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A '''side event''' is a small tournament usually run in conjunction with a quizbowl tournament (the "main event"). Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players.
 
A '''side event''' is a small tournament usually run in conjunction with a quizbowl tournament (the "main event"). Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players.
  
Side events usually cover a niche selection of subjects, while "main events" usually cover a standard distribution of all subjects. [[Subject tournaments]] are common examples of side events. Colloquially, "side event" can also refer to a niche tournament or question set in itself (such as a [[vanity tournament]]), regardless of whether it is actually paired with a "main event."
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Side events usually cover a niche selection of subjects, while "main events" usually cover a standard distribution of all subjects (sometimes called "all-subject quizbowl"). [[Subject tournaments]] are common examples of side events. Colloquially, "side event" can also refer to a niche tournament or question set in itself (such as a [[vanity tournament]]), regardless of whether it is actually paired with a "main event."
  
 
[[:Category:Trash tournaments|Trash tournaments]] sometimes have certain attributes of side events (running in the evening or on Sunday after a larger academic tournament, providing 10 or fewer rounds, being unabashedly reflective of the authors' vanity interests) but are rarely categorized as "side events" unless they are further specialized to some subdistribution of trash. Similarly, official [[History Bowl]] events are not considered "side events."
 
[[:Category:Trash tournaments|Trash tournaments]] sometimes have certain attributes of side events (running in the evening or on Sunday after a larger academic tournament, providing 10 or fewer rounds, being unabashedly reflective of the authors' vanity interests) but are rarely categorized as "side events" unless they are further specialized to some subdistribution of trash. Similarly, official [[History Bowl]] events are not considered "side events."
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The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by [[Triacontakaipentagon]] in 2013.
 
The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by [[Triacontakaipentagon]] in 2013.
  
===Side event weekends===
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==Side event weekends==
The difficulty of attaching side events to any given tournament has spawned '''side event weekends''', in which primarily side events are played. Side event weekends are held routinely in the Midwest, and the NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl has been held since 2016.
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The difficulty of attaching side events to any given tournament has spawned '''side event weekends''', in which primarily side events are played.
  
==List of side events by year==
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Side event weekends are held routinely in the Midwest, and the NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl has been held since 2016.
''See also [[:Category: trash tournaments|multiple category trash tournaments]].''
 
  
===2020===
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==See also==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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[[List of side events]]
|-
 
!Tournament Name
 
!Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
!Writers
 
!Notes
 
|-
 
|[[Internet Charity Tournament]]
 
|
 
|
 
|packet sub à la [[Festivus]]<br>proceeds were donated to the CDC Foundation and local charities
 
|-
 
| [[MARCATo]]
 
| Audio Music
 
| [[John Lawrence]], [[Wonyoung Jang]]
 
|-
 
|[[Let's Remember Yet More Guys]]
 
|Sports
 
|
 
|packet sub organized by [[Andrew Hart]]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2019===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21514&p=357397 Age of Empires]
 
| Ancient and Classical History
 
| [[Will Alston]]
 
|-
 
| [[CANONEXPANSION]]
 
| Science
 
| [[Geoffrey Chen]], [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Akshay Govindan]]
 
|-
 
| [[Lederberg|Lederberg Trinity]]
 
| Science
 
| [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Aakash Patel]], [[Geoffrey Chen]], [[Steven Silverman]], [[Paul Lee]], [[Jonathen Settle]], [[Jaimie Carlson]], [[Anson Berns]], [[Fred Zhang]], [[Sohum Shenoy]], [[James Lasker]], [[Justine French]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22107 Fight the Power Vol. 2]
 
| Hip-hop
 
| [[Connor Mayers]], [[Andy Huff]], [[Shane Mosley]], [[Ryan Rosenberg]], [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Sohum Shenoy]], [[Rohan Vora]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=21433 GOLBEZ]
 
| Video Games
 
| [[Jason Thompson]], [[Billy Busse]], [[Andrew Wang]]
 
