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|schoolcur = [[Chicago]] (2011-2014) Luke Bretscher played for the University of Chicago. He's known to sing a capella sometimes.

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2010-2014) '''Charles Tian''' is a former player for the [[University of Chicago]] and [[Kinkaid]]. He very much likes cats.

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2011-2015) |highschool = [[Pensacola]] (2008-2011)

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2012-2015) |highschool = [[Millburn]] (2011-2012)

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2011-2014) ...n]] high school team until 2010. That year, at the [[2010 NSC]], he earned a spot in the All-Star Game after [[Jasper Lee]] had to leave.

|schoolpast=[[Cornell]] (2007-2011), [[MIT]] (2011-2015) ....edu/events/miriam-nussbaum-g-flute</ref>, she edited [[music]] for [[2011 Chicago Open]] and contributed to [[Fernando Arrabal]].

|schoolpast =[[University of Chicago]] (2012-2013) '''Nolan Winkler''' was a player at [[Chicago]]. In high school, he attended [[Loyola Academy]] in Wilmette, Illinois.

|schoolpast = [[Yale]] (2013-9), [[Chicago]] (2019-2020) |highschool = [[East Chapel Hill]] (2011-2013)

|schoolpast = [[Harvard]] (2011–2015) |highschool = [[Mira Loma]] (2007–2011)

{{Collegebox|College Name = University of Illinois-Chicago |citystate = Chicago, IL

| Season = 2010-2011 ...011 Chicago Open]]. It was semi-sequel to 2010 [[CULT]], Mike's attempt at a new national trash tournament the year before.

|schoolpast=[[Chicago]] (2014-2018) ...d PhD student at [[Stanford]]. She previously attended the [[University of Chicago]] for undergrad and [[Hunter]] for high school.

|schoolcur = [[Chicago]] ...Lee, aka Tweety, is a player for [[Chicago]] who loves all things. She was a member of the quiz bowl team at [[Arcadia]], serving as co-captain along wi

|citystate = Chicago ...member of the [[North Metropolitan Scholastic Bowl League]] in the greater Chicago area.

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2003-2011), [[Berkeley]] (1999-2002) '''Selene Koo''' was a quizbowl player for the [[University of Chicago]]. Selene played for many years while enrolled in an MD/PhD program and wor

...ether, often against walls of superpowered teams. From 2011 to 2018, every Chicago Open was either won by or written/contributed to by one member of the duo. ...[[Selene Koo]] have a similar claim to fame (as they have won both of the Chicago Opens they’ve all played together).

|schoolpast = [[Vanderbilt]] (2009-2010), [[Chicago]] (2010-2013) ...he was on the Chicago team that finished runner-up in Division II at the [[2011 ICT]]. He attended [[Vanderbilt]] for the 2009-10 school year. He attended

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2011 [[NAQT]] [[MSNCT]] |champion = [[Kealing|Kealing A]]

|schoolcur = [[University of Illinois-Chicago]] (2011-2013) ...chael Perovanovic''' was a quizbowl player at the [[University of Illinois-Chicago]]. He played in High School at [[Wheaton North]] and played 1 year at [[Col

...greater acclaim for his writing and editing work. While Ryan has achieved a reputation (much of it of his own making) as being an "eccentric" writer wh * [[2008 Chicago Open]]

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2000-2008) ...for [[ACF Nationals]] in [[2010 ACF Nationals|2010]], [[2011 ACF Nationals|2011]], and [[2012 ACF Nationals|2012]]. She is thus the only player/editor to h

|schoolcur = [[Columbia]] (2011-2013) |schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2007-2010)

{{College Nat Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2011 DI [[NAQT]] [[ICT]] |third = [[Chicago]] A, [[VCU]]

|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2008 - 2011) Nicholas Polk is a retired player at the [[University of Chicago]] and the [[University of Southern California]].

|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2013-2017) ...t the [[Illinois Math and Science Academy]] (IMSA) and the [[University of Chicago]]. He is notable for being the only person to have played for the [[IHSA]]

|schoolcur = None [[Category: Players active in 2011]][[Category: Players active in 2012]] |schoolpast = [[Penn]] (2010-2014), [[Chicago]] (2014-2020)

...t the [[2010 ICT]] in Chicago, Illinois, to which he will return for the [[2011 ICT]]. He also captained the St. John's College team to a second-place finish in the 2009-2010 series of [[University Challenge]].

...ed at [[Maryland]] from 2008 until 2012. At the peak of his career, he was a strong science player and was usually Maryland's number-two scorer next to ...ational Tournament]], [[Maryland Spring]], and science for 2011 and 2012 [[Chicago Open]].

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2011 [[Chicago Open]] |fourth = A Butterfly Dreaming I'm a Slow Man

...shing in 3rd place after his teammates rejoined him for Sunday. He led the Chicago team that took 2nd place at [[2014 Oxford Open]] and was the lead scorer at [[Category: High school players active in 2011]]

| Season = 2011-12 | First = October 15, 2011

|schoolpast = [[Yale|Yale University]] (2007-2010), [[Northern Kentucky]] (2011) ...iversity, where he enrolled in a post-bacc medical program, and won [[2010 Chicago Open]] with [[Matt Weiner]], [[Dallas Simons]], and [[Kevin Koai]]. '

|schoolpast = [[WUSTL]] (2019-2021), [[Chicago]] (2014-2018) '''Athena Kern''' was a player at [[Dunbar]] High School, the University of [[Chicago]], and [[WUSTL]].

|schoolpast = [[VCU]] (dual enrolled, 2009-2011); [[Virginia]] (2011-2015) |highschool = [[Maggie Walker]] (2007-2011)

|schoolpast = [[University of Chicago]] (2013-2017) ...best in Missouri from 2010 to 2014. He also wrote for and hosted [[LIST]], a well-received housewritten high school tournament.

