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...o''' is a current player for [[Vanderbilt]]. She captained the [[Wayzata]] team that finished in eighth place at the 2021 [[HSNCT]]. ==Writing/Editing==

===Editing team=== ===Writing team===

...g Kashyap]], a head honcho of the [[Rancho Bernardo High School]] quizbowl team. ==Writing==

Sinan captained the Woburn team to win both the provincial and national championship in [[Reach for the Top ...at the [[2010 ICT]] DI. This is (as of 2021) the highest that any Canadian team has ever placed at [[ICT]].

...He was also the leading scorer on Stone Cold Peter Austin, the third place team at 2009 Trashionals. David was a member of the Virginia team that won the 2012 NAQT ICT, the 2012 CHB, the 2013 CHB, and finished second

...of the "[[mixed impure academic]]" variety. He also played on the Chicago team that finished in second place at the Division II [[2019 ICT]]. ==Writing and Editing==

...d negging like crazy again as the playoffs went on to the detriment of his team. ==Writing/Editing==

...n formerly at [[Penn]], where he also served as president of the quiz bowl team. He is now an MD/PHD student and active player at [[WUSTL]]. ...he team to several high finishes at local events and made all-state second team his senior year.

...orer on the 5th place Arcadia A team at the [[2014 HSNCT]]. He also helped Team California achieve 1st place at the 2015 edition of [[NASAT]], and 3rd plac Wang was named a member of the First Team of the [[HSQBRank 2015 All-World Teams]].

...t the [[2022 NSC]]. They also were the top scorer on the Georgia [[NASAT]] team that placed 2nd at the [[2021 NASAT]], where they once again led the field ...023 ACF Nationals]], where they won an All-Star scoring award and kept the team on course for the playoffs while unexpected travel delays kept [[Matt Bolli

...er at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. He was second scorer on the Penn team that won [[2015 ACF Nationals]]. ...instead of going to the Chicago phase of the [[NAC]] with the rest of his team.

Corry is best known for being on the 2013 Arcadia A team alongside [[Jason Cheng]] and [[Boyang Jiao]], which placed t-33 at [[2013 He led the Amherst team throughout his tenure, where he was later joined by his fellow Arcadia alum

'''JinAh Kim''' was a member of the A-team at the [[University of Pennsylvania]], primarily specializing in philosophy ...16 ICT]] and [[2017 ACF Nationals]]. In 2018, she was a key element on the team that won 4th at [[2018 ICT]] and 2nd at [[2018 ACF Nationals]].

...attle of Lake Trasimene." Victor went on to serve as president of the Rice team in the 2013-14 year. ...ating from Rice in 2015, Victor began graduate school at Penn State, whose team has since developed into a central component of the regional circuit, as we

...ir quizbowl team. He was previously a member of the [[Williams]] quizbowl team, which he captained his junior and senior years. ...uizbowl wasteland of Long Island, Letzler joined the [[Williams]] quizbowl team in 2002–2003. His most notable achievements came his senior year, where

...h in individual scoring at that event. He also played on the Ohio All-Star team at the 2010 [[NASAT]]. ...a]]. Since the end of 2011, he has served as president of the OSU Academic Team.

...art of the team that won HSNCT in both 2016 and 2017. He is also known for writing a series of well-received trash packets.

...[[Mesa Verde]] in middle school and attended the [[2013 MSNCT]], where the team took third place. ...d Team for the 2016 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]] and a member of the first team in 2017.

...ersity of Pennsylvania]] and captained a successful [[Wilmington Charter]] team. ...erature player at [[Wilmington Charter]], eventually rising to captain the team her senior year and leading them to a top-10 finish at [[2014 PACE NSC]].

Zach Pace is the president of the team at [[Buffalo]], where he specializes in physics, astronomy, and math. He a ...011]], at which Buffalo A finished at the top of the lower division. That team consisted of Zach, Pratyush Joshi, and Matt Hill.

...m following the graduation of [[Guy Tabachnick]]. Lily led the 2011 Hunter team to a 2nd place finish at the [[2011 NSC|NSC]], after several wins and impre ...venth grader by being the only person attracted by the existing [[Hunter]] team's witty ad campaign. Her first practice was marked by professing to never h

...hen Settle]], getting 3 of the final 4 tossups to win the finals against a team led by [[Matt Bollinger]]. ===Writing and Editing===

...Illinois University and former president of the [[Illinois Academic Buzzer Team]]. == Writing/Editing Work ==

Selene played on a [[Chicago]] A team that took 1st place at the [[2007 ICT]] with [[Peter Austin]], [[Seth Samel Selene played on a [[Chicago]] A team that took 1st place at the [[2007 ACF Nationals]] with [[Peter Austin]], [[

...sophy of Religions there in 2021. As an undergraduate, he led a grassroots team at [[Boston College]], having escaped the [[speed check]]-based [[New Hamps John's writing credentials include heavy writing contributions to [[2018 NASAT]] and [[PIANO]], and head-editorship (with fe

'''Logan Showwalter''' was a biology major at [[Kentucky]]. She joined the team as a freshman in 2017, making her playing debut at [[2017 ACF Fall]]. She i ...became friends on her joining the team. They attempted an all-night essay-writing session before driving to Columbus for ACF Fall, missing the first morning

...ing the county championship twice during his time there. He was chosen for Team Collier for the [[ Commissioner's Academic Challenge]] both his junior and ...er]], he won [[Will Alston Open]] in January 2017. As of late, he has been writing a spring novice known as [[SUN]] along with members of the University of [[

...s attended [[Kinkaid]] since middle school. In 2021, he joined the writing team for the second edition of [[DART]], [[Detroit Country Day]]'s annual charit

...In high school, he [[captain]]ed [[St. Margaret's]] and was founder of the team. ==Writing==

The 2007-08 team from the University of [[Western Ontario]] was the strongest from the schoo ...nal champions ([[Peter Burton]], Will Nediger, and Will Pazner) joined the team and represented the school at most tournaments.

