Hi, I'm in the process of starting up a team at Iowa City West High School and was wondering:
How active are Iowa teams in terms of attending competitions?
Where should I look for tournaments?
How long should we wait/practice before signing up for our first tournament?
Any general advice?
Thanks
New Team in Iowa City Area
New Team in Iowa City Area
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Re: New Team in Iowa City Area
I'll let others post to assist with the other questions, but as far as tourney sites in Illinois, you're 2.5 hours from DeKalb, where Northern Illinois University hosts a number of things, and 3 hours from Bloomington, another prominent site. Unfortunately, Illinois west of I-39 and south of Rockford doesn't host much, a problem that we are struggling to work on.
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Re: New Team in Iowa City Area
You're also just shy of three hours away from Kirksville, MO, where Truman State University hosts events that would be good for you to attend!
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Re: New Team in Iowa City Area
From my experience in Iowa (I lived for just over a year about 20 minutes E of Ames), ISU and Drake put on 2-3 tournaments total a year. There have been occasional NAQT tournaments much further west, and Bettendorf has hosted things.
If you want some more information, drop me a line and I can help where I can.
If you want some more information, drop me a line and I can help where I can.
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Re: New Team in Iowa City Area
I don't know if it is too late, but Drake University is hosting a tournament this Saturday that you should go to if you can. Contact info can be found here.
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Re: New Team in Iowa City Area
Hi Peter,alexdz wrote:You're also just shy of three hours away from Kirksville, MO, where Truman State University hosts events that would be good for you to attend!
I'm about to graduate from Truman State, but if you want to email or Private Message me, I'll make sure that the team has your contact information for next year's tournament. (Also, if other Iowa teams want to do this, let me know.)
As for the improving aspect of quizbowl, I would start by reading this thread. There are links to a bunch of other threads discussing ways to improve at the game.
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Re: New Team in Iowa City Area
The National History Bee and Bowl had 3 tournaments in Iowa this year, and a number of Iowa schools have attended our National Championships. We'll look to have tournaments next year again in the Des Moines, Quad Cities, and SE Iowa areas on all three of our question sets again. Hope you can join us! See historybowl.com for more.
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Re: New Team in Iowa City Area
I will be joining the faculty of Waukee High School (west suburban Des Moines) this coming year and hope to establish a program. We should talk.
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