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Former talented player for [[Michigan]]. Now plays open events, often times with [[Ryan Westbrook]]. {{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[ACF|ACF Nationals Leading Scorer]]

...since 2002 to do so and the first team ever to [[clear the field]] at both events.

...making) as being an "eccentric" writer who likes pushing the "canon," his events are usually well liked and respected. * his two [[The Experiment|Experimental]] side events

|Subjects = History, Current Events ...erved as a subject editor for [[2019 ACF Fall]] and head editor for [[2020 ACF Fall]].

...and many high school tournaments which are otherwise not connected to the ACF organization. ...thirty-point bonuses. There is no clock and there are no powers. See the [[ACF rules]] for the full description of the format.

==ACF== ...bution/ ACF distribution] for a 20/20 packet of [[ACF Winter|Winter]] or [[ACF Regionals|Regionals]] is:

==Notable Events== On January 30, the UK team sent 3 teams to compete at [[ACF Regionals]] at [[Vanderbilt]].

|Subjects = Geography, Current Events, Religion, History, Linguistics, Thought, Generalism ...[[C++]]. He also edited religion, geography, and current events for [[2021 ACF Winter]]

...rnament), the TD and co-editor of the [[2000 ACF Nationals]] and other ACF events, and the coach of the [[1999 Rockville]] team which took second at that yea

...], and [[Leo Law]], Jonathen placed 5th at the [[2021 ICT]] and won [[2021 ACF Nationals]]. *[[2022 ACF Regionals]]: Physics, Other Science, and Current Events

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 1993 [[ACF Nationals]] The '''1993 ACF Nationals''' was the second-ever [[ACF Nationals]]. [[Chicago]], consisting of [[Peter Freeman]], [[Josh Boorstein

*2023 [[ACF Winter]] - nominal Religion and Geo/CE/OAc/PC Editor (see [https://hsquizbo *2023 [[ACF Fall]] - American History, Pop Culture Editor

...that has been used for events like the [[EFT|Early Fall Tournament]] and [[ACF Fall]]. Instead of explicitly barring people based on experience or educati ...15 PPG player and is unlikely to massacre the field by themselves may find ACF Fall an appropriate tournament to play, but a first-year who is a star play

...role editing British/Commonwealth, European, and Other History for [[2023 ACF Regionals]].

...ic]]. It also competed at [[Michigan]]'s [[Kleist]], Michigan's [[MLK]], [[ACF Nationals]], and NAQT's [[ICT]], coming in second, third, fourth, and eight There were often multiple teams sent to these events (and others), although the "A" team tyically consisted of [[Seth Kendall]],

...emic tournaments that follow the [[ACF format]] without being official ACF events. ...endum," meaning that these tournaments do not actually modify the existing ACF rules.

...s a medium-difficulty tournament produced by [[ACF]] and held in November. ACF Winter is a [[packet submission]] tournament. ...2010. Intended to be intermediate in difficulty between [[ACF Fall]] and [[ACF Regionals]], both tournaments were generally regarded as [[regular difficul

...a member of [[MOQBA]]. An avid staffer for both high school and collegiate events, Ganon enjoys humanities writing, proofing sets, or anything else to help i *[[2019 ACF Fall]] - Current Events, Geography, Pop Culture, Other Academic

|Subjects = History, Geography, Current Events ...bowl for the [[University of Chicago]]. He won the [[2016 ICT]] and [[2018 ACF Nationals]] playing alongside [[John Lawrence]].

...This was the first year in which ACF Regionals was used as a qualifier for ACF Nationals. {{ACF tournaments}}

...www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=280366#p280366 events] at [[2014 ACF Nationals]]. * [[2020 ACF Regionals]]: Religion, Mythology, and Geography

...stribution|ACF distribution]] and in the distributions of typical [[mACF]] events. Since 2018, it has become more common to divide [[RMPSS]] into Belief (enc ...ongoing discussion within quizbowl, as is how much space to give to RMP in ACF-format packets. Some tournaments have 2/2, some have 3/3, and some alternat

...bert Osborne, to various high finishes, such as second place at the [[2002 ACF Nationals]]. He is also the creator of [[ACF Fall]], the [[McKenzie Method]], and the [[McKenzie-style easy part]].

...er being the top scorer while winning the [[2016 Chicago Open]] and [[2017 ACF Nationals]], as one of the greatest college quizbowl players of all time. ...r of the Maryland team that finished 4th at [[2015 ICT]] and 3rd at [[2015 ACF Nationals]]. He led the 2nd-place team at the 2015 [[Chicago Open]], where

| Name = 2006 ACF Fall | Series = [[ACF Fall]]

...]] [[distribution]] at all levels. By contrast, [[ACF]] and other non-NAQT events often lump a small amount of CE in with [[geography]] or [[trash]] or [[gen Within the broader current events category for [[NAQT]], there are subcategories for the United States and th

'''[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=13766 ACF Regionals 2013]''' was held over the weekend of February 23, 2013, at eight {{ACF tournaments}}

| Name = 2020 ACF Winter | Series = [[ACF Winter]]

...d was part of the [[Maryland|University of Maryland]] team that won [[2017 ACF Nationals]]. ...unciation guides, and much more behind-the-scenes work) for nationally-run events by

...ournaments''' were high-difficulty tournaments which have been run as side events during NAQT's [[HSNCT]]. ...described in its announcement as "more difficult than [[2007 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals 2007]], but less difficult than Ryan Westbrook's doubles". It too

...uizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=242382#p242382] Berry also hosted other events during this time. ...ge Bowl Regionals titles and an 18th-place finish nationally at the [[1999 ACF Nationals]], Dr. Carper was also a key mentor to many quizbowl players, coa

