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|Subjects = History, Rock Music, Turkmenistan, Phallocentrism in contemporary Western society ...lassic]]s and California Cups, as well as one [[HSNCT]], before graduating in 2022. He now attends [[Wisconsin|UW–Madison]].

...l in Sunnyvale, California. Several of their players have been part of the California [[NASAT]] team. * [https://www.naqt.com/stats/school/?org_id=66230]

...teams from across an extremely broad region from Lake Tahoe in CA to Elko in NV. For the last four years, the league has used [[NAQT]] questions. [https://www.naqt.com/stats/school-results.jsp?org_id=66718 Link to results.]

...nce faded from the quizbowl scene and have not consistently fielded a team in the Southern Cal circuit for at least a couple years. [[Category: High school teams]]

...by Michael Santos. San Dieguito placed second at the 2006 [[NAQT Southern California State Championship]] and finished tied for 37th place at the [[2006 HSNCT]] *[https://www.naqt.com/stats/school-results.jsp?org_id=1233 NAQT Results page]

The '''CBCT''' was a high school tournament hosted by [[UCI]]. [[Category:Defunct high school tournaments]]

[[Category:High school tournaments]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in California]]

|citystate = Los Angeles, California ...s of nationally-competitive [[Science Bowl]] teams often being part of the quizbowl team.

...dor Award]] for her organizational support of the Southern California high school circuit.

...''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[Torrey Pines|Torrey Pines High School]]. [[Category:High school tournaments]]

...pressive display of improvement during his sophomore season. While in high school he was sometimes referred to as "'''Arcadiamogh'''" to distinguish him from [[Category:High school quizbowl in California]]

...San Diego, California. Earlier, he attended [[Oak Valley]] Middle School. In 2021, Raunak captained the [[Oak Valley]] team that finished 16th at the [[ [[Category:High school quizbowl in California]]

|schoolpast = [[University of Southern California]] (2003-2008) |highschool = North Valley High School (1999-2003)

'''Ryan Sun''' (Class of 2022) is a player for [[Arcadia]] High School. [[Category:High school quizbowl in California]]

|highschool = [[Arcadia|Arcadia High School]] (2017-2019) '''Lawrence Sung''' was a player for [[Arcadia|Arcadia High School]].

...ed third at the 2019 Middle School [[History Bowl]], beating [[Aptakisic]] in the third place match. Siddarth was the highest placing sophomore at the 20 [[Category:High school quizbowl in California]]

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Vista del Lago High School ...Northern California quizbowl circuit in late 2016, and now play regularly in tournaments. Many of their players are formerly from [[Churchill Middle]].

...high [[Powers|power]] percentage and regularly led high school tournaments in individual scoring. [[Category:Middle school players active in 2015]]

...rcadia A that won the [[2015 HSNCT]]. He also played on the 1st place Team California at the [[2015 NASAT]] alongside fellow Arcadia A teammate [[Kevin Wang]], [ [[Category: High school players active in 2012]]

'''Kion You''' is a former player for [[Rancho Bernardo|Rancho Bernardo High School]]. He was named a Honorable Mention for the 2015 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams [[Category:High school players active in 2013]]

| [[California Crosspoint]] [[Category:High school tournaments]]

...started playing QB in 2021 and was SMES' 2nd-top scorer at [[2022 SSNCT]] in Chicago, where the team placed 7th. ...uating, as the next President of both SMES History Club and St. Margaret's Quizbowl.

...ek Jankowski''' is a former player for [[Bellarmine|Bellarmine Preparatory School]]. He was named a member of the Second Team for the 2015 [[HSQBRank All-Wor [[Category: High school players active in 2014]]

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Los Alamitos High School ...a Monica]]) for their tournament antics that supposedly included urinating in places other than the restroom and pushing a computer out a second-floor wi

[[Category: High school players active in 2016]] [[Category: High school quizbowl in California]]

...ole in supporting both the high school and collegiate circuits of Southern California during that time. ...EFT]], [[WAO]], and [[Sun God]]. He also worked on [[CALI]] alongside high school teammates [[Kevin Wang|Kevin]] and [[Corry Wang]].

