Geography Monstrosity

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Geography Monstrosity (Geo Monstrosity, GM) was a vanity tournament composed entirely of geography questions. It usually ran as a side event to one of the high school national championships (typically the Friday evening before HSNCT). It featured 20-point superpowers, 15-point powers, and no minus-fives.

The first Geography Monstrosity was edited by George Stevens, and directed by Bryce Durgin and Katy Peters, who won praise for organizing and running the tournament on short notice. Subsequent editions have typically been edited and directed by Jeff Hoppes, and featured optional packet submission.

Results

Iteration Date Location Leading Scorer Stats
Geography Monstrosity May 29, 2009 Chicago, Illinois Jeff Hoppes stats
Geography Monstrosity 2 May 28, 2010 Chicago, Illinois Ian Eppler stats
Geography Monstrosity 3 May 27, 2011 Atlanta, Georgia Raynell Cooper stats
Geography Monstrosity 4 May 25, 2012 Atlanta, Georgia Maia Karpovich (as Anton Karpovich) stats
June 8, 2012 St. Louis, Missouri "San Martin" stats
Geography Monstrosity 5 June 9, 2013 College Park, Maryland David Madden stats
August 17, 2013 Ottawa, Canada Jay Misuk stats
Geography Monstrosity 6 May 30, 2014 Rosemont, Illinois Charles Tian Stats
Geography Monstrosity 7 May 29, 2015 Rosemont, Illinois Raynell Cooper Stats
Geography Monstrosity VIII May 27, 2016 Dallas, Texas Jeff Hoppes Stats
Geography Monstrosity IX May 26, 2017 Atlanta, Georgia Jeff Hoppes stats
GMX: Soul of a Planet May 25, 2018 Atlanta, Georgia Jeff Hoppes stats

GHOTI was mirrored as "Geography Monstrosity 2019" in a four-team tournament at 2019 HSNCT.[1]

See also

Similarly-named side events:

  • https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=22731