SOCIAL

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The St. Olaf College Invitational Academic Learnament (often abbreviated as SOCIAL) is an annual fall high school quiz bowl tournament run by St. Olaf College and the Minnesota Quiz Bowl Alliance (MQBA). Started in 2004, SOCIAL is usually run on an NAQT A set on the last Saturday in October. Beginning in 2013, SOCIAL featured two separate upperclassmen and underclassmen divisions, with the varsity division using an A set and the underclassmen division using an NAQT middle school set, although in 2017 and 2018 the underclassmen division returned to using an A set. As SOCIAL frequently takes place close to Halloween, players occasionally attend in costume.

The St. Olaf quiz bowl program died in 2018, so the tournament was moved to Burnsville High School and renamed as the South of Cities Invitational Academic Learnament. The 2019 iteration was cancelled due to a lack of interest caused by a scheduling conflict with Mounds View's RAFT mirror, and in 2020 SOCIAL was replaced by the MQBA's TRIVIA tournament. In 2021, the MQBA brought back SOCIAL in-person at Burnsville.

Results (One division era)

Year Set Used # of Teams Champion Second Third Fourth
2004 IS-45A 24 Minnetonka A Armstrong A St. Anthony Village A Apple Valley
2005 IS-53A Unknown Results missing Results missing Results missing Results missing
2006 IS-61A 27 Orono A Eden Prairie A Wayzata A Eden Prairie B
2007 IS-69A 27 Eden Prairie A Wayzata A Chaska A Minnetonka A
2008 IS-78A 21 Minnetonka A Chaska A St. Anthony Village A Chaska B
2009 IS-87A 26 Chaska A DeLaSalle B Minnetonka A St. Paul Central
2010 IS-97A 23 Eden Prairie A Chanhassen A St. Paul Central Eden Prairie B
2011 IS-108A 30 Wayzata A Chaska A Mounds Park A St. Thomas Academy A
2012 IS-129A 24 St. Paul Central Wayzata A Eden Prairie A Chaska A

Results (Two division era)

Year Set Used D-I # of Teams D-I Champion D-I Second D-II # of Teams D-II Champion D-II Second
2013 IS-129A/

MS-07

23 Eden Prairie A Wayzata A 10 Eden Prairie D St. Thomas Academy F
2014 IS-139A/

MS-11

30 Wayzata A Eden Prairie A 18 Eden Prairie D Eden Prairie E
2015 IS-149A/

MS-15

35 Eden Prairie A Wayzata A 14 Eden Prairie E Mounds Park D
2016 IS-157A/

MS-19

37 Wayzata A Mounds Park A 12 Wayzata G Wayzata H
2017 IS-167A 40 Wayzata A Eden Prairie A 10 Providence B Providence C
2018 IS-176A 23 Wayzata A Eden Prairie A 15 Burnsville C Eden Prairie F
2021 IS-203A 19 Wayzata B Eden Prairie A 13 St. Croix Prep B Wayzata G