Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource

Above: Official Logo for the Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource

The Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl Resource (or GPQB) is a quizbowl blog that covers the quizbowl circuit in Pennsylvania. Founded in July 2014, it was previously known as Greater Philadelphia Quizbowl Resource until its expansion to all of Pennsylvania in June 2015.

Purpose

The current focus of the GPQB blog is coverage and analysis of the high school circuit of Pennsylvania quizbowl. This includes tournament wrap-ups, interviews, advice, and the occasional podcast from the contributors. Complementing its Pennsylvania focus is its content for general high school quizbowl audiences. GPQB has covered the basics of quizbowl, outreach advice, studying strategies, and tournament hosting. The site features a schedule for all Pennsylvania pyramidal events and PSAC, as well as tournaments in the surrounding states.

Question Writing

The members of the site organized and edited the 2016 Pennsylvania Novice Initiative, a novice-level tournament designed to correct the lack of material for novice teams to practice on.

Awards

The staff at GPQB announce three awards each year to outstanding members of the quizbowl community in Pennsylvania. Players cannot win the same award multiple times, and coaches are not eligible to win again until eight years have passed -- the equivalent of two student cycles.

Past Winners

Season	Player of the Year	JV Player of the Year	Coach of the Year
2014-15	Ryan Bilger, Emmaus High School	Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy	Missy Doll, Manheim Township High School
2015-16	Alex Schmidt, Lehigh Valley Academy	Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School	Bern McCauley, Great Valley High School
2016-17	Sam Scarfone, Great Valley High School	Vijay Anne, Henderson High School	Andrew Gianelli, Camp Hill High School
2017-18	Vishwa Shanmugam, Downingtown STEM Academy	Connor Mayers, Penn Manor High School	Abbi Smith, Friends Select School
2018-19	Will Yaeger, Hempfield High School	Albert Zhang, State College High School	Steve Sobieck, Henderson High School
2019-20	Will Steger, Manheim Township High School	AZ Faiz, Manheim Township High School	Shan Hogan, Carver Engineering & Science
2020-21	Anish Kodali, Great Valley High School	Danny Peelen, Cedar Crest High School	Elissa Manlove, Moravian Academy
2021-22	AZ Faiz, Manheim Township High School	Jacob Paciello, South Side High School	Shane Thomas, Cedar Crest High School

Poll

The site has, since the 2015-2016 season, ranked the teams in Pennsylvania at the season's beginning, midpoint, and end. The poll is conducted by current and former members of the Pennsylvania quizbowl community. The pollsters rank the top ten teams by their own metrics; a statistical formula is not used. All the ranking committee members are affiliated with Pennsylvania's circuit.

Because there is no NAQT or official pyramidal state championship (the only official state tournament held is the Pennsylvania State Academic Competition), which despite improvements over the past few years still has some drawbacks in its format) the poll has served as a de facto state title for performance on pyramidal questions.

Past Results

Season	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
2015-16	Manheim Township	Delaware Valley	State College	Great Valley	Henderson
2016-17	Winchester Thurston	Lehigh Valley	Manheim Township	Alagar Homeschool	State College
2017-18	Downingtown STEM	Lehigh Valley	Allderdice	Manheim Township	Friends Select
2018-19	Hempfield	Henderson	Allderdice	Friends Select	State College
2019-20	Manheim Township	Great Valley A	Great Valley B	Penn Manor	Henderson
2020-21	Great Valley A	Manheim Township A	Hempfield	Moravian Academy	State College A

External Links

• Link to the GPQB Website
• GPQB on Facebook
• GPQB on Twitter