...B-team finishes higher. This notably happened to [[Chicago]] at the [[2012 ACF Nationals]] and [[Penn-ance]]. ...ool. When inviting programs who participate in these events to independent events, it is useful to explain that registering multiple teams is possible in ord

...010 PACE NSC]]. Stephen also led Harvard to a fifth-place finish at [[2014 ACF Nationals]], and Stanford to top-5 finishes at each national tournament fro * [[2012 ACF Fall]] (Subject Editor)

...ario since at least 2013. Along with [[SCT Canada|Canadian SCT]], Canadian ACF Regionals is the de facto Canadian national championship for college quizbo [[Category:ACF events]]

The '''2018 ACF Regionals''' took place on January 20, 2018 at twelve sites throughout the ...e-based rather than geography-based literature distribution, and the first ACF Regionals that asked for teams to submit half-packets rather than full pack

...led (with [[Will Nediger]]) to first place at the [[2017 ICT]] and [[2016 ACF Nationals]]. They restarted the quizbowl team at [[UCSD]] after playing hig ...Fine Arts for [[HSAPQ]] and has contributed to finishing other high school events such as [[No Name Tournament]] and [[Prison Bowl (set)|Prison Bowl]] III.

...gdom. For the third year in a row, Regionals was used as a qualifier for [[ACF Nationals]]. The tournament was edited by head editor [[Andrew Hart]], and {{ACF tournaments}}

...unch of NAQT, ACF, and Chicago Open events, most notably the superb 2001 [[ACF Regionals]] and the 2001-2005 [[Chicago Open]]s, and the Hawkfests at Quinc [[Category:Players on ACF Nationals championship teams]]

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 1995 [[ACF Nationals]] The 1995 ACF Nationals featured a 39 team field and was held at the [[Tennessee|Universi

ACF Regionals 2014 was held on the weekend of February 22, 2014, at nine region | [http://www.texasquizbowl.org/d/@140228TI5/ACF/ All Games]

...s tournament produced by [[Ryan Westbrook]], and the inaugural in-person [[ACF Pyramid]] tournament. ...on]], and [[Bernadette Spencer]]. [[Paul Drube]] was the top scorer. Side events included TRASH Regionals on Sunday, an Impossible Speedcheck tournament wri

...he United Kingdom. The tournament was used to qualify teams for the [[2019 ACF Nationals]]. {{ACF tournaments}}

...e quizbowl. The exact definition varies ([[NAQT]] has one definition and [[ACF]] has another) but essentially, a player is eligible for Division II if the All players who are eligible to play in [[closed]] quiz bowl events are eligible for Division I. The term "[[eligibility]]" on its own is typic

...CF Regionals]], [[2010 ACF Regionals]], [[2011 ACF Regionals]]. and [[2014 ACF Nationals]]. He is one of the most outspoken advocates for questions testin ...terature and arts for the highly praised [[2010 ACF Regionals]] and [[2011 ACF Regionals]].

...nued their success by placing fourth at the inaugural [[1991 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]] in 1991. The team has been intermittently active since then, in ...1991 and 2016 despite them appearing in publicly available statistics from events held in 2004, 2006, 2010, 2011, and 2015.

{{confuse|collegiate national tournament [[ACF Nationals]]}} [[Category: Side events]]

...he United Kingdom. The tournament was used to qualify teams for the [[2022 ACF Nationals]]. {{ACF tournaments}}

...arheaded [[WAO|a namesake open set]], and in 2018, he edited history for [[ACF Regionals]] and head-edited the [[Sun God Invitational]]. In 2021, he head- ...what more checkered history [[List of Will Alston side events|writing side events]]. A leading force behind the disastrous [[Modern World]] tournament in 201

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2003 [[ACF Nationals]] |stats = [http://web.archive.org/web/20060913065413/www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/03nats.html]

...ts, as well as national tournaments nationwide. Damisch was President of [[ACF]] for the 2020-21 season. They devised the [[Nationals Ironman]] status for ...onduct Reporting Form]] and helping to institute structural changes to the ACF constitution.

...he United Kingdom. The tournament was used to qualify teams for the [[2023 ACF Nationals]]. ..."note">Houston and Oxford A were deemed site champions for the purposes of ACF Nationals qualification due to the hosts having automatically qualified.</r

...he United Kingdom. The tournament was used to qualify teams for the [[2020 ACF Nationals]], which was canceled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. {{ACF tournaments}}

...a few tournaments (such as NAQT [[SCT|Sectionals]] and [[ICT]], and all [[ACF]] tournaments) reject open teams in order to preserve the prestige of the t Through 2008, [[ACF Nationals]] allowed a few open exhibition teams each year in order to get m

...torically been written at a difficulty below regular, but not as easy as [[ACF Fall]], and allows only undergraduate and high school students to play. The [[Category: mACF events]]

...won by players playing solo. Note that this list is not limited to varsity events/divisions. * 1999 [[ACF Regionals]] Midwest -- [[Andrew Yaphe]] (2)

..., [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008 ACF Undergraduate]], [[2008 ACF Nationals|2008 ACF Division II]] <br/> NAQT: [[2009 ICT|2009 NAQT Undergaduate]], [[2010 ICT|2 ...nearly all regional tournaments and regularly sends teams to [[ICT]] and [[ACF Nationals]].

...uizbowl player for [[Maryland]]. He is probably best known for founding [[ACF]] along with [[Carol Guthrie]] and [[Ramesh Kannappan]], and for playing qu ...fter 1990. This was far from the only such case prior to the tightening of ACF eligibility rules in approximately 2007.

