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- See also: multiple category trash tournaments.
2021
| Date | Name | Category | Subject or gimmick | Format | Packets | Writers or organizers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 22, 2021 | Scattergories 5 | Author's choice | 20 tossups | 10 | Will Nediger, JinAh Kim, and Mike Bentley | ||
| August 22, 2021 | MUSES II | The nine Muses | 20 tossups | 8 | Brad MacLaine, Mitch McCullar, Iain Carpenter, Ethan Ashbrook, Ben Miller, Tim Cho, Raul Passement, William Golden, and Matthew Lehmann | ||
| August 22, 2021 | Geography Front | Geography | 30 tossups | 17 | Wesley Mathews |
2020
| Date | Name | Category | Subject or gimmick | Format | Packets | Writers or organizers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 14, 2020 | FRENCH II | History | 20 tossups | 12 | Alex Fregeau, Erik Christensen, Laurence Li, and Rahul Rao-Pothuraju | ||
| August 22, 2020 | Scattergories 4 | Author's choice | 20 tossups | 10 | Will Nediger, JinAh Kim | ||
| April 4, 2020 | Internet Charity Tournament ("ICT") | ≈40 | guerrilla vanity (like Festivus) | not a side event; charity | |||
| August 3, 2020 | MARCATo | Arts | Music | 20 audio tossups | John Lawrence, Wonyoung Jang | held on QBlitz | |
| May 24, 2020 | Let's Remember Yet More Guys | Trash | Sports | ≈12 tossups | 14 | packet submission organized by Andrew Hart |
2019
2018
| Date | Name | Category | Subject or gimmick | Format | Packets | Writers or organizers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Announcement | Eyes That Do Not See IX | Arts | 10 visual tossups | 10 | Mike Bentley | ||
| ACRONYM 11 | Trash | Play Quiz Bowl | |||||
| April 14, 2018 | Historature | History, Literature | Will Alston, Sameen Belal, Ankit Aggarwal, Eric Mukherjee, Jaimie Carlson | charity | |||
| May 25, 2018 | GMX | Geography | Gabe Brison-Trezise | ||||
| May 26, 2018 | SOUNDTRACK | Trash | 20 audio tossups | 5 | Steven Silverman, Aakash Patel | ||
| May 26, 2018 | PACENSC 2018 | Trash | Pokémon | 20 tossups; bonuses | 6 | Luc Wetherbee, Daniel Xu | |
| July 29, 2018 | RAPTURE | Religion | 5 | Vasa Clarke | |||
| July 22, 2018 | Imaginary Landscape 4 | Arts | Music | 20 audio tossups | 8 | John Lawrence, Drew Scheeler | |
| July 28, 2018 | The Human Use of Human Beings | Modern things | 9 | Mike Bentley | |||
| Announcement | "Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" II | Trash | 21 tossups; 20 bonuses | 4 | Fort Osage | ||
| April 28, 2018 | Words and Objects | Objects | 21 tossups | 6 | Rahul Keyal, James Malouf, Bruce Lou, Will Nediger |
2017
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eyes That Do Not See VIII | Visual Art | Mike Bentley | |
| Let's Remember Some Guys | Sports | packet sub organized by Andrew Hart | |
| There Will Be Stock Clues | Food | John Lawrence, Max Schindler | |
| Math Monstrosity | Math | Conor Thompson | |
| GRAB BAG | Trash that Mike Bentley likes | Mike Bentley | |
| João | Myth | Eddie Kim | packets |
| Jordaens Visual Arts | Visual Arts | Jordan Brownstein, Sarang Yeola | packets |
| Yo, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read | Trash | Fort Osage | packets |
| XENOPHON | History and Literature | Nour Hijazi, Hari Parameswaran | packets |
| RAGU | Renaissance Art | Hari Parameswaran, Pranav Sivakumar | packets |
2016
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTSEE | Fine Arts | Will Alston, Jarret Greene, Athena Kern, and Kai Smith | |
| Eyes That Do Not See VII | Visual Art | Mike Bentley | |
| The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes | Visual Film | Will Nediger | |
| Tricon: The 4D IMAX Experience | Subdistribution based on never-ran side events | packet sub organized by George Berry |
2015
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eyes That Do Not See VI | Visual Art | Mike Bentley | |
| Imaginary Landscape 3 | Audio Music | Eddie Kim, Jonathan Magin, Rebecca Maxfield | |
| Chicago Open History 2015: Quizbowl's New Chains Discovered | Chicago Doubles | Jeff Hoppes | packet sub |
| RILKE | Literature Singles | John Lawrence, Nick Jensen | packets |
| Chicago Open Visual Arts | Visual Arts | Stephen Liu, Doug Graebner | packets |
| Feynman's BONGOS | Science | Will Overman, Farah Kabir | packets |
2014
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lederberg Memorial Science II | Science | Eric Mukherjee | |
| Imaginary Landscape 2 | Audio Music | Jonathan Magin, Dave Letzler, Rebecca Maxfield, Jacob Reed | |
| Triacontakaipentagon 2.5 | Subdistribution based on never-ran side events | packet sub organized by Matt Weiner | |
| The Mike Cheyne Memorial Battle Royal | Tribute to Mike Cheyne | packet sub organized by Mike Cheyne | |
| 3M: Chicago Open History Doubles | History Doubles | Mike Larsen, Mike Cheyne, Eric Mukherjee | packets |
2013
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago History Doubles | History doubles | packet sub | |
| Triacontakaipentagon | Subdistribution based on never-ran side events | packet sub organized by Matt Weiner | |
| Collin Parks's Byzantine History Tournament | Byzantine History | Collin Parks | |
| Eyes That Do Not See V | Visual Art | Mike Bentley | |
