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The '''Minnesota High School Quizbowl League''', sponsored by the [[Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]], is one of the most popular quiz bowl competitions in Minnesota. It is currently run on questions supplied by [[NAQT]], derived from one of the A series they produce each year. The league is directed by [[R Robert Hentzel]] and takes place over multiple nights at three separate divisions, which compete at different sites. Each night, a team plays four rounds within its division. After all divisions have played 12 rounds, teams from the top 16 schools convene for a double-elimination playoff. Each school can only send one team to the championship tournament. The MNHSQB League championship tournament considered by many to be more prestigious than the official [[NAQT Minnesota State Championship]], as it is generally has a more challenging field and is televised.
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The '''Minnesota High School Quizbowl League''' is one of the most popular quiz bowl competitions in Minnesota. It is currently run on questions supplied by [[NAQT]], derived from one of the A series they produce each year. The league is directed by [[R. Robert Hentzel]] and takes place over multiple nights at three separate divisions, which compete at different sites. Each night, a team plays four rounds within its division. After all divisions have played 12 rounds, teams from the top 16 schools convene for a double-elimination playoff. Each school can only send one team to the championship tournament. The MNHSQB League championship tournament considered by many to be more prestigious than the official [[NAQT Minnesota State Championship]], as it is generally has a more challenging field and is partially televised.
  
 
== Divisions ==
 
== Divisions ==
  
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===List of 2019-20 divisions and competition dates===
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===List of divisions and competition dates===
 
{| class="navbox wikitable " style="width:60%; text-align:left"
 
{| class="navbox wikitable " style="width:60%; text-align:left"
 
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division
 
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division
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! style="background:white; width:5%" | # of teams
 
! style="background:white; width:5%" | # of teams
 
|-
 
|-
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! style=background:#FFDDFF rowspan=12 | West Division  
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! style=background:#FFDDFF rowspan="12" | West Division  
 
11/7, 12/12, 1/23
 
11/7, 12/12, 1/23
 
|-
 
|-
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| Eden Prairie
 
| Eden Prairie
 
| Josh Axtman and Alex Bauer
 
| Josh Axtman and Alex Bauer
−
| 6
+
| 9
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Edina]]'''
 
| '''[[Edina]]'''
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| 6
 
| 6
 
|-
 
|-
−
! style="background:#DDFFDD" rowspan="9" | East Division  
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! style="background:#DDFFDD" rowspan="16" | East Division  
 
11/14, 12/19, 1/30
 
11/14, 12/19, 1/30
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''[[AFSA]]'''
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|'''AFSA'''
 
| Vadnais Heights
 
| Vadnais Heights
 
| Peter Zurn
 
| Peter Zurn
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| 2
 
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Roseville]]'''
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| '''[[Irondale]]'''
 
| Roseville
 
| Roseville
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| Ira Sanders
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| Bryan Coyle and Anna Smithberger
−
| 2
+
| 5
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Mounds Park]]'''
 
| '''[[Mounds Park]]'''
−
| Saint Paul
+
| St. Paul
−
| Wade Peterson
+
| Jay Noland and Wade Peterson
−
| 4
+
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Mounds View]]'''
 
| '''[[Mounds View]]'''
 
| Arden Hills
 
| Arden Hills
 
| Justin Benolkin
 
| Justin Benolkin
−
| 2
+
| 4
 +
|-
 +
|'''[[North St. Paul]]'''
 +
| North St. Paul
 +
| Joe Simms
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''[[North Saint Paul]]'''
+
| '''Pine City'''
−
| North Saint Paul
+
| Pine City
−
| Michelle Zwirn
+
| Dana Phillips
 
| 2
 
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Saint Paul Academy]]'''
+
| '''[[Roseville]]'''
−
| Saint Paul
+
| Roseville
−
| Amy Weisgram
+
| Ira Sanders
 
| 2
 
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
! style="background:#DDDDFF" rowspan="10" | West Division
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| '''[[St. Agnes|Saint Agnes]]'''
−
11/21, 1/9, 2/20
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| St. Paul
−
|-
+
| Jackie Cates and Jared Taggart
−
| '''[[Chaska]]'''
 
