A side event is a small tournament ran in conjunction with a quiz bowl tournament, usually after that "main" tournament is completed. Typically, a "side event" is partnered with an academic tournament so that it can draw in more players.
Subject tournaments are an example of a side event.
Trash tournaments sometimes have certain attributes of side events (running in the evening or on Sunday after a larger academic tournament, providing 10 or fewer rounds, being unabashedly reflective of the authors' vanity interests) but are rarely categorized as "side events" unless they are further specialized to some subdistribution of trash. Similarly, official History Bowl events are not considered "side events."
The phenomenon of side events being announced without any real plan to actually write or hold them was satirized by the holding of Tricontakaipentagon in 2013.
Side event weekends
The difficulty of attaching side events to any given tournament has spawned side event weekends, in which primarily side events are played. Side event weekends are held routinely in the Midwest, and the NorCal Weekend of Quizbowl has been held since 2016.
List of side events by year
Excluding regular trash tournaments.
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Gumpei Yokoi Memorial Tournament
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Mike Bentley
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| RMPFest I
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| Chicago History Doubles
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| Chicago Literature Doubles
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| Chicago Movies Tournament
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| Gaddis I
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| Minnesota Impossible Speedcheck
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| Minnesota Literature Doubles
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2007
2006
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Seth Teitler Myth Tournament
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Seth Teitler
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| Berkeley Science Monstrosity
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| Chris Frankel History Doubles
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Chris Frankel
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2005
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Jacopo Pontormo
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Art
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2004
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Berkeley Movies Tournament
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| Berkeley Science Monstrosity
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| Folly and Glory
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Lit Singles
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2003
No recorded side events in this year
2002
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Berkeley Science Masters
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| Anthony de Jesus Singles
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| "S.O.B." Singles
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2001
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Herbert Spencer Singles
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| Mark Discordia Singles
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| "Fleetwood" Mac Singles
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| Andy Goss Trash Singles
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2000
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Chicago Open Singles
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1999
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Chicago Open Singles
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| Case Western Trash Singles
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1998
| Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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| Chicago Open Singles
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| Season
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Tournament Name
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Tournament Subject or Gimmick
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Writers
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Site(s) held
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Winner(s)
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Stats
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| 2010?
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Doug Graebner's Painting Tournament
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| 2010?
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Dan Passner's Judaica Bowl
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| 2010?
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Gautam Kandlikar's India Tournament
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| 2009?
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Zach Foster's Military History Tournament
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| 2011?
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High Schooler Produced Japanese/Asian Lit Thing
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| 2012?
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Fred Morlan's Music Tournament
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| 2011?
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Matt Duchan's Sports Tournament
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| 2013?
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Nolan Esser's Rock Music Tournament
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| 2010?
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Nathan James's "Chad C. Mulligan Open" Mini-ACF Tournament
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| 2011?
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"Krik? Krak! Moo: Electric Blankets are Optional" Short Literature Tournament
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| 2008
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Andy Watkins's "20th Century Side Event"
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| 2011?
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Bruce Arthur's "Amazing Planet" Animal Tournament
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| 2011?
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Shan Kothari's Music Tournament
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| 2011?
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Andrew Hart's Arrested Development Tournament
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| 2011?
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Joe Brosch's Anime Tournament
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| 2013 Summer
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Aidan Mehigan's Architecture Tournament
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| 2011?
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Michael Hausinger's Engineering Tournament
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| 2010?
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Andy Watkins's "Science, Dismal and Gay" Tournament of Science, Economics, and Poetry
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| 2012?
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Isaac Hirsch's Hats Tournament
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| 2009
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Matt Weiner's "Henry Darger Tournament of the Unreal"
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| 2007?
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Andrew Ullsperger's Science Tournament
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| 2008?
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Ryan Westbrook's "Varying Difficulty" Tournament
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| 2008?
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Rom Masrour's Movie Tournament
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| 2010?
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Andy Watkins and Hannah Kirsch's "Uwe Boll" Common Links Tournament
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| 2011?
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"The Eric and Ben Myth Tournament"
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| 2025
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Ted Gioia's "Secret Literature Tournament for Andrew Yaphe"
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| 2011?
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Jeff Geringer's "Trastastrophe III"
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| 2010?
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Bruce Arthur's "Your Choice Fest"
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| 2008?
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Matt Chadbourne's Math Tournament
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| 2011?
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Fred Morlan's Movie Tournament
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| 2012?
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Aaron dos Remedios's Board Game Tournament
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| 2011
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Ike Jose's "Thought" Tournament
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