In his sophomore year at HSNCT, as half of the two-man Rancho Bernardo B team, he placed twenty-second individually, the highest-ranked sophomore at the ==Tournament editing and writing==

...for the tournament, though that model is also declining in favor of larger writing/editing teams with players and alumni from many schools. ...luence the contents of the tournament (and the [[canon]]) more broadly) by writing questions on topics of their choice, which many good players enjoy doing.

...at [[2014 ICT]]. Over his years at Missouri, Itamar gradually elevated the team to being within striking distance of the top teams of the Midwest on the st ...doing so), but only attended one more national, [[2023 ICT]], at which his team delivered expected favorites [[Chicago]] A their pivotal first of two losse

...rds at regular-season events. He (usually) led the [[2009 Georgetown Day]] team in scoring en route to a 3rd place finish at the [[2009 NSC]] and a 5th pla ==Writing and Editing==

...as a [[Team]], etc. There is also a growing body of writing on "starting a team" generally and "running a [[Tournament]]." There seems to be far fewer info The same principle applies for booking rooms for team practices. In both of these cases, you should make sure to figure out when

...Fall 2017 to Spring 2019. He founded the [[St. Charles Community College]] team and led it to win the [[2010 CCCT|2010 Community College Championship Tourn He owns [[Olympia Academic Competition Questions]], a question writing company, and writes for [[NAQT]] and [[NHBB]]. He was a member of the [[Mis

...alter a standard distribution to better suit the knowledge of the writing team.</onlyinclude>

...l player in grad school at [[Alberta]]. He formerly played for and led the team at [[Carnegie Mellon]]. ==Writing/Editing Experience==

...s performance Liberty qualified and attended the [[2015 MSNCT]], where the team tied for 29th place. Narayan was 15th in overall PPG at the tournament. ...finished 5th and Narayan was top scorer. Sharath played on the first-ever Team Alabama at the 2016 [[NASAT]].

...ever, the [[NASAT|2014 NASAT]], where he was the top scorer on a 3rd place Team California of him, [[Kevin Wang]], [[Hidehiro Anto]], and [[Aseem Keyal]]. ...[NASAT|2015 NASAT]], where he was once again the top scorer on a 1st place Team California of him, Kevin Wang, [[Justin Nghiem]], and [[Kion You]].

...’s Quiz Bowl team in Singapore. A history player, Boyang led the Hwa Chong team to multiple championships in [[IHBB]] tournaments in Singapore and Asia dur Boyang is currently active in outreach and question writing. He frequently staffs local and regional tournaments, and is the founder an

...in the final standings of the tournament than any other all-undergraduate team. ...id not play [[ICT]] in either 2008 or 2009, but was a key component to the team's DI victory in 2010.

Jeff played on a [[Princeton]] team that won the [[Division II]] title at the [[1999 ICT]] with [[Michael Chisw Jeff played on a [[Princeton]] team that won the undergraduate title at the [[2000 ICT]] with [[Michael Chiswic

...e had over 200 questions total in that set.) His other credentials include writing almost all of the 2011 [[VCU Open]], the head editorship of 2010 [[ACF Fall After being part of the tournament winning Virginia team at [[2014 ACF Nationals]], Evan became the first player to ever complete t

...miss a bonus (by saying "Lame" or some such) if its subject was not to the team's liking and the next bonus in the packet would then be read.</onlyinclude> ...p://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/268] While lames increased the writing burden by requiring two extra bonuses per packet, laming quickly went from

...supplier formed by veterans of the 1992 [[Benton (AR)|Benton]] High School team in Arkansas. At its peak in 2003, the company supplied questions to the [[A [[Category: Question writing companies]]

...independent [[trash tournaments]] prior to 2010. In essence, it gives each team one opportunity per game to call "lame" on a bonus at some point before the ...ften enhanced by the "hold", in which, when a lame is called, the opposing team has the right to hold the skipped bonus and play it the next time they answ

...t the [[2017 ICT]] and [[2016 ACF Nationals]]. They restarted the quizbowl team at [[UCSD]] after playing high school quizbowl at [[Torrey Pines]]. More re == Writing and Editing ==

...editor]] can be the same person, and in fact editors typically also write. Writing is a very technical process which requires writers to balance concerns of [ ...ently, it has become much more normalized for active players to not do any writing.

==Writing/Editing== ...Sun Apr 07, 2019 10:15 pm</ref> - unfortunately for him, his hypothetical team would still lose to [[Amherst]] alphabetically.

...e of carrying nearly two whole teams over long distances, and occasionally writing some questions.

...versity of Chicago from 2008 to 2014, although he only joined the quizbowl team in February of 2009 at the advice of his friend, later roommate, and onetim ...all's first tournament was [[FICHTE]] 2009, at which he placed second on a team with [[Seth Teitler]], [[Selene Koo]], and [[Michael Arnold]], and where he

:''See also: [[Writing]] and [[Editing]]'' *[[NAQT]]'s writing team produces multiple sets each year, including several [[IS]] sets, the Divisi

...kurov]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Dennis Jang]], and [[Aaron Rosenberg]]. The team is probably best known for playing a thrilling final at [[2008 ACF National ...audable work ethic. Dennis and Eric also continued to improve via various writing and editing projects.

...tate to a third place finish. He was also the leading scorer on the Ohio A team which finished seventh at the 2017 [[NASAT]]. ...ember of the [[HSQBRank 2018 All-World Teams|HSQBRank 2018 All-World First Team]].

...th at [[2015 ICT]] and 3rd at [[2015 ACF Nationals]]. He led the 2nd-place team at the 2015 [[Chicago Open]], where he was the top scorer overall at the ma ==Writing==

...] and founded the team at [[Hendrix]]. He is a philosophy major and enjoys writing in the third person.

