Apr 14
Registration is now open for the NAQT NorCal State Championship Tournament, to be held on Saturday, April 20 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. This event is using NAQT IS-183 (not SCT); we have an initial field cap of 36 and teams may consist of no more than 6 members. Middle School teams cannot compete at this event (sorry).
Details are here
Register here
Apr 14
Congratulations to Stanford Online High School A for winning the Competitive Division, to Quavo A for winning the Standard Division, and to King’s Academy for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #4! Thank you to all of our incredible staffers for your help, to Mr.Fleitas/Mr. Flowers/Bellarmine for hosting, and to everyone who made the 7th year of California Cup a success!
Competitive results are here
Standard results are here
Novice results are here
The final overall Cal Cup standings can be found here. Escobar won the Competitive Division, Quavo won the Standard Division, and Davis won the Novice Division. We will present the awards at the NAQT State Tournament; great job to all of the winners!
Mar 20
Cal Cup #4 is taking place on Sunday, March 31 at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose.
To register, please fill out this form (all teams, including package teams, must fill out the form).
We are implementing a field cap of 15 for Competitive, 20 for Standard, and 20 for Novice. Thus, all non-package teams will be placed on the waitlist until we determine the status of all of the package teams.
Cal Cup 4 will use BHSAT for the Competitive+Standard divisions and PSACA’s Groundhog Day for the Novice division.
Mar 18
Congratulations to Stanford Online A for winning the Competitive Division, to Challenger-Almaden for winning the Standard Division, and to Saint Francis B for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #3! We would like to thank all of our volunteers for their help and Mrs. Kayton for her assistance with logistics and reserving the classrooms.
Competitive+Standard Stats/Results are here
Novice Stats/Results are here
The overall Cal Cup Standings through Cal Cup #3 are here
We were informed that many people received a parking ticket on Saturday. If you did, please email Sue Kayton (kayton@alum.mit.edu) a legible scan of your parking ticket; she will try to get them all fixed
Expect an announcement regarding Cal Cup #4, NAQT States, BASIS Fremont MS, and Sacramento Spring HS very soon.
Mar 06
Cal Cup #3 is taking place on Saturday, March 16 at Menlo-Atherton (public) High School in Atherton. Check-in will start at 8:30AM and we will start round 1 no later than 9AM. We will have a field cap of 18 in Competitive, 25 in Standard, and 30 in Novice. Pizza will be available for purchase on-site for lunch.
To register, please fill out this registration form (all teams planning to play must fill out the form- including package teams).
Wednesday, March 13 is the last date to register; all teams must have a roster posted by the end of March 13 (doesn’t have to be final and can be changed).
Entry fee details can be found here. Teams can pay by cash or check at check-in on March 16. If paying by check, please make the check out to “ASUC/Quiz Bowl Club” (do not write out any checks to NCQBA or Stanford Quiz Bowl). If you would like to prepay, please Venmo the appropriate amount to @aywang01, then email Annie at aywang01@gmail.com to confirm receipt. For more options, email Annie.
We would like to thank Ms. Kayton for her assistance and thank everyone for their patience during this process.
Mar 06
Congratulations to Pleasanton Scholars B for winning the Varsity Division and to Cavitt B for winning the JV Division at the Sacramento March Quiz Bowl Tournament for Middle School Teams! Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers for your assistance and to Mr. Hansen/Churchill for hosting.
Stats/results are here.
Feb 20
We learned this afternoon of additional fees that would be owed for running Cal Cup #3 at Deer Valley HS; such fees would make it prohibitively expensive to run the event there. Therefore, Cal Cup #3 will not be taking place on Saturday.
We will run Cal Cup #3 on Saturday, March 16 (location TBA). When the location of Cal Cup #3 on March 16 is confirmed we will open registration again (any teams that already registered will have to register again at that time).
We ask that one representative from each school please fill out this question form regarding the date of Cal Cup #4.
We apologize for any confusion and/or inconvenience and thank everyone for their patience during this process.
Feb 14
We are currently trying to secure rooms at Deer Valley High School in Antioch for Cal Cup #3 on February 23 (DVHS does not have the entirety of next week off as many Bay Area schools do). We will let everyone know as soon as we hear back from the school. None of the South Bay schools were able to host this time.
If Deer Valley is unable to host then we will postpone Cal Cup #3 until March 16 (and run Cal Cup #4 in late March or mid-April).
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Feb 04
Registration is now open for the Sacramento March Middle School Tournament, to be held on Saturday, March 2 at Churchill MS in Carmichael. This event features separate JV/Varsity divisions.
Entry fee info is here. This competition is free for middle schools that have never played quiz bowl before.
Register here.
Any interested Bay Area schools must wait until Tuesday, February 12 to register.
Feb 04
1) Registration is now open for the Bay Area February MS Tournament, to be held on Sunday, February 17 at Leland High School in San Jose. This competition features separate JV/Varsity divisions. Entry fee information is here.
Registration takes place here.
Please note: schools that competed at the February 2 Sacramento MS Tournament cannot compete at the Feb 17 Leland Tournament.
2) The BASIS Fremont MS Tournament is taking place on Saturday, March 9. This competition features separate JV/Varsity divisions. Entry fee info is here. Register here. We currently have room for 3 more JV teams; a waitlist has started in Varsity.
The Sacramento March MS Tournament, to be held on Saturday, March 2 at Churchill MS in Carmichael, is using the same questions as the March 9 BASIS Fremont Tournament. Any interested Bay Area schools must wait until Tuesday, February 12 to register for the Sacramento March MS Tournament (to allow Sacramento-area schools some time to register).