MOQBA Event Calendar

Saturday, February 04, 2023

• Palmyra Academic Winter Showdown
• Palmyra High School
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: SHOW-ME
• Correct tossup answers are ten points each, with an additional five-point "Power" for correct answers given prior to a pre-determined point in a tossup. We will not assess a five-point penalty for interrupting the moderator during the tossup with an incorrect answer. Bonus parts will NOT rebound.
  
  We plan to offer a small school award. At the 2020 PAWS, teams from public schools who had fewer than 225 students in grades 9-11 were eligible for the award.
• Contact: Gretta Stark and Kyle Hill
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Sullivan SHOW-ME Mirror
• Sullivan High School
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: SHOW-ME
• 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.
  
  I will initially limit the field to 24 entries. If we have enough staff, we may decide to expand the field in multiples of six.
• Contact: Jason Loy
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• North Kansas City Varsity Invitational
• North Kansas City High School
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: SHOW-ME
• North Kansas City High School is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our annual varsity tournament on Saturday February 4th using the SHOW-ME set that has been created by many former Missouri Quiz Bowlers! We will have teams will check in at 8:00 AM and the first round will begin by 9:00. We anticipate most teams all being done by 4:00 PM that day.
  
  We encourage all experienced moderators to sign up to help us run the tournament!
• Contact: Pat O'Keefe
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, January 28, 2023

• Patriot Academic Tournament III
• Parkway South High School on Google Meet
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: IQBT Regular Season Set #2
• The initial field cap will be 24 teams. Please limit your rosters to no more than six players per roster. If you have more kids, don't hesitate to add another team.
• Contact: Scott Degitz-Fries and Allison MacDonald
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Roadrunner Scholastic Tournament
• State Fair Community College
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: IQBT Regular Season Set #2
• Correct tossup answers are ten points each. Tossups will be power-marked, allowing an additional five points for a correct response prior to the mark. There is no penalty for interrupting the moderator with an incorrect response.
  
  Each incorrect bonus part will immediately rebound.
  
  Team rosters shall be limited to seven players. Teams may play with fewer than four players.
  
  The field is capped at 18 teams. Should conditions (read: sufficient staff levels) permit field expansion, we plan to expand first to 24 teams, followed by a final expansion to 28 teams.
• Contact: Kyle Hill
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, January 21, 2023

• Strafford Winter Invitational
• Strafford High School
  
• Varsity Division
• Middle School Division
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: IS-218A (HS) and MAKEMAKE (MS)
• The tournament will be in the 20 Tossup/20 Bonus format and we will be utilizing powers for early buzzing. We will be using bouncebacks on bonus questions but no negative points (negs) for incorrect answers.
  
  The varsity field will be capped at 18 teams, which will compete in one of three pools in the morning to seed positions for the afternoon.
  
  The middle school field will be capped at 10 teams, playing in a round robin format for the entire tournament.
  
  High School Results | Middle School Results
• Contact: Michele Robnett
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Lindbergh Winter JV Tournament
• Lindbergh High School
  
• Novice Tournament
• Questions: SANDS
• This is a JV tournament, limited to freshmen and sophomore players, plus anyone who is currently in their first year of Quiz Bowl play.
• Contact: Sandra Olive
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, January 14, 2023

• North Point Grizzly Scholars Tournament
• North Point High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-218A
• Question/Game Format:
  * 20 tossups with 3 non-rebounding bonuses
  * 15-point powers for early correct tossup responses
  * No penalties for incorrect answers (no negs)
  * Sudden-death tiebreaker
  
  Tournament Format:
  * Prelim brackets leading to either playoffs or consolation brackets.
  * Bracket ranked by win-lost with ties broken by average points per game
  * Following prelims, awards will be presented to the top 10 individual scorers
  * Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams
• Contact: Kevin Stockman
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Lee's Summit West Titan Tournament
• Lee's Summit West High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-218A
• This varsity-level tournament will only support varsity-level play. We will be utilizing the IS-218A series question set. We currently support 32 teams with possible expansion. Each team is guaranteed a minimum of 8 rounds. We currently do not have support for a JV bracket; however, we ask teams interested in a JV bracket to email the tournament director.
• Contact: Seth Brummond
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Mountain Grove Invitational
• Mountain Grove High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-216A
• Contact: Ian Richardson
• Results

Saturday, January 07, 2023

• Holt Winter Invitational
• Holt High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-216A
• General tournament rules will include awarding significantly early buzzes on tossups (powers), not penalizing incorrect early buzzes (no negs), and bonus questions will NOT rebound.
• Contact: Brett Saunier
• Results

• South Shelby Winter Invitational
• South Shelby High School
  
• Questions: NAQT IS-216A
• Contact: JoAnn Wilcox
• Results

Saturday, December 10, 2022

• MOQBA Fall Championship
• MOQBA at Columbia College
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: 2022 Scottie
• As MOQBA's flagship fall tournament, we look forward to hosting another highly competitive and geographically diverse field and encourage high school teams from every area of the state to attend.
  
