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by Important Bird Area
Sat Dec 02, 2023 3:03 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: A question on making MSNCT
Replies: 2
Views: 2620

Re: A question on making MSNCT

The middle school division would not be a qualifier in this case (because it is not using NAQT questions). That being said, we encourage teams with strong performances on non-NAQT sets to apply for wildcards once those are available next month.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT's Cyber Monday Sale
Replies: 0
Views: 10253

NAQT's Cyber Monday Sale

Our Cyber Monday Sale is here!

NAQT is offering 10% off practice-material orders of $125 or more with promo code 2023CYB. New School Packages are not eligible for discounts. Orders must be placed by midnight Central time on Monday, December 4 to be eligible.

Order practice material here!
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2022 NAQT HSNCT: May 27-29, Atlanta
Replies: 10
Views: 9615

Re: 2022 NAQT HSNCT: May 27-29, Atlanta

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from the 2022 HSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Question security reminder from NAQT
Replies: 0
Views: 6808

Question security reminder from NAQT

NAQT would like to remind the quiz bowl community, especially tournament directors, about the importance of maintaining question security for upcoming events. Please be vigilant about attempts to acquire question sets by email, as well as about offers from unknown or unfamiliar parties to spectate ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 6244

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

Registration is now open for our first batch of SCT sites!

If your region doesn't have an SCT site yet, please consider hosting (the host call and tournament proposal form are here).
by Important Bird Area
Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: NEWB what is mirroring
Replies: 1
Views: 8652

Re: NEWB what is mirroring

Welcome to the quizbowl community! Why do organizers disclose the question set that will be used in the competition? Is that standard practice? Yes, it is standard practice to announce the question set that will be used. (Otherwise it would be easy for teams to accidentally play the same questions ...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:36 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago
Replies: 6
Views: 6881

2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago

NAQT is pleased to announce that the 2024 Individual Player National Championship Tournament (IPNCT) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on April 7, 2024. This is the same hotel that hosted the 2023 IPNCT. The IPNCT is NAQT’s championship tournament for i ...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 7605

2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2024 Small School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on April 26–28, 2024. This is the same hotel that hosted the 2023 SSNCT. The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division is l ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago
Replies: 3
Views: 2864

2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago

The 2024 Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on February 23–24, 2024. Schools qualify to send teams to the CCCT through their performances at Community College Sectional Championship Tournaments (CC SCTs) ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:07 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago
Replies: 3
Views: 4281

2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago

The 2024 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (ICT) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on April 5–6, 2024. Check-in will occur on Friday, April 5, but all gameplay will be on Saturday, April 6. Schools qualify to send teams to the ICT through their p ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT MSNCT: May 10–12, Chicago
Replies: 3
Views: 6126

2024 NAQT MSNCT: May 10–12, Chicago

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2024 Middle School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on May 10-12, 2024. This is the same hotel that hosted the 2023 MSNCT. The field is limited to 160 teams. Full details Qualified ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT HSNCT: May 24–26, Atlanta
Replies: 5
Views: 6808

2024 NAQT HSNCT: May 24–26, Atlanta

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2024 High School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta hotels in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 24–26, 2024. This is Memorial Day weekend. These are the same hotels that hosted the 2023 HSNCT. The field is l ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:58 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

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from the 2023 HSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Sat Oct 21, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14804

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

Unfortunately, we were unable to record any games from the Open Division at the 2023 SSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 6244

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

One notable policy change new for this year's SCT: if a school sends teams to two different SCT sites, both of those sites must take place on the same day. (That is: it's ok to send teams to a Saturday SCT and another Saturday SCT, but not ok to send a team to a Saturday SCT and then to a different ...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 6244

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

Sites for the 2024 SCT:

Toronto
Syracuse
Yale
Rutgers
Virginia
Tennessee
Florida
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Texas
Washington
Arizona State This site will be hosted online.
Berkeley
Southern California

Last updated 1/18 --JTH
by Important Bird Area
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 6244

2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

NAQT is pleased to announce that our 2024 Sectional Championship Tournaments will take place the weekend of February 3-4. Both in-person and online hosting options will be available for the 2024 SCT. If your school would like to host SCT this coming February, please read the 2024 SCT host ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:42 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Questions about Answering & the "New High School Package" of Questions
Replies: 3
Views: 6834

