NAQT Northern California State (Berkeley, 3/15)

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The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Berkeley Quiz Bowl are pleased to announce that Berkeley will host the 2014 NAQT Northern California State Championship on Saturday, March 15, 2014.

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

Questions: We will be using NAQT Invitational Series #136. No computational math will be read.

The top 15% of teams will qualify for the 2014 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, to be held May 31-June 1 near Chicago. In addition, the highest-finishing team that has not yet qualified for the HSNCT will qualify at this tournament (whether or not that team places in the top 15% of the state championship field).

This tournament has been platinum-certified by PACE; the top 25% of the field will qualify for the 2014 NSC, to be held May 24-25 near Washington, DC.

Eligibility: All high schools (public, private, charter, religious, homeschool, etc.) are eligible to play in this event.

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

Fees:

Base fee: $80 per team

$10 discount: second or subsequent team from the same school

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

$20 discount per experienced moderator

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

$30 discount: new to quizbowl (played no pyramidal tournaments before October 1, 2013)

$20 discount: teams that travel 60 or more miles one-way (distance measured from your high school to UC Berkeley by Google Maps)

Payment will be taken at check-in on March 15th. Please make checks out to "Tanay Kothari."

How to register: please fill out this Google form on or before Tuesday, March 11th, 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 2014 NAQT Northern California State Championship and takes full responsibility for the guests.

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Registered (20):

Acalanes
Albany A
Albany B
Amador Valley
Bellarmine A
Bellarmine B
Bellarmine C
Davis A
Davis B
Escobar
Guilder A
Guilder B
Haarlem A
Haarlem B
Menlo
Mira Loma
Moreau Catholic A
Moreau Catholic B
Palo Alto
Valley Christian

Last updated 3/14 --JTH

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Details for Saturday have been emailed to the teams. Check-in is at 8:45 am in 175 Dwinelle.

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Prelim stats here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

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Congrats to Bellarmine A which beat Guilder A 400-280 in the first game of an advantaged final to win the NAQT NorCal State Championship! A big thanks to all of the staffers!

Stats/Results here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... ts/finals/

[AKKOLADE]

What is a Guilder?

[The Ununtiable Twine]

What is a Guilder?

Not brushed up on your Dutch currency, are you?

[slothslothsloth]

What is a Guilder?

Not brushed up on your Dutch currency, are you?

Nor your sworn enemies of Florin tsktsk

[AKKOLADE]

I only deal in honkbal.