2019 High School National Championship Tournament
Tiffany Zhou (left), Tegan Kapadia, Hari Parameswaran, and Abby Cohen (right) of Beavercreek High School (Beavercreek, Ohio), winners of the 2019 High School National Championship Tournament
2019 Middle School National Championship Tournament
Moxie Strom (left), Bianca Dwork, Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt, Ian Lu, and coach Caitlin Samuel (right) of Hunter College High School’s A team (New York, New York) and their first-place trophy from the 2019 Middle School National Championship Tournament
2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Traditional Public Schools Division
Coach Todd Garrison (left), Cade Bishop, Parker Bannister, Daniel Dill, and Mason Reid (right) of Glasgow High School’s A team (Kentucky) and their first-place trophy from the 2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Traditional Public Schools Division.
2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Very Small Schools Subdivision
Coach Richie Rogers (left), Timothy Perkins, Bishakha Kumari, Robby Griffey, Andrew Kelley, and Danny Lin (right) of Middlesboro High School (Kentucky) and their first-place trophy from the 2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Very Small Schools Subdivision.
2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Open Division
Coach Tyler Benedict (left), John John Groger, William Groger, Max Mader, and Amay Kejriwal (right) of the Miami Valley School’s A team (Ohio) and their first-place trophy from the 2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Open Division.
2019 Intercollegiate Championship Highlight Video
2019 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I
Stephen Eltinge (left), Moses Kitakule, Adam Fine, and Jacob Reed (second from right) of Yale University A pose with NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel (right) and their first-place Division I trophy
2019 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division II
Jack Lewis (left), Adam Howlett, Naveen Raman, and Vishwa Shanmugam (second from right) of the University of Maryland B pose with NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel (right) and their first-place Division II trophy.
2019 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I Undergraduate
Erik Bubolz (left), Evan Suttell, Jakob Myers, and Harris Bunker (second from right) of Michigan State pose with NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel (right) and their first-place Division I Undergraduate trophy.
2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament Highlight Video
2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament, High School Division
Ethan Strombeck, a senior at Auburn High School (Rockford, Illinois; second from left) poses with NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel (second from right), his parents, and his championship trophy
2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament, Middle School Division
Arin Parsa, a sixth-grader at Challenger School, Almaden (San Jose, California; left) poses with NAQT president R. Robert Hentzel (right) and his championship trophy
2019 Community College Championship Tournament
Aditya Bhardwaj (left), Zachary Yan, and Ethan Skinner of De Anza College (Cupertino, California) pose with NAQT President R. Robert Hentzel (right) and their first-place trophy.

What is quiz bowl?

Quiz bowl is a fast-paced buzzer competition in which teams of four players compete to answer questions that cover academic subjects like literature and science as well as the broader world of popular culture and current events.

Learn more about quiz bowl

New to quiz bowl?

Read our guidelines on how to start a team

Need practice material?

Purchase questions from past tournaments

Ready to compete?

See if there’s a tournament near you

Want to host an NAQT Tournament?

Learn how to host an NAQT tournament and use our registration system to help plan and keep track of teams.

Host a tournament

Want to compete in a national championship?

Learn how to qualify for NAQT’s national championships.

How to qualify

What’s the Buzz? · News from NAQT

December 1, 2019

You Gotta Know These Native American Peoples

Our latest You Gotta Know article describes ten Native American peoples who are important to quiz bowl and history.

November 1, 2019

2020 HSNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

NAQT has announced tentative logistics details for its 2020 High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT) which will be held May 22–24, 2020, at the Hilton Atlanta and the Marriott Marquis in downtown Atlanta. Registration is now open. NAQT is delighted that LetterOne is returning as the presenting sponsor of this championship (as well as continuing its support of the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament and the Individual Player National Championship Tournament).

November 1, 2019

2020 MSNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

NAQT has announced tentative logistics details for the 2020 Middle School National Championship Tournament (MSNCT), which will be held May 8–10, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago). Registration is now open.

November 1, 2019

2020 SSNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

NAQT has announced tentative logistics details for its 2020 Small School National Championship Tournament (SSNCT), which will be held April 24–26, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago). Registration is now open.

November 1, 2019

2020 IPNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

NAQT has announced tentative logistics details for its 2020 Individual Player National Championship Tournament (IPNCT) which will be held April 5, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, Illinois (near Chicago). Registration is now open. NAQT is delighted that LetterOne is returning as the presenting sponsor of this championship (as well as continuing its support of the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament and High School National Championship Tournament).

November 1, 2019

You Gotta Know These Skyscrapers

Our latest You Gotta Know article describes eleven important skyscrapers around the world.

See two More…

2019 High School National Championship Tournament

2019 Middle School National Championship Tournament

2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Traditional Public Schools Division

2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Very Small Schools Subdivision

2019 Small School National Championship Tournament, Open Division

2019 Intercollegiate Championship Highlight Video

2019 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I

2019 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division II

2019 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I Undergraduate

2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament Highlight Video

2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament, High School Division

2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament, Middle School Division

2019 Community College Championship Tournament

What is quiz bowl?

New to quiz bowl?

Need practice material?

Ready to compete?

Want to host an NAQT Tournament?

Want to compete in a national championship?

What’s the Buzz? · News from NAQT

You Gotta Know These Native American Peoples

2020 HSNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

2020 MSNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

2020 SSNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

2020 IPNCT Announcement and Logistics Details

You Gotta Know These Skyscrapers

Rising Freshmen Contact List

Rules and Policy Changes for 2019-2020