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...lege Quizbowl Clubs''' are [[quizbowl]] teams affiliated with a college or university. ''This list is not exhaustive. Feel free to add to it.'' ==List of College Quizbowl Clubs Active in mACF Formats==

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

|schoolcur = [[University of Illinois-Chicago]] (2011-2013) |schoolpast = [[College of DuPage]] (2009-2010)

|champion = [[1999 Chicago|Chicago]] |fourth = [[1999 Illinois|Illinois]]

'''Rom Masrour''' is a former player for the [[UIC|University of Illinois at Chicago]]. * [http://www.amazon.com/review/R1RZPY10I1AFMA/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm Rom on Song of the South]

...out half of the team's tossups that year and was one of the top players in Illinois. Starting during his senior year, he wrote an intramural trash tournament w ...Chemistry, and he then became a grad student in Human Geography at Boston University.

|schoolpast =[[University of Chicago]] (2012-2013) ...t [[Chicago]]. In high school, he attended [[Loyola Academy]] in Wilmette, Illinois.

|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2013-2017) |highschool = [[Illinois Math and Science Academy]] (2010-2013), [[Stevenson]] (2009-2010)

|schoolcur = [[Chicago]] [[Category: Players active in 2005]][[Category: Players active in 2006]] ...hicago]]. He played for Wheaton North High School where he was the middle of the famed "La Fraternité Gauthier", following older brother Marc and prece

...began studying at [[Keele]] University in Staffordshire. Quizbowl players at Oxford frequently encouraged her to bring a Keele team to tournaments.

|champion = [[Chicago]] A ...at the [[Hyatt Regency O'Hare]] in Chicago, Illinois. The [[University of Chicago]] won both Division I and Division II, repeating a feat that UChicago was a

|schoolcur = [[Chicago]] (2019–) {{confuse|the Maryland player of the early 2000's [[Adam Fine]]}}

'''Chris Greenwood''' is a student at [[Guelph]]. ...evin Hotson]], [[Jeff Gao]], Celia Byrne, and [[Patrick Liao]] as a member of [[2008 Lisgar]]. In 2007, he organized the inaugural [[Lisgar Open]].

...ekend, since at least 1996. An incarnation of this tournament was also run at [[Georgia Tech]] during the 1990s with the earliest surviving set dating fr In 2008, MLK was a [[mirror]] of [[Terrapin]].<ref>https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=4704</

'''ACF Fall 2012''' was held over the weekend of November 3rd, 2012, at ten regional sites throughout the United States and one across the pond. Th | [[Illinois]]

...e nature of the 2020-21 season. The tournament was edited by a large group of editors. Head editor [[Jaimie Carlson]] was joined by editors [[Annabelle Y ...e controversy surrounding the teams that were chosen, such as the omission of [[Brown|Brown A]].

...rd''' is a high school tournament hosted by the University of [[Illinois]] at Urbana-Champaign. In its history, it has been a house-write, used [[HSAPQ]] ...istown]] for Third Place. However, that tournament is more of a forerunner of the [[IHSSBCA Kickoff]] than [[Earlybird]].

...otably included successful iterations by [[Mike Sorice]]. It was typically of "Regionals-plus" difficulty. ...ed in this span - because they predate the [[database]] and widespread use of the [[forums]], there is little information that can be accessed about them

'''ACF Fall 2009''' was held over the weekend of October 31st, 2009, at ten regional sites throughout the United States and one in Canada. This to | [[University of Missouri]]

|schoolpast = [[Illinois]] (2009-2013) ...him, [[Billy Busse]], [[Aaron Rosenberg]], and Austin Listerud, to victory at the [[2013 ACF Nationals]].

...fpence, and Yen, is a pre-nationals tournament held at [[Northern Illinois University]], directed by [[Brad Fischer]] and [[Kristin Strey]]. The tournament start ! # of Teams

|schoolpast = [[Illinois]] (2007-2010), SIU (inactive) ...law student at Southern Illinois University and former president of the [[Illinois Academic Buzzer Team]].