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2005-2010), [[Berkeley]] (2000-2004) ...[[Berkeley]] from 1999 to 2004 and [[Chicago]] from 2004 to 2010, and was a postdoctoral fellow at [[Wisconsin]] from 2010 to 2013. He succeeded [[R. R

|schoolpast= [[Truman State]] (2005-2011) [[Category: Truman State]] [[Category:Players active in 2006]] [[Category: ...h School)| Notre Dame]] (2001-2005); [[Schuyler County]], Assistant Coach (2011-2012)

...NAC]], including a 5th place finish. Levitt played the St. Paul Academy in 2011 at the Fitzgerald Theatre in St. Paul.

|schoolpast = [[Oxford]] (2004-2011) ...ned the Oxford team at the [[2010 ICT]] in Chicago, Illinois, and at the [[2011 ICT]]. He was also the tournament director and chief Briticiser for ACF Fa

...]. It serves as a side event for Chicago Open, attracting players from the Chicago Open field. It is usually played as a doubles tournament, with teams of two.

|highschool = [[Copley]] (2008-2011) '''Saajid Moyen''' was a quiz bowler at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He was second scorer on

...e in 2009]][[Category:Players active in 2010]][[Category:Players active in 2011]][[Category:Players active in 2012]][[Category:Players active in 2013]][[Ca ...n the Canadian team that won zero games at [[2014 Chicago Open|that year's Chicago Open]], on which he was the third scorer behind actual Canadians [[Jay Misu

| Season = 2011-12 | School = [[Chicago]]

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (1992-1998) ...was a player for [[Chicago]] for seven years as both an undergraduate and a law student, where he won [[ACF Nationals]] in 1993 and 1994, the [[CBI]] N

...vely named Undergraduate champions and tied for overall third place with [[Chicago]]. ...a [[WUSTL]] team containing [[Charles Hang]] competing in Division II for a second consecutive year.

|schoolpast = N/A ...was due to sickness and not knowing when midterms were), one being [[2012 Chicago Open]], though he does practice occasionally. In the 2012-13 season, he beg

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Chicago Christian Knights ...'' is a religious school located in Palos Heights, Illinois, which is near Chicago. The team first became prominent in the Chicagoland Area around 2010 under

...by 5 points. His main contribution to the Michigan team's 2013 attempt at a national title was to neg less, but old habits die hard and he started negg * 2011 [[MOO]]

...the Undergraduate and Division II champions at ACF Nationals and ICT. For a list of '''players''' who have won ACF Nationals or ICT, see [[List of coll | [[1990 Chicago|Chicago]]

...eam in Virginia to win a tournament at the 2009 CCSCT and the first to win a national title at the inaugural 2009 [[CCCT]]. ...the spring 2009 [[Terrapin Invitational Tournament]] with [[Mike Cheyne]], a [[novelty tournament]] based entirely on comic books.

...r for [[2008 ACF Fall]], [[2009 ACF Regionals]], [[2010 ACF Regionals]], [[2011 ACF Regionals]]. and [[2014 ACF Nationals]]. He is one of the most outspoke ...ong other notable results, won 5th place at [[2007 PACE NSC]]. He was also a two-time PACE all-star.

'''Northwestern University''' is a large private university located in Evanston, Illinois. ...playoffs (over [[Yale]], [[Maryland]], [[Chicago]], and [[Stanford]]) and a second-place finish (to [[2017 Michigan|Michigan]]).<ref>https://hsquizbowl

...2009 NAQT Undergaduate]], [[2010 ICT|2010 NAQT Undergraduate]], [[2011 ICT|2011 NAQT]] <br/> College Bowl: [[1984 College Bowl Nationals|1984]], [[1987 Col The '''University of Minnesota''' is a four-year public university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.

...onal sites at [[Ottawa]] and [[Oxford]]. Teams competed for bids to the [[2011 ICT]]. In addition, four sites of [[CCSCT]] were held on the weekend of Ja ...n four teams in their division. Regions highlighted in yellow were run as a single tournament because at least one division had fewer than four teams.'

|schoolpast = [[Maryland]] (2007-2014); [[Chicago]] (2014-2016) ...f the acclaimed [[2010 NSC]], as well as [[2013 ACF Regionals]] and [[2019 Chicago Open]].