|-
 
| [[Imaginary Landscape|Imaginary Landscape 5]]
 
| Audio Music
 
| [[Kevin Wang (TJ)]], [[Benjamin Xu]], [[Michael Yue]]
 
|-
 
| [[Let's Remember Some More Guys]]
 
| Sports
 
|
 
| packet submission organized by [[Andrew Hart]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21437 META]
 
| All-Subject sans science
 
| [[Nour Hijazi]], [[Jakob Myers]], [[Hari Parameswaran]]
 
|-
 
| [[RULFO]]
 
| Literature, Fine Arts
 
| [[Justine French]], [[Anson Berns]], [[Max Shatan]], [[Vishwa Shanmugam]], [[Jakob Boeye]], [[Keaton Martin]], [[Darren Petrosino]], [[Mazin Omer]], [[Shubham Sengar]], [[Michael Li]]
 
|-
 
| [[Scattergories|Scattergories 3]]
 
| Will Nediger's choice
 
| [[Will Nediger]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22217&p=356807 STAR BOWL]
 
| Science Fiction
 
| [[Victor Prieto]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22437&p=354742 Look at this Photograph]
 
| Visual Trash
 
| [[Erik Christensen]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22515&p=356522 Mixtape]
 
| Trash Music
 
|
 
| packet submission run by [[Harris Bunker]]
 
|-
 
| [[The Unanswered Question]]
 
| Fine Arts
 
|[[Sameer Apte]], [[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Halle Friedman]], [[William Golden]], [[Wonyoung Jang]], [[John Lawrence]], [[Max Shatan]], [[Evan Suttell]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=22365&p=354169 TUPAC]
 
| Audio Trash Music
 
| [[Andy Huff]]
 
|-
 
| [[BUMPY ii]]
 
| Visual Film
 
| [[Julian Bosse]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21474 Guerilla History]
 
| History
 
|
 
| organized by [[Nitin Rao]] but posted about by [[Will Alston]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=21548&p=353973 STIGMATA]
 
| Visual Trash
 
| [[Frances Clark-Murray]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=22630 MUSES]
 
| The 9 Muses
 
| [[Bradley McLain]], [[Mitch McCullar]], [[Iain Carpenter]], [[Ethan Ashbrook]], [[Bryan Lu]], [[Tim Cho]], [[Govind Prabhakar]]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2018===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See IX]]
 
|Visual Art
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
|[[ACRONYM|ACRONYM 11]]
 
|Trash
 
|[[Play Quiz Bowl]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20426&p=335849 Historature]
 
|History, Literature
 
|[[Will Alston]], [[Sameen Belal]], [[Ankit Aggarwal]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Jaimie Carlson]]
 
|all proceeds from the event were donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
 
|-
 
|[[Geography Monstrosity|GMX]]
 
|Geography
 
|[[Gabe Brison-Trezise]]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=20359 SOUNDTRACK]
 
|Audio Trash
 
|[[Steven Silverman]], [[Aakash Patel]]
 
|-
 
|[[PACENSC]]
 
|Pokemon
 
|[[Luc Wetherbee]], [[Daniel Xu]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=20805 RAPTURE]
 
|Religion
 
|[[Vasa Clarke]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/2170/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Imaginary Landscape|Imaginary Landscape 4]]
 
|Audio Music
 
|[[John Lawrence]], [[Drew Scheeler]]
 
|-
 
|[[The Human Use of Human Beings]]
 
|Modern Things
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21107 "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" II]
 
|Trash
 
|[[Fort Osage]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/2305/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Words and Objects]]
 
|Objects and groups of objects
 
|[[Rahul Keyal]], [[James Malouf]], [[Bruce Lou]], [[Will Nediger]]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2017===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See VIII]]
 
|Visual Art
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
|[[Let's Remember Some Guys]]
 
|Sports
 
|
 
|packet sub organized by [[Andrew Hart]]
 
|-
 
|[[There Will Be Stock Clues]]
 
|Food
 
|[[John Lawrence]], [[Max Schindler]]
 
