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'''Matt Bollinger''' is currently a freshman at the [[University of Virginia]]. Bollinger is the first freshman since [[Shantanu Jha]] to make a significant impact on the national level in his first year of collegiate competition as his presence instantly elevated [[UVA]] to the status of a top ten team in the country [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11055].
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'''Matt Bollinger''' plays for the [[University of Virginia]]. He was a member of the [[St. Anselm's]] class of 2010.  
  
Matt is the subject of a number of notable quizbowl running jokes, most of which were popularized by Mike Cheyne. These include:
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After his teammate [[Aidan Mehigan]]  became good at quizbowl, Bollinger  went on an enormous study binge over the summer, which paid off when he was the second highest scorer at the [[2010 NSC]] (where his team placed fourth). With [[Chris Ray]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[Dominic Machado]], Matt played on a team that won the Saturday event of VCU Open 2010. Along with [[Will Butler]] he led UVA to victory at the [[2011 Penn Bowl]] finishing as the second leading scorer at the tournament. Bollinger was the 2nd individual scorer in Division I (as a freshman) at the [[2011 ICT]] and was the alleged top scorer at [[2011 ACF Nationals]].
  
* "That's a word, Mike Sorice!"--Occurred during the NSC All-Star Round, when Bollinger responded to a question on "hapticity" by inexplicably telling the moderator Mike Sorice that it was a word.
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Bollinger is a writer and set editor for [[HSAPQ]]. Besides HSAPQ, he assisted [[Kurtis Droge]] in editing [[ANGST]] and was brought on to edit literature and mythology for the [[2011 NSC]].
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Matt is the subject of a number of notable quizbowl running jokes, most of which were popularized by [[Mike Cheyne]]. These include:
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* "That's a word, Mike Sorice!"--Occurred during the NSC All-Star Round, when Bollinger responded to a question on "hapticity" by inexplicably telling the moderator [[Mike Sorice]] that it was a word.
  
 
* "Zeppelins"--Occurred after Matt insisted that a NASAT tossup on zeppelins written by Mike Cheyne was extremely difficult to answer.  
 
* "Zeppelins"--Occurred after Matt insisted that a NASAT tossup on zeppelins written by Mike Cheyne was extremely difficult to answer.  
  
* "Rizzoli and Isles"--A reference to the unpopular TNT program. Carsten Gehring and Mike Cheyne have begun referring to Bollinger (Rizzoli) and Evan Adams (Isles) by this name. Evan Adams' recent decision to attend UVA for law school ensures this joke will likely still have some mileage.
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* "Rizzoli and Isles"--A reference to the unpopular TNT program. Carsten Gehring and Mike Cheyne have begun referring to Bollinger (Rizzoli) and [[Evan Adams]] (Isles) by this name. Evan Adams' recent decision to attend UVA for law school ensures this joke will likely still have some mileage.
  
 
* Matt is also noted for his tendency to blush, a fact he was unaware of until an IRC conversation. He once accidentally gave away $10 to a panhandler at the Richmond Five Guys while staffing CULT.
 
* Matt is also noted for his tendency to blush, a fact he was unaware of until an IRC conversation. He once accidentally gave away $10 to a panhandler at the Richmond Five Guys while staffing CULT.
== High School ==
 
 
He was a member of the [[St. Anselm's]] class of 2010. After his teammate [[Aidan Mehigan]]  became good at quizbowl, Bollinger  went on an enormous study binge over the summer, which paid off when he was the second highest scorer at the [[2010 NSC]] (where his team placed fourth).
 
 
 
== College ==
 
 
With [[Chris Ray]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[Dominic Machado]], Matt played on a team that won the Saturday event of VCU Open 2010. Along with [[Will Butler]] he led UVA to victory at the [[2011 Penn Bowl]] finishing as the second leading scorer at the tournament.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 21:54, 10 July 2011

Matthew Bollinger
Matt.jpg
Noted subjects General, Mythology, Music, Arts
Current college University of Virginia
Past colleges N/A
High school Saint Anselms Abbey School (2006-2010)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Matt Bollinger plays for the University of Virginia. He was a member of the St. Anselm's class of 2010.

After his teammate Aidan Mehigan became good at quizbowl, Bollinger went on an enormous study binge over the summer, which paid off when he was the second highest scorer at the 2010 NSC (where his team placed fourth). With Chris Ray, Eric Mukherjee, and Dominic Machado, Matt played on a team that won the Saturday event of VCU Open 2010. Along with Will Butler he led UVA to victory at the 2011 Penn Bowl finishing as the second leading scorer at the tournament. Bollinger was the 2nd individual scorer in Division I (as a freshman) at the 2011 ICT and was the alleged top scorer at 2011 ACF Nationals.

Bollinger is a writer and set editor for HSAPQ. Besides HSAPQ, he assisted Kurtis Droge in editing ANGST and was brought on to edit literature and mythology for the 2011 NSC.

Matt is the subject of a number of notable quizbowl running jokes, most of which were popularized by Mike Cheyne. These include:

  • "That's a word, Mike Sorice!"--Occurred during the NSC All-Star Round, when Bollinger responded to a question on "hapticity" by inexplicably telling the moderator Mike Sorice that it was a word.
  • "Zeppelins"--Occurred after Matt insisted that a NASAT tossup on zeppelins written by Mike Cheyne was extremely difficult to answer.
  • "Rizzoli and Isles"--A reference to the unpopular TNT program. Carsten Gehring and Mike Cheyne have begun referring to Bollinger (Rizzoli) and Evan Adams (Isles) by this name. Evan Adams' recent decision to attend UVA for law school ensures this joke will likely still have some mileage.
  • Matt is also noted for his tendency to blush, a fact he was unaware of until an IRC conversation. He once accidentally gave away $10 to a panhandler at the Richmond Five Guys while staffing CULT.