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| '''[[Cooper| Robbinsdale Cooper]]'''
 
| '''[[Cooper| Robbinsdale Cooper]]'''
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| Plymouth
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| New Hope
 
| Tim Darsow
 
| Tim Darsow
 
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| '''[[Apple Valley]]'''
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| Brett Melton
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|'''[[AFSA]]'''
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| Vadnais Heights
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| unknown
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| '''[[Hill-Murray]]'''
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| Maplewood
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| Louise Head
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| '''[[Irondale]]'''
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| New Brighton
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| Jeremy Hieb
 
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| '''[[Burnsville]]'''
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| '''[[Roseville]]'''
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| Roseville
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| Les Moffitt
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| Ira Sanders
 
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| '''[[Mounds Park]]'''
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| Saint Paul
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| Brian Poehler
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| Wade Peterson
 
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| '''[[Kennedy (MN)|Kennedy]]'''
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| '''[[Mounds View]]'''
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| Bloomington
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| Arden Hills
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| Christopher Lyons
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| Justin Benolkin
 
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| '''[[Minneapolis South]]'''
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|'''[[North Saint Paul]]'''
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| North Saint Paul
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| Macy Ashby
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| Michelle Zwirn
 
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| '''[[Saint Paul Academy]]'''
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| Saint Paul
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| Chris Kauffeld
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| Amy Weisgram
 
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| '''[[St. Thomas Academy]]'''
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| Mendota Heights
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| Peter Wynia
 
 
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| '''[[Chaska]]'''
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| Chaska
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| Jennifer Stone
 
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| St. Louis Park
 
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| Randy Knoche (de jure)
 
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| '''[[Apple Valley]]'''
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| Apple Valley
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| Brett Melton
 
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| '''[[Burnsville]]'''
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| Vadnais Heights
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| Burnsville
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| Les Moffitt
 
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| '''[[Hill-Murray]]'''
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| '''[[Eagan]]'''
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| Maplewood
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| Eagan
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| Louise Head
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| Brian Poehler
 
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| '''[[Irondale]]'''
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| '''[[Kennedy (MN)|Kennedy]]'''
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| New Brighton
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| Bloomington
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| Jeremy Hieb
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| Christopher Lyons
 
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| '''[[Roseville]]'''
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| '''[[Minneapolis South]]'''
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| Roseville
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| Minneapolis
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| Ira Sanders
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| Macy Ashby
 
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| '''[[Mounds Park]]'''
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| '''[[Rosemount]]'''
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| Saint Paul
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| Rosemount
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| Wade Peterson
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| Chris Kauffeld
 
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| '''[[Mounds View]]'''
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| '''[[St. Thomas Academy]]'''  
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| Arden Hills
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| Mendota Heights
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| Justin Benolkin
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| Peter Wynia
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|'''[[North Saint Paul]]'''
 
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| North Saint Paul
 
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| Michelle Zwirn
 
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| Saint Paul
 
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| Amy Weisgram
 
 
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Revision as of 00:29, 23 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. Each school can only send one team to the championship tournament. 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 2013-14 divisions and competition dates

Division Team City Head Coach
North Division

11/7, 12/12, 1/23

Chanhassen Chanhassen Krista Hammann
Blake Minneapolis, Hopkins, Wayzata Frank Sachs
Breck Minneapolis Brad Kohl
DeLaSalle Minneapolis Martin Marrin
Edina Edina Nickie McKeever
Hopkins Hopkins John Sammler
Hudson Hudson, WI Laurie Harmon
Robbinsdale Armstrong Plymouth Pat Quinn
Robbinsdale Cooper New Hope Tim Darsow
Wayzata Plymouth Meaghan Decker
East Division

11/14, 12/19, 1/30

AFSA Vadnais Heights unknown
Hill-Murray Maplewood Louise Head
Irondale New Brighton Jeremy Hieb
Roseville Roseville Ira Sanders
Mounds Park Saint Paul Wade Peterson
Mounds View Arden Hills Justin Benolkin
North Saint Paul North Saint Paul Michelle Zwirn
Saint Paul Academy Saint Paul Amy Weisgram
West Division

11/21, 1/9, 2/20

Chaska Chaska Jennifer Stone
Benilde St. Louis Park Megan Kern
Eden Prairie Eden Prairie Dan Murray
Minnetonka Minnetonka Joan Truettner
Mound Westonka Minnetrista Jim Kaeter
Saint Louis Park Saint Louis Park Carmen Garland
Providence Plymouth Arthur Hippler, Kevin Keiser
Orono Long Lake Larry Williams
Saint Paul Central Saint Paul Randy Knoche (de jure)
South Division

12/5, 1/16, 2/6

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

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 Results

Year Set Used # of Teams Champion Second Third Fourth
2000 Patrick's Press missing results
2002 MN-01
2003 MN-02
2004 MN-03
2005 MN-04
2006 MN-05
2007 MN-06 111 (112 registered) Eden Prairie St. Anthony Village St. Thomas Academy Wayzata
2008 MN-07 110 (112 registered) Eden Prairie Orono Minnetonka Wayzata
2009 MN-08 100 Chaska Eden Prairie Saint Louis Park Wayzata
2010 MN-09 100 Eden Prairie Saint Thomas Academy Chaska Saint Louis Park
2011 MN-10 108 Chanhassen Saint Paul Central Eden Prairie Wayzata
2012 MN-11 110 Wayzata Saint Paul Central Chaska Mounds View
2013 MN-12 110 Wayzata Saint Paul Central Chaska Eden Prairie
2014 MN-13 ongoing

External Links

Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance

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