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| − | ==Tournament databases== | + | ===Tournament databases=== |
;2005 tournament database | ;2005 tournament database | ||
:Aug 22, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1986 Tournament database feedback] | :Aug 22, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1986 Tournament database feedback] | ||
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:Aug 29, 2008 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6216 TDB help thread] | :Aug 29, 2008 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=6216 TDB help thread] | ||
| − | ==Packet submission managers== | + | ===Packet submission managers=== |
None yet exist. | None yet exist. | ||
| − | ==Tournament writers== | + | ===Tournament writers=== |
;Jerome (ca. 2004) | ;Jerome (ca. 2004) | ||
:<del>[http://jerome.caltech.edu/ Home page]</del> | :<del>[http://jerome.caltech.edu/ Home page]</del> | ||
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:Oct 25, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6666 Question Mixer Program] | :Oct 25, 2008 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6666 Question Mixer Program] | ||
| − | ==Tournament directors== | + | ===Tournament directors=== |
:''See Taft, BEeS below'' | :''See Taft, BEeS below'' | ||
| − | + | ==Stats== | |
| − | ==Packet readers== | + | ===Packet readers=== |
;Abacus | ;Abacus | ||
:[http://abacusquizbowl.com Home page] – "A web application for quizbowl moderators" | :[http://abacusquizbowl.com Home page] – "A web application for quizbowl moderators" | ||
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;''See BEeS below'' | ;''See BEeS below'' | ||
| − | ===Packet formats and parsing=== | + | ====Packet formats and parsing==== |
;ItALX | ;ItALX | ||
:[http://www.tjhsst.edu/~dschafer/ItALX/ Home page] – "ItALX is designed to allow easy LaTeX typesetting for quiz bowl competition packets" | :[http://www.tjhsst.edu/~dschafer/ItALX/ Home page] – "ItALX is designed to allow easy LaTeX typesetting for quiz bowl competition packets" | ||
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*Packet formatting rules: [http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/documents/formatting.php ACF], NAQT, mACF, PACE, etc. | *Packet formatting rules: [http://www.acf-quizbowl.com/documents/formatting.php ACF], NAQT, mACF, PACE, etc. | ||
| − | ==Match scorekeepers== | + | ===Match scorekeepers=== |
:''See below'' | :''See below'' | ||
| − | ==Statistics viewers== | + | ===Statistics viewers=== |
;[[SQBS]] | ;[[SQBS]] | ||
:[http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/ Home page] – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament" | :[http://ai.stanford.edu/~csewell/sqbs/ Home page] – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament" | ||
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:Nov 12, 2011 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12340 WUStL Updates Statistics Live!: real-time Web scorekeeping] | :Nov 12, 2011 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=12340 WUStL Updates Statistics Live!: real-time Web scorekeeping] | ||
| − | ===Scoresheets=== | + | ====Scoresheets==== |
;Chris Carter's stats iPhone app | ;Chris Carter's stats iPhone app | ||
:[http://web.me.com/cdcarter/iApps/acf_score/index.html Home page] | :[http://web.me.com/cdcarter/iApps/acf_score/index.html Home page] | ||
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:Oct 10, 2011 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12210 Virtual Scoresheets?] | :Oct 10, 2011 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12210 Virtual Scoresheets?] | ||
| − | ===Stats data formats=== | + | ====Stats data formats==== |
;SQBS | ;SQBS | ||
:Not officially or unofficially documented | :Not officially or unofficially documented | ||
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:Aug 21, 2013 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14786 Tournakit: A Format and Toolkit] | :Aug 21, 2013 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=123&t=14786 Tournakit: A Format and Toolkit] | ||
| − | ===Old=== | + | ====Old==== |
;Livestat | ;Livestat | ||
:[http://weill.org/livestat/ Home page] | :[http://weill.org/livestat/ Home page] | ||
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:[http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page] | :[http://www.scobo.net/tc.aspx Home page] | ||
| − | ===Comparison of stats programs=== | + | ====Comparison of stats programs==== |
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*Mar 16, 2011 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11302 LaTeX for quizbowl, again] | *Mar 16, 2011 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11302 LaTeX for quizbowl, again] | ||
| − | ===Rankings and stats=== | + | ====Rankings and stats==== |
;NAQT Statistics Database | ;NAQT Statistics Database | ||
:[http://www.naqt.com/stats/ Home page] – "collects results and statistics from past tournaments that used NAQT questions; tracks record-setting performances and provides some quantitative rankings for every team in the nation" | :[http://www.naqt.com/stats/ Home page] – "collects results and statistics from past tournaments that used NAQT questions; tracks record-setting performances and provides some quantitative rankings for every team in the nation" | ||
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| − | + | ==Questions== | |
