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'''Rob Carson''' will be, at the start of the 2009 season, a junior at the [[University of Minnesota]]. He is widely believed to be the youngest man to ever win the [[CBI]] [[CBI NCT|National Championship]], doing so in 2007 at 18 years, three months. As far as real quizbowl goes, he was a member of the inaugural official [[ACF]] Undergraduate and Division II [[2008 ACF Nationals|National Championship]] [[2008 Minnesota|team]]. According to [[Andrew Hart]], he is "an excellent question writer and editor."
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'''Rob Carson''' is an alumnus of the [[University of Minnesota]]. He is widely believed to be the youngest man to ever win the [[CBI]] [[CBI NCT|National Championship]], doing so in 2007 at 18 years, three months. As far as real quizbowl goes, he was a member of the inaugural official [[ACF]] Undergraduate and Division II [[2008 ACF Nationals|National Championship]] [[2008 Minnesota|team]]. He has since gone on to win two more ACF undergrad titles, an [[ICT]] undergrad title, and a [[Chicago Open]] title. He is widely regarded as one of the best mythology players in the game. According to [[Andrew Hart]], he is "an excellent question writer and editor." Less subjectively, he co-created and has served as a major editor and contributor to Minnesota's two annual tournaments, [[Minnesota Open]] and [[MUT]], edited [[ACF Regionals]] in 2011, and has generally been among the most prolific writers in quizbowl since around 2007. In that span, he has won a boatload of tournaments and scored lots of points doing so.
  
 
==Writing/Editing Experience==
 
==Writing/Editing Experience==

Revision as of 02:49, 21 February 2012

Rob Carson
Rob.jpg
Noted subjects Meta, mythology, computer science, misc. trash, comics, Asian history gleaned from video games
Current college Minnesota (2007-)
Past colleges None
High school Chaska (2005-2006)
Stats HDWhite • NAQT

Rob Carson is an alumnus of the University of Minnesota. He is widely believed to be the youngest man to ever win the CBI National Championship, doing so in 2007 at 18 years, three months. As far as real quizbowl goes, he was a member of the inaugural official ACF Undergraduate and Division II National Championship team. He has since gone on to win two more ACF undergrad titles, an ICT undergrad title, and a Chicago Open title. He is widely regarded as one of the best mythology players in the game. According to Andrew Hart, he is "an excellent question writer and editor." Less subjectively, he co-created and has served as a major editor and contributor to Minnesota's two annual tournaments, Minnesota Open and MUT, edited ACF Regionals in 2011, and has generally been among the most prolific writers in quizbowl since around 2007. In that span, he has won a boatload of tournaments and scored lots of points doing so.

Writing/Editing Experience

Past

Upcoming

  • 2009 PACE NSC (wrote most of the myth, some geography, religion, and trash)
  • future half-myth half-fine arts event

Notable Tournament Appearances

2008-2009

2007-2008

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