|-
 
|[[Math Monstrosity]]
 
|Math
 
|[[Conor Thompson]]
 
|-
 
|[[GRAB BAG]]
 
|Trash that Mike Bentley likes
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19819 João]
 
|Myth
 
|[[Eddie Kim]]
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=332055#p332055 packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19779 Jordaens Visual Arts]
 
|Visual Arts
 
|[[Jordan Brownstein]], [[Sarang Yeola]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/2010/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=19893 Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read]
 
|Trash
 
|[[Fort Osage]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1999/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19935 XENOPHON]
 
|History and Literature
 
|[[Nour Hijazi]], [[Hari Parameswaran]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/2044/ packets]
 
|-
 
|RAGU
 
|Renaissance Art
 
|[[Hari Parameswaran]], [[Pranav Sivakumar]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/2046/ packets]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2016===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
| [[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See VII]]
 
| Visual Art
 
| [[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18502 The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes]
 
|Visual Film
 
|[[Will Nediger]]
 
|-
 
|[[Triacontakaipentagon|Tricon: The 4D IMAX Experience]]
 
|Subdistribution based on never-ran side events
 
|
 
|packet sub organized by [[George Berry]]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2015===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See VI]]
 
|Visual Art
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
| [[Imaginary Landscape|Imaginary Landscape 3]]
 
| Audio Music
 
| [[Eddie Kim]], [[Jonathan Magin]], [[Rebecca Maxfield]]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16160 Chicago Open History 2015: Quizbowl's New Chains Discovered]
 
|Chicago Doubles
 
|[[Jeff Hoppes]]
 
|packet sub<br>
 
[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1726/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=16973 RILKE]
 
|Literature Singles
 
|[[John Lawrence]], [[Nick Jensen]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1773/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=15837 Chicago Open Visual Arts]
 
|Visual Arts
 
|[[Stephen Liu]], [[Doug Graebner]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1777/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17063 Feynman's BONGOS]
 
|Science
 
|[[Will Overman]], [[Farah Kabir]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1718/ packets]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2014===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[[Lederberg Memorial Science|Lederberg Memorial Science II]]
 
|Science
 
|[[Eric Mukherjee]]
 
|-
 
|[[Imaginary Landscape|Imaginary Landscape 2]]
 
|Audio Music
 
|[[Jonathan Magin]], [[Dave Letzler]], [[Rebecca Maxfield]], [[Jacob Reed]]
 
|-
 
|[[Triacontakaipentagon 2.5]]
 
|Subdistribution based on never-ran side events
 
|
 
|packet sub organized by [[Matt Weiner]]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16138 The Mike Cheyne Memorial Battle Royal]
 
|Tribute to Mike Cheyne
 
|
 
|packet sub organized by [[Mike Cheyne]]<br>
 
[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/768/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15518 3M: Chicago Open History Doubles]
 
|History Doubles
 
|[[Mike Larsen]], [[Mike Cheyne]], [[Eric Mukherjee]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/727/ packets]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2013===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|Chicago History Doubles
 
|History doubles
 
|
 
|packet sub
 
|-
 
|[[Triacontakaipentagon]]
 
|Subdistribution based on never-ran side events
 
|
 
|packet sub organized by [[Matt Weiner]]
 
|-
 
|Collin Parks's Byzantine History Tournament
 
|Byzantine History
 
|[[Collin Park]]
 
|-
 
|[[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See V]]
 
|Visual Art
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=15021 HUSKY III]
 
|Visual trash
 
|[[Mike Bentley]], [[University of Washington]]
 
|packets could not be found
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14201 TAMIL]
 
|Visual trash
 
|[[Connor Teevens]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1571/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14696 Angels in the Architecture]
 
|Architecture
 
|[[Aidan Mehigan]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/677/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Schindler's Lit
 
|Literature
 
|[[Max Schindler]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/588/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Geography Monstrosity|Geography Monstrosity 5]]
 
