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|Image = Minnesota.gif
 
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|citystate = Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
 
|citystate = Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
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|president = [[Andrew Hart]]
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|president = [[Brian Kalathiveetil]]
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|nats = [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008 ACF Undergraduate]], [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008 ACF Division II]], [[1984 College Bowl Nationals|1984 College Bowl]], [[1987 College Bowl Nationals|1987 College Bowl]], [[1989 College Bowl Nationals|1989 College Bowl]], [[2004 College Bowl Nationals|2004 College Bowl]], [[2005 College Bowl Nationals|2005 College Bowl]], [[2007 College Bowl Nationals|2007 College Bowl]]
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|nats = ACF: [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010 ACF Undergraduate]], [[2009 ACF Nationals|2009 ACF Undergraduate]], [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008 ACF Undergraduate]], [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008 ACF Division II]] <br/> NAQT: [[2009 ICT|2009 NAQT Undergaduate]], [[2010 ICT|2010 NAQT Undergraduate]], [[2011 ICT|2011 NAQT]] <br/> College Bowl: [[1984 College Bowl Nationals|1984]], [[1987 College Bowl Nationals|1987]], [[1989 College Bowl Nationals|1989]], [[2004 College Bowl Nationals|2004]], [[2005 College Bowl Nationals|2005]], [[2007 College Bowl Nationals|2007]]
 
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The '''University of Minnesota''' is a four-year public university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Long known as a [[CBI]] powerhouse, in 2008 the team achieved the unique feat of qualifying teams for the playoffs at both [[2008 College Bowl Nationals|CBI]] and [[2008 ACF Nationals|ACF]] Nationals, ''on the same day''.  
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''This article describes the Quiz Bowl Team at the University of Minnesota. For high school Quiz Bowl in the state of Minnesota, see [[Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]].''
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The '''University of Minnesota''' is a four-year public university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota is an active team that participates in nearly all regional tournaments and regularly sends teams to [[ICT]] and [[ACF Nationals]].
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Long known as a [[CBI]] powerhouse, in 2008 the team achieved the unique feat of qualifying teams for the playoffs at both [[2008 College Bowl Nationals|CBI]] and [[2008 ACF Nationals|ACF]] Nationals, ''on the same day''. Due to an amusing decision in the marketing department, the club has sweatshirts claiming to have won seven national titles from 2004-2011, a fact that neglects mentioning there are two national tournaments (three if you count Division II ICT, which they did) and that a majority of the 'titles' are for undergraduate champion.
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The club maintains an international collegiate contact list for clubs in the US, Canada, the UK, and Pakistan which is updated by the current president based off of information obtained from regional teams. The team also host pop culture and special events trivia tournaments for the larger campus community, including serving as on-stage entertainment before OK Go took the stage in 2011.  
  
 
==Tournaments==
 
==Tournaments==
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Minnesota traditionally holds two tournaments.  The packet submission [[Deep Bench]] tournament is traditionally the Midwest's first large-scale invitational of the fall.  It was won by the [[University of Illinois]] in 2007, with [[Mike Sorice]] as the lead scorer.  Beginning 2008, Minnesota gave up the Deep Bench format and instead hosted the First [[Minnesota Open]], which was the Midwest's first truly open event of the academic year. It featured side events such as a Literature Doubles, [[Jeremy Eaton|Jeremy Eaton's]] Video Game Tournament, and a Trash Tournament edited by [[Colin O'Donnell]]. The 2008 iteration was held on October 18. Minnesota Open has persisted as a difficult open tournament which has attracted both Midwestern and national teams. In 2009, it featured such side events as Mike Cheyne's vanity literature shootout, the fine arts tournament KLEE, a guerrilla set of sports questions, and Eric Mukherjee's Lederberg science tournament. In 2010, the side events included Bruce Arthur's Wild Kingdom, a "Before and After" packet by Mike Cheyne, a guerrilla set of video game RPG questions, Mike Bentley's VAIN and Eyes That Do Not See II, and Dallas Simons' classics set.
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From 2008 to 2012, Minnesota, or some contingent of recent graduates, produced and hosted [[Minnesota Open]] in the fall. The team also wrote the [[Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament]] or MUT every spring until 2016. In 2012, MUT was written in conjunction with [[Illinois]].
  
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Minnesota also hosts the [[Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament]], which used to be an [[NAQT]] [[IS]] set event but is now packet-submission. The 2008 iteration took place March 29. The 2011 MUT set was not packet submission.
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The team hosts several high school and college tournaments each year, including [[GINVIT]] and [[MUT]].  
  