...was a high school tournament hosted by [[Stanford]]. Its only edition was in 2004, which used a [[NAQT]] [[IS]] set. | [http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/tournaments/2004_jsmt/ 2004]

...and the director of SoCal Quizbowl since his appointment to that position in 2019. He has helped direct a number of tournaments hosted by WHS, including [[Category:High school players active in 2018]]

...was a player for [[Berkeley]] and [[Dougherty Valley|Dougherty Valley High School]]. He was an Honorable Mention for the 2015 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]]. [[Category: High school players active in 2014]]

...V division. Since then, the school does not appear to have participated in quizbowl. | [[USC High School Invitational]]

[[Category: High school players active in 2014]] [[Category: High school players active in 2015]]

Vivian is the best Lake Chad player in quizbowl. [[Category: High school quizbowl in California]]

Are, without exception, [[bad quizbowl|terrible]]. ==Currently Airing High School Quizbowl Shows==

...for [[MIT]]. In high school, he played for [[Westview (CA)|Westview High School]]. He was named a Honorable Mention for the 2015 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams [[Category: High school quizbowl in California]]

Derek Qin is a former player for [[Plano West]]. He now attends the California Institute of Technology, studying Computer Science. [[Category: High school players active in 2018]]

|middleschool = [[Pegasus School]] (2016–20) ...s, starting when he was in 4th grade, but now seems to only play general [[quizbowl]].

...a tournament that ran annually at [[Bellarmine]] College Prep in San Jose, California. ...d to be an introductory event for less experienced teams from the northern California circuit. The tournament used a variety of easier question sets over the yea

|state = [[NAQT Northern California Championship|NorCal]] 2015 ...ngth of their captain, [[Bruce Lou]]. In 2023, they placed 5th at the High School National Championship Tournament with [[Anthony Wang]], [[Siddharth Kamanna

...ning of her sophomore year with no prior experience, as her high school in California did not have a team.

[[Category:High school tournaments]] [[Category:High school quizbowl in California]]

...012 HSNCT]] and came in 2nd at the [[2012 NSC]] and was the highest scorer in DIV I at the 2013 [[SCT]] held at Berkeley. ...n organizing and supporting quizbowl across the Bay Area, especially the [[California Cup]] series.

...eitler]], while from Northern California, played only Science Bowl in high school). While at Stanford, Kevin was part of the team that won the Division II ti While in law school at [[Columbia]], Kevin returned to quizbowl as a crucial contributor to the title-winning team at the [[2019 ACF Nation

...a Honorable Mention for the 2015 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]]. Besides his quizbowl prowess he is also known for apparently having walked to Naperville from Hy [[Category: High school quizbowl in California]]

...''', sometimes known informally as '''Cal Cup''', is a series of four high school tournaments held annually at [[Berkeley|UC Berkeley]]. ...lifornia Cup, a series of quiz bowl tournaments that challenged local high school teams to face off for pride and prizes, including gift cards, books, and tr

...cle (New!)''', was a one-off quiz bowl tournament hosted by [[Bellarmine]] in 2010. It used a [[HSAPQ]] ACF set. [[Category:Defunct high school tournaments]]

...[[Arcadia]]. He is the brother of [[Corry Wang]]. He is the owner of the [[Quizbowl Discord]]. ===High School===

'''Triton Novice''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[UCSD]]. [[Category:High school tournaments]]

...tview (CA)|Westview]], in San Diego. The tournament is also open to middle school teams. [[Category:High school tournaments]]

...T doing outreach and marketing. He has also played a key role in extending quizbowl from the Bay Area to Sacramento. ...ajor role in organizing the [[California Cup]] tournaments on the Northern California circuit and directing Sacramento-area tournaments.

[[Category: High school quizbowl in California]] [[Category:Defunct high school tournaments]]

...High School]] of Southern California. He is notable for his deep knowledge in religion, but is best known for his extremely aggressive playstyle which ha In 2021, Nick Dai led Westview to a 12th place national finish at [[2021 HSNCT

...h year. Prior to 2004, a tournament combining the entirety of the state of California was held. | [http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/tournaments/2005_nor_cal_championship/ 2005]

...niel Kang''' is a [[quizbowl]] player for the [[NYU|NYU Violets]]. In high school, he [[captain]]ed [[St. Margaret's]] and was founder of the team. ===Middle school===

...izbowl [[tournament]]s. Members of the circuit participate in [[mainstream quizbowl]].</onlyinclude> ...o join the circuit simply by participating in weekend quizbowl tournaments in addition to those leagues and TV tournaments. A key part of [[outreach]] is

...s a wide array of random knowledge that allows him to garner significantly high PPGs. ...btaining 30-50 PPG at tournaments throughout his first year on the A Team, in tournaments like AXOLOTL and SMITH. He seems to be only getting better for

===High School=== ...where he has been instrumental in the transformation of geography at high school levels towards human geography and away from physical geography. Outside of

[[Category: High school quizbowl in California]]

...|NHBB]] competitions over the years in addition to his exploits in general quizbowl. ...Final. At [[2019 HSNCT]], he led a Canyon Crest A team that tied for 19th in scoring and the CCA team that went 25th at [[2019 NSC|2019 PACE NSC]].