−
| Chaska
 
−
| Jennifer Stone
 
−
| 4
 
−
|-
 
−
| '''[[Benilde]]'''
 
−
| St. Louis Park
 
−
| Megan Kern
 
 
| 3
 
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Eden Prairie]]'''
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| '''St. Croix Prep'''
−
| Eden Prairie
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| Stillwater
−
| Dan Murray
+
| Eric Blythe and Craig Wolke
−
| 5
+
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Minnetonka]]'''
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| '''[[St. Paul Academy]]'''
−
| Minnetonka
+
| St. Paul
−
| Joan Truettner
+
| Kate Lockwood
−
| 3
 
−
|-
 
−
| '''[[Mound Westonka]]'''
 
−
| Minnetrista
 
−
| Jim Kaeter
 
 
| 2
 
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Saint Louis Park]]'''
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| '''St. Paul Conservatory'''
−
| Saint Louis Park
+
| St. Paul
−
| Carmen Garland
+
| None
−
| 3
+
| 1
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Providence]]'''
+
| '''Tartan'''
−
| Plymouth
+
| Oakdale
−
| Arthur Hippler, Kevin Keiser
+
| Unknown
−
| 3
+
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Orono]]'''
+
| '''Washburn'''
−
| Long Lake
+
| Minneapolis
−
| Larry Williams
+
| Mark Jensen
−
| 1-2
 
−
|-
 
−
| '''[[Saint Paul Central]]'''
 
−
| Saint Paul
 
−
| Randy Knoche (de jure)
 
 
| 2
 
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
! style=background:#FFFFDD rowspan=10 | South Division
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! style=background:#FFFFDD rowspan=17 | South Division
−
12/5, 1/16, 2/6
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11/21, 1/9, 2/6
 
| '''[[Apple Valley]]'''
 
| '''[[Apple Valley]]'''
 
| Apple Valley
 
| Apple Valley
−
| Brett Melton
+
| Shawn Dylla
−
| 1
+
| 4
 +
|-
 +
| '''[[Blake]]'''
 +
| Minneapolis
 +
| Jonathan Osters
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Burnsville]]'''
 
| '''[[Burnsville]]'''
 
| Burnsville
 
| Burnsville
 
| Les Moffitt
 
| Les Moffitt
−
| 4
+
| 7
 +
|-
 +
| '''[[Chanhassen]]'''
 +
| Chanhassen
 +
| Austin Wilder and Katy Boyum-Hill
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| '''[[Chaska]]'''
 +
| Chaska
 +
| Tucker Besel and Naomi Jones
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Eagan]]'''
 
| '''[[Eagan]]'''
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| '''[[Eastview]]'''
 
| '''[[Eastview]]'''
 
| Apple Valley
 
| Apple Valley
−
| John Kelly
+
| Kelli Donais
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
|'''[[Hill-Murray]]'''
 +
| Maplewood
 +
| Louise Head and Kevin Ryan
 +
| 2
 +
|-
 +
| '''Kennedy'''
 +
| Bloomington
 +
| Chris Lyons
 
| 3
 
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Kennedy (MN)|Kennedy]]'''
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| '''Metcalf Middle'''
−
| Bloomington
+
| Burnsville
−
| Christopher Lyons
+
| Melinda Mallinger
−
| 2
+
| 1
 +
|-
 +
| '''[[Orono]]'''  
 +
| Long Lake
 +
| Joe Suchomel
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Prior Lake]]'''
+
| '''Prior Lake'''  
 
| Savage
 
| Savage
−
| Andy Franklin
+
| Brian Olsen and Jay Clausen
 +
| 10
 +
|-
 +
| '''Providence Academy'''
 +
| Plymouth
 +
| Angela Lambert and Teresa Claypool
 +
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[Rosemount]]'''
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| '''[[Rosemount]]'''  
 
| Rosemount
 
| Rosemount
 
| Chris Kauffeld
 
| Chris Kauffeld
−
| 5
+
| 4
 
|-
 
|-
−
|'''[[Simley]]'''
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| '''Shakopee'''  
−
|Inver Grove Heights
+
| Shakopee
−
| John Severson
+
| Matthew Johnston
 
| 2
 
| 2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| '''[[St. Thomas Academy]]'''  
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| '''[[St. Thomas (MN)|St. Thomas Academy]]'''  
 
| Mendota Heights
 
| Mendota Heights
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| Peter Wynia
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| Jamie Jurkovich
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| 4
+
| 3
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
|}
−
 
