Jerry Vinokurov
| Jerry Vinokurov | |
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| Noted subjects | Science, Literature, General, Ilf and Petrov |
| Current college | Brown (2006-) |
| Past colleges | Berkeley (2000-2005) |
| High school | La Jolla High School (1996-2000) |
| Stats | HDWhite • NAQT |
Jerry Vinokurov is a quizbowler currently of Brown University, where he serves as de facto team leader. Pound for pound, he is the angriest man in quiz bowl, and is also known (by Jacob Vannucci) as scary Mr. internet Jerry due to his angry posting on HSQB about bad tournaments [1]. Apart from that, he is also notable for spearheading the movement that will make the northeast the region with the highest concentration of quiz bowl facial hair, and as the pictures from ACF Nationals 2008 will attest, he has largely been successful.
History
Vinokurov was a member of the Berkeley renaissance along with Seth Teitler, Selene Koo, Jeff Hoppes, Ray Luo, etc., a unique convergence of fortunate events which lead to several victories, including a 2nd place and 3rd place finish at nationals in 2004 and 2005, respectively.
After finishing his undergraduate in math and physics, he came to Brown, where he started the team, advertising with a hand-written poster in the mailroom - leading to Eric Mukherjee joining the team. In later years, the team picked up, acquiring Dennis Jang, Aaron Rosenberg, Daniel Klein, Jacob Baskin, and several others, many of whom became top players in their own right. Under his leadership, the team became a dominant writing and playing force, winning 2nd place at ACF Nationals 3 years in a row (losing to Chicago each time). Through somewhat of a fluke, the team has also usually consisted of four science players.
During this time, he won Chicago Open 2008 with Eric Mukherjee, Matt Weiner, and Jonathan Magin and won 2nd place at said tournament in 2007 and 2009.
Vinokurov maintains QBDB.
Editing
- BUTT
- 2007 ACF Regionals
- Jerry Singles
- EFT1-4
- 2009 ACF Winter
- 2009 VETO
- The Emergency
- 2010 ACF Regionals
- 2010 Chicago Open
Results
- 2010 ACF Nationals - Tied for 5th place (with Guy Tabachnick, Aaron Rosenberg, and Daniel Klein)
- 2010 ICT – 7th place (with Daniel Klein, Aaron Rosenberg)
- 2010 Harvard International – 3rd place (with Aaron Rosenberg, Guy Tabachnick, and Daniel Klein)
- 2010 T Party - 1st place (with Aaron Rosenberg, Dan Klein)
- 2010 SCT at Harvard - 2nd place
- 2010 ACF Winter - 1st place (with Aaron Rosenberg, Rebecca Maxfield)
- 2010 Penn Bowl - 2nd place (with Aaron Rosenberg, Guy Tabachnick)
- 2009 FIST Harvard Mirror – 1st place (with Guy Tabachnick)
- 2009 Minnesota Open - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee, Guy Tabachnick)
- 2009 Chicago Open - 2nd place (with Eric Mukherjee, Ted Gioia, and Dallas Simons), 8th scorer
- 2009 Missouri Open Maryland Mirror - 2nd place (with Aaron Rosenberg, Chris Ray, and SteveJon Guth)
- 2009 SCT northeast - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee, Dennis Jang, and Daniel Klein), 3rd scorer
- 2009 TIT - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee)
- 2008 Minnesota Open MIT Mirror - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee), 3rd scorer
- 2009 Penn Bowl - 2nd place (with Eric Mukherjee, Daniel Klein, Aaron Rosenberg, and Dennis Jang)
- 2008 Chicago Open - 1st place (with Jonathan Magin, Matt Weiner, and Eric Mukherjee), tied for 6th scorer
- 2008 ACF Nationals at Brandeis - 2nd place (with Eric Mukherjee, Dennis Jang, and Aaron Rosenberg), 12th scorer
- 2008 ICT at WashU - 4th place (with Eric Mukherjee, Dennis Jang, and Aaron Rosenberg)
- ACF Regionals 2008 - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee, Dennis Jang, and Aaron Rosenberg)
- BoB 2007 - 1st place (with Eric Mukherjee, Jonathan Magin, and Charles Meigs), 6th individual
- PARFAIT III - 2nd place, aneurysm (with Eric Mukherjee, Dennis Jang, and Lisa Qing)
- Illinois Open 2007 - 1st place (As part of "Another Victim of the Maleocentric Maleocracy") Stats
- Deep Bench 2007 Brandeis Mirror - 2nd place
- 2007 Chicago Open – 2nd place (with Matt Lafer, Ryan Westbrook, and Ray Luo)
- 2007 ICT - 6th place (with Eric Mukherjee, Dennis Jang, and Phil Grice)
- ACF Nationals 2007 - 2nd place (with Eric Mukherjee, Dennis Jang) Stats
- 2007 SCT Northeast - 1st place (with Marko Djuric, Micha Elsner, and Eric Mukherjee)
- 2006 ACF Regionals - 1st place (with Micha Elsner)
- Results at Berkeley
Art
Below is an artist's depiction of Mount Vinokurov, found in the wreckage of Penn Bowl 2009
External links
Jerry's website, including blog, tournament results and the QBDB