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We are pleased to announce that Georgetown will be hosting its Fall Invitational on Saturday, October 14, 2017 using NAQT’s IS-167A question set. The top 15% of the field will qualify for NAQT’s High School National Championship Tournament.

Location: The tournament will be hosted on Georgetown campus in the Edward B. Bunn Intercultural Center (commonly known as the ICC). Registration will begin at 8:00 am outside room ICC 115, and we expect round 1 to start at 9:00 am. Parking is available for free on weekends in the Southwest Garage. A map of campus is available at maps.georgetown.edu.

Fees
Base fee: $70 per team
Working buzzer system discount: -$5
Experienced staffer discount: -$10
Travel discount: -$10 (over 150 miles each way)
Minimum fee: $45

Registration
To register, please send an email to [email protected] with the number of teams, working buzzers, experienced moderators you plan on bringing, and if you will be using the travel discount. Please also provide the name and telephone number of a contact for the team. Please pay either in advance or on the day of the tournament. We will be accepting cash and check (if you choose check, please make it out to “Georgetown University Quiz Bowl”).
We have a soft cap of 28 teams but may adjust given staffer availability.

Field (teams, buzzers, staffers)

Total: (24, 15, 1)
Longfellow (2, 1, 0)
Burleigh Manor (3, 3, 0)
Centennial HS (9, 4, 0)
Montgomery Blair (3, 1, 0)
St John's (1, 1, 0)
Richard Montgomery (3, 4, 0)
GDS (1, 0, 0)
St Anselm's (2, 1, 3)

Also, this tournament is Platinum certified by the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence, so the top 25% of the field will qualify for National Scholastics Championship as well.

In addition, we'll be instituting a waitlist, with a likely field expansion in the near future.

Waitlist

Thank you to all teams who came to the tournament!
We broke playoff record ties for the upper bracket based on head-to-head and playoff PPG, giving the following top 4 teams:
1. Montgomery Blair C
2. Montgomery Blair B
3. Centennial A
4. Montgomery Blair A
Those teams qualify for NAQT's High School National Championship Tournament. Along with teams placing 5th and 6th, St Anselm's A and Centennial B respectively, those teams also qualify for PACE's National Scholastics Championship.

Stats can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4521/