Timeline of Quizbowl History
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1953
- October 10: College Bowl debuts on the NBC radio network.
1970
- June 14: Final televised episode of College Bowl airs on NBC.
- Fall: Independent quizbowl circuit founded with the holding of the first Southeastern Invitational at Berry College.
1977
- Fall: College Bowl recruits writers from the Atlanta-area quizbowl circuit to begin its campus program.
1978
- Spring: The first College Bowl NCT is held. Stanford defeats Yale in the finals behind the play of Jon Reider and Ted Gioia.
1990
- Fall: ACF founded by Carol Guthrie, Ramesh Kannappan, and John Nam.
1991
- Spring: First ACF Regionals and ACF Nationals held.
1996
- NAQT founded. Its first president is Patrick Matthews.