Southeastern Invitational

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The Southeastern Invitational was held annually since 1970 until 2011, usually at Berry but sometimes at other schools in the greater Atlanta area. This tournament essentially created the independent quizbowl circuit following the demise of the College Bowl TV show. In the early years, the winning team would host the tournament the next year and write all the questions for that tournament. Of course, they would sit out that tournament since they wrote the questions.

Such programs as Emory and Georgia Tech, which were the trendsetters of the independent circuit for over twenty years, were formed in order to compete in this tournament. Personalities such as Gordon Carper, Carol Guthrie, Robert Meredith, and Don Windham, who were the most important individuals in the formation of quizbowl over that time period, all became involved through organizing or competing in this tournament.

In later years, the tournament became something of a "secret" event, often announced only to a quaintly selected list of participants via private e-mail, and never releasing its questions or statistics to the outside world. The last public information about the event suggest that its final version took place in 2011. [1] Despite this recent decline in prominence, its role in the early formation of quizbowl cannot be overstated.

For an example of the kinds of questions asked at the Southeastern, see this packet from the 1989 edition.

The following list of early tournament winners was posted in 1989:

Year Date Host Champion Second Third Fourth Editor Field size Notes
1970 Valdosta State
1971 Berry
1972 Georgia Southwestern Stetson defeated Stetson in de-facto final; team members: Richard Stewart, Sharon Schlef, Lynnette McCormick, Russell Muller; coach, Gerald Critoph
1973 February 2-3 Georgia Southwestern Georgia Southern 7 Other teams included Berry (2 teams), Georgia Southwestern, Shorter, Spelman, and Valdosta State
1974 February 15-16 Georgia Southern Berry Georgia Tech Georgia Southern 9 The winning Berry A team only lost to Berry B. Other teams included Austin Peay, Columbus College, Flagler College, Newberry College, and South Carolina State
1975 February 28 - March 1 Berry Georgia Tech Berry Georgia Southern Columbus College 12 The field included teams from Austin Peay, Berry College, Brenau College, Columbus College, Georgia Southwestern College, Georgia Tech, Piedmont College, Shorter College, and Valdosta State
1976 February 27-28 Georgia Tech Berry Armstrong State Agnes Scott, Georgia Tech, Tennessee The winning Berry team included Ralph Van Pelt.
1977 February 11-12 Berry Georgia Tech Emory Berry The winning Georgia Tech team was unbeaten. That team consisted of captain Joe Owens, John Cook, Mark Crawford, John Flynn, and Hili Gastfriend.
1978 February 17-18 Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Southwestern Alabama-Huntsville
1979 February 2-3 Georgia Tech Georgia Southwestern The winning Georgia Southwestern team went 9-1, losing only to Furman. The winning team members were Ben Andrews, Gary Baxter, Paul Craig, Cliff Harpe, Annalee Lightsey, and Ann Wagner. The field consisted of teams from Agnes Scott, Alabama-Huntsville, Berry, Columbus College, Emory, Furman, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Piedmont College, and the University of Georgia.
1980 February 22-23 Emory Georgia Tech
1981 Georgia Tech
1982 Georgia Tech
1983 Emory
1984 Davidson
1985 Emory
1986 Davidson
1987 Georgia Tech
1988 NC State
1989 Georgia Tech
1994 Georgia Tech
2007 Alabama
2008 Alabama
2009 Alabama
2010 Berry


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