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Minnesota is also very active in hosting high-school tournaments. In the winter, Minnesota hosts the annual Gopher Invitation tournament which is run on an [[NAQT]] [[IS]] set. Other tournaments hosted in 2008 include [[Chitin Classic]] and [[2008 Minnesota PACE Spring Qualifier|PACE Spring Qualifier]].
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==Current Players==
  
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In Fall 2008, Minnesota hosted the 2008 Ubu Roi Season Opener.
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Current Minnesota players include PhD students [[Sam Bailey]] and [[Shan Kothari]], law students [[Peter Estall]] and Evan Brown, and a large contingent of undergraduates, including [[Brian Kalathiveetil]], John Waldron, Arun Balakrishna, Janet Wang, [[Tora Husar]], [[Joe Kammann]], and Nibir Sarma.
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==Players==
 
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* [[Aaron Barnhart]], freshman
 
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* [[Chris Bauleke]], sophomore
 
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* [[Brendan Byrne]], junior
 
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* [[Rob Carson]], junior
 
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* [[Mike Cheyne]], grad student
 
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* [[Eric Gruber]], freshman
 
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* [[Joseph Hansen]], freshman
 
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* [[Andrew Hart]], junior
 
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* [[Lauren Johnson]], sophomore
 
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* [[Gautam Kandlikar]], sophomore
 
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* [[Jon Martin]], junior
 
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* [[Rita Otto]], senior
 
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* [[Mike Parks]], junior
 
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* [[Ryan Peterson]], second-year med student
 
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* [[Sean Skaar]], junior
 
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* [[Bernadette Spencer]], sophomore
 
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* [[Daniel Weispfenning]], senior
 
  
 
==Notable Alumni==
 
==Notable Alumni==
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* [[Jason Asher]]
 
* [[Andrew Bockover]]
 
* [[Andrew Bockover]]
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* [[Brendan Byrne]]
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* [[Rob Carson]]
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* [[Mike Cheyne]]
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* [[Andrew Hart]]
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* [[Lauren Johnson]]
 
* [[Meredith Johnson]]
 
* [[Meredith Johnson]]
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* [[Gautam Kandlikar]]
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* [[Gaurav Kandlikar]]
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* [[Melanie Keating]]
 
* [[Ezra Lyon]]
 
* [[Ezra Lyon]]
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* [[Bernadette Spencer]]
  
 
==Title Succession==
 
==Title Succession==
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT ICT]] Division I
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|year = [[2011 NAQT ICT|2011]]
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|previous = [[2010 Chicago|Chicago]]
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|next = [[2012 Virginia|Virginia]]
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[NAQT ICT]] Division I Undergraduate
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|year = [[2009 NAQT ICT|2009]], [[2010 NAQT ICT|2010]]
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|previous = [[2008 Harvard|Harvard]]
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|next = [[2011 VCU|VCU]]
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Undergraduate
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Undergraduate
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|year = [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]], [[2009 ACF Nationals|2019]], [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]]
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|year = [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]], [[2009 ACF Nationals|2009]], [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]]
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|previous = [[2007 Carleton|Carleton]] (unofficial)
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|previous = [[2007 Carleton College|Carleton College]]
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|next = TBD
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|next = [[2011 Michigan|Michigan]]
 
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{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Division II
 
{{Succession_box|Tournament = [[ACF Nationals]] Division II
 
|year = [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]]
 
|year = [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008]]
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|previous = [[2007 Illinois|Illinois]] (unofficial)
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|previous = [[2007 Illinois|Illinois]]
 
|next = [[Ike Jose]]
 
|next = [[Ike Jose]]
 
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|next = [[2008 Rochester|Rochester]]
 
|next = [[2008 Rochester|Rochester]]
 
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==Results==
 
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* [http://www.collegequizbowl.org/NAQT/2007_ICT/D-I/2007%20ICT%20Division%20I_standings.html 2007 NAQT Division I ICT]: 16th place.  [[Ezra Lyon]] finished seventh in scoring.
 
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* [http://www.collegequizbowl.org/NAQT/2007_ICT/D-II/NAQTICT2007_D-2_standings.html 2007 NAQT Division II ICT]: 15th place.  [[Andrew Hart]] finished eighth in scoring.
 
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* [http://bowl.uchicago.edu/EFT2007/EFT%202%20Prelims_standings.html 2007 Chicago mirror of EFT]: 1st place.  [[Andrew Hart]] finished fourth in scoring, [[Gautam Kandlikar]] sixteenth, and [[Rob Carson]] seventeenth.
 
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* 2007 Minnesota [[Deep Bench]]: stats were lost, but a team led by [[Gautam Kandlikar]] finished sixth in the tournament that was edited by [[Andrew Hart]] and [[Rob Carson]].
 
