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...List of tournaments]] and [[:Category:High school tournaments|List of high school tournaments]]'' ...where [[teams]] play [[rounds]] of quizbowl against on another. Any given tournament will use a [[set]] of questions that were either [[housewrite#Historical Ho

...Thomas Chuck]], who also invented the format while at Case in c.1995, the tournament is usually mirrored around the same time by [[Duke]]. ...ans," the "Beijing Olympics," and "Composers" (categories seen in the 2008 tournament). There are 44 questions in this round worth either 10, 20, or 30 points fo

...post indicates that a Kiwanis Bowl tournament was held at Los Amigos High School in November 2006. ...mid-1990s, possibly 1996, though [[Gustavo Arellano]] claims that Anaheim High won in both 1996 and 1997 (it's possible that this writer has misremembered

A '''Jeopardy!-style tournament''' is a knowledge tournament for high schools and is popular in New Jersey. Although it is generally not consider Each round contains 30 questions, grouped into six categories with point values from 20 to 100, like on the game show. The point values o

...ed to second place at [[2017 NSC]]. He played for [[Mesa Verde]] in middle school and attended the [[2013 MSNCT]], where the team took third place. *[[Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament|CMST]] – contributed Literature, Thought, and Other Arts

...lly speaking a team is [[affiliated]] with a [[school]] at either the high school or college level.</onlyinclude> ...hat can be on a team at once, so long as they are all students at the same school.

[[Category:High school players active in 2004]] [[Category:High school players active in 2005]]

...ege graduates, and seasoned players at national championships, [[open|open tournament]]s, and beyond. ...ng, or ill-defined. This page attempts to explain commonly-used collegiate tournament difficulties.

...h school teams. The tournament has held six seasons as of 2020, while the "Tournament of Champions" has held two seasons. ...d by Eric Wilson a Eyewitness News Anchor, who to this day still hosts the tournament.

...e large Vanderbilt ABC tournaments of the past. The final iteration of the tournament was held in 2016. ...20 questions in a category for 20 points each. As teams are assigned the categories, this has the effect of potentially screwing a team that gets stuck with a

...humb|right]]'''YSU Academic Challenge''' is the Youngstown, Ohio area high school quiz bowl program that airs on ABC station WYTV on Saturday nights and reai ...f [[Youngstown State]]. Two teams of four students representing different high schools across the WYTV viewing area compete in a game similar to that of t

...from around the greater Reno area. Although it is run by the Washoe County School District, there does not appear to be anything specifically describing what ..."play-off". Teams accumulate points for correct answers in the following categories: Math, Physical Science, Life Science, Current Events, English/Literature,

|Subjects = Social Science, "NAQT categories" His high school tenure at [[Ardsley]] saw the team go to more good tournaments his senior y

...School Activities Association Scholars Bowl''' is played in Kansas by high school teams. Kansas is known as the "North Korea of quizbowl" due to the draconia *Practice may not begin until Monday of the seventh week of school and must cease at the end of the competition season. Scrimmages between tea

...ket archive]], which is merely a list of files organized by their source [[tournament]], but many provide additional functionality like search and filtering.</on ...pically uses the broad categories of "high school", "college", and "middle school", but the utility of additional gradations means that relatively-more stand

...e tournament typically draws teams from central & down-state Illinois. The tournament is ostensibly a subject-focused academic competition towards social studies ...nationally at the World Affairs Council of America ''Academic WorldQuest'' Tournament.

...d by [[David Madden]] in January 2016. It is open to elementary and middle school students. It also includes two [[side events]], the [[National Science Bee] ...been completed, the remaining team chooses from one of the three remaining categories.

...nd; each team received three directed 10 point questions in the same three categories. When a player answered a question correctly in a category, that player co ...In the first round, questions were all multiple choice and come from four categories (always pertaining to history, literature, science, and computational math)

...n between high school students. Over a period of one to three weeks, 20-30 high schools come from all over [[Central Washington]] to compete at the Apple B ...of time, the other team may choose a question set from the remaining three categories.

Brain Busters, stylized as '''BrainBusters''', is a high school quiz bowl tournament sponsored by WellSpan Health (formerly by Westfield Insurance and Capital B ...show host. From 1998 to 2001 it was preceded by a similar program known as High Q, televised by WHTM of Harrisburg and also hosted by Rosen. Rich Rosen is

...in 2005]] [[Category:High school players active in 2006]] [[Category:High school players active in 2007]] [[Category:Players active in 2008]] [[Category: Pl ==High School Career==

...'conversion data''') measure the [[conversion]] of individual questions or categories It can also show which categories a team is strong or weak at.

{{Middleschoolteam|Name = W. L. Chenery Middle School ...]] located in Belmont, Massachusetts. It feeds into [[Belmont|Belmont High School]].

