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The '''Minnesota High School Quizbowl League''' is one of the most popular quiz bowl formats in Minnesota and is a member association of the [[Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]]. It culminates in a tournament consisting of 16 of the top team. It is currently run on questions supplied by [[NAQT]], derived from one of the A series they produce each year.  It is directed by [[R Robert Hentzel]] and takes place on four different nights over a span of five and at four separate sites.  The four sites are each home to one division, which are supposed to be divided equally by talent and location, but recently divisions have been rather lopsided.  Each night a team plays four rounds within its division, except for the last night which is the "playoff" night, where the top teams from each site come together and play for the title in a single elimination playoff bracket. MNHSQB League championship tournament considered by many to be more prestigious than the official [[NAQT Minnesota State Championship]], as it is generally has a more challenging field and is broadcast on television.  
 
The '''Minnesota High School Quizbowl League''' is one of the most popular quiz bowl formats in Minnesota and is a member association of the [[Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance]]. It culminates in a tournament consisting of 16 of the top team. It is currently run on questions supplied by [[NAQT]], derived from one of the A series they produce each year.  It is directed by [[R Robert Hentzel]] and takes place on four different nights over a span of five and at four separate sites.  The four sites are each home to one division, which are supposed to be divided equally by talent and location, but recently divisions have been rather lopsided.  Each night a team plays four rounds within its division, except for the last night which is the "playoff" night, where the top teams from each site come together and play for the title in a single elimination playoff bracket. MNHSQB League championship tournament considered by many to be more prestigious than the official [[NAQT Minnesota State Championship]], as it is generally has a more challenging field and is broadcast on television.  
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== Divisions ==
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===List of teams===
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{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"
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! style="background:white; width:12%" | Division
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! style="background:white; width:17%" | Team
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! style="background:white; width:15%" | City
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! style="background:white; width:13%" | Head Coach
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! style=background:#FFDDFF rowspan=7 | North Division
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| '''[[Blake]]'''
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|-
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| '''[[Breck]]'''
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| [[Calgary]], [[Alberta|AB]]
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| [[Scotiabank Saddledome]]
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|-
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| '''[[DeLaSalle]]'''
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| [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta|AB]]
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|-
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| '''[[Hill-Murray]]'''
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| '''[[Hopkins]]'''
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| '''[[Armstrong | Robbinsdale Armstrong]]'''
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| Plymouth
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| Pat Quinn
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| '''[[Wayzata]]'''
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| Plymouth
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| Meaghan Decker
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|-
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! style=background:#FFFFDD rowspan=7 | South Division
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| '''[[Chicago Blackhawks]]'''
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| [[Chicago]], [[Illinois|IL]]
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| [[United Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[Colorado Avalanche]]'''
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| [[Denver]], [[Colorado|CO]]
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| [[Pepsi Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[Dallas Stars]]'''
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| [[Dallas]], [[Texas|TX]]
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| [[American Airlines Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[Minnesota Wild]]'''
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| [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]], [[Minnesota|MN]]
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| [[Xcel Energy Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[Nashville Predators]]'''
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| [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee|TN]]
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| [[Bridgestone Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[St. Louis Blues]]'''
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|[[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[Missouri|MO]]
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| [[Scottrade Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[Winnipeg Jets]]'''
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| [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba|MB]]
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| [[MTS Centre]]
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|-
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! style="background:#DDDDFF" rowspan="8" | [[Atlantic Division (NHL)|Atlantic Division]]
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| '''[[Boston Bruins]]'''
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| [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts|MA]]
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| [[TD Garden]]
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|-
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| '''[[Buffalo Sabres]]'''
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| [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York|NY]]
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| [[First Niagara Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[Detroit Red Wings]]'''
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| [[Detroit]], [[Michigan|MI]]
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| [[Joe Louis Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[Florida Panthers]]'''
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| [[Sunrise, Florida|Sunrise]], [[Florida|FL]]
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| [[BB&T Center (Sunrise)|BB&T Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[Montreal Canadiens]]'''
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| [[Montreal]], [[Quebec|QC]]]
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|-
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| '''[[Ottawa Senators]]'''
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| [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario|ON]]
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| [[Canadian Tire Centre]]
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| colspan=2 align=center | 1992
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|-
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| '''[[Tampa Bay Lightning]]'''
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| [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]], [[Florida|FL]]
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| [[Tampa Bay Times Forum]]
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|-
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| '''[[Toronto Maple Leafs]]'''
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| [[Toronto]], [[Ontario|ON]]
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| [[Air Canada Centre]]
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|-
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! style="background:#DDFFDD" rowspan="8" | [[Metropolitan Division]]
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| '''[[Carolina Hurricanes]]'''
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| [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], [[North Carolina|NC]]
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| [[PNC Arena]]
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|-
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| '''[[Columbus Blue Jackets]]'''
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| [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], [[Ohio|OH]]
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| [[Nationwide Arena]]
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| colspan=2 align=center | 2000
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| [[Todd Richards (ice hockey)|Todd Richards]]
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| Vacant
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|-
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| '''[[New Jersey Devils]]'''
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| [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[New Jersey|NJ]]
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| [[Prudential Center]]
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|-
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| '''[[New York Islanders]]'''
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| [[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale]], [[New York|NY]]
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| [[Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum]]
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|}
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== Format ==
 
