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{{Infobox|Name = Patrick Liao | {{Infobox|Name = Patrick Liao | ||
|Image = Patrickqb.jpeg | |Image = Patrickqb.jpeg | ||
| − | |Subjects = History (esp | + | |Subjects = History (esp. Canadian and First World War), Classics, Geography, Current Events |
| − | |schoolcur = [[University of Pennsylvania]] | + | |schoolcur = retired |
| − | + | |schoolpast = [[University of Pennsylvania]] (2012-2015), [[Toronto]] Law (2016-2019) | |
|highschool = [[Lisgar]] (2008-2011) | |highschool = [[Lisgar]] (2008-2011) | ||
| }} | | }} | ||
| − | '''Patrick Liao''' is a quizbowler | + | '''Patrick Liao''' is a Canadian quizbowler who plays for [[Toronto]]. He formerly played for the [[University of Pennsylvania]] and [[Lisgar]]. In high school he was the alternate on the 2008 [[Reach for the Top]] championship winning team, and captained Lisgar to a 3rd place finish in the 2011 Reach for the Top nationals. Later, he was part of the [[2015 ACF Nationals]] championship team along with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[Chris Chiego]], and was the first Canadian to win the ACF Division I title. |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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===High School=== | ===High School=== | ||
| − | Patrick began playing [[Reach for the Top]] at [[Lisgar]] in grade 9, where he went to Reach for the Top Nationals as a spare on a powerful team that defeated UTS to be national champion. The following year saw him be on the team as a regular, as Lisgar tied for first at regionals and came in the top 10 at provincials. In Patrick's grade 11 year, he captained a Lisgar team consisting of three other grade 11s and a grade 10 to first in Ottawa regionals | + | ====Reach for the Top==== |
| + | Patrick began playing [[Reach for the Top]] at [[Lisgar]] in grade 9, where after the [[Edmontago]] crisis he went to Reach for the Top Nationals as a spare on a powerful team that defeated UTS to be national champion. The following year saw him be on the A-team as a regular, as Lisgar tied for first at regionals and came in the top 10 at provincials. In Patrick's grade 11 year, he captained a Lisgar team consisting of three other grade 11s and a grade 10 to first in Ottawa regionals. However, that year Lisgar's long streak of playoff appearances at the Ontario Reach provincials was ended when Lisgar was seeded in a tough pool in which it went 5-2. | ||
| − | + | In his senior year, Lisgar swept the Ottawa regionals, and was seeded 2nd going into the playoffs. Patrick's Lisgar team was eliminated in a semifinal game against UTS, which led to Patrick jubilantly exclaiming that he never had to play Reach again. (Un)fortunately, Patrick's successful protest (resolved post-tournament) that "de la Salle" should have been accepted for "René-Robert Cavalier" and a team from another province dropping meant that Lisgar made the national finals. At nationals, Patrick captained the team to a third-place finish when Lisgar lost to Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute (CCVI), that year's Ontario champions, in the semi-finals. | |
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| + | ====Quizbowl==== | ||
| + | Patrick's first quizbowl tournament was the 2007 Ottawa Quizbowl tournament, in which he was the second-top scorer and his Lisgar C team came third. Patrick played on the Lisgar team that made HSNCT in [[2009 HSNCT|2009]], [[2010 HSNCT|2010]], [[2011 HSNCT|2011]], although he only went to the first two because he went to PACE NSC in 2011. He also captained a team that won the 2010 Ontario Provincial NAQT championships. Patrick is infamous for answering "Daniel Carter" for "Jimmy Carter" at a tournament. Daniel was the captain of Lisgar's rivals, Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute. | ||
===College=== | ===College=== | ||
| − | At [[Penn]], Patrick instead became notorious for writing about Canada inordinately for submissions and for helping the team to | + | At [[Penn]], Patrick instead became notorious for writing about Canada inordinately for submissions and for helping the team to several high finishes at ACF Nationals and ICT during his four-year tenure. His depth of knowledge in history, classics and Canadiana made him an integral part of Penn A. |