...From 2011, the tournament has consisted of two events, one using the mACF/ACF format and another on an NAQT ICT set. The tournament draws teams from outs | [[ACF Regionals]]

...multi-editing achievements''' for editors who have worked on several major events. This page originally marked [[Andrew Hart]]'s attempt to categorize and re ...lti-championship achievements#Modern_Triple_Crown|Modern Triple Crown]]: [[ACF Nationals]], [[NAQT ICT]] (DI), and [[Chicago Open]]. Seven editors are kno

...vard B/DII team at both the [[2008 ICT|NAQT ICT]] and [[2008 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]] in his freshman year. He was a member of [[PACE]] and chief edi ...e when elite high school players became regular attendees at college-level events.

...see]], where he played on the team that won the [[1991 ACF Nationals|first ACF Nationals]] with [[Robert Trent]] and others, under the coaching of [[Carol ...rors of the [[HSNCT]] were also run irregularly. UTC was also the host for ACF Regionals in the Southeast from 2000 until 2006.

== Hosted Events == ...l tournament and the [[Missouri Scholars Academy Scholar Bowl]], but these events are unaffiliated in any way with the Missouri team.''

...d [[2011 MUT]] at Rock Bridge. He was also on the team that won the [[2013 ACF Regionals]] site at [[WUSTL]] and led the team in scoring at the [[2013 ICT

...bowler [[Ben Smith]] in the 2003-04 season. The club often collaborates on events with [[Carleton University]] and [[Lisgar]]. ...bounded during the 2022-2023 season, placing 4th at [[2023 ACF Regionals | ACF Regionals]] and hosting several successful tournaments.

...]] edited by [[Bruce Arthur]]. Every question at RMPFest falls under the [[ACF]] category of "Religion, Mythology, and Philosophy", commonly abbreviated a [[Category: MACF events]]

...ship of [[Alex Fregeau]] (best known previously for the well-received side events [[FRENCH]] I and II) and [[Henry Atkins]] (best known for [[Eminent Victori ...erson to finish in ''2nd'' place at [[2023 ICT|ICT]], [[2023 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]], and CO within the same competition year (an achievement last u

...holastic Bowl]] events. He lead the team to several high finishes at local events and made all-state second team his senior year. ...l alongside [[JinAh Kim]]. He served as the fourth player on Penn's [[2017 ACF Nationals]] team, which finished in the top bracket. The next year, he was

...In 1998, he led Oklahoma to a fourth-place finish at [[1998 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]], placing third individually with 62.7 [[PPG]]. ...ppel]] co-founded the [[Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance]]. The OQBA hosted two events each year until 2010, during which time Bell was also the [[coach]] at [[No

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...ACF Nationals]], 7th at [[2017 ICT]], and 8th at [[2017 ACF Nationals|2017 ACF Nats]]. ...ss. He was also part of that year's 7th place team at [[2018 ACF Nationals|ACF Nats]].

...higan]] teams which won the NAQT [[2005 ICT|ICT]] and [[2005 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]] in 2005, and was the top scorer on the [[Virginia]] team which ...stead focus on NAQT nationals, Leo indirectly set into motion the chain of events that culminated in TJ's historic 2003 to 2005 national championship run.

...om. (ACF's "regions" are non-normative, so a school may attend any site of ACF Regionals.) ...sufficiently high [[A-value]] (which is computed from team performances at ACF Regionals [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16016&p=29

...packet-submission model, but its use is now limited to a handful of casual events like [[DECAMERON]]. Packet submission is also used by [[KSHSAA]] for its re

...linary common links, miscellaneous thought, science history, etc" [https://acf-quizbowl.com/distribution/]. Other academic questions may also ask about ge ...bution with separate "other" categories including [[geography]], [[current events]], and [[popular culture]]. In mACF sets, the other category altogether usu

...ACF Regionals]], the [[Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Novice Tournament]] and [[ACF Nationals]] in 2009. ...for Mizzou, playing at [[Minnesota Open]] and, solo on a house team, at [[ACF Fall]]. Perhaps Joey's most important contribution was as a member of the h

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 1994 [[ACF Nationals]] The '''1994 ACF Nationals''' held on April 8 and 9 at [[Maryland]] [https://groups.google.c

Tom's alleged unimpressive performances at open events after years spent out of practice is often taken to be yet another piece of {{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[ACF|ACF Nationals Leading Scorer]]

...d by [[Carlos Doebeli]] in 2017. The squad entered two teams in the [[2017 ACF Fall]] [[tournament]] at the [[University of Washington]], where they place ...across the Web. UBC's quizbowl reputation was somewhat tarnished by these events, though it is currently in a more peaceful existence now.

...at Missouri State, and a mirror of MUT at Rock Bridge HS. He also staffed events hosted at Mizzou. ...ACN tournament at WashU, the Missiles of October mirror at Rock Bridge HS, ACF Fall and the Region 9 SCT, where he soloed his way to a 3rd place finish in

...team ceased playing in CBI tournaments in 2001. The team usually plays in ACF, mACF, and NAQT tournaments in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, with occasio ...EWT (Swarthmore), Gamecock Junior Bird (South Carolina), Sword Bowl (UTC), ACF Regionals (Georgia Tech)

...is a [[novice]]-level college quizbowl tournament produced every year by [[ACF]] and held concurrently at multiple locations throughout North America and ...24/24 (24 tossups and 24 bonuses). Since [[2014 ACF Fall|2014]], however, ACF Fall has moved to a model based on half-packets of 12/12.

|Subjects = History, current events, trash ...ring his senior year at Grayson County, the team began attending pyramidal events, and made their first ever appearances at the Kentucky Governor's Cup State

...am that won the [[2011 ICT|ICT]] and placed second at [[2011 ACF Nationals|ACF Nats]]. He is noted for writing a number of silly side events, ranging from a vanity literature set at the 2009 Minnesota Open, an [[all-

...-friendly Sunday portion had a difficulty level between [[PACE NSC]] and [[ACF Regionals]]. Everyone played both sets regardless, and much fun was had by ...tory), and [[George Berry]] (painting, non-film misc. arts, trash, current events), with freelance contributions from [[Auroni Gupta]] (American literature,

| [[2014 ACF Regionals|ACF Regionals South at WKU]] | [[2013 ACF Fall|ACF Fall Southeast at Georgia Tech]]

...y of participation at [[College Bowl]], appearing on many of the televised events. The also have had success in [[pyramidal]] quizbowl, winning the first und ...hosting collegiate tournaments again in 2019, when they hosted a mirror of ACF Regionals.

