2002 NAC
| 2002 National Academic Championship | |
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| Edited by | Questions Unlimited |
| Champion | Irmo |
| Runner-up | Horace Greeley |
| Third | St. John's |
| Fourth | Edison A as ranked on QU site; Central-Macon was other semifinalist |
| High scorer | Jonathan Hess of Irmo (MVP) |
| Site | Loyola University in New Orleans (May 30-June 2), Marymount University in Arlington, VA (June 6-9), and Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA (June 13-16) |
| Field | |
| Stats | |
2002 NAC was won by Irmo over New Orleans phase winner St. John's 435-390 in a rematch of the HSNCT final, then DC phase winner Horace Greeley 495-275 in the overall final to take their second straight irrelevant title. They were also the fourth team named "the greatest ever" by Chip Beall.
Tournament Events
According to the tournament summary, "Brock Putman, coach of Team Waramaug from New Milford, CT, was so sure his team would not make the playoffs, that he had booked a return flight for early Sunday morning." New Milford was named "Most Improved Team" for moving from 94th in 2001 to 16th.
Central-Macon and St. Thomas were both named "Rookie of the Year."
Beall's tournament summary for this year falsely claimed that Ithaca had finished second in 1990, the last year prior to 2002 that they attended the NAC, though all other evidence (including previous Beall summaries) indicates that White Plains was the actual second-place team that year. Beall confused White Plains with Ithaca because both were New York teams who were knocked out of the 1990 tournament by eventual champion Collegiate, though the Ithaca game was in the round of 16 while the White Plains game was the final.
Irmo missed the first six questions of a prelim game with Caddo Magnet due to "loitering in the lobby," but went on to win 480-190.
Questions
Some of the questions from the tournament:
"These title characters of a classic operatic work are a bunch of mythical dwarves. What are they called?"
"One of Hercules' Twelve Labors was to take what garment from Amazon queen Hippolyta?"
"How did humans mess things up in the Everglades?"
Quote a proverb or saying that appears to contradict the given maxim. The first word is provided: "Don't judge a book by its cover. (Clothes)." Answer: "Clothes make the man."
"Why do crystals not form in obsidian?"
"Timber giant Weyerhaeuser uses this practice of removing all trees in one area, though admitting it's controversial. Name the practice."
"op artist Andy Warhol created many of his pictures by using which stencil process?"
"He was the only artist to have two singles on Rolling Stone's list of the Top 20 singles of 1963-1988. Listen and name him."
"Which term that begins with the letter I refers to a solution with an equal concentration of solute on both sides of a semi-permeable membrane?"
"Point O is the center of two concentric circles. If the area between the inner and outer circles is 9 pi square feet and the radius of the inner circle is 4 feet, what is the radius of the outer circle?"
Field
The 129-team field, as ranked on the QU website.
- 1. Irmo A
- 2. Horace Greeley A
- 3. St. John's
- 4. Edison A
- 5. St. Thomas Academy
- 6. Brookwood
- 7. Central
- 8. Hastings
- 9. Plano East A
- 10. Ithaca
- 11. Bellaire
- 12. Kinkaid
- 13. Fairview
- 14. Holland Hall
- 15. Riverside
- 16. Waramaug
- 17. Boiling Springs
- 18. Hempfield
- 19. Seton Hall A
- 20. Scripps Ranch
- 21. Madison A
- 22. Dorman
- 23. Roseville Area
- 24. Eleanor Roosevelt
- 25. Manheim Township
- 26. Wilson (PA)
- 27. George Washington
- 28. Falconer
- 29. Syosset
- 30. Latin School of Chicago
- 31. Andrean
- 32. Boyd County
- 33. Apollo
- 34. Booker T. Washington
- 35. Columbia
- 36. St. Joseph's
- 37. Aiken
- 38. Cascade
- 39. Bromfield
- 40. Henry County
- 41. White Plains
- 42. Caddo Magnet
- 43. Shepton
- 44. Sullivan
- 45. Half Moon Bay
- 46. Altamont School
- 47. St. Andrew's Episcopal
- 48. Kellenberg Memorial
- 49. West Chester A
- 50. George Walton Comprehensive
- 50. Plano West Senior
- 52. Dana Hills A
- 53. Ridgefield
- 54. James Island
- 55. Fort Ann Central
- 56. Chaska
- 57. Fort Worth Country Day
- 58. Plano East B
- 59. Antilles
- 59. Bridgewater-Raritan
- 59. New Rochelle
- 62. Carterville
- 62. Jesuit
- 62. Ponca City Senior
- 65. Coatesville
- 65. LBJ
- 67. Vandebilt Catholic
- 68. Horace Greeley B
- 69. Edgemont
- 69. San Dieguito Academy
- 71. Sterling
- 72. South Medford
- 73. Thomas Jefferson
- 74. Lincolnton
- 75. Kennewick
- 75. Warren Central
- 77. Southport
- 78. Madison B
- 79. Lancaster Catholic
- 80. Cedar Creek School
- 81. Elizabethtown Area
- 82. Archmere Academy
- 83. Middletown
- 84. Western Hills
- 85. Conestoga Valley
- 86. Conway
- 87. Bridgeport
- 87. Lamar
- 89. Marshall Senior
- 90. West Brook
- 91. Plano Senior
- 92. Bloomfield
- 92. Horseheads
- 94. Briarcliff
- 94. Garnet Valley
- 96. Kamiakin
- 97. St. John's Prep
- 98. Flora
- 99. Wilson (SC)
- 100. Eureka
- 100. James M. Bennett
- 102. Ware Magnet
- 103. Northridge
- 104. Halls
- 104. Newton
- 106. West Chester B
- 107. Waverly
- 108. Dana Hills B
- 109. Edwards County
- 110. Glens Falls
- 111. Socorro
- 112. Delaware Valley
- 113. Fairfield Community
- 114. Bishop Garrigan
- 115. Defiance
- 116. Klein
- 117. Southside
- 118. Edison B
- 119. Klein Forest
- 120. Lenape
- 121. Ripley
- 122. Tri-Valley
- 123. Blessed Sacrament Huguenot
- 123. Seton Hall B
- 125. Hewlett
- 126. Wallenpaupack
- 127. Alief Hastings
- 128. Irmo B
- 129. Alief Taylor
Links
- Beall's tournament summary
- Standings, records, points, and ranking
- New Orleans preliminary results
- Washington preliminary results
- Los Angeles preliminary results
- New Orleans playoff bracket
- Washington playoff bracket)
- Los Angeles playoff bracket with overall final four
- Tournament staffer blurbs
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