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'''WUHSAC''', or the''' Washington University High School Academic Competition,''' is [[WUSTL|Washington University's]] annual high school Quiz Bowl competition. It is run on house written questions and generally takes place in January or February. Teams participating can qualify for the [[NSC|PACE NSC]]. WUHSAC XII took place January 29th, 2011.  
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'''WUHSAC''', or the''' Washington University High School Academic Competition,''' is [[WUSTL|Washington University's]] annual high school [[quizbowl|quiz bowl]] competition that generally takes place in January or February. Since 2022, the tournament has been a mirror of the [[DART]] set; from 2013 to 2021, it used [[Yale]]'s [[housewritten]] [[BHSAT]] questions. In previous years, questions were written by the [[WUSTL]] team. Teams participating can qualify for the [[NSC|PACE NSC]].
  
 
== Characteristics ==
 
== Characteristics ==
  
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WUHSAC is structured so that teams are placed into 6 team pools for preliminary round robin play. The top two teams from each pool are then placed within the playoffs, which generally begin with a round of 16. While in previous years, WUHSAC has avoided using wildcards in its playoffs, 4 wild cards were placed within its 2008-2009 iteration alongside the 12 teams which advanced from the six 6 team pools.
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WUHSAC is one of the flagship tournaments of the Missouri high school quiz bowl [[the circuit|circuit]], usually drawing around 30 teams. WUHSAC is also noteworthy as one of the few Missouri tournaments which draws a large number of out of state teams, recently from places like Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Florida.
  
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WUHSAC is also noteworthy as one of the few Missouri tournaments which draws a large number of out of state teams. These teams have consistently defeated the best teams Missouri has to offer, with the sole recent exception of [[North Kansas City]]'s victories over New Trier and Rockford Auburn in 2007 and 2008 and [[Ladue]]'s victory over [[Carbondale]], also in 2008.
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WUHSAC also used the [[Gordon Arsenoff]]'s WUStL Updates Statistics Live! (WUStL!) online scorekeeping system, which was used for other WUSTL tournaments from the 2012 WUHSAC to the 2019 WUHSAC.
  
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Finally, as one of the few tournaments in Missouri geared towards a national audience, the questions at WUHSAC are noteworthy for being more difficult than those of most Missouri tournaments.  
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Unusually, WUHSAC uses 20-point [[power]]s in a simulacrum of the [[NSC]]. All other aspects are the same as in standard quizbowl; there are 5-point [[neg]]s and no [[bounceback]]s on bonuses.
  
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== Complaints ==
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== History ==
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The increased difficulty of WUHSAC's questions relative to those of most Missouri tournaments have inspired some complaints from Missouri teams not used to national level questions.
 
  
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More seriously, there has also been criticism by experienced players such as [[Charlie Dees]] about the increase in difficulty of questions as they progress from preliminary to playoff rounds, especially in the 2008 iteration.  [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4366&p=69758&hilit=wuhsac+x#p69758] Though such criticism by Dees on the High School Quiz Bowl Resource Center [[Hsquizbowl.org forums|forum]] elicited no public response by the members of the Washington University [[WUSTL|Academic Team]], they were taken very seriously, with efforts taken to eliminate any increase in difficulty between preliminary and playoff rounds in the next iteration of WUHSAC, WUHSAC XI.  
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Prior to 2013, WUHSAC was intended to be a slightly harder than average house-written tournament, similar to Harvard's [[HFT]]. Beginning with the 2008 iteration, the set drew criticism from players such as [[Charlie Dees]] due to poor difficulty control, the use of biographical clues, and generally poor writing quality. This criticism eventually led to the adoption of [[Yale]]'s [[BHSAT|Bulldog High School Academic Tournament]] set in 2013, which was well-received.  
  
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Because of this, when similar allegations were made by players such as [[Will Hack]] and [[Charles Hang]] regarding WUHSAC XI, they were strongly denied. [http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?p=35815#p35815] Even if such an increase in difficulty did exist at WUHSAC XI, it was minor relative to that of WUHSAC X.
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Recent tournament directors have included [[Sean Phillips]] and [[Charles Hang]]. [[Jacob O'Rourke]] has directed the tournament since WUHSAC XXI.
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== External Links ==
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[http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~collbowl/backup%202008-09-13/wuhsac.html 1999-2007 WUHSAC Results]
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[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4366&p=69758&hilit=wuhsac+x#p69758 Criticism of the 2008 iteration]
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[http://www.moquizbowl.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2391 2012 set discussion]
  
 
== Results ==
 
== Results ==
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|[[Central (New Madrid County, Missouri High School)|New Madrid County Central]]
 
|[[Central (New Madrid County, Missouri High School)|New Madrid County Central]]
 
|''Unknown''
 
|''Unknown''
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|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''January 2000'''
 
|'''January 2000'''
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|[[Bartlett|Bartlett High School]]
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|[[Bartlett]]
 
|''Unknown''
 
|''Unknown''
 
|-
 
|-
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|-
 
 
|'''December 2000'''
 
|'''December 2000'''
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|[[Bartlett|Bartlett High School]]
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|[[Bartlett]]
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|[[Lafayette (Missouri High School)|Lafayette High School]]
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|[[Lafayette (Missouri High School)|Lafayette]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''2002'''
 
|'''2002'''
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|[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central High School]]
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|[[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[Walton|Walton High School]]
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|[[Walton]]
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|-
 
