MOQBA Event Calendar

Saturday, October 14, 2023

• Titan Novice Tournament
• Lee's Summit West High School
  
• Novice Division
• Middle School Division
• NAQT MSNCT Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT MS-47
• This tournament defines novices as first- or second-year Scholar Bowl students who have not attended a national tournament. This does include the possibility of juniors and seniors. Team rosters may have up to six players for the day, with four players playing simultaneously.
  
  Games will consist of twenty tossups worth ten points each and three bonuses worth up to thirty points. Bonuses will rebound. This tournament will use 15-point "powers" for early correct buzzes on tossups. No -5 point "negs" will be assigned for early incorrect buzzes. In the event of a tied game after twenty tossup/bonus cycles, teams will hear tossups until the score changes (a correct answer ends the game immediately).
  
  We are setting a preliminary cap of 24 teams per division for this event, but we may expand the field should there be enough interest and enough staff to meet the needs of an expanded field.
• Registration form
• Contact: Seth Brummond
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, October 21, 2023

• Bulldog Fall Fiesta
• Mexico High School
  
• Varsity Division
• Novice Division
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: SHOW-ME More (Varsity) and MOQBA Novice II
• BFF will consist of a minimum of eight games for all teams in the standard 20/20 match format.
  
  Correct tossup answers are ten points each. Tossups are powermarked, and correct responses given before the mark will receive an additional five points. We will not assess a five-point penalty for interrupting the moderator during the tossup with an incorrect answer. Each incorrect bonus part will immediately rebound.
  
  We will offer a varsity and novice division.
  
  We anticipate the varsity division serving as a qualifier for the PACE National Scholastic Championship in Reston, Virginia. The novice division will not serve as a qualifying division for national bids, as the following roster restrictions are in place:
  All freshmen are eligible to compete in the novice division.
  All sophomores are eligible to compete in the novice division, with the exception of players who averaged at least 20 points per game at HSNCT, SSNCT, or NSC.
  Juniors and seniors may compete in the novice division if they have not competed at a quiz bowl contest at the high school level prior to October 1st, 2023.
  
• Registration form
• Contact: Dale Schenewerk and Kyle Hill
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Greyhound Invitational Novice Tournament
• Clayton High School
  
• Novice Tournament
• Questions: MOQBA Novice II
• Each game will consist of twenty tossups and up to twenty bonuses. We will use fifteen point powers, no penalties for incorrect tossup answers, and bonuses will not rebound. Each team will be guaranteed at least eight games. Player eligibility is as follows: all freshmen and sophomores are allowed as well as juniors provided they have not competed at an HSNCT, PACE NSC, or NASAT.
  
  We will begin with a cap of 12 entries. We will look to enlarge the event as staff and demand allows.
• Registration form
• Contact: Sean Phillips and Adam Bergeron
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion