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Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance (MQBA) is an organization for [[Quiz Bowl]] competitions for high school and middle school levels in Minnesota. The organization is headed by a five member Board of Directors whose members are [[James Jurkovich]], [[George Leiter]], [[Chris Lenius]], [[Kirk Walton]], and [[Brian Weikle]]. As [[R. Robert Hentzel]] regularly involved in its activities, the Alliance is affiliated with [[NAQT]] and generally runs tournaments using their question sets. Despite mention on their website, the MQBA is rarely involved in the College Quiz Bowl circuit.
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The '''Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance (MQBA)''' was an organization that organized and promoted "[[good quiz bowl]]" competitions for high school and middle school students in Minnesota. MQBA generally ran tournaments on weekends and should not be confused with the [[Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League]], a league that runs on Thursday nights and uses a unique format.
  
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== Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League ==
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MQBA events were run by [[Robert Hentzel]] until his retirement in 2022. Various schools and organizations, including the [[University of Minnesota]] and [[Play Quiz Bowl]], now run events on an individual basis.
  
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The MQBA operates [[Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League]]. It has four divisions and each has four preliminary meetings a season and lasts from October to February on Thursday evenings. Each meeting is colloquially known as a "league night" and consists of four rounds against random opponents. Each of these league nights occur at separate divisional locations. In February the the league's top teams are seeded into a double elimination tournament held at a central location. Higher rounds are broadcast on BCTV4 exclusively to viewers in Burnsville, MN. The league currently uses a custom written packet derived from an NAQT A level packet and lightning rounds.
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== Tournaments and Invitationals ==
  
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== Other Tournaments and Invitationals ==
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Events historically run by MQBA include:
  
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MQBA and its staff are sometimes involved in non-league night NAQT tournaments for logistical or moderation help, but usually the hosts of such events are primarily responsible. The following is a list of Alliance affiliated middle school and high school tournaments from the 2012-2013 season. They all played on an NAQT packet set.
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* [[SOCIAL]]
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* [[RAT-RACE]]
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*2013 NAQT State Championship (March 16, 2013)
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* [[Run for the Roses]]
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*2013 Run for the Roses (February 16, 2013)
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* [[NAQT Minnesota State Championship]]
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*2013 ACUI/NAQT Region 10 Sectional (February 9, 2013)
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* [[DIATOMS]] (middle school)
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*2013 Snow CAT (January 26, 2013)
 
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*2013 Lake Conference (January 12, 2013)
 
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*2012 LARGESSE (December 8, 2012)
 
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*2012 TOSSUP (December 8, 2012)
 
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*2012 GINVIT (December 1, 2012)
 
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*2012 RAT-RACE (November 17, 2012)
 
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*2012 KINGPIN (November 17, 2012)
 
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*2012 SOCIAL (October 27, 2012)
 
  
 
== Greatest Minnesota High School players ==
 
== Greatest Minnesota High School players ==
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This is was created by ''"The Grand Inquisitor"'' in 2008, so it may be somewhat out of date.
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An unknown person using the alias "The Grand Inquisitor" posted this list on the [[forums]] in 2008. Although accurate at the time, it is now very out-of-date.
 
# [[Michael Wright]]
 
# [[Michael Wright]]
 
# [[Brendan Byrne]]
 
# [[Brendan Byrne]]
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* [http://www.naqt.com/mqba/ MQBA official website, hosted on NAQT.com ]
 
* [http://www.naqt.com/mqba/ MQBA official website, hosted on NAQT.com ]
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* [http://www.naqt.com/mqba/league/2013/announcement.html Quiz Bowl League ]
 
 
* [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6174&start=0 Greatest players forum post, full list]
 
* [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=6174&start=0 Greatest players forum post, full list]
  
 
[[Category: High school quizbowl in Minnesota]]
 
[[Category: High school quizbowl in Minnesota]]
 
[[Category: High school leagues]]
 
[[Category: High school leagues]]
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[[Category:State Quizbowl Organizations]]

Latest revision as of 15:21, 17 January 2023

The Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance (MQBA) was an organization that organized and promoted "good quiz bowl" competitions for high school and middle school students in Minnesota. MQBA generally ran tournaments on weekends and should not be confused with the Minnesota High School Quiz Bowl League, a league that runs on Thursday nights and uses a unique format.

MQBA events were run by Robert Hentzel until his retirement in 2022. Various schools and organizations, including the University of Minnesota and Play Quiz Bowl, now run events on an individual basis.

Tournaments and Invitationals

Events historically run by MQBA include:

Greatest Minnesota High School players

An unknown person using the alias "The Grand Inquisitor" posted this list on the forums in 2008. Although accurate at the time, it is now very out-of-date.

  1. Michael Wright
  2. Brendan Byrne
  3. Trevor Davis
  4. Sam Peterson
  5. Rob Carson
  6. Gautam Kandlikar
  7. Andrew Guyton
  8. Jack Boyle/Josh Mollner
  9. Igor Luzhansky
  10. Andrew Hart

External Links

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