|Geography
 
|
 
|-
 
|Alston Barbarians Packet
 
|Barbarians
 
|[[Will Alston]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1547/ packet]
 
|-
 
|Cheyne American History Packet
 
|American History
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1549/ packet]
 
|-
 
|Cheyne Death Packet
 
|Deaths in history
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1549/ packet]
 
|-
 
|The Joe Flacco Memorial Trash Packet
 
|
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1549/ packet]
 
|-
 
|The Kenan Thompson Memorial SNL Packet
 
|SNL
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1549/ packet]
 
|-
 
|Cheyne Thought Packet
 
|
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1549/ packet]
 
|-
 
|Cheyne Wrestling Packet
 
|Wrestling
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1549/ packet]
 
|-
 
|Nediger Common Links Packet
 
|Common Links
 
|[[Will Nediger]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1569/ packet]
 
|-
 
|Nediger Death Packet
 
|Death in literature
 
|[[Will Nediger]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1569/ packet]
 
|-
 
|Nediger Literary Works by Non-Literary Figures Packet
 
|Literary Works by Non-Literary Figures
 
|[[Will Nediger]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1569/ packet]
 
|-
 
|[[Fernando Arrabal Tournament of the Absurd]]
 
|Extreme difficulty
 
|[[Jerry Vinokurov]]
 
|-
 
|[[CAHOOTS]]
 
|Guerilla trash
 
|
 
|organized by [[Carleton]]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=14124 Disney Packet II]
 
|Disney
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=256970#p256970 packets]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2012===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12571 EPCOTT]
 
|Disney
 
|[[Drew Scheeler]]
 
|no posted packets
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1528/ Cheyne Disney Packet]
 
|Disney
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|written in response to EPCOTT, with a focus on film/TV rather than the theme parks<br>
 
could not find forum announcement
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13153 Community: It's Streets Ahead!]
 
|Community
 
|[[Drew Scheeler]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1543/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Chicago History Doubles]]
 
|History doubles
 
|
 
|packet sub<br>
 
[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/397/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12669 Dragonball Z Tournament]
 
|Dragon Ball Z
 
|[[Ryan Dillon]], [[Connor Teevens]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1531/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=252279#p252279 HUSKY]
 
|Visual Trash
 
|[[Mike Bentley]], [[University of Washington]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1539/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13298 ANFORTAS]
 
|Myth
 
|[[Ike Jose]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/740/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=223934#p223934 Film Tournament]
 
|Film
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/1529 packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12560 WELD]
 
|Literature Doubles
 
|[[Will Nediger]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/217/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12830 YMIR]
 
|Myth
 
|[[Ben Zhang]], [[Joe Brosch]], [[Ankit Aggarwal]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/437/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See IV]]
 
|Visual Art
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13649 This Tournament Has Eleven Thousand Writers]
 
|Guerilla trash
 
|
 
|Packet sub organized by [[Mike Bentley]]<br>
 
[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1525/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=13143 Never Say Never]
 
|"Awful trash"
 
|[[Eliza Grames]] and [[Melanie Keating]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1840/ packets]
 
|-
 
|TERP
 
|
 
|[[Maryland]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1540/ packets]
 
|-
 
|CAHFLS
 
|
 
|[[Loyola]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1542/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Teevens Trash
 
|
 
|[[Connor Teevens]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1544/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Bayou a Drank
 
|
 
|[[Tulane]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1545/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[The Questions Concerning Technology]]
 
|Technology
 
|[[Will Butler]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/459/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Feats of Strength
 
|
 
|[[Matt Weiner]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1546/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Cheyne American History Packet
 
|American history
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1526/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Cheyne Death Packet
 
|Death
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1527/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13107 Byzantine History Set]
 
|Byzantine History
 
|[[Collin Parks]]
 
|does not appear to have ever been posted
 
|}
 
 
 
