Timeline of Quizbowl History

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: Penn Bowl is founded.
• Spring: First ACF Regionals and ACF Nationals held.

1996

• NAQT founded. Its first president is Patrick Matthews.

1997

• PACE founded.

2003

• hsquizbowl.org founded.

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.