.... He also led Northwestern to a decent middle bracket finish at the [[2014 ACF Nationals]], despite being the only member of his team who bothered to show ...ournaments in 2015 and led Northwestern to a top 20 finish overall at both events.

...raphy in a submitted packet of 24/24 (which is then cut to 20/20) [https://acf-quizbowl.com/distribution/]; most [[mACF]] sets have a similar amount, thou ...on of some tournaments, particularly higher level college events such as [[ACF Nationals]] [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=8589&p=15204

|Subjects = Literature, Current Events, History *2022 ACF Fall @ Missouri

...use most sets are either housewrites or provided by a company like NAQT or ACF. Most sets will attempt to have at least one school in each major region of ...that specific site had contributed to producing the set. Mirrors of these events employed a looser definition of the term, as they often required teams to s

...ate and tenth-place overall at the [[2019 ICT]] and came in 15th at [[2019 ACF Nationals]]. In the 2019 player poll, he was voted 14th in both history and ...e his irregular enrollment at Amherst, he will often appear at summer open events, such as 2019's [[Age of Empires]] and 2020's [[Mike Bentley]] event [[Myth

|Subjects = History, Current Events ...s president for all four years. The club was primarily focused on [[NHBB]] events, with Alan winning the 2021 Northern New Jersey C-Set National History Bee

She is known for trailblazing such events as [[Drink Talk Learn (DTL)]], Who Posted That, and [[Jungle Quiz]], and al ...both Oxford and Oxford Brookes Chlo focussed on bringing them together for events such as [[Drink Talk Learn (DTL)]] and [[Jungle Quiz]]. This has notably cr

|Subjects = RMP, Geography, History, Current Events, Lit, general * At the 2012 ACF Nationals, placed 5th in the prelims and 1st in the playoffs for individual

...the game. Kentucky Player [[Kelly McKenzie]] suggested that [[ACF]] create ACF Fall to increase the appeal of Quiz Bowl to inexperienced players. Player S ...rst Director, Megan Stinnett, the team has hosted several student outreach events and delivered news through its integrated Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

...orm for reporting instances of inappropriate behavior observed at quizbowl events or as part of the quizbowl community.<ref>[https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/vi <blockquote>[[PACE]], [[NAQT]], [[ACF]], and [[IAC]] want everyone to feel safe and welcome at our tournaments.

...n 2006, serving as second scorer during several second-place finishes at [[ACF Nationals]], before leading the [[Penn]] team for several years as a medica ...ry, Eric helped the team to 2nd place at [[2007 ACF Nationals]] and [[2008 ACF Nationals]].

...2nd-place finishes at [[2013 ACF Nationals]], the [[2014 ICT]], and [[2014 ACF Nationals]], and to a 3rd place finish at the [[2012 ICT]] -- with numerous ...2023 ACF Nationals]]. He led Chicago to 2nd-place finishes at both ICT and ACF Nationals in 2023, in each case keeping the last game against the eventual

...sting the [[Main Page|Quizbowl Wiki]], and his [[List of Mike Bentley side events|massive writing and editing work]], including ten visual arts tournaments ( ...nd team, Mike has "won" tournaments like 2008's [[Cardinal Classic]] and [[ACF Regionals]] at Delaware.

| AltNames = Pre-ICT and ACF Nationals Open/Minnesota Open The '''[http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=21685 Pre-ICT and ACF Nationals Open/Minnesota Open]''' ('''PIANO/MO''') was, as the name suggest

...4, Princeton's previously CBI-only program began attending and hosting ACF events. Princeton deaffiliated from CBI after the 1996-1997 school year. The legac ...d have likely been in close contention for undergraduate titles at ICT and ACF Nationals, had they not been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.<ref

A dumb comment made by Wang at [[2015 ACF Nationals]] has apparently resulted in British quiz teams jokingly teaching He also won two [[PACENSC|Pokémon based]] side events.

...ear. In 2008-2009, he led his team to success at the EQUINE II and CSI III events, before leading them to VHSL District, Regional, and State titles, as well ...beginning of the Spring 2010 semester, making his first appearance at 2010 ACF Winter. He then played in the NAQT Region 5 SCT, was the highest scorer, an

...History (esp. Canadian and First World War), Classics, Geography, Current Events ...aajid Moyen]], and [[Chris Chiego]], and was the first Canadian to win the ACF Division I title.

...appear at tournaments on the local and national circuit and even host such events without its parent university's knowledge. New players interested in contac ...23 tournaments, six of them national tournaments and four of them circuit events outside the Southwest region.