...rvard]] player. He attended [[Torrey Pines]] high school, where he led his team to a T-7th at the [[2010 HSNCT]], where he was the fourth individual scorer ==Writing History==

:''This article describes the quizbowl team at the University of Florida. For high school quizbowl in the state of Flor ...present era. Currently the undisputed best team in the state of Florida, a team of [[Taylor Harvey]], [[Tracy Mirkin]], [[Jonathen Settle]], and [[Leo Law]

His high school tenure at [[Ardsley]] saw the team go to more good tournaments his senior year, culminating in a 21st-place fi ==Writing and Editing==

'''Weijia Cheng''' played for [[Maryland]] from 2015 to 2019 and was on the team that won [[2017 ACF Nationals]]. Their lovable demeanor was likened to a yo ...onal History Bowl. As a senior, they were the top scorer on the Centennial team that finished in 26th place at [[2015 NSC]].

...oints- which was believed at the time to be the highest tally by a winning team in the title game.

...t [[Matt Weiner]] considered himself "the alpha and omega of good question writing." ...t a tournament, Weiner offered discounts to the [[West Virginia Wesleyan]] team to bring enough people to staff the tournament, as well as a laptop to run

...at such tournaments as [[2010 ACF Nationals]] and [[2011 ICT]], where the team won the undergraduate title and came in 3rd place overall. ...won the [[2012 ICT]], the [[2014 ICT]], and [[2014 ACF Nationals]]. On a team with Bollinger, [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[Evan Adams]], he won [[2014 Chica

Kai Smith is a former player on the [[University of Chicago]] quizbowl team. After a [[Tommy Casalaspi]]-style transformation into a leading science pl ! Team

...igh school, they played for [[Choate]] and featured on Connecticut's NASAT team in [[2021 NASAT|2021]] and [[2022 NASAT|2022]]. They were the third individ ...the [[Benjamin Cooper Young Ambassador Award]] in 2023 for "their work in writing, logistics, mentorship and overall contributions to the Connecticut quizbow

|Company Name = Quiz Team Questions [[Category: Question writing companies]]

...umerous top scorer awards during his high-school career, and led the Ladue team to being the best in Missouri from 2010 to 2014. He also wrote for and host ...] and the [[Villa Duchesne Tournament]]. At the [[2010 HSNCT]], he led the team to a 5-5 record and was the third place freshman there.

...the [[question set]] from a different tournament ("mirroring") rather than writing the questions itself. Such a tournament can obtain packets from a [[housewr In the strictest definition of a mirror, the host team does no editing or writing (and, if it's a college event, participating teams do not [[packet submissi

...ropa Barbarorum in middle and high school), he was the third scorer on the team that won the [[2017 Chicago Open]]. ...ajor contributor to two regular-difficulty sets, writing a side event, and writing numerous questions for [[NAQT]] in any given season. After working on the

...ks of [[Andrew Yaphe]] and [[Matt Bollinger]]. He led the [[2007 Chicago]] team to a national championship double crown, and repeated the feat in 2009 by l ...aryland quizbowl article|evil archvillian]]" by the University of Maryland team in a 2008 article.

...p nationals. Later, he was part of the [[2015 ACF Nationals]] championship team along with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[Chris Chiego]], and ...e top 10 at provincials. In Patrick's grade 11 year, he captained a Lisgar team consisting of three other grade 11s and a grade 10 to first in Ottawa regio

...on, with his first tournament being [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=301164 Knights' Challenge]. He played various events as a sixth ...in the [[2022 MSNCT]] after losing against [[Longfellow]]. Additionally, a team composed of him and [[Greg Zeldovich|Gregory Zeldovich]] won the 2022 [[MIN

==Question-writing guidelines== ...about real people, please attempt to focus on creations and the like. When writing questions on real people, please focus on their academic contributions, rat

...ryland team with Keeagn from 1992 through 2004, and continued coaching the team through 2007 with [[Joseph Caulfield]] of [[Blake|James Hubert Blake]] and ...ring 1986, Spring 1987, and Spring 1988.) He also coached the second-place team at the [[1999 NSC]] with [[Linda Mencarini]].

...prominent" members of the community being assigned responsibilities like [[team captain]]cy or positions like [[editor]], [[writer]], or [[tournament direc ...nting. It is rarely just that a lead scorer is assumed to be the leader of team, but a male lead scorer. Non-men have described feeling alienated from the

...correctly receives a '''bonus''' question, which they control. If neither team answers a particular tossup, then the match goes on to the next [[cycle]] a ...are read with their corresponding bonuses before the game is ended and the team with more points is declared the winner. The standard used by [[ACF]], [[HS

...the right to judge the appropriateness of such decisions as a member of my team. ...ips. In addition, I will no longer require you services as a member of our team of state series question writers and editors.

...n Page|Quizbowl Wiki]], and his [[List of Mike Bentley side events|massive writing and editing work]], including ten visual arts tournaments ([[Eyes That Do N ...ic Team in 2003 and 2004. As part of the Varsity Team in 2004 he was on a team that placed 4th at the [[National Academic Championship]]. His [http://en.

...chool in Michigan, where his most "notable" accomplishment is being on the team that won the first [[Small School Award]] at the [[2002 HSNCT]]. ...ke moved up to the A team, where he was the fourth scorer on the Minnesota team that won the [[2011 ICT|ICT]] and placed second at [[2011 ACF Nationals|ACF

...ddition to all of these other accomplishments, Aaron was part of the Brown team that finished 2nd to Chicago at ACF Nationals and 4th at ICT in 2008. ...country's best music players during this time. He was second scorer on the team that won 2nd at [[2009 ACF Nationals]] and also helped Brown to top-bracket

...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 victo ...nce); writing and editing for 2017's [[(This Tournament is a) Crime]]; and writing and editing for numerous [[PACE]] [[NSC]]s, including as Head Editor in 201

...ly being drafted into the A team as a backup fourth player, and was on the team that won the inaugural [[National History Bee and Bowl|National History Bow ...naming the prelim brackets after characters from Beatles songs. During the writing process, he claimed the title of "Kaiser."