'''Laurel Springs School''' is a private online K-12 school based in Ojai, California, although it has students located all over the world. ...9-20 season. The quizbowl team has since disbanded. The NHBB Team appeared in the 2020 Nationals.<br/>

|Subjects = Ancient and Modern History (but nothing in between), Other/Miscellaneous ===High School===

...ear public institution located just north of San Diego proper in La Jolla, California. ...d/newsreleases/1982/19820423.html 1982], but the current incarnation began in the 2008-2009 season and has since become a formidable presence on the West

...ol tournament hosted by [[Arcadia|Arcadia High School]]. It was first held in 2007. | [[University (Irvine, California high school)|University High A]]

...r [[Knowledge Bowl]] events by nearly 20 years. Knowledge Bowl was created in 1964 by the Camarillo chapter of the AAUW, a national non-profit that seeks ...edge Bowl utilizes [[variable value bonus]]es, a notable hallmark of [[bad quizbowl]].

{{Highschoolteam|Name = La Jolla High School ...California, a north suburb of San Diego. It competes actively in the SoCal Quizbowl scene as well as the [[San Diego County Academic League]].

...year with three teams playing at once (there was one week-night tournament in Fall 2012). All 2012-2013 BAAL weekend events were run with 20 tossups/20 b [[Category: High school quizbowl in California]]

...quizbowl circuit in 2016, the team has had strong performances ever since in both regionals and national level tournaments. ...m was led by 8th grader [[Karan Gurazada]], and primarily played in middle school level tournaments, against regional rival [[Pi-oneers]]. They finished T-5

::''For the still-extant Varsity Quiz Kiwanis Bowl played in Clark County, Nevada, see ''[[Varsity Quiz]]''.'' ...bsite of the Nevada Varsity Quiz program, California Kiwanis Bowl had been in existence since 1969, as it was this year that members of the Orange County

...e first edition appears to have been in 1998 [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/ACF_Newsletter_5-1.txt]. There was no 2006 edition of this tournament. The event ceased to run in 2010.

{{confuse|[[Irvine]] High School}} ...ins the only active college program in Orange County, California. It lies in Irvine on the border with Newport Beach.

...nals, where he placed 2nd, qualifying for Nationals. At the NHBB Nationals in Chicago, Singh ranked 22nd nationwide at the Elementary Bee. Following a hiatus in the 16-17 season, he continued competing in regional NHBB events for the next 2 years, his most notable accomplishments

...nd led his team to t-34th place at the [[2014 HSNCT]]; he also helped Team California achieve 3rd place at the 2014 edition of [[NASAT]]. He is the creator of the quizbowl database [http://aseemsdb.me/ aseemsDB].

...ed to second place at [[2017 NSC]]. He played for [[Mesa Verde]] in middle school and attended the [[2013 MSNCT]], where the team took third place. ...m for the 2016 [[HSQBRank All-World Teams]] and a member of the first team in 2017.

...9 as Triton Bowl and was revived as Triton Winter in 2011. It was not held in 2013. [[Category:High school tournaments]]

|state = [[NAQT Northern California Championship|NorCal]] 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014 ...ge Preparatory School''' is a Catholic private school located in San Jose, California.

...or [[Leigh]] in the 2017-18 season. He represented California at [[NASAT]] in 2018, 2019, and 2021. ...ven by the [[IHSSBCA]]. The award was earned for "making widespread online quizbowl possible by automating crucial steps of the tournament creation process" an

...rored (or perhaps produced in collaboration with?) by UCLA as the Southern California Classic. | [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/newsletters/ACF_Newsletter_4-7.txt 1998]

...ool tournament hosted by [[Riordan|Riordan High School]]. It has been held in most years since 2000. Editions VIII and IX did not use NAQT sets. [[Category:High school tournaments]]

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Davis Senior High School ...quizbowl club's existence, their A team won the JV division of the 2014 [[California Cup]], and placed t-50th at HSNCT.