  Games consist of twenty tossups worth ten points each followed by non-rebounding bonuses worth up to thirty points. Tossups will feature 15 point "powers" and -5 point "negs".
• Contact: Jeffrey Hill and Matt Chadbourne
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, December 03, 2022

• Washington High Invitational Tournament
• Washington High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-217
• We will be using "Powers," or 15 points for an early correct answer, but we will NOT be using "Negs" or "Interrupts" (-5 for early incorrect answers). We will not be using bouncebacks on bonuses. We are restricting team rosters to 6 players. If you have more players, feel free to sign them up for a second team.
• Contact: David Dennis
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Kickapoo Scholar Bowl Tournament
• Kickapoo High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-217
• Contact: Angie Odom
• Results

Saturday, November 19, 2022

• Sullivan Fall Academic Tournament
• Sullivan High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-213
• 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.
  
  I will initially limit the field to 24 entries. If we have enough staff, we may decide to expand the field in multiples of six.
• Contact: Jason Loy
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Brain Valley Tournament
• Grain Valley High School
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: IQBT Regular Season Set #1
• We will be using 15 point powers and -5 point negs, and bonuses will rebound.
  
  The field is limited to 18 teams, which will be divided into preliminary pools for five morning rounds. After lunch, all teams will be rebracketed into championship and consolation pools for four afternoon rounds. The pool format could change depending on the final number of teams, but all teams should expect to play eight or nine rounds.
• Contact: Jordan Henson
• Results

• Fair Grove Fall Frenzy
• Fair Grove High School
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: IQBT Regular Season Set #1
• The tournament will be in the 20 Tossup/20 Bonus format and will be utilizing Powers for early buzzing. We will NOT be using bouncebacks on bonus questions or negative points for wrong answers (negs).
• Contact: Michelle Wahlquist
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Lakeland Invitational Novice Tournament
• Lakeland High School
  
• Novice Tournament
• Questions: SANDS
• Question/Game Format:
  * 20 questions with 20 3-part rebounding bonuses
  * 15-point powers for early correct tossup responses
  * No penalties for incorrect answers (no negs)
  * Sudden-death tiebreaker
  
  Tournament Format:
  * Any 9th and 10th graders can play, any 11th grader who has never played Scholar Bowl can play, no 12th graders can play
  * Prelim brackets leading to either playoffs or consolation brackets.
  * Bracket ranked by win-lost with ties broken by average points per game
  * Following prelims, awards will be presented to the top individual scorers
  * Trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams
• Contact: Josh Malecki
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, November 12, 2022

• Clever Invitational
• Clever High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-213
• The tournament will be in the 20 Tossup/20 Bonus format and we will be utilizing Powers for early buzzing. We will NOT be using bouncebacks on bonus questions or negative points for wrong answers (negs).
  
  We are currently capping the field at 18 teams. The field can expand if there is more interest and more importantly staff. Last year we were able to accommodate 30 teams thanks to a wonder pool of staffers and helpers, and I would love to host that size or larger.
• Contact: Scott Walker
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Washington University Fall Academic Tournament
• Washington University in St. Louis
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: IQBT Regular Season Set #1
• This tournament's field will be initially capped at 24 teams. Field expansion is unlikely but may change in the future and we will, of course, have a waitlist.
  
  We are allowing for direct entry for the first two teams from a school. A school's first two teams will have priority on the waitlist, ahead of any further (C and so on) teams from a school. Any further teams (example: C or D teams) will be placed on a separate waitlist and allowed into the field 10 days before the tournament date, pending available space in the field (so you will know by November 3rd).
• Contact: Neal Joshi and Mia Bloss
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, October 29, 2022

• Missouri Fall Academic Tournament
• University of Missouri-Columbia
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-215
• We will be using 15 point powers and we will be using 5 point negs. There will also be no bounce-backs at this tournament.
  
  There will be a maximum of 6 players on each team roster. If you would like to bring more players, please do not hesitate to sign up multiple teams in order to get the maximum amount of experience for your players.
  
  The field will initially be capped at 24 teams, with a waitlist forming for further interest. We hope to expand once we can guarantee we have enough staffers to support a larger field.
• Contact: Felix Wang
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion

• Houston Fall Invitational
• Houston High School
  
• NAQT HSNCT Qualifier
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: NAQT IS-215
• Contact: Jason Pounds
• Results

Saturday, October 22, 2022

• Bulldog Fall Fiesta
• Mexico High School
  
• Varsity Division
• Novice Division
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: 2022 KICKOFF
• 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.
  
  We will offer a varsity and novice division.
  
  We anticipate the varsity division serving as a qualifier for the PACE National Scholastic Championship in Chicago. 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, 2022.
  
  Varsity Results | Novice Results
• Contact: Dale Schenewerk and Kyle Hill
• Announcement
• moquizbowl.com discussion

Saturday, October 08, 2022

• Parkway Academic Kickoff Tournament
• Parkway West High School
  
• PACE NSC Qualifier
• Questions: 2022 KICKOFF
• We are guaranteeing teams at least 10 games, and we will be applying for PACE certification to serve as a qualifier for the 2023 PACE NSC.
  
  Tournament Format:
  
  20 Tossups / 20 three-part Bonuses
  15-point powers for a sufficiently early answers on tossups
  There will not be penalties for incorrect answers (no negs)
  Bonuses will bounceback/rebound.
  There is currently a cap of 24 teams, but that may change depending on the amount of staff available.
• Contact: Patrick Troy
• Announcement
• Results
• moquizbowl.com discussion