...am in Japan. Matthew started the Quiz bowl program at ASIJ and has led the team to qualify for two consecutive HSNCT tournaments. Matthew is currently active in outreach and question writing and is one of the founding members and the Head Editor of the [[Asian Quizb

...am captain of the [[University of Chicago]] from 2013–2020, and the former team captain of [[Yale University]]. He is known for his deep music knowledge (h ...owers in the field at 2011 [[Chicago Open]] while playing on the 2nd-place team with [[Matt Weiner]], [[Matt Bollinger]], and [[Gautam Kandlikar]]. He won

...cadia A team alongside [[Corry Wang]] and [[Boyang Jiao]]. He led the UCSD team throughout his entire career there and played a key role in supporting both ...single clue in an "other academic" tossup was misplaced in addition to his writing 2 tossups.

...cal [[bad quizbowl]] events. During his senior year at Grayson County, the team began attending pyramidal events, and made their first ever appearances at ...first three seasons at WKU, Conder was the leading scorer for WKU, but the team was relatively unsuccessful. The enrollment of other talented quizbowl play

...School in Vancouver, British Columbia. Max led their [[Reach For the Top]] team from 2017-2019, culminating in a 6th place finish at Nationals in 2019. Max ...layer for [[UBC]], and was on their T-9 finish at the [[2022 ICT]]. On the writing side, Max was an editor for 2023 Canadian Novice.

...ovider like [[NAQT]] or an informal [[housewrite#Modern housewrite|writing team]]. ...l that is hosting it or not. In cases where all (or most) of the [[writing team]] of the set does not belong to a single institution or they do not have a

...hicago Open]]s between 2001 and 2003. He also was a member of the winning team at what was then considered the hardest tournament ever written, 2005's [[M ...its first college tournament (irreversibly influencing [[Andy Watkins]]'s writing style towards twelve line tossups on Hamilcar Barca).

'''Answers Plus''' (A+) is a question writing company based in Breese, Illinois. Until 2000, it wrote questions for the ...the official provider, and in an era before there were many other question writing companies, especially given Illinois' unique question requirements, the com

...ostly by [[Jack Brounstein]] and [[Nathan Bragg]], with [[Athul Seshadri]] writing one packet and [[Matt Bruce]] contributing to various packets. Other minor ...ace was BC A, with a three-way tie for fourth between Maryland, BU's house team, and Brandeis A. The top individual scorer was Sebastian Telfair from Bran

...School]]. He has worked a lot for the [[Reach for the Top]] organization, writing questions and running events. ...to play in some but not all tournaments. For certain tournaments, he led a team of older players called "Toronto J," whose members were all grad students a

...emic quiz team, captaining it from 1978-80. While at Berry, Guthrie began writing and editing questions for quiz tournaments. ...a graduate degree at [[Tennessee]]. Guthrie became player-coach of the UT team in 1982. She would remain coach until 1997 leading UT to the 1991 [[Academ

...g for Illinois powerhouse [[IMSA]], [[Team Illinois]], as well as question writing & being an overall ambassador for the activity. He was nominated to the [[I ==Notable Team Accomplishments==

...ACF Nationals finishes throughout the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 seasons. The team's strongest feat was winning the [[NAQT ICT]] UG title in 2010 and taking s Brendan's writing and playing style have occasionally been described as "robotic," as he unab

...was the coach of the [[Illinois Math and Science Academy]] (IMSA) quizbowl team from 2009 to 2014, where he was a mathematics teacher at the Academy. Under ...Big 12 Conference]], which included [[MacArthur]]. In his junior year, his team made the IHSA State Finals, but failed to advance out of a group that inclu

...r, Jeffrey Ma, [[Anishka Bandara]], and [[Alistair Gray]] and written by a team of exclusively Californians. Unlike most high school sets, which have 4 sci ...ration had an open application for writers and editors, though its writing team still possessed a plurality of Californians. CALISTO 2 was edited by [[Just

...the team that won the [[2013 ACF Regionals]] site at [[WUSTL]] and led the team in scoring at the [[2013 ICT]]. Jared was also involved in writing questions for the 2010 and 2013 [[Truman Bowl]] sets, both house-written se

...player for [[Harvard]], where he was the second scorer on their 5th-place team at the [[2014 ACF Nationals]]. ...d social science and "other" for the [[2018 Chicago Open]], in addition to writing numerous questions throughout the distribution. Will returned to edit socia

==Question Writing & Editing== ...David took over and for his first few years, the organization sponsored a team that competed at [[PAC]].)

...oldman]], and [[Daoud Jackson]], with [[Sarah Benner]] joining the writing team for Season 2.

...nan High School]] for his dedication to staffing area tournaments when his team isn't competing. ...on High School Quiz Bowl Team]] and [[Hickman|Hickman High School Academic Team]]''' for their collaboration on the [[Washington-Hickman Academic Questionf

...t the [[2004 ACF Nationals]] and he was the leading scorer on the Berkeley team that finished third at the [[2005 ACF Nationals]]. ...in]], and several others. Under his leadership, the team became a dominant writing and playing force, winning 2nd place at the [[2007 ACF Nationals]], the [[2

A typical high school [[housewrite]] has a [[mirror fee]] of $15-20 a team. Sets intended for lower [[difficulties]] tend to be cheaper, while those w The aggregate of these factors is that the writers are writing a smaller number of shorter questions for more money and less overhead.

...e. Prior to assuming the position of commissioner, he founded the academic team at Salem and coached it to the Class AA VHSL State title in 2003. He additi ...ansferred to [[NAQT]] in 2017 following HSAPQ's decision to cease question writing.

...novice science specialist, and played on both the Committee team and the A team in the 2021 [[Varsity Match|Cambridge-Oxford Varsity match]]. ...irst Cambridge victory over Oxford in 4 years. At MRNA II, she played on a team that eventually finished 2nd after Imperial A, while being one of only two

...Gloucester]]) and reach 3rd place in Ontario. She was captain of Lisgar's team for her remaining two years at the school. ...in terms of individual scoring (unless [[Ben Smith]] played on a separate team with weak or no teammates). She won the [http://ca.geocities.com/uotrivia/

...a year (2012-13) as a coach for the South Callaway Middle School quiz bowl team. ...bowl career as a 7th grader serving as the team manager for the 8th grade team at South Callaway Middle School. The next year, he began playing and found

...oast Academic Invitational]], coach of [[Woodham]] and [[Florida Panasonic Team|Florida all-star teams]] [[Category: Question writing companies]]

...al second-place finishes at [[ACF Nationals]], before leading the [[Penn]] team for several years as a medical and graduate student. He was consistently ra ...into [[Jerry Vinokurov]] in the mailroom. Alongside Jerry, Eric helped the team to 2nd place at [[2007 ACF Nationals]] and [[2008 ACF Nationals]].

