Inglemoor
| Inglemoor | |
| |
|---|---|
| Location: Kenmore, WA | |
| Club Presidents | Alan Reyes and Cameron Do |
| Coaches | None |
| State Championships | None |
| National Championships | None |
| National Appearances | 2014 PACE NSC |
| Program Status | Active |
| School Size | about 1500 |
"We must secure the existence of Inglemoor Quizbowl and a future for dank memes."
- —The Inglemoor Quizbowl motto
The Inglemoor Quizbowl team is located in and around, but is not currently affiliated with, Inglemoor High School. They are moderately successful.
History
The first Inglemoor Quizbowl team was created in the fall of 2013 by Gokul Gowri, an Inglemoor High School sophomore at the time. After reading about quiz bowl online, Gowri begged his only three friends to go to the 2013 UW Fall Classic. Zhanpei Fang and Corrina Lee grudgingly agreed, and as a team, they placed fifth. Srijit Paul also attended for 2 rounds and answered no questions. Due to clerical errors, Paul was listed as the top player with 47.5 points per game. Cameron Pauly was unable to attend the 2013 Fall Classic because he was busy benchwarming at a water polo game, but when he finally showed up to a contest that winter, he turned out to be a quiz bowl monster (in every sense of the word).
In the fall of 2016, Gowri realized that there were no longer enough Inglemoor Quizbowl members to form a team, and began recruiting hard. His first pick-up was Wyatt Carpenter, an avid reader of Slate Star Codex who gave birth to some of the greatest Inglemoor Quizbowl memes, such as Howl and Schopenhauer. Because of his unparalleled skill as a memeologist (and incredible knowledge of the Westermarck Effect), Carpenter was quickly promoted to Co-President of the club. In the following weeks, several Inglemoor High School juniors were recruited as well, including future president Cameron Do, and the team cheerleader, Kasper "Weeb" Lindberg.
Team System
Inglemoor usually divides itself into two teams for tournament purposes:
- Inglemoor A for Allen Ginsberg
- Inglemoor B for Bernie Sanders & Thirty Vermont Artists
The correct collective noun for these teams is "Inglemoors". It is unclear who or what Inglemoor C would be for, and the team avoided having to think about this by keeping itself small.
Presidents
List of Presidents
- Zhanpei Fang (2013-2015)
- Gokul Gowri (2013-2016)
- Wyatt Carpenter (2015-2016)
- Alan Reyes (2016-2017)
- Cameron Do (2016-2017)
The Presidential Succession Problem
There are only two criteria that the president of Inglemoor Quizbowl must meet are:
- The president must follow these rules
- The president must eventually appoint another president to succeed him who will follow these rules
The challenge presented by these criteria was first noticed by Wyatt Carpenter in 2016, who pointed out that, given the second law of thermodynamics, Inglemoor Quizbowl would eventually have to end, and this failure of the last president would ripple backwards via rule two, invalidating every single president. Various solutions the last president could have to this problem were discussed, including appointing the first president, or God. The problem was left unresolved because it didn't matter.
Individual Points Per Game Records
These are the top 5 individual performances of Inglemoor Quizbowl
- Gokul, 72.50 points per game at UW Fall Classic 2015 on Inglemoor A
- Gokul, 65.00 points per game at UW Winter Classic 2016 on Inglemoor A
- Jake, 54.17 points per game at 2016 Pacific Northwest NAQT Championship on Inglemoor B
- Cameron Do 52.50 points per game at 2016 Pacific Northwest NAQT Championship on Inglemoor A
- Cameron Pauly, 51.50 points per game at UW Winter Classic 2015 on Inglemoor A
Software
Although the members of Inglemoor Quizbowl are not extremely skilled at playing quizbowl, they are all extremely passionate about quizbowl. As a result, several quizbowl-themed pieces of software have been created by Inglemoor Quizbowl members, ranging in quality from horrible to brilliant.
- Quizbowl Score Tracker, created by Eric Zhu, is a Windows application made to help keep track of quizbowl scores and statistics during practices and matches. It is of unverified quality.
- Quizbowl Sorting Hat, created by Gokul Gowri, helps choose quizbowl teams based on the past statistics and subject preferences of individuals. It is complete garbage. Attempt using it at your own risk.