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by Important Bird Area
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 3262

Re: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago

The field for the 2024 IPNCT has been expanded to 260 players.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: NAQT national championship staff call
Replies: 0
Views: 315

NAQT national championship staff call

NAQT is seeking additional staff for our three secondary championships this spring. Specifically: Small School National Championship Tournament (SSNCT, April 26–28) Middle School National Championship Tournament (MSNCT, May 10–12) High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT, May 24–26) The S...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago
Replies: 4
Views: 3593

Re: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago

The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division of the 2024 SSNCT has been expanded to 88 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:02 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 3262

Re: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago

The field for the 2024 IPNCT has been expanded to 250 players.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Mar 04, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: NAQT job posting: video coordinator
Replies: 0
Views: 152

NAQT job posting: video coordinator

NAQT is seeking a person or persons to manage video, including livestreams, at its national championships. The video coordinator will be responsible for procuring, setting up, operating, and tearing down video equipment, and doing any other necessary things, for recording and livestreaming selected...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:01 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 3262

Re: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago

The field for the 2024 IPNCT has been expanded to 230 players.
by Important Bird Area
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:11 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago
Replies: 3
Views: 2356

Re: 2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago

Congratulations to Chipola College (Marianna, Florida), who defeated Southern Union State Community College (Wadley, Alabama) 230-195 in the second game of an advantaged final to win the 2024 NAQT Community College Championship Tournament! Murray State College (Tishomingo, Oklahoma) finished third; ...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago
Replies: 3
Views: 2356

Re: 2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago

Results from the 2024 CCCT will be posted throughout the day.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 3262

Re: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago

The field for the 2024 IPNCT has been expanded to 220 players.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago
Replies: 2
Views: 3066

Re: 2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago

Preliminary D-values for the 2024 SCT are now available (Division I, Division II). Please let us know if any corrections need to be made; we expect to issue invitations to the 2024 ICT in the next few days.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:26 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 3262

Re: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago

The field for the 2024 IPNCT has been expanded to 200 players.
by Important Bird Area
Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:37 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 5423

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

A private forum for the 2024 SCT is now available. From your user control panel, please select "Usergroups" and then request access to the group marked "2024 SCT Discussion."
by Important Bird Area
Sun Feb 04, 2024 12:23 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: NAQT SCT at Berkeley (2/3/24)
Replies: 2
Views: 828

Re: NAQT SCT at Berkeley (2/3/24)

Congratulations to Berkeley A, who cleared the field to win the 2024 Northern California SCT! Complete team and individual statistics are available on naqt.com . My thanks to Shahar Schwartz for assistance with the logistics of this tournament, and to all the Berkeley staff (Kelvin, Katerina, Grace,...
by Important Bird Area
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:15 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: NAQT SCT at Berkeley (2/3/24)
Replies: 2
Views: 828

Re: NAQT SCT at Berkeley (2/3/24)

Check-in is at 8:30 am in 175 Social Sciences (ex-Barrows) (Berkeley campus map).
by Important Bird Area
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT @ University of Florida (2/3/24)
Replies: 1
Views: 553

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT @ University of Florida (2/3/24)

Could someone from Florida please contact NAQT directly as soon as possible to confirm question delivery for tomorrow's SCT? Thank you!

Update: this has been resolved; thank you!
by Important Bird Area
Fri Jan 26, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 5423

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3 - register now!

