Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance
Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance (MQBA) is an organization for Quiz Bowl competitions for high school and middle school levels in Minnesota. The organization is headed by a five member Board of Directors whose members are James Jurkovich, George Leiter, Chris Lenius, Kirk Walton, and Brian Weikle. As R. Robert Hentzel regularly involved in its activities, the Alliance is affiliated with NAQT and generally runs tournaments using their question sets. Despite mention on their website, the MQBA is rarely involved in the College Quiz Bowl circuit.
Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League
The MQBA previously operated the Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League, which is now run exclusively by Hentzel and NAQT. It has three divisions, each with three preliminary meetings a season at different sites, and lasts from November to February on Thursday evenings. Each meeting is colloquially known as a "league night," and consists of four rounds against opponents determined by performance at previous league nights. In February, the the league's top teams are seeded into a double elimination tournament held at Burnsville High School. Some matches are broadcast on local channel BCTV4, exclusively to viewers in Burnsville. The league currently uses a custom written packet derived from an NAQT A level packet and lightning rounds.
Other Tournaments and Invitationals
MQBA and its staff are sometimes involved in NAQT tournaments for logistical or moderation help, but usually the hosts of such events are primarily responsible. The following is a list of Alliance affiliated middle school and high school tournaments from the 2012-2013 season. They all played on an NAQT packet set.
Greatest Minnesota High School players
This list was created by "The Grand Inquisitor" in 2008, so it is very out-of-date.
- Michael Wright
- Brendan Byrne
- Trevor Davis
- Sam Peterson
- Rob Carson
- Gautam Kandlikar
- Andrew Guyton
- Jack Boyle/Josh Mollner
- Igor Luzhansky
- Andrew Hart