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Our future championships page has been updated with dates and location for the 2022 ICT, 2022 and 2023 SSNCTs, and 2022 and 2023 MSNCTs. All will take place at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare.

The current field is here.

In general, SCT fields do not have caps- registration remains open for everyone until one week before the tournament. (We know that there can be logistical reasons to avoid large field sizes, and we do our best to work with the SCT hosts to deal with those issues.)

Our future championships page has been updated with dates and locations for the 2021, 2022, and 2023 HSNCTs. All three will take place Memorial Day weekend at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta.

Wildcard applications and standby signups for the 2020 SSNCT are now open.

Wildcard applications and standby signups for the 2020 MSNCT are now open.

We do not currently offer a frequency list for science topics.

In that case (the listed formats for 5, 8, or 9 teams here), all of the games would carry over (because the initial setup was a full round-robin for the entire field).

NAQT has changed its ranking policy for CC SCT, SCT, CCCT, and ICT. For these tournaments, the results of games against non-common opponents will be discarded at the start of any new phase involving a rebracketing. The format for the 2020 ICT has not been finalized yet; in particular, the format for...

After last year's SCTs, Seth said that NAQT was reassessing the following placement policy: If the prelims are a split-field round-robin followed by bracketed playoffs that do not repeat any opponents from the preliminary pools (formats marked "SFRR" for 15 through 24 teams on the approved SCT form...

A Very Long Math Tossup wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 22, 2019 5:17 pm
This tournament uses NAQT's online registration system. The registration link will be posted shortly.

register here

Registration is now open for the 2020 SCT.

I am pleased to announce that Berkeley Quiz Bowl will host the northern California site of the 2020 NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament on Saturday, February 8, 2020. Location: This tournament will take place at UC Berkeley. Exact details of which rooms we will use will be posted closer to the da...

I don't know which round, but could I see the Village People question? And stats for that? This musical group was the subject of the first winner of the Golden Raspberry for Worst Picture, Can't Stop the Music . In 2012 its lead singer Victor Willis won royalties from its last top-10 hit, which cla...

mithokie wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 08, 2019 2:37 pm
I would like a moderator to update our date in the post heading.

Done.

Several characters in this play speak the line "Wouldn't it be funny if that was true?" A character in this play complains about the "powerful and obnoxious odor of mendacity" in a room. A patriarch in this play learns that a visit to the Oschner Clinic revealed not a (*) spastic colon, but cancer....

For Cyber Monday NAQT would like to offer you the chance to use your full NAQT archive that will be available through electronic distribution! Anyone who purchases $75 or more in practice materials on Cyber Monday will be able to access all their previous purchases through the Web Viewer. That inclu...

A character in this novel imagines dedicating his tomb to "those who have secretly understood my heart" after a flat tire delays his bicycle trip to Major Callendar's house. That character in this novel is arrested when he is found with a pair of broken glasses that he picked up during a trip to th...

Could I see the Battle of Puebla TU (Round either 4 or 5) as well as Tossup 22/23 from Round 12 (I can't remember which one it is)... Before this battle, the winning commander told his generals they must keep a "force of six thousand" from "dominating" a "country of eight million." Miguel Negrete l...

My concern for some of those schedules is that NAQT (and several other housewritten sets) only have 12 packets. If you assume you need 2 for finals, that leaves only 10 rounds to do everything else in. Sure, there are no universal parameters that work with all field sizes and number of packets. A 1...

troyharris wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 07, 2019 1:49 pm
Hey Vincent,
I am assuming that you are still planning to use IS188? The last time I checked with NAQT they said that would likely be the set.

Yes, this event is now confirmed using IS #188 for December 14th.

This post will list sites confirmed to host NAQT SCT in February 2020. All tournaments will take place Saturday, February 8 unless otherwise stated.

Toronto
MIT
Cornell
Penn
Auburn
Central Florida
Michigan
Purdue
Minnesota
Missouri
Texas
Colorado
UCLA
Berkeley
Washington

Last updated 1/8 --JTH

NAQT is pleased to announce that our 2020 Sectional Championship Tournaments will take place the weekend of Saturday, February 8.

The 2020 host requirements are available here.

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2020 Middle School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, IL, on May 8-10, 2020 This is the same hotel that hosted the 2019 MSNCT. The field is limited to 160 teams. NAQT may expand the field depending on the...

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2020 Small School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, IL, on April 24-26, 2020 This is the same hotel that hosted the 2019 SSNCT. The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division is limited to 72 team...

Full details for the 2020 NAQT IPNCT are now available and registration is now open.

Please note that we require each player's parent/guardian to sign a participation release for the player. Read more here.

I've updated the original post with full details for the 2020 HSNCT and registration is now open.

Please note that we require each player's parent/guardian to sign a participation release for the player. Read more here.

Ideally, we would resolve every protest to make sure stats are accurate and to account for statistical tiebreakers. However, especially at large tournaments, there just isn't enough time to do that (especially when in many cases protests must be fired off to a protest committee or expert who may no...