...ughout the United States and Canada. The Rice site was held on the weekend of March 1, 2014. This tournament was head-edited by [[Evan Adams]], with assi | [[University of Washington|Washington]]

...ern Illinois area that don't travel to Chicago or [[University of Illinois|Illinois]] for tournaments. Additionally, the format is set up to allow teams to pla ...loomington scored 101 PPG for top individual honors, and [[Siva Sundaram]] of Auburn A was the second top scorer and neg champion, earning a [[Neg prize|

|schoolcur = [[University of Chicago]] (2015-2021) ...Nationals]] and DII at [[2016 ICT]]. He was voted 4th Scorer of the Year at 2018's [[Players Choice Awards]], presumably for his [[2018 ICT|ICT]] perfo

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

|second = [[Illinois]] |third = [[Chicago]] A

...osted at the [[Hyatt Regency O'Hare]] in Chicago, Illinois. The University of [[Michigan]] won the Division I overall title following a surprise run by [ ...Undergraduate title, while In Division II, [[Berkeley]] C prevailed over [[Illinois]] to win the Division II championship.

|third = [[Chicago]] A ...since Yale was undefeated and Berkeley had 2 losses before the final game of the playoffs, Yale's win came after two consecutive losses to Berkeley.

...or Davis]], [[Ted Gioia]], and [[Gautam Kandlikar]]. It is regarded as one of the best written ACF Falls in its history and served as an excellent introd | [[Chicago|Chicago C]]

|scorer = [[Ike Jose]], [[2012 Illinois|Illinois]] ...Nationals''' was held between April 21 and 22 at the [[Maryland|University of Maryland]].

|third = [[Chicago]] A, [[VCU]] ...ncy O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois. [[Seth Teitler]] served as a head-editor of the Division I set.

{{Collegebox|College Name = Northwestern University ...thwestern University''' is a large private university located in Evanston, Illinois.

{{Collegebox|College Name = Illinois |Image = Illinois.jpg

{{Collegebox|College Name = University of Virginia ...uizbowl team at the University of Virginia. For high quizbowl in the state of Virginia, see [[VHSL Scholastic Bowl]].''

...ionals featured a 39 team field and was held at the [[Tennessee|University of Tennessee]]. *[[John Sheahan]], [[Chicago]] (59.2 ppg)

|second = [[2015 Chicago|Chicago A]] The '''2015 ACF Nationals''' was held between April 18 and 19 at [[Michigan]]. It was edited by [[Ryan Westbrook]], [[Ike Jose]], [[Billy Bu

.../title/tt0056172 T.E. Lawrence]; or [http://www.ltu.edu Lawrence Technical University]. ...www.naqt.com/stats/school-players.jsp?org_id=65512 actually fielding women at tournaments].

...[Oxford]]. He competed on the Oxford team at the [[2010 ICT]] in Chicago, Illinois, to which he will return for the [[2011 ICT]]. ...John's College team to a second-place finish in the 2009-2010 series of [[University Challenge]].

...rsity, where he captained their quizbowl team. He was previously a member of the [[Williams]] quizbowl team, which he captained his junior and senior ye ...sting feud with [[Dan Passner]]. That summer, he finished second in the [[Chicago Open Classical Name That Tune]] competition.

|second = [[Chicago]] |third = [[Illinois]] A

|schoolpast = [[Lawrence|Lawrence University]] (2007-2011) ...igh scorer/president/treasurer of the quizbowl team at [[Lawrence|Lawrence University]].

|fourth = [[2014 Chicago|Chicago A]] ...4 ACF Nationals''' was held between April 12 and 13 at [[Columbia|Columbia University]].

...He was also the tournament director and chief Briticiser for ACF Fall 2010 at Oxford. ...[UKQB]]. In this role, Edmund was one of the key individuals in the growth of the UK quizbowl circuit in this decade.

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

...eam at the University of Minnesota. For high school quiz bowl in the state of Minnesota, see [[Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]].'' The '''University of Minnesota''' is a four-year public university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. Minnesota is an active team

|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2005-2010), [[Berkeley]] (2000-2004) ...9 to 2004 and [[Chicago]] from 2004 to 2010, and was a postdoctoral fellow at [[Wisconsin]] from 2010 to 2013. He succeeded [[R. Robert Hentzel]] to the

|citystate = Streator, Illinois ...and Peoria. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[Illinois High School Association]]'s (IHSA) State Championship Series.

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

...tory-based generalist, tying for second in powers during the preliminaries of the DI 2018 NAQT ICT as a college freshman. ...ood at quizbowl, Myers was the lead scorer on the team that won the [[2019 Chicago Open]], having been lead scorer on the second-place team the previous year.

{{Highschoolteam|Name = University Laboratory High School |state = [[IHSA]]: 2015 (A), 2019 (AA), 2022 (A) <br> [[NAQT Illinois State Championship|NAQT]]: 2018, 2020 <br> [[Masonic tournament|Masonic]]:

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

...ution in the fall of 2017. Jacob either moderates or runs the control room at several events throughout the state. ...did not encounter good quiz bowl until his first practice at Truman State University.

