Maryland Fall Classic

The Maryland Fall Classic Tournament, or the Maryland High School Invitational Tournament, is a house-written high school quizbowl tournament held annually in the early fall by the University of Maryland.

Old Format

The Maryland Fall Classic is usually modeled on the It's Academic format, although there are some changes. In recent years, the tournament has not featured the visual questions found on the It's Academic TV show, nor has there been any computational math in the tournament. Also, a category round is still included despite the category round no longer being used on the It's Academic TV show.

The basic structure of each round is:

• 10 "Letter Round" Tossups
• 7 "Team Round 1" Questions given to each team separately
• 10 "Category Round" Tossups
• 7 "Team Round 2" Questions given to each team seperately
• 15 "Grab Bag" Tossups

None of the tossup rounds feature bouncebacks. The Grab Bag questions tend to be longer and more pyramidal than the speed-heavy Letter and Category Rounds.

New Format

From 2008, the tournament was run on pyramidal questions. The 2008 and 2009 sets were provided by HSAPQ. NAQT provided the 2010, 2011 and 2014 sets. The 2015 set was a housewrite.

Per Year Breakdown

In 2007, the tournament was directed by Mike Bentley, who also served as the chief editor. The questions for this year were also allegedly mirrored at an Illinois junior high school tournament. TJ defeated Whitman in the finals to win.

In 2006, the tournament was directed by Casey Retterer, who also served as the chief editor.

In 2005, the tournament was directed by Casey Retterer, who also served as the chief editor.

The tournament has been running for many years, probably extending back to the mid-80s.

Results

It is possible, almost certain, that results for this tournament exist prior to 2000.

Year	# of Teams	Champion	Second	Third	Fourth
11/19/2000	56	Thomas Jefferson A	Georgetown Day	St. Anselm's	Walter Johnson A
11/18/2001	56	Eleanor Roosevelt A	Thomas Jefferson B	St. Anselm's A	Thomas Jefferson A
11/24/2002	64	Thomas Jefferson A	Eleanor Roosevelt	Maret A	St. Anselm's A
2003?	Unknown	results needed	results needed	results needed	results needed
10/1/2004 (Results)	48 [1]	Blake	Kellenberg	Walter Johnson A	Centennial A
2005	Unknown	results needed	results needed	results needed	results needed
2006	Unknown	results needed	results needed	results needed	results needed
9/30/2007	32	Thomas Jefferson A	Walt Whitman A	Seton Hall	Gonzaga
9/28/2008	30	Wilmington Charter A	Georgetown Day	Hunter	Walter Johnson
9/26/2009	24	Georgetown Day A	Richard Montgomery	Thomas Jefferson A	St. Anselm's
9/25/2010	16	Richard Montgomery A	St. Anselm's	Thomas Jefferson A	Georgetown Day
9/24/2011	18	Georgetown Day	Richard Montgomery A	Montgomery Blair	St. Joseph A
10/10/2015	21	Quince Orchard	Thomas Jefferson A	Wilmington Charter	Manheim Township A