...a PhD in Economics at [[UCSD]]. At Michigan State, he was a member of the team that won the undergraduate title at the [[2019 ICT]] in a final over [[Amhe He contributed to the writing of [[Spartan Housewrite]] in 2019 and led the production of [[SUN | Spring

...buzzes on seemingly opaque clues. He was an important member of the Brown team that won the Div II title at the [[2010 ICT]]. ...is plays on long car trips, but [[Jerry Vinokurov]] has criticized Cohen's writing as "terrible."

...n is expected to know all this crap. That's why there are four people on a team instead of one. Socrates' axiom, "Know thyself," works pretty well in this ..., maybe not the last part, but you get the idea). If you're having trouble writing questions, ask someone with experience for help. Any older member of WUAT w

...022 academic year she coached the Grade 7/8 Intermediate Reach for the Top team at [[St. Josephine's Virtual Academy]], who went on to place 4th at the fir

...sity''' is a public university in West Lafayette, Indiana. Their quiz bowl team plays in the Midwest area. Purdue annually hosts the aptly-named Purdue Boi While Purdue has had a quiz bowl team in the past, the current iteration was started by former [[St. Joseph (IN)|

...Orton, who claimed to have been the captain for [[Edison]]'s Kiwanis Bowl team in that year. According the website of the Nevada Varsity Quiz program, Cal ...istence, questions were written by [[John Gose]]. After John Gose stopped writing questions or something (someone blogged that they had eaten with him in Mar

...et, rapidly assembling as many writers as possible and slapping together a writing spreadsheet. Upon realizing that no easy-to-use distribution was available, ...uiel Berdichevsky]] most notable among them) emailing questions from afar, writing began in earnest, coordinated by Mukherjee and [[Rob Carson]], who served a

The other major avenue where references of this kind appear are in [[team]] names at [[open]] [[tournaments]]. ...tps://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19340 On Exactitude in Science Writing] was a thread by [[Joelle Smart]] from November 25, 2016. This thread is be

Paquet helped start a Reach team at [[Lisgar]] in the late 1990s. He was a question writer and last-minute ...top game show players, such as Kevin Olmstead and Brad Rutter. His trivia-writing business sells to cell phone providers, websites, and meeting planners, amo

...ganize the beginnings of [[No Name Tournament]] but didn't actually do any writing. ...t first at a bunch of high school tournaments. He was on the championship team at the 2008 [[Minnesota Open]]. He also won a terrible high school tournam

...e he has been coach since 1993. As a coach, he has led Valencia's quizbowl team to four [[CCCT]] national titles and, before the CCCT was established, five He is responsible for writing and editing the [[Delta Burke]] novice tournament, one of the longest-runni

...submitting an application which described past tournament performance and writing an essay called "Give Back to America." | Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN; 16 teams; $1000 scholarship to each winning team member

...ategories are gradually eliminated as the round goes on; for example, if a team picks "Science" for their category on tossup 1 of the Category Quiz round, ...Calculation, Science, and Social Sciences. In addition to simplifying the writing process, this intentionally allowed more difficult or controversial categor

...elf-awarded themselves titles such as "highest-finishing all undergraduate team at TRASHionals," this was not an officially sanctioned division. ...ey]] (the only entirely school-affiliated team to win), and a Mid-Atlantic team led by [[Tim Young]], as well as two entirely distinct lineups of [[UTC]]-a

...ve hubs of quiz bowl in the state throughout the 1970's & 1980's, with the team travelling to virtually any tournament that existed at the time under [[IHS ...ier]] that lasted a few years after the three of them played together on [[Team Illinois]] at [[PAC]].

...am sweeping a bonus gets 10 additional points. Thus, it is possible for a team to pick up 50 points in one toss-up/bonus cycle (10 for the tossup, 30 for ...wrong answer loses 10 points, and the question is not offered to the other team.

...nior and senior years, Fischer was named [[IHSSBCA All State Program|First Team All-State]]. ...Valley College]], attempting to start a team at the community college. The team traveled to one tournament (Elvis at [[Wisconsin]]) and hosted one high sch

...and plays in open tournaments with alumni. Despite constant pressure from team members (especially noted gambling addicts [[Robert Harden]] and [[Hudson H ...came with the [[Hampshire College]] mirror of [[MUT]], at which the house team disappeared after the break, [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.ph

|'''Current team:''' retired ...job over to Egan again, given that the leadership generally treated the C team with contempt.

Was a long time ago. Chris attended the [[2001 NAC]] as a senior, and the team finished somewhere in the middle of the pack. They qualified for the HSNCT ...ng prize (at Princeton's "Kickboxer" tournament) and was on the Swarthmore team that won DII at [[NAQT]]'s 2003 Sectionals, still his only tournament victo

...stern]], and is the former high scorer/president/treasurer of the quizbowl team at [[Lawrence|Lawrence University]]. ...d enough to earn him one of the ten available spots on the All-State First Team from the [[IHSSBCA]].

|schoolpast = [[Pitt]] (2001-2002) [[VCU]] (player 2003-2007, team advisor 2007-2015), [[J. Sargeant Reynolds]] CC (2014) ...ch was renamed for [[Maggie Walker]] soon after his graduation (serving as team captain under then-new head coach [[John Barnes]]). He then played in colle

ACRONYM's current writing team includes [[Erik Nelson]], [[Danny Vopava]], [[Bryanna Shao]], [[Blake Ander

...and perennial teammate [[Andrew Hart]] won the [[2011 ICT]]. In 2019, his writing, forums adminship, and community-building work was recognized with the [[Ca ...011, and a [[Chicago Open]] title. He also was part of the Ooh Aah Aah Aah team that won the inaugural CULT national title. He is widely regarded as one of

* [[How to turn a good high school team into a nationally elite high school team]] - written by [[Chris Chiego]] ...e on their previous year's performance or the high watermark set by a past team

...d clue, the author of that title). The use of flashcards for study, or the writing of information on such devices, is sometimes referred to as '''flashcarding ...rne]] and 2010-11 [[State College]], as well as members of the [[Chicago]] team like [[Max Schindler]] [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1

...2002, and 2005. Prior to his Triple Crown year, he was also on the winning team at Chicago Open in 2001. ...[[Noel Erinjeri|unfortunate TD]] who had forgotten about an extra Chicago team and thus screwed up the brackets.

