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NAQT has decided to extend our moratorium on licensing questions for in-person quiz bowl tournaments in the United States through January 1, 2021. We plan to reassess the public health situation in early December and make a decision at that point about whether to offer in-person tournament hosting b...

NAQT would like to apologize to the quiz bowl community, and particularly to the teams who played Saturday's tournament hosted by Thomas Jefferson, for our part in the security violation that disrupted that event. This was an avoidable error in NAQT operations that directly compromised the integrity...

NAQT's long-standing practice has been that some of our question sets are made available for tournament hosting in the competition year following the year in which they were produced. (For example, it is common for tournament hosts to use the previous spring's SSNCT set at events in the fall and win...

In general, the top 15% of the field at a varsity tournament using NAQT questions qualifies for HSNCT. Full details are here.

We're in the process of investigating what happened here, and we'll have more to say about the details in the next few days.

Yes, this event is a qualifier for NAQT's 2021 national championships.

NAQT anticipates that most tournaments during the 2020-2021 competition year will be held online. We have prepared this guide to help everybody involved with quiz bowl—players, parents, coaches, spectators, moderators, scorekeepers, tournament directors, etc.—make the transition to online competiti...

The competition window for Week 1 of Buzzword Level A and Buzzword Popular Culture has been extended to 11:59 PM Central Time, Monday, September 28, due to a server outage on Sunday, September 27. If you received an email stating that judging was complete, it was an automated message and can be igno...

The 2020 edition of the Rising Freshmen Contact List is now available here.

NAQT would like to inform the community that we have recently discovered evidence of ethical violations committed by a current high school player. This player sent pseudonymous emails to the leadership of their own high school team, falsely claiming to be an NAQT representative and encouraging team ...

NAQT eligibility rules C.4 wrote:A player may appear in an event prior to undertaking the course or engaging in non-course work; teams should note that failure to undertake the required course or non-course work renders a player retroactively ineligible and subjects the team to the penalty described in Eligibility Rule 10.

Results for Season 2 of Buzzword are now final! Congratulations to our division winners: Level A : Nikky Nandipati (MS), Alexander Koutsoukos (HS), Jay Misuk (College), and Michael Laudermith (Open) Level B : Nikky Nandipati (MS), Arthur Delot-Vilain (HS), Eric Li (College), and Michael Laudermith (...

Our next Buzzword special event, focusing on soccer, begins today and runs through Tuesday, September 1.

In upcoming weeks, we'll have special events for Shakespeare, science, television, geography, and pro football.

Registration for all six events is now open.

cross-posted from the high school section --JTH NAQT has made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend licensing of questions for in-person quiz bowl tournaments scheduled to take place before Saturday, November 14 in the United States. Because conditions are rapidly changing, we plan to reass...

NAQT has made the difficult decision to temporarily suspend licensing of questions for in-person quiz bowl tournaments scheduled to take place before Saturday, November 14 in the United States. Because conditions are rapidly changing, we plan to reassess the public health situation in mid-October a...

Read a replacement from the end of the packet. Instead of doing this, can we please finally have the option to request printed editions that excise comp math already? I know that NAQT can and does print custom editions of its sets for local circuits to use according to their specifications, and the...

Read a replacement from the end of the packet.

Yes, we plan to change the printing format to reduce the amount of paper-shuffling.

Bonus questions are now paired with tossup questions. This does not refer to content (i.e., tossups and bonuses are not related in terms of content, or if they are, it is a coincidence); it only refers to numbering and presentation. For example, if tossups 1 and 3 are answered correctly but tossup ...

Just to get the interpretation of this down, please correct if any of this is incorrect: If a student starts the year playing at Physical School A and transfers to Physical School B, they may play for B. Correct (the student could play for either of Physical Schools A or B, but not both at the same...

(cross-posted from the high school section --JTH) NAQT has made a number of changes to its rules and policies for the 2020–2021 season. Some highlights: -Bonus questions are now paired with tossup questions. This does not refer to content (i.e., tossups and bonuses are not related in terms of conte...

NAQT has made a number of changes to its rules and policies for the 2020–2021 season. Some highlights: -Bonus questions are now paired with tossup questions. This does not refer to content (i.e., tossups and bonuses are not related in terms of content, or if they are, it is a coincidence); it only r...

NAQT has made a number of changes to its rules and policies for the 2020–2021 season. Some highlights: -Bonus questions are now paired with tossup questions. This does not refer to content (i.e., tossups and bonuses are not related in terms of content, or if they are, it is a coincidence); it only r...

We hope to allow paperless hosting at in-person events in the future, but that will not be part of the initial release of this new platform for fall 2020. (We want to make certain the platform works well for tournaments that have to be online for public health reasons.)

(cross-posted from the high school section --JTH) NAQT is pleased to announce that for the 2020-2021 competition year, we will allow use of our questions for online tournaments (including online leagues and other events run online). Please note that this is distinct from both Buzzword and from elec...

NAQT is pleased to announce that for the 2020-2021 competition year, we will allow use of our questions for online tournaments (including online leagues and other events run online). Please note that this is distinct from both Buzzword and from electronic delivery of practice materials via Locklizar...

