World of High School Quizbowl
www.hsquizbowl.org
Schedule Notes
Format: Assume untimed games, -5s on tossup interrupts, 10-point
tossups, no power tossups, 30-point boni which break down in multiples of 5,
and no bouncebacks on boni unless otherwise noted. Detailed rules may be found
on the websites listed for each tournament.
NAQT format is: 15-point blind powers on tossups and games timed to 9-minute
halves.
NSC format is: bouncebacks on all boni and no -5s on tossups, opening phase
of ten tossups with 20-point related boni, second phase of eight tossups with
15-point, one-part boni chosen from a category list, and final phase of ten
tossups with open, 20-point powers and unrelated 30-point boni. Some
tournaments other than the actual PACE NSC using NSC format may truncate the
number of tossups in each phase.
Four quarter format is: A phase of tossups, a phase of tossups with boni, a category
phase, and another phase of tossups. Variations exist.
It's Academic format: See http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/4992/itvshow.html.
Illinois format
is: Twenty tossups with boni; boni are worth a total of 20 points and bounce
back; unlike most formats, boni do not necessarily break down in multiples of
5.
Ohio format: see http://www.shawnee.edu/outreach/univout/OAC/rules.htm.
Vermont format
is: 9-minute phase of tossups with 20-point boni; 60-second phase for each team
of up to ten 5-point questions; 9-minute phase of tossups
Alabama Scholastic Competition
Association format is: A phase of ten 5-point tossups; a phase of ten 10-point tossups
with 20-point boni and bouncebacks; a phase with a worksheet for each team of
twenty 5-point questions; a phase of ten 15-point tossups.
Virginia High School League format is: A phase of fifteen tossups, a team phase
of ten questions for each team, read alternately, with bouncebacks; a phase of
fifteen tossups.
Celebrity Shoot format: See http://www.cwru.edu/orgs/trivia/hsbio/format.html.
KMO format: Using a disk which is mailed to participating teams, questions
and five possible answers are displayed on the screen. The point value of each
question decreases from a maximum of 10 depending on how long it takes to
answer. If the first answer given is incorrect, the team can try again for 2
points. The team's score is reported to Academic Hallmarks and compared to the
scores of other schools. For more information, see http://www.greatuk.com/kmo.html.
Panasonic format: A phase of twenty 5-point tossups; one 10-point written
question; a phase of twenty 10-point tossups; one 20-point written question; a
phase of twenty-five 15-point tossups; one 30-point written question There is
only one buzzer per team (sometimes two) and conferral is permitted at all
times. An incorrect answers causes a deduction of the question’s value; an
incorrectly answered question may not be answered by any other teams
Entrance restrictions:
"Varsity only" means only one team per school can enter.
"JV" in this box means that all players must be in grades 9 or 10
unless otherwise noted; however, some tournaments with JV divisions do NOT
require that JV players be underclassmen; these tournaments will not have
"JV" in the entrance restrictions box. Teams may only play once on
each NAQT invitational set; see NAQT’s schedule page for information on which set is being
used for which tournament.
Qualification: Qualification for state tournaments is as described in
tournament entires. For national tournaments, all tournament winners qualify
for the ASCN Tournament of Champions, and qualification requirements for other
nationals are below.
NAC:
Winners of all tournaments of eight or more teams, finalists of tournaments of
32 or more teams, teams which “can demonstrate that they are the best of 16,”
winners of QuizNet matches, winners of the QU “20 Questions” contest, and the top 33 finishers of the previous
year’s NAC qualify.
NAQT:
At least the top three teams at all events using NAQT questions qualify for the
NAQT High School Championship Tournament and teams which win state tournaments or
other large events, even if those tournaments did not use NAQT questions,
qualify for the NAQT HSNCT.
PACE:
The top two teams of officially designated PACE affiliate tournaments with
fields of less than forty teams qualify for the PACE National Scholastics
Championship. The top four teams of officially designated PACE affiliate
tournaments with fields of forty or more teams qualify for the PACE National
Scholastics Championship. PACE also accepts at-large qualifiers from both
affiliate and non-affiliate events. The top 4 teams from each PACE NSC qualify
for the next year's NSC.
TACA:
Qualification for the Tennessee Academic Coaches Association State Championship
is detailed as follows on the TACA webpage at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/3528/competitions.html: “TACA-member teams must play in five
tournaments and finish in the top 25% overall in at least one tournament which
has a minimum of ten teams competing to qualify for the state tournament. One
KMO date will count toward qualifying for the state.”