...ut of the woodwork to play at tournaments with Minnesota squads or at open events. * ACF Fall site at Minnesota: 8-5 record on Minnesota B ([[Mike Cheyne]], [[Berna

...Ontario most years since 2000. Along with [[ACF Regionals Canada|Canadian ACF Regionals]], Canadian SCT is the de facto Canadian national championship fo [[Category:NAQT events]]

|nats = [[2003 ACF Nationals|2003 ACF]]; [[2004 NAQT ICT|2004 NAQT ICT Division I]], [[2006 NAQT ICT|2006 NAQT IC ...izbowl club of all time, and was semi-frequently able to field a J-team at events in its area [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=

...onto]] and [[Queen's|Kingston]] also have had universities run high school events, but with lower success. ...rnament]], as well as mirrors of ACF tournaments or independent housewrite events.

...= [[2022 NAQT ICT|2022 NAQT]], [[2013 ICT|2013 NAQT Division II]], [[2010 ACF Nationals]], [[2006 NAQT ICT|2006 NAQT Division II]], [[1998 NAQT ICT|1998 In the modern era, Stanford won an ACF Nationals title in 2010, achieved by the final team led by [[Andrew Yaphe]]

|Subjects = History, Current Events, Social Science ...at PACE. In 2023, his freshman year, he was 2nd in PPG at UMD's 5th-place ACF Nationals finish, behind [[Caleb Kendrick]].

{{Tourneybox|Tournament Name = 2009 [[ACF Nationals]] The '''2009 ACF Nationals''' was held on April 25 and April 26 at [[WUSTL]]. A [[Chicago]]

...f his career in 2013, and 35 outright tournament victories (excluding side events). ...s as the [[2014 Chicago Open]], the [[2017 ACF Regionals]], and the [[2018 ACF Nationals]].

...te placing third at [[2022 ACF Nationals|ACF Nationals]]. He played [[2023 ACF Nationals]] as an enrollee in undergraduate-level courses, with his educati ...rved as an editor for various iterations of [[PACE NSC]], [[NASAT]], and [[ACF Fall]], as well as numerous one-off high school and collegiate sets. His ma

...and clues which can be reasonably be expected to come up again at quizbowl events of a given level in the future based on repeatedly coming in the past. It c ...tial answer spaces (which may also shift more often in the case of current events) for each of those categories.

...e '''Triple Crown''' usually refers to the feat of winning [[NAQT ICT]], [[ACF Nationals]], and [[Chicago Open]] -- the three most prestigious and popular ...014 Virginia is also the most recent school to win both ICT Division I and ACF Nationals in the same competition year.

...and Steinhice have also hosted many other tournaments, including ACF Fall, ACF Regionals, and NAQT Sectionals when other hosts could not be found for the After Steinhice ended coaching the team in 2014, the number of events hosted by UTC has dwindled to almost none.

...ited by [[Fred Morlan]] and [[Evan Nagler]] and held on the week of [[2009 ACF Regionals]]. Much like [[TRASH Regionals]], GARBAGE was intended to be the [[Category:Side events]]

...], [[PACE]], [[NAQT]], [[HSAPQ]], and [[NHBB]] as well as many independent events. Weiner was the founder and long-time owner of the [[hsquizbowl.org|Quizbow ...titles in both DI and DII. He added scoring titles at the 2005 and 2007 [[ACF]] Nationals.

...2006, Bruce and his teammates captured the previously-defunct, now-revived ACF Undergraduate National Championship by finishing higher in the final standi ...atkins]], and [[Dallas Simons]]. Bruce was on Harvard A when they won 2009 ACF Regionals against a [[Jerry Vinokurov]] led [[Brown]] team. To keep Harvard

...s|2008]], [[2009 ACF Nationals|2009]], [[2018 ACF Nationals|2018]], [[2024 ACF Nationals|2024]]<br/>'''[[ICT|ICT Div. I]]:''' [[1997 ICT|1997]], [[1999 IC ...y of Chicago was home to the annual [[Chicago Open]] and its assorted side events from 1999 to 2017, after which it moved to [[Northwestern]].

...e fall of 2017. Jacob either moderates or runs the control room at several events throughout the state. ...Fall]] at Truman State [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/758/stats/acf/teamdetail/#t4]

...tournament, took Williams to what may have been their first three [[ACF]] events, helped win the 2006 [[NAQT ICT]] Undergraduate Championship, and developed

...SNCT]] playoff appearances. Bellarmine is also a frequent host of quizbowl events in the Bay Area and a key part of the local [[circuit]]. | ACF Regionals Texas

...] [[Invitational Series]] questions. Rochester hosted [[ACF Fall]] [[2005 ACF Fall | 2005]] but has run no other packet submission tournaments of note. ! !! ACF Nationals (2005–) !! Division I ICT !! Division II ICT

|nats = [[1995 ACF Nationals|1995 ACF]]; [[2008 ICT|2008 NAQT Undergraduate]]; [[2003 ICT|2003 NAQT Undergraduate ...ivate university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It participates in [[ACF]], [[mACF]], and [[NAQT]] tournaments.

...n 2005, the clock was expanded to ten minutes per half to allow for more [[ACF]]-style tossups. In 2006, the clock was dropped altogether. The tournament In 2009, MLK was replaced with [[ACF Winter]] (in an agreement that guaranteed Michigan hosting rights to the Mi

...Division II ICT]]. Ian and Ben also placed second in Division II at [[2010 ACF Nationals]]. With [[Guy Tabachnick]], [[Ben Cohen]], and [[Daniel Klein]], ...09, and the winner of numerous individual scoring awards at regular-season events. He (usually) led the [[2009 Georgetown Day]] team in scoring en route to a

...growing number of middle school tournaments that are similar in format to ACF. ...quizbowl]]" tournaments have emerged, largely through the establishment of events running the [[mirror|same questions as]] American tournaments, sometimes wi