...ol''' is a public high school in Crete, Illinois located 30 miles south of Chicago. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[Illinois Hi |University of Chicago

...he [[IMSANITY]] set and takes place at [[Metea Valley]] High School in the Chicago suburbs. .../2011_IMSAnity_MeteaValley/2011_IMSAnity_MeteaValley_overall_standings.php 2011]

...]], who provided a particularly memorable version of this observation at a 2011 mirror of [[Penn Bowl]], and who is generally not recognized enough anyway.

|schoolpast = [[Oxford]]; [[Chicago]] (2009-2014) ...arshall Steinbaum''' was a Ph.D. student in Economics at the University of Chicago from 2008 to 2014, although he only joined the quizbowl team in February of

|champion = [[Chicago]] A |third = [[Minnesota]] A, [[Illinois]] A

...gue consisting of 14 large public high schools in the far north suburbs of Chicago (most located in Lake County). All of these schools are eligible to compet |North Chicago Warhawks||North Chicago

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2010–2012), [[Illinois]] (2008–2009) ...k, subject editing (primarily mathematics), set editing (including roughly a dozen national championships), logistics (including [[logistics director|lo

...nament|2010 IHSA]], [[2011 IHSA State Championship Tournament|2011 IHSA]], 2011 [[Masonic]] |nats appearances= HSNCT: 2011

|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2022-2024) '''Matt Jackson''' is a graduate student at [[Chicago]], and former quizbowl player for [[Yale]] and [[Georgetown Day|Georgetown

The '''Marriott Marquis''' is a hotel located in Atlanta, Georgia. It has served as the site of [[HSNCT]] s ...yatt Regency]], which had some problems as a host site. After returning to Chicago for two years, and to Dallas in 2016, the Marriott Marquis was selected as

...l]. The term has since been used to describe the highest-scoring player at a tournament who did not put up any negs at all. * [[Selene Koo]] at [[2011 Chicago Open]] (7-33-0 in 14 rounds)

...004]], [[2005 ICT|2005]], [[2006 ICT|2006]], [[2007 ICT|2007]], [[2011 ICT|2011]], [[2012 ICT|2012]], [[2013 ICT|2013]], [[2014 ICT|2014]] The '''University of Virginia''', or '''UVA''', is a public university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Throughout the 2010s, UVA h

|schoolpast = [[VCU]] (2008-2011), [[UVA]] (2011-2014) ...otal in that set.) His other credentials include writing almost all of the 2011 [[VCU Open]], the head editorship of 2010 [[ACF Fall]] and [[2014 ACF Regio

:* Madison Central A d. Penn Manor (305-245) '''<u>2008 NAC - Chicago (rank ????)</u>'''

...Seeding Meetings by showing up with very few matches played and demanding a very high seed. ...is team also featured a strong player named Krystle Leung who graduated in 2011.

...17]], and [[2019 Chicago Open]]s. From 2019 to 2022, they were enrolled in a PhD program at [[Illinois]]. *2017 [[(This Tournament is a) Crime]]

...e team in scoring after the retirement of [[Mike Sorice]]. In 2013, he led a team of him, [[Billy Busse]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], and Austin Listerud, to ...Head Editor in 2019. Ike also spearheaded the notoriously difficult [[2017 Chicago Open]].

The '''University of Michigan''' is a large public university in Ann Arbor, MI. Its quizbowl team has historical Michigan collaborated with [[UVA]] on [[Missiles of October]] in Fall 2011 and wrote [[QUARK]] in Fall 2012. Michigan also hosted [[ACF Nationals]] in

...nd [[Harvard]] as a graduate student. He received a Ph.D. from [[CMU]] in 2011. ...at three consecutive [[Chicago Open]]s between 2001 and 2003. He also was a member of the winning team at what was then considered the hardest tourname

'''Will Holub-Moorman''' is a current player at [[Princeton]]. He is a former player for [[Harvard]], where he was the second scorer on their 5th- ...hout the distribution. Will returned to edit social science for the [[2019 Chicago Open]], as well as for both the 2020 and 2021 iterations of [[WORKSHOP]].

'''Jonathan Magin''' is a former player for the [[University of Maryland]] who now plays [[open]] tou ...en]] and being the top scorer at both the [[2009 Chicago Open]] and [[2010 Chicago Open]].

|champion = [[Cornell]] A |second = [[Chicago]] A

'''Tamara Vardomskaya''' is a former [[University of Chicago]] and [[Ottawa]] player and [[Lisgar]] alumna and coach. ...y this rally was spurned from Vardomskaya saying that [[SmartAsk!]] wasn't a real championship (which, in retrospect, was true). At 2002 provincials, T

...o led his team to win the [[2017 Chicago Open]], having also won in [[2016 Chicago Open|the previous year]]. Will is a well-regarded writer and editor, having served on the editing staff for [[2

[http://www.lawrence.edu Lawrence University] is a small liberal arts school in Appleton, Wisconsin, not to be confused with t Lawrence has a long and wonderful tradition of [http://www.naqt.com/stats/school-players.j

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2005-2007); [[Harvard]] (2007-2010) ...as vacated in 2013 after it was discovered Watkins had cheated in 2010 and 2011). He is famed for his love of Red Lobster and his aversion to Tina Fey.

'''Dartmouth College''' is a private institution in Hanover, NH. Following a six-year hiatus in quizbowl from 2016, Dartmouth returned to quizbowl in th ...main high that this event will be revived (or just "vived", but that's not a word).

'''Mike Cheyne''' was a grad student at the [[University of Minnesota]] in American Studies. He tau Mike received a BA at Grand Valley State University and a MA at Western Michigan University, but did not play collegiate quizbowl fro

'''Trygve Meade''' is a former law student at Southern Illinois University and former president of ...ose regarding his unauthorized access of the private HSAPQ forum while not a member of HSAPQ, an action for which he apologized [http://hsquizbowl.org/f

|schoolpast = [[Dartmouth]] (2011-2014) ...unced the non-American/Danish way) came from Wisconsin to [[Dartmouth]] in 2011 to improve steadily during his first year. Studying Biology and Chemistry,

|highschool = [[Hickman]] (2011-2013) ...layer for [[UVA]], former president of the [[Missouri]] Quizbowl Club, and a former player for [[Hickman]] High School.