NAQT would like to let the community know about the status of Division II eligibility with respect to the cancellation of the 2020 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament. We've decided that players on Sectionals teams for four-year schools that earned invitations to the 2020 ICT (in either division...

NAQT is listening to this discussion, and welcomes input from the community about the best ways to share information and make sure that all tournaments are welcoming and safe environments. As David pointed out, though, there are a number of challenges when it comes to implementing policy around thes...

Buzzword Leagues let you experience Buzzword with other players. See how you stack up against your friends, teammates, colleagues, family, and more. You can create your own leagues or join an existing league, public or private. Leagues can consist of players in multiple divisions, who therefore coul...

Correct. We're planning more sports events for later this summer.

NAQT is pleased to announce that our online Buzzword platform is adding an eight-week event focusing on popular culture. This event starts July 3, and features questions about television, film, music, video games, musical theater, and comics.

Register here!

cross-posted from the main Buzzword thread --JTH We have two exciting announcements about Buzzword season 2, which starts Thursday, July 2. Buzzword season 2 will add a fourth, more challenging difficulty level. Tossups at Level D are similar to those read at our High School National Championship T...

We have two exciting announcements about Buzzword season 2, which starts Thursday, July 2. Buzzword season 2 will add a fourth, more challenging difficulty level. Tossups at Level D are similar to those read at our High School National Championship Tournament. We've also added a popular culture seas...

Results for Season 1 of Buzzword are now final! Congratulations to our division winners: Level A : Conner Feng (MS), Lukas Koutsoukos (HS), Pranav Veluri (College), and Michael Laudermith (Open) Level B : Nikky Nandipati (MS), Alexander Koutsoukos (HS), Jonathan Suh (College), and Michael Laudermith...

As far as I know, NAQT has not made any clear statement about whether or not its questions can be used in an online tournament over Zoom or Discord for next year We have not yet reached a decision about this issue (but we are having internal discussion about possibilities for online hosting). A lot...

i never see pigeons in wheeling wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 5:14 pm The front page of Buzzword has the film sample listed as "Play Level C (hardest) Sample Game."

This has been fixed; thanks for bringing the error to our attention.

Subject-area rankings are based on all questions (not just the five best games).

The film tournament has a five-question sample game; the others do not.

NAQT is pleased to announce a new group of special single-subject events for our online platform, Buzzword . Our first special event, a film tournament read by Ken Jennings, is available through Tuesday, June 16. [Edit: the film tournament is now complete; thanks to everyone who played!] In subseque...

Season 2 of Buzzword starts Thursday, July 2. We've also added a new group of single-subject events, starting with a film tournament read by Ken Jennings (available through June 16). In subsequent weeks, we'll have special events focusing on American literature , sports , world history , and food an...

NAQT stands against racism and police brutality. We are angered by the unjust killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others. Moreover, this spring's protests have underscored the fact that systemic racism influences every aspect of American life, including quiz bowl. NAQT is committe...

The tournament will likely be held using a housewrite but if not viable we will use an NAQT IS set. More information to come on that. Quick clarification here about NAQT policy: we do not currently allow online hosting using NAQT sets. We're discussing potential changes that would allow for online ...

I archived the 2019-20 date claim and made this one sticky.

I don't think forum admins have the power to adjust the order of posts within a thread (but would welcome a correction from the other forum staff if we do!)

Check out the sample set of 5 questions to get a feel for the style of the game and the approximate difficulty of the questions. (Note that the sample game consists of questions that were used in Season 1 Level C of Buzzword.)

NAQT is pleased to announce that registration is now open for our first Buzzword special event. The Buzzword Film Special will run from Thursday, June 11 through Tuesday, June 16. The set features 50 tossups read by NAQT film editor and Jeopardy GOAT Ken Jennings.

Register here!

NAQT is pleased to offer discounted gift certificates that can be used to buy our practice material! Interested in bulking out your team's collection of practice questions? Looking for a graduation gift or birthday present for an avid quiz bowl player, or an end-of-year present for your child's coa...

On a normal Saturday before Memorial Day, 336 high school teams would have gathered in downtown Atlanta for the NAQT HSNCT. Although we can't be together in person, NAQT would like to take this opportunity to extend our best wishes to the graduating class of 2020. We're sorry the season had to end t...

Just a quick reminder that our special Memorial Day weekend event on Buzzword, NAQT's new online game, starts today! This Buzzword special event includes two games of 50 HSNCT-difficulty tossups each. The first game will be available Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23, 2020; the second game will be...

The "per packet set" is probably the easiest column to start with. A typical recent NAQT Invitational Series set has a total of 288 tossups and 288 bonuses. That column tells you that of those 288/288 questions, you can expect 15 tossups and 15 bonuses to fall under the general category of "British ...

We're pleased to announce a special Buzzword event for Memorial Day weekend: This Buzzword special event includes two games of 50 HSNCT-difficulty tossups each. The first game will be available Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23, 2020; the second game will be available Sunday, May 24 and Monday, Ma...

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