== Format ==
 
MNHSQBL uses a [[Four-quarter format]], though they are referred to as "phases".  The first phase consists of twelve warm-up tossups, which are short and worth only ten points each.  The second phase consists of standard [[NAQT]] tossups with powers and bonuses.  The first two phases are combined for timing purposes, and are 9 minutes long.  The third phase is lightning rounds consisting of ten related questions worth ten points each.  The team that is not in the lead gets to go first and picks from three subjects for their round.  They then have one minute to answer as many as they can.  Then the other team has a 30 second bounce-back phase on questions heard but passed on or incorrectly answered.  Then the lead team picks one of the two remaining lightning rounds, and they have one minute to answer followed by their opponent's 30 second bounce-back phase.  If a team manages to get all ten parts of their lightning round correct, they get an extra 20 points. The fourth phase is more tossups with powers and bonuses, for 6 minutes.  Neg fives are not used.  This means there are a total of 1140 points available to a team in a round.
 
MNHSQBL uses a [[Four-quarter format]], though they are referred to as "phases".  The first phase consists of twelve warm-up tossups, which are short and worth only ten points each.  The second phase consists of standard [[NAQT]] tossups with powers and bonuses.  The first two phases are combined for timing purposes, and are 9 minutes long.  The third phase is lightning rounds consisting of ten related questions worth ten points each.  The team that is not in the lead gets to go first and picks from three subjects for their round.  They then have one minute to answer as many as they can.  Then the other team has a 30 second bounce-back phase on questions heard but passed on or incorrectly answered.  Then the lead team picks one of the two remaining lightning rounds, and they have one minute to answer followed by their opponent's 30 second bounce-back phase.  If a team manages to get all ten parts of their lightning round correct, they get an extra 20 points. The fourth phase is more tossups with powers and bonuses, for 6 minutes.  Neg fives are not used.  This means there are a total of 1140 points available to a team in a round.

Revision as of 17:46, 18 November 2013

The Minnesota High School Quizbowl League is one of the most popular quiz bowl formats in Minnesota and is a member association of the Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance. It culminates in a tournament consisting of 16 of the top team. It is currently run on questions supplied by NAQT, derived from one of the A series they produce each year. It is directed by R Robert Hentzel and takes place on four different nights over a span of five and at four separate sites. The four sites are each home to one division, which are supposed to be divided equally by talent and location, but recently divisions have been rather lopsided. Each night a team plays four rounds within its division, except for the last night which is the "playoff" night, where the top teams from each site come together and play for the title in a single elimination playoff bracket. MNHSQB League championship tournament considered by many to be more prestigious than the official NAQT Minnesota State Championship, as it is generally has a more challenging field and is broadcast on television.

Divisions

List of teams

Division Team City Head Coach
North Division Blake
Breck Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
DeLaSalle Edmonton, AB
Hill-Murray
Hopkins
Robbinsdale Armstrong Plymouth Pat Quinn
Wayzata Plymouth Meaghan Decker
South Division Chicago Blackhawks Chicago, IL United Center
Colorado Avalanche Denver, CO Pepsi Center
Dallas Stars Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
Minnesota Wild Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
Nashville Predators Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
St. Louis Blues St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
Atlantic Division Boston Bruins Boston, MA TD Garden
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
Detroit Red Wings Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
Florida Panthers Sunrise, FL BB&T Center
Montreal Canadiens Montreal, QC]
Ottawa Senators Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre 1992
Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa, FL Tampa Bay Times Forum
Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
Metropolitan Division Carolina Hurricanes Raleigh, NC PNC Arena
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena 2000 Todd Richards Vacant
New Jersey Devils Newark, NJ Prudential Center
New York Islanders Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum


Format

MNHSQBL uses a Four-quarter format, though they are referred to as "phases". The first phase consists of twelve warm-up tossups, which are short and worth only ten points each. The second phase consists of standard NAQT tossups with powers and bonuses. The first two phases are combined for timing purposes, and are 9 minutes long. The third phase is lightning rounds consisting of ten related questions worth ten points each. The team that is not in the lead gets to go first and picks from three subjects for their round. They then have one minute to answer as many as they can. Then the other team has a 30 second bounce-back phase on questions heard but passed on or incorrectly answered. Then the lead team picks one of the two remaining lightning rounds, and they have one minute to answer followed by their opponent's 30 second bounce-back phase. If a team manages to get all ten parts of their lightning round correct, they get an extra 20 points. The fourth phase is more tossups with powers and bonuses, for 6 minutes. Neg fives are not used. This means there are a total of 1140 points available to a team in a round.

Questions

The questions are very easy, generally easier than NAQT A-Series questions. You can read a sample packet here.


History

Since the 2006-2007 season League play has been on NAQT questions. Before that it was run on Patrick's Press questions, and on Questions Unlimited in the mid-eighties. In 2009, Chaska won the league title; the two previous seasons were won by Eden Prairie. Very shady records can be found here. At one time, the MNHSQB league was the sole venue of high school quiz bowl competition in Minnesota, but many other tournaments on the circuit has since been held.


Past Champions

External Links

Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance

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