Matt Weiner

Matt Weiner
Noted subjects	General, History, Literature
Current college	None
Past colleges	VCU (2003-2008), Pitt (2001-2002)
High school	Maggie Walker (1998-2000)
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Matt Weiner (IPA: /ˈwinɚ/) is one of greatest quizbowl players in the history of the game, and is perhaps the most important figure in promoting the expansion of good quizbowl in the modern era. He is an alumnus of VCU and played as an undergraduate for Pitt. He currently plays open tournaments and does a lot of editing, writing, TDing, and organizational work for VCU, ACF, PACE, NAQT, and HSAPQ as well as independently.

He is also known as "the talented Mr. Weiner." [1]

Writing

Matt has been a critical force in sustaining good quizbowl by editing countless college tournaments. However, he has been criticized for not being a meticulous editor, writing confusing common link tossups, and for finishing many of his tournaments at the last minute. Ryan Westbrook aptly called him the "Gilbert Arenas volume shooter of quizbowl." Some of his most notable editing jobs include working as the editor-in-chief for the 2009 ACF Nationals, editing Penn Bowl from 2007-2009, editing the well-received 2008 ACF Regionals with Matt Keller, writing FICHTE and FICHTE II, and working on every incarnation of the VCU Open.

Matt has also been an important writer of the high school questions. He was the founding CEO of HSAPQ and now serves on their editorial board. He was the Chief Editor for the PACE NSC from 2002 to 2008 keeping the organization afloat for many years before the recent influx of quality writers.

Playing

Matt has won many tournaments and countless scoring titles, but his greatest achievement is undoubtedly leading the victorious team at Chicago Open for the last three years. His other notable finishes include winning the inaugural Minnesota Open with Charlie Dees as his only contributing teammate, winning the 2008 Chicago Open and the 2007 Illinois Open as part of a team with Jonathan Magin, Eric Mukherjee, and Jerry Vinokurov). He has also won Ryan Westbrook's Experimental Doubles Tournament on a team with Gautam Kandlikar, and earned third place at the 2007 Illinois Open Literature Tournament playing alongside Mike Sorice.

Quizbowl Advocacy

Matt Weiner has been one of the most important advocates of good quizbowl in the modern era. Aside from editing PACE for seven years and founding HSAPQ, he created the hsquizbowl.org's forums where he currently is an administrator. Matt has also been an important leader for Virginia quizbowl since his graduation serving as an informal coach to VCU and mentoring several high school players such as Tommy Casalaspi and Sarah Angelo by holding summer practices at VCU. However, some of his mentoring attempts have been less successful including his disastrous attempt to have Tommy Casalaspi (then a high school sophomore) write for the 2009 ACF Nationals.

Matt Weiner has very strong opinions on some philosophical topics, including a distaste for the opinions of Edmund Gettier. Nevertheless, he should not be confused with this guy. He is also not the bassist for The Hot Club of Cowtown or the creator of Mad Men.

Things Matt Weiner doesn't like

• Most things, especially Wikipedia
• Incompetence

Things Matt Weiner Likes

• ACF
• Chupa Chups
• Comedy skits that end with someone running through a wall and leaving a person-shaped hole behind
• Driving ridiculous distances instead of flying
• Edith Wharton
• Edwidge Danticat
• Floor hockey
• 80s alternative music
• MIKE BENTLEY
• New York City
• Oscar Wilde
• PACE
• Robots wearing clothes
• Round-robin formats
• Russian history
• Sex with men, according to Robin Richards
• Shops named after what they sell
• Star Wars comic books
• Team handball
• Top Chef
• Victory Over the Sun
• Wayside School
• William Shatner

See also

• Weiner's Laws
• Weiner's Factual Argument Paradox