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  |Name = John Augustyn
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|Name = John Augustyn
  |Image = JTAQuizBowl1.JPG
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|Image = JTAQuizBowl1.JPG
  |Subjects = History, Geography, Current Events
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|Subjects = History, Geography, Current Events
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|highschool = [[Stanford Online]] (2019-)
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|middleschool = [[Notre Dame Catholic]] (2019-)
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|elementary = [[Notre Dame Catholic]] (2018)
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|firstname = John
  |firstname = John
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|lastname = Augustyn
  |lastname = Augustyn
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|naqtstats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/?contact_id=457364 NAQT Profile]
  |naqtstats = [https://www.naqt.com/stats/player/?contact_id=457364 NAQT Profile]
 
 
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'''John Augustyn''' is a quiz bowl player who currently plays at [[Notre Dame Catholic]] School in Illinois.
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'''John Augustyn''' is a quiz bowl player who currently plays at [[Notre Dame Catholic|Notre Dame Catholic School]] in Illinois. He is known for not liking quiz bowl questions on Alexander Hamilton.
==History==
 
John Augustyn got his start in quiz bowl in the 5th grade when he, against all odds, won the 2018 Chicago Regional Championship for the National History Bee. He became so involved and passionate about the academic sport that he continued to play in various quiz bowl tournaments both regionally and nationally after the 2018 National History Bee.
 
  
In May 2020, the wildly popular quiz bowl Podcast show "[[For 10 Points]]" debuted their Episode #12 about the "Rise of the Terminators". Hosts Ken Romeo and Andrew Turriago discussed terminators as being individual players who dominate a tournament. John Augustyn was named in this Podcast as a lone wolf Terminator. As a solo player, he has successfully gone up against teams of 4-6 players across the country.
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==Career==
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===Elementary===
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John's first foray into quiz bowl was in the 5th grade, when he won the 2018 Chicago Regional National History Bee - he would go on to win the next two years as well.
  
In September of 2019, John Augustyn joined the quiz bowl team of [[Stanford Online]] High School. John's first appearance at the Northern California Quiz Bowl Tournament occurred in December of 2020, alongside his teammates and famed players [[Arin Parsa]], [[Karan Gurazada]], and [https://hdwhite.org/qb/stats/player/Andrew+Chang/Stanford+Online Andrew Chang] in December of 2020.
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===Middle school===
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In 2018, John was a quarterfinalist in the middle school division of the [[National History Bee]] and won the [[International Geography Bee]] (IGB).
  
He is known for not liking quiz bowl questions on Alexander Hamilton.
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In 2019, he placed 2nd at both the middle school National History Bee and the middle school [[National History Bowl]] and was a finalist at the IGB.
  
==Career Accomplishments==
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In 2020, he was placed 7th at the Bee, 6th at the Bowl, and 3rd at the IGB. He was also a finalist in the US History Bee and US Academic Bee.
===History Bee:===
 
*'''''3 time Chicagoland Regional Champion (2018-2020)'''''
 
  
*'''''2020 National History Bee Regional Champion (2020) - Midwest/East Coast Division'''''
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Throughout his career, John has primarily played in the bee format, often playing team events like bowl and standard quiz bowl solo as well. In May 2020, John was mentioned on episode 12 ("Rise of the Terminators") of the quiz bowl podcast "[[For 10 Points]]", where hosts [[Ken Romeo]] and [[Andrew Turriago]] named him as an example of the title "terminator": an individual player who dominates a tournament.
  
*'''''2018 National History Bee Quarterfinalist'''''
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===High school===
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In September of 2019, John joined the quiz bowl team of [[Stanford Online]] High School.
  
*'''''2019 National History Bee - 2nd Place'''''
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==Other Awards:==
 
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*National Historical Geography Exam - National Champion in indeterminate year
*'''''2020 National History Bee - 7th Place'''''
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*United States Geography Championships - 7th Place in indeterminate year
===History Bowl:===
 
*'''''2019 National History Bowl - 2nd Place'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 National History Bowl - 6th Place'''''
 
===International Geography Bee:===
 
*'''''2018 International Geography Bee - 1st Place'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2019 International Geography Bee - Finalist'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 International Geography Bee - 3rd Place'''''
 
===NAQT Tournaments:===
 
*'''''2020 Auburn High School Knights Challenge - Top Individual Scorer & Top Team in Middle School, Black Division'''''
 
*'''''Northwestern University’s 11th Annual Jr. Wildcat Tournament - #4 out of 130 players; Top 7th grader'''''
 
*'''''2021 Thomas Jefferson Middle School Tournament - #1 scorer out of 88 players; Win-Loss record of 9-1
 
===Other Awards:===
 
*'''''National Historical Geography Exam - National Champion'''''
 
 
 
*'''''United States Geography Championships - 7th Place'''''
 
 
 
*'''''Made it onto NAQT's All Time Lists of "Best Performance in a Single Game" (#31) and "Best Performance Across An Entire Tournament" (#42) <ref>Data accurate as of Feburary 10th, 2021. See results [https://www.naqt.com/stats/records/individual-game-pptuh.jsp?audience_id=1001&difficulty_id=1001&difficulty_id=1002 here] and [https://www.naqt.com/stats/records/individual-tournament-pptuh.jsp?audience_id=1001&difficulty_id=1001&difficulty_id=1002 here]</ref>'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 US History Bee Finalist'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 US Academic Bee Finalist'''''
 
 
 
*'''''2020 US Academic Bee Regional Champion (2020) - Midwest/East Coast Division'''''
 

Revision as of 10:37, 11 February 2021

John Augustyn
John Augustyn 2018 History Bee Regionals.JPG
Noted subjects History, Geography, Current Events
High school Stanford Online (2019-)
Middle school Notre Dame Catholic (2019-)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT Profile

John Augustyn is a quiz bowl player who currently plays at Notre Dame Catholic School in Illinois. He is known for not liking quiz bowl questions on Alexander Hamilton.

Career

Elementary

John's first foray into quiz bowl was in the 5th grade, when he won the 2018 Chicago Regional National History Bee - he would go on to win the next two years as well.

Middle school

In 2018, John was a quarterfinalist in the middle school division of the National History Bee and won the International Geography Bee (IGB).

In 2019, he placed 2nd at both the middle school National History Bee and the middle school National History Bowl and was a finalist at the IGB.

In 2020, he was placed 7th at the Bee, 6th at the Bowl, and 3rd at the IGB. He was also a finalist in the US History Bee and US Academic Bee.

Throughout his career, John has primarily played in the bee format, often playing team events like bowl and standard quiz bowl solo as well. In May 2020, John was mentioned on episode 12 ("Rise of the Terminators") of the quiz bowl podcast "For 10 Points", where hosts Ken Romeo and Andrew Turriago named him as an example of the title "terminator": an individual player who dominates a tournament.

High school

In September of 2019, John joined the quiz bowl team of Stanford Online High School.

Other Awards:

  • National Historical Geography Exam - National Champion in indeterminate year
  • United States Geography Championships - 7th Place in indeterminate year