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Revision as of 13:24, 22 November 2019

The Minnesota High School Quizbowl League is one of the most popular quiz bowl formats in Minnesota and is a member association of the Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance. It culminates in a tournament consisting of 16 of the top teams. 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 five nights at four separate sites. The four sites are each home to one division. The divisions are supposed to be divided equally by talent and location, but recently have become rather lopsided. Each night a team plays four rounds within its division. On the last night, which is the the "playoff" night, the top teams from each site come together and play for the title in a single elimination playoff bracket. 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.

Divisions

List of 2013-14 divisions and competition dates

Division School City Head Coach # of teams
North Division

11/7, 12/12, 1/23

Chanhassen Chanhassen Krista Hammann 3
Blake Minneapolis, Hopkins, Wayzata Frank Sachs 3
Breck Minneapolis Brad Kohl 1
DeLaSalle Minneapolis Martin Marrin 6
Edina Edina Nickie McKeever 4
Hopkins Hopkins John Sammler 3
Hudson Hudson, WI Laurie Harmon 2
Robbinsdale Armstrong Plymouth Pat Quinn 3
Robbinsdale Cooper New Hope Tim Darsow 2
Wayzata Plymouth Meaghan Decker 6
East Division

11/14, 12/19, 1/30

AFSA Vadnais Heights Randy Brodzeller 1
Hill-Murray Maplewood Louise Head 4
Irondale New Brighton Jeremy Hieb 1
Roseville Roseville Ira Sanders 2
Mounds Park Saint Paul Wade Peterson 4
Mounds View Arden Hills Justin Benolkin 2
North Saint Paul North Saint Paul Michelle Zwirn 2
Saint Paul Academy Saint Paul Amy Weisgram 2
West Division

11/21, 1/9, 2/20

Chaska Chaska Jennifer Stone 4
Benilde St. Louis Park Megan Kern 3
Eden Prairie Eden Prairie Dan Murray 5
Minnetonka Minnetonka Joan Truettner 3
Mound Westonka Minnetrista Jim Kaeter 2
Saint Louis Park Saint Louis Park Carmen Garland 3
Providence Plymouth Arthur Hippler, Kevin Keiser 3
Orono Long Lake Larry Williams 1-2
Saint Paul Central Saint Paul Randy Knoche (de jure) 2
South Division

12/5, 1/16, 2/6

Apple Valley Apple Valley Brett Melton 1
Burnsville Burnsville Les Moffitt 4
Eagan Eagan Brian Poehler 2
Eastview Apple Valley John Kelly 3
Kennedy Bloomington Christopher Lyons 2
Prior Lake Savage Andy Franklin
Rosemount Rosemount Chris Kauffeld 5
Simley Inver Grove Heights John Severson 2
St. Thomas Academy Mendota Heights Peter Wynia 4


Past teams:


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

About NAQT A-Series questions. In years past questions had been even easier. You can read a sample packet here.

History

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 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.

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 MN-01 St. Thomas Academy results missing
2003 MN-02 Chaska results missing
2004 MN-03 Chaska results missing
2005 MN-04 St. Thomas Academy results missing

NAQT era

Year Set Used # of Teams Champion Second Third Fourth
2006 MN-05 88 Saint Thomas Academy results missing
2007 MN-06 98 Eden Prairie Saint Anthony Village Saint Thomas Academy Wayzata
2008 MN-07 112 Eden Prairie Orono Minnetonka Wayzata
2009 MN-08 100 Chaska Eden Prairie Saint Louis Park Wayzata
2010 MN-09 100 Eden Prairie Saint Thomas Academy Chaska Saint Louis Park
2011 MN-10 108 Chanhassen Saint Paul Central Eden Prairie Wayzata
2012 MN-11 110 Wayzata Saint Paul Central Chaska Mounds View
2013 MN-12 110 Wayzata Saint Paul Central Chaska Eden Prairie
2014 MN-13 105 Eden Prairie Wayzata Saint 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 Saint 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

External Links

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