Missouri

University of Missouri
Location: Columbia, MO
Current President or Coach	Itamar Naveh-Benjamin
National championships
NAQT Page	link

This article describes the Quiz Bowl team of the University of Missouri. For Quiz Bowl in the state of Missouri, see Missouri (State)

The University of Missouri Quizbowl Club is the official collegiate quizbowl organization of the University of Missouri's flagship campus at Columbia (also known as MU or Mizzou). The team attends circuit tournaments regularly in its home state as well as the surrounding area. The team actively hosts both high school tournaments and college tournaments as an organization and serves to assist in the efforts of the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance.

History

The current incarnation of the team at Missouri began in 2008, when the club was re-founded by Charlie Dees and Alex Dzurick. Prior to this, the history of the club is a little more unclear. A competitive circuit team (that is, beyond CBI) did exist on campus as late as 2006, on which Jason Mueller competed, and NAQT records have entries for Missouri in tournaments as early as the 1996 Midwest SCT. Incomplete records date as far back as 1994's CBI Regionals.

For results from previous seasons, please see Missouri historical results.

Hosted Events

Note: Some quizbowl events that occur on the Missouri campus are not officially affiliated with the team. The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance has frequently utilized facilities due to Columbia's centralized location. While the Missouri team itself was not the host for these events, team members often staff MOQBA events. The NAQT Missouri Qualifier was held at MU from 2010-2015, and from 2010-2012 the Pre-Nationals tournament was held at MU. In addition, the campus is the official site for the MSHSAA state championship quizbowl tournament and the Missouri Scholars Academy Scholar Bowl, but these events are unaffiliated in any way with the Missouri team.

High School Events

• Missouri Fall Academic Tournament - 9 iterations; 2008 to present
• Tiger Bowl - 9 iterations; 2009 to present
• Mort Walker Invitational - 4 iterations; 2010 to 2013
• Columbia After-School City Championship - January 19, 2011 (in conjunction with Rock Bridge)

College Events

• Missouri Open - 3 iterations; summer 2009, summer 2013, and fall 2015
• ACF Fall - 2 iterations; 2009 and 2016
• ACF Regionals - 1 iteration; 2014
• Brock Landers Memorial Open (mirror of Harvard International) - April 18, 2009
• BARGE - January 15, 2012
• Collegiate Novice 4 - September 28, 2013
• DISCO - August 9, 2014
• DEES - November 22, 2014
• Terrapin - November 12, 2016
• WAO - January 28, 2017

Current Players

• Itamar Naveh-Benjamin (formerly Hickman)
• Avery Wagner (Hickman)
• Daniel Raymon (Rock Bridge)
• James Dolezal (Hickman)
• Andrew Kessel (Hickman)
• Gabriel Ort (Southern Boone)
• Jack Miller (Wheaton North, IL)
• Jared Kaufman (Wayzata, MN)
• Salah Daghlas (Rock Bridge)
• Diana Harmata (Hickman)
• Luke Schuster (Pilot Grove)
• Alex Harmata (Hickman)

Leadership

Presidents

• Alex Harmata (2018-present)
• Itamar Naveh-Benjamin (2014-2018)
• Avery Wagner (2013-2014)
• Jacob Billingsley (2011-2013)
• Alex Dzurick (2009-2011)
• Charlie Dees (2008-2009)
• unknown (2005-2008)
• Jason Mueller (2004-2005)
• unknown (2003-2004)
• Mark Ealick (2002-2003)
• unknown (1999-)
• Scott Brinker (????-1999)

Treasurers

• James Dolezal (2014-??)
• Greg Lindsey (2012-2014)
• Alex Dzurick (2009-2012)
• Charlie Dees (2008-2009)

Alumni

• Jason Mueller (Lincoln)
• Joey Spicer (Fort Osage)
• Alex Dzurick (South Callaway, went on to play for Illinois)
• Jacob Billingsley (Holden)