Lisgar's Reach season began by hosting a Reach for the Top/NAQT hybrid tournament in October. At provincials, Lisgar came 12th with a 5-2 record, but came 5th overall in points scored.

...Yale]] (2008-2012), [[King's College London]] (2012-2013), [[University of Chicago]] (2013-2020) '''John Lawrence''' was the team captain of the [[University of Chicago]] from 2013–2020, and the former team captain of [[Yale University]]. He

'''Rice''' is a private university in Houston, Texas. They regularly attend tournaments in ...ed the club and began his four-year plan for reform, which aimed to create a self-sustaining model for the Rice quizbowl club. In 2012, Rice attended AC

...urnament]] composed entirely of [[geography]] questions. It usually ran as a [[side event]] to one of the high school national championships (typically | Chicago, Illinois

...estions that teams present had already heard. Huskie Bowl has again become a regular part of the Illinois circuit. For 2010 and 2011, the tournament was split into "Lower" and "Upper" divisions of competition

...race Liu]] of High Tech (MVP, DC)<br> [[Ben Peck]] of Detroit Jesuit (MVP, Chicago) |site = Chicago; New Orleans; Washington DC

...ransformed from a group of relatively low-profile high school players into a nationally ranked team.

..., Bollinger's St. Anselm's team emerged victorious from the tiebreakers in a 440-420 slugfest with Jackson's Georgetown Day team in the playoffs, which ...at [[2011 ICT|that year's ICT]], while Bollinger finished just a third of a tossup per game behind Chris Ray for top scorer in DI.

...the [[University of Illinois]] in Urbana-Champaign starting in 2002 or so. A variety of people from the University of Illinois have been involved in the The name was revived for a Spring 2020 [[nationals-minus]] set, which was postponed to Fall 2021.

In many recent years, the Sunday following the Chicago Open has featured a trash tournament. | n/a

...eam delivered the only defeat to eventual champions [[Hunter]] en route to a 3rd place finish and an individual All-Star award. Silverman became the sec His other achievements include being the top scorer at the 2011 [[Classic City Classic|UGA CCC]], the [[Georgia Tech|GA Tech]] HSNCT Warm-U

...4-2016. His highest [[Chicago Open]] finish was a tie for second in [[2013 Chicago Open|2013]], when he played alongside [[Jonathan Magin]], [[Evan Adams]], a ...powers relative to any field (and usually outpacing the field in powers by a wide margin, with the exception of the 2015 event).

'''Stanford University''' is a private university in Stanford, CA. ...across a whiteboard in the Stanford team's practice room, and was intended a tongue-in-cheek criticism of tortured acronyms like [[STIMPY]] and [[MYSTER

...th [[Spencer Weinreich]] and noted cheater Dmitri Halikias during the 2010-2011 season. ...and high school), he was the third scorer on the team that won the [[2017 Chicago Open]].

...tory of the game. He began his career at [[Berkeley]] and went on to found a successful club at [[Brown|Brown University]]. Pound for pound, he was the Vinokurov was a member of the Berkeley renaissance along with [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Ko

...e_Crown|Modern Triple Crown]]: [[ACF Nationals]], [[NAQT ICT]] (DI), and [[Chicago Open]]. Seven editors are known to have completed the Triple Crown of Editi ...he years before 2011. Although it may have sometimes done so before, after 2011, NAQT has generally recognized its SCT and ICT editors publicly following t

|schoolpast=[[Toronto]] (2006-2010), [[Alberta]] (2011-2015) '''Sinan Ulusoy''' is a former player for [[Toronto]] and [[Alberta]]. In high school, he played at

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2011 [[National Academic Championship]] ...yan Rosenberg]] of Ardsley (MVP, DC)<br> [[Jackson Kulas]] of Copley (MVP, Chicago)

The '''Michigan Fall Tournament''' was a low-difficulty college tournament edited by [[Michigan]] and played at site | [[Penn|Penn A]]

'''Cornell University''' is a private institution located in Ithaca, New York. ...almost won several national titles from 2011 to 2014. Its fortunes revived a few years later when, led by [[Jonathan Tran]] and [[Daniel Xu]], it could

...ites. According to the best records available, it started in 2002, skipped a year, and then became an annual event. It often occurs in October, though t ...[Niantic-Harristown]] for Third Place. However, that tournament is more of a forerunner of the [[IHSSBCA Kickoff]] than [[Earlybird]].

...yer for [[State College]]. She competed for Oxford in the [[2010 ICT]] in Chicago, Illinois. ...ge team during the 2006-2007 school year, during which she led the team to a second-place finish at the [[2007 HSNCT]].

...League. St. Francis is from the Suburban Catholic League. The League is a mix of both small and large schools. All of the schools are private religi |[[Brother Rice|Brother Rice Crusaders]]||Chicago||Michelle England

...School''' is a public high school in Aurora, Illinois located in the west Chicago suburbs. It competes in Class AA, the "big school" division, of the [[Illin ...Valley's best run of success came during the mid-2010's when it emerged as a challenger to [[IMSA]], [[Naperville North]], & [[Wheaton North]].

