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by Important Bird Area
Tue Jun 01, 2021 8:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 18312

Re: 2021 HSNCT discussion

Could you please share the bonus from the TJ-Barrington game with the answer line J.K. Rowling? The claim that "our cultural institutions are facing a moment of trial" appeared in a letter published in Harper's Magazine in 2020. For 10 points each— A. 153 public figures signed a document ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 57
Views: 18312

2021 HSNCT discussion

This is your question-specific discussion thread for the 2021 NAQT HSNCT. Standard disclaimer: If you are planning to play a mirror of the 2021 HSNCT set, please do not read further posts in this thread. (There is one mirror currently planned, hosted by Toronto July 10-11; it's possible we may add o...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Jun 01, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HSNCT and its Problems
Replies: 30
Views: 16336

Re: HSNCT and its Problems

etotheipi wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 12:09 pm Without getting into details (I was not involved in any live-streamed rounds to my knowledge, and I don't think the earlier rounds are clear), I observed significant swing in the difficulty of tossups/bonuses.
The 2021 HSNCT set is actually clear (and I'll have a discussion thread later today).
by Important Bird Area
Sun May 30, 2021 7:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

Congratulations to Barrington High School (Barrington, Illinois) for winning the 2021 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament! Barrington defeated University Laboratory High School (Urbana, Illinois) 445-170 in the second game of an advantaged final. Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hil...
by Important Bird Area
Sun May 30, 2021 2:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

A new national champion will be crowned this afternoon! Join NAQT for the finals of the 2021 High School National Championship Tournament. Starting at 4:50 p.m. Central time this afternoon, join Kyle Hill, Catherine Qian, and coach David Reinstein for a semifinal recap and a preview of the finals. S...
by Important Bird Area
Sat May 29, 2021 3:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

Tune in Saturday evening to HSNCT Overtime with Kyle Hill, Catherine Qian, David Reinstein, and Jackie Wu. Interviews with HSNCT competitors, analysis of the playoffs (and a look at the bracket when it's revealed), insight from an award-winning coach and former HSNCT players, and more. Join us here ...
by Important Bird Area
Fri May 21, 2021 11:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

The waitlist for the 2021 HSNCT is now empty. If your team would like to play HSNCT on Memorial Day weekend, please consider signing up for the waitlist- there is a reasonable chance that we might have a few drops from the 224 teams currently registered.

HSNCT field
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 18, 2021 5:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The possibility of spectator-facilitated cheating
Replies: 5
Views: 4464

Re: The possibility of spectator-facilitated cheating

I understand that both HSNCT and PACE NSC are allowing spectators at their competitions. To my knowledge, both organizations also allow players to request that a specific spectator be removed from their matches. This measure is, in my opinion, very good for maintaining competition integrity. For th...
by Important Bird Area
Thu May 13, 2021 12:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

The field for the 2021 HSNCT has been expanded to 224 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Thu May 06, 2021 6:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 HSNCT staff call
Replies: 0
Views: 3297

2021 HSNCT staff call

The field for the 2021 HSNCT is currently 192 teams... but there are still 43 more teams on the waitlist. NAQT would like to expand the field one more time, but we've reached the current limits of our staff capacity. So, this is a call for more staff to join us at the 2021 HSNCT, May 29-30, on Zoom....
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 04, 2021 4:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

The field for the 2021 HSNCT has been expanded to 192 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Sun May 02, 2021 6:40 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online
Replies: 5
Views: 5447

Re: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online

Congratulations to Winston Churchill Middle School (Carmichael, California), who defeated Longfellow Middle School (Falls Church, Virginia) 445-155 in a one-game final to win the 2021 NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament! Burleigh Manor Middle School (Ellicott City, Maryland) placed t...
by Important Bird Area
Sun May 02, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online
Replies: 5
Views: 5447

Re: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online

The finals of the 2021 Middle School National Championship Tournament will start at 4:15 Central time. Burleigh Manor (MD) plays Churchill (CA) in round 19; the winner will face Longfellow (VA) in round 20. Watch live here.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:55 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT Middle School IPNCT: April 25, online
Replies: 1
Views: 5692

Re: 2021 NAQT Middle School IPNCT: April 25, online

Congratulations to Arin Parsa (Stanford Online High School, Redwood City, California), the champion of the 2021 NAQT Middle School IPNCT!

