Sample Questions

The following sample packets are available for teams interested in hosting events or purchasing practice material. All are from the 2021–2022 competition year and are supplied as PDFs.

Middle School Series

These are NAQT’s basic questions for middle school tournaments.

Middle School National Championship Tournament

These are more difficult middle school questions used at the Middle School National Championship Tournament held each spring. The sample packet is from the preliminary rounds; the playoff rounds use harder questions (with longer tossups), similar to those in the Invitational Series sets.

Introductory Invitational Series

These questions (sometimes called “A-level” sets) are intended for use at early-in-the-year high school tournaments, tournaments with new or inexperienced players, and tournaments with teams unfamiliar with NAQT questions. They can be licensed for high school or community college tournaments, but are probably too easy for varsity play by four-year colleges.

Invitational Series

These are NAQT’s basic questions used at “regular” tournaments throughout the year. They can be licensed for high school, community college, and other events.

TV Series

These are questions written for television shows. Each packet has 40 short tossups, 40 one-part bonuses, and four lightning rounds. Licensing these questions for broadcast requires special arrangements with NAQT to ensure that no broadcasts occur before all users of the questions have finished taping. Contact tv@naqt.com for details.

Small School National Championship Tournament

These are high school questions that are used at the Small School National Championship Tournament that is annually held around the end of April.

High School National Championship Tournament

These are difficult high school questions that are used at the High School National Championship Tournament that is annually held around Memorial Day weekend. These questions would also be appropriate for most college varsity teams, but are probably too difficult for most high school teams.

Sectional Championship Tournament, Division I

These are relatively difficult questions used in Division I at the Sectional Championship Tournaments held each February to determine the teams that will go on to compete at the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament. Community College SCTs use regular Invitational Series questions.

Sectional Championship Tournament, Division II

These questions are used for Division II at NAQT’s Sectional Championship Tournaments, which determine the teams that will go on to compete in Division II of the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament.

Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division I

These are very difficult questions used in Division I at the Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, which has the best college teams from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain in attendance.

Intercollegiate Championship Tournament, Division II

These questions are used for Division II at NAQT’s Intercollegiate Championship Tournament.

Speed Check Series

These are short (one-sentence) pyramidal questions. There are no bonuses.

Lightning Rounds

Each question in this type of set consists of ten related, very short parts, and is meant to be completely read and answered in 60 seconds.

Practice Material

The packets above are examples of each type of set we offer; you can choose from hundreds more sets to order. You might also want to consider NAQT’s Frequency Lists as well as using our free You Gotta Know articles.

If you have any questions about NAQT or its questions, please contact us at naqt@naqt.com. We would be happy to advise you on which questions would be most appropriate as for your team practices or for your tournament.

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