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{{Infobox|Name = Jonah Greenthal
 
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|Subjects = Judaism, math, musicals, Tom Lehrer, Arrested Development
 
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|schoolpast = [[Chicago]] (2010–2012), [[Illinois]] (2008–2009)
 
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'''Jonah Greenthal''' is a member of [[NAQT]], for which he does a wide variety of technical work, subject editing (primarily mathematics), set editing (including roughly a dozen national championships), tournament management (including [[logistics director|logistics-directing]] and [[tournament director|tournament-directing]] many national championships), as well as miscellaneous administrative work. His voice can be heard on many [[NAQT game recordings]] ("podcasts") from roughly 2014 through 2019.
  
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'''Jonah Greenthal''' is a player at [[Chicago]], to which he transferred from [[Illinois]]. In high school, he played for [[New Trier]]'s [[2007 IHSA State Championship Tournament|2007 IHSA]] class AA state champion team and captained the team the following year. More often than playing, he frequently staffs high school and college tournaments around the state and country.
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Jonah developed custom software for various ventures by his former coach [[David Reinstein]], including for running [[Scobol Solo]] (which thereby became the first known tournament to track exactly where in questions players buzzed) and [[Reinstein QuizBowl]]'s ordering system for IESA-style questions. He also helps Reinstein produce the Solo and [[Masonic]] question sets, and he used to co-TD the [[New Trier Varsity]] tournaments (additionally writing and editing much of it in 2008 and 2009).
  
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He head-edited and wrote a plurality of the 2008 and 2009 [[New Trier Varsity]] tournaments, which he has co-directed (with [[David Reinstein]]) since 2009. He also helps edit the New Trier [[Scobol Solo]], for which he developed custom software. He occasionally contributed to [[Aegis Questions]], and wrote for [[Brad Fischer]]'s 2009-10 conference set, [[SCOP]] Novice 2010, the second [[CMST]], the 2010 and 2011 [[IHSA]] State Series, and assorted other tournaments. He edits lower-level visual arts and most mathematics questions for [[NAQT]].
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His unremarkable playing career was for [[Chicago]] (2010–2012), [[Illinois]] (2008–2009), and [[New Trier]] (2005–2008).
  
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Jonah coordinates the moderator certification program and does software development and other technical tasks for [[IHSSBCA]]. He has often incurred the wrath of some IHSSBCA members for advocating [[ACF]]-style bonuses, [[good quizbowl|good questions]], the institution of [[negs]], and the elimination of [[computational math]].
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With [[Tom Egan]], he was the commissioner of the Scholastic Bowl program in the [[Central Suburban League]] for the 2010-11 academic year, during which he also assistant-coached at [[St. Ignatius]].
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Latest revision as of 17:39, 8 June 2024

Jonah Greenthal
Jonah 2012 06.jpg
Noted subjects Judaism, math, musicals, Tom Lehrer, Arrested Development
Current college none
Past colleges Chicago (2010–2012), Illinois (2008–2009)
High school New Trier (2005–2008)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Jonah Greenthal is a member of NAQT, for which he does a wide variety of technical work, subject editing (primarily mathematics), set editing (including roughly a dozen national championships), tournament management (including logistics-directing and tournament-directing many national championships), as well as miscellaneous administrative work. His voice can be heard on many NAQT game recordings ("podcasts") from roughly 2014 through 2019.

Jonah developed custom software for various ventures by his former coach David Reinstein, including for running Scobol Solo (which thereby became the first known tournament to track exactly where in questions players buzzed) and Reinstein QuizBowl's ordering system for IESA-style questions. He also helps Reinstein produce the Solo and Masonic question sets, and he used to co-TD the New Trier Varsity tournaments (additionally writing and editing much of it in 2008 and 2009).

His unremarkable playing career was for Chicago (2010–2012), Illinois (2008–2009), and New Trier (2005–2008).

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