Complete statistics are now available.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 25, 2021 5:00 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online
Replies: 8
Views: 7757

Re: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online

Congratulations to the champions of the 2021 NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament! In the Traditional Public Schools Division, Westmont defeated Macomb 390-105 in the first game of an advantaged final. Westmont is also our Very Small School champion. In the Open Division, St. Mark's Sc...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 21, 2021 9:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

The field for the 2021 HSNCT has been expanded to 176 teams.

(We still have 66 teams on the waitlist! If you'd like to staff the 2021 HSNCT, please contact us at [email protected]- full details are in the previous post.)
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT High School IPNCT: April 11, online
Replies: 3
Views: 3161

Re: 2021 NAQT High School IPNCT: April 11, online

A private forum for discussion of the 2021 IPNCT questions is now available. Please select "2021 ICT discussion" from your user control panel.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13533

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

A private forum for discussion of the 2021 ICT set is now available from your user control panel. (Our apologies that this took a few days to set up- we needed to sort a few things out about the existence of, and security measures for, a future British tournament using the ICT set.)
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ICT Division II specific question discussion
Replies: 0
Views: 1266

2021 ICT Division II specific question discussion

This thread is for discussion of specific questions from the 2021 Division II ICT and IPNCT. (The IPNCT used the tossups from the Division II ICT set, plus a few extra packets of supplemental tossups to provide enough questions for the IPNCT playoffs.)
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ICT Division I specific question discussion
Replies: 0
Views: 1236

2021 ICT Division I specific question discussion

This thread is for discussion of specific questions from the 2021 Division I ICT.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 16, 2021 12:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ICT general discussion
Replies: 1
Views: 1397

2021 ICT general discussion

This thread is for general discussion of the set used at the 2021 NAQT ICT and IPNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:50 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online
Replies: 5
Views: 5447

Re: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online

The field for the 2021 MSNCT has been expanded to 112 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

We're still interested in expanding the 2021 HSNCT field! (Even with today's expansion, there are still 79 teams on the waitlist.) To expand the tournament, we need more staff. If you're interested in helping out on Memorial Day weekend (Saturday–Sunday, May 29–30), please write to staff-interest@na...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Apr 13, 2021 12:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

The field for the 2021 HSNCT has been expanded to 160 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 12, 2021 7:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIBERACE - A Rock Audio Tournament (March 27-April 7)
Replies: 17
Views: 6813

Re: LIBERACE - A Rock Audio Tournament (March 27-April 7)

That was a strongly-considered statement about the place of 20th-century music in the arts distribution.... scratch that, a mistake, which has now been fixed.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 12, 2021 2:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIBERACE - A Rock Audio Tournament (March 27-April 7)
Replies: 17
Views: 6813

Re: LIBERACE - A Rock Audio Tournament (March 27-April 7)

gyre and gimble wrote: Sun Apr 11, 2021 9:23 pm Hi mods, could we get a private discussion forum up for this set? Thanks.
This private forum should now be ready to go... our apologies for the delay in setting this up.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (video up now!)
Replies: 5
Views: 4118

Re: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (video now available))

Video from our diversity, equity, and inclusion panel is now available here!

Thank you to our panel participants (moderator Jeremy Nelson; panelists Grace Liu, Caroline Mao, Esther Perceval, and Chris Wright) and to our organizers from NAQT, PACE, ACF, and IAC.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 12, 2021 1:56 pm
Forum: Community Discussion
Topic: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (video up now!)
Replies: 8
Views: 11904

Re: Panel discussion on inclusion and racism in quizbowl (video now available)

Yes, it'll be available online after & we'll post the link here. Video from our diversity, equity, and inclusion panel is now available here ! Thank you to our panel participants (moderator Jeremy Nelson; panelists Grace Liu, Caroline Mao, Esther Perceval, and Chris Wright) and to our organizer...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT High School IPNCT: April 11, online
Replies: 3
Views: 3161

Re: 2021 NAQT High School IPNCT: April 11, online

Congratulations to Arthur Delot-Vilain of Georgetown Day School, the winner of our 2021 High School Individual Player National Championship Tournament! Tournament statistics are available here ; we'll post more detailed results in the next few days. Update: Category-specific rankings are now availab...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13533

