Jeff Hoppes
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Mar 11
NAQT Northern California state championship: April 11, 2015
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and Berkeley Quiz Bowl are pleased to announce that Berkeley will host the 2015 NAQT Northern California State Championship on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Location: This tournament will take place at UC Berkeley. The precise building will be determined closer to the date of the tournament. Questions: We will …
Mar 11
Stratford San Jose Invitational: March 21, 2015
The Northern California Quiz Bowl Alliance and the Stratford School are pleased to announce that Stratford will host its fourth annual middle school quizbowl tournament on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Location: This tournament will take place at Stratford Schools San Jose, 1718 Andover Lane, San Jose, California. Questions: We will be using NAQT Middle School …
Jan 19
Results: Bellarmine Novice, January 17, 2015
Congratulations to Menlo-Atherton, who defeated Valley Christian A 535-155 in a one-game final to win the 2015 Bellarmine Novice Tournament! Davis defeated Monta Vista 285-240 in the third-place game. Thanks to our hosts, Chris Fleitas and Steve Flowers of Bellarmine, tournament director Jonchee Kao, and all of our volunteer moderators and scorekeepers! Complete team and …
Dec 16
Bellarmine Novice tournament: January 17, 2015
Cross-posting on behalf of Jonchee Kao of Bellarmine College Prep: Bellarmine’s Quiz Bowl team is pleased to announce that our annual novice tournament will be held on January 17, 2015 at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. We will be using NAQT’s Introductory Invitational Set #143A. This particular set of questions is intentionally geared towards newer …
Dec 15
Results: Stratford Santa Clara Invitational, December 13, 2014
Congratulations to Holmes Junior High A, who defeated Stratford San Jose 380-290 in a one-game final to win the 2014 Stratford Santa Clara Invitational! Challenger-Sunnyvale A defeated Challenger-Strawberry Park A 410-300 in the third-place game.Complete team and individual stats are available here.Thanks to our host, Bryan Martin of Stratford Santa Clara, and all of the staffers …
Sep 09
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 …
Sep 05
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 …
Sep 05
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 …
Sep 05
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: …
Sep 05
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 …