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'''Dan "Dan-Don" Donohue''' is a freshman at [[Northwestern]], and formerly attended [[Saint Viator]] High School in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. For much of his senior year, he was unaffiliated with the team there, yet played many tournaments in Illinois solo as a "hobo". He also holds the distinction of being the youngest-ever [[IHSSBCA]] performance certified moderator. On the [[hsquizbowl.org forums]] (and in the quizbowl community at large), Dan goes by "Dan-Don," a nickname given to him by [[Zahed Haseeb]]. He writes for [[NAQT]].  
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'''Dan "Dan-Don" Donohue''' is a former player and team President of [[Northwestern]] Quizbowl. He formerly attended [[Saint Viator]] High School in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. He currently lives in Los Angeles.
  
=Player=
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For much of his senior year, he was unaffiliated with the team at [[Saint Viator]], yet played many tournaments in Illinois solo as a [[rogue]] team, an action which [[David Riley]] said "inadvertently opened the door for others to do likewise." [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9692&p=180888&hilit=fond+farewell#p180858]
==Middle School==
 
From 2004 to 2006, Dan captained St. James Jr. High of Arlington Heights to a few top-three finishes at [[Saint Viator]]'s biannual middle school tournaments. The questions were [[bad quizbowl]], but he was always the team's top scorer.
 
  
==High School==
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He writes for [[NAQT]] and formerly served as the head editor for [[HSAPQ]]'s [[VHSL]] sets.
===2006-2008===
 
Dan played only [[bad quizbowl]] during his freshman and sophomore years. During this time, he led the Viator frosh/soph team to a couple [[North Metropolitan Scholastic Bowl League|NMSBL]] titles and was named to the All-Tournament Teams at the 2007 [[Carmel]] Frosh/Soph and the 2008 Kaneland Frosh/Soph. But those weren't good tournaments so they don't really matter.  
 
  
===2008-2009===
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[[Category:People]] [[Category:Northwestern]] [[Category:Saint Viator]]
In the 2008-2009 season, Dan experienced [[good quizbowl]] for the first time, even traveling to the [[2009 NSC]] and [[2009 HSNCT]]. At both tournaments he put up less-than-impressive individual stats, wore flashy sunglasses, and placed a talking Montgomery "Scotty" Scott action figure on his desk before each match. The [[IHSSBCA]] named Dan to the All-Sectional team in the [[Stevenson]] Sectional as part of their [[IHSSBCA All State Program|All-Sectional/All-State Program]].
 
 
 
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|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
 
!width="175"|Tournament||width="150"|Individual Placing||width="100"|Team Placing||width="400"|Notes
 
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|2009 [[Huskie Bowl]]||23rd/109, 25.00 PPG [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=NIU&id=3&page=individuals]||5th/20 [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=NIU&id=3&page=standings]||HSAPQ ACF-Style #3
 
|-
 
|Loyburn Classic I||22nd/67, 22.50 PPG [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2009_Loyburn/loyburn_individuals.php]||8th/12 [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2009_Loyburn/loyburn_standings.php]||HSAPQ NSC-Style #2
 
|-
 
|2009 [[NAQT Illinois State Tournament]]||18th/76, 23.93 PPG [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-individuals.jsp?tournament_id=2754]||5th/16 [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2754&playoffs=1]||
 
|-
 
|2009 [[Illinois|UIUC]] Solo||N/A||12th/24 [http://www.illinoisabt.org/results/2009hs_solo/2009hs_solo_overall_standings.html]||[[BATE]] mirror.
 
|-
 
|[[2009 NSC]]||25.00 PPG [http://www.taftqb.com/t/pacensc09/players/standings]||47th/64 [http://www.taftqb.com/t/pacensc09/teams/standings/]||
 
|-
 
|[[2009 HSNCT]]||198th/1000 [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-individuals.jsp?tournament_id=2750]||T-58th/192 [http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2750&playoffs=1]||
 
|-
 
 
 
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
 
|}
 
 
 
===2009-2010===
 
 
 
At 2009 [[ACE Camp]], he was a Wildman finalist and Literature finalist at SEMO. In October 2009, a series of disagreements with [[Saint Viator]]'s head coach and administration left Dan teamless. As a result, he chose to play as a Hobo, sometimes with his former teammates, which culminated in a 39th place solo finish at the [[2010 NSC|2010 PACE NSC]]. In March 2010, the [[IHSSBCA]] voted him to the Second Class AA All-State Team [http://www.ihssbca.org/awards/2010aa_allstate.php] as part of their [[IHSSBCA All State Program]].
 