Re: Questions about Answering & the "New High School Package" of Questions

Welcome to the quizbowl community! 1) If Team A buzzes in first and is incorrect, then Team B is allowed a chance to answer. What if Team B also answers incorrectly? Is a new question given, or is Team A allowed another chance to answer? If so, does it have to be a different player than the one who ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:58 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 finals match of the 2023 IPNCT is now available on NAQT's podcast page.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 14804

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

Podcasts are now available of selected playoff matches from the 2023 SSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: South Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: Alabama Quiz Bowl 2023-24
Replies: 16
Views: 10216

Re: Alabama Quiz Bowl 2023-24

In general, only events using NAQT questions will qualify teams automatically for our national championships. (This year's Sentinel event, unlike last year's, will be using a non-NAQT set.) That being said, we very much encourage teams with a record of strong performance at non-NAQT events to apply ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:05 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: New College Contact List
Replies: 48
Views: 69795

Re: New College Contact List

AKKOLADE wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:09 pm Jeff's an admin & he posts in this thread, so optimism runs wild.
OK, here's a new sticky thread for the contact list.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:04 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: NAQT's Rising Freshmen Contact List
Replies: 1
Views: 5805

NAQT's Rising Freshmen Contact List

NAQT collects information on high school seniors’ college plans to help college teams identify potential members and connect players to each other to form new teams. If you have information about graduating seniors’/rising freshmen’s college plans, please let us know! NAQT freshmen contact list home ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Oct 01, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: Sacramento Fall MS Tournament (Sep 30)
Replies: 1
Views: 4305

Re: Sacramento Fall MS Tournament (Sep 30)

Congratulations to the winners of the Sacramento Fall Middle School Tournament: varsity champions Churchill A and JV co-champions Churchill G and Churchill N. Complete team and individual statistics are available here . My thanks to: our host, Coach Bruce Hansen, for directing this tournament ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Sep 24, 2023 8:26 pm
Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
Topic: Sacramento Fall HS Tournament (Sep 23)
Replies: 1
Views: 1281

Re: Sacramento Fall HS Tournament (Sep 23)

Congratulations to Mira Loma A (varsity) and Churchill A (JV), the champions of the 2023 Sacramento Fall Tournament! Complete team and individual statistics are available here . My thanks to our host, Kevin Williams of Davis, to Nicholas Karas for logistical support, to the Davis program (Hannah ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: NAQT's new "welcome to the year" page for coaches
Replies: 0
Views: 4694

NAQT's new "welcome to the year" page for coaches

NAQT is pleased to announce a new "welcome to the year" page for coaches of high school and middle school quiz bowl teams. Select your school from the menu to find information about local tournaments and national championships! The page also provides information about eligibility, question security ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Sep 06, 2023 6:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT's new "welcome to the year" page for coaches
Replies: 0
Views: 3297

NAQT's new "welcome to the year" page for coaches

NAQT is pleased to announce a new "welcome to the year" page for coaches of high school and middle school quiz bowl teams. Select your school from the menu to find information about local tournaments and national championships! The page also provides information about eligibility, question security ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Johns Hopkins Collegiate Novice Invitational (10/7)
Replies: 5
Views: 1999

Re: Johns Hopkins Collegiate Novice Invitational (10/7)

Kuleen is correct- high school teams are not permitted to play our Collegiate Novice set.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: New College Contact List
Replies: 48
Views: 69795

Re: New College Contact List

The 2023 edition of the Rising Freshmen Contact List is now available here.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Aug 31, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Free Packets Available for Practice Use
Replies: 2
Views: 5050

Re: Free Packets Available for Practice Use

This is correct (and I already sent details by pm about setting up Locklizard).
by Important Bird Area
Mon Aug 07, 2023 4:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024
Replies: 5
Views: 6520

Re: NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024

So then, if a charter school and public magnet school, which happened to share a campus and whose students play together on the same state-sanctioned athletics teams, were to have a unified quiz bowl team with players from both schools, said team would be NAQT-eligible? Probably not, at least from ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Jul 31, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024
Replies: 5
Views: 6520

Re: NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024

Is the policy now for hosts to tell their staffers not to do things like post a photo or screenshot of a scoresheet of games they read/kept score for on social media? That is a best practice, yes. So then, if a charter school and public magnet school, which happened to share a campus and whose ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:33 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024
Replies: 0
Views: 4822

NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024

NAQT has made a number of changes to its rules and policies for the 2023–2024 season . Gameplay Rules We made the following changes to the NAQT Gameplay Rules (highlighted on the page): We changed the structure and content of Rule F.2 (about the length of games). The biggest effect of this is that h ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Jul 26, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024
Replies: 5
Views: 6520

