Princeton

Princeton
Location: Princeton, NJ
National championships	2000 NAQT Undergraduate, 2001 NAQT Undergraduate, 2002 NAQT Undergraduate, 1999 NAQT Division II
NAQT Page	link

Princeton is a quizbowl team based at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.

History

Princeton has a lengthy though obscure history of participation in College Bowl. It is known that the club lost to Agnes Scott College in a 1966 episode of the TV program, and that it placed at 4th at CBI nationals in 1984, earning a plate that now rusts away in the club's trophy hoard.

With the arrival of Jeff Stewart from BYU around 1994, Princeton's previously CBI-only program began attending and hosting ACF events. Princeton deaffiliated from CBI after the 1996-1997 school year.

Princeton and Rutgers' decision to cancel going to ACF Regionals 2007 at Maryland controversially turned that tournament into a farce, consiting only of VCU, two house teams, and a high school team. As a result, a long argument between Matt Weiner, members of the Princeton team and others flared up on the message boards in this thread.

Tournaments

For the past three years, Princeton has hosted PARFAIT, which was originally a packet submission tournament and has subsequently become a house written tournament. Previous Princeton college tournaments included Buzzerfest (1997-2004) and the Orville Redenbacher Invitational (c. 1996-1997).

The club also hosts a relatively popular NAQT high school tournament in the winter.

Leaving Tournaments Early

Though they have not achieved the 100% ratio of Duke, Princeton quite frequently leaves tournaments early, screwing over their scheduled opponents.

Former Members

• Dan Benediktson
• Michael Chiswick-Patterson
• Peter Coles
• Jeff Crean
• Ben Davenport
• Ross Fisher
• Chris Frankel
• Faith Hillis
• Jeff Hoppes
• Ben Horwich
• David Isaacson
• Larissa Kelly
• Brad Klein
• Steve Lawrie
• Bruce Lin
• David Madden
• Ben Malkevitch
• Jacob Mikanowski
• Matt Morris
• David Sachs
• Barbara Slote
• Charles Steinhardt
• Jeff Stewart
• Jen Wadsack
• Ray Yang

Leadership

Past Presidents include: Lenny Kostovetsky(2002-2003), Jeff Hoppes(2000-2002), Steve Lawrie(1999-2000), Ben Horwich(1998-1999).

External Link

• Princeton College Bowl

Title Succession

NAQT ICT Division I Undergraduate Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Carleton	2000, 2001, 2002	Harvard

NAQT ICT Division II Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Harvard	1999	Harvard

Unofficial title succession

ACF Nationals Undergraduate Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Texas	2000	Berry

ACF Nationals Undergraduate Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Berry	2002	Harvard

ACF Nationals Division II Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Arkansas	2000	Michigan

ACF Nationals Division II Champion
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Texas A&M	2003	Harvard