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

Congratulations to the champions of the 2021 NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, powered by LetterOne! In Division I, Columbia defeated Illinois 295-190 in the second game of an advantaged final. Brown defeated Princeton, 265-215, in the first game of an advantaged final, to claim the Divi...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:20 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT national championships: online
Replies: 8
Views: 5930

Re: 2021 NAQT national championships: online

Here's a video from our logistics team with more details about how our 2021 national championships will work online.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT national championships: online
Replies: 4
Views: 3990

Re: 2021 NAQT national championships: online

Here's a video from our logistics team with more details about how our 2021 national championships will work online.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:18 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online
Replies: 8
Views: 7757

Re: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online

Will NAQT be doing practice games on Friday night as in years past? If not, will NAQT be having a playthrough of some sort so teams know exactly what the actual tournament will look like on Saturday and Sunday? Every tournament we have played has had a different online format, so knowing exactly ho...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:08 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online
Replies: 5
Views: 5447

Re: 2021 NAQT MSNCT: May 1-2, online

The field for the 2021 MSNCT has been expanded to 96 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:26 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13533

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

NAQT’s Integrity Policy is intended to ensure that its national championships occur without cheating and—almost as importantly—without the suspicion of cheating. The policy has two parts. First, all active players need to have their faces and both hands visible on camera at essentially all times. S...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:25 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: NAQT's Integrity Policy for Online National Championships
Replies: 0
Views: 4541

NAQT's Integrity Policy for Online National Championships

Cross-posted from the high school section --JTH NAQT’s Integrity Policy is intended to ensure that its national championships occur without cheating and—almost as importantly—without the suspicion of cheating. The policy has two parts. First, all active players need to have their faces and both han...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 04, 2021 4:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT's Integrity Policy for Online National Championships
Replies: 0
Views: 3009

NAQT's Integrity Policy for Online National Championships

NAQT’s Integrity Policy is intended to ensure that its national championships occur without cheating and—almost as importantly—without the suspicion of cheating. The policy has two parts. First, all active players need to have their faces and both hands visible on camera at essentially all times. S...
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

We do hope to expand the field, but "how much field expansion?" and "when might the field expand?" are both dependent on the course of staff recruitment over the next few weeks. We would like to expand further to give the 82 teams on the waitlist the opportunity to play. To do t...
by Important Bird Area
Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

The field for the 2021 HSNCT has been expanded to 144 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Mar 28, 2021 5:14 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online
Replies: 8
Views: 7757

Re: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online

The field for the Open division of the 2021 SSNCT has been expanded to 50 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT High School IPNCT: April 11, online
Replies: 3
Views: 3161

Re: 2021 NAQT High School IPNCT: April 11, online

The field for the 2021 HS IPNCT has been expanded to 112 players.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:46 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online
Replies: 8
Views: 7757

Re: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online

Both divisions (Traditional Public Schools and Open) of the 2021 SSNCT have now been expanded to 40 teams.

(Note that the Traditional Public division has 39 teams in it right now, so there's a spot available if anyone would like to register!)
by Important Bird Area
Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Barrington!
Replies: 17
Views: 9202

Re: 2021 NAQT HSNCT: May 29-30, online

We do hope to expand the field, but "how much field expansion?" and "when might the field expand?" are both dependent on the course of staff recruitment over the next few weeks.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Mar 21, 2021 12:22 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13533

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

The Division II field for the 2021 ICT has been expanded to 32 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Sat Mar 20, 2021 1:24 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online
Replies: 8
Views: 7757

Re: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online

The field for the Traditional Public Schools division of the 2021 SSNCT has been expanded to 36 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Mar 19, 2021 2:16 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online
Replies: 8
Views: 7757

Re: 2021 NAQT SSNCT: April 24-25, online

The field for the Open division of the 2021 SSNCT has been expanded to 36 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:30 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10
Replies: 29
Views: 13533

Re: 2021 NAQT ICT: online, April 10

The Division I field for the 2021 ICT has been expanded to 32 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread
Replies: 83
Views: 27925

Re: Alabama 2020-2021 Discussion Thread

William McCurley wrote: Tue Mar 09, 2021 6:46 pm Will we be able to qualify for HSNCT from the ASCA district tournaments?
Yes, the ASCA district events will serve as qualifiers for the 2021 HSNCT and SSNCT.