...it, finishing 9th in D2 at the [[2022 ICT]] and in the top bracket at 2021 ACF Regionals. ...nt for the first time in several years, when three UGA teams competed at [[ACF Fall]] 2006 at [[Vanderbilt]], winning 3rd and 4th place. At the 2007 South

...ollege Bowl, but they began participating in [[ACF]] and other independent events. The club helped start the Canadian quizbowl circuit: [[Waterloo]], [[UWO A contingent representing Queen's attended ACF Fall in November 2011 at [[McMaster University]]. The club also sent two te

...Bruce Arthur]], [[Zhao Zhang]], and [[Mike Cheyne]]. It's approximately of ACF Nationals difficulty and it features the following distribution: [[Category: mACF events]]

...Michigan MLK]], and [[Penn Bowl]], plus of course all [[College Bowl]]-run events. Cardinal Classic dropped the clock starting in 2001, Penn Bowl in 2003, an

...t sets of distinct material for invitationals. In 2009-10 there were three ACF-format invitationals, in 2010-11 through 2012-2013 there were two, and in 2 ...einer]] (History, religion, philosophy, social science, geography, current events, trash, general knowledge, and foreign language subject editor; set editor

|Subjects = Geography, Economics, European History, Current Events, Haberdashery ...ng of [[John Lawrence]]. He contributed to third-place showings at ICT and ACF Nationals 2011 and led the A team to a fifth-place finish at ICT 2012 and a

NYU has a long history of competition in collegiate quiz bowl events. In the 1959–60 season, NYU played four games in the televised rounds of NYU continued playing College Bowl events until 2002. NYU won College Bowl's Regional Championship (for ACUI Region 3

...categories), though [[ACF Fall]] and most high-school level regular-season events, including the former [[HSAPQ]] Tournament Sets, have 1 to 2 trash question As of late 2023, [[NAQT]], [[ACF]], [[IQBT]], the [[Quizbowl Packet Archive]], and the [[ACRONYM]] tournamen

..., [[2012 ACF Nationals|2012 ACF Undergraduate]], [[2013 ACF Nationals|2013 ACF]] Overall ...cally produced and hosted the ABT Solo, a one-on-one tournament with short ACF-style questions usually produced by [[Donald Taylor]]. The ABT has provided

[[GATA]], [[IHSA]], and [[MSHSAA]]-style events use bouncebacks on standard ACF/NAQT style three-part bonuses. ...which is the main reason bouncebacks are generally not considered at these events, but there are good arguments for bouncebacks being a more logical componen

Colonel By began attending quizbowl events starting in 2010. Presently, it is one of the few Canadian schools, along w ...tournament when the team won the Eastern Canada mirror of [[2014 ACF Fall|ACF Fall]] in 2014. In March 2015, Colonel By went 11-0 to win their second str

Other [[trivia]] events sometimes refer to this property as '''"pinned"''', or refer to adding info ...ven the clues that had been read thus far. To avoid this edge case, both [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] have clues that limit protests on the grounds of uniqueness

==Events== ===Discontinued events===

...x players per team. There is no formal restriction on total roster size in events using the unmodified [[NAQT]] rules, or in most state-level high school for In tournaments using [[ACF]] rules and their derivatives, substitution is generally allowed only at ha

|nats = [[2017 ACF Nationals]]; [[2015 NAQT ICT| 2015 NAQT Undergraduate]]; [[2008 NAQT ICT|20 ...nd was one of the original schools to de-affiliate from [[CBI]] and form [[ACF]].

...ionals''' is an annual event held by [[ACF]]. Along with the NAQT [[ICT]], ACF Nationals is one of the two tournaments which determine a national champion Beginning in 2008, ACF Nationals crowned Undergraduate and Division II champions in addition to ov

...st (i.e. the tossups are [[pyramidal]]). Links to several videos of [[2013 ACF Nationals]] are available [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t The questions used in collegiate quizbowl may come from [[ACF]], from [[NAQT]], or be written independently. All of them are [[pyramidal]

.../50/20 split between answers that would be appropriate [[medium part]]s at ACF Fall/Regionals/Nationals, had less favorable reception. [[Category: Side events]]

...ess [[religion]] and [[mythology]] – a sort of middle ground between the [[ACF]] and [[NAQT]] distributions.

...inging the team back into [[the circuit]]. That year, the school hosted [[ACF Fall]], [[TRASH Regionals]], [[Penn Bowl]], the [[Penn Bowl Trash Tournamen ...ge Revival at Berkeley. That same team went on to place 9th at the 2014 DI ACF National tournament, far surpassing their projected placement of 21st.

...o see if you can get in contact with them (try searching online for nearby events and seeing who's running them or who's listed as a coach for teams). ...ually require a sponsor or a chaperone on campus with students, but online events usually only need contact information for a sponsor. Check to see what your

{{Succession_box_(Individual)|Individual Honor = [[ACF|ACF Nationals Leading Scorer]] ...nd has written for [[NAQT]], [[NHBB]], and [[HSAPQ]] as well as some other events.

...y trigger suspicion, but are rarely definitive on their own. During online events, suspicious behaviors observed by either tournament staffers or other teams Different events will have different procedures for determining whether or not cheating took

|events coordinator = [[Aditya Desai]] ...university located in Iowa City, Iowa. It attended tournaments, including ACF Nationals, pre-2008, but entered a period of little to no club activity unt

...CASC schools were only allowed to play in "licensed tournaments;" that is, events which signed a statement claiming that College Bowl had a trademark on inte ...ict with [[SCT]], which, along with [[ACF Fall]], would be the most likely events for a team new to the mainstream circuit to attend.

