Welcome to the no-frills homepage of the Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance (MQBA), an extremely loosely organized group of high schools, colleges, and other organizations that promote quiz bowl and host tournaments in Minnesota.
Eden Prairie High School is the defending NAQT Minnesota State quiz bowl champion.The defending champion of the 45-school Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl league is Wayzata High School.
All (varsity) high school tournaments using NAQT questions are qualifiers for the 2018 High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT) and the 2018 Small School National Championship Tournament (SSNCT). All middle school tournament using NAQT questions are qualifiers for the 2018 Middle School National Championship Tournament (MSNCT). Some tournaments may also be qualifiers for other state or national events.
2018-19 Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl league (October 2018 – February 2019) league tournament at four sites around the Metro Area using questions derived from NAQT's Invitational Series #180A. Registration for all divisions is still open.
South of Cities Invitational Academic Learnament (SOCIAL XV) (October 27, 2018) at Burnsville High School in Burnsville, MN using NAQT's Invitational Series #176A. This tournament will have two divisions, with the lower division restricted to 9th- and 10th-grade players. (This event was traditionally hosted by St. Olaf College, but it was unable to host this year.)
If you have any questions about MQBA or would like information about its events, please contact R. Robert Hentzel.
Do you want your tournament listed here? E-mail R. Robert Hentzel.