Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance

The Long Island Quiz Bowl Alliance is a corporation founded by Joe Feldman to run High School tournaments on Long Island. Most notably, they have held the Island Cup since the 2019-2020 season, and are running a large number of online events in Spring 2020.

History

The LIQBA was founded in May 2019 in response to the folding of KPAQT. In October of that year the first Island Cup was held, followed by the second event in February to good reviews.

In response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the LIQBA sponsored and ran/is set to run six online events: BHSAT Online, SCOP Novice Online, James Blair Bowl Online, the Island Cup May Online, the Scottie online, and the Midsummer Classic.

Associates

Joe Feldman, formerly of Smithtown West, President (Since May 2019)

Emily Gunter of Salem, Online Stats Coordinator (Since March 2020)

Aalok Bhattacharya of Staples, Connecticut Coordinator (Since April 2020)

Nick Pruitt of Ridgewood, Outreach Coordinator (Since May 2020)

Past Associates

Arjun Panickserry, Online Tournament Coordinator (Resigned April 2020)

A robot, who was fired for being useless (Lasted under 30 minutes in April 2020)