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by Important Bird Area
Sat May 27, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 20110

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

Statistics for the Saturday prelim games for the 2023 HSNCT. We'll see everyone tomorrow morning for the start of round 15!
by Important Bird Area
Sat May 27, 2023 9:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 20110

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

Results for the 2023 High School National Championship Tournament will be available here.

Our team of livebloggers will have up-to-the minute coverage live from Atlanta!
by Important Bird Area
Thu May 25, 2023 8:07 am
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Sticky Threads
Replies: 3
Views: 4481

Re: Sticky Threads

I archived the two old NAQT threads. I might (or might not) have time to look at the others after HSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Sun May 14, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 8672

Re: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago

Congratulations to Chenery Middle School of Belmont, Massachusetts, the champions of the 2023 MSNCT! Chenery defeated River Trail (Johns Creek, Georgia) 370-290 in the second game of an advantaged final. Cooper (McLean, Virginia) claimed third place with a 395-175 victory over Middlesex (Darien ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat May 13, 2023 6:31 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 8672

Re: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago

Preliminary statistics are now available for the 2023 MSNCT. Teams with a 5-3 or better record will advance to tomorrow's playoffs.
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 09, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season
Replies: 16
Views: 13195

Re: Concern for HS Regs+ Sets this Season

Thank you for posting these stats, Kevin- there's much here to think about, and I'll share these with NAQT's other editors. I may or may not have more to say later from NAQT's perspective (but anything substantive will wait until after MSNCT).
by Important Bird Area
Fri May 05, 2023 2:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14801

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

We recorded selected Sunday afternoon games from the Traditional Public Schools Division. The recordings will eventually appear on our podcasts page (but not soon; after the set is clear and after we finish editing the audio).
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 02, 2023 10:53 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: NAQT side event policy
Replies: 1
Views: 10107

Re: NAQT side event policy

NAQT wishes to remind people considering running side events at our national championships that we have an explicit policy governing when, where, and how side events are permitted . Anyone considering running a side event at an NAQT national championship should read that policy carefully and make ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 30, 2023 4:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14801

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

Congratulations to the champions of the 2023 NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament! In the Traditional Public Schools Division, Fair Grove (Missouri) defeated Piasa Southwestern (Illinois) 655-165. Fair Grove was also our Very Small School champion. In the Open Division, BASIS McLean A ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Apr 29, 2023 6:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14801

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

Preliminary statistics for the 2023 SSNCT are now available.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14801

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

Thanks for the note, Conor. We're not planning on large-scale revisions to the format of the 2023 SSNCT, but we'll take this into consideration for future years.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 20110

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

The field for the 2023 HSNCT has been expanded to 304 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 10, 2023 7:03 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 2242

Re: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion

The "frozen waste theory" of this historical period was challenged in Fergus Millar's study of its "crowd." A commentary on this period claims that the "multitude" is "wiser than a prince." Niccolo Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy studies this period of history. The victor in the (*) "last war of ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:42 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ICT general discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 3294

Re: 2023 ICT general discussion

In this thread from some years ago Seth expressed opposition to posting seeds prior to the tournament. What's NAQT's position on posting them now that the event has concluded? To be clear I think this year's seeding was quite bad (regarding teams nominally in contention for top bracket; I have no ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 2242

Re: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion

Some non-fossilized specimens known by this term were taken from a research center and badly damaged by Teuku Jacob. A 2007 paper by Hershkovitz et al. posited that specimens given this name suffered from Laron syndrome. The holotype of a species with this name was found in Liang Bua cave. A ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Apr 05, 2023 5:56 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

Passages from a novel originally in this language were translated by Jacques Benoist-Mechin for a 1921 lecture billed as a "seance." Helene Cixous's 800-page dissertation was on the "exile" of an author who wrote in this language, whose letters she pirated from Cornell's library. Auguste Morel ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:49 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

In this type of permutation, each element's magnitude is not between the neighboring elements. The smallest non-abelian simple group is the fifth group of this type, which is the group of even permutations on five elements. A (*) convergence test named for this type of series checks that the ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14801

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division of the 2023 SSNCT has been expanded to 77 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:46 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 2242

Re: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion

These items have a central tono as described by Friar Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, and may be carried by ox-drawn gerlugs . Bill Coperthwaite started advocating these items in the U.S. after reading a National Geographic article by jurist William O. Douglas. (*) Marco Polo commented on the ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 6:44 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

Could I additionally see the von Bulow and C. P. E. Bach tossups? It sounded like the first tossup was a commonlink, and I'm just curious as to what was going on there. A man with this surname created a bloc of pro-imperialist parties that was successful in the election of 1907 during his decade as ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

The first-ever All-American quarterback was named Edgar Allan Poe in honor of a famous relative. For 10 points each— A. Poe played quarterback for what school that, 20 years earlier, lost 6-to-4 in what is considered the first game of American football? B. This later Princeton quarterback was the b ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

In this musical, the "sweetest candy" that "ever shook loose a tooth" is sold at "Sandy's booth." A chorus urges "run and get him now or you won't plough another meadow" in a chase sequence from this musical's second act that ends with the discovery of Harry (*) Beaton's corpse. A song in this ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 10:56 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

