Famous People who played Quizbowl

[Scaled Flowerpiercer]

I was wondering if anyone knew of any now-famous people who played quiz bowl (in some form) at some point; obviously the list of quiz bowl players who have appeared on jeopardy is pretty long, but I don't know how many otherwise famous people there are who played the game - I recently saw this http://www.rivertownsenterprise.net/Rivertowns_Enterprise/ENTERPRISE_NEWS_052512.html which shows that Mark Zuckerberg played in high school (well, he played in Westchester, called "Academic Challenge") but I don't know of any others. It would be interesting to see if any other former quiz bowl players have reached celebrity status in some way.

[tiwonge]

http://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/Category:Cel ... bowl_alums

This lists people like Hillary Rodham Clinton and several Canadians.

[Skepticism and Animal Feed]

Papool Chaudhari, who coached a very successful intramural basketball team at the University of the Pacific.

[merv1618]

It's sort of a gimme, but...
http://www.naqt.com/stats/individual-pe ... _id=118834

[JoelleJay]

According to Wikipedia, Lupe Fiasco played Academic Decathlon in high school.

[Kwang the Ninja]

According to NPR, Lupe Fiasco played Academic Decathlon in high school.

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/12/134426574 ... everything

[STPickrell]

Does S.R. Siddarth, the only person to win a NAQT HSCNT and swing control of the Senate to the Democrats, count as famous?

[Muriel Axon]

QBWiki tells me that Jeff Kipnis, colleague of Derrida and Peter Eisenman, played for Georgia Tech in the 70s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Kipnis
http://www.qbwiki.com/wiki/Jeff_Kipnis

(EDIT: I realized now this is also on the list Colin posted, but it's cool enough to note anyway, especially since QBWiki alleges he had an important role in the history of quiz bowl.)

[Kenneth Widmerpool]

QBWiki tells me that Jeff Kipnis, colleague of Derrida, ...played for Georgia Tech in the 70s.

what's the différance

[List of Fighting Spirit characters]

QBWiki tells me that Jeff Kipnis, colleague of Derrida, ...played for Georgia Tech in the 70s.

what's the différance

the binary hierarchy implied in the privileging of Derrida over Eisenman via placement of the former name first

[Mr. Scogan]

Jim Cordle (two-time Super Bowl champion) played for Fisher Catholic's quiz bowl team his freshman year before he transferred out.

[fizzball]

Erik Nielsen (ex-BU; Garrett on Community) makes his Conan debut this Wednesday.

[jonpin]

Must have missed this thread the first time

[Habitat_Against_Humanity]

Must have missed this thread the first time

Harry Altman: Class Act and incredibly smart dude.