'''Warren G. Harding High School''' is located in Warren, Ohio, a city in Trumbull County. ...The team, composed entirely of sophomores, finished with a 5-5 record in Chicago that year, and Michael Coates was named as the first member of the Sophomor

..., which stands for April Tournament Run On Pennies, Halfpence, and Yen, is a pre-nationals tournament held at [[Northern Illinois University]], directed | [[Auburn (Rockford, IL)|Auburn A]]

...as a side event at the [[University of Chicago]] on the same weekend as [[Chicago Open]]. ...ime literature players in quizbowl failed to show up due to the effects of a post-CO party the prior night.

...in 2009]][[Category: Players active in 2010]][[Category:Players active in 2011]][[Category: Players active in 2012]] Dallas Simons was a quizbowl player at [[Harvard]] and [[Penn]]. He formerly played for [[MLK (

'''Eric Mukherjee''' is a longtime player, [[editor]], and quizbowl [[coach]]. ...was consistently ranked among the top 10 modern-era college quizbowlers in a [https://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18925 number of individu

|schoolpast = [[Michigan State]] (2011-2014) ...hari''' played for [[Plymouth]] and [[Michigan State]] before embarking on a PhD at the [[Minnesota|University of Minnesota]], which he completed in 202

...private (6 Catholic, 2 non-religious), with the other two representing the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), which does not support Scholastic Bowl competition. [[Loyola Academy]] was a founding member of the League, with [[David Riley]] a key co-founder.

This page lists national championship tournaments that ended with a team "clearing" the field (winning without the need for any final). ...in 2021 after a one-year cancellation due to COVID, the format ended with a double-elimination bracket that guaranteed some sort of final.

The '''University of Illinois''' ("'''Illinois'''" or "'''UIUC'''") is a large public university located in Champaign, Illinois and Urbana, Illinois ...for [[IHSSBCA]]'s annual meeting and for its [[Team Illinois]] tryouts. In 2011, the IHSSBCA recognized the ABT as the [[Robert Grierson Friend of Scholast

...s been coached for many years by Carlton Rink, and it was also coached for a time by former [[Wheaton North]] star Lori Sommars. *IHSA Regional titles: 2023 (2A), 2022 (2A), 2021 (2A), 2017 (2A), 2016 (2A), 2011 (2A), 2010 (2A), 2009 (2A), 2005 (2A), 2003 (2A)

...lver's three second-round playoff appearances at HSNCT (2009, 2010, 2012), a regional semifinal finish at NAC by Latin in 2001, and an Elite Eight appea | [[Latin School|Latin School of Chicago]] (IL)

'''Harvard''' is a large private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It participat Jeff Johnson led Harvard to a series of successes in the second half of the nineties, retiring after thei

:''Not to be confused with [[Aptakisic|Buffalo Grove Aptakisic]], a middle school team from the same city (but which does not feed this high sc ...they have been led by [[Justin Wytmar]] and [[Rohan Ganeshan]], including a 5th-place finish at the [[2021 HSNCT]] after taking just one loss in the pr

...[[ACF Nationals]]) and its extremely competitive field, which usually make Chicago Open the most challenging all-subject set of the calendar year. A true open tournament, Chicago Open attracts current college players, retired or graduated players, and, o

...d every year at the [[Penn|University of Pennsylvania]]. Though originally a [[packet submission]] tournament, the questions have been [[housewrite|hous ...chance to play a variety of nationwide teams on bad questions, it was just a regular local tournament with bad questions. This trend in question quality

...[[Chicago Open]] championships (2009 and 2011) and seven overall top-three Chicago Open finishes, eleven consecutive top-bracket finishes at ICT and Nationals ...is writing and editing, spearheading such well-received sets as the [[2014 Chicago Open]], the [[2017 ACF Regionals]], and the [[2018 ACF Nationals]].

'''Harding University''' is a Christian Liberal Arts institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. Harding’s ...in Harding's quiz bowl history with only three returning players from the 2011-12 team.

...ever won Chicago Open at all). The individual players to have accomplished a single-year Triple Crown are: Seven times, a player has finished first in two of the Triple Crown events and second in t

| Season = 2011-12 ...als and ACF Nationals; he also reserved the right to veto superteams above a given skill level.

...2011. Colby Burnett, who once won a stacked Masonic Sectional playing with a single teammate who barely answered any questions, played for and then coac For a few years circa 2006, Fenwick hosted an annual tournament colloquially know

|highschool = [[Lisgar]] (2008-2011) ...ampionship winning team, and captained Lisgar to a 3rd place finish in the 2011 Reach for the Top nationals. Later, he was part of the [[2015 ACF Nationals

|highschool = coached at [[New Trier]] (1994-2011) '''David Reinstein''' was a coach at [[New Trier]] from 1994–2011, the chair of [[IHSSBCA]] from 2004–14, and the president of [[PACE]] fro

...ond or third only to [[Andrew Yaphe]] and possibly [[Jordan Brownstein]]). A member of the [[St. Anselm's]] class of 2010, he is proud to have been incl ...Outside of college competition, he has notably won or edited all but two [[Chicago Open]]s since 2012.

|schoolpast = [[Minnesota]] (2008-2011) ...2009]] [[Category: Players active in 2010]] [[Category: Players active in 2011]]

...NAQT [[ICT]], ACF Nationals is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in collegiate quizbowl. ...nishing Division II team in the overall field, rather than being played in a separate tournament. Unofficial winners by the current criteria are noted f

