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.

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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

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2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament, High School Division

2019 Individual Player National Championship Tournament, Middle School Division

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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 20th-Century Middle Eastern Leaders

Rising Freshmen Contact List

2019 ICT Podcasts

You Gotta Know These Jewish Lifecycle Events

2019 Outreach Grants

You Gotta Know These Works of Mystery and Detective Fiction

Rules and Policy Changes for 2019-2020

2019 IPNCT Podcasts

NAQT Officer Changes for 2019-2020

NAQT Welcomes New Member Jason Thompson

2020 HSNCT and IPNCT dates and sites

Partnership with the Indiana Association of School Principals

2019 HSNCT Podcasts