...st high-school level regular-season events, including the former [[HSAPQ]] Tournament Sets, have 1 to 2 trash questions per round. ...e content tend to be more willing to allow "borderline" topics in academic categories, so that popular culture with some reasonable claim on being academic-adjac

...ia since 1993. It is known for asking questions about Lancaster area high school sports teams and mascots and other local trivia, "math" problems of a forma ...sually features around 5 preliminary rounds and complimentary lunch at the school cafeteria. The prelims are randomly assigned, meaning that some teams get

...nts that are hosted at 6 sites across the state and the State Championship Tournament. The format is most beloved for its allowing of conferral that is teams ar In this round, teams are asked questions in ten categories. They are (in order) American Literature, Mathematics, World History, Fine

...o 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. ...ion cooperative lightning round with bouncebacks; teams choose one of four categories

...resigned from NHBB with an entire NHBB A-set (the highest-difficulty high school regional set) to write by that following Saturday. The set had to consist o ...spreadsheet became awash with completed answerlines, it appeared that the tournament was going to finish in record time...

...he US, the [[Tossup-bonus format|most common format]] on the national high school and college level is a two-team competition in which the teams compete to b ...friends all across the country.”–Roxanne Ilagan, Grosse Pointe North High School (MI) ‘12]]

...''', was an annual, [[ACF]]-sponsored, strictly [[novice]]-only collegiate tournament designed as an introduction for players who were entirely new to collegiate ...able to produce the set, so [[Fred Morlan]] and [[Nicholas Karas]] wrote a tournament in the same spirit called the '''Introductory Collaborative Collegiate Set'

|'''Former school(s): [[Loyola Academy]], [[Stevenson]]''' ==High School Career==

The '''Illinois High School Association''' governs many sports and activities in Illinois, including [[ ...IHSA was founded in 1900, and is the second oldest (Wisconsin) state high school athletic/activities governing organization.

...be part of the same school/team depending on the structure of one's local school district was addressed in the eligibility rules. ...rotected floppy disk (earlier years) or CD (later years) in advance of the tournament, and the password was announced on the KMO website at the start of the offi

...most common number. In most matches, players on a team all attend the same school, though [[open]] tournaments do not have this requirement. *Teams that attend a quizbowl [[tournament]] usually play eight or more matches in a single day.

...a [[singles]] tournament held each fall since 2001. It is open to any high school student. It typically attracts many of the top players in Illinois and occa ...the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. That tournament, run by [[Ken Johnson]], ended when IWU could no longer provide the space f

Bonus conversion is used as a benchmark for tournament difficulty relative to attending teams. The standard for tournaments is th ...les include the [[D-value]] and [[Groger ranks]]. The [[Fred Morlan]] high school team rankings relied entirely on bonus conversion numbers, and difficulty c

'''Reach for the Top''' is the dominant high school quiz competition in Canada. It is composed largely of speed-check questions Francophone high school students usually play [[Genies en herbe]], while university students play i

...Nationals from 2008 through the end of his career in 2013, and 35 outright tournament victories (excluding side events). ==High school==

...d a Nationals at Berkeley. No one can rival his achievements in quizbowl’s high modern era, and he’s making a run at quizbowl’s greatest champion, Andr ...ences, but also an amazing literature and history player who is capable of high-level buzzes on any given question. More strategic than you might expect. O

...asics|Quizbowl basics]]''' and [[:Category:Quizbowl lingo|Quizbowl lingo]] categories as a glossary if need arises. ...&t=14419 here], which may give you an idea of what quizbowl (at a ''very'' high level--these are extremely hard questions) looks like before you read the r

...out the identity of the moderator, scorekeeper, packet number, [[room]], [[tournament|event]], and [[round]]. ...y for the game to be scored but which facilitate the administration of the tournament and adherence to the rules. This includes space at the top for marking if a

...had claimed it to be. Interviews of coaches who had actually attended the tournament ([[David Riley]], being most notable) were inconclusive. With the 2005 NAC ...atches, and a brief interview with one coach whose team was entered in the tournament. All assertions are thus based upon a relatively limited number of observa

...or has been [[Sister John Baricevic]], who was the coach at Mater Dei High School in Breese, Illinois from 1987 to 1999. The head editor contracts with other :Name these types or categories or branches of psychology.

...e been mounting since the 2000s. They can be broken down into a few basic categories: *Tournament format (only six preliminary games guaranteed, and single-elimination playo

...ng more stuff. He does impress me as someone who really be a force in many categories (again, not easy to do), if not overwhelming. He also has one of the most d ...ut who is?). At his peak, pretty fearsome and able to snipe a lot of other categories.

...2For_intimidation|ethical improprieties]] that might have happened at your tournament in years past. Do you care to speak to that at all? ...led at some seemingly arbitrary decisions relating to protests and mystery categories that disappeared and whatnot. [NOTE: Jason Russell never actually mentioned

First, you have to know your audience. Are you writing for a novice tournament, a standard invitational, or [[ACF Nationals]]? This will determine, to som ...g to include a lot of new players who are, at best, familiar with the high school [[canon]], the goal should be for every tossup to be answered by every team

...in a relatively short amount of time. This is especially true at the high school level, where every year new teams emerge as contenders for the title. *Each tournament you play is an opportunity for improvement.

...have arisen over questions submitted and used in the IHSA Scholastic Bowl Tournament this year. I worked this year as the Math Subject Editor and as one of the ...oh-FOH-bik] tails of the membrane. As these molecules move from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration, what gradient are these mole

...nd countless singles wins, top scorer awards, and invitational and masters tournament wins. ...at a real tournament like the 2004 Chicago Open. A nice guy whose lack of tournament wins has to be counted against him in the final analysis.

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