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Revision as of 22:02, 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 | Minneapolis, Hopkins, Wayzata | Frank Sachs |
| Breck | Minneapolis | Brad Kohl | |
| DeLaSalle | Minneapolis | Martin Marrin | |
| Hill-Murray | Maplewood | Louise Head | |
| Hopkins | Hopkins | John Sammler | |
| Hudson | Hudson, WI | Laurie Harmon | |
| Robbinsdale Armstrong | Plymouth | Pat Quinn | |
| Wayzata | Plymouth | Meaghan Decker | |
| South Division | Apple Valley | Apple Valley | Brett Melton |
| Burnsville | Burnsville | Les Moffitt | |
| Eagan | Eagan | Brian Poehler | |
| Kennedy | Bloomington | Christopher Lyons | |
| Minneapolis South | Minneapolis | Macy Ashby | |
| Rosemount | Rosemount | Chris Kauffeld | |
| St. Thomas Academy | Mendota Heights | Peter Wynia | |
| West Division | |||
| Chanhassen | Chanhassen | Krista Hammann | |
| Eden Prairie | Eden Prairie | Dan Murray | |
| Edina | Edina | Nickie McKeever | |
| Minnetonka | Minnetonka | Joan Truettner | |
| Mound Westonka | Minnetrista | Jim Kaeter | |
| Saint Louis Park | Saint Louis Park | Carmen Garland | |
| East Division | |||
| Saint Paul Academy | Saint Paul | Amy Weisgram | |
| Saint Paul Central | Saint Paul | Randy Knoche (de jure) | |
| Roseville | Roseville | Ira Sanders | |
| Mounds Park | Saint Paul | Wade Peterson | |
| Irondale | New Brighton | Jeremy Hieb | |
| Mounds View | Arden Hills | Justin Benolkin | |
| North Saint Paul | North Saint Paul | Michelle Zwirn |
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.