The '''University of Maryland''' is a large public university located in College Park, Maryland. ...[[Jonathan Magin]] was also on a team that won [[Illinois Open]] and the [[Chicago Open]].

|schoolpast = [[Minnesota]] (2007-2011), [[MCTC]] (2013-2014) ...of Minnesota]], where he and perennial teammate [[Andrew Hart]] won the [[2011 ICT]]. In 2019, his writing, forums adminship, and community-building work

...rogram's creation until the spring of 2015, Southwestern competed in Class A, the "small school" division of the [[Illinois High School Association]]'s ...tied for 5th at [[SSNCT]] at Chicago in 2017 and 2022, 4th at [[SSNCT]] in Chicago in 2016, tied for 7th at Atlanta in 2015, and tied for 11th at the first [[

|schoolpast = [[Brown]] (2008-2011) [[Illinois]] (2013-2014) '''Aaron Rosenberg''' was a player at [[Brown]] and the [[Illinois|University of Illinois]].

...dubbed '''Watkins-gate''' after its chief instigator [[Andy Watkins]], was a scandal in which several members of the quizbowl community were discovered ...become more and more of a negatively-viewed figure (see for example the [[2011 PACE Coup]]), and eventually left quizbowl entirely after beginning graduat

...[NAQT]] every May, typically over Memorial Day weekend. The tournament is a two-day affair, with preliminary rounds Saturday and playoff rounds Sunday. ...he most common way to qualify for the HSNCT is to finish in the top 15% at a tournament using NAQT questions during the season, though there are [http:/

...ally held at the end of the year. The poll was run by [[Mike Cheyne]] from 2011 to 2018. A spreadsheet comparing every player who has ever ranked can be found [https:

|schoolpast = [[Lawrence|Lawrence University]] (2007-2011) '''Greg Peterson''' is a player at [[Northwestern]], and is the former high scorer/president/treasur

...and [[Noah Sheidlower]] and came in second at [[2021 ACF Nationals]] with a team of Alston, Chen, Sheidlower, and [[Caroline Mao]]. | 1997 || ||colspan="2"|A: 36th<br/>B: 53rd

'''Truman State''' is a public liberal arts college in Kirksville, Missouri. In the 2013-2014 season, Truman hosted a [[National History Bee and Bowl]] tournament on the C set on March 22. [htt

...8, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, an ...0, 1991, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, an

|highschool = [[Norman North]] (2011-2015) '''Caleb Kendrick''' is a player for [[Maryland]]. He previously played for [[Oklahoma]] in undergrad

...versity of [[Minnesota]] in 2008. Brendan was the top scorer at the [[2008 Chicago Open]], causing many people to predict great success for Minnesota in the 2 ...fter that season, Brendan graduated and did not play regularly in the 2010-2011 season, though he has continued to play opens post-graduation.

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...h [[ACF Nationals]], the ICT is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in collegiate quizbowl. ...iate division and awards the overall national championship. Division II is a "novice" style division, limited to university players who are in their fir

...yn Gerhardt, and [[David Reinstein]]. Reinstein coached the team from 1994-2011, during which time the team was pretty much always considered among the top ...write that was mirrored by [[UCLA]]. From 2010 to 2013, the tournament was a mirror of GSAC; in roughly the same time period, it started attracting many

...l College, Oxford) 1998, 1999, 2000; (as University of Oxford) 2001, 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 ...the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Among the members of OUQS is a squad of some 40 people who attend weekly practices and occasional tourname

'''East Brunswick High School''', usually acronymized '''EB''', is a public high school in East Brunswick, New Jersey. They frequently rank amon * N/A

...ence''' or '''SWSC''' is a league of high school programs across the south Chicago suburbs. All of these schools are eligible to compete in the "large school" | A.A. Stagg || Palos Hills || Chargers ||

|highschool = [[Ardsley]] (2011-2012) '''Ryan Rosenberg''' is a member of [[ACF]] and an emeritus member of [[PACE]]. He formerly played fo

...State Championships, including the 2017 tournament which would be her last a head coach. ...er team to wherever the other good teams are going to be, generally in the Chicago suburbs. Despite having mobility issues, Greene is among Illinois' most tr

.... It currently competes in the [[West Suburban Conference]] in the greater Chicago area and in Class AA of the [[IHSA]] State Championship Series. ...finally defeating Hinsdale Central. In the [[IHSA]] State series, OPRF won a tight regional match against York and ended up winning the subsequent secti

...ing four schools each. Teams play two matches at each meet, slowly playing a round robin, with the 12th match being against the same team as the 1st mat ...st and Proviso West, respectively, because neither school currently fields a Scholastic Bowl team.

'''25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players''' is a ranking published by Martin Faber (the author of the [[Definitive Greatest ...at other events or formats, when compiling this list. We've also recalled a representative "favorite moment" for each of the 25 players. We saw fit to

...llege Bowl Company]] and sponsored by Honda. The HSASC season culminate on a National Championship Tournament, an annual competition in March that has b The name also refers to a small circuit of tournaments, advertised as "preparatory" HCASC Pre-NCT tou

'''Terrapin''' is a long-running series of quizbowl tournaments held at and primarily written b ...ected by [[Brittany Clark]] and [[Ali Daniels]]. It was won by [[Chicago]] A.