In 2019 this MLB team became the first to make the playoffs under a manager who had never played professional baseball. In that postseason, this team posted a record 10-run first inning in the divisional round. During the 2021 offseason, this team named a 35-year-old as manager in a surprise move ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:08 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

Re: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

Jenna Le used the word "hickey" to translate this poem's line about a red mark on the speaker's forehead from the "kiss of the Queen." This poem is quoted after the command "O swallow swallow" in the last stanza of T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land." A pseudonym used in (*) Ivanhoe titles this poem ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:23 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 8
Views: 2242

2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT: specific question discussion

This is your question-specific discussion for the 2023 Division II ICT and IPNCT sets.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 7191

2023 Division I ICT: specific question discussion

This is your question-specific discussion for the 2023 Division I ICT set.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 02, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2023 ICT general discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 3294

2023 ICT general discussion

This is your general discussion thread for the 2023 NAQT ICT.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 9670

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

Congratulations to Rohan Ganeshan from Buffalo Grove High School in Illinois, the champion of the 2023 NAQT Individual Player National Championship Tournament!

Complete statistics are now available.
by Important Bird Area
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT ICT: April 1, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 7178

Re: 2023 NAQT ICT: April 1, Chicago

A private discussion forum for commentary on the ICT question sets will be available tomorrow evening after the conclusion of the IPNCT.

Edit: this is available now. --JTH
by Important Bird Area
Sat Apr 01, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT ICT: April 1, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 7178

Re: 2023 NAQT ICT: April 1, Chicago

Congratulations to the champions of the 2023 NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament! Cornell A went undefeated to claim the Division I Overall title. Brown defeated Columbia B 380-90 in the first game of an advantaged final to win the Division I Undergraduate title. In Division II, Waterloo ...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Mar 30, 2023 11:25 am
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 8672

Re: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago

The field for the 2023 MSNCT has been expanded to 160 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 20110

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

As of Thursday, March 23, the HSNCT has 288 teams in the field and three teams on the waitlist. We would like to expand further if there is demand: to 304 teams, 320 teams, or perhaps beyond! If your team has qualified and would like to attend, please go ahead and sign up for the waitlist. We'll ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Mar 21, 2023 8:40 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 8672

Re: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago

The field for the 2023 MSNCT has been expanded to 144 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 20110

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

The field for the 2023 HSNCT has been expanded to 288 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14801

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division of the 2023 SSNCT has been expanded to 66 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 9670

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

The field for the 2023 IPNCT has been expanded to 200 players.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Mar 07, 2023 1:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 20110

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

The field for the 2023 HSNCT has been expanded to 272 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Mar 05, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14801

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

The field for the 2023 SSNCT has been expanded to 55 teams in each division.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Mar 05, 2023 3:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2022-2023 California Cup
Replies: 4
Views: 5830

Re: 2022-2023 California Cup

Congratulations to Guilder A, who defeated Saratoga A 475-200 in the first game of an advantaged final to win the Competitive division of Cal Cup #3! In the Standard division, Lowell won outright with a 4-1 playoff record. In the Novice division, Henry M. Gunn defeated Fremont American 545-225 in a ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Mar 04, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2022-2023 California Cup
Replies: 4
Views: 5830

Re: 2022-2023 California Cup

Prelim stats for California Cup #3.
by Important Bird Area
Sat Feb 25, 2023 12:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 9670

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

The field for the 2023 IPNCT has been expanded to 180 players.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT ICT: April 1, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 7178

Re: 2023 NAQT ICT: April 1, Chicago

NAQT is offering a $50 stipend, on top of the usual Sunday lunch stipend, to any ICT players who are willing to work at the Individual Player National Championship Tournament (IPNCT) on Sunday, April 2. The IPNCT will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, the same hotel as the ICT. This offer does n ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Feb 22, 2023 3:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT IPNCT staff call (for ICT players)
Replies: 0
Views: 3151

NAQT IPNCT staff call (for ICT players)

NAQT is offering a $50 stipend, on top of the usual Sunday lunch stipend, to any ICT players who are willing to work at the Individual Player National Championship Tournament (IPNCT) on Sunday, April 2. The IPNCT will be held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare, the same hotel as the ICT. This offer does n ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Feb 21, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 9670

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

The field for the 2023 IPNCT has been expanded to 160 players.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Feb 19, 2023 12:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT national championship staff call
Replies: 0
Views: 4980

NAQT national championship staff call

NAQT's national championships logistics team is seeking additional staff, particularly qualified moderators, for three of our upcoming championships: -the 2023 Small School National Championship Tournament at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, April 28–30 -the 2023 Middle School National Championship T ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Feb 18, 2023 9:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 9670

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

The field for the 2023 IPNCT has been expanded to 150 players.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Feb 15, 2023 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 9670

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

The field for the 2023 IPNCT has been expanded to 140 players.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 20110

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

If you're interested in staffing for any of our national championships, please write to us at [email protected] and our logistics team will contact you. (In related news: we could particularly use staff for the 2023 SSNCT, April 29-30 in Chicago, which currently has a lengthy waitlist.)
by Important Bird Area
Sun Feb 12, 2023 2:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 9670

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

The field for the 2023 IPNCT has been expanded to 110 players.