...ites were planned (in Maryland and Texas) but later canceled due to a lack of interest. The tournament was head-edited by [[Jonathan Magin]], who was ass | [[New College of Florida]]

| First team and Player of the Year | [[Auburn (Rockford, IL)|Auburn High School (Rockford, Illinois)]]

'''Deep Bench''' was an annual tournament put on by the [[University of Minnesota]]. It was edited by [[Ezra Lyon]] in 2006, and by [[Rob Carson]] ...win in third doubles is worth three points. The team with the most points at the end wins the tournament.

...utler]], [[Auroni Gupta]], [[John Lawrence]], and [[Guy Tabachnick]]. Most of the [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12794 feedback] cente | [[Illinois]]

{{Collegebox|College Name = Harding University '''Harding University''' is a Christian Liberal Arts institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. Har

...to the [[Illinois High School Association]]'s newly (2012) instituted ban of high school teams competing against collegiate teams even in activities tha | [[Northern Illinois]]

...or many years by Yousef Matariyeh, during whose tenure, Lisle has been one of the few schools to directly challenge [[Latin]], most notably winning back- *Illinois Central Eight Conference Champions: 2023

|second = [[Illinois]] A ...ever DI ICT title by securing the second game of a finals series against [[Illinois]] A. [[Stanford]] A placed third.

|citystate = Oak Park, Illinois ...e [[West Suburban Conference]] in the greater Chicago area and in Class AA of the [[IHSA]] State Championship Series.

...nament sponsored by NAQT and held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois April 27-29, 2018. This was the fifth SSNCT run by NAQT. ...Division also contained a Very Small Schools subdivision, which consisted of public schools with 300 or fewer students enrolled in their top three grade

|citystate = Chicago, Illinois ...ies. The current coach is Jonathan Legendre. The Romans are former members of the [[North Metropolitan Scholastic Bowl League]] (NMSBL).

...lay out my reasons why for this. If you’ll indulge me, I want to tell kind of a story. ...wl, I learned so many things about… about so many topics that to even talk of where my life would be without Quizbowl seems unimaginable.

...ilding year, the Varsity A team finished with an impressive overall record of 151-26. The team participated in twenty tournaments in nine different stat ...ichigan State University. They defeated Novi High School by a final score of 550-535 to bring home their tenth state championship in the last fourteen y

...al tournament where all-star teams from each state (including the District of Columbia) can participate. The tournament is also open to all-star teams fr The first NASAT was held on June 12–13, 2010 at [[Vanderbilt]].

...s in Illinois (with [[IHSA State Championship|IHSA State]] and the newer [[Illinois NAQT State]] being the other two). While the tournament began as a regional ...ses based on school size, and each class has twelve Sectionals. The winner of each Sectional advances to the State Tournament. The State Tournament and m

...er at [[Berkeley]] and went on to found a successful club at [[Brown|Brown University]]. Pound for pound, he was the angriest man in quiz bowl, and is also known ...s]] and he was the leading scorer on the Berkeley team that finished third at the [[2005 ACF Nationals]].

...e schools (Class AA). For the eighteenth year, both tournaments were held at the Peoria Civic Center. The tournaments were held on a Friday, March 21. ...ble for providing scorekeepers and timers, as well as arranging for set up at the facility). Equipment was furnished by [[Buzzersystems.com]].

...schools (Class AA). For the twenty-third year, both tournaments were held at the Peoria Civic Center. The tournaments was held on Friday, March 13. This state series was the second to be written under the guidance of head question editor [[Brad Fischer]].

...of quizbowl in Illinois is very confusing, since it includes many mistakes at the same time as genuine progress. ...iginally more popular in Downstate Illinois than in the Chicago area. One of the first tournaments in the state to gain notability was the Senior Challe

...2008 in Ames, Iowa and won by [[Ames]]. It was the closest thing the state of Iowa has to an official high school state championship in 2008 as well as t ...75-145 to claim the championship. Ames B and Ames C took 3rd and 4th place at the tournament, respectively, while Alex Bazis from [[Boone]] was the tourn

The '''University of California, Irvine''', commonly known as '''UC Irvine''', '''UCI''', or jus ...given year, including the College Bowl Conference Tournament (CBCT), which at one point had a combined high school/college field, and the [[Baby Anteater

'''Harvard''' is a large private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It participates in [[ACF]], [[mACF]], Jeff Johnson led Harvard to a series of successes in the second half of the nineties, retiring after their 3rd and 2nd place finishes in the 1997 I

! align=center colspan=2 |''Laird at the 2008 IHSSBCA Awards Banquet'' ...stions]], Inc. Despite his relatively young age, his enthusiasm, knowledge of the rules, and excellent moderating earned him the respect normally only af

...and [[MUT]]. He is a full member of [[ACF]] and served as the head editor of [[ACF Fall]] in 2009. He won many tournaments with various Minnesota lineup ...stayed in touch with high-school quiz bowl in Minnesota, and he moderates at league games and invitational tournaments.