...''MSL''' is a league of high school quiz bowl programs across the northern Chicago suburbs. It is composed of 12 schools & divided into two divisions - East & *2011: Fremd - 4th (AA)

...were separate State Championship Tournaments held for small schools (Class A) and large schools (Class AA). ...nto 16 areas, termed in Illinois as ''Sectionals''. Each sectional hosted a tournament, the winner of which advanced to the State Championship Tourname

...lways been the coordinator since these tournaments started in 2000, though a lot of decisions are made by the hosts, including the decision as to whethe ...han five matches to all teams, these tournaments make good use of [[NAQT]] A Sets, getting many appropriate teams to play on those questions. Beginning

...ool in Bradley, Illinois just outside of Kankakee and the south suburbs of Chicago. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High ...ayers from that era, Greg Lindsay, played for [[Illinois]], tried to write a Quiz Bowl article for Playboy, and is rumored to have beaten IBM's Watson a

* [[Auburn|Auburn A]] - 2009 (12-0) * Auburn A - 2012 (12-0)

...ally they play in the West Division of the [[MNHSQB League]], and have won a division title each year since 2013. Wayzata tied for 13th at the [[2012 HS This is a detailed season-by-season tournament history for [[Wayzata]].

|notes=not a side event; charity |[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16160 Chicago Open History 2015: Quizbowl's New Chains Discovered]

...ator''' High School is a public high school in Streator, Illinois, between Chicago and Peoria. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[ ...f [[University (Normal)]] and David Shalowitz of [[New Trier]] that lasted a few years after the three of them played together on [[Team Illinois]] at [

'''Brown University''' is a private university located in Providence, Rhode Island. The team was founde After officially chartering a club, presided over by bureaucrat-extraordinaire [[Dennis Jang]], the team

...&quot; division of the IHSA State Championship Series. Its head coach from 2011-2014 was Neva O'Laughlin, who was its Frosh/Soph coach before that and who ...5th), and [[NAQT Illinois State Tournament]] (5th), before being upset in a four-point game by Deerfield in the Regional Championships of the [[2009 IH

...won the 2004 Benjamin [[Cooper Award|Cooper]] Young Ambassador Award, the 2011 [[Cooper Award|Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award]], and the 2013 [[ ...nnesota Open]] with [[Charlie Dees]], and leading the victorious team at [[Chicago Open]] for an unmatched span of four years straight, from 2007 to 2010, wit

...etitive league consisting of 12 large high schools in the north suburbs of Chicago. All of these schools are eligible to compete in the "large school" class *Glenbrook North did not join the League until 2006-07, and did not play a full schedule until 2007-08.

A tournament run by [[Chip Beall]]'s [[Questions Unlimited]] since 1983, the ...fifteen percent of any tournament, winning a game in [[QuizNet]], getting a perfect (or highest) score in any month's [[Twenty Questions]], or making t

..., Young was the among the most respected coaches in Illinois having played a role in IHSA's adoption of Scholastic Bowl and in the formation of [[IHSSBC ...ter Club and in some years is self-funding. The team still manages to play a full schedule of tournaments in downstate Illinois, and it used to travel t

**Semifinalists: UMKC A, WUSTL **Champion: MU A over UMKC A

'''Neg prizes''' are awards given (usually) in jest during a tournament's awards ceremony to the player with the most total negs. When ==Are neg prizes a good idea?==

...loomington, Illinois. Its nickname is the Purple Raiders. It competes as a member of the [[Big 12 Conference]], which represents most of the large pub ...ectional matches, as well as Masonic Sectional matches. The team is fed by a [[Bloomington Junior High School|strong middle school program]].

|nats appearances = NSC: [[2011 NSC|2011]] <br>HSNCT: [[2012 HSNCT|2012]] ...e]] replaced him as main coach. Matthew Jodino was the assistant coach for a few years until he was replaced by Andrew Cheun in the 2017-2018 season. Ch

...ol''' is a high school in Naperville, Illinois located in the west-central Chicago suburbs. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[Ill ...inois team to meet or exceed expectations at the [[2017 HSNCT]], finishing a strong third in the nation.

The '''Reinstein Varsity''' is a high school tournament held each December since 2005. From 2005 through 201 ..., continues to be played on high school questions, and it has used an NAQT A-Set since 2016.

|nats = [[2005 ICT|2005 NAQT Undergraduate]]<br>[[2011 ICT|2011 NAQT Undergraduate]] ...006]], [[2007 ICT|2007]], [[2008 ICT|2008]], [[2010 ICT|2010]], [[2011 ICT|2011]], [[2012 ICT|2012]], [[2013 ICT|2013]], [[2016 ICT|2016 DII]]

'''Collins Hill High School''' is a high school in Suwanee, GA. They host a Varsity, JV, and [[Collins Hill Middle School Invitational|middle school]] ...iz bowl entity to being one of Georgia's best teams. This article outlines a brief history of Collins Hill quiz bowl.

The '''IHSSBCA All-State Program''' is a program designed to annually recognize the best players in Illinois, as wel ...the all-star team sent each year to the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]]. A team was selected in 1999 at the Team Illinois Selection Event, independent

...raw until 1990, so while older than the IHSA Tournament, it did not become a state tournament until after the IHSA Tournament had been established. ...two pools and play round robin. The top two teams in each pool advance to a single-elimination semifinal, starting with the 1st place team in one pool

...'''David Riley Memorial Kickoffs''' (formerly the "IHSSBCA Kickoffs") are a parallel series of high school tournament held at several sites across the ...ms in different divisions. In particular, it did not follow the IHSA Class A (small)/Class AA (large) division system.

