The Quizbowl Resource Center

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I will be staying put at Minnesota for the next four years as I pursue my MD. I am almost certainly done playing collegiate quizbowl for the time being, but I will be around in some capacity as a staffer/organizer as my availability allows.

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SOAR finished today, here are all the stats- https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8615/. Wayzata B won the tournament with Wayzata A coming second and Minnetonka A coming third. I want to thank a couple of people for the help of this tournament. Vineel (co-td and staffer for this tournament Ms. An...

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On a less serious note, why a National park? I humbly submit the great Wakonda State Park of Missouri. On a good day, we could have the Nationals final in a gravel pit next to the Mississippi River. Perhaps teams could study up their Mark Twain by staying in the nearby Hannibal. Nats branded merch ...

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Arizona State defeated Minnesota B to win the North Site of ACF Regionals. Thanks to all the teams that attended our site!

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I am pleased to announce the North Site of the 2024 NAQT SCT which will be held on February 3rd, 2024 at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. I, Ben Weiner, will be the logistics coordinator for this tournament while Rob Carson and Bernadette Spencer will be the day of tournament directors. Th...

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I am pleased to announce that the North site of 2024 ACF Regionals will be held at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities on Saturday, January 27, 2024. The tournament will take place in Folwell Hall (9 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455). The opening meeting will begin at 8:50am and gameplay ...

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The University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl team is excited to announce the 2023 Gopher Invitational Tournament (GINVIT) on Saturday December 2nd, 2023. The tournament will be held at Blegen Hall on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I, Ben Weiner, will be the tournament di...

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If you want to find the question in it's actual packet file, aseemsDB, is the better tool. You can select a specific set and then enter a keyword phrase to see if it was asked about. Then you can click a link that will take you to the actual packet file.

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Congratulations to Nebraska A on defeating Nebraska B in game one of an advantaged final to win the North Site of ACF Fall! Stats can be found here. Thanks to everyone who made the journey up to Minneapolis.

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The University of Minnesota is tentatively planning to organize and host the following high school tournaments during the 2023-24 season: Gopher Fall Tournament using SHOW-ME More on November 18th, 2023 Gopher Invitation Tournament (GIVNIT) on NAQT IS-222 on December 2nd, 2023 Minnesota Pre-nats/Gop...

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We are pleased to announce that the North site of 2023 ACF Fall will be held at The University of Minnesota - Twin Cities on Saturday, October 14, 2023. The tournament will take place at Nicholson Hall (216 Pillsbury Dr SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455). The opening meeting will begin at 8:50a CT and gamep...

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BenWeiner27 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:18 am At QBOWLOSM, Mike/Naveed and Rob/Andrew both went 9-1 to split the title. Full stats will be uploaded when I get a second to take care of it this weekend.

Stats are now up for this event and can be found here.

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Mentally and Physically Tough Players Who Play Smart & Love to Compete defeated The Bus Who Couldn't Slow Down in an advantaged final to win the premiere of Super ACRONYM 4! Full stats for the tournament can be found here . Naveed Chowdhury won Mike Cheyne's baseball set by a lot, and although w...

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A recap of Saturday's events:

BHSU swept the field at COOT, going a perfect 10-0 to win the tournament. Full stats can be found here.

At QBOWLOSM, Mike/Naveed and Rob/Andrew both went 9-1 to split the title. Full stats will be uploaded when I get a second to take care of it this weekend.

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At the risk of being laughed out of the forum, is it possible to know roughly when the various events will be starting/ending? I have some free time on Saturday and might want to float past Blegen Hall. Wikipedia will probably begin around 6:00p and run until 9:00p or so. Planes, Trains, and Automo...

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The weekend schedule has been preliminarily set and will be as follows: Saturday: COOT, Wikipedia, Planes Trains and Automobiles Sunday: Super ACRONYM 4, KYOGRE/Mike Cheyne Baseball, Guerilla Film KYOGRE and Mike Cheyne's baseball set are being run at the same time due to a lack of people interested...

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I've really enjoyed all three of the modern iterations of the set. I think that if the goal of ACF Winter is to be exactly halfway in difficulty between Fall and Regionals, then the 2022 iteration did a very good job of keeping the tossups in that sweet spot, but I do think that the increase in bonu...

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Generally ACRONYM questions are not made available until a year or so after the first mirror, when the next iteration is posted. So the earliest they'll be posted is next February, probably a bit later than that based on previous years.

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The University of Minnesota Quizbowl and Play Quiz Bowl are excited to announce the premiere of Super ACRONYM 4 on Sunday August 20th, 2023, as part of our 2023 UMN Open Weekend. The tournament will be held in Blegen Hall on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. Question...

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The University of Minnesota Quizbowl team, in cooperation with Play Quiz Bowl, is excited to announce an open weekend of quizbowl on Saturday and Sunday August 19th-20th, 2023. All events will be held in Blegen Hall on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I, Ben Weiner,...

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I wouldn't go so far as to say that high school quizbowl as a whole is in jeopardy, but it is undeniable that a lot of the really positive outreach work that was done from 2015-2019 or so was heavily stalled or even reversed due to the pandemic. The pandemic brought about budget cuts to activities d...

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Minnesota is working on organizing an open weekend of some kind in Minneapolis in either July or August. Hopefully a specific date can be announced within a week or two.

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Could I see the bonuses that had "Hobey Baker" and "St. Louis County, Minnesota" as answerlines? Very happy to see college hockey content make an appearance in the set.