...cutive top-bracket finishes at ICT and Nationals from 2008 through the end of his career in 2013, and 35 outright tournament victories (excluding side ev ...is writing and editing, spearheading such well-received sets as the [[2014 Chicago Open]], the [[2017 ACF Regionals]], and the [[2018 ACF Nationals]].

...RIUM''') was a collegiate regular difficulty tournament written by members of the [[Maryland]] and [[Yale]] teams (with [[Sriram Pendyala]]) for Spring 2 ...ther academic, trash) were both shrunk to 0.5/0.5. Additionally, about 2/3 of the psychology was written from a neuroscience perspective.

{{Collegebox|College Name = University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) '''UCLA''' or the University of California, Los Angeles, is a large public university located in Westwood (Los Angeles), California.

'''Rob Carson''' is an alumnus of the [[University of Minnesota]], where he and perennial teammate [[Andrew Hart]] won the [[2011 ...m that won the inaugural CULT national title. He is widely regarded as one of the best mythology players in the game.

.... The 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 ...ossups being read for tossup points only and no bonus potential if the end of the packet was reached. From 2001 to 2010, the packets had 26 tossups and 2

...l event held by [[ACF]]. Along with the NAQT [[ICT]], ACF Nationals is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in colleg ...raduate and Division II champions in addition to overall champions. Unlike at NAQT ICT, the Division II title is awarded to the highest-finishing Divisio

The '''University of Maryland''' is a large public university located in College Park, Maryland. The program was founded in the Fall of 1978. [[Gary Stolovy]] wrote all the questions for an [[It's Academic]]-sty

...schools (Class AA). For the seventeenth year, both tournaments were held at the Peoria Civic Center. The tournaments were held on a Friday, March 15. ...ble for providing scorekeepers and timers, as well as arranging for set up at the facility). Equipment was furnished by [[Buzzersystems.com]].

...[[ACE]]. Here is an account of the tournament from the perspective of Team Illinois: :Team Illinois by Debbie Martin, PORTA HS, Petersburg

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

...hosts [[Truman Bowl]], their annual high school tournament, in the Spring of each year. ...iles/Tournament_Stats/07-08/2007_Brainal/bl3_standings.html], and a mirror of Penn Bowl 2008 in January 2008 [http://aco.truman.edu/OtherFiles/Tournament

...t has not staged a competition for the general college level since the end of the ACUI partnership. For a full discussion of the mainstream quizbowl community's issues with the College Bowl program an

...m 2005 through 2019, it was held at [[New Trier]] High School in Winnetka, Illinois and called the '''New Trier Varsity'''. It was not held in 2020 due to the ...s many of the top teams in Illinois and a couple of top teams from outside Illinois. In 2010, the tournament split into two divisions so that the elite teams c

...A)]] to represent Illinois at national competitions. From 1997-2008, Team Illinois competed in the [[Panasonic Academic Challenge]]. The program was canceled ...l beyond [[IHSA]] format, but anyone attending high school in the state of Illinois, even those not attached to an active team, is welcome to try their hand.

|citystate = Carbondale, Illinois ...inois. It competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the [[IHSA|Illinois High School Association's]] State Championship Series.

...s of this nature, several terms recognize unique or milestone combinations of national championships that players or teams can win. ...as any team composed of players from a single school ever won Chicago Open at all). The individual players to have accomplished a single-year Triple Crow

...Program''' is a program designed to annually recognize the best players in Illinois, as well as to encourage players and coaches to continually improve. It ha ...glected to use the terminology "All-State", instead labeling them as "Team Illinois". They were given to the players who made the team, with "honorable mentio

...nnual event held by [[NAQT]]. Along with [[ACF Nationals]], the ICT is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion each year in colleg Competitors must be invited to the ICT based on performance at [[Sectional Championship Tournament]]s held around North America in Februar

...Association''' governs many sports and activities in Illinois, including [[Illinois Scholastic Bowl]]. ...a private organization, with almost 800 member schools, and a small number of affiliate and approved schools who do not hold full membership.

