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{{Infobox|Name = Moses Kitakule
 
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|Subjects = Literature, Christianity, Africa, soccer
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|Subjects = Literature, Bible, Medicine, Africa, Soccer
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|schoolcur = [[Yale]] (2015-)
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|schoolcur = [[Columbia]] (2021-)
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|schoolpast = [[Yale]] (2015–2019)
 
|highschool = Episcopal School of Acadiana (2011-2015)  
 
|highschool = Episcopal School of Acadiana (2011-2015)  
 
|middleschool= Episcopal School of Acadiana (2009-2011)
 
|middleschool= Episcopal School of Acadiana (2009-2011)
 
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==Career==
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'''Moses Kitakule''' played several years of bad quizbowl for Episcopal School of Acadiana in Louisiana before coming to Yale, where he was a key player on the team that won the Division I overall title at the [[2019 ICT]]. He served as president of Yale Student Academic competitions from 2017–18. He is currently a MD/PhD student at [[Columbia]].
  
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Moses, one of the few active black players in the collegiate quiz-bowl world, currently plays for Yale University. He is currently working with [[Harvard]] player [[Jon Suh]] on [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=350162#p350162 JaMES], a tossups-only side event of Bible questions.  
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Known for his dedication to the Old Testament, Moses is currently working with [[Harvard]]'s [[Jon Suh]] on [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=350162#p350162 JaMES], a tossups-only side event of Bible questions.  
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===ESA===
 
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Moses started his career playing LAAC, a format of [[bad quizbowl]]. He led ESA B in scoring in his first foray into pyramidal quiz-bowl, the 2011 Righteous Justice tournament. This was followed by a drought of nearly three years, before two more tournaments during his senior year. On ESA A, he generally functioned as a second scorer to generalist Sam Hebert, but outscored him in prelims at his final NAQT high school tournament, the 2015 Louisiana State Championship.
 
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===Yale===
 
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====2015-17====
 
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Moses was shocked to discover just how relatively behind Louisiana quiz-bowlers was when he joined Yale quiz-bowl; nevertheless, he resolved to get better. He was aided by [[Jacob Reed]]'s helpful tips and resources and by an introduction to the Mnemosyne flash-carding program by [[Adam S. Fine]], who had used this method to become a "master of organic chemistry." Moses replaced [[Connor Wood]] on the Yale DII team when the latter quit, and after a surprisingly [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/player.jsp?team_member_id=312963 decent] performance at SCT, was designated as the team's literature player. Unfortunately, the team gave a disappointing [https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/team.jsp?team_id=96771 sixth-place] performance at 2016 ICT, but Moses once again surprised by finishing as second scorer. During his sophomore year he was once again on Yale B, this time with [[Laurence Li]], [[James Wedgwood]], and [[Anand Nanduri]], but the four never actually played a tournament together as a full team.
 
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====2017-18====
 
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For a third time, Moses found himself on Yale B. Moses has repeatedly stated that this team, of all the teams he has played with, was his favourite. Fine arts/philosophy/literature player [[James Wedgwood]], classics/A.E. Housman player [[Michael Kearney]], and science/literature player [[Hasna Karim]] made up the rest of the team. Despite the shadowing effect caused by three additional literature players, Moses managed to emerge as the consistent top scorer on a team for the first time (mainly by vulching as much as he could). At [[2018 ACF Regionals]], Yale B failed to qualify via A-Value but managed to pull off one of the greatest upsets of all time, defeating an essentially full-strength [http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4916/stats/combined_%28w_finals%29/teamdetail/#t13 Columbia A]. Due to outside circumstances, Moses (and subsequently Yale B) underperformed significantly at [[2018 ICT]]. Yale B was denied one last hurrah at ACF Nationals because [[Isaac Kirk-Davidoff]] unexpectedly dropped, forcing Moses up to the A-team at very short notice. He was unable to adequately fill the gap left by IKD so the favourites finished in a disappointing 3rd place.
 
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====2018-19====
 
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In his final year, Moses was promoted to the A-team full-time, making it the first time since 11th grade that he was operating as a fourth-scorer. He got the year off to a good start, contributing a solid 20 PPG while legends Jacob Reed and [[Stephen Eltinge]] broke the [[Hoppes-Mikanowski limit]] on the way to an emphatic victory at Penn Bowl.
 
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==Best Tournament Performances==
 
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* [[2018 Sun God Invitational]] - 1st place (with Stephen Eltinge, Adam S. Fine, and [[Alex Hu]])
 
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* [[2018 Penn Bowl]] - 1st place (with Jacob Reed and Stephen Eltinge)
 
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* [[2018 ACF Nationals]] - 3rd place (with Jacob Reed, Stephen Eltinge, Isaac Kirk-Davidoff, and Adam S. Fine)
 
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* [[2018 SMT]] - 2nd place (with Adam S. Fine and [[Stefan D'Sa]])
 
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* [[2017 It's Lit]] (Skype) - 1st place (with [[Clare Keenan]] and [[Gabe Guedes]])
 
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* [[2017 Cambridge Open]] - 1st place (with Jacob Reed, Stephen Eltinge, and [[Jerry Vinokurov]])
 
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* [[2016 SCT]] - 1st place (with Adam S. Fine, [[Cathy Xue]], and [[Olivia Noble]])
 
  
  
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[[Category: Players on ICT Division I championship teams]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:17, 30 December 2023

Moses Kitakule
Noted subjects Literature, Bible, Medicine, Africa, Soccer
Current college Columbia (2021-)
Past colleges Yale (2015–2019)
High school Episcopal School of Acadiana (2011-2015)
Middle school Episcopal School of Acadiana (2009-2011)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Moses Kitakule played several years of bad quizbowl for Episcopal School of Acadiana in Louisiana before coming to Yale, where he was a key player on the team that won the Division I overall title at the 2019 ICT. He served as president of Yale Student Academic competitions from 2017–18. He is currently a MD/PhD student at Columbia.

Known for his dedication to the Old Testament, Moses is currently working with Harvard's Jon Suh on JaMES, a tossups-only side event of Bible questions.

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