Sep 16

CA Fall Novice Tournament (Oct 30)

The California Fall Novice Tournament will take place online (Discord) on Saturday, October 30; we plan to use the SCOP Novice set for this event. All high schools from California are welcome to compete (middle school teams cannot compete– sorry!) We are using the same eligibility standards as last year (listed here). 

Ineligible high school students are invited to help staff [note: we are not able to provide volunteer hours if working for a non-profit is a requirement].

Freddie O’Hara (of SoCal Quiz Bowl) will handle payment- via Venmo (@Frederic-OHara), PayPal (freddieoharaiii@gmail.com), or check. Let us know if you are planning to pay via check and we will send you the details.

Please send any eligibility questions to caquizbowl@gmail.com (same email address that we used last year)

Register here. Complete details are here

Sep 09

Fall Calendar

Hello Players, Coaches, and Parents!


Welcome to the new school year! We hope everyone had a pleasant and healthy summer.


1) Based on the results of the team survey (here– if your school has not already submitted), most Bay Area schools prefer to wait until Spring to resume in-person events. Therefore, we plan to continue with online Bay Area events for the foreseeable future.


[Note: Sacramento-area schools generally prefer to return to in-person in the fall. Thus, it is possible that we will run an in-person Sac HS tournament on October 23- stay tuned for details.]


2) Like last Fall, we plan to run an (online) all-CA novice competition. We are thinking about either Oct 9 or Oct 30 for this event; please fill out this survey and let us know what your team thinks.


3) Expect an announcement regarding Cal Cup by the end of September.


4) Oct 16 and Nov 6 will be college tournaments so it is unlikely that we will run any high school tournaments on those dates.

May 02

Results from Middle School National Tournaments

Congratulations to Churchill A for winning the 2021 MSNCT! Other high-placing NorCal teams include Stanford Online (4th place), Challenger-Strawberry Park A (tied for 7th place), and Bret Harte (tied for 10th place).

Congratulations to Arin from Stanford Online for winning the 2021 Middle School Individual Player National Championship Tournament! Five other NorCal players finished in the top 10: Aatreyo, Pranavkrishna, Tanay, Shounak, and Mahit. Arin was also the top scorer (playing solo!) at MSNCT.

May 02

Results from Sac Spring HS

Congratulations to Mira Loma for winning the Varsity Division and to Lowell B for winning the JV Division at the Sac Spring HS Tournament! Thank you to all for playing and to all of our great staff for their help.

Stats/results are here

Apr 14

Results from Bay Area April Tournament

Congratulations to Churchill A for winning the Varsity Division and to Anderson B for winning the JV Division! Thank you to all of our staff for your help.

Stats/Results are here

Apr 03

Bay Area April MS Tournament

This competition is taking place on Saturday, April 10 and features separate Varsity/JV Divisions.

Register here => https://www.naqt.com/registration/field.jsp?tournament_id=12343

Entry fee info here => https://www.naqt.com/registration/fees.jsp?tournament_id=12343

Apr 01

Sacramento Spring HS Tournament

The Sacramento Spring HS Tournament is taking place on Saturday, April 24 on Discord. The competition features separate JV/Varsity divisions. Bay Area teams and Middle School teams may compete.

Entry fee info here => https://www.naqt.com/registration/fees.jsp…

Register here => https://www.naqt.com/registration/field.jsp…

Feb 23

West Coast Championship Tournament

The (first ever!) West Coast Championship Tournament for High School Teams is taking place on Saturday, March 27 on Discord. This competition uses STASH for Competitive and NAQT IS-201 for Standard. There is no Novice Division; Novice teams are discouraged from playing this event. We are not placing a field cap on either division for the time being. Middle School teams cannot compete at this event (sorry).

We are restricting entrance in the Competitive Division to those teams that have either qualified for HSNCT/NSC or are applying for a wild card position to those competitions. Teams that are denied a wildcard bid will be asked to play in Standard (we’ll be in touch with such teams). Please let us know if you are unsure which division is best for you so that we can assist you.

The entry fee is $75 per team with a $30 discount per staffer provided. We are accepting payment via Venmo, PayPal, or Check; please contact us for details.

Registration (for both divisions) takes place on the NAQT website here => https://www.naqt.com/registration/field … t_id=12256

Questions? Contact us as californiacupquizbowl (at) gmail (dot) com

Feb 20

Results from Cal Cup #4

Congratulations to Guilder A for winning the Competitive Division, to Gunn for winning the Standard Division, and to Challenger-Strawberry Park A for winning the Novice Division at Cal Cup #4! Thank you to all of the players, coaches, parents, and staff for making the ninth year of Cal Cup a success!

Stats/results are here. Novice-only results are also listed on the NAQT website here.

Jan 27

Update on Cal Cup #4 Novice Division

We have decided to use NAQT IS-194A for the Novice Division at Cal Cup #4 as we feel that the DART set would provide too much of a challenge for Novice teams. We will still use DART for Standard and Competitive.

Even though we are using an NAQT set for Novice we are not asking teams to register via NAQT website; teams are still asked to register via the Google form (if you have not already done so).

We will post the field on Monday, February 1; we will ask for rosters at that time. Schools are encouraged to register before that time so as to increase their chance of avoiding any waitlist.