Category: Announcements

California Cup Announcement

The announcement for the 2014-2015 California Cup is now on the forums and is reproduced below: The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Quiz Bowl Club at UC Berkeley are pleased to announce that we will be holding the third annual California Cup. The California Cup consists of four quiz bowl tournaments held throughout the year, and it is …

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Stratford Santa Clara Invitational: December 13, 2014

The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and the Stratford School are pleased to announce that Stratford will host its third annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Location: This tournament will take place at Stratford Schools Santa Clara, 890 Pomeroy Avenue, Santa Clara, California. Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School …

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East Bay novice tournament: October 4, 2014

The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance is pleased to announce that our Bay Area season for 2014-15 will begin with two new kickoff tournaments specifically intended for players new to quizbowl. Both UC Berkeley and Palo Alto will be hosting on Saturday, October 4, using NAQT’s Invitational Series #139A; please sign up for the site …

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Palo Alto novice tournament: October 4, 2014

Cross-posting on behalf of Max Krawczyk from Palo Alto quizbowl:   The Palo Alto Quiz Bowl Team will be hosting a novice quiz bowl tournament on October 4th, 2014 at Palo Alto High School, in Palo Alto, CA! The tournament will be run in order to provide an introduction into quiz bowl without any prior …

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Sacramento Fall Tournament: September 13, 2014

NCQBA and Rio Americano HS are pleased to announce that the Sacramento Fall Tournament will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014.Location: This tournament will take place at Rio Americano HS, Sacramento, California. Registration will begin at 9:30AM and we hope to start round 1 at 10:00AM. We will have a field cap of 12 teams.Questions: …

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Welcome to the 2014-15 quizbowl season!

Welcome to a new season of quizbowl in northern California! We’re planning a full calendar of tournaments for fall 2014. Preliminary dates are as follows: Saturday, September 13th: Sacramento Fall Tournament (contact Nicholas Karas) Saturday, October 4th: Novice tournaments at Palo Alto (contact Max Krawczyk) and Amador Valley (contact Varun Govil) Saturday, November 1st: California …

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Bellarmine’s middle school tournament: February 15, 2014

The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Bellarmine College Prep are pleased to announce that Bellarmine will host its second annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Saturday, February 15, 2014. Location: This tournament will take place in the Lokey Academic Center at Bellarmine College Prep, San Jose, California. Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School …

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BELLOCO at Bellarmine: February 22, 2014

Cross-posting on behalf of Jonchee Kao from Bellarmine: Bellarmine’s Quiz Bowl team is pleased to announce that the homesite tournament of our first housewrite set, BELLum Omnium Contra Omnes (BELLOCO), will be held on February 22, 2014 at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. The initial field cap will be 24 teams, with possible expansion, dependent …

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Stratford San Jose Invitational: March 16, 2014

Important note: This tournament has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 16 (the original date was Saturday, January 18). The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and the Stratford School are pleased to announce that Stratford will host its third annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Sunday, March 16, 2014. Location: This tournament will take place at …

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NAQT Northern California State Championship: March 15, 2014

The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Berkeley Quiz Bowl are pleased to announce that Berkeley will host the 2014 NAQT Northern California State Championship on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Location: This tournament will take place at UC Berkeley. Details of which classroom building(s) will be posted closer to the date of the tournament. Questions: …

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