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* [http://www.district112.org/chs/Activities/AcademicTeams/Titanomachy07/index.html 2007 Titanomachy]: 2nd place.  [[Rob Carson]] and [[Gautam Kandlikar]] finished second to [[Brendan Byrne]] and were third and fourth in scoring, respectively.
 
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* [http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hart0789/acffall2007/acffall_standings.html 2007 ACF Fall]: 1st place.  [[Rob Carson]], [[Bernadette Spencer]], and [[Gautam Kandlikar]] beat [[Brendan Byrne]] in the final to win the championship.  Gautam and Rob were the fourth and sixth highest scorers, and [[Andrew Hart]] was a tournament co-editor.
 
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* [https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/tmeade2/www/io07po_standings.html 2007 Illinois Open]: 4th place.  [[Andrew Hart]] was the fourth highest scorer, and [[Rob Carson]] was tenth.
 
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* [[2007 Illinois Open Literature Tournament]].  The tournament was largely written and edited by [[Andrew Hart]].  Maryland's [[Jonathan Magin]] won, and [[Gautam Kandlikar]] played with [[Seth Teitler]] and finished second.
 
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* [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4556 2007 Illinois Open Doubles].  [[Gautam Kandlikar]] played with eventual winner [[Matt Weiner]], while [[Andrew Hart]] rode [[Matt Lafer]]'s coattails to a second-place finish.
 
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* [http://aco.truman.edu/OtherFiles/bl3_standings.html 2007 Truman State Brainal Leakage]: 3rd place.  [[Andrew Hart]] finished third in scoring, while [[Rob Carson]] was sixth.
 
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* [http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org=MLK2008&id=1&page=standings 2007 Michigan MLK]: 4th place. Pre-playoffs, Andrew Hart was eighth(?) in scoring, while [[Rob Carson]] was 13th.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:40, 20 March 2020

Minnesota
Minnesota.gif
Location:
Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
Current President or Coach Brian Kalathiveetil
National championships ACF: 2010 ACF Undergraduate, 2009 ACF Undergraduate, 2008 ACF Undergraduate, 2008 ACF Division II
NAQT: 2009 NAQT Undergaduate, 2010 NAQT Undergraduate, 2011 NAQT
College Bowl: 1984, 1987, 1989, 2004, 2005, 2007
NAQT Page link


This article describes the Quiz Bowl Team at the University of Minnesota. For high school Quiz Bowl in the state of Minnesota, see Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance.


The University of Minnesota is a four-year public university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota is an active team that participates in nearly all regional tournaments and regularly sends teams to ICT and ACF Nationals.

Long known as a CBI powerhouse, in 2008 the team achieved the unique feat of qualifying teams for the playoffs at both CBI and ACF Nationals, on the same day. Due to an amusing decision in the marketing department, the club has sweatshirts claiming to have won seven national titles from 2004-2011, a fact that neglects mentioning there are two national tournaments (three if you count Division II ICT, which they did) and that a majority of the 'titles' are for undergraduate champion.

The club maintains an international collegiate contact list for clubs in the US, Canada, the UK, and Pakistan which is updated by the current president based off of information obtained from regional teams. The team also host pop culture and special events trivia tournaments for the larger campus community, including serving as on-stage entertainment before OK Go took the stage in 2011.

Tournaments

From 2008 to 2012, Minnesota, or some contingent of recent graduates, produced and hosted Minnesota Open in the fall. The team also wrote the Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament or MUT every spring until 2016. In 2012, MUT was written in conjunction with Illinois.

The team hosts several high school and college tournaments each year, including GINVIT and MUT.

Current Players

Current Minnesota players include PhD students Sam Bailey and Shan Kothari, law students Peter Estall and Evan Brown, and a large contingent of undergraduates, including Brian Kalathiveetil, John Waldron, Arun Balakrishna, Janet Wang, Tora Husar, Joe Kammann, and Nibir Sarma.

Notable Alumni

Title Succession

NAQT ICT Division I Champion
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Year
Succeeded by
Chicago
2011
Virginia
NAQT ICT Division I Undergraduate Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Harvard
2009, 2010
VCU
ACF Nationals Undergraduate Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Carleton College
2008, 2009, 2010
Michigan
ACF Nationals Division II Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Illinois
2008
Ike Jose

College Bowl Title Succession

College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
North Carolina
1984
Wisconsin


College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Wisconsin
1987
NC State
College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
NC State
1989
Chicago
College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
Chicago
2004, 2005
UCLA
College Bowl Nationals Champion
Preceded by
Year
Succeeded by
UCLA
2007
Rochester
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