Quiz Bowl Club, Stanford University

QUIZ BOWL CLUB

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Results for the 2009 Cardinal Junior Classic

Results for the 2009 Fall Intramural Tournament and the 2009 Fall Freshman Quiz League

What is Quiz Bowl?
Quiz Bowl is a trivia game played on teams of four. Players buzz in to answer tossup questions, and the team works together to answer bonus questions. Questions can cover all academic areas, plus current events, pop culture, and sports. Some tournaments are very academic; others are entirely non-academic. Here are some sample questions from the intramural, sectional and national levels (some of the sectionals and nationals questions are really hard!).

If you like Jeopardy! or if you played Academic Challenge, Academic Decathlon, or Knowledge Master Open in high school, you might enjoy Quiz Bowl.

Who can play?
The Stanford Quiz Bowl Club is open to all Stanford students, faculty, and staff. Everyone is welcome, regardless of skill-level or level of commitment. Some people just come to play with us occasionally; others want to take Stanford to a top finish at nationals.

What does the club do?
First, we hold practices twice a week (see below for details). Practice helps us do better at tournaments, and it's also a lot of fun. "Practice" is kind of a bad name; it's fun in its own right, even if you're not practicing for a tournament. Our practices are very laid-back. Some people only answer one or two questions a night, and that's totally fine. People come because it's fun and they learn neat stuff.

Throughout the year, we compete in tournaments against other West Coast schools. (That means lots of fun road-trips to L.A., plus trips to Berkeley, etc.). Each spring we represent Stanford at nationals.

What if I'm not good enough?
Don't worry about not being a good player right away (or ever, really). That's why we practice, and that's why you have teammates! Everybody, regardless of skill-level, is welcome to play at practice and to attend most tournaments (most tournaments let us send as many teams as we want, so there's no need to "make the team"). Plus, there are special tournaments (including a national championship) for new players.

College questions can be more difficult than high school questions, but keep in mind that nobody knows every answer; to win a match, you and your teammates just have to know slightly more than the other team.

Fall 2009 Practice Info
Starting Thursday, Sept. 24, practices will be held on Monday and Thursday nights from 8-11pm on the 3rd floor of Wallenberg Hall (Building 160, Main Quad). For the most up-to-date information about practices, join the quizbowl-club email list (see below).

Email Lists: Stay Informed!
Email is our primary means of communication.
For the latest news on practices, special events, and tournaments we attend and host, join the club email list by clicking here.
People interested only in occasional intramural play should join our low-traffic IM list instead. Click here to sign up.
People from other colleges should join the quizbowl-westcoast list for announcements of West Coast quiz bowl events by clicking here.
We also have a Facebook group, but we mostly rely on old-fashioned email.

2009-2010 Officers
President: Josh Falk
Financial Officer: Phil Shiu
Webmaster: Jason Ma
Vice Presidents: Kristiaan De Greve and Arnav Moudgil (fund raising), Jason Ma (HS and IM events), Brian Lindquist (Cardinal Classic)
Publicity Officer: Josie Link
To contact the officers, email: emails

Calendar of Events (some events are tentative):

Email us if you may want to play or volunteer at any of these events.

Note: Some tournaments require each team to submit a packet of questions. (You play on every packet but your own.) For these tournaments, we need to figure out teams early so that we can submit our questions on time. Often, submitting packets early earns a discount. (BTW, many top players will tell you that writing questions is a great way to get better at quiz bowl.)

Fall 2009:	Event	Location	Who's Involved
2009 Oct. 4 (Sunday)	Early Fall Tournament	UCLA	Phil Shiu, Alborz Bejnood, Gary Lee, Heidi Fogle, LiHe Han, Charley Ho (maybe), Jason Ma (car, maybe)
2009 Oct. 17	Fall Intramural Tournament	Stanford	Jason and Josh; Phil, Eddie, Josie, Brian, Rasheedat, Markus
2009 Nov. 7	Fall Freshman Quiz League Playoffs	Stanford	TD: Jason. Helping: Bill, Remington, Josh
2009 Nov. 14	WIT: Terrapin Invitational Tournament (mirror)	Berkeley	Alborz Bejnood, Jacob Kalichman, Tony Tzeng, Bill Rowan, Jason Ma (car)
2009 Nov. 15 (Sunday)	Cardinal Junior Classic (HS)	Stanford	TD: Jason. Helping: Phil, Josh, Alborz, Tony, Bill, Eric, Remington, Rasheedat, Gary, Charley, Heidi (morning), Eddie (afternoon)
Winter 2010:
2010 Jan. 16-17	ACF Winter	Stanford	TD: Brian Lindquist
??	Winter Intramural Tournament	Stanford	??
2010 Feb. 6-7	NAQT SCT	??	??
2010 Feb. 20-21	ACF Regionals	??	??
Spring 2010:
2010 Apr. 17-18	ACF Nationals	Maryland - College Park	??
??	NAQT ICT	??	??

[These pages were last updated 2009 Nov. 15.]