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| + | Patrick helped the team win the [[2015 ACF Nationals]] as a senior, making him the first Canadian player to win ACF Nationals. The shining pinnacle of Patrick's quizbowl career was tossup 20 of the final against Chicago; Patrick achieved a spectacular buzz on the On-to-Ottawa trek, thus bringing his UG career full circle, it having started with him writing a near-impossible question on the same topic (directed to do so by [[Eric Mukherjee]]) as a freshman. | ||
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| + | Patrick began law school at the University of Toronto in 2015, where he played occasionally. | ||
| − | ==Writing== | + | ==Writing and editing== |
| − | *[[Penn Bowl|2012 Penn | + | *[[Penn Bowl|2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Penn Bowls]] |
| + | *[[Penn-ance|2012 Penn-ance]] | ||
| + | *[[Ottawa Hybrid Tournament|BLASTOISE]] | ||
| + | *[[IHBB Canada|IHBB Canada 2015]] - Canadian content | ||
== Notable Tournaments == | == Notable Tournaments == | ||
| + | *[[2015 ACF Nationals]] - 1st place (with [[Saajid Moyen]], [[Chris Chiego]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]) | ||
| + | *[[2015 NAQT ICT]] - 2nd place (with [[Saajid Moyen]], [[Chris Chiego]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]) | ||
| + | *[[2014 ACF Nationals]] - 3rd place (with [[Saajid Moyen]], [[Dallas Simons]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]) | ||
| + | *[[2014 NAQT ICT]] - 3rd place (with [[Saajid Moyen]], [[Dallas Simons]], and [[Eric Mukherjee]]) | ||
| + | *[[College History Bowl|2014 College History Bowl]] - 3rd place (with [[Dallas Simons]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[David Ferguson]]) | ||
| + | *[[MUT|2013 MUT]] at Yale - 1st place (with [[James Lasker]] and [[David Xu]]) | ||
| + | *[[2013 TIT]] at Maryland - 2nd place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[David Xu]]) | ||
| + | *[[ACF Regionals|2013 ACF Regionals]] at Brown - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[Dallas Simons]]) | ||
| + | *[[2012 QUARK]] Mid-Atlantic Mirror - 1st place (with [[Eric Mukherjee]], [[Saajid Moyen]], and [[Dallas Simons]]) | ||
| + | *[[2012 IFT]] at Yale - Tied for 2nd place (with [[Saajid Moyen]]) | ||
*[[2012 ACF Nationals]] - 4th place (with [[Saajid Moyen]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[James Lasker]]) | *[[2012 ACF Nationals]] - 4th place (with [[Saajid Moyen]], [[Eric Mukherjee]], and [[James Lasker]]) | ||
*[[2012 MUT]] - 2nd place (with [[Saajid Moyen]]) | *[[2012 MUT]] - 2nd place (with [[Saajid Moyen]]) | ||
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[[Category:Lisgar]] | [[Category:Lisgar]] | ||
[[Category:Penn]] | [[Category:Penn]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Players on ACF Nationals championship teams]] | ||
[[Category:High school players active in 2011]] | [[Category:High school players active in 2011]] | ||
[[Category:High school players active in 2010]] | [[Category:High school players active in 2010]] | ||
[[Category:High school players active in 2009]] | [[Category:High school players active in 2009]] | ||
[[Category:High school players active in 2008]] | [[Category:High school players active in 2008]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Question writers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:35, 13 December 2022
| Patrick Liao | |
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| Noted subjects | History (esp. Canadian and First World War), Classics, Geography, Current Events |
| Current college | retired |
| Past colleges | University of Pennsylvania (2012-2015), Toronto Law (2016-2019) |
| High school | Lisgar (2008-2011) |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Patrick Liao is a Canadian quizbowler who plays for Toronto. He formerly played for the University of Pennsylvania and Lisgar. In high school he was the alternate on the 2008 Reach for the Top championship winning team, and captained Lisgar to a 3rd place finish in the 2011 Reach for the Top nationals. Later, he was part of the 2015 ACF Nationals championship team along with Eric Mukherjee, Saajid Moyen, and Chris Chiego, and was the first Canadian to win the ACF Division I title.
