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Regional Quiz Bowl is a high school competition in Long Island. It is sponsored by RQB Associates Inc. of East Setauket. From November to March teams play a round robin within their divisions over five separate competitions. At the end of the season each division's top two teams and two wild card teams play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion.
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Regional Quiz Bowl is a high school Quizbowl league on Long Island. It is sponsored by RQB Associates Inc. of East Setauket and managed by Ross Lipsky, coach of [[Valley Stream South]]. From November to March teams play one team per month within their division. At the end of the season each division's top two teams and two wild card teams, for 18 total from Varsity and Junior Varsity, play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion.
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Despite its shortcomings in question quality, format, and number of offered games, RQB is one of the largest and most active known leagues. All teams on Long Island participate, including all of those who play [[good quizbowl]].
  
 
==Format==
 
==Format==
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Notable RQB rules:
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*RQB runs on [[NAQT]] questions and plays a unique four quarter format
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*RQB runs on [[NAQT]] questions and is a four quarter format
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**The first quarter is 20 five-point tossups with one five-point bonus; no negs are possible
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*teams of one or two players are not allowed to play official games
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**The second quarter is a set of five random tossups read to one team and answered cooperatively, followed by a set of five tossups read to the other team and answered cooperatively
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*tied scores are allowed in divisional games
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**The third round is a 60-second, 10-question cooperative lightning round with bouncebacks; teams choose one of four categories
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*teams are encouraged to bring snacks and refreshments to meets for sharing à la little league sports
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**The fourth round is 20 5-point tossups; negs are possible, and the other team cannot answer once a question is negged. No bonuses are asked.
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*[[lightning round]]s (aka 60 second rounds) and [[computational math]] are played
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*Teams of one or two players are not allowed to play official games
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*Tied scores are allowed and common in divisional games
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*Teams are encouraged to bring snacks and refreshments to meets for sharing
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*[[computational math]] is heard; spelling tossups were present before [[NAQT]] took over question writing
  
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==List of 2013-14 divisions and teams==
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==List of 2019-2020 divisions and teams==
 
{| class="navbox wikitable " style="width:60%; text-align:left"
 
{| class="navbox wikitable " style="width:60%; text-align:left"
 
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division + Site
 
! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division + Site
 
! style="background:white; width:17%" | School
 
! style="background:white; width:17%" | School
 
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! rowspan=8 | Western Nassau
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! rowspan=9 | Western Nassau
 
Valley Stream South HS
 
Valley Stream South HS
 
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| '''[[East Rockaway]]'''
 
| '''[[East Rockaway]]'''
 
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| '''[[Freeport]]'''
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| '''[[Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway]]''' (HAFTR)
 
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| '''[[Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway]]''' (HAFTR)
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| '''[[Kellenberg]]'''
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|-
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| '''[[Lawrence (NY|Lawrence]]'''
 
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| '''[[Kellenberg ]]'''
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| '''[[Malverne]]'''
 
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| '''[[South Side]]'''  
 
| '''[[South Side]]'''  
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| '''[[Valley Stream South]]'''
 
| '''[[Valley Stream South]]'''
 
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|-
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! rowspan=6 | Northwest Nassau
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! rowspan=8 | Northwest Nassau
 
Great Neck South HS
 
Great Neck South HS
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| '''[[Friends Academy]]'''
 
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| '''[[Great Neck North]]'''
 
| '''[[Great Neck North]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Great Neck South]]'''
 
| '''[[Great Neck South]]'''
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|-
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| '''[[Herricks]]'''
 
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| '''[[Roslyn]]'''
 
| '''[[Roslyn]]'''
 
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|'''[[Solomon Schechter High School of Long Island]]'''
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|'''[[Solomon Schechter]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Wheatley]]'''
 
| '''[[Wheatley]]'''
 
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|-
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! rowspan=8 | Eastern Nassau
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! rowspan=10 | Eastern Nassau
 
Plainview-Old Bethpage-JFK HS
 
Plainview-Old Bethpage-JFK HS
 
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| '''[[Locust Valley]]'''
 
| '''[[Locust Valley]]'''
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| '''[[Long Island Lutheran]]'''
 
 
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| '''[[MacArthur (NY)|MacArthur]]'''
 
| '''[[MacArthur (NY)|MacArthur]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Massapequa]]'''
 
| '''[[Massapequa]]'''
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| '''[[Plainedge]]'''
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| '''[[Plainview-Old Bethpage Kennedy]]'''
 
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| '''[[Syosset]]'''  
 
| '''[[Syosset]]'''  
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| '''[[Wantagh]]'''
 
| '''[[Wantagh]]'''
 
