Nicholas Karas
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Nov 20
Results from Cal Cup #1
Congratulations to Stanford Online for winning the Competitive Division, to Mission San Jose C for winning the Standard Division, and to Saratoga C for winning the Novice Division at the first online Cal Cup tournament! We thank all of the players, coaches, and staff for making this competition a success. Complete stats/results can be found …
Nov 16
Bay Area November Middle School Tournament
This competition is taking place on Saturday, November 21 on Discord. There is still room in the field; Tuesday (Nov 17) is the last day to register. Registration take place on the NAQT website here
Nov 13
Cal Cup #1 Details
Server details and schedules can be found here Participants are reminded that even though this competition is taking place online, question content should not be posted online. We take question security very seriously and there are severe repercussions for revealing question content in public forums.
Nov 04
Cal Cup #1 Updates
At this point we will only be accepting payment by check; let us know if this is an issue. We’re still in the process of recruiting staff; expect an update later this week regarding the waitlists. Please indicate on your A team’s registration page if you are providing staff. We are asking all teams in …
Nov 03
Sacramento December Middle School Tournament
The first Sacramento online Middle School Quiz Bowl tournament is taking place on Saturday, December 5 on Discord. There are two divisions: Varsity and JV. The field cap is currently 8 for both divisions; I’ll evaluate possible field expansion as we get closer to the date. Registration takes place on the NAQT website here Entry fee …
Oct 23
California Cup #1 (Nov 14) Registration is now open!
Cal Cup #1 (Cal Classic) is taking place on Saturday, November 14 on Discord. This competition features three divisions: Competitive, Standard, and Novice; Competitive and Standard will use NAQT set IS-197 while Novice will use NAQT set IS-196A. We are setting an initial field cap of 16 teams for each of the three 3 divisions; …
Oct 14
Cal Cup Tournaments
Cal Cup #1 will take place on Saturday, November 14 on Discord; this competition will feature NAQT questions and will use the NAQT registration system. We will open registration and send more details very soon. Right now we are thinking about running Cal Cup #2 on Saturday, December 19 (weekend before Christmas). We ask that …
Sep 19
2020 California Fall Novice Tournament
The 2020 California Fall Novice Tournament, sponsored by the Northern California and Southern California Quiz Bowl Alliances, will be held on Saturday, October 10 online via Discord. This tournament is aimed at completely new schools, as well as new players from established programs, in the state of California. As such, we are using these eligibility criteria: Only students …
Mar 12
Update on Spring NorCal Quiz Bowl Tournaments
We were planning to run a combined Cal Cup #4/NAQT States on Saturday, April 11 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose, but we have decided that it is best to not hold this event. At this point we do not plan to host any more quiz bowl competitions this school year in Northern California …
Mar 12
Results from Cal Cup #3
Congratulations to Stanford Online A for winning the Competitive Division, to Eriksen A for winning the Standard Division, and to Challenger-Strawberry Park A for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #3! We would like to thank the participants for competing, the volunteers for their help, and Mr. Lubbs/Evergreen Valley for hosting.Competitive results are hereStandard …