| − | ==Question databases== | + | ===Question databases=== |
| − | ===Unparsed=== | + | ====Unparsed==== |
;Quizbowl Resource Database | ;Quizbowl Resource Database | ||
:[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/ Home page] | :[http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/ Home page] | ||
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:Dec 19, 2009 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9100 Wastebin - A Trash Packet Archive] | :Dec 19, 2009 [http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=9100 Wastebin - A Trash Packet Archive] | ||
| − | ===Parsed=== | + | ====Parsed==== |
;Protobowl packet repository | ;Protobowl packet repository | ||
:[https://github.com/neotenic/packets Github page] | :[https://github.com/neotenic/packets Github page] | ||
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*Mar 19, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1694 Question Database] | *Mar 19, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=1694 Question Database] | ||
| − | ==Search engines== | + | ===Search engines=== |
;[[acfdb|ACFDB]] | ;[[acfdb|ACFDB]] | ||
:[http://www.carloangiuli.com/acfdb/ Home page] | :[http://www.carloangiuli.com/acfdb/ Home page] | ||
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:Feb 25, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7331 Gyaankosh?] | :Feb 25, 2009 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7331 Gyaankosh?] | ||
| − | ===Comparison of search engines=== | + | ====Comparison of search engines==== |
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| − | ==Practice tools== | + | ===Practice tools=== |
;TriviaBot (IRC bot) | ;TriviaBot (IRC bot) | ||
:[http://www.aegisquestions.com/triviabot/ Home page] | :[http://www.aegisquestions.com/triviabot/ Home page] | ||
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| − | + | ==Miscellaneous== | |
| − | ==Recording== | + | ===Recording=== |
;Audio Match Hosting Software | ;Audio Match Hosting Software | ||
:Aug 12, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1970 Request For Comments: Audio Match Hosting Software] | :Aug 12, 2005 [http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=1970 Request For Comments: Audio Match Hosting Software] | ||
[[Category:Quizbowl on the internets]] | [[Category:Quizbowl on the internets]] | ||
Revision as of 20:36, 28 April 2014
Tournaments
Tournament databases
- 2005 tournament database
- Aug 22, 2005 Tournament database feedback
- Quizbowl Resource Database
- Quizbowl Resource Database, formerly
HSQB Tournament Databasefrom 2008–2011 - Aug 29, 2008 New tournament database for all quizbowl events
- Aug 29, 2008 TDB help thread
Packet submission managers
None yet exist.
Tournament writers
- Jerome (ca. 2004)
Home page- Technophobia 9
- Aug 09, 2005 Jerome information
- May 16, 2008 LaTeX and packets
- QED (Question Editing Database)
- Home page
- Jul 4, 2006 Question Editing Database 1.00
- Tournament Question Database
- http://www.scobo.net/qdb.aspx
- Question Mixer
- Oct 25, 2008 Question Mixer Program
Tournament directors
- See Taft, BEeS below
Stats
Packet readers
- Abacus
- Home page – "A web application for quizbowl moderators"
- Dec 02, 2013 Abacus | A web application for quizbowl moderators
- See BEeS below
Packet formats and parsing
- ItALX
- Home page – "ItALX is designed to allow easy LaTeX typesetting for quiz bowl competition packets"
- Oct 10, 2006 SURVEY & RESULTS: NAQT JIAT 2006 (10/7/06) @ TJHSST (NoV
- QB Toolbox
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/qbtools/
- QBML
- Jul 09, 2007 QBML: wouldn't it be nice?
- Aug 18, 2007 Packet archive project...what you can do to help
- May 16, 2008 LaTeX and packets
- Alejandro's Packet Parser
- Dec 26, 2010 Packet Parser
- Mike Bentley's QEMS Question Formatter
- Aug 27, 2011 QEMS Question Formatter
- "Evan Silberman's technological wankery"
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/qbtxt/
- http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=7364
- 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.
Match scorekeepers
- See below
Statistics viewers
- SQBS
- Home page – "for tracking and reporting statistics for virtually any quiz bowl tournament"
- QBSQL
- Google Code page – "online stats program for running quizbowl tournaments"
- Oct 09, 2008 New web-based quizbowl stats software project
- Sep 13, 2009 Round Report on Stats
- Taft
- Archived home page – "record and share the statistics for your quiz bowl tournament"
- Dec 17, 2006 Taft: Ruby on Rails-powered web-based tournament software
- Jun 15, 2007 Taft: Launching soon
- Aug 22, 2007 Taft launching soon...
- Feb 11, 2009 Taft now supports playoff brackets
- Feb 28, 2010 Shutting down Taft
- BEeS
- Home page – "integrate an entire quizbowl tournament into one seamless electronic experience"
- Jan 03, 2009 Announcing BEeS: A Better Electronic Stats program
- Mar 21, 2010 BEeS, Part 2
- WUStL
Home page– "online application for real-time quizbowl scorekeeping and stats"- Nov 12, 2011 WUStL Updates Statistics Live!: real-time Web scorekeeping
Scoresheets
- Chris Carter's stats iPhone app
- Home page
- https://github.com/cdcarter
- NAQT Scoresheet for Android
- GitHub page
- Android Market page
- Aug 03, 2011 Theres an app for that.
- Excel score sheets
- Excel Scoresheets on Hunter
- Nov 09, 2008 Excel quiz bowl scoresheets
- Oct 10, 2011 Virtual Scoresheets?
