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Matt Jackson was the captain of [[Georgetown Day School]] in 2009-10. After two tournaments on GDS B his freshman and sophomore years, Matt joined the A team alongside [[Ian Eppler]], whose ability to fraud widely contrasted with Matt's more scattered real knowledge.  
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Matt Jackson went to [[Georgetown Day School]], where he played with [[Ian Eppler]] before becoming captain during 2009-10, his senior year. During that senior year, he was the top scorer at every regular-season tournament he attended as well as at the [[2010 NSC]]; he is also a [[2010 HSNCT]] All-Star as the 2nd place scorer at that tournament. He currently plays college quizbowl at [[Yale.]]
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During Matt's senior year, he was the top scorer at every tournament attended during the regular season; these tournaments were the Richard Montgomery Rumble on the Pike, the Maryland Fall Tournament, the TJIAT, VCU Winter, [[GSAC]] XVII, [[ACF Winter 2010]], [[ZIGZAG]], [[Blue Hen]] XII (at which he also won the neg prize and the tournament playing solo), Maryland/DC [[NAQT States]], and the Maryland Spring Invitational.
 
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At the [[2010 HSNCT]], he led his team to 5th place, earning an All-Star award with a 2nd place overall finish and 119 PP20TUH; he and [[Neil Gurram]] broke the previous record held by [[Kurtis Droge]]. His team finished 6th at the [[2010 NSC]], at which he was the #1 scorer.
 
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Matt will be attending [[Yale]] starting in the fall of 2010, and intends to play quizbowl there.
 
  
 
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Matt contributed questions and some editing work to the [[No Name Tournament]] set, played at GDS in 2008, and joined the [[Fall Novice Tournament]] project, writing many questions when a call for new writers became necessary. He wrote a substantial portion of, and edited, the 2010 Ben Cooper Memorial Tournament set, which was used at GDS in March 2010 and mirrored at [[Vanderbilt]], [[Centennial (Champaign, Illinois high school)|Champaign Centennial]] High School, and [[Mizzou]].
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* 2008 [[No Name Tournament]], writer (and some editing work)
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* 2009 [[Fall Novice Tournament]], writer
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* 2010 [[Ben Cooper]] Memorial Tournament, Head Editor (and writer)
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* 2010 [[Fall Novice Tournament]], Head Editor (history, religion/myth/philosphy, social science)
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* 2011 [[BHSAT]] XX, Editor
  
 
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Revision as of 15:09, 27 March 2011

Matt Jackson
Noted subjects History, Mythology, Philosophy, sciencey fraud, Video Games
Current college Yale (2010-)
High school Georgetown Day School (2007-2010)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Matt Jackson went to Georgetown Day School, where he played with Ian Eppler before becoming captain during 2009-10, his senior year. During that senior year, he was the top scorer at every regular-season tournament he attended as well as at the 2010 NSC; he is also a 2010 HSNCT All-Star as the 2nd place scorer at that tournament. He currently plays college quizbowl at Yale.

Writing

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