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'''Edinburgh University Quiz Society''' was kick-started by American player Nolan Dannels, who studied at Edinburgh as well as UCSD. Since 2020, Edinburgh has become a mainstay on the UK Quizbowl circuit. Edinburgh A, led by [[Nicholas Winter]], Laura Cooper and [[Ben Russell Jones]], won the 2021 mirror of HARI and were runners-up in the 2022 [[British Student Quiz Championships]]. Edinburgh's next title came in 2023, when they won the UK mirrors of [[CREEK+]] and [[2023 ACF Winter|ACF Winter]]. In 2024, Edinburgh fielded 3 teams at the UK's northern mirror of [[2024 ACF Fall|ACF Fall]], with Edinburgh A winning the tournament. Subsequently, Edinburgh were represented at 7 more tournaments throughout the 2024/25 academic year, including a 15th place finish at the [[2025 British Student Quiz Championships]].
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'''Edinburgh University Quiz Society''' was kick-started by American player [[Nolan Dannels]], who studied at Edinburgh, and later attended [[UCSD]]. Since 2020, Edinburgh has become a mainstay on the UK Quizbowl circuit.  
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Edinburgh A, led by [[Nicholas Winter]], Laura Cooper and [[Ben Russell Jones]], won the 2021 mirror of HARI and were runners-up in the 2022 [[British Student Quiz Championships]]. Edinburgh's next title came in 2023, when they won the UK mirrors of [[CREEK+]] and [[2023 ACF Winter|ACF Winter]]. In 2024, Edinburgh fielded 3 teams at the UK's northern mirror of [[2024 ACF Fall|ACF Fall]], with Edinburgh A winning the tournament. Subsequently, Edinburgh were represented at 7 more tournaments throughout the 2024/25 academic year, including a 15th place finish at the [[2025 British Student Quiz Championships]]. Comprising [[Omer Keskin]], [[Ali Hamzeh]], [[Frances Hadley]], and [[Rayhana Amjad]], Edinburgh A established itself as a competitive presence on the British circuit in 2026, with second and third place finishes at [[2026 ACF Regionals|ACF Regionals]] and the [[2026 British Student Quiz Championships]] respectively.  
  
 
==Current Players==
 
==Current Players==

Latest revision as of 16:49, 11 June 2026

Edinburgh
Location:
Edinburgh, Scotland
Current President or Coach Joe Terrey
National championships runners-up in 2022
NAQT Page link

Edinburgh University Quiz Society was kick-started by American player Nolan Dannels, who studied at Edinburgh, and later attended UCSD. Since 2020, Edinburgh has become a mainstay on the UK Quizbowl circuit.

Edinburgh A, led by Nicholas Winter, Laura Cooper and Ben Russell Jones, won the 2021 mirror of HARI and were runners-up in the 2022 British Student Quiz Championships. Edinburgh's next title came in 2023, when they won the UK mirrors of CREEK+ and ACF Winter. In 2024, Edinburgh fielded 3 teams at the UK's northern mirror of ACF Fall, with Edinburgh A winning the tournament. Subsequently, Edinburgh were represented at 7 more tournaments throughout the 2024/25 academic year, including a 15th place finish at the 2025 British Student Quiz Championships. Comprising Omer Keskin, Ali Hamzeh, Frances Hadley, and Rayhana Amjad, Edinburgh A established itself as a competitive presence on the British circuit in 2026, with second and third place finishes at ACF Regionals and the 2026 British Student Quiz Championships respectively.

Current Players

Former Players

Tournaments Won

Year Tournament Stats Team
2021 HARI [1] Edinburgh A: Ben Russell Jones, Nicholas Winter, Laura Cooper, Holly Parkinson
2023 CREEK+ [2] Edinburgh A: Arun Uttamchandani, Joe Terrey, Rayhana Amjad, Frances Hadley
2023 2023 ACF Winter [3] Edinburgh A: Ben Russell Jones, James Carrigy, Parth Jagtap, Frances Hadley
2023 British Novice [4] Edinburgh Purple: Matthew Stafford, Sam Enright, Sam Meakin
2024 2024 ACF Fall [5] Edinburgh A: Daniel Bloom, David Allen, Siddhant Kumar, Lucy Isabella
2025 2025 ACF Fall [6] Edinburgh A: Harry Sexton, James Headon, Abbie Isabel
2026 ARCADIA V [7] Edinburgh B: Omer Keskin, Letian Li, Ethan Rhoades

Tournaments Hosted

Year Tournament Stats Winning Team Top Individual Scorer
2019 Scotbowl [8] Potato-Bogle Coat-Stealers Mark Grant
2025 VAULT [9] Durham and Edinburgh Brigade Matteo Fronduti
2026 Winter Novice [10] Glasgow A Alexander Ström
2026 Deep Bench (MRNA V) [11] Posterity will ne'er survey / a Nobler neg than this / this name is too long for YF / piss Ben Russell Jones
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