2005 NAC

2005 National Academic Championship
Edited by	Questions Unlimited
Champion	Holland Hall
Runner-up	El Paso
Third	Russell
Fourth	Byram Hills
High scorer	Matt Pargeter of Holland Hall (MVP)
Site	Loyola University in New Orleans (May 28-31), Marymount University in Arlington, VA (June 3-6), and Embassy Suites O'Hare in Chicago (June 10-13)
Field
Stats

Holland Hall, the New Orleans champion, won the final 360-285 over El Paso. Holland Hall had won one semifinal 365-235 over Byram Hills, and El Paso had won the other 285-290 against DC champions Russell.

Tournament Events

After eleven previous visits to the city, this was the last NAC for a few years to take place fully or partially in New Orleans. The 2006 tournament was not announced until several weeks after Hurricane Katrina, so it is unknown whether the effects of the hurricane caused the move, or if it had been planned beforehand. A New Orleans site was once again held for the 2009 NAC, and every year since then.

Matt Pargeter was put into the NAC Hall of Fame after this tournament. Additionally, the tournament summary says "Brad Rutter also entered the NAC Hall of Fame this year, honored for his dominating performance with Manheim Township in 1994-95 and, of course, his big Jeopardy! wins in 2002 and 2005."

Smoky Mountain Home School and Shanghai American School were both named "Rookie of the Year."

St. Joseph's coach Ben Dillon was acknowledged in the summary as receiving "credit for this year's massive NAC rulebook revision." For comparison, the old rules and revised rules.

Questions

Some questions from this tournament:

"Samson died by pulling down the Philistine temple in which city?"

"What did a head of state describe on April 25 as 'the greatest geopolitical catastrophe' of the 20th Century?"

"Which four United States Presidents are not buried in the United States?"

"Our Lady of Gethsemani is America's largest abbey of which silent monks?"

Bonus. You must give your responses in the form of a question.
(5) Brad Rutter defeated him head-to-head to replace him as the top alltime moneywinner in game show history.
(10) Brad says the only crazy thing he did with his million-dollar winnings back in 2002 was buy this fancy German sports car.
(15) In 1994 and 1995, Brad competed and, of course, excelled, at the National Academic Championship and during the contestant interviews, he told Chip Beall he wanted to do THIS for a living.
(20) Brad was working as a record store clerk in 2000 when his alma mater, this Pennsylvania school, won the National Academic Championship.

Field

The 114-team field, as ranked on the QU website.

1. Holland Hall Upper School
2. El Paso High School
3. Russell Independent High School
4. Byram Hills Team A
5. Clear Lake High School
6. Horace Greeley A
7. Smoky Mountain Homeschool
8. Booker T. Washington
9. Harrison A
10. Chaska High School
11. Pingry - A Team
12. Plano Senior High School
13. Elizabethtown Area High School
14. Irvington HS Team A
15. Saint Thomas Academy
16. Smithtown High School
17. Scripps Ranch High School
18. Latin School of Chicago
19. Manheim Township High School
20. Plano East High School
21. Madison Central High School Team A
22. Kamiakin High School
23. St. Joseph's High School
24. Irvington HS Team B
25. Rockford Auburn High School
26. New Milford Waramaug A
27. Hempfield High School
28. Hastings High School
29. Charter School of Wilmington
30. Onslow High School
31. Seton Hall Preparatory School
32. Harrison B
33. Shanghai American School
34. White Plains Team B
35. Fisher Catholic High School
36. East High School - Varsity
37. Hamilton SE High School Team A
38. Daviess County High School
39. Knoxville West High School
40. Fairfield Community High School
41. Cambridge-South Dorchester HS
42. Kellenberg Memorial
43. Penn Manor High School
44. Pingry - B Team
45. Kinkaid High School
46. Poquoson High School
47. Jefferson Forest HS
48. Delaware Valley High School
49. Old Saybrook High School
50. Lenape High School
51. Owosso High School
52. Lampeter-Strasburg High School
53. Queensbury High School
54. Hershey HS
55. Ithaca HS
56. Edgemont High School Team B
57. East High School - JV
58. Apollo High School
59. Elida High School
60. Ridgeland High School
61. Alief Hastings High School
62. Fort Ann Central School
63. Garden City High School
64. New Milford Waramaug B
65. Blue Valley North HS
66. White Plains Team A
68. Parkersburg High School
69. Boyd County High School
70. High Technology HS
71. Edgemont High School Team A
72. Jackson Prep
73. Syosset Team A
74. John Cooper School
75. New Rochelle HS
76. Edina High School
77. Horace Greeley B
78. Jesuit High School
79. Lancaster High School
80. Hamilton SE High School Team B
81. Clark High School
82. Ripley High School
83. Clinton High School
84. Skyview High School
85. Vandebilt Catholic
86. Tatnall School
87. Kremlin-Hillsdale High School
88. Manchester High School
89. Plano West High School
90. Brethren High School
90. Socorro High School
92. Hillsborough HS
93. Team Wichita
94. Boone High School
94. Byram Hills Team B
95. Middletown High School
96. Lac Qui Parle Valley HS
97. Bromfield School
98. Rye Neck High School
99. Robinson High School
100. Lamar High School
101. Algona High School
101. Bishop Garrigan High School
103. Grundy Center High School
104. Alief Taylor High School
105. Klein High School
106. St. Croix Country Day School
107. North HS Team A
108. Madison Central High School Team B
109. Greensboro Day School
110. Faulkton Area High School
111. Northridge HS
112. North HS Team B
113. Syosset Team B
114. Antonito High School

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