...t playing Quiz Bowl until 2014; however, he has won several notable titles in both. ===High school===

'''Triton Spring''' is a high school tournament hosted by [[UCSD]] usually in May, though its predecessor was a college tournament. [[Category:High school tournaments]]

...ge is transcluded into the full list, which is available at [[List of high school state champions]]. ...|| Grissom || Grissom || Altamont || Grissom || Auburn || Tournament began in 1997 || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

...state regionals held in the San Diego, Orange, and Los Angeles counties of California. ...although the 2018 iteration of the tournament used an [[SCT|SCT-DII]] set. In 2021, the West Coast Championship used [[STASH]], a nationals-level [[house

...(or recent alumni of such programs) for valuable contributions to the high school academic competition community. | "for his outreach and dedication to developing programs for the high school quiz bowl circuit."

|middleschool = Hopkins Junior High School ...owl]] and 3rd at the [[2019 National JV History Bowl]], and was ranked 4th in the 2019–20 [[GrogerRanks]] player poll. He also edited history for the 2

NASAT was run by [[HSAPQ|High School Academic Pyramid Questions]] from 2010 through 2017. It is now run by [[IQB ...also sent a team in 2021, and [[Quizbowl in Liberia|Liberia]] fielded one in 2022 and 2023.

...area of San Diego County, California and run by the Sweetwater Union High School District. It is one of four members of the [[San Diego County Academic Leag The season runs from January to March. Each team in the league plays each other over a series of 11 round robin matches. Vario

...a program that began on 7 January 2017. This program recognizes a middle school team each week based on performance at competitions the previous week. ! School

...nament attracts teams from across the SoCal region and is typically hosted in late October or early/mid-November on a housewrite set. [[Category:High school tournaments]]

...t, the college tournament was run on the [[EFT]] packet set while the high school tournament continued to use an [[IS]] set. ==High School Results==

...igh school tournament hosted by [[Canyon Crest]]. It traditionally is held in the fall, with a varsity division playing NAQT's [[Invitational Series]] qu ...division playing the 2020 [[CATT]] housewrite, due to poor planning by CCA Quizbowl leadership.

|size = 474 in Upper School ...e beginning of the 2018–19 high school season. The program was established in 2018 by [[Nate Kang]] during his freshman year.

'''Westview High School''' is a public high school located in the Torrey Highlands community of northern San Diego. ...such programs, the school has started to rely more and more on recruiting high schoolers with no prior experience.

...rs of the [[San Diego County Academic League]] played in San Diego County, California. ...nswer. The team with more points when time expires wins. If time expires in the middle of a tossup-bonus cycle, the tossup and/or bonus will be complet

'''Baby Anteater''' was a high school quizbowl tournament hosted by [[UCI]]. Its name derived from its usual targeting of The tournament ceased to run in 2017.

|state = Southern California, Various years ...downtown Los Angeles. They are active members of the SoCal circuit in both quizbowl and history bowl and are often regarded as consistently among the premier p

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Del Norte High School ...ied School District along with [[Rancho Bernardo]] and [[Westview]]. Their Quizbowl team can be reached by [mailto:dnquizbowl@gmail.com email].

...SC]] student who was involved in a California high school quizbowl scandal in December 2005. ...ting bonuses, converting only 16 points per bonus whereas four other teams in the tournament finished with bonus conversions higher than 20.

...de, after being introduced to the game in late 2014 by [[Ankit Aggarwal]]. In 2016, he wrote the 60-tossup [https://quizbowlpackets.com/2239/ Russian His ...e [[2015 MSNCT]]. Since then, he has been a National All-Star at the MSNCT in 2016, 2017, and 2018, including being the top scorer at the 2018 MSNCT and

..., [[UT-Austin]] (2009-11), [[Berkeley]] 2007-209, [[University of Southern California]] (2005-2007), [[Stanford]] (2001-2005) ...[[Stanford]], playing successfully alongside [[Eric Smith]], his master's in film at [[USC]], did graduate work at [[Berkeley]], [[UT-Austin]], [[NYU]],

...d [[Patrick's Press]] in 2009; in 2016, he purchased [[Questions Galore]]. In 2024, he announced that he was leaving quiz bowl. ...favorable in comparison to his larger competitors, who tend to write only in their format.

As a part of PACE's efforts to offer better recognition in quizbowl, the award was established to encourage the appreciation of and recognize i ...rd is named in honor of [[Benjamin Cooper]], a student at [[Georgetown Day School]] who had been named captain of his team prior to his untimely death on Aug

...[[Northwestern]], and is the former high scorer/president/treasurer of the quizbowl team at [[Lawrence|Lawrence University]]. ==High School Career==

...uizbowl team at the University of South Carolina. For high school quizbowl in the state of South Carolina, see [[NAQT South Carolina State Championship]] ...ina. See [[USC]] for the page about the team at the University of Southern California.''

