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Welcome to QBWiki

Welcome to the Quizbowl Wiki, a compendium of information on Quizbowl, from middle school up to the masters level. If you wish to edit pages, you must have an account and be logged in. Please direct any questions to Jonah Greenthal.

If you are new to Quizbowl, you might want to start with the "Introduction to Quizbowl" series that you can see to the right.

The most important organizations in Quizbowl are ACF, NAQT, HSAPQ, and PACE. Additionally, an important website for the Quizbowl community is at hsquizbowl.org, which is hosted by the Quizbowl Resource Center. For all other things Quizbowl see electronic resources and tools for quizbowl.

Quick Links

For those of you just joining us

Introduction to Quizbowl

Quizbowl
How Quizbowl Works
How Collegiate Quizbowl Works

"Good quizbowl"
Pyramidality
Knowledge vs. Trivia
Buzzers

Tossup-Bonus Format
(Tossups · Bonuses)
Studying · Writing · Editing
NAQT · ACF · Housewrites
The circuit · Outreach

Resources
hsquizbowl.org
(database · archive · forums)
Discussion forums
College directory

List of basic quizbowl terms
List of quizbowl concepts

Current High School Rankings

Rank	School
1.	LASA A
2.	Arcadia A
3.	St. John's A
4.	LASA B
5.	IMSA A
6.	High Tech A
7.	Oak Ridge A
8.	Dorman A
9.	Ladue A
10.	Northmont A

Improving QBWiki

For those of you looking for free advice on how to improve this site, the first thing you should do is make sure that articles on topics you know firsthand are informative and updated. If an article on an important topic or person does not exist, feel free to create one. Many of the pages we would like to see improved are listed at Category:Stubs. Many of the pages we would like to see created are listed here.

QBWiki uses wikitext. If you are unfamiliar with reading and writing wikitext, read this guide for reference.

Unlike Wikipedia, there is no conflict of interest policy on QBWiki; you may and should write from firsthand experience, as long as what you write is true and doesn't violate anyone's privacy, etc.

Recent News

News, News, News, News

Quizbowl community websites

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