Multi-championship achievements

The term "Triple Crown" was popular circa the year 2000 to describe a set of three tournament titles: the NAQT ICT overall championship, the ACF Nationals championship, and the College Bowl national championship. Teams or players might be described as winning a "Triple Crown" in a career or a single year. As the NAQT ICT was only created in 1997, and College Bowl lost its relevance to quizbowl by the mid-2000s and ceased operating its namesake tournament entirely after 2008, the term had a limited window of currency.

The 1999 Chicago and 2002 Michigan teams won the single-year Triple Crown. Those are also the only programs to win an all-time Triple Crown.

Adam Kemezis, on the 2002 Michigan team, was the only individual player to win a Triple Crown in a single year.

At least eight other players, Jeff Bennett, Ed Cohn, Alice Chou, Mike Davidson, Susan Ferrari, Matt Lafer, John Sheahan, and Andrew Yaphe, have won a career Triple Crown.

Due to the suspension of CBI's campus program including the national tournament, it is unlikely that any player or team will win a Triple Crown again.

A modern interpretation of the Triple Crown might refer to winning the NAQT ICT, ACF Nationals, and Chicago Open in the same year. No single school's team has done this; the only individual to do so was Ezequiel Berdichevsky in 2005.

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The University of Chicago describes the 1999 team's Triple Crown