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QUIZBOWL

"The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."

- Frank Herbert

Table of contents About the Club

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Prizes

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Student Testimonials

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Past and Current Events

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Meet the Club Leaders

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About the Club Quizbowl is a club in which members form teams and compete against each other in seasonal tournaments. Club pairings are on Google Sheets and club members simply have to join the club in order to participate.

Format of quizbowl 1. Teams are formed by the club members 2. A round robin competition setup is created to show who faces who each week 3. All that's needed to play is a device and to be there!

Prizes! Many prizes can be won by winning a Quizbowl seasonal tournament. NFTs, Den merch, and prestige are the possible prizes won within the club. However, there are also tournamnets outside of the school which provides prizes such as money and the chance to enter national and even global tournaments!

Advantages of Quizbowl Quizbowl allows you to interact with the other club members and spend time having fun with your friends! The club helps you practice memorize trivia, which can help cognitive functions. By joining regional and national tournaments, you have the chance to win prizes!

TESTIMONIALS

Quizbowl is a club that prizes itself for prioritizing the enjoyment and satisfaction of it's club members - Williams Thottungal

Quizbowl has been an incredibly enriching moment of my life, the club environment and the people I met made joining the club worthwhile, and I recommend the club for future students - Majd Al -Aarg

I have always been passionate about trivia, Quizbowl allowed me to express my interests and indulge in my passions. - Platon Gorokhov

The tournaments that I have participated in have allowed me to make friends in my team as well as give me the experience and confidence needed to enter future school tournaments. - Sabari Mathiyalagan

The execs and teacher supervisor of Quizbowl are extremely dedicated towards the wellbeing of the students and the club, I feel motivated and eager to play every club meeting. - Tai Adewoye

Past competition winners

MVP of Season 1: Sabari Mathiyalagan

MVP of Season 2: Keshav Ramaswamy

MVP of Season 3: Majd Al-Aarg

Best Team Season 1 Alexander Lee Mariam El-Sahaar

Best Team Season 2 Andrew Yan Seyon Sivatharan Jack Cronin

Best Team Season 3 Abhi Papala Keshav Ramaswamy

Past and Current Events

Past Tournament and competition Examples NAQT

Reach for the Top

Partnership for Academic Competition Exellence (PACE)

International and Regional History Bee and Bowl

Consensus Trivia Winter Tournament

High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT)

Watch an informative video on the rules of Quizbowl in tournaments. This video is made by the NAQT and contains many key points on how trivia tournaments are run.

List of club event Dates Start of Fall Internal Season: Sept 18, 2022

Reach for the Top: Sept 30, 2022

Lisgar Collegiate Tournament: Oct 10, 2022

Fall Internal Season Playoffs: Oct 22, 2022

High School National Championship Tournament (HSNCT): Oct 28, 2022

Start of Winter Internal Season: Nov 3, 2022

ACF Fall Tournament: Nov 8, 2022

History Bowl: Nov 14, 2022

History Bee: Dec 12, 2022

Winter Internal Season Playoffs: Dec 18, 2022

AFC Winter Tournament: Dec 20, 2022

KRAMIG Tournament: Jan 29, 2023

Meet the Club Leaders

Teacher Supervisor and club execs Andrea Reiche

Williams Thottungal

Jeff Yang

Ovindu Thilakarathna

Raghav Ramaswamy

Club execs videos Williams Thottungal is a Grade 12 CB student who enjoys math and basketball. He is also the head exec of Quizbowl.

Raghav Ramaswamy is a Grade 12 CB student who enjoys math and playing soccer. He is one of the execs of Quizbowl.

Ovindu Thilakarathna is a Grade 12 CB student who enjoys playing video games and practices trivia daily. He is another Quizbowl exec.

Contact information Instagram: @colby_quizbowl Discord link: https://discord.gg/rg8pnfNDTr Classroom Code: t3y3sf3 Or email us at the following emails: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

We Hope To See You In Quizbowl!