Stats data formats
- SQBS
- Not officially or unofficially documented
- ca. 2009 PHP functions for importing from and exporting to SQBS files
- Tournakit
- Aug 21, 2013 Tournakit: A Format and Toolkit
Old
- Livestat
- Home page
- QBStatGen
- Home page – "designed to create a more versatile statistics report from SQBS files"
- QBTPS
Home page- I needed a database project
- Quiz Bowl Tournament Posting System (QBTPS)
- Tournament Director
- Home page
- SourceForge page
- GitHub page
- JAGUARS
- SourceForge page
- Tournament Central
- Home page
Comparison of stats programs
| Name | Creator | Released | Updated | Version | Price | Output formats | Documentation | Platforms | Technology | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQBS (visit) | Chris Sewell | 2001 | February 2010 | 4.0 | Free | SQBS, HTML | [1] [2] [3] | Windows only | ||
| QBSQL (visit) | Avram Lyon | October 2008 | February 2010 | 0.7.1 | Free | SQBS, HTML | [4] | All; web server required | PHP and MySQL | GNU GPLv2 |
| Taft (visit) | Evan Silberman | January 2007 | February 2010 | Discontinued | $25 per event | SQBS, HTML | All | Ruby on Rails | ||
| BEeS (visit) | Sean Skaar, Andrew Hart | Not yet | TBA |
- Feb 17, 2007 computer-assisted quiz bowl
- May 16, 2008 LaTex and packets
- Jun 09, 2009 Better Stats
- Feb 14, 2010 Stats programs and you
- Oct 05, 2010 statkeeping and online scoresheets (split from ACF Fall 2010)
- Mar 16, 2011 LaTeX for quizbowl, again
Rankings and stats
- NAQT Statistics Database
- Home page – "collects results and statistics from past tournaments that used NAQT questions; tracks record-setting performances and provides some quantitative rankings for every team in the nation"
- Aug 21, 2008 NAQT Statistics Database
- Byko's Quiz Bowl Quotients
Home page– "A rating system for high school quiz bowl"
- Excelsior Rankings
Home page- Jul 11, 2011 Excelsior Rankings
- Harry White's Tournament stats database search
- Home page
Questions
Question databases
Unparsed
- Quizbowl Resource Database
- Home page
- Google Search
- HS QB Packet Archive
- Home page
- Collegiate Packet Archive
- Home page
- Stanford Packet Archive
- Home page
- ACF Question Archive
- Home page
- Wastebin
- Home page
- Dec 19, 2009 Wastebin - A Trash Packet Archive
Parsed
- Protobowl packet repository
- Github page
- Mar 19, 2005 Question Database
Search engines
- ACFDB
- Home page
- Jun 05, 2008 ACFDB - a new tossup database
- QBDB
- Home page
- May 18, 2006 Quizbowl tournament database, alpha version
- Jan 13, 2008 return (sorta) of the question database
- May 03, 2008 QBDB thread
- Quizbowl DB (superseded Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database)
- Home page
- GitHub page
Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database home page- April 18, 2011 Torrey Pines Quizbowl Database
- Jan 23, 2012 Quizbowl Central
- Protobowl
- Home page
- Aug 8, 2012 Protobowl
- Quinterest
- Home page
- Jun 16, 2013 Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search
- Gyaankosh
- Home page (possibly no longer in existence)
- Sep 21, 2008 Some new question database
- Feb 25, 2009 Gyaankosh?
Comparison of search engines
| Name | Creator | Released | Updated | Questions | Tournaments | Tagging? | Rating? | Types of questions | Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACFDB (visit) | Carlo Angiuli | June 2008 | 24 March 2011 | 14455 [5] | Yes | No | ACF Question Archive only | PHP and MySQL | |
| Gyaankosh (visit) | Arnav Moudgil | September 2008 | Late 2010 | 50898 [6] | 99 [7] | Yes | No | Collegiate, high school | Django (Python and MySQL) |
| QBDB (visit) | Jerry Vinokurov | May 2006 | Early 2010 | 37 | Yes | Yes | Collegiate | PHP and MySQL | |
| Quizbowl DB (visit) | Sharad Vikram | April 2011 | January 2012 | 30694 | 101 | Yes | Yes* | Open, collegiate, high school, middle school | GWT (Java, JavaScript) |
| Quinterest (visit) | Rohit Lalchandani, with Joshua Duncan and Jacob Reed | May 2013 | December 2013 | 103< | Yes | Yes | Open, collegiate, high school, middle school | Javascript, PHP, MySQL |
Practice tools
- TriviaBot (IRC bot)
- Home page
- Google Code page
- Index of TriviaBot-formatted question sets
- Jul 18, 2009 Portable version of TrivaBot/quizbowl-reading bot
- Jul 14, 2006 Scholastic Bowl bot
- Quizzy
- Google Code page
- Nov 10, 2009 Quizzy, an Excuse for you to Try Out Google Wave
- Quiz Bowl Tester
- Home page
- Feb 10, 2011 Money for practicing quiz bowl online
- QB Reader
- Google Code page
- May 31, 2011 QB Reader 2.2 (now with speed adjustment)
- Quizbowl DB (see above)
Miscellaneous
Recording
- Audio Match Hosting Software
- Aug 12, 2005 Request For Comments: Audio Match Hosting Software