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• Timed play
  In '''timed play''', a timer determines the length of each half of a game. The timer is conventionally called a '''clock'''. ...imit on the number of [[tossup-bonus cycles]] that will be read regardless of time. (In NAQT matches the limit is currently 24 tossup-bonus cycles.)
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• List of national tournaments that ended without a championship final
  ...ents which used the [[ACF#ACF-style_final_and_advantaged_finals|ACF finals format]]== ...e format ended with a double-elimination bracket that guaranteed some sort of final.
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• Quizbowl
  ...es and different formats. In the US, the [[Tossup-bonus format|most common format]] on the national high school and college level is a two-team competition i ...variety of academic [[subjects]], including [[literature]]; [[science]]; [[history]]; [[RMP|religion, mythology, and philosophy]]; [[fine arts]]; [[social sci
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• Powers
  {{Rules of the game}} ...ct answer is worth extra points. Powers serve to reward deep [[knowledge]] of a subject more than basic knowledge.
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• PACE
  ...for money from the PACE Outreach Fund. The PACE website contains a series of articles collectively known as Quizbowl 101. ==History==
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• John Lawrence
  ...[[Yale]] (2008-2012), [[King's College London]] (2012-2013), [[University of Chicago]] (2013-2020) ...he is generally considered one of the strongest literature players in the game. John's non-quizbowl interests include bow ties and fancy cooking.
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• Minnesota Effect
  ...to finish poorly at [[mainstream quizbowl|mainstream]] [[ICT|national]] [[ACF Nationals|tournaments]] but still win [[CBI NCT]]. ==History==
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• Civility
  ...eople in an even-handed manner, and has nothing to do with what proponents of "civility" in quizbowl actually want to see. ...not fully resolved, the death of College Bowl and the success of NAQT and ACF have made it a much smaller presence in modern quizbowl.
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• NAQT Ohio State Championship
  ...rnament''' is an annual tournament held in Ohio to determine the recipient of the automatic bid to the [[NAQT]] High School National Championship Tournam ==History==
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• College Bowl Company
  ...ther products along those lines. It is headed by [[Richard Reid]], the son of its founder, [[Don Reid]]. It has several paid full- or part-time employees ...n gambit financially, designed to keep College Bowl on the map in the hope of getting a new long-term TV contract. When it became readily apparent that t
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• How to Get Good at This Game
  '''How to Get Good At This Game''' is an essay by [[Raj Bhan]] about how to improve your quiz bowl skills. == Text of the Essay ==
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• Woburn CI
  ==History== ...urn has won their local schoolreach league 20 years consecutively, an span of glory that can only be termed as dynastic.
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• How Quizbowl Works
  ...are often called [[rounds]] or [[games]], are played between two [[teams]] of 1-5 players each, with 4 players being the most common number. In most matc *Almost all versions of quizbowl use the [[tossup/bonus format]] — that is, both teams have a chance to compete for a tossup using a [[b
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• Reinstein Varsity
  ...urnament typically attracts many of the top teams in Illinois and a couple of top teams from outside Illinois. In 2010, the tournament split into two div ==History==
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• Trivia formats
  ...These span a variety of very different formats broadly within the category of "[[not quizbowl]]", with the unifying thread being a focus on "[[trivia]]" ...and are typically called '''quizzes''' or simply '''quiz''', with the act of playing either trivia or quizbowl events termed '''quizzing'''.
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• Timeline of Quizbowl History
  ...elopment in the United States. For more targeted discussions of the game's history in other countries, see [[quizbowl in Canada]] or [[quizbowl in the United Hello to any editors of this page. Here is a brief summary of the templates and formatting being employed:
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• Weiner's Laws
  '''Weiner's Laws''', named for [[Matt Weiner]], are a set of adages about quizbowl, especially about its social dynamics.</onlyinclude> ...ely correlated with the quality of the quizbowl formats preferred. I.e., [[ACF]] supporters are more well-groomed than [[NAQT]] fans, who are in turn bett
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• 25 for 25: A Definitive List of the Greatest ACF Players
  ...Greatest ACF Players''' is a ranking published by Martin Faber (the author of the [[Definitive Greatest Players List]]) in 2016. The list was compiled in == The Text of the List ==
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• SWATA
  ...d, Wythe, Grayson, and Carroll Counties, as well as the independent cities of Norton and Galax. ...rove the game in the region, efforts that came to fruition over the course of the 2016-2017 school year.
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• Anti-NAQT sentiment
  ...the years - for a detailed discussion of just the former, see [[criticisms of NAQT]]. ...ions, have long been sticking points for those who prefer a different sort of quizbowl experience.
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