===2011===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=11458 Chicago Open History Doubles]
 
|Guerilla History Doubles
 
|
 
|packet sub organized by [[Bruce Arthur]]<br>
 
[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/328/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Geography Monstrosity|Geography Monstrosity III]]
 
|Geography
 
|
 
|-
 
|GUERILLA
 
|Guerilla
 
|
 
|the packet names imply it is the third of its name, but no announcement for it (or any previous iterations) has been found<br>
 
[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/1509/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Imaginary Landscape]]
 
|Audio Music
 
|[[Jonathan Magin]], [[Dave Letzler]], [[John Lawrence]]
 
|-
 
|[[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See III]]
 
|Visual Art
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2010===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10313 Bruce Arthur's Wild Kingdom]
 
| Animals
 
| [[Bruce Arthur]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9200 Spring Offensive]
 
| History
 
| [[Bruce Arthur]], [[Donald Taylor]], [[Shantanu Jha]], [[Ahmad Ragab]], [[Andrew Chrzanowski]], [[Sandy Huang]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9943 BELFAST]
 
| Fine Arts
 
| [[Tanay Kothari]]
 
|-
 
| [[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See II]]
 
| Visual Art
 
| [[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10411 VAIN (Videogames are Extremely Niche)]
 
| Video Games
 
| [[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
| [[Eyes That Do Not See|Eyes That Do Not See I]]
 
| Visual Art
 
| [[Mike Bentley]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9569 Jean-Baptiste Lully Memorial]
 
| Fine Arts
 
| [[Abid Haseeb]], [[Lloyd Sy]], [[Shantanu Jha]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9757 Chicago Open Literature Doubles 2010: SuperJha Saves Tournaments]
 
| Lit
 
| [[Ike Jose]], [[Shantanu Jha]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9210 TIDUS (Tournament Involving Digital UniverseS)]
 
| Video Games
 
| [[Jeremy Eaton]]
 
|-
 
| [[Geography Monstrosity|Geography Monstrosity II]]
 
| Geography
 
| [[Jeff Hoppes]]
 
| packet submission edited by Jeff
 
|-
 
| [[GUERILLA]] I
 
| Guerilla All-Subject
 
|
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10714 Harry Potter Tournament (Name/Date TBA)]
 
| Harry Potter
 
| [[Saul Hankin]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10307 Bill Cullen Memorial Open]
 
| Game Shows
 
| [[Nathaniel Kane]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=10920 PERV (Popular Entertainment Represented Visually)]
 
| Visual Trash
 
| [[Logan Anbinder]], [[Paul Marchsteiner]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10718 Minnesota RPG Tournament]
 
| Video Games
 
|
 
| guerilla event held during [[Minnesota Open|Minnesota Open 2011]], with themed packet submissions by [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Mike Cheyne]], [[Mike Bentley]], [[Matt Lafer]], [[Dwight Wynne]], [[Ryan Westbrook]], and [[Ike Jose]]
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8703 MELD (Mildly Experimental Literature Doubles)]
 
| Literature Doubles
 
| [[Will Nediger]]
 
|-
 
| [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10308 Julius Civilis Classics Tournament]
 
| Classics Speedcheck
 
| [[Dallas Simons]]
 
| intended to be played by attendants of the National Junior Classical League convention
 
|-
 
| [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=9089 Unnamed Chipola Lit/Fine Art Singles Tournament]
 
| Literature, Fine Arts
 
| Chipola College
 
|}
 
 
 
===2009===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[[The Experiment II]]
 
|Extreme difficulty
 
|[[Ryan Westbrook]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6884 EuroFest]
 
|History Doubles
 
|[[Bruce Arthur]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/240/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[RMPFest II]]
 
|RMP
 
|[[Bruce Arthur]], [[Shantanu Jha]], and [[Dominic Machado]]
 
|-
 
|Cheyne-Berry Comics Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8119 Tyrone Slothrop Lit]
 
|Literature
 
|[[Tommy Casalaspi]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/272/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7607 Cheyne Vanity Lit Tournament]
 