−
 
−
Past teams: 
 
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* [[Minneapolis South]]
 
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* [[St. Anthony Village]]
 
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* [[Cretin-Derham Hall]]
 
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== Format ==
 
== Format ==
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== Questions ==
 
== Questions ==
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About [[NAQT]] A-Series questions. In years past questions had been even easier. You can read a sample packet [http://naqt.com/mqba/league/2008/sample-packet.pdf here].
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Regular season play uses tossups and bonuses from [[NAQT]]'s A-Series and lightning rounds from its Standard Television Series. The playoffs use questions from a regular NAQT set, which are more difficult. You can read a sample packet of A-Series questions [http://naqt.com/mqba/league/2008/sample-packet.pdf here].
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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Since the 2006-2007 season League play has been on [[NAQT]] questions. Before that it was run on [[Patrick's Press]] questions, and on [[Questions Unlimited]] in the mid-eighties. [[Eden Prairie]] has won the most titles in the NAQT era. Very incomplete records can be found [http://naqt.com/mqba/league/history.html here]. At one time, the MNHSQB league was the sole venue but invitational tournaments on the circuit has since been held. Records suggest that it was once part of a quiz show on KSTP.
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For many years of the pre-NAQT era, all events were held at [[Burnsville]], so that all schools had an opportunity to appear on public television.  [[Patrick's Press]] questions were used in the years preceding NAQT's involvement, and [[Questions Unlimited]] provided questions before then, in the mid-eighties. Records suggest that it was once part of a quiz show on KSTP. Very incomplete records of those years can be found [http://naqt.com/mqba/league/history.html here].
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Since the 2006-2007 season, play has been on [[NAQT]] questions.  With five titles each, [[Eden Prairie]] and [[Wayzata]] are tied for the most MNHSQB titles in the NAQT era. Wayzata also holds the record for points in a game in that era, scoring 1,035 points against [[Edina]] during round 6 of the 2017-18 season.
  
 
== Past Results==
 
== Past Results==
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| [[Patrick's Press]]
 
| [[Patrick's Press]]
 
|
 
|
−
| St. Thomas Academy
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
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| Minneapolis Southwest
+
| [[Minneapolis Southwest]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|-
 
| 2002
 
| 2002
−
| MN-01
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|  
 
|  
 
|  
 
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| 2003
 
| 2003
−
| MN-02
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|  
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| 2004
 
| 2004
−
| MN-03
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|  
 
|
 
|
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
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|-
 
|-
 
| 2005
 
| 2005
−
| MN-04
 
 
|  
 
|  
 +
|
 +
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 +
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | results missing
 +
|-
 +
| 2006
 +
|
 +
| 88
 
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | results missing
 
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | results missing
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! Third
 
! Third
 
! Fourth
 
! Fourth
−
|-
 
−
| 2006
 
−
| MN-05
 
−
| 88
 
−
| [[Saint Thomas Academy]]
 
−
| colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | results missing
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2235 2007]
 
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=2235 2007]
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| 98
 
| 98
 
| [[Eden Prairie ]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie ]]
−
| [[Saint Anthony Village]]
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| St. Anthony Village
−
| [[Saint Thomas Academy]]
+
| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
−
| [[Saint Louis Park]]
+
| [[St. Louis Park]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| 100
 
| 100
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
−
| [[Saint Thomas Academy]]
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
−
| [[Saint Louis Park]]
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| [[St. Louis Park]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3571 2011]
 
| [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3571 2011]
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| 108
 
| 108
 
| [[Chanhassen]]
 
| [[Chanhassen]]
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| [[Saint Paul Central]]
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| [[St. Paul Central]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
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| 110
 