...total from Varsity and Junior Varsity, play in a tournament to decide the team that will be RQB's Long Island Champion. ...nswered cooperatively, followed by a set of five tossups read to the other team and answered cooperatively

...ten in the wrong way. People interested in seeing how this new approach at writing would pan out, as well as people interested in current events or trash and ...eral instances of saying answers without buzzing or interrupting the other team's bonus. In the second round, aforementioned moderator Kirk Jing illustrate

...[[Chris Ray]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[Dominic Machado]], he played on a team that won the Saturday event of VCU Open 2010. ...he played with Will Butler, [[Sam Luongo]], and David Seal on a dangerous team that won that year's Mid-Atlantic SCT and Penn Bowl. When a sundering of th

...] defeated [[Brown]] to win the tournament. The tournament was edited by a team headed by [[Matt Weiner]] which included [[Ezequiel Berdichevsky]], [[Matt ...uy Tabachnick]], [[Michael Schreiber]] and possibly [[Eric Mukherjee]] for writing replacement and/or editors questions, to [[Jonathan Magin]] for stepping in

...h Oxford Brookes. Notable highlights include playing on Oxford's committee team during varsity, helping them to secure the win, achieving a second bracket ===Writing and Tournament Directing===

...of terms and their definitions, which would span common quizbowl terms and team in-jokes. This practice began to fade away around 2005 and the inexorable p ...ryland]]. Many imitations soon followed, and almost every mid-90s quizbowl team of significance had at least a poor imitation of a lexicon.

...Koai]] (music). In addition to the submitted packets, the tournament used writing by [[Matt Jackson]], [[Sarah Angelo]], [[Tommy Casalaspi]], [[Isaac Hirsch] ...efore going 3-3 and ending in a four-way tie for second place. The winning team, Audubon Has No Speed Limit, lost in Round 9 to Fiends ([[Trevor Davis]], [

...lly hard science questions. He was the leading scorer on the Harvard B/DII team at both the [[2008 ICT|NAQT ICT]] and [[2008 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]] Andy was on a [[Shady Side]] team that impressed many for its ambition when it attended the 2006 [[ECSO]]; th

...older title that Brownlow had scrawled across a whiteboard in the Stanford team's practice room, and was intended a tongue-in-cheek criticism of tortured a [[File:EQdh-7dXYAAzmvb.jpg|thumb|Stanford's 1978 team that won the first College Bowl NCT.]]

The recent/current threads on reducing packet-writing requirements, the future of collegiate quizbowl, packet submission etiquett ...might be more productive to talk about bonuses, because I think good bonus-writing habits are easier to acquire than the skill of finding good middle clues to

...l Packet"], a [[vanity]] packet centered around the 1980 US Olympic hockey team. ...each, both on a local level in central Virginia and on a national level by writing articles on outreach and helping tournament directors handle online logisti

...ege Bowl Company. It is unknown whether the Company is further involved in writing questions or other aspects of production or how much money changes hands an ...T]], which, along with [[ACF Fall]], would be the most likely events for a team new to the mainstream circuit to attend.

*No team can compete in tournaments beyond 500 miles of the border of Kansas. Out-of ...e content of the question even if the question is incorrect or misleading. Team captains may do so, but they are not allowed to discuss with audience membe

...ral program in English at the [[University of Chicago]] and played for its team; he then went to [[Stanford]] for law school, receiving his J.D. in 2010. ...most impressive. During a period of greatly reduced activity, Yaphe led a team to a third place finish at the [[2009 ACF Nationals]] and then a first plac

...d attempt to relieve the problem of not having enough competent editors by writing his own Science Monstrosity (it is unknown whether his plan of unveiling th Five teams of two and one team of three played the tournament at the Stanford site; a draft was originally

...high schools. In all cases players can only play on a single institution's team at any given tournament. **Players doing non-course work for their degree like writing a [[thesis]] can also be eligible

...national championship at [[2015 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals 2015]] with a team of [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Chris Chiego]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[Patrick Li

[[Paul Paquet]]'s team, "TriviaHallofFame.com", tied a [[Toronto]] team for first. Other teams came from [[Carleton University]], [[McGill]], [[Que "The Leafs Will Make the Playoffs" won the tournament. They were a mixed team of Jordan Palmer, [[Brock Stephenson]], and Matt Trudgen. They beat teams f

...st minute withdrawal of the [[Marquette (Missouri High School)|Marquette]] team after its 1-2 record in the first half of playoffs. This withdrawal--and th ...ence switched to questions produced by [[Show-Me Questions]], the question writing company of former [[Savannah (Missouri High School)|Savannah]] coach [[Bill

Andrew is also known for his writing and editing, spearheading such well-received sets as the [[2014 Chicago Ope ...Mike Cheyne]], on the champion Minnesota team at [[ICT]] and the runner-up team (to [[Yale]]) at [[ACF Nationals]]. With Brendan, Rob, and [[Matt Weiner]],

...ll Condron of “Church of Christ, Scientist!” managed to power, winning his team the tournament. The set itself was criticized for not having a dedicated editing team and instead being the product of a few friends, resulting in a lack of qual

The top four teams earned trophies and medals for team members, coaches, principals, and activities directors. ..."25"|Round||width="200"|Winning Team||width="50"|Score||width="200"|Losing Team||width="50"|Score

...a phase before hand, or maybe recording them and handing them off to some team at a later time. ML: Have you ever had a team do that?