In the 2008-09 season, Truman State hosted the Midwest mirror of ACF Fall on November 08, 2008. ...l on November 06, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/758/stats/acf/standings/]. The same tournament was also held at Truman the following year

TRASH held its first events in the 1997-1998 academic year and went on hiatus following the holding of TRASH tournaments generally used an [[ACF]]-style game format, sometimes with slight variations such as an extra toss

...all]] to [[ACF Regionals|Regionals]], with the final iterations claiming [[ACF Nationals|Nationals]]-level. By the end of its existence, Sun 'n' Fun was k ...rnament aimed higher than previous iterations by initially advertising as "ACF Nationals level difficulty", then as "a tic easier than this year's [[Misso

Links to several videos of [[2013 ACF Nationals]] are available [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t *[[ACF]]

...of many high school tournaments. This award is given in solidarity with [[ACF]] honoring him with the [[Carper Award]]." ...ensuring that a high school housewrite could be one of the highest-quality events of the year for the first time, and for creating online scoresheets and a r

==Historical Hosted Events== | rowspan="2" | 2008 [[ACF Fall]]

...in imitation of college football bowl games and accordingly College Bowl events would often feature large audiences and campus fanfare. It is important to Although the full name of [[ACF]] is "Academic Competition Federation", the organization officially recogni

...[[ACF]]'s question sets do not use powers. However, the common [[modified ACF format]] does incorporate powers and is the most common choice of rules for ...red the use of super-powers. They have also appeared in various other side events like [[Gaddis]] and [[CANONEXPANSION]].

...rsees the [[Carper Award]]. For more information on ACF, see their [http://acf-quizbowl.com/ website]. ...erm [[mACF]] refers to quizbowl tournaments and question sets that use the ACF format and rules, perhaps with slight modifications, or especially to make

...nd Prison Bowl tournaments. Instead, the team focused more on History Bowl events. ...ed the SATURNALIA question set, on Discord. The team also ran a nationwide ACF Fall mirror (won by Belmont) and the Ridgewood Middle School invitational (

...ast, while [[Ike Jose]] notably played at and won a Division II title at [[ACF Nationals 2009]] hosted at WUSTL in the previous year, this was the first t [[Category:mACF events]]

...typically not [[buzzer]]-based and include both individual- and team-based events. ...'' or simply '''quiz''', with the act of playing either trivia or quizbowl events termed '''quizzing'''.

...to a "good quizbowl" circuit, with NAQT questions improving markedly and [[ACF]] becoming more popular and the only style used in independent tournaments. "Bad quizbowl" events have significant opportunity costs that can hurt the development of quizbow

...to an attempt to get the university involved in more traditional Quizbowl events, mainly through the Canadian Quizbowl circuit. * [[ACF Fall]] 2008

...academic team. Thanks to Bridget Ker the club was more successful at trash events. After many years of poor results, at the 2004 MLK tournament Western went ...in 2012, during which time he began his career as a writer and editor for ACF.

.... It is consequently of primary interest to provide as much context of the events as possible. ...rginia teams which had won [[2012 ICT]], swept the [[2014 ICT|two]] [[2014 ACF Nationals|nationals]] in 2014, and would go on to win the [[2015 ICT]].

...tremely high difficulty (often more difficult than the year's [[ICT]] or [[ACF Nationals]]) and its extremely competitive field, which usually make Chicag ...r editing team approved by its predecessor. After some early house-written events, CO has established itself as a true [[packet-submission]] event, for which

...iffe]] and [[Matt Purkis]], the season started where it left off at [[2015 ACF Fall]], with one registered victory over Oxford C. A winless showing at Cam ...niversity Belfast]] at Scot Bowl, securing several match victories at both events.

'''25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players''' is a ranking published by Martin Faber (the author of the [[Defi ...F Nationals, rather than skill in the abstract or accomplishments at other events or formats, when compiling this list. We've also recalled a representative

...of these cases are explicitly included in acceptability guidelines (like [[ACF]] gameplay rule G.3A regarding regnal numbers) and do not often receive ins ...nothing at all. This innovation was later brought to the masses in [[2016 ACF Nationals]], which was probably the second tournament to make use of them.

...ique flavor that can verge into the [[NAQTie|extreme]]. In comparison to [[ACF]], its questions are shorter and have [[powermark]]s, and its rounds at var ...agship ACF events of [[ACF Fall|Fall]], [[ACF Regionals|Regionals]], and [[ACF Nationals|Nationals]].

...Ballard]] and Oxford Brookes club scene legend [[Steven Mayes]] at [[2011 ACF Fall]]. The going was rough, recording very few wins, but with [[Paula Ayre ...to not be confirmed early enough to participate at the UK mirror of [[2014 ACF Fall]], but it was ready for that year's [[Penn Bowl]] mirror.

The majority of tournaments adhere to either [[NAQT]] or [[ACF]] rules, which have sufficiently similar scoring rules that the same scores ...replacements for physical sheets, they found much of their use at informal events like practices or tournament finals. Though there were scattered uses in ac

...s|2013]], [[2014 ACF Nationals|2014]], [[2015 ACF Nationals|2015]], [[2016 ACF Nationals|2016]]<br>[[ICT|NAQT ICT]]:<br>[[2005 ICT|2005]], [[2006 ICT|2006 ...zbowl team continuously since 2002 and is prominent in hosting and playing events in the Mid-Atlantic region.

