Pi-oneers Win 2018 MSNCT

Congratulations to the Pi-oneers of Cupertino, California, for winning the 2018 Middle School National Championship Tournament! BASIS Independent Silicon Valley of San Jose, California was second; Longfellow Middle School of Falls Church, Virginia was third; and Challenger-School, Berryessa of San Jose, California was fourth. 192 teams attended.

Glasgow, Early College at Guilford, and Ottawa Hills Win SSNCT Titles

Glasgow High School (Kentucky) defeated Ottawa Hills Junior/Senior High School (Toledo, Ohio) 430-330 to win the Traditional Public division of the 2018 NAQT Small School National Championship Tournament. Ottawa Hills also claimed the title for the highest-finishing Very Small School. Williamsville High School (Illinois) took third place with a 390-300 win over Hallsville R-IV School (Missouri). The Early College at Guilford (Greensboro, North Carolina) defeated Friends Select School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 440-305 to win the Open division. Complete team and individual statistics are now available.

2017 MSNCT Podcasts

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from NAQT's 2017 Middle School National Championship Tournament.

Jack Lewis Wins IPNCT Title

Congratulations to Jack Lewis (Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tennessee) for winning the 2018 NAQT Individual Player National Championship Tournament! Jack defeated Maximilian Shatan (Bard Early College Manhattan, New York, New York) 125-70 in the final.

Yale, Berkeley, and Chicago Win ICT Titles

Yale University defeated the University of California-Berkeley to win the Division I Overall title at the 2018 NAQT Intercollegiate Championship Tournament. UC-Berkeley's B team defeated the University of Oklahoma to claim the Division I Undergraduate title. The University of Chicago defeated Harvard University to win the Division II championship. Congratulations to all of these teams and the 62 others who represented the finest in collegiate quizbowl!

2017 SSNCT Podcasts

Podcasts are now available of selected matches from NAQT's 2017 Small School National Championship Tournament.

Valencia Wins the 2018 Community College Championship Tournament

Valencia Community College (Orlando, FL) won its second straight Community College Championship Tournament by defeating State College-Manatee (Bradenton, FL) in the finals by the score of 310-205. De Anza College (Cupertino, CA) finished third, and the A team of Chipola College (Marianna, FL) finished fourth. Those four top teams also earned invitations to compete at NAQT's Intercollegiate Championship Tournament. Jefferson Community & Technical College (Louisville, KY) finished fifth, and Chipola College's B team finished sixth.

Rising Freshmen Contact List

In order to help college quiz bowl teams identify potential players, NAQT collects information about players' college plans. If you have information about graduating seniors’/rising freshmen’s college destinations, please let us know!

20for20 for the HSNCT

The 2018 High School National Championship Tournament will be the 20th iteration of the HSNCT. To celebrate, each Thursday in the 20 weeks leading up to the tournament, we’ll be publishing one of 20 interviews with NAQT members and founders, tournament staff, players, and other people in the quiz bowl community.

The first interview is with Patrick Matthews, a founding member and the first president of NAQT.

Thumbs Up! for Science & Math

The latest entries in NAQT’s line of subject-specific practice question compilations, Thumbs Up! for Science & Math, is now available. There are two sets available at each of four difficulty levels; each set costs $15 and contains 90 tossups and 90 bonuses.

HSNCT Field Expanded to 336 Teams

The field for the 2018 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament has been expanded to 336 teams to accommodate more schools.