Welcome to MOQBA

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance promotes high quality quizbowl tournaments throughout the state of Missouri.

Tournaments sponsored by the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance use well-written pyramidal questions that reward players for their academic knowledge and schedules that fairly recognize the best performing teams while offering all teams many competitive games throughout the day. Learn more about high quality quizbowl formats and MOQBA high school and middle school tournament certification.

NAQT Missouri Qualifier registration opens on December 4

MOQBA will be hosting the seventeenth NAQT Missouri Qualifier on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Columbia College. Registration opens on Wednesday, December 4 at 6:00 AM.

Mexico A wins the 2024 MOQBA Fall Championship!

Congratulations to Mexico High School A for winning the 2024 MOQBA Fall Championship, which was held on November 23 at Columbia College. New Heights Christian Academy, Parkway West High School, and Washington High School A rounded out the top 4. Bayless High School was the small school champion, finishing seventh overall. Read the recap and discuss the tournament.

Changes to the MOQBA Board of Directors

The membership has elected Jacob O'Rourke as President and Audrey Kierstead as Secretary of the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance beginning August 1, 2024. Jason Loy continues his current term as Director of Outreach. Jeffrey Hill decided not to run for re-election to the Board of Directors after serving as President since July 2010, but will continue to co-direct our two tournaments at Columbia College.

Want to help out with tournaments?

Tournament hosts are always looking for volunteers to help run tournaments as moderators, scorekeepers, and other roles. If you are interested in staffing tournaments in your area, we encourage you to fill out this form to be informed about future staffing opportunities.

MOQBA welcomes five new members

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is excited to welcome Braden Booth, Ryan Kaden, Sandy Olive, and Tim Wellman as new members! We are also thrilled to welcome back Amy Sternke, who was previously a member from 2016-2020!

Team Missouri A wins all-star tournament!

Congratulations to Team Missouri for their incredible success in the 2024 National All-Star Academic Tournament!

Team Missouri A won the second game of an advantaged final over Maryland, 290-205, to bring home Missouri's second NASAT title! The team was:

• Braxton Davis, College Heights Christian School junior (third NASAT)
• Vidur Kothur, Lindbergh High School junior (first NASAT)
• Camden Williams, Mexico High School junior (second NASAT)
• Sophia Xu, Ladue Horton Watkins High School senior (second NASAT)

Team Missouri B was in serious contention for the tournament title down to their last game, ultimately finishing tied for fourth place and earning Missouri B's best ever finish! The team was:

• Yrwin Batan, St. Louis Priory School senior (first NASAT)
• Jacob Harl, Winfield High School senior (first NASAT)
• Soham Ray, Parkway West High School sophomore (first NASAT)
• Sasha Tripathi, Parkway West High School junior (first NASAT)
• Alec West, Lindbergh High School senior (first NASAT)

Team Missouri also had the top two individual scorers, with Yrwin Batan finishing the round robin with 70.36 points per game and Camden Williams finishing with 57.50 points per game! This is the first time the top two scorers at NASAT were from the same state!

Seniors Lucia Li from Ladue Horton Watkins High School and Patrick Rivas-Giorgi from (St. Joseph) Central High School were also selected to Team Missouri, but were unable to attend the tournament.

MOQBA commends our all-star students for their amazing performances!

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance has sponsored Team Missouri since the tournament's inception in 2010. Missouri is one of only three states that have competed in every NASAT.

Team Missouri Honorable Mentions and Rising Stars

In addition to the above members of 2024 Team Missouri, MOQBA is pleased to recognize these students as Honorable Mentions:

• Lucas Barnes, North County High School junior
• Braden Cantrell, Lee's Summit West High School sophomore
• Xander Cummins, Clever High School senior
• Charlie Harp, Fair Grove High School senior
• Karli Hedge, Clever High School senior
• Jack Herr, (Springfield) Central High School freshman
• Maxwell Jennings, Clever High School junior
• Luke Ketchum, Hallsville High School senior
• Tommy Nance, Weaubleau High School junior
• Jeff Newton, Nevada High School senior
• Aristuto Paul, Parkway West High School senior
• Thomas Thatcher, Kirksville High School senior

MOQBA also recognizes these students as Rising Stars:

• Flint Barker, Skyline High School sophomore
• Kolten Gilmartin, Hillcrest High School sophomore
• Elmedin Karamovic, Bayless High School sophomore
• Edison Kimmel, (St. Joseph) Central High School sophomore
• Nolan Kopp, Hermann High School sophomore
• Hunter Odom, Glendale High School sophomore
• Nathan Oreskovic, Washington High School sophomore
• Aidyn Owings, Fair Grove High School sophomore
• Johanna Simon, Kickapoo High School sophomore
• Molly West, Weaubleau High School sophomore

Congratulations to all of these students!

MOQBA welcomes back a former member

The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is excited to welcome Spencer Fish back to MOQBA! Spencer was previously a member from 2009-2016.

Mexico A wins the 2024 NAQT Missouri Qualifier!

Congratulations to Mexico High School A for winning the 2024 NAQT Missouri Qualifier, which was held on March 2 at Columbia College. Saint Louis Priory School, College Heights Christian School, and Parkway West High School rounded out the top 4. Fair Grove High School was the small school champion for the third consecutive year, Weaubleau High School won the very small school title, and Priory won the inaugural small school Open division title.

We anticipate scheduling the 2025 Qualifier on its usual first Saturday in March and will post an announcement here when the date and location are confirmed. Read the recap and discuss the tournament.

Want to host a tournament?

MOQBA is seeking hosts for more high quality tournaments. Hosting an MOQBA certified tournament is a great way to promote the expansion of high quality quizbowl throughout the state while raising money for your team to attend more tournaments. See the high school tournament certification or middle school tournament certification pages for more information.