| HUSKY III | Visual trash | Mike Bentley, University of Washington | packets could not be found |
| TAMIL | Visual trash | Connor Teevens | packets |
| Angels in the Architecture | Architecture | Aidan Mehigan | packets |
| Schindler's Lit | Literature | Max Schindler | packets |
| Geography Monstrosity 5 | Geography | ||
| Alston Barbarians Packet | Barbarians | Will Alston | packet |
| Cheyne American History Packet | American History | Mike Cheyne | packet |
| Cheyne Death Packet | Deaths in history | Mike Cheyne | packet |
| The Joe Flacco Memorial Trash Packet | Mike Cheyne | packet | |
| The Kenan Thompson Memorial SNL Packet | SNL | Mike Cheyne | packet |
| Cheyne Thought Packet | Mike Cheyne | packet | |
| Cheyne Wrestling Packet | Wrestling | Mike Cheyne | packet |
| Nediger Common Links Packet | Common Links | Will Nediger | packet |
| Nediger Death Packet | Death in literature | Will Nediger | packet |
| Nediger Literary Works by Non-Literary Figures Packet | Literary Works by Non-Literary Figures | Will Nediger | packet |
| Fernando Arrabal Tournament of the Absurd | Extreme difficulty | Jerry Vinokurov | |
| CAHOOTS | Guerilla trash | organized by Carleton | |
| Disney Packet II | Disney | Mike Cheyne | packets |
2012
2011
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Open History Doubles | Guerilla History Doubles | packet sub organized by Bruce Arthur | |
| Geography Monstrosity III | Geography | ||
| GUERILLA | Guerilla | the packet names imply it is the third of its name, but no announcement for it (or any previous iterations) has been found | |
| Imaginary Landscape | Audio Music | Jonathan Magin, Dave Letzler, John Lawrence | |
| Eyes That Do Not See III | Visual Art | Mike Bentley |
2010
2009
2008
2007
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Experiment | Extreme Difficulty | Ryan Westbrook | |
| CO History Doubles: The Guns of August | History Doubles | Bruce Arthur | packets |
| Chicago Open Lit | Literature Singles | Jonathan Magin | packets |
2006
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Teitler Myth Tournament | Seth Teitler | |
| Berkeley Science Monstrosity | ||
| Chris Frankel History Doubles | Chris Frankel |
2005
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Jacopo Pontormo | Art |
2004
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Movies Tournament | ||
| Berkeley Science Monstrosity | ||
| Folly and Glory | Lit Singles |
2003
No recorded side events in this year
2002
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Science Masters | ||
| Anthony de Jesus Singles | ||
| "S.O.B." Singles |
2001
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Herbert Spencer Singles | ||
| Mark Discordia Singles | ||
| "Fleetwood" Mac Singles | ||
| Andy Goss Trash Singles |
2000
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Open Singles |
1999
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Open Singles | ||
| Case Western Trash Singles |
1998
| Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Open Singles |
Other
| Season | Tournament Name | Tournament Subject or Gimmick | Writers | Site(s) held | Winner(s) | Stats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010? | Doug Graebner's Painting Tournament | |||||
| 2010? | Dan Passner's Judaica Bowl | |||||
| 2010? | Gautam Kandlikar's India Tournament | |||||
| 2009? | Zach Foster's Military History Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | High Schooler Produced Japanese/Asian Lit Thing | |||||
| 2012? | Fred Morlan's Music Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | Matt Duchan's Sports Tournament | |||||
| 2013? | Nolan Esser's Rock Music Tournament | |||||
| 2010? | Nathan James's "Chad C. Mulligan Open" Mini-ACF Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | "Krik? Krak! Moo: Electric Blankets are Optional" Short Literature Tournament | |||||
| 2008 | Andy Watkins's "20th Century Side Event" | |||||
| 2011? | Bruce Arthur's "Amazing Planet" Animal Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | Shan Kothari's Music Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | Andrew Hart's Arrested Development Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | Joe Brosch's Anime Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | Michael Hausinger's Engineering Tournament | |||||
| 2010? | Andy Watkins's "Science, Dismal and Gay" Tournament of Science, Economics, and Poetry | |||||
| 2012? | Isaac Hirsch's Hats Tournament | |||||
| 2009 | Matt Weiner's "Henry Darger Tournament of the Unreal" | |||||
| 2007? | Andrew Ullsperger's Science Tournament | |||||
| 2008? | Ryan Westbrook's "Varying Difficulty" Tournament | |||||
| 2008? | Rom Masrour's Movie Tournament | |||||
| 2010? | Andy Watkins and Hannah Kirsch's "Uwe Boll" Common Links Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | "The Eric and Ben Myth Tournament" | |||||
| 2025 | Ted Gioia's "Secret Literature Tournament for Andrew Yaphe" | |||||
| 2011? | Jeff Geringer's "Trastastrophe III" | |||||
| 2010? | Bruce Arthur's "Your Choice Fest" | |||||
| 2008? | Matt Chadbourne's Math Tournament | |||||
| 2011? | Fred Morlan's Movie Tournament | |||||
| 2012? | Aaron dos Remedios's Board Game Tournament | |||||
| 2011 | Ike Jose's "Thought" Tournament |