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===Stats data formats===
 
===Stats data formats===
 
:;SQBS
 
:;SQBS
*[[SQBS data file]]
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:*[[SQBS data file]]
 
:;Tournament schema
 
:;Tournament schema
*[https://schema.quizbowl.technology/ Website with technical specification]
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:*[https://schema.quizbowl.technology/ Website with technical specification]
*[https://github.com/quizbowl/schema GitHub repository]
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:*[https://github.com/quizbowl/schema GitHub repository]
 
:;Tournakit
 
:;Tournakit
*Aug 21, 2013 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14786 Tournakit: A Format and Toolkit]
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:*Aug 21, 2013 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14786 Tournakit: A Format and Toolkit]
  
 
====Old or Abandoned====
 
====Old or Abandoned====
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:;Livestat
 
:;Livestat
*[http://weill.org/livestat/ Home page]
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:*[http://weill.org/livestat/ Home page]
 
:;QBTPS
 
:;QBTPS
*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8782 I needed a database project]
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:*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8782 I needed a database project]
*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8980 Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)]
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:*[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=8980 Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)]
 
:;JAGUARS
 
:;JAGUARS
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jaguars/ SourceForge page]
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:*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jaguars/ SourceForge page]
 
:;Tournament Central
 
:;Tournament Central
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100618155746/http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page (archived)]
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:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100618155746/http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page (archived)]
 
:;Taft
 
:;Taft
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080622002023/http://www.taftqb.com/ Archived home page] – "record and share the statistics for your quiz bowl tournament"
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:*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080622002023/http://www.taftqb.com/ Archived home page] – "record and share the statistics for your quiz bowl tournament"
*Dec 17, 2006 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3455 Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software]
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:*Dec 17, 2006 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=3455 Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software]
*Jun 15, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4133 Taft: Launching soon]
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:*Jun 15, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4133 Taft: Launching soon]
*Aug 22, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4340 Taft launching soon...]
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:*Aug 22, 2007 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=4340 Taft launching soon...]
*Feb 11, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7251 Taft now supports playoff brackets]
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:*Feb 11, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7251 Taft now supports playoff brackets]
*Feb 28, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9554 Shutting down Taft]
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:*Feb 28, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=9554 Shutting down Taft]
 
:;[[BEeS]]
 
:;[[BEeS]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202110605/http://www.beesqb.com/ Home page (archived)]
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:*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202110605/http://www.beesqb.com/ Home page (archived)]
*Jan 03, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7014 Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program]
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:*Jan 03, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7014 Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program]
*Mar 21, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9687 BEeS, Part 2]
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:*Mar 21, 2010 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=9687 BEeS, Part 2]
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==Questions==
 
==Questions==

Revision as of 09:55, 5 February 2024

Tournaments

Tournament database

Tournament writers

Tournament automation and management

  • qams and qams² (set completion, contribution tracking, packet templates)
    • Packetizing solutions based on qams (or other compatible answerline spreadsheets) include packetizer (not publicly published)
  • Wordcounter (character/word counting)
  • autoPG (pronunciation guides)
  • qpd (pronunciation guides)
  • Packet Cover Sheet Generator (not publicly published)
Superseded

Tournament schedulers

Software for Online Tournaments

Stats

Tournament Statistics

SQBS
  • Home page – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament"
Yellowfruit
Neg 5
QBSQL

Historical Statistics

Scoresheets

Main page: scoresheets
Chris Carter's stats iPhone app
Official NAQT scoresheet in Excel format
NAQT Scoresheet for Android
Excel score sheets
Google Spreadsheets

Stats data formats

SQBS
Tournament schema
Tournakit

Old or Abandoned

Questions

Question databases

Main page: question databases
Quizbowl Resource Database
HS QB Packet Archive
Collegiate Packet Archive
QuizDB
Stanford Packet Archive
Wastebin

Practice tools

Protobowl
  • Home page
  • discussion
  • use is discouraged due to rampant racism and owners' lack of interest in any attempt at working on it
QuizBug 2
Geoffrey's QBReader
Power QB

Buzzer software

Buzzman
Buzzin

Packet formats and parsing

QB Toolbox
QBML
Alejandro's Packet Parser
Mike Bentley's QEMS Question Formatter
"Evan Silberman's technological wankery"
Yet Another Packet Parser (YAPP)
  • Download
  • Used by MODAQ, which calls a YAPP API directly


  • Packet file formats: Word, ODF, RTF, PDF, HTML, QBML (unstandardized; many variations exist), plain text, lightweight markup languages (Markdown, etc.; many variations exist), QBBot, LaTeX, QEMS (for HSAPQ)
  • Packet formatting rules: ACF, NAQT, mACF, PACE, etc.

Miscellaneous

Recording

Audio Match Hosting Software

AI Quizbowl Player

No Longer Existing or Maintained

  • For writing tournaments: Jerome, QED, Tournament Question Database, ItALX
  • For tournament direction: Taft
  • Packet readers: Abacus
  • Match scorekeepers: WUStL
  • Stats tools: QBStatGen
  • Team rankings: Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients, Excelsior Rankings
  • Question archives and search engines: ACF Question Archive, ACFDB, QBDB, Quinterest, Gyaankosh
  • Practice tools: QB reader (and forum post), TriviaBot, Quizzy, Quiz Bowl Tester

Never Existed

  • For tournament direction: BEeS