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2003'''
 
|'''2003'''
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|[[Detroit Catholic Central|Detroit Catholic Central High School]]
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|[[Detroit Catholic Central]]
 
|[[St. Andrew's]]
 
|[[St. Andrew's]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''2004'''
 
|'''2004'''
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|[[New Trier|New Trier High School]]
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|[[New Trier]]
 
|[[Detroit Country Day]]
 
|[[Detroit Country Day]]
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2005'''
 
|'''2005'''
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|[[Dunbar|Dunbar High School A]]
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|[[Dunbar|Dunbar A]]
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|[[Dunbar|Dunbar High School B]]
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|[[Dunbar|Dunbar B]]
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|-
 
 
|-  
 
|-  
 
|'''2006'''
 
|'''2006'''
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|[[Dunbar|Dunbar High School]]
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|[[Dunbar]]
 
|[[Madisonville North Hopkins]]
 
|[[Madisonville North Hopkins]]
 
|-
 
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|'''2009'''
 
|'''2009'''
 
|[[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Rockford Auburn]]
 
|[[Auburn (Rockford, Illinois High School)|Rockford Auburn]]
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|[[Carbondale|Carbondale]]
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|[[Carbondale]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|'''2010'''
 
|'''2010'''
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|[[Glenwood|Chatham Glenwood High School]]
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|[[Glenwood|Chatham Glenwood]]
 
|[[Parkway Central]]
 
|[[Parkway Central]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[Carbondale]]
 
|[[Carbondale]]
 
|[[Northmont]]
 
|[[Northmont]]
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|-
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|'''2012'''
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|[[Clayton|Clayton A]]
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|-
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|'''2013'''
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|[[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|-
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|'''2014'''
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|[[Northmont]]
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|-
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|'''2015'''
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|[[Hallsville|Hallsville A]]
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|[[Savannah]]
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|'''2016'''
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|[[Hannibal|Hannibal A]]
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|[[Woodford County]]
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|-
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|'''2017'''
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|[[MICDS]]
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|-
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|'''2018'''
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|[[Detroit Catholic Central]]
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|-
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|'''2019'''
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|[[St. Joseph Central|St. Joseph Central A]]
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|-
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|'''2020'''
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|[[St. Joseph Central|St. Joseph Central A]]
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|-
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|'''2021'''
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|[[Ladue|Ladue A]]
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|[[Kinkaid|Kinkaid]]
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|-
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|'''2022'''
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|[[Clayton|Clayton A]]
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|[[College Heights Christian]]
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|'''2023'''
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|[[Fair Grove]]
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|[[Parkway West|Parkway West A]]
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|-
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|'''2024'''
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|[[Mexico]]
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|[[College Heights Christian]]
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== External Links ==
 
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[http://sugroups.wustl.edu/~collbowl/backup%202008-09-13/wuhsac.html 1999-2007 WUHSAC Results]
 
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Latest revision as of 22:07, 24 February 2024

WUHSAC, or the Washington University High School Academic Competition, is Washington University's annual high school quiz bowl competition that generally takes place in January or February. Since 2022, the tournament has been a mirror of the DART set; from 2013 to 2021, it used Yale's housewritten BHSAT questions. In previous years, questions were written by the WUSTL team. Teams participating can qualify for the PACE NSC.

Characteristics

WUHSAC is one of the flagship tournaments of the Missouri high school quiz bowl circuit, usually drawing around 30 teams. WUHSAC is also noteworthy as one of the few Missouri tournaments which draws a large number of out of state teams, recently from places like Ohio, Michigan, Tennessee and Florida.

WUHSAC also used the Gordon Arsenoff's WUStL Updates Statistics Live! (WUStL!) online scorekeeping system, which was used for other WUSTL tournaments from the 2012 WUHSAC to the 2019 WUHSAC.

Unusually, WUHSAC uses 20-point powers in a simulacrum of the NSC. All other aspects are the same as in standard quizbowl; there are 5-point negs and no bouncebacks on bonuses.

History

Prior to 2013, WUHSAC was intended to be a slightly harder than average house-written tournament, similar to Harvard's HFT. Beginning with the 2008 iteration, the set drew criticism from players such as Charlie Dees due to poor difficulty control, the use of biographical clues, and generally poor writing quality. This criticism eventually led to the adoption of Yale's Bulldog High School Academic Tournament set in 2013, which was well-received.

Recent tournament directors have included Sean Phillips and Charles Hang. Jacob O'Rourke has directed the tournament since WUHSAC XXI.

External Links

1999-2007 WUHSAC Results

Criticism of the 2008 iteration

2012 set discussion

Results

Year Champion Runner-up
1999 New Madrid County Central Unknown
January 2000 Bartlett Unknown
December 2000 Bartlett Lafayette
2002 Detroit Catholic Central Walton
2003 Detroit Catholic Central St. Andrew's
2004 New Trier Detroit Country Day
2005 Dunbar A Dunbar B
2006 Dunbar Madisonville North Hopkins
2007 North Kansas City New Trier
2008 North Kansas City Rockford Auburn
2009 Rockford Auburn Carbondale
2010 Chatham Glenwood Parkway Central
2011 Carbondale Northmont
2012 Ladue A Clayton A
2013 Ladue A Detroit Catholic Central
2014 Ladue A Northmont
2015 Hallsville A Savannah
2016 Hannibal A Woodford County
2017 MICDS Ladue A
2018 Detroit Catholic Central Ladue A
2019 Ladue A St. Joseph Central A
2020 Ladue A St. Joseph Central A
2021 Ladue A Kinkaid
2022 Clayton A College Heights Christian
2023 Fair Grove Parkway West A
2024 Mexico College Heights Christian
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