NAQT rules and policy changes for 2023–2024

NAQT has made a number of changes to its rules and policies for the 2023–2024 season . Gameplay Rules We made the following changes to the NAQT Gameplay Rules (highlighted on the page): We changed the structure and content of Rule F.2 (about the length of games). The biggest effect of this is that h ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Jun 06, 2023 9:03 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

Until 2022, this man had pitched a record eight World Series starts without recording a win. In 2023 this man became the most recent pitcher to secure a win against every MLB team. The record for career strikeouts among active pitchers alternates between him and teammate (*) Max Scherzer. 2023 ...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT job posting: game-recording editor
Replies: 0
Views: 5935

NAQT job posting: game-recording editor

NAQT is seeking a person or persons for the position of Game-Recording Editor. This is a paid position at NAQT’s standard hourly contractor rate of at least $20.90 per hour. The Game-Recording Editor(s) will be responsible for editing NAQT’s audio recordings of games from our 2021, 2022, 2023, and f ...
by Important Bird Area
Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:28 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

A person from this city named Tim "will blow from eve to morn," according to a folk song about this city's "piper." An invertible ring showing two hands, a heart, and a crown was originally made in this city's neighborhood of Claddagh. A person from this city "played the (*) fiddle in an Irish band ...
by Important Bird Area
Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

In a May 2023 advisory about this action, LULAC cited hospital screening for immigration status. A senator's official statement claimed that "laughter and mockery" would result if this action was taken to "spread Socialism." In a May 2023 formal advisory against this action, the (*) NAACP cited ...
by Important Bird Area
Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:39 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

In a viral 2021 Twitter thread, BronzeSwords claimed this activity was popular among the "radical left" due to a "lack of work ethic." In 2020 a "Harvard astrophysicist" was hired to defend a YouTuber who cheated in this activity. Recorded frame-perfect inputs are used in a (*) "tool-assisted" form ...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT is now accepting writer applications
Replies: 0
Views: 5301

NAQT is now accepting writer applications

NAQT will be considering contract-writer applications from June 1 until July 31. Prospective writers must be at least 18 years old when they apply. Applicants who will turn 18 between August 1 and October 31 (inclusive) of the year they apply may submit an application in June or July, specifying ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed May 31, 2023 9:43 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

This character frantically shushes others as "faint and high" music rises "almost to an unbearable scream." This character describes an 84-year-old man who could be "remembered and loved" just by using a phone in any city in an anecdote about Dave Singleman. (*) Howard Wagner fires this man after ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed May 31, 2023 8:28 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

These phenomena are controlled by three pairs of antagonistic muscles, including the lateral and medial rectus muscles. The smooth pursuit type of these phenomena are contrasted with a quick, jumpy type between two or more phases of fixation, called a (*) saccade. Vivid dreaming occurs during a ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 30, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

Yaj wrote: Tue May 30, 2023 2:31 pm Could I see the tossup on Victor Emmanuel II? I was confused as to why "Victor Emmanuel" was not a promptable response for that.
This was indeed an oversight; the protest committee ruled that we should have prompted (and the question text has been updated accordingly).
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 30, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

May I see the question on aggregate demand? I think the equation clue was ambiguous and applies to GDP as well. The graph of this quantity against output intersects with a line at 45 degrees to both axes in one economist's namesake "cross" diagram. This quantity equals consumption plus investment ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 30, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

Re: 2023 HSNCT discussion

This novel's protagonist experiences an "intense feeling of freedom" while eating a street vendor's hot buttered yams. Mary Rambo houses and feeds this novel's protagonist, who introduces the incestuous Jim Trueblood to the trustee Mr. Norton. This novel's first chapter depicts a blindfolded boxing ...
by Important Bird Area
Tue May 30, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2023 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 10937

2023 HSNCT discussion

This is your question-specific discussion thread for the 2023 NAQT HSNCT. Standard disclaimer: If you are planning to play a mirror of the 2023 HSNCT set, please do not read further posts in this thread. (We have one mirror scheduled so far, at Toronto in June; it's possible we may add other mirrors ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun May 28, 2023 10:10 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

Congratulations to Barrington High School, who defeated Buffalo Grove High School 555-210 in a one-game final to win the 2023 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament! Detroit Country Day School finished third; Hunter College High School claimed fourth place. Complete team and individual ...