TIT or the Terrapin Invitational Tournament is an annual academic quizbowl tournament held at Maryland. It has been held since 1987, when Emory defeated Georgia Tech in the final. Note: Despite the fact that the 2004-2005 tournament was announced as Terrapin XVIII, and several older announcements confirm that the first tournament happened in the 1987-1988 year, the 2007-2008 tournament somehow became Terrapin XXII when it should have been XXI (the reason being that a file with the packets from the 2007 tournament used to figure out what the current number was had an incorrect label). The below numerals will skip from XX to XXII in accordance with Maryland's own announcements.
Fall 2009 Tournament
This tournament is being edited by Chris Ray, Mike Sorice and others and is being combined with the Illinois Open.
Winter 2009 Tournament
This tournament was edited mainly by Chris Ray.
2008
The 2008 tournament was edited by Jonathan Magin, Mike Bentley, Ray Luo, Eric Mukherjee, Matt Weiner and a few other contributers. It was directed by Mike Bentley and was a mirror of MLK. Brown went undefeated to win the Maryland tournament. It was also mirrored by Georgia, UCLA and Missouri S&T.
2007
The 2007 tournament was edited by Jonathan Magin. Matt Weiner praised the tournament despite chiding teams that felt it was a "packet submission optional" tournament.
2006
The 2006 tournament was edited by Dan Greenstein, and directed by Brittany Clark and Ali Daniels. It was won by Chicago A. A bonus answer in the Masters packet from this tournament incorrectly gave the philosopher Willard Van Orman Quine's name as "William Van Orman Quince," and repeatedly referred to "Quince" throughout the rest of the bonus. This mistake was referenced in the answer space of a tossup from the 2009 Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament.
Table of results
| Terrapin
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Date
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Champion
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Second
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Editor
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Field size
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Notes
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| Terrapin I
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Fall 1987
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Emory
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Georgia Tech
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| Terrapin II
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Fall 1988
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| Terrapin III
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Fall 1989
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College Bowl's attempt to threaten Maryland into canceling this tournament led directly to the formation of ACF.
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| Terrapin IV
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Fall 1990
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| Terrapin V
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Fall 1991
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| Terrapin VI
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Fall 1992
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| Terrapin VII
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November 12-13, 1993
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Georgia Tech A
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| Terrapin VIII
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November 11-12, 1994
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Georgia Tech A
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South Carolina
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Vishnu Jejjala, Jesse Molesworth
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18
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Stats
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| Terrapin IX
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November 3-4, 1995
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Harvard
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Georgia Tech A
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Matt Colvin, Arthur Fleming
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19
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Stats
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| Terrapin X
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November 1, 1996
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Virginia A
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Illinois
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13
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Stats
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| Terrapin XI
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October 31-November 1, 1997
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Virginia A
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Chicago A
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13
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Stats
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| Terrapin XII
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October 30-31, 1998
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Chicago A
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South Carolina
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18
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Stats
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| Terrapin XIII
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November 5-6, 1999
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Maryland A
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Chicago
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John Nam, Jessie Stevens
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14
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Stats
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| Terrapin XIV
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October 28, 2000
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Michigan A (Division I), Rutgers (Division II)
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Virginia A (Division I), Swarthmore B (Division II)
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Shaun Hayeslip
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23
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Stats
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| Terrapin XV
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October 27, 2001
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Princeton
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Swarthmore
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9
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Stats
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| Terrapin XVI
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October 26, 2002
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Michigan
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Rutgers
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Adam Fine
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12
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Stats
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| Terrapin XVII
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October 25, 2003
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Chicago
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Rochester
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11
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Stats
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| Terrapin XVIII
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October 23, 2004
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VCU
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Princeton
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Casey Retterer, Dan Goff, et al
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11
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Brief results blurb
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| Terrapin XIX
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October 23, 2005
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Chicago A
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Michigan
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Ezequiel Berdichevsky, Dan Greenstein
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13
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Stats
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| Terrapin XX
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January 27, 2007
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VCU
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Virginia A
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Jonathan Magin, Mike Bentley, Casey Retterer, Chris Ray, et al
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9
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Stats
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| Terrapin XXII
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January 19, 2008
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Brown
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Princeton
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Jonathan Magin, Mike Bentley, Ray Luo, Eric Mukherjee, Matt Weiner, Jeremy Eaton, Greg Peterson, et al
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9
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Mirrored at Michigan as the MLK, and also at Missouri S&T, UCLA, and Georgia. Stats There was no Terrapin XXI.
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| Terrapin XXIII
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January 31, 2009
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Brown
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VCU
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Chris Ray, Jeremy Eaton, Jeff Amoros
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16
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Main site stats. Mirrored at Northwestern (Stats) and Mississippi State.
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