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I want to seperate myself from the who's-who of JV and a guy who is a replacement for players who can't attend tournaments and into a solid varsity contributor. I come to the forums today to ask, how do you guys study in the offseason? I want to keep myself at least in pretty good shape, if not ...

Personally, I just find the frequency lists on QBReader and then head to Wikipedia to read the plot summary for the major books.

I'm just curious: Is there quizbowl post-college? Be it leagues(an affiliated QB league would be something else lol), tournaments, or maybe the one-off trivia night, is there a use for quizbowl post-college?

Hey folks, writing to the forums yet again with another conundrum of sorts. Just finished up my freshman year, aside for some statewide things in the Illinois circuit, and served as a perfectly acceptable captain for my JV team. However, reviewing my stats, I found out my highest PPG total this ...

Jacksondahammerbidney wrote: ↑Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:41 pm Lol the first tournament I did our team ran into the bathroom and unleashed a primal scream

My last tournament my team went ghost hunting while we waited to play more in the evening lmao.

Hey folks, reaching out to the forums as I'm currently having a problem with myself/2 buddies who play on the team with me. I'll list our issues down below, and if I could get feedback on any that'd be great: Myself: I've adopted an approach to buzzing that routinely lets me lead my team in points ...

Does anyone have good buzzer techniques? I buzzer prime combined with a technique pioneered by Jeopardy! legend James Holzhauer. He crosses his arms and grabs the wrist he is buzzing with. This cuts your buzzer speed in half. If anyone has a better buzzer technique, please let me know. Taught this ...

The first step is to pick an answer. This is a very important step. The answer has to be something that teams at different skill levels will have different amounts of knowledge about. The problem with picking Blackwater as an answer is that too many teams either know nothing about it or only know ...

Just started getting invested with writing quizbowl questions a few weeks ago with some friends. If any feedback could be given on a sample tossup I've included that would be amazing. Thanks in advance and wishing a good day to all of you. This company merged with Triple Canopy to form Constellis ...