Educational Service Unit

The Educational Service Unit "provide[s] educational services to thirteen school districts in south-central and southwestern Nebraska." Their mission "is to provide visionary leadership and quality educational services in partnership with member schools to achieve excellence in education." The list of the ESUs can be found here: http://www.esucc.org/nebraska-esus/.

The various ESUs organize bad quizbowl tournaments in their respective districts.

According to https://www.facebook.com/esu11/posts/10152179259649330 a competition in February 2014 in ESU #11 featured teams of six standing up (and sometimes sitting down) to buzz in (it appears that the buzzer lights are on some sort of pole as this photo demonstrates and the competition took place in the Phelps County Museum. It appears that at least 3-4 judges are necessary to run the match.

Sample elementary school questions for ESU can be found here: http://esu11.org/files/2010/05/Elementary_QB_Practice_Questions_1.pdf

Sample middle school questions for ESU can be found here: http://esu11.org/files/2010/05/Junior_High_QB_Practice_Questions_1.pdf

Sample high school questions for ESU can be found here: http://esu11.org/files/2010/05/Senior_High_QB_Practice_Questions_1.pdf

Results for tournaments that used NAQT speedchecks can be found here:

2006: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2073

2007: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2314

2008: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2601

2009: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2934

2010: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3315

2011: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3745

2012: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4233

2013: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4819