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Staff the 2008 HSNCT NAQT is looking for moderators, scorekeepers, and statisticians for its 2008 High School National Championship Tournament that will be held Memorial Day weekend (May 23-25) in Chicago. NAQT will cover transportation and lodging for all staff. New Practice Questions AvailableInvitational Series #68 through #76 and NAQT's 2007-2008 IHSA-style questions are now available for purchase as practice material. 2008 New Community College PackageNAQT now offers a discounted package of warm-up questions, practice questions, and study materials for community colleges that are just starting their quiz bowl teams. 2008 New College PackageNAQT has updated its discounted package of intramural packets, practice questions, and study materials for new college and university quiz bowl programs. 2008 New High School PackageNAQT offers a discounted package of warm-up questions, practice rounds, and study materials for new high school quiz bowl teams. 2008 ICT Question SurveyNAQT has posted a short survey on issues relating to packet distribution, question difficulty, and question style on its website. If any of those were not precisely to your liking at this year's ICT, please take the time to fill it out! HSNCT Tertiary HotelSince the main (Wyndham) and overflow (Holiday Inn Express) hotels for the High School National Championship have filled, NAQT has arranged for a discounted block of rooms at a tertiary hotel, the Holiday Inn Select. NAQT's RSS FeedSubscribe to NAQT's RSS Feed for our announcements and news! 2009 HS State Championship Host CallNAQT is now accepting bids from schools to host its 2009 High School State Championships. 2008-2009 High School EventsInformation on running high school tournaments using NAQT questions in 2008-2009. NAQT will provide free questions for high school tournaments in 2008-2009 that are held in states/territories that did not have a high school qualifier in 2007-2008: AK, CO, GU, HI, ID, ME, MT, NV, NH, ND, PR, VI, WA, WY. 2008-2009 College EventsInformation on running juniorbird, community college, CUT-style, and singles tournaments with NAQT questions. NAQT will provide free questions for community college tournaments in 2008-2009 that are held in states that did not have active NAQT circuits in 2007-2008. 2009 ICT Host CallNAQT is now accepting bids from colleges and universities to host the 2009 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament on April 3-4, 2009. Maryland, Harvard, Carleton, and Valencia claim titles at 2008 ICTMaryland followed up last year's Division II title by defeating defending champion Chicago to win the ICT Division I overall title while Harvard beat Dartmouth in the Undergraduate final. In Division II, Carleton defeated the first Canadian finalist, Western Ontario, to take the crown, while Valencia successfully defended its Community College championship by defeating Chipola in the title match. Complete team and individual statistics for both divisions are now available. March 2008 NewsletterDownload NAQT's latest high school newsletter, which contains a coupon for ordering practice questions. You Gotta Know These MathematiciansNAQT has published a new You Gotta Article on notable mathematicians for March 2008. Find Us on FacebookNAQT has set up an organizational Facebook page as well as pages specifically focusing on the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament and High School National Championship Tournament. Lightning RoundsNAQT is now offering packages of ten-part lightning rounds for sale as practice questions. These are questions that were originally written for use on television shows. Updated Frequency ListsNAQT has updated its frequency list study guides to include all of its sets through November 1, 2007. Teams that have already purchased study guides may buy the updated versions at a significant discount. Abbreviated versions of the new lists are available in the You Gotta Know section. Starting a team this year?
NAQT has short articles on steps to take when starting new college and high school quiz bowl teams. Game Show AppearancesNAQT is in the process of compiling a list of quiz bowl players, past and present, who have competed on televised game shows. If you know of somebody who is not on the list, please let us know so that he or she may be added. State OrganizationsNAQT has compiled an incomplete list of the state organizations responsible for overseeing quiz bowl; please let us know if your state's group is not listed. Press ReleasesIf you would like to receive NAQT press releases in the future, send an email to naqt@naqt.com. | |