Reminder that SCT registration closes for most sites today, January 26. If you haven't signed up already, now is the time to register your team!
by Important Bird Area
Fri Jan 19, 2024 7:34 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: NAQT SCT at Berkeley (2/3/24)
Replies: 2
Views: 828

NAQT SCT at Berkeley (2/3/24)

I am pleased to announce that Berkeley Quiz Bowl will host the northern California site of the 2024 NAQT Sectional Championship Tournament on Saturday, February 3, 2024. Location: This tournament will take place in-person at the UC Berkeley Social Sciences Building. Fees: Base fees: $160 base fee fo...
by Important Bird Area
Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:25 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago
Replies: 4
Views: 3593

Re: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago

The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division of the 2024 SSNCT has been expanded to 77 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: NAQT college distribution changes
Replies: 0
Views: 1614

NAQT college distribution changes

NAQT has made some changes to the distribution for our college tournaments, starting with the 2024 SCT. Selected highlights: -Literature, science, and history now have the same top-level weight in the distribution -Additional space has been added to world history, which is now even with European his...
by Important Bird Area
Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:08 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: Future NAQT championships
Replies: 13
Views: 24424

Re: Future NAQT championships

Our future championships page has been updated with the location of the 2025 HSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Dec 26, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago
Replies: 2
Views: 3066

Re: 2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago

The University of Chicago will receive one writing autobid to the 2024 Division I ICT, in recognition of Matt Jackson's contributions to the 2024 Division I SCT set. Unlike a hosting autobid, this autobid cannot be dissolved.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago
Replies: 4
Views: 3593

Re: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago

The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division of the 2024 SSNCT has been expanded to 66 teams.
by Important Bird Area
Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:56 pm
Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
Topic: NAQT Records
Replies: 5
Views: 1078

Re: NAQT Records

Andrew is correct: the records pages on naqt.com only rank statistics compiled on NAQT questions. (We sometimes record statistics from non-NAQT sets, most commonly in the case where "one division of a tournament uses our questions and the other uses a non-NAQT question provider," but we do...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:39 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago
Replies: 7
Views: 6162

Re: 2023 NAQT MSNCT: May 12-14, Chicago

Podcasts of selected games from the 2023 MSNCT are now available on naqt.com.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Dec 04, 2023 5:20 pm
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: Community College Tournaments
Replies: 2
Views: 584

Re: Community College Tournaments

Welcome! I'm not aware of any other currently active community college programs in Tennessee- it's possible that you will need to travel to Alabama to find your nearest tournaments.
by Important Bird Area
Sat Dec 02, 2023 3:03 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: A question on making MSNCT
Replies: 2
Views: 696

Re: A question on making MSNCT

The middle school division would not be a qualifier in this case (because it is not using NAQT questions). That being said, we encourage teams with strong performances on non-NAQT sets to apply for wildcards once those are available next month.
by Important Bird Area
Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT's Cyber Monday Sale
Replies: 0
Views: 4522

NAQT's Cyber Monday Sale

Our Cyber Monday Sale is here!

NAQT is offering 10% off practice-material orders of $125 or more with promo code 2023CYB. New School Packages are not eligible for discounts. Orders must be placed by midnight Central time on Monday, December 4 to be eligible.

Order practice material here!
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:18 am
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2022 NAQT HSNCT: May 27-29, Atlanta
Replies: 10
Views: 7278

Re: 2022 NAQT HSNCT: May 27-29, Atlanta

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from the 2022 HSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: Question security reminder from NAQT
Replies: 0
Views: 6248

Question security reminder from NAQT

NAQT would like to remind the quiz bowl community, especially tournament directors, about the importance of maintaining question security for upcoming events. Please be vigilant about attempts to acquire question sets by email, as well as about offers from unknown or unfamiliar parties to spectate, ...
by Important Bird Area
Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 5423

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

Registration is now open for our first batch of SCT sites!

If your region doesn't have an SCT site yet, please consider hosting (the host call and tournament proposal form are here).
by Important Bird Area
Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: NEWB what is mirroring
Replies: 1
Views: 6800

Re: NEWB what is mirroring

Welcome to the quizbowl community! Why do organizers disclose the question set that will be used in the competition? Is that standard practice? Yes, it is standard practice to announce the question set that will be used. (Otherwise it would be easy for teams to accidentally play the same questions t...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:36 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago
Replies: 5
Views: 3262

