Registration is now open for Cal Cup #1, to be held on Sunday, October 29 at UC Berkeley (with the possibility of expanding to include rooms at Berkeley HS). We apologize for the announcement delay. New for this year: Cal Cup tournaments this year feature 3 divisions: Competitive, Standard, and Novice (instead of the usual JV and …
Category: Announcements
Oct 17
Sacramento Winter MS Tournament @ da Vinci (Dec 2)
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Leonardo da Vinci K-8 School are pleased to announce that da Vinci will host the Sacramento Winter MS tournament on Saturday, December 2, 2017. This tournament will feature a JV division (for newer teams) and a Varsity division (for more experienced teams). Location: This tournament will take place …
Sep 01
East/South Bay Novice Tournaments (Oct 14)
The first high school quiz bowl tournaments of the year in the Bay Area will be the annual Fall Novice tournaments on Saturday, October 14; registration is now open. The South Bay tournament will take place at St. Francis HS in Mountain View; the East Bay tournament will take place at Berean Christian HS in Walnut Creek. Schools may compete at either …
Aug 17
Sacramento Fall High School Tournament (September 23)
NCQBA and Rio Americano HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Spring HS Tournament will be held on Saturday, April 22 2017. All teams will play in one division; we will not have separate JV and Varsity divisions. The field cap is 16 teams. Location: This tournament will take place at Rio Americano HS, …
Aug 17
Fall Middle School Quiz Bowl Tournaments
Registration is now open for the first Northern California Middle School Quiz Bowl tournaments of the year. The Sacramento Fall MS tournament will take place on Saturday, September 30 at Churchill Middle School in Carmichael. Registration takes place on the NAQT website here. The South Bay Fall Middle School Tournament will take place on Saturday, …
Apr 06
Sacramento Spring HS Tournament (April 22)
NCQBA and Mira Loma HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Spring HS Tournament will be held on Saturday, April 22 2017. This tournament will have separate JV and Varsity divisions; the field cap is 18 teams. Until 1 week prior to the start of the tournament we are reserving 4 spots in the …
Dec 15
Valley Christian High School Tournament (January 14)
NCQBA and Valley Christian are pleased to announce that the Valley Christian Winter High School Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 14, 2017. This tournament will have separate JV and Varsity divisions; the field cap is 40 teams. Top 15% of Varsity teams will qualify for both Nationals (NSC and HSNCT). Location: This tournament …
Nov 29
Community College Tournament @ Berkeley (Jan 21)
What: Quiz Bowl is a buzzer competition (similar to Jeopardy!) in which teams of four students compete to answer questions in all academic subjects (such as science, history, literature) against teams from other schools. More information about Quiz Bowl can be found at our website, norcalquizbowl.org. Where: UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA When: Saturday, January 21, …
Nov 21
Stratford-Sunnyvale Middle School Tournament (Jan 7)
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and the Stratford School are pleased to announce that Stratford will host its fifth annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Saturday, January 7th, 2017. Location: This tournament will take place at Stratford’s Sunnyvale Raynor Middle School, 1500 Partridge Avenue, Sunnyvale, California. (Please note that this is a newly-opened Stratford …
Nov 21
Sacramento Spring Middle School Tournament (March 25)
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Churchill MS are pleased to announce that Churchill will host the Sacramento Spring MS tournament on Saturday, March 25, 2017. We will have a field cap of 14 teams. Until 1 week prior to the start of the tournament we are reserving 2 spots in the field for …