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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.
  
'''Jonah Greenthal''' is a former player at [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], and [[New Trier]], but is more notable as a staffer, tournament director, and for general administrative and technical work.
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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).
  
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]] and the [[Masonic]] set, for each of which he developed custom software.
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His unremarkable playing career was for [[Chicago]] (2010–2012), [[Illinois]] (2008–2009), and [[New Trier]] (2005–2008).
  
Jonah is a member of [[NAQT]], for which his work includes subject-editing mathematics (and at various times computer science, physics, visual art, and linguistics); software development; and logistical work, including directing [[MSNCT]] in [[2012 MSNCT|2012]] and [[2013 MSNCT|2013]].
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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).