...rimarily attending NAQT tournaments and ACC Conference tournaments. Duke's team attended ICT in 1997, 1999, and 2001, and their best finish in that era was ...egular difficulty and below. This iteration of Duke's club never fielded a team at a national tournament.

...ion of his dedication and effort in building the [[North Carolina Academic Team Association]] following the potential elimination of the [[Public Library Q | "in recognition of his leadership in keeping the Thomas Jefferson team active in the absence of a formal coach or advisor as well as his support o

...ing knowledge have been described as 'unorthodox' and 'insane'. As of this writing, Darin is leading Harrisburg in a way that has not been seen in years and e ...imself and was named Captain before the first match. Darin had inherited a team that was very young and inexperienced. In the three years preceding Darin's

...d Judy remained, and at least one of them would be on almost every Brookes team until 2018. Shortly after the team's unsuccessful audition for University Challenge, Ian advised Tom to attend

[[Jerry Vinokurov|Jerry Vinokurov's]] guide to writing questions, originally posted [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f= ...e things I'll be writing about are settled issues with respect to question writing, but many others reflect my own stylistic preferences, and I'll be sure to

...owl in the Lower Hudson Valley. The LIQBA plans a massive expansion of its writing department for the 2024-25 season, and is bidding for projects and contract ...to Third places are noted; DNR stands for "Did Not Rank", meaning that the team either finished below third place or did not play.

...ournaments, which often feature as authors the members of the contributing team, anywhere from eight to eight thousand people who have [[Freelance packet|f ...out high school quizbowl in Illinois grows longer, the probability of some team being accused of [[cheating]] approaches 1. The probability of any evidence

|'''Current team: None''' ...g to plan, and the Ramblers were upset by an up-and-coming [[Maine South]] team.

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...are usually more than happy to discuss the process of starting a quizbowl team and connect you to other quizbowl players in your region, so feel free to a ...l collegiate clubs who regularly attend weekend quizbowl tournaments. Your team will largely attend tournaments within a few hours' radius of your campus,

<onlyinclude>'''Cheating''' is the act of a [[player]] or [[team]] breaking the rules of quizbowl to gain an unfair advantage. It is a form In the case of Andy and Joshua, the culprit was a flaw in the NAQT writing software Ginseng, which allowed writers to view some or all of questions th

...pecially 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 schools t ...p. Teams are guaranteed at least two matches, so in the rare case of a two-team regional the teams play best-of-three. Each sectional has four teams play a

{{Lingo entry|A-team}} {{Lingo entry|Morlan's Law of Quiz Bowl Writing}}

...card" slot has been included, depending on the field structure, to let the team with the highest losing score return. In more recent renditions of the prog ...a "bonus question" at the end of the first quarter that grants the correct team free Turkey Hill ice cream, or a similar prize.

Transparency is one of the hallmarks of bad [[question writing]]. The fact that some team, somewhere, knew a clue does not make a tossup "transparent." In fact, well

...eling bad for the last year and a half for dickishly walking in front of a team photo or something. Barging doesn't even seem that accurate of a descriptio ...the intent that it would be replaced before anyone outside of the writing team ever saw it. Unfortunately, this is how users discovered that the ability t

...AT]] questions. In previous years, questions were written by the [[WUSTL]] team. Teams participating can qualify for the [[NSC|PACE NSC]]. ...poor difficulty control, the use of biographical clues, and generally poor writing quality. This criticism eventually led to the adoption of [[Yale]]'s [[BHSA

...Knowledge Bowl. At some point after this AH took over responsibilities of writing questions. ...room. Only four members of a team may take part in these rounds, so if the team has more than four members, the other members may substitute in after half

One of the major responsibilities of a [[team]] is to run regular [[practice]]s for their members. In addition to develop ===Ensure your team feels welcome===

...n a single skill, the Quiz Bowl contest "test[s] the knowledge of selected team members on various aspects of general academic knowledge, professional deve ...ng resume); failure to bring a number two pencil for the written test or a writing utensil for the "Active Round" (ranging from no penalty to unspecified poin

...mmittees generally decide protests without knowing the identity/ies of the team(s) involved. ...idual and team points scored for each team. Scorekeepers may keep score by writing on a physical [[scoresheet]] or, increasingly, use a variety of online scor

...t was hosted on a question set of the same name, house-written by the Yale team at a difficulty somewhat higher than regular high school difficulty. Once o ...an to ensure that the questions meet the best standards of modern quizbowl writing each year, and begun re-expanding the field out to a national audience, bot

...weekend as an American National, it is a financial and time burden on the team to attend an American National. Canadian teams that have cancelled an HSNCT .../www.caql.org/results.html</ref> In the 90s, Queen's was the sole Canadian team to participate in [[ACF]] events. Due to a relatively small amount of teams

The operation of the IHSA is charged to an Executive Director and a team of (currently nine) Assistant Executive Directors (AED). Each assistant ex :Bonuses could bounceback to the other team.

...ets. It's rarely productive to ding a set meant to be played by the median team for having easy clues or a set intended for pre-nats prep for having hard o ...Writers have to go through a process of finding clues and ordering them - writing your own questions or just adopting that mindset can help you identify key

...h" problems of a format similar to "take the number of players on a hockey team, multiply that by the number of innings in baseball, ...", spelling questio ...results in a marked difference between the lowest 5-0 and the highest 4-1 team in the playoff, somewhat skewing the bracket.

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

...he fifth and sixth place teams from the preliminary rounds played a full 6 team round robin for rounds 6-10. ...ille High School]] for his numerous commitments to coaching, mentoring and writing for younger quizbowl players. [http://www.moqba.org/student_involvement.php

...ingle piece of pressure sensitive tape shared by members of a team. Once a team buzzes in, its members get to confer for 15 seconds before the spokesperson ...orado-based question writing group headed by the former [[Grand Junction]] team coach, took over supplying Colorado, Washington, and Minnesota Knowledge Bo

...tally into two symmetric halves, each labeled as belonging to one of the [[team]]s. A segment of the sheet, typically a row, is used to track the result of ...nversions]], and [[negs]], and the total toss-up and bonus points for each team.