|Literature from off-beat
 
|[[Mike Cheyne]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/63/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Chicago Literature Doubles
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|[[Geography Monstrosity]] I
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7129 Mahfouz Memorial Literature Singles: The Game of Fates]
 
|Literature Singles
 
|[[Ike Jose]]
 
|[https://quizbowlpackets.com/139/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Gaddis]] II
 
|Extreme difficulty
 
|[[Jonathan Magin]], [[Ahmad Ragab]], [[Shantanu Jha]], [[Mike Bentley]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]], [[Chris Chiego]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[Jerry Vinokurov]]
 
|-
 
|Minnesota Guerilla Sports Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8597 KLEE]
 
|Arts Doubles
 
|[[Shantanu Jha]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], [[Ted Gioia]], [[Guy Tabachnick]], and [[Chris White]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/266/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Lederberg Memorial Science]]
 
|Science
 
|[[Eric Mukherjee]]
 
|-
 
|[[Science Nonstrosity]]
 
|Science
 
|
 
|-
 
|Dream Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7654 Ferdinand Tonnies Memorial Trash Tournament]
 
|Trash
 
|[[Andrew Yaphe]], [[David Sea]], [[Michael Arnold]], and [[Mike Sorice]]
 
|run as CO Trash<br>
 
[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1434/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[GARBAGE]]
 
|Trash packet sub
 
|[[Fred Morlan]], [[Evan Nagler]]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2008===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6012 Gunpei Yokoi Memorial Tournament]
 
|Video games, visual fine arts, european history, and meta
 
|[[Mike Bentley]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/340/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[RMPFest]]
 
|RMP
 
|[[Bruce Arthur]], [[Michael Arnold]], [[William Dix]], [[Seth Kendall]], [[Evan Nagler]], [[Charles Meigs]], [[Chris Chiego]], [[Grace Li]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5220 Chicago History Doubles: The July Crisis]
 
|History Doubles
 
|[[Bruce Arthur]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/353/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/228/ Chicago Open Lit]
 
|Literature Doubles
 
|[[Jonathan Magin]], [[Ahmad Ragab]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dave Letzler]], [[Dennis Jang]], [[Shantanu Jha]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/228/ packets]
 
|-
 
|Chicago Movies Tournament
 
|Movies
 
|
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1409/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[[Gaddis]]
 
|Extremely difficult doubles
 
|[[Jonathan Magin]], [[Ahmad Ragab]], [[Dennis Jang]], [[Shantanu Jha]], [[Mike Bentley]], [[Gautam Kandlikar]], [[Charles Meigs]], [[Greg Peterson]], and [[Katy Peters]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5785 MO Lit: An Encounter]
 
|Literature
 
|[[Andrew Hart]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/363/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6762 The Richard Eberhart Memorial Impossible Speedcheck Shootout]
 
|Literature Speedchecks
 
|
 
|played at [[Minnesota Open]]<br>
 
[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/745/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=5990 JECHT]
 
|Video games
 
|[[Jeremy Eaton]]
 
|played as doubles at [[Minnesota Open]]<br>
 
[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1411/ packets]
 
|-
 
|2008 FOGHAT
 
|Trash
 
|[[Jeremy White]], [[Ben Lea]]
 
|never posted
 
|-
 
|[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5238 Eric Axel Karlfeldt Memorial Open]
 
|Trash
 
|[[Andrew Yaphe]], [[David Seal]], [[Michael Arnold]]
 
|[https://trash.quizbowlpackets.com/1408/ packets]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2007===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|[[The Experiment]]
 
|Extreme Difficulty
 
|[[Ryan Westbrook]]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4030 CO History Doubles: The Guns of August]
 
|History Doubles
 
|[[Bruce Arthur]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/318/ packets]
 
|-
 
|[https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4034 Chicago Open Lit]
 
|Literature Singles
 
|[[Jonathan Magin]]
 
|[https://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/357/ packets]
 
|}
 
 
 
