Hello!
I assist in running a yearly quiz event for college students for a professional organization. We've historically used a Quizco 4-team lockout buzzer system for our games, but this year the moderator's controller came up missing and I had to improvise with a cell-phone app. After doing what digging I could, it looks as though Quizco is no longer in business (or is on hiatus).
My question for the community, does anyone know where I can find a replacement controller? Or, if it is time for me to modernize our system, what would be the recommended system? We usually run 3 teams of 4, but we enjoy having the ability to expand to 4-teams.
Thanks for any assistance.
QuizCo Equipment
QuizCo Equipment
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Oregon Institute of Transportation Engineers
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- Yuna
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Re: QuizCo Equipment
This is the 4-team set I've seen used most in quiz bowl tournaments https://www.andersonbuzzersystems.com/e ... ystem.html, but we generally play in 2 teams of 4 or 5. Anderson's Officiator 10 model is in the most common use in tournaments in general, and their products are generally pretty high quality.wrfarley wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2019 12:34 pm Hello!
I assist in running a yearly quiz event for college students for a professional organization. We've historically used a Quizco 4-team lockout buzzer system for our games, but this year the moderator's controller came up missing and I had to improvise with a cell-phone app. After doing what digging I could, it looks as though Quizco is no longer in business (or is on hiatus).
My question for the community, does anyone know where I can find a replacement controller? Or, if it is time for me to modernize our system, what would be the recommended system? We usually run 3 teams of 4, but we enjoy having the ability to expand to 4-teams.
Thanks for any assistance.
Jakob Myers
MSU '21, Naperville North (IL) '17
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MSU '21, Naperville North (IL) '17
"No one has ever organized a greater effort to get people interested in pretending to play quiz bowl"
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Re: QuizCo Equipment
Jakob makes a great suggestion but if you're interested in exploring different types of systems to decide which is the best for you, here is a thread I wrote about selecting a buzzer system. I personally believe that the Andersons are the best buzzer system you can buy. They just happen to be the cheapest and most robust.
E. Gunter
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Author of: My Guide to High School Outreach and So You Want to Buy a Buzzer System
"It's by Dali, it has the creepy clocks, but I can't remember its name!"
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Re: QuizCo Equipment
Ebay is a good place to look for buzzer parts.
Cody Voight (he/him), VCU ‘14. I wrote lots of science and am an electrical engineer.
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VCU Tournament Director ‘13-‘17. HSAPQ President ‘15-‘16. ACF Treasurer ‘19-‘20. ACF Nats ‘21 TD.
Hero of Socialist Quizbowl Labor (NSC ‘14). “esteemed colleague” of Snap Wexley, ca. 2016. Stats Hero (Nats ‘16). “stats god in the flesh, the ominous Indominus Rex” (Winter ‘20).
Quizbowl at VCU
Re: QuizCo Equipment
QuizCo was located in Boise (and is, as best as I can tell, out of business), and there are a few schools that have those buzzer systems. I can check and see if any of them aren't using them or have spare parts, but I think your best bet is just to get a new system.
Colin McNamara, Boise State University
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Idaho Quiz & Academic Teams
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