* Third at SCT; qualified the team for ICT. ...https://stats.neg5.org/t/JYf8QjWNA/cambridge-open-2019-illinois-side-event/team-full#team_91dddfd0-aaf4-11e9-9119-f7117d516f45]

...it had been discovered that Watkins had used his access to NAQT's internal writing/editing software to view the first forty characters in several questions in Unfortunately (for the rest of the Harvard team), the cheating incident was uncovered just a month after 125 Harvard studen

...r the award, ties are broken by lowest tossup/interrupt ratio. While most team and individual prizes consist of various trophies and books, neg prizes can More often, you end up with people deciding that their team has no shot of winning the tournament and intentionally trying to win the n

.... They are typically not [[buzzer]]-based and include both individual- and team-based events. ...ity to answer for two points or pass to their team for one, with the other team getting a stab if they fail. Some of the biggest and best-known in-person q

ABC was the brainchild of of the 1990-1991 Vanderbilt quiz bowl club. Team member [[Randy Buehler]] was the driving force behind the creation of the t * the organizational prowess of the team members at the time

*For writing tournaments: Jerome, QED, Tournament Question Database, [https://www.hsquiz *Team rankings: Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients, Excelsior Rankings

Since 1998, PACE's main task has been the writing and organization of the [[National Scholastic Championship]] (NSC), a champ Official individual and team performance records from past NSCs are publicly posted and archived on [htt

Each year, the IHSA contracts the writing of questions for their tournament to a head editor. Since 2003, that editor ...d message]], McGraw fired Reinstein from moderating at IHSA State and from writing and editing questions for the IHSA.

...clearly what your tournament is, and it should be something that a winning team can proudly report to a local paper. Something like McKinley High School Ac ...e, time, location, parking situation, cost, discounts, payment directions, team size, and maximum roster size. On the entry form, it is good to ask for inf

Others defended and justified them since EFT's [[question-writing philosophy|philosophy]] is not about having all easy answers, | the editing team

...ost prestigious invitational title, and even until 2002 or so it drew a 64-team field, equal in size to the NAQT ICT and bigger than any other event. It no | Penn team

...ost recently. Since moving to Chicago, Seth has been a primary scorer on a team that finished second and third at ACF Nationals before cranking out a three T: Now that I’ve convinced P to vote for Seth, I feel guilty about writing something about Andrew. He’s still quite possibly the best player in quiz

...in terms of deep knowledge, but Jarret was the more valuable player to the team in terms of generalism (as you'll see by this list, generalists typically w ...). Marshall, who, like myself, emerged from quizbowl limbo on a contending team in 2008, became a top history player and excellent generalist. I would plac

...t was run the same way when it had eight teams, but now consists of a four-team round robin to seed the championship game and third place game. ...is required for district tournaments of four or more teams, even for a 4-6 team tournament for which a full round robin would be simpler, fairer, and take

...ol must be from to participate. In practice, the rule seems to be that any team in Virginia that is not part of the DC-area It's Academic show and is willi [[File:1980article.jpg|thumb|An article about the first 32-team, all-Richmond tournament, which concluded in June 1980.]]

...ng (and moderating) at the [[2005 NSC|PACE NSC]] in Florida, then coaching Team Illinois at [[2005 PAC|PAC]]. He was also keeping score for the first time ...tching a total of four matches, and a brief interview with one coach whose team was entered in the tournament. All assertions are thus based upon a relati

...on was edited by [[SteveJon Guth]] with help from the rest of the Maryland team. Mirrors were held at [[Toronto]], [[Arizona]], [[Texas]], [[Washington]], ...ets edited by [[Ike Jose]], with help from Brian and [[Isaac Hirsch]]. A 6-team main site occurred, which UVA-sans-[[Matt Bollinger|Bollinger]] won over Pe

...orrectly answers a tossup, his/her team earns a bonus question. The entire team is allowed to work together to answer bonus questions. ...icipate, a school must pay a fee and submit a packet of questions for each team it enters. In addition, at invitational tournaments, rules of play are ofte

...r issues (see below). In 2013, no teams who participated in [[NSC]] and no team who finished in the top 100 of the [[HSNCT]] participated in the NAC. In 20 ...quizbowl community who are familiar with basic principles of good question writing are nearly uniform in their distaste for the NAC's questions in comparison

...onwealth University''', often referred to as '''VCU''', has had a quizbowl team continuously since 2002 and is prominent in hosting and playing events in t ...three high school tournaments]] in the spring of 1986, 1987, and 1988. The team's faculty sponsor was Edith White. Per the [[IBA]] [[Buzzer newsletter]], V

...year, tournament to tournament, and even packet to packet based on who was writing. ...states that in situations where a player "should have been prompted" their team will be awarded an uncontested tossup. This has been challenged as unfair,<

...re to dominate his opponent and he could play as “the man” or as part of a team—witness his two ACF National titles with the vaunted Chicago teams that a ...when he essentially beat the squad that would become the unassailable Tech team next year, among others, is impressive enough. Unbelievably well read, coul

...ter John Baricevic|The head editor]] is only familiar with 1990s’ question-writing standards. One of the key aspects of education is the need for ongoing prof ...n and received no response), and Hickman also speculated that the [[IMSA]] team (that year's IHSA scholastic bowl class AA champions) really enjoyed the to

...roughout the match, the host twice made friendly comments toward the Texas team, referring to their PBS station after answering a question about public bro In a later match, involving a team from downstate Illinois:

...mater. After hearing at least one coach promise never to return with his team again if the question provider were unchanged,&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt; I t ...lving number riddles (4B7) are also neither cute nor clever. Please avoid writing on such subjects again.

...ter_9-3.txt portable buzzers took longer to emerge]. The [[Berry]] College team in 1971 created a home-made portable buzzer system while a patent for a por ...ty it is suggested that you stay away from Zeecraft buzzers for individual team use.