Auroni Gupta

Auroni Gupta
Noted subjects	General, literature, mythology, bio/chem
Current college	Illinois (2019-)
Past colleges	Michigan (2015-17), UCSD (2008-2012; ?-2015)
High school	Torrey Pines High School (2006-2008)
Stats	HDWhite • NAQT

Auroni Gupta played for Michigan, which they led (with Will Nediger) to first place at the 2017 ICT and 2016 ACF Nationals. They restarted the quizbowl team at UCSD after playing high school quizbowl at Torrey Pines. More recently, they were on the winning teams at the 2015, 2017, and 2019 Chicago Opens. In the fall of 2019, they began a PhD program at Illinois.

Writing and Editing

Auroni writes and edits Fine Arts for HSAPQ, and has contributed to finishing other high school events such as No Name Tournament and Prison Bowl III.

Auroni's long record of writing and editing college questions includes:

• 2009 ACF Regionals (last-minute history editing)
• FICHTE II (wrote all mythology)
• Missouri Open 2009 (co-edited with Charlie Dees and Shantanu Jha)
• 2009 ACF Fall
• THUNDER II (literature)
• MAGNI (biology, chemistry, world history, various things)
• 2012 ACF Regionals (some literature and RMP)
• Minnesota Open V (editor)
• WIT 2013 (head editor)
• ACF Nationals 2014 (assistant editor to Jerry Vinokurov)
• many freelance packets
• PACE Vice-President of Editing, 2014-15
• The 2016 revival of MLK
• 2017 (This Tournament is a) Crime
• It's Lit, 2017 Chicago Open side event
• Chicago Open 2018
• 2019 ACF Nationals

ACF Nationals Leading Scorer
Preceded by	Year	Succeeded by
Matt Bollinger	2015	Jordan Brownstein