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*Spring: The first College Bowl [[NCT]] is held. [[Stanford]] defeats [[Yale]] in the finals behind the play of [[Jon Reider]] and [[Ted Gioia (1970s)|Ted Gioia]].
 
*Spring: The first College Bowl [[NCT]] is held. [[Stanford]] defeats [[Yale]] in the finals behind the play of [[Jon Reider]] and [[Ted Gioia (1970s)|Ted Gioia]].
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== 1983 ==
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*Spring: 34 teams travel to Dallas for the [[1983 NAC|inaugural National Academic Championship]], the first school-based high school national. [[Walt Whitman]] defeats [[Upper Arlington]] in the finals match.
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== 1988 ==
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*June 12-18: The [[1988 NAC|sixth NAC]] is held in New Orleans, LA. This is the first of seven years in which the NAC is televised under the sponsorship of Texaco.
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*June 19-25: ''The Texaco Star National Academic Championship'' airs on The Discovery Channel.
  
 
== 1990 ==
 
== 1990 ==
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*Fall: [[ACF]] founded by [[Carol Guthrie]], [[Ramesh Kannappan]], and [[John Nam]].
 
*Fall: [[ACF]] founded by [[Carol Guthrie]], [[Ramesh Kannappan]], and [[John Nam]].
  
== 1991 ==
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*Spring: First [[ACF Regionals]] and [[ACF Nationals]] held. [[Tennessee]] defeats [[Georgia Tech]] to claim the championship.
  
*Spring: [[Penn Bowl]] is founded.
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== 1994 ==
*Spring: First [[ACF Regionals]] and [[ACF Nationals]] held.
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*June 11-17: The [[1994 NAC|twelfth NAC]] is held in Houston, TX. The televised rounds are hosted by Mark L. Wahlberg as part of a syndication deal which turned out to be the final season of the televised show.
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*Summer: The seventh and final season of  ''The Texaco Star National Academic Championship'' airs nationwide on various local PBS and commercial stations.
  
 
== 1996 ==
 
== 1996 ==
  
*[[NAQT]] founded. Its first president is [[Patrick Matthews]].
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*Spring: [[NAQT]] founded by [[Patrick Mathews]], [[David Frazee]], and others.
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*Spring: [[PACE]] founded.
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*November 22: First NAQT [[SCT]] tournament held.
  
 
== 1997 ==
 
== 1997 ==
  
*[[PACE]] founded.
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*January 24-25: First NAQT [[ICT]] held at Penn. [[Chicago]] defeats [[Harvard]] in the final by powering the last tossup of an overtime tiebreaker.
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*April 20: [[Virginia]] defeats [[Harvard]] in a controversial College Bowl [[NCT]] final. Incidents during the game itself as well as the revocation of the promise winners' prize afterwards spur Virginia to immediately announce that it will not be participating in [[College Bowl]] in the future.
  
== 2003 ==
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== 1998 ==
  
*[[hsquizbowl.org]] founded.
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*June 19-20: First PACE [[NSC]] held at Case Western. [[State College]] defeats [[Henry Ford II]] to claim the first high school quizbowl national title of the "modern era."
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== 1999 ==
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*June 5-6: First [[HSNCT]] held at the University of Oklahoma, ending with [[Detroit Catholic Central]] defeating [[Walton]] for the title.
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== 2000 ==
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*June: [[hsquizbowl.org]] founded.
  
 
== 2008 ==
 
== 2008 ==
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*June: The [[2010 NSC]] is held, abandoning the old three-quarter NSC format in favor of [[20/20]] rounds.  
 
*June: The [[2010 NSC]] is held, abandoning the old three-quarter NSC format in favor of [[20/20]] rounds.  
 
*June: The inaugural [[NASAT]] is hosted at [[Vanderbilt]].
 
*June: The inaugural [[NASAT]] is hosted at [[Vanderbilt]].
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== 2013 ==
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*March 20: NAQT announces that a website security review has found evidence of [[Andy Watkins]] accessing question material prior to three ICTs in which he participated. Four Harvard titles are revoked and Watkins is suspended from NAQT membership, resigning soon after.
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*May 25-26: [[LASA]] defeats [[Ladue]] to win the 2013 [[HSNCT]]. At 256 teams, it is by far the largest quizbowl tournament ever held.

Revision as of 00:59, 1 January 2014

1953

1970

1977

  • Fall: College Bowl recruits writers from the Atlanta-area quizbowl circuit to begin its campus program.

1978

1983

1988

  • June 12-18: The sixth NAC is held in New Orleans, LA. This is the first of seven years in which the NAC is televised under the sponsorship of Texaco.
  • June 19-25: The Texaco Star National Academic Championship airs on The Discovery Channel.

1990

1994

  • June 11-17: The twelfth NAC is held in Houston, TX. The televised rounds are hosted by Mark L. Wahlberg as part of a syndication deal which turned out to be the final season of the televised show.
  • Summer: The seventh and final season of The Texaco Star National Academic Championship airs nationwide on various local PBS and commercial stations.

1996

1997

  • January 24-25: First NAQT ICT held at Penn. Chicago defeats Harvard in the final by powering the last tossup of an overtime tiebreaker.
  • April 20: Virginia defeats Harvard in a controversial College Bowl NCT final. Incidents during the game itself as well as the revocation of the promise winners' prize afterwards spur Virginia to immediately announce that it will not be participating in College Bowl in the future.

1998

  • June 19-20: First PACE NSC held at Case Western. State College defeats Henry Ford II to claim the first high school quizbowl national title of the "modern era."

1999

2000

2008

  • Spring: The last CBI NCT is held; Rochester wins.
  • Summer: CBI announces suspension of operations; the HCASC continues nonetheless.
  • September: HSAPQ founded; the first HSAPQ tournament sets run at high school tournaments hosted by UNC and Maryland.

2009

  • June: The last Panasonic NTAE is held without Panasonic's financial backing; the tournament collapses soon after.

2010

  • June: The 2010 NSC is held, abandoning the old three-quarter NSC format in favor of 20/20 rounds.
  • June: The inaugural NASAT is hosted at Vanderbilt.

2013

  • March 20: NAQT announces that a website security review has found evidence of Andy Watkins accessing question material prior to three ICTs in which he participated. Four Harvard titles are revoked and Watkins is suspended from NAQT membership, resigning soon after.
  • May 25-26: LASA defeats Ladue to win the 2013 HSNCT. At 256 teams, it is by far the largest quizbowl tournament ever held.