This event will use NAQT Middle School Series #31.

Could I see the tossup (I'm pretty sure it was from Round 8) on the Journey Around the World in 80 Days? The leader of this endeavor was mistaken for James Strand shortly after completing it. A participant in this journey induced mutiny among the crew of the Henrietta to change its destination. The...

Re: Bonfire of the Manatees Oct. 12, 2019 at Raleigh Charter official stats

official stats

CPiGuy wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 22, 2019 12:47 am
I expect the difficulty of this tournament to be varied, high, and full of whimsy

Congratulations to Challenger-Almaden (varsity) and Stratford-Fremont A (JV), the champions of the 2019 Stratford-Fremont middle school tournament. Complete team and individual stats are available on naqt.com . My thanks to our host, John Fox of Stratford-Fremont, and to all the staff who made this ...

biofanat wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:33 pm
How many teams qualified for HSNCT

Edit: whoops, didn't read it

With 25 teams in the field, this should produce four qualifiers for the 2020 HSNCT. Once we verify the results, that list of teams will be posted here.

The 2019 edition of the Entering Freshmen Contact List is now available here.

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from the 2019 ICT.

Cross-posted from the high school section --JTH

naqt.com wrote:NAQT is now accepting proposals for $1,000 grants designed to help members of the quiz bowl community expand the game in their area. Proposals are due by October 15, 2019.

Full details

naqt.com wrote:NAQT is now accepting proposals for $1,000 grants designed to help members of the quiz bowl community expand the game in their area. Proposals are due by October 15, 2019.

Full details

Pedro/HCHS wrote: ↑
Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:02 pm
Could I see the conversion stats on Khashoggi, the Presidency, clowns, Danzig, and counterfeiting?

Khashoggi: 47/30/4 in 83 rooms
presidency: 31/50/10 in 83 rooms
clowns: 1/74/21 in 75 rooms
Danzig: 46/31/14 in 84 rooms
counterfeiting: 25/55/25 in 83 rooms

jaguar19 wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:31 am
Could I see conversion stats for the tossups on Petticoat affair (R1), Gorbachev (R2), Atlanta (R5), and murder of John Lennon (R5)?

Petticoat affair: 5/62/25 in 83 rooms
Gorbachev: 25/56/13 in 83 rooms
Atlanta: 19/62/13 in 84 rooms
murder of Lennon: 29/46/14 in 80 rooms

Could I see conversion stats on the Washington DC/Foggy Bottom/Watergate bonus? I am specifically interested in the conversion on the Foggy Bottom bonus, since I've never heard Foggy Bottom used to refer to the State Department. Thanks! Washington, DC: 28 rooms out of 37 Foggy Bottom: 14 rooms out ...

biofanat wrote: ↑
Wed Aug 21, 2019 8:20 am
I'm also quite late but could I please see the conversion stats on the tossup about "Azimuthal Quantum Number" from round 25?

3/8/7 in 15 rooms.

Popper: 3/39/11 in 83 rooms
teapots: 38/41/10 in 84 rooms
Pale Fire: 4/60/12 in 84 room
F: 22/55/39 in 84 rooms

Hey, Zach! Do you know what NAQT Invitational Series sets will overlap with the Collegiate Novice set? This will be important to community college teams who want to attend your event, as College of Central Florida will be using some IS set in late October. But maybe this is a question for some NAQT...

Additional update with some revisions to our privacy policy.

Here's how we would rule on this setup. In all cases, we are assuming that Player A has buzzed in (and their light is on); Player X, on the other team, is shouting an answer. 1) Player X says an answer before player A says an answer. Player X incurs a five-point penalty for conferral (if the moderat...

While I do understand that the non-signaling team doesn't get a chance to earn points, do they lose points through a Neg 5 penalty? Yes, this situation is treated like any other illegal conferral (to include the five-point penalty if the tossup has not yet been completed). Can the signaling team ge...

Can I see the tossup on A Separate Peace and the conversion stats of The Age of Innocence and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Characters in this novel receive a distressing telegram that begins "I have escaped and need help. I am at Christmas location." The pompous Cliff Quackenbush annoys this nov...

CPiGuy wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 04, 2019 8:33 pm

angrybird wrote: ↑
Sun Aug 04, 2019 1:58 pm
derivative with respect to time
While I really appreciate the verbose prompt instructions of "with respect to what", this tossup made the major oversight of not accepting "differentiation" as an alternative to "derivative".

This was corrected prior to Toronto's mirror of the set.

What were the stats for the Rimbaud, polymerization, the Moonstone, Neptune, ionic compound, and derivative with respect to time tossups in playoffs? Also, what was the conversion rates for the tokamak/plasma/solenoid bonus in the last prelim round? Thanks. Rimbaud: 11/24/5 in 36 rooms polymerizati...

Cross-posted from the high school section --JTH NAQT has made a number of changes to its rules and policies for the 2019–2020 season. We made the following changes to the NAQT Gameplay Rules (highlighted on the page): Significantly reduced the role of the captain. The rules previously recommended t...

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