...Ridge, Illinois, a near-north suburb of Chicago. It currently competes as a member of the [[Central Suburban League]] (CSL). It also competes in Class ...hosted by the local NBC affiliate (WMAQ-TV), which had studios located at Chicago's Merchandise Mart.

'''Mathew J. Laird''' was a question writer and coach. He was a principal co-founder of [[Aegis Questions]], Inc. Despite his relatively yo ...ayed his entire career at [[Loyola Academy]] in Wilmette, Illinois, and as a senior started on one of Loyola's best teams. The 2004 squad was considere

...2, IHSA split into two classes, with [[Rockridge]] winning the first Class A (small school) Championship. ...ims that it is a private organization, with almost 800 member schools, and a small number of affiliate and approved schools who do not hold full members

...Colonel David Riley]], the head coach at Loyola, started the tournament as a early-in-the-year way of discovering potential candidates for [[Team Illino ...in the third. There were no rebounds, and any incorrect answer results in a deduction of the full value of the question.

...10 ICT]], Toronto's A team finished 5th overall in the best performance of a Toronto team at either ACF Nationals or Division I ICT. The team has more r ...lege at U of T circa 2000. As Luke Chao wrote, upon not being able to find a Toronto club:

...especially low in the Chicago area. It is unusual for high schools to have a team but not compete in the IHSA tournament, but there are many middle scho ...it into two classes, with Washington (St. Patrick) winning the first Class A (small school) Championship. Comparatively, the [[IHSA]] began their State

The '''Scobol Solo''' is a [[singles]] tournament held each fall since 2001. It is open to any high sc ...n 2006, New Trier was forced to close the weekend of the tournament due to a pertussis outbreak, causing the tournament to be moved to nearby [[Adlai E.

The '''National All-Star Academic Tournament (NASAT)''' is a national tournament where all-star teams from each state (including the Dis ...d teams at NASAT from 2021 onward. [[Quizbowl in Canada|Canada]] also sent a team in 2021, and [[Quizbowl in Liberia|Liberia]] fielded one in 2022 and 2

|[[Loyola Academy|Loyola Academy A]] |[[Auburn (Rockford, IL)|Auburn A]]

'''The 70 Greatest Players of the Last Eight Years: A Ranking''' was a ranking of players written by [[Mike Cheyne]] in 2016, spread over [https:/ ...hat's a nice round number, so I decided to rank them (although it's really a top 65, for reasons I'll explain below).

...ay say they were '''prompted''' on their answer. Receiving a prompt allows a player an opportunity to give an additional answer.</onlyinclude> A player may receive multiple successive prompts. It is possible for a player to intentionally aim to be repeatedly prompted to [[stall]] or to at

...me]]; it is also used as synecdoche for detailed results on the outcome of a game or the literal scoresheet used to record it. The task of filling in a scoresheet, termed '''scoring''', is performed by a [[scorekeeper]]; it is possible for the scorekeeper and the [[moderator]] t

...e team was coached for many years by [[David Riley]], who was succeeded in 2011 by one of his former students, [[Matt Laird]]. In 2014, Laird switched scho ...d began to excel. Headed by Captain [[Jack Glerum]] and [[Joe Ahmad]], the A team was rounded out by Christian Kreb, Catherine Groden, "Mad Dog" Dan Mad

...Challenge]]. The program was canceled in 2009, but was resurrected to send a team to [[NASAT]] beginning in 2010. ...ver.) Singles rooms are sequentially re-pooled after each round to produce a variety of room conditions and buzz points are carefully recorded on each q

A timeline of quizbowl history, with a focus on the game's development in the United States. For more targeted dis Hello to any editors of this page. Here is a brief summary of the templates and formatting being employed:

...ition, MOQBA sponsors the [[Team Missouri|Missouri NASAT team]] and awards a Student Involvement award. |2010-2011

:''This article discusses "trash," a commonly used term for popular culture in Quiz Bowl. For information regard ...popular culture with some reasonable claim on being academic-adjacent has a place in the set.

...have ever been active in collegiate quiz bowl, and points of contact (with a timestamp, when applicable). In 2013, [[Eliza Grames]] compiled a contact list which can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d

...rtin Faber was composed of two individuals identifying themselves as &quot;A.&quot; and &quot;Z.&quot;, aliases of [[Andrew Yaphe]] and [[Zeke Berdichev ...five tiers, along with &quot;Other Notable Players and Future Stars&quot;, a sort of Honorable Mention category.

'''Walnut Hills High School''' is a six-year college-preparatory public high school located in Cincinnati, Ohio ...s using the [[OAC]] format. This denied them the opportunity to compete at a national level.

...tine, Illinois, a northwestern suburb of Chicago. It currently competes as a member of the [[Mid-Suburban League]] (MSL). It also competes in Class AA, ...ip at tournaments, no matter how tough the competition. The polls showed a strong concensus: the Vikings were going down to Peoria to claim their fir

...ce-based criticisms that have been leveled against it over the years - for a detailed discussion of just the former, see [[criticisms of NAQT]]. ...academic]] questions, have long been sticking points for those who prefer a different sort of quizbowl experience.

The '''Academic Competition Federation''' or '''ACF''' is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that produces college quizbowl questions ...format and rules, perhaps with slight modifications, or especially to make a broad distinction with other formats.