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! rowspan=7 | Central Suffolk
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| '''[[W. T. Clarke]]'''
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Port Jefferson HS
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! rowspan=6 | Central Suffolk
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Port Jefferson HS &
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Smithtown HS West
 
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|-
 
| '''[[Comsewogue]]'''
 
| '''[[Comsewogue]]'''
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|-
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| '''[[Hauppauge]]'''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| '''[[Port Jefferson]]'''
 
| '''[[Port Jefferson]]'''
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|'''[[Smithtown West]]'''
 
|'''[[Smithtown West]]'''
 
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|-
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| '''[[Shoreham Wading River]]'''
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! rowspan=9 | Southwestern Suffolk
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|-
 
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| '''[[Ward Melville]]'''
 
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! rowspan=11 | Southwestern Suffolk
 
 
O’Connell-Copiague HS
 
O’Connell-Copiague HS
 
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| '''[[East Islip]]'''
 
| '''[[East Islip]]'''
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|'''[[Farmingdale]]'''
 
 
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| '''[[Islip]]'''
 
| '''[[Islip]]'''
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|-
 
|-
 
|'''[[O’Connell]]'''
 
|'''[[O’Connell]]'''
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| '''[[Sayville ]]'''
 
 
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| '''[[West Babylon]]'''
 
| '''[[West Babylon]]'''
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| '''[[West Islip]]'''
 
| '''[[West Islip]]'''
 
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! rowspan=11 | Eastern Suffolk
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! rowspan=10 | Eastern Suffolk
 
Riverhead HS
 
Riverhead HS
 
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| '''[[Longwood]]'''
 
| '''[[Longwood]]'''
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|'''[[Mercy-McGann]]'''
 
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| '''[[Patchogue-Medford]]'''
 
 
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| '''[[Pierson]]'''
 
| '''[[Pierson]]'''
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|-
 
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| '''[[Southold]]'''
 
| '''[[Southold]]'''
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| '''[[Shoreham-Wading River]]'''
 
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| '''[[Westhampton Beach]]'''
 
| '''[[Westhampton Beach]]'''

Revision as of 20:13, 25 March 2020

Regional Quiz Bowl is a high school Quizbowl league on Long Island. It is sponsored by RQB Associates Inc. of East Setauket and managed by Ross Lipsky, coach of Valley Stream South. From November to March teams play one team per month within their division. At the end of the season each division's top two teams and two wild card teams, for 18 total from Varsity and Junior Varsity, play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion.

Despite its shortcomings in question quality, format, and number of offered games, RQB is one of the largest and most active known leagues. All teams on Long Island participate, including all of those who play good quizbowl.

Format

  • RQB runs on NAQT questions and plays a unique four quarter format
    • The first quarter is 20 five-point tossups with one five-point bonus; no negs are possible
    • The second quarter is a set of five random tossups read to one team and answered cooperatively, followed by a set of five tossups read to the other team and answered cooperatively
    • The third round is a 60-second, 10-question cooperative lightning round with bouncebacks; teams choose one of four categories
    • The fourth round is 20 5-point tossups; negs are possible, and the other team cannot answer once a question is negged. No bonuses are asked.
  • Teams of one or two players are not allowed to play official games
  • Tied scores are allowed and common in divisional games
  • Teams are encouraged to bring snacks and refreshments to meets for sharing
  • computational math is heard; spelling tossups were present before NAQT took over question writing

List of 2019-2020 divisions and teams

Division + Site School
Western Nassau

Valley Stream South HS

Baldwin
East Rockaway
Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway (HAFTR)
Kellenberg
Lawrence
Malverne
South Side
Valley Stream South
Northwest Nassau

Great Neck South HS

Friends Academy
Great Neck North
Great Neck South
Herricks
Roslyn
Solomon Schechter
Wheatley
Eastern Nassau

Plainview-Old Bethpage-JFK HS

Island Trees
Locust Valley
MacArthur
Massapequa
Plainedge
Plainview-Old Bethpage Kennedy
Syosset
Wantagh
W. T. Clarke
Central Suffolk

Port Jefferson HS & Smithtown HS West

Comsewogue
Hauppauge
Port Jefferson
Smithtown East
Smithtown West
Southwestern Suffolk

O’Connell-Copiague HS

Bay Shore
Deer Park
East Islip
Islip
North Babylon
O’Connell
West Babylon
West Islip
Eastern Suffolk

Riverhead HS

East Hampton
Eastport South Manor
Longwood
Pierson
Riverhead
Southold
Shoreham-Wading River
Westhampton Beach
William Floyd
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