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| − | '''SAGES | + | '''SAGES Quizbowl Questions''' is a question writing company, based in Champaign, Illinois, for elementary and middle school level tournaments. SAGES may also refer to the elementary-level set produced by the company. |
| − | + | ==History== | |
| + | As a set, SAGES was born out of a writing effort for the March 2015 Elementary Knowledge Bowl hosted by the Show-Me Conference in Missouri. Alex Dzurick was approached to write new questions for this event and titled the question set SAGES (Spring Academic Game for Elementary Students). The Knowledge Bowl is a tossup-only competition which featured the questions in 9, twenty-tossup packets per grade level with some overlap between grades. During the spring of 2015, the questions were reformatted into a standard tossup-bonus format. This effort led to several other uses of the set across the country. In the fall of 2015, Alex was asked if he would consider writing a middle school set as well, and given the expansion of effort, SAGES was founded as a company based in Champaign in December of 2015. The MS tournament was dubbed PLATO. | ||
| − | + | ==SAGES I (2015)== | |
| − | + | Writers for the inaugural SAGES I set in 2015: | |
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| − | Writers for the inaugural SAGES set in 2015: | ||
* Head editor: [[Alex Dzurick]] | * Head editor: [[Alex Dzurick]] | ||
* Writers: [[David Dennis]], [[Charles Hang]], [[Sam Haynes]], [[Centralia_(Missouri_High_School)|Ryan Kennedy]], [[Jared Lockwood]], [[Jack Miller]], [[Luke Schuster]], and members of the [[Washington_(Missouri_High_School)|Washington]] MS & HS teams | * Writers: [[David Dennis]], [[Charles Hang]], [[Sam Haynes]], [[Centralia_(Missouri_High_School)|Ryan Kennedy]], [[Jared Lockwood]], [[Jack Miller]], [[Luke Schuster]], and members of the [[Washington_(Missouri_High_School)|Washington]] MS & HS teams | ||
* [[Jason Loy]] helped to edit the tournament into tossup-bonus format | * [[Jason Loy]] helped to edit the tournament into tossup-bonus format | ||
| − | Tournaments using the | + | Tournaments using the SAGES I set: |
* March 17, 2015 - Show-Me Conference Elementary Knowledge Bowl (Jefferson City, MO) - 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade competing separately | * March 17, 2015 - Show-Me Conference Elementary Knowledge Bowl (Jefferson City, MO) - 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade competing separately | ||
* June 1, 2015 - Darien Elementary Academic Challenge (Darien, CT) - 5th grade | * June 1, 2015 - Darien Elementary Academic Challenge (Darien, CT) - 5th grade | ||
* September 27, 2015 - Bay Area Elementary School Tournament (Santa Clara, CA) - 6th grade and under | * September 27, 2015 - Bay Area Elementary School Tournament (Santa Clara, CA) - 6th grade and under | ||
| + | * November 14, 2015 - Quizzing in the Hills Tournament (Chillicothe, OH) - MS teams | ||
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| + | ==SAGES II & PLATO (2016)== | ||
| + | Writers for the SAGES II and PLATO sets: | ||
| + | * Head editor: [[Alex Dzurick]] | ||
| + | * Writers: [[Kathy Brandon]], [[Luke Chval]], [[Lucia Geng]], [[William Golden]], [[Trent Kannegieter]], [[Nathan Kempf]], [[Brandon Moore]], [[Parth Parikh]], [[Wenzer Qin]], [[Sara Roncero-Menendez]], and [[Chris Zheng]] | ||
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| + | Tournaments using the SAGES II set: | ||
| + | * March 2016 - Show-Me Conference Elementary Knowledge Bowl (Jefferson City, MO) - 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade competing separately | ||
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| + | Tournaments using the PLATO set: | ||
| + | * December 2015-March 2016 - Hallsville Middle School Quads (Hallsville, MO) - MS teams | ||
| − | [[Category:Middle school tournaments]] | + | [[Category:Middle school tournaments]] [[Category:Question writing companies]] |
Revision as of 15:59, 2 January 2016
SAGES Quizbowl Questions is a question writing company, based in Champaign, Illinois, for elementary and middle school level tournaments. SAGES may also refer to the elementary-level set produced by the company.
History
As a set, SAGES was born out of a writing effort for the March 2015 Elementary Knowledge Bowl hosted by the Show-Me Conference in Missouri. Alex Dzurick was approached to write new questions for this event and titled the question set SAGES (Spring Academic Game for Elementary Students). The Knowledge Bowl is a tossup-only competition which featured the questions in 9, twenty-tossup packets per grade level with some overlap between grades. During the spring of 2015, the questions were reformatted into a standard tossup-bonus format. This effort led to several other uses of the set across the country. In the fall of 2015, Alex was asked if he would consider writing a middle school set as well, and given the expansion of effort, SAGES was founded as a company based in Champaign in December of 2015. The MS tournament was dubbed PLATO.
SAGES I (2015)
Writers for the inaugural SAGES I set in 2015:
- Head editor: Alex Dzurick
- Writers: David Dennis, Charles Hang, Sam Haynes, Ryan Kennedy, Jared Lockwood, Jack Miller, Luke Schuster, and members of the Washington MS & HS teams
- Jason Loy helped to edit the tournament into tossup-bonus format
Tournaments using the SAGES I set:
- March 17, 2015 - Show-Me Conference Elementary Knowledge Bowl (Jefferson City, MO) - 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade competing separately
- June 1, 2015 - Darien Elementary Academic Challenge (Darien, CT) - 5th grade
- September 27, 2015 - Bay Area Elementary School Tournament (Santa Clara, CA) - 6th grade and under
- November 14, 2015 - Quizzing in the Hills Tournament (Chillicothe, OH) - MS teams
SAGES II & PLATO (2016)
Writers for the SAGES II and PLATO sets:
- Head editor: Alex Dzurick
- Writers: Kathy Brandon, Luke Chval, Lucia Geng, William Golden, Trent Kannegieter, Nathan Kempf, Brandon Moore, Parth Parikh, Wenzer Qin, Sara Roncero-Menendez, and Chris Zheng
Tournaments using the SAGES II set:
- March 2016 - Show-Me Conference Elementary Knowledge Bowl (Jefferson City, MO) - 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade competing separately
Tournaments using the PLATO set:
- December 2015-March 2016 - Hallsville Middle School Quads (Hallsville, MO) - MS teams