===2006===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Seth Teitler Myth Tournament
 
|
 
| [[Seth Teitler]]
 
|-
 
| Berkeley Science Monstrosity
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Chris Frankel History Doubles
 
|
 
| [[Chris Frankel]]
 
|}
 
===2005===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Jacopo Pontormo
 
| Art
 
|
 
|}
 
===2004===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Berkeley Movies Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Berkeley Science Monstrosity
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Folly and Glory
 
| Lit Singles
 
|
 
|}
 
===2003===
 
No recorded side events in this year
 
===2002===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Berkeley Science Masters
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Anthony de Jesus Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| "S.O.B." Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
===2001===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Herbert Spencer Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Mark Discordia Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| "Fleetwood" Mac Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Andy Goss Trash Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
===2000===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Chicago Open Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
===1999===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Chicago Open Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Case Western Trash Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
===1998===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
|-
 
| Chicago Open Singles
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
===???===
 
{|-
 
|
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Season
 
! Tournament Name
 
! Tournament Subject or Gimmick
 
! Writers
 
! Site(s) held
 
! Winner(s)
 
! Stats
 
|-
 
| 2010?
 
| Doug Graebner's Painting Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2010?
 
| Dan Passner's Judaica Bowl
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2010?
 
| Gautam Kandlikar's India Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2009?
 
| Zach Foster's Military History Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| High Schooler Produced Japanese/Asian Lit Thing
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2012?
 
| Fred Morlan's Music Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Matt Duchan's Sports Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2013?
 
| Nolan Esser's Rock Music Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2010?
 
| Nathan James's "Chad C. Mulligan Open" Mini-ACF Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| "Krik? Krak! Moo: Electric Blankets are Optional" Short Literature Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2008
 
| Andy Watkins's "20th Century Side Event"
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Bruce Arthur's "Amazing Planet" Animal Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Shan Kothari's Music Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Andrew Hart's Arrested Development Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Joe Brosch's Anime Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Michael Hausinger's Engineering Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2010?
 
| Andy Watkins's "Science, Dismal and Gay" Tournament of Science, Economics, and Poetry
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2012?
 
| Isaac Hirsch's Hats Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2009
 
| Matt Weiner's "Henry Darger Tournament of the Unreal"
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2007?
 
| Andrew Ullsperger's Science Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2008?
 
| Ryan Westbrook's "Varying Difficulty" Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2008?
 
| Rom Masrour's Movie Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2010?
 
| Andy Watkins and Hannah Kirsch's "Uwe Boll" Common Links Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| "The Eric and Ben Myth Tournament"
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2025
 
| Ted Gioia's "Secret Literature Tournament for Andrew Yaphe"
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Jeff Geringer's "Trastastrophe III"
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2010?
 
| Bruce Arthur's "Your Choice Fest"
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2008?
 
| Matt Chadbourne's Math Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011?
 
| Fred Morlan's Movie Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2012?
 
| Aaron dos Remedios's Board Game Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| 2011
 
| Ike Jose's "Thought" Tournament
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|}
 
  
 
[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
 
[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]
 
[[Category: side events]]
 
[[Category: side events]]

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A side event is a small tournament usually run in conjunction with a quizbowl tournament (the "main event"). Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players.

Side events usually cover a niche selection of subjects, while "main events" usually cover a standard distribution of all subjects (sometimes called "all-subject quizbowl"). Subject tournaments are common examples of side events. Colloquially, "side event" can also refer to a niche tournament or question set in itself (such as a vanity tournament), regardless of whether it is actually paired with a "main event."

Trash tournaments sometimes have certain attributes of side events (running in the evening or on Sunday after a larger academic tournament, providing 10 or fewer rounds, being unabashedly reflective of the authors' vanity interests) but are rarely categorized as "side events" unless they are further specialized to some subdistribution of trash. Similarly, official History Bowl events are not considered "side events."

The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by Triacontakaipentagon in 2013.

Side event weekends

The difficulty of attaching side events to any given tournament has spawned side event weekends, in which primarily side events are played.

Side event weekends are held routinely in the Midwest, and the NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl has been held since 2016.

See also

List of side events