: 57th
1998	11th (1st UG)
1999	14th
2000	20th
2002		32nd
2003		11th
2004	20th	16th
2005	30th	5th
2008		12th

Former Players

NAQT ICT Division I Undergraduate Champion

Preceded by

Year

Succeeded by

None

1998

Carleton

External links