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Vainglorious yet Victorious wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:33 pm And now the season is almost over, excepting SSNCT/HSNCT. How time flies.

Sign up for Minnesota Prenats!

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The University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl team is excited to announce the 2023 Minnesota Pre-Nationals Tournament on Saturday April 8th, 2023. The tournament will be held at Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I, Ben Weiner, will be the tournament director....

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Just making sure I didn't miss a logistics email... We continue to have teams dropping so you'll receive a formal logistics email with schedules and such either late tonight or tomorrow. The tournament is still in Folwell Hall and will still be starting at 9a CT as indicated in the original post. P...

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Congrats to Iowa State on winning the 2023 North Site of ACF Regionals! They defeated Minnesota B following a lengthy finals series. We did not have enough teams to field a UG and/or DII championship, but thanks to everyone that played our site of the tournament! Stats are here.

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I'm considering going to this wonderful tournament for some mild fun. What is the U of Minnesota's current vaccination/mask/Carsten Gehring policy? We are not able to require vaccinations for campus visitors per UMN policy; the implementation of a masking policy is up to the tournament director (Er...

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I am pleased to announce the North Site of the 2023 NAQT SCT which will be held on February 4th, 2023 at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The tournament will be held in Folwell Hall on UMN’s East Bank campus. The opening meeting will take place at 8:45 CT with gameplay beginning at 9:00 CT...

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I am pleased to announce that the North site of 2023 ACF Regionals will be held at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities on Saturday, January 28, 2023. The tournament will take place at Nicholson Hall. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 CT and gameplay will begin at 9 CT. I, Ben Weiner, will...

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Can the PAC-12 do a tournament and then we have a Rose Bowl match the night before ACF Nationals or something?

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Real question is does affiliate lacrosse member Johns Hopkins get to play.

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The University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl team is excited to announce the 2022 Gopher Invitational Tournament (GINVIT) on Saturday December 3rd, 2022. The tournament will be held at Blegen Hall on the West Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I, Ben Weiner, will be the tournament di...

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This happened! Minnesota A defeated Wisconsin A in a single game final to win both the overall and undergraduate titles. Wisconsin B finished third. Thanks to all the staff who helped make this tournament happen and thanks to ACF for the set. We'll see you all in just under a month for ACF Winter! F...

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I am pleased to announce that thanks to a grant from Student Union and Activities, we are able to offer a universal, flat $30 discount on registration for ACF Fall for all teams at the North Site! As such the base fee will be $90 for our site instead of $120. We still have plenty of space for more t...

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I am pleased to announce that the North site of 2022 ACF Fall will be held at The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities on Saturday, October 15, 2022. The tournament will take place at Folwell Hall (9 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455) . The opening meeting will begin at 8:45a CT and gameplay will...

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"Theodore Jasper Lasso" (Rob Carson, Carsten Gehring, Andrew Hart) cleared the field four times to win the tournament. The Free Agents team (Nick Jensen, Evan Brown, Foster Hughes) took second. Stats can be found here. Thanks to everyone that played one of the events this weekend!

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If you are interested in playing this tournament but have yet to sign-up, please do so as soon as possible so that way I can ensure we have enough staff to have the tournament run smoothly. Also, the side event MUSES III has been moved from Saturday night to Sunday night in order to help minimize co...

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The University of Minnesota Quizbowl team is excited to announce a mirror of the CO Trash set on Sunday August 21st, 2022, as part of our 2022 UMN Open Weekend. The tournament will be held in Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. Question Set This tournam...

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The University of Minnesota Quizbowl team is excited to announce an open mirror of the 2022 NASAT set on Saturday August 20th, 2022, which will serve as the anchor event of our 2022 UMN Open Weekend. The tournament will be held in Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin C...

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This happened. Wayzata A cleared the field, Northfield took second, and Eden Prairie got third. Stats can be found here.

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Current Field

Eden Prairie (1)
Irondale (2)
Northfield (1)
Wayzata (5)

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The University of Minnesota Quizbowl team is excited to announce the Gopher Spring Tournament on Saturday, April 23rd, 2022. The tournament will be an in-person mirror of the RAFT III question set held in Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I, Ben Weine...

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This happened. Wayzata A defeated Wayzata B in the first game of an advantaged final to take the title. Eden Prairie A and Irondale A finished third and fourth respectively after tying Wayzata B for second in the playoffs forcing a series of play-in games. Congratulations to our top 4 teams and than...

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We've expanded the field to 18 teams. Additional teams looking to play this tournament should try to sign up as soon as possible as another field expansion is possible if teams register promptly.

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Current Field

Eden Prairie (4)
Hudson (1)
Irondale (2)
Minnetonka (3)
Wayzata (8)

Total: 18/18

Waitlist
Mounds View (1)
Wayzata (2)

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The University of Minnesota Quizbowl team is excited to announce the Gopher Fall Tournament on Saturday, November 20th, 2021. The tournament will be an in-person mirror of the CALISTO 2 question set held in Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I, Ben Wei...

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Due to a lower number of active writers and editors being more busy this Fall than initially anticipated, MASH has been postponed indefinitely. We will post an announcement should we plan to complete the set in the future, but it will not be played during the 2021-22 season. On behalf of the product...

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This set is currently postponed indefinitely. This page will be updated if this set is at some point completed and ready to be mirrored. The original announcement has been left below. I am pleased to announce the Minnesota Academic Spring Housewrite (MASH), a high school regular difficulty housewri...

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