...Greatest ACF Players''' is a ranking published by Martin Faber (the author of the [[Definitive Greatest Players List]]) in 2016. The list was compiled in == The Text of the List ==

|citystate = Park Ridge, Illinois ...ation's (IHSA) State Championship Series. The team's motto, based on that of the ''Apollo XIII'' mission, is ''Ex scientia, victoria'' (from knowledge,

The '''1995 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) State Championship Tournaments''' ended the ...of which advanced to the State Championship Tournament. The determination of these geographic boundaries was arbitrarily decided by the IHSA Office.

|citystate = Champaign, Illinois |size = 1376 students (As of 2023), 16 Active Players on Varsity and JV Teams combined

...and activities in Illinois. It is an affiliate of the National Federation of State High School Associations. ...hools are ''not'' members of the IESA; membership is especially low in the Chicago area. It is unusual for high schools to have a team but not compete in the

...year both tournaments were held at Heartland Community College in Normal, Illinois. The tournaments were held Saturday, March 16th. This state series was the seventh to be written under the guidance of head question editor [[Brad Fischer]].

...chools (Class AA). For the twenty-second year, both tournaments were held at the Peoria Civic Center. The tournaments will be held on a Friday, March 1 This state series was the first to be written under the guidance of new head question editor [[Brad Fischer]].

...efore Kickoff. Starting in 2016, the tournament series was named in memory of [[David Riley]]. ...with the others, when sites are combined) of any high school tournament in Illinois.

'''EFT''' ('''Early Fall Tournament''') is the name of two distinct series of easier-than-regular, non-[[packet submission]] college quizbowl tournaments ...newer or less experienced teams, while still being appropriate for players of all skill levels.

...been the coordinator since these tournaments started in 2000, though a lot of decisions are made by the hosts, including the decision as to whether to us ...ms to play on those questions. Beginning in 2010, all teams are guaranteed at least seven matches, and some sites guarantee more than seven.

'''Terrapin''' is a long-running series of quizbowl tournaments held at and primarily written by [[Maryland]]. It is named after the school's [[wikipedia:University of Maryland, College Park#Mascot|mascot]], the terrapin.

...er records for the 2005 and 2006 tournaments are lost. In any event, most of the records are from later tournaments as teams got better, so it is not as |[[University of Illinois Lab|UIUC Lab A]]

...ams were interested in attending a "national championship tournament" held at a rural high school 80 miles from the nearest airport that was announced le ==Top Finishers of TRASHionals==

This page contains historical results for the team at [[Missouri]]. Information is incomplete for many seasons. *December 13, 1959 vs. University of Miami (loss, 140-215)

...ly involved in quizbowl are usually more than happy to discuss the process of starting a quizbowl team and connect you to other quizbowl players in your ''This guide may not define all of the terms it uses''; please either click the hyperlink to the article on t

...of the top players in Illinois and occasionally attracts players from out of state. ...being moved to the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. That tournament, run by [[Ken Johnson]], ended when IWU could no longer pr

...icial [[Tom Egan]] as an eyewitness account of part of the [[2005 NAC]] in Chicago. ...r and write an account of what he saw; trying to do so from a perspective of a person interested in supporting "[[good quizbowl]]", and not having forme

{{Collegebox|College Name = Virginia Commonwealth University '''Virginia Commonwealth University''', often referred to as '''VCU''', has had a quizbowl team continuously si

...ther they are or have ever been active in collegiate quiz bowl, and points of contact (with a timestamp, when applicable). [[ACF]] maintains a contact list of teams which attend their tournaments, which can be found [https://tinyurl.c

...n parenetheses () indicates finish among small schools, prior to the start of the [[SSNCT]] in 2014. |[[University of Chicago Lab|Chicago Lab]]

...duals identifying themselves as &quot;A.&quot; and &quot;Z.&quot;, aliases of [[Andrew Yaphe]] and [[Zeke Berdichevsky]]. ...ers, along with &quot;Other Notable Players and Future Stars&quot;, a sort of Honorable Mention category.

...g email to [[Ron McGraw]], [[IHSA]] Assistant Executive Director in charge of Scholastic Bowl, who [[IHSA plagiarism scandal/Email from Ron McGraw to Dav ...nament this year. I worked this year as the Math Subject Editor and as one of the Assistant Editors for the overall set.

...FAQ, which Atendido significantly changed (especially due to the inception of NAQT and the mass CBI de-affiliations that year), has its [[Atendido FAQ li Comments? Suggestions? Send them to George Atendido at aten0001@tc.umn.edu. See #17 for guidelines on submissions.

...are active on the high school circuit. Please add teams that you are aware of. {{List of high school teams nav}}