2024 NAQT IPNCT: April 7, Chicago

NAQT is pleased to announce that the 2024 Individual Player National Championship Tournament (IPNCT) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on April 7, 2024. This is the same hotel that hosted the 2023 IPNCT. The IPNCT is NAQT’s championship tournament for in...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Nov 02, 2023 6:02 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago
Replies: 4
Views: 3593

2024 NAQT SSNCT: April 26–28, Chicago

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2024 Small School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on April 26–28, 2024. This is the same hotel that hosted the 2023 SSNCT. The field for the Traditional Public Schools Division is li...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:11 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago
Replies: 3
Views: 2356

2024 NAQT CCCT: February 23–24, Chicago

The 2024 Community College Championship Tournament (CCCT) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on February 23–24, 2024. Schools qualify to send teams to the CCCT through their performances at Community College Sectional Championship Tournaments (CC SCTs) he...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:07 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago
Replies: 2
Views: 3066

2024 NAQT ICT: April 6, Chicago

The 2024 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament (ICT) will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on April 5–6, 2024. Check-in will occur on Friday, April 5, but all gameplay will be on Saturday, April 6. Schools qualify to send teams to the ICT through their per...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:04 pm
Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
Topic: 2024 NAQT MSNCT: May 10–12, Chicago
Replies: 1
Views: 2182

2024 NAQT MSNCT: May 10–12, Chicago

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2024 Middle School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago), on May 10-12, 2024. This is the same hotel that hosted the 2023 MSNCT. The field is limited to 144 teams. Full details Qualified te...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Nov 01, 2023 4:00 pm
Forum: National Tournaments
Topic: 2024 NAQT HSNCT: May 24–26, Atlanta
Replies: 1
Views: 1858

2024 NAQT HSNCT: May 24–26, Atlanta

NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2024 High School National Championship Tournament will be held at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and Hilton Atlanta hotels in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 24-26, 2023. This is Memorial Day weekend. These are the same hotels that hosted the 2023 HSNCT. The field is lim...
by Important Bird Area
Sat Oct 28, 2023 2:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta
Replies: 12
Views: 17217

Re: 2023 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-28, Atlanta

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from the 2023 HSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Sat Oct 21, 2023 1:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago
Replies: 18
Views: 10971

Re: 2023 NAQT SSNCT: April 28-30, Chicago

Unfortunately, we were unable to record any games from the Open Division at the 2023 SSNCT.
by Important Bird Area
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 5423

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

One notable policy change new for this year's SCT: if a school sends teams to two different SCT sites, both of those sites must take place on the same day. (That is: it's ok to send teams to a Saturday SCT and another Saturday SCT, but not ok to send a team to a Saturday SCT and then to a different ...
by Important Bird Area
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:07 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 5423

Re: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

Sites for the 2024 SCT:

Toronto
Syracuse
Yale
Rutgers
Virginia
Tennessee
Florida
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Texas
Washington
Arizona State This site will be hosted online.
Berkeley
Southern California

Last updated 1/18 --JTH
by Important Bird Area
Thu Oct 19, 2023 11:06 am
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: 2024 NAQT SCT: February 3
Replies: 5
Views: 5423

2024 NAQT SCT: February 3

NAQT is pleased to announce that our 2024 Sectional Championship Tournaments will take place the weekend of February 3-4. Both in-person and online hosting options will be available for the 2024 SCT. If your school would like to host SCT this coming February, please read the 2024 SCT host requiremen...
by Important Bird Area
Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:42 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Questions about Answering & the "New High School Package" of Questions
Replies: 3
Views: 4933

Re: Questions about Answering & the "New High School Package" of Questions

Welcome to the quizbowl community! 1) If Team A buzzes in first and is incorrect, then Team B is allowed a chance to answer. What if Team B also answers incorrectly? Is a new question given, or is Team A allowed another chance to answer? If so, does it have to be a different player than the one who ...
by Important Bird Area
Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago
Replies: 9
Views: 7125

Re: 2023 NAQT IPNCT: April 2, Chicago

The finals match of the 2023 IPNCT is now available on NAQT's podcast page.