 
 
{| border="2" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"
 
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
 
!width="175"|Tournament||width="150"|Individual Placing||width="100"|Team Placing||width="400"|Notes
 
|-
 
|2009 [[Illinois|UIUC]] Earlybird [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7997]||1st/65, 110.00 PPG [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/dtaylor4/2009%20Earlybird/Prelims/2009%20Earlybird_individuals.html]||6th/14 [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/dtaylor4/2009%20Earlybird/Playoffs/2009%20Earlybird%20Playoffs_standings.html]||Played solo as Hobo from Hobo. [[HSAPQ]] ACF-Style #8.
 
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|2009 [[THUNDER]] [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8611&start=0]||26th/36, 9.55 PPG [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=NIU&id=4&page=individuals]||7th/12 [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=NIU&id=4&page=standings]||Played as Maureen from Arlington Heights Home for Academics (AHHA) with [[Andrew Deveau]] (Tom), [[Nolan Winkler]] (Matt), and [[Marcel Youkhna]] (David).
 
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|2009 [[ACF Fall]] Midwest [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8413]||6th/89, 61.82 PPG [http://bowl.uchicago.edu/acf2009/acf%20fall%20prelims_individuals.html]||12th/24 [http://bowl.uchicago.edu/acf2009/acf%20fall%20prelims_standings.html]||Played as Scarecrow from Federal Union of Catholic Kids (FUCK) with former teammates Ryan Gilmore (Lion), Jack Nuelle (Tinman), and Eddie Zahrebelski (Dorothy).
 
|-
 
|2010 [[Huskie Bowl]] [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8962]||1st/51, 75.45 PPG[http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_HuskieBowl/upperdiv_individuals.php]||7th/12 [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_HuskieBowl/upperdiv_standings.php]||Played solo as Hobo from Hobo. Mirror of 2010 [[Prison Bowl]].
 
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|[[Northwestern|Wildcat]] XII [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8835]||6th/57, 80.00 PPG [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_Wildcat/2010Wildcat_individuals.php]||6th/14 [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_Wildcat/2010Wildcat_standings.php]||Played as Father from Hobo with former teammates Ryan Gilmore (Son) and Jack Nuelle (Holy Spirit). HSAPQ ACF-Style #11.
 
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|2010 [[Illinois|UIUC]] Solo [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9209]||N/A||8th/24 [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_Singles/2010_Singles_Playoffs_standings.php]||Mirror of 2010 [[NAREN]].
 
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|2010 [[Matt_Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament|MCMNT]][http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9253]||14th/33, 34.17 PPG [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/martin65/www/MCMNT%20Prelims_individuals.html]||3rd/14 [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/martin65/www/MCMNT%20Overall_standings.html]||Played as Valencia from the Charles Hang School for College Players Who Club Baby Seals with [[Loyola Academy]]'s [[Nolan Winkler]] and [[OPRF]]'s [[Ben Carbery]].
 
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|2010 [[ATROPHY]] [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9598]||6th/45, 52.73 [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_ATROPHY/2010_ATROPHY_individuals.php]||8th/12 [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_ATROPHY/2010_ATROPHY_standings.php]||Played on Hobo with former teammates Ryan Gilmore, Jack Nuelle, and Richard Hutyra. Mirror of 2010 [[GSAC]].
 
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|2010 [[QUALM-FREE]] [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9744]||1st/39, 120.00 PPG [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_QUALM-FREE/2010_QUALM-FREE_individuals.php]||4th/11 [http://www.ihssbca.org/statistics/2010_QUALM-FREE/2010_QUALM-FREE_standings.php]||Played solo as Hobo from Hobo. Some question as to whether he came in third or fourth [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9744#p185890]. Mirror of 2010 [[Ben Cooper Memorial]].
 
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|2010 Midwest Championship [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8979]||2nd/45, 57.69 PP20TH [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-individuals.jsp?tournament_id=2998]||9th/11 [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2998&playoffs=1]||Mirror of 2010 [[NAQT]] DII SCT set.
 
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|[[2010 NSC]]||7th/264, 110.00 PPG [http://pace-nsc.org/2010stats/2010_PACE_NSC_Phase_One_individuals.html]||39th/64 [http://pace-nsc.org/2010stats/2010_PACE_NSC_Aggregate_standings.html]||Played solo.
 