| 110
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
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| [[Saint Paul Central]]
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| [[St. Paul Central]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Mounds View]]
 
| [[Mounds View]]
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| 110
 
| 110
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
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| [[Saint Paul Central]]
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| [[St. Paul Central]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Chaska]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
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| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
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| [[Saint Thomas Academy]]
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 
| [[Blake]]
 
| [[Blake]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| 139
 
| 139
 
| [[Wayzata]]
 
| [[Wayzata]]
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| [[Saint Thomas Academy]]
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| [[St. Thomas Academy]]
 
| [[Mounds Park Academy]]
 
| [[Mounds Park Academy]]
 
| [[Burnsville]]
 
| [[Burnsville]]
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| [[Burnsville]]
 
| [[Burnsville]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 
| [[Eden Prairie]]
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|-
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| [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=11097 2020]
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| MN-19
 +
| 126
 +
| [[Wayzata]]
 +
| [[Eden Prairie]]
 +
| [[Mounds View]]
 +
| [[Burnsville]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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* [http://naqt.com/mqba/ Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]
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* [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=11097 Current (2019-20) standings]
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* [http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5232 Current (2013-14) standings]
 
  
 
[[Category:High school leagues]]  
 
[[Category:High school leagues]]  
 
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Minnesota]]
 
[[Category:High school quizbowl in Minnesota]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]
 
[[Category:Original QBWiki Page]]

Revision as of 17:36, 20 March 2020

The Minnesota High School Quizbowl League is one of the most popular quiz bowl competitions in Minnesota. It is currently run on questions supplied by NAQT, derived from one of the A series they produce each year. The league is directed by R. Robert Hentzel and takes place over multiple nights at three separate divisions, which compete at different sites. Each night, a team plays four rounds within its division. After all divisions have played 12 rounds, teams from the top 16 schools convene for a double-elimination playoff. Each school can only send one team to the championship tournament. The MNHSQB League championship tournament considered by many to be more prestigious than the official NAQT Minnesota State Championship, as it is generally has a more challenging field and is partially televised.

Divisions

List of divisions and competition dates

Division School City Coach(es) # of teams
West Division

11/7, 12/12, 1/23

Benilde-St. Margaret's St. Louis Park Casey Mosich 3
Breck Minneapolis Brad Kohl 1
Eden Prairie Eden Prairie Josh Axtman and Alex Bauer 9
Edina Edina Nickie McKeever 3
Holy Family Victoria Jim Walker 1
Hopkins Minnetonka John Sammler 2
Minnetonka Minnetonka Judith Thomas 3
Mound Westonka Minnetrista Samuel Thaler 3
Shattuck-St. Mary's Faribault Genevieve Andreas and Nicole Taynton 1
St. Louis Park St. Louis Park Peter Dangerfield 1
Wayzata Plymouth Ethan Lane and Nicole Kincius 6
East Division

11/14, 12/19, 1/30

AFSA Vadnais Heights Peter Zurn 1
DeLaSalle Minneapolis Martin Marrin 5
Hudson Hudson, WI Roberta Naujok and Joshua Przybylski 2
Irondale Roseville Bryan Coyle and Anna Smithberger 5
Mounds Park St. Paul Jay Noland and Wade Peterson 3
Mounds View Arden Hills Justin Benolkin 4
North St. Paul North St. Paul Joe Simms 3
Pine City Pine City Dana Phillips 2
Roseville Roseville Ira Sanders 2
Saint Agnes St. Paul Jackie Cates and Jared Taggart 3
St. Croix Prep Stillwater Eric Blythe and Craig Wolke 1
St. Paul Academy St. Paul Kate Lockwood 2
St. Paul Conservatory St. Paul None 1
Tartan Oakdale Unknown 2
Washburn Minneapolis Mark Jensen 2
South Division

