Berkeley's middle school tournament (4/4/15)

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Berkeley's middle school tournament (4/4/15)

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The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Berkeley Quiz Bowl are pleased to announce that Berkeley will host its second annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Location: This tournament will take place at UC Berkeley's Dwinelle Hall.

Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School Series #12. (For practice material similar to the questions we will use at the tournament, please consider the NAQT New Middle School Package and the 2013 Collaborative Middle School Tournament.)

The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2015 NAQT Middle School National Championship Tournament, to be held in Dallas, Texas on May 9-10, 2015.

Eligibility: All middle schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event. This tournament is open to any players who have not yet completed 8th grade, though the questions are targeted at 7th and 8th graders.

Schools are encouraged to enter multiple teams, but please note that players must play for the same team throughout the tournament.

Fees:

Base fee: $70 per team

-$10 second or subsequent team from the same school

-$10 working buzzer system (must accommodate at least eight players)

-$20 experienced moderator

-$10 scorekeeper (We will hold a brief training session during check-in for those volunteers who have never kept score before.)

Payment will be taken at check-in on April 4th. Please make checks out to "Quiz Bowl Club."

How to register: please contact the tournament director, Jeff Hoppes ([email protected]), on or before Tuesday, March 31st, indicating how many teams, buzzers, and staff your school plans to bring.

The UC Berkeley Quiz Bowl Club is a student group acting independently of the University of California. The student organization is the host of the Berkeley middle school tournament and takes full responsibility for the guests.
Jeff Hoppes
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former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF

"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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The field for this tournament is capped at 18 teams.

Registered (8):

Challenger-Ardenwood A
Challenger-Ardenwood B
Challenger-Berryessa
Challenger-Sunnyvale
Emerson
Fallon
Pi-oneers
Stratford Santa Clara

Last updated 4/4 --JTH
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VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
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"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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Details for Saturday have been emailed to all registered teams. Check-in is at 9:30 am in 225 Dwinelle.
Jeff Hoppes
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VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
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"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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Lunchtime.

Stats
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Challenger-Ardenwood A and Stratford Santa Clara are playing a one-game final right now.
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VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
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Re: Berkeley's middle school tournament (4/4/15)

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Whoa. What happened to Berryessa? They looked dominating, stat-wise, through the 1st 4 rounds...
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Berryessa lost to Santa Clara in round 5 and to the Pi-oneers in round 6 and has thus clinched third place.
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Congratulations to Stratford-Santa Clara, who defeated Challenger-Ardenwood A 370-315 in a one-game final to win the 2015 Berkeley middle school tournament! Both teams qualify for MSNCT in Dallas. Challenger-Berryessa took third place.

Complete team and individual stats are available here.

Thanks to all of the staff who made this tournament possible: Ankit Aggarwal, Eric Guo, Nicholas Karas, Tanay Kothari, Holly Luo, and Niki Peters.

We hope to see everyone at Bellarmine in two weeks for our final Bay Area middle school tournament of the 2014-15 season!
Jeff Hoppes
President, Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance
former HSQB Chief Admin (2012-13)
VP for Communication and history subject editor, NAQT
Editor emeritus, ACF

"I wish to make some kind of joke about Jeff's love of birds, but I always fear he'll turn them on me Hitchcock-style." -Fred
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