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==College==
 
===2010-2011===
 
{| border="2" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"
 
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
 
!width="175"|Tournament||width="150"|Individual Placing||width="100"|Team Placing||width="400"|Notes
 
|-
 
|2010 [[St. Charles Community College|St. Charles]] Open [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=10164]||2nd/24, 94.29 PPG [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=StCharlesCC&id=2&page=individuals]||4th/8 [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=StCharlesCC&id=1&page=standings]||Played solo on Team Hobo. Mirror of 2010 Solon Spring set.
 
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|2010 [[VCU]] Open: [[Michigan]] Location [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9993&start=0]||18th/24, 8.50 PPG [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=UMich&id=5&page=individuals]||3rd/6 [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=UMich&id=5&page=standings]||Played on Poodle-Dee, Poodle Dan-Don with Ike Jose, Kevin Malis, and Bernadette Spencer.
 
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|2010 [[VCU]] Sunday: [[Michigan]] Location [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9993&start=0]||16th/36, 27.22 PPG [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=UMich&id=8&page=individuals]||4th/10 [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=UMich&id=8&page=standings]||Played on Malis at the Palce with Kevin Malis.
 
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|2010 [[EFT]] at [[Illinois|UIUC]] [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10368#p193862]||10th/107, 60.00 PPG [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/dtaylor4/EFT%202010%20Stats/EFT_2010_individuals.html]||12th/32 [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/dtaylor4/EFT%202010%20Combined/EFT_2010_Combined_standings.html]||Mirror of Brown and UIUC's 2010 [[EFT]]/[[MCMNT]] set [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10233&start=0]
 
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|2010 [[ACF Fall]] Great Lakes [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10587&start=0]||2nd/102, 73.75 PPG [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=OSUAT&id=18&page=individuals]||T-7th/26 [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=OSUAT&id=18&page=standings]||
 
|-[[GIT]] XV [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10580&start=0]||1st/22, 96.00 PPG [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=20&page=individuals]||1st/8 [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=Charbroil&id=20&page=standings]||
 
|-style="background: #e3e3e3;"
 
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=Writer and Editor=
 
==Middle School==
 
Dan used to do the bulk of the writing and all of the editing for Viator's biannual Junior High Tournament, which used to be [[IHSA]]-format but, thanks to Dan, is now [[mACF]].
 
 
 
==High School==
 
He wrote Literature, Fine Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Miscellaneous questions for the 2009 Varsity tournament at [[Richland (Missouri High School)|Richland]]. He also wrote and edited U.S. Literature, World Literature, U.S. History, and Social Science for ANTACID, the 2009 incarnation of [[New Trier Varsity]]. He is also employed as a writer by [[NAQT]].
 
 
 
==Side Events==
 
With [[Jeff Geringer]], he cowrote, coedited, and codirected [[Trashtastrophe]], an all-Trash doubles tournament (the first of its kind in Illnois) that was hosted by [[Loyola Academy]] on October 17th, 2009 following the conclusion of their [[Ultima]] tournament. Dan also contributed to Trashtwostrophe, a similar event played following the conclusion of [[NIU]]'s 2010 Huskie Bowl.
 
 
 
Dan cowrote and served as head editor for [[VIOLATEDD]] (Very Intellectual Open Lit Affair Totally Edited by Dan-Don), an all-literature singles set (also the first of its kind in Illinois) that was played after the conclusion of the 2009 [[New Trier Varsity]] and was mirrored at [[Clemson]]'s 2010 Weekend of Quizbowl, among other places.
 
 
 
=TD and Moderator=
 
On September 26th, 2009, Dan earned praise for directing The Septemberist, Saint Viator's junior varsity tournament and mirror of the [[Fall Novice Set]].
 
 
 
Dan's situation in high school meant that he often could make it to tournaments only as a moderator. Dan, the youngest-ever [[IHSSBCA]] performance-certified moderator, can still be seen around Illinois moderating tournaments on a near-weekendly basis.
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:People]] [[Category:Saint Viator]] [[Category: High school players active in 2008]] [[Category: High school players active in 2009]] [[Category: High school players active in 2010]] [[Category: Hobos]]
 
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Revision as of 16:08, 18 January 2015

Dan "Dan-Don" Donohue
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Noted subjects Literature, Social Studies, Broadway, Harry Potter
Current college None
Past colleges Northwestern (2010-2014)
High school Saint Viator (2006-2009)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Dan "Dan-Don" Donohue is a former player and team President of Northwestern Quizbowl. He formerly attended Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights, a suburb of Chicago. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

For much of his senior year, he was unaffiliated with the team at Saint Viator, yet played many tournaments in Illinois solo as a rogue team, an action which David Riley said "inadvertently opened the door for others to do likewise." [1]

He writes for NAQT and formerly served as the head editor for HSAPQ's VHSL sets.