6. The row templates are intended to represent events in a specific year. ...n the [[US Open]], and many of its members would later become members in [[ACF]].}}

...nals, the Bachelors/Don King Undergraduate Tournaments in October of 2001, ACF Fall in 2001 and 2003, and the NAQT Great Lakes SCT in 2003. Allison was al ...wayback.archive-it.org/6477/20080705174041/http://www.cwru.edu/orgs/trivia/events.html]

...ent's rules varied from the future format that SWATA would use in its NAQT events-- while later tournaments followed the straight 20/20 format with powers bu ...uiz bowl circuit is lack of reasonable access. Prior to 2007, virtually no ACF-style quiz bowl tournaments were played in the region-- even when including

...until January 2010, making his collegiate debut as a member of Truman B at ACF Winter. Max and teammate [[Kyle Goff]] led Truman D in points at the [[201

...further stoked by the fact that Watkins' individual performance at [[2010 ACF Nationals]] was quite lackluster in comparison, both quantitatively and qua ...ear when he cheated at the 2011 ICT, Watkins had also significantly harmed ACF, PACE, and HSAPQ in three incidents each unrelated to each other and to the

...in each state that actively participate in multiple [[pyramidal]] quizbowl events each year varies considerably from state-to-state. Even in states with very ...idal events. Attracting more of these teams to more [[pyramidal]] quizbowl events and convincing existing hosts in those states to change the types of questi

...Oklahoma mirror of ACF Fall), as well as competing in several high school events. ...les for the first time in three years, having previously won several local events and [[Texas Invitational]]. Notably, LASA B (same lineup as 2012-13 LASA C)

...ence Bowl Championship, and has attended [[National History Bee and Bowl]] events. They do not currently compete in [[Minnesota Knowledge Bowl]]. Wayzata has |rowspan="2"| 2019 ACF Fall - UChicago HS Mirror

...Seth has been a primary scorer on a team that finished second and third at ACF Nationals before cranking out a three-peat from 2007-2009. His ICT record i ...e serving as head editor a handful of times during his peak, he’s won more ACF Nationals than Brendan Byrne, Shantanu Jha, and Andrew Hart have played, co

...e awarded to the school with the best performance in all non-athletic VHSL events. There is also a Wachovia Cup for Athletics. ...stic Bowl events (nearly all independent events in Virginia use standard [[ACF]] format).

...he only members left of the previous squad. However, in a shocking turn of events, Sheffield and Jang began to blossom into a formidable duo, with Sheffield ...'s senior season, Belmont picked up where it left off, winning Ridgewood's ACF Fall high school mirror, Maroon Bowl II, BHSAT XXX, QuBIT VII, and MIT Spri

...ted] and one in 2016 titled [[25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players]], which merely listed the Top 25 rather than attempting to rank th ...ons were made primarily on the basis of performance on academic questions (ACF, NAQT, and such notable invitational tournaments as Maryland’s TIT, Virgi

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...anhassen as the school district's attendance boundaries changed. Those two events marked the end of Chaska's "glory years," although the program continued to ...] tournament, which was attended by several teams on the Saturday before [[ACF Fall]]. [[Drake]], consisting of [[Brendan Byrne]], won the tournament ove

...ce. Are you writing for a novice tournament, a standard invitational, or [[ACF Nationals]]? This will determine, to some degree, what answer selections ar ...fficulty, context matters a lot. If you're writing for a tournament like [[ACF Fall]], which is going to include a lot of new players who are, at best, fa

...ms, the 3-0 team would clear the field if the tournament were to use the [[ACF finals format]], but in the MSHSAA format, the top ranking 1-2 team could w ...Such an event shall count as one of the school’s allowable regular season events as per By-Law 4.4.2 (Limits on Participation) and must meet the travel regu

Its target difficulty was between [[ACF Regionals]] and [[ACF Nationals]], ...Maryland into canceling this tournament led directly to the formation of [[ACF]].

...largest fields and most mirrors of any collegiate tournament not run by [[ACF]] or [[NAQT]]. ...ifficulty for many sets since 2019 ([[2019 Terrapin]], [[MWT]], [[LIT]], [[ACF Winter]]).

|editors = [[HSAPQ]] (ACF-format set #8) ...aining institute. Everything was able to be rearranged to accommodate both events, and the rest of the tournament went off without a hitch.

...ack of success in the 2000s occurred at the conjunction of several notable events. First, their last State Title before then was the last year non-pyramidal ...Ultima, Midwest Championship, and Wildcat in addition to placing T-3rd at ACF Fall at NIU, 3rd at Loyburn, 2nd at Auburn's Harvard Fall Mirror, T-2nd at

...7, there was less than a 10% crossover between teams competing on the NAQT/ACF quizbowl circuit and teams participating in College Bowl or its affiliated Tossups are scored with 10s and -5, as in ACF. There are no [[powers]].

...uiz Bowl began with great success. The team attended a number of difficult events without knowing that the tournaments were for experienced and dominant team ...12 Conference]] Tournament. After disappointing results in UIUC Earlybird, ACF Fall, WUFAT IV, NAQT State, expectations for the team to return to their gl

...uring the pandemic created new roadblocks for university RSOs from hosting events involving minors, making it effectively impossible for UIUC to host high sc *mirror of [[ACF Fall]] - October - usually hosted in northern Illinois, such as at Rockford

...g a second place finish to Quizbowl prodigy Ethan Strombeck from Auburn at ACF Fall in Dekalb. Carbondale’s major success in the 2017 portion of the sea ...strongest player was unable to attend HSNCT due to a conflict with family events. Without John Paul, the team went 4-6, including a crushing loss to Springf

...n is based on historic information and may possibly change based on recent events)'' ...nguage questions, which is a hindrance to teams more used to [[NAQT]] or [[ACF]]-like formats.

...e information about all models of buzzer that are usable for ordinary NAQT/ACF-style quizbowl, including those that are no longer manufactured. Systems th ...ms should probably not be used in timed games (e.g. official NAQT national events). For a "barebones" system with no special features, the unit is surprising