Ted Gioia

Ted Gioia
Noted subjects	Literature, Arts, Opera, 20th century Drama, Social Science, and Evelyn Waugh
Current college	Harvard (2008-)
Past colleges	None
High school	Gonzaga (2005-2007)
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Theodore Jasper "Ted" Gioia is a quizbowler at Harvard. He is considered one of two or three best active literature players in the game.

Ted was the head editor for KLEE, both incarnations of Harvard International, and the 2008 T-Party. He also was an editor for 2008 ACF Fall, 2009 ACF Regionals, 2010 ACF Regionals, and 2011 ACF Regionals. He is one of the most outspoken advocates for questions on canonical literature and is also known for his hatred of common link literature tossups.

High School

Ted lead a high-level Gonzaga team, which, among other notable results, won 5th place at 2007 PACE NSC. He was also a two-time PACE all-star.

His time at Harvard has seen some notable victories, including several wins at sub-national events, high finishes at ACF Nationals 2009, winning the undergraduate championship and placing 3rd overall at the ICT 2009 playing on a team with Dallas Simons, Andy Watkins, and Kyle Haddad-Fonda, and winning the 2011 ICT with Watkins, Simons, and Stephen Liu. He was part of the second place team at the 2009 Chicago Open with Eric Mukherjee, Jerry Vinokurov, and Dallas Simons. Ted also placed third at the 2009 Chicago Open Literature Tournament finishing with the second most powers in the field while playing on a balanced team with Jerry Vinokurov (scoring 80 ppg to Jerry's 65 ppg). As an editor he edited literature and arts for the highly praised 2010 ACF Regionals and 2011 ACF Regionals.