Career
High School
Reach for the Top
Patrick began playing Reach for the Top at Lisgar in grade 9, where after the Edmontago crisis he went to Reach for the Top Nationals as a spare on a powerful team that defeated UTS to be national champion. The following year saw him be on the A-team as a regular, as Lisgar tied for first at regionals and came in the top 10 at provincials. In Patrick's grade 11 year, he captained a Lisgar team consisting of three other grade 11s and a grade 10 to first in Ottawa regionals. However, that year Lisgar's long streak of playoff appearances at the Ontario Reach provincials was ended when Lisgar was seeded in a tough pool in which it went 5-2.
In his senior year, Lisgar swept the Ottawa regionals, and was seeded 2nd going into the playoffs. Patrick's Lisgar team was eliminated in a semifinal game against UTS, which led to Patrick jubilantly exclaiming that he never had to play Reach again. (Un)fortunately, Patrick's successful protest (resolved post-tournament) that "de la Salle" should have been accepted for "René-Robert Cavalier" and a team from another province dropping meant that Lisgar made the national finals. At nationals, Patrick captained the team to a third-place finish when Lisgar lost to Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute (CCVI), that year's Ontario champions, in the semi-finals.
Quizbowl
Patrick's first quizbowl tournament was the 2007 Ottawa Quizbowl tournament, in which he was the second-top scorer and his Lisgar C team came third. Patrick played on the Lisgar team that made HSNCT in 2009, 2010, 2011, although he only went to the first two because he went to PACE NSC in 2011. He also captained a team that won the 2010 Ontario Provincial NAQT championships. Patrick is infamous for answering "Daniel Carter" for "Jimmy Carter" at a tournament. Daniel was the captain of Lisgar's rivals, Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute.
College
At Penn, Patrick instead became notorious for writing about Canada inordinately for submissions and for helping the team to several high finishes at ACF Nationals and ICT during his four-year tenure. His depth of knowledge in history, classics and Canadiana made him an integral part of Penn A.
Patrick helped the team win the 2015 ACF Nationals as a senior, making him the first Canadian player to win ACF Nationals. The shining pinnacle of Patrick's quizbowl career was tossup 20 of the final against Chicago; Patrick achieved a spectacular buzz on the On-to-Ottawa trek, thus bringing his UG career full circle, it having started with him writing a near-impossible question on the same topic (directed to do so by Eric Mukherjee) as a freshman.
Patrick began law school at the University of Toronto in 2015, where he played occasionally.
Writing and editing
- 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Penn Bowls
- 2012 Penn-ance
- BLASTOISE
- IHBB Canada 2015 - Canadian content
Notable Tournaments
- 2015 ACF Nationals - 1st place (with Saajid Moyen, Chris Chiego, and Eric Mukherjee)
- 2015 NAQT ICT - 2nd place (with Saajid Moyen, Chris Chiego, and Eric Mukherjee)
- 2014 ACF Nationals - 3rd place (with Saajid Moyen, Dallas Simons, and Eric Mukherjee)
- 2014 NAQT ICT - 3rd place (with Saajid Moyen, Dallas Simons, and Eric Mukherjee)
- 2014 College History Bowl - 3rd place (with Dallas Simons, Eric Mukherjee, and David Ferguson)
- 2013 MUT at Yale - 1st place (with James Lasker and David Xu)
- 2013 TIT at Maryland - 2nd place (with Eric Mukherjee, Saajid Moyen, and David Xu)
- 2013 ACF Regionals at Brown - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee, Saajid Moyen, and Dallas Simons)
- 2012 QUARK Mid-Atlantic Mirror - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee, Saajid Moyen, and Dallas Simons)
- 2012 IFT at Yale - Tied for 2nd place (with Saajid Moyen)
- 2012 ACF Nationals - 4th place (with Saajid Moyen, Eric Mukherjee, and James Lasker)
- 2012 MUT - 2nd place (with Saajid Moyen)
- 2012 ICT - 11th place (with Saajid Moyen, Eric Mukherjee, James Lasker, and Samuel Passaglia)
- 2012 ACF Regionals - 3rd place (with Saajid Moyen, Eric Mukherjee, James Lasker, and Samuel Passaglia)
- 2012 SCT Mid-Atlantic - 2nd place (with Saajid Moyen, Eric Mukherjee, Samuel Passaglia, and Jon Moller)
- 2011 MAGNI - 3rd place (with Saajid Moyen, Eric Mukherjee, and James Lasker)