11/21, 1/9, 2/6

Apple Valley Apple Valley Shawn Dylla 4
Blake Minneapolis Jonathan Osters 3
Burnsville Burnsville Les Moffitt 7
Chanhassen Chanhassen Austin Wilder and Katy Boyum-Hill 2
Chaska Chaska Tucker Besel and Naomi Jones 3
Eagan Eagan Brian Poehler 2
Eastview Apple Valley Kelli Donais 2
Hill-Murray Maplewood Louise Head and Kevin Ryan 2
Kennedy Bloomington Chris Lyons 3
Metcalf Middle Burnsville Melinda Mallinger 1
Orono Long Lake Joe Suchomel 3
Prior Lake Savage Brian Olsen and Jay Clausen 10
Providence Academy Plymouth Angela Lambert and Teresa Claypool 3
Rosemount Rosemount Chris Kauffeld 4
Shakopee Shakopee Matthew Johnston 2
St. Thomas Academy Mendota Heights Jamie Jurkovich 3

Format

The current format consists of two eight-minute halves of NAQT tossups and bonuses, with a pair of lightning rounds after the first half. The lightning round consists of groups of ten related questions worth ten points each. The team that is not in the lead gets the first choice of three subjects for their round, and have one minute to answer as many as they can. The other team then gets a 30 second bounce-back phase on questions the first team missed. After this, the process is repeated with the leading team choosing from the remaining two choices. 15-point powers are used in league play, but -5 penalties are not.

In previous years, MNHSQB games consisted of four "phases." The first phase consisted of twelve very short warm-up tossups. The second phase consisted of standard tossups with powers and bonuses. The first two phases were combined for timing purposes, and were 9 minutes long. The third phase was a lightning round, and the fourth was more tossups and bonuses, for 6 minutes.

Questions

Regular season play uses tossups and bonuses from NAQT's A-Series and lightning rounds from its Standard Television Series. The playoffs use questions from a regular NAQT set, which are more difficult. You can read a sample packet of A-Series questions here.

History

For many years of the pre-NAQT era, all events were held at Burnsville, so that all schools had an opportunity to appear on public television. Patrick's Press questions were used in the years preceding NAQT's involvement, and Questions Unlimited provided questions before then, in the mid-eighties. Records suggest that it was once part of a quiz show on KSTP. Very incomplete records of those years can be found here.

Since the 2006-2007 season, play has been on NAQT questions. With five titles each, Eden Prairie and Wayzata are tied for the most MNHSQB titles in the NAQT era. Wayzata also holds the record for points in a game in that era, scoring 1,035 points against Edina during round 6 of the 2017-18 season.

Past Results

Pre-NAQT era

Year Set Used # of Teams Champion Second Third Fourth
1971
2000 Patrick's Press
2001 Patrick's Press St. Thomas Academy Minneapolis Southwest
2002 St. Thomas Academy results missing
2003 Chaska results missing
2004 Chaska results missing
2005 St. Thomas Academy results missing
2006 88 St. Thomas Academy results missing

NAQT era

Year Set Used # of Teams Champion Second Third Fourth
2007 MN-06 98 Eden Prairie St. Anthony Village St. Thomas Academy Wayzata
2008 MN-07 112 Eden Prairie Orono Minnetonka Wayzata
2009 MN-08 100 Chaska Eden Prairie St. Louis Park Wayzata
2010 MN-09 100 Eden Prairie St. Thomas Academy Chaska St. Louis Park
2011 MN-10 108 Chanhassen St. Paul Central Eden Prairie Wayzata
2012 MN-11 110 Wayzata St. Paul Central Chaska Mounds View
2013 MN-12 110 Wayzata St. Paul Central Chaska Eden Prairie
2014 MN-13 105 Eden Prairie Wayzata St. Thomas Academy Blake
2015 MN-14 130 Wayzata Eden Prairie Blake Edina
2016 MN-15 131 Eden Prairie Wayzata Mounds Park Academy Burnsville
2017 MN-16 139 Wayzata St. Thomas Academy Mounds Park Academy Burnsville
2018 MN-17 134 Wayzata Eden Prairie Mounds View Edina
2019 MN-18 118 Mounds View Wayzata Burnsville Eden Prairie
2020 MN-19 126 Wayzata Eden Prairie Mounds View Burnsville

External Links

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