2011-2012 Tournament Attendance and Results

The 2011-2012 season was our best in several years!  Below you can find basic information about the tournaments we attended, with links to more detailed results.

Attended:

Missiles of October — Oct. 1 — Rock Bridge High School — Columbia, MO — 5th out of 14 teams, one player 2nd among individual scorers — Detailed Results

ACF Fall 2011 – Nov. 5 – Truman State University – Kirksville, MO – 2 teams from K-State competing for the first time since 2008!  We were happy to have enough new members to do this! – K-State A — 3rd out of 8 teams — 2 players among top ten individual scorers — K-State B — 6th out of 8 teams — 1 player among top ten individual scorers — Bagel Prize — Detailed Results

NAQT Sectionals 2012 – Feb. 4 -  Oklahoma State University – Stillwater, OK  – 4th out of 12 teams, one player 1st among individual scorers – Detailed Results

ACF Regionals 2012 — Feb. 18 — University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign, IL – K-State A – 9th out of 14 teams – 1 player among top ten individual scorers — K-State B — 14th out of 14 teams — Detailed Results

Prospective members:  We hope you will join us for future quiz bowl meets!  Joining the team is easy–just start showing up to practice as often as your schedule allows.  Next year our practices will be in room 206 of the Student Union at our usual time of 6:30 to 8:30 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  See below for more info on our team or contact us at ksuquizbowl@gmail.com.

Welcome Back!

It’s time for another year of quiz bowl at K-State!  Come see us sometime and join the team!

We’re practicing half an hour later this year, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., still Tuesdays and Thursdays, still in room 206 of the Student Union.

The Wildcat 91.9 Visits K-State Quiz Bowl

K-State’s student radio station, the Wildcat 91.9, visited us last spring to learn more about what we do, and their TV department put together this video (we have connections!). The video, which shows us having actual fun, should give you some basic info and an idea of what our practices are like. For even more on our club, see our other posts below.

The Kansas State Quiz Bowl Club wishes you a great year!

2010-2011 Tournament Attendance and Results

K-State competed in 4 tournaments in the 2010-2011 season.  Below you can find basic information about the tournaments with links to more detailed results.

Attended:

ACF Fall 2010 — Nov. 6 — Truman State University — Kirksville, MO — Result:  4th out of 9 teams, 3 players among top 10 individual scorers — Detailed Results

NAQT Sectionals 2011 – Feb. 5 — Missouri State University — Springfield, MO — Result:  tied 6th out of 11 teams in Division II (undergraduate) – Detailed Results

ACF Regionals 2011 — Feb. 26 – Washington University — St. Louis, MO — Result:  12th out of 18 teams — Detailed Results

Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament Mirror — April 30 – Rock Bridge High School — Columbia, MO – Result:  9th out of 12 teams, 1 player among top 10 individual scorers — Detailed Results

Prospective members:  We hope you will join us for future quiz bowl meets!  Joining the team is easy–just start showing up to practice as often as your schedule allows.  See below for more info on our team or contact us at ksuquizbowl@gmail.com.

New Club Email Address

The club has a new email address, ksuquizbowl@gmail.com.  You can contact us at this address or via our Facebook group.  Please see the post below to learn more about our club and check out our Facebook group for more info on upcoming practices and meets.

Welcome to the K-State Quiz Bowl Club

Hello and welcome to the Kansas State Quiz Bowl Club website!  This first post will answer a few basic questions about our club.

Why is K-State Quiz Bowl awesome?

Quiz bowl makes you think about an immense variety of interesting things which may not even cross your mind otherwise.  And college quiz bowl is especially cool because we students run everything, so we can develop leadership skills during our serious moments, and have fun and joke when we want. 

When do we practice?

We meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in room 206 in the K-State Student Union.  If you cannot make it to every practice, that is fine—just drop by when you have time! 

Where do we compete?

We travel to compete at other colleges several times a year as our schedules and budget allow.  Generally we travel to nearby states, with Missouri and Oklahoma being most common.

How are college quiz bowl questions different from what I saw in high school?

Of course, college questions are more difficult, but there are a few more simple differences.  If you competed in Kansas Scholars Bowl in high school, you had 16 questions per round on a range of subjects.  In college, these questions would be called tossups.  If a player answers a tossup correctly, his or her team has a chance to answer a bonus question. Here is a bit more information on these two types of questions.

Tossups:

• 10 pts each
• 20 per round
• Wordier than in high school
• No math computation or language translation
• Teammates may not confer

Bonuses:

• Given to team for correctly answering a tossup
• Usually in 3 parts worth 10 pts. each
• Team may confer
• Captain gives answer

If you read this far, you are probably pretty serious about quiz bowl at K-State.  Please drop by for practice sometime, or join our facebook group!