...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=690 ...ate 2010s, and the A team finished 2nd at the [[2018 ICT]], losing to Yale in the second game of an [[advantaged final]] where they had the disadvantage.

...T High School Player of the Week]] award. This program recognizes a middle school player each week based on performance at competitions the previous week. Th ! School

...ship. A Junior Varsity Quiz, similar to Varsity Quiz, runs for area middle school teams. ...Press questions for practice and the tossups look pretty similar to stuff in Patrick's Press books. All tossups and bonus parts are worth five points ea

...North County Academic League''' is a format of high school quiz bowl found in northern San Diego County. It is one of four members of the [[San Diego Cou ...rrect. The team with more points when time expires wins. If time expires in the middle of a tossup-bonus cycle, the tossup and/or bonus will be complet

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Rancho Bernardo High School Broncos |citystate = San Diego, CA<br><small>''"They got the horses in the back"''</small>

...owl show that airs on Peninsula TV in the San Francisco Bay Area. It ended in 2015 after 15 seasons. ...line in quality. There are no credited writers, and all toss-up questions in the "Three-for-all" are [[multiple choice]].

...gh school circuit and have consistently ranked as one of the premier teams in the region, along with prestigious programs [[Del Norte]], [[Arcadia]], and ...d in the fall and on NAQT questions. In 2023 CCA hosted VALORANT, a middle school tournament.

...independent regional Academic Leagues that send their champions to compete in the televised (on ITV) San Diego County tournament each year. ...ramidal questions. The remaining two divisions are still undoubtedly [[bad quizbowl]].

'''Neg prizes''' are awards given (usually) in jest during a tournament's awards ceremony to the player with the most tota ...tournaments properly based on factors that should have nothing to do with quizbowl logistics competence.

...esville, VA, and Baltimore, MD. The winners of each region play each other in a game called the "Super Bowl". ...[[hsquizbowl.org]] boards regarding where "Central Virginia" is and which quizbowl teams are from there.

...png|The 2015 State of Quizbowl as determined by Chris Chiego and the folks in [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=17581 this thread].|t :no known general quizbowl tournaments have ever been held. Some NHBB events in the past.

...uizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=7127#p7127 Re: The Transition from High School to College] by [[Important Bird Area]] » Sun Dec 28, 2003 3:24 pm</ref>). Further investigation reveals that the stat in question may have been a pre-modern stat called [[PATH]] rather than PPG, a

The following is a list of teams that are active on the middle school circuit. Please add teams that you are aware of. * [[Arab Junior High]]

'''Qblitz''' is an online quizbowl company, founded circa late 2018 by Dr. [[Noah Prince]]. It offers a platfo ...rmine who won a tossup. The procedure for doing so is identical to that of in-person tournaments.

{{Highschoolteam|Name = Olympian High School ...lake]], Olympian was a key early supporter of pyramidal quizbowl questions in their local [[Academic League]].

...er forms of quizbowl, but has come under criticism by advocates of "[[good quizbowl]]" for its question quality and format. ...top 3 teams after the written round get to play in room A, Teams 4-6 play in room B and so on. After the end of each round, the teams are reseeded based

...h school tournaments were played under IHSA Rules. The history of quizbowl in Illinois is very confusing, since it includes many mistakes at the same tim ===Little Quizbowl on the Prairie (1960s-1985)===

...anceled in 2009, but was resurrected to send a team to [[NASAT]] beginning in 2010. ...who tend to excel beyond [[IHSA]] format, but anyone attending high school in the state of Illinois, even those not attached to an active team, is welcom

...so competes in Class AA, the "large school" division, of the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) State Championship Series. The team's motto, based on ...hool opened in 1963-64, though competition was restricted to participation in [[It's Academic]], which was then hosted by the local NBC affiliate (WMAQ-T

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

...on the North American continent, whether they are or have ever been active in collegiate quiz bowl, and points of contact (with a timestamp, when applica In 2013, [[Eliza Grames]] compiled a contact list which can be found [https://

There are a number of different guides out there designed to help run a high school tournament. *A good primer is the old [https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/tdguide.html Berkeley TD Guide]. Although a bit dated, it is still an excel

...the FAQ in October 1997, which can still be found on the George Washington quizbowl website (but as that hasn't been updated since 2002 who knows how much long ...riginal versions from May 1996. I have left the original e-mail addresses in the FAQ list intact, but there is no guarantee that those addresses still e