MRNA Vaccine

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MRNA Vaccine is series of collegiate quizbowl sets aimed at 2-dot difficulty, started by members of the Vanderbilt quizbowl club in collaboration with others, including many Canadian writers. Its name is a jocular reference to the lifesaving vaccine which enabled in-person quizbowl to resume after its suspension by COVID-19.

MRNA VACCINE

The initial MRNA VACCINE (Medium RaNge Academic, a Vanderbilt and Company Collaboration vIa NEtwork) was a college set written for Spring 2022 by members of the Vanderbilt quiz bowl club, in collaboration with others, including many Canadian writers. It was aimed at 2 dots, which they compared to 2020 LIT and 2019 Terrapin.

MRNA VACCINE
Medium RaNge Academic, a Vanderbilt and Company Collaboration vIa NEtwork
Competition season 2021-2022
Head editor(s) Eric Mukherjee
Difficulty 2 dots
First mirror 1/15/2022
Announcement link
Packets link


Editors

Eric Mukherjee (Head, Biology, Chemistry, Physics), Chandler West (Logistics, American literature, World literature, Painting/Sculpture), Conor Thompson (Religion, Other science, Geography/Current Events/"other academic"), Erik Christensen (European history, Ancient/Other history, Philosophy), Ganon Evans (World history, American history), Chris Sims (Auditory arts), Jacob O'Rourke (European + Classical literature), Henry Atkins (British literature), Jaimie Carlson (Mythology), Sam Bailey (Social Science), and Will Grossman (Other Visual Arts).

Writers

Gerhardt Hinkle, Vikshar Athreya, Andrew Hanna, David Bass, Owen Riley, Lia Rathburn, Beni Keown, Vishal Puppala, Aidan Fein, Jacob Augelli, Liam Thompson, Will Alston, Michael Borecki, Sharath Narayan, Zachary Beickman, Rebecca Thomas, Bryanna Shao, and Willie Chen.

Results

Tournament Name Host / Site Location Date Teams Stats
Online Playtest Online Online 1/15/2022 10 Stats
Warwick Online Online 2/12/2022 14 Stats
Northwestern Northwestern University Evanston, IL 2/12/2022 11 Stats
VCU Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA 2/19/2022 12 Stats
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN 2/19/2022 8 Stats
New College New College of Florida Sarasota, FL 2/19/2022 4 Stats
Iowa University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 2/19/2022 6 Stats
Berkeley University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 2/26/2022 8 Stats
Johns Hopkins Online Online 2/26/2022 10 Stats
RIT (Hosted by Cornell) Cornell University Ithaca, NY 3/5/2022 4 Stats
McMaster Online Online 3/12/2022 8 Stats
Online Open Mirror Online Online 3/19/2022 6 Stats
Harvard Harvard University Cambridge, MA 3/26/2022 7 Stats
WUSTL Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO 4/23/2022 6 Stats

MRNA II

A sequel to MRNA Vaccine, MRNA II: The Second Dose, was played in Spring 2023, with some changes from the original editor lineup.

MRNA III

A successor to the MRNA sets, Booster Shot, was head edited by Erik Christensen and played in Spring 2024; it was retroactively dubbed MRNA III: Booster Shot.

MRNA IV

MRNA IV: Herd Immunity was head-edited by Christensen to be played in the 2024-2025 competition year.