NAQT Quiz Bowl

Colleges and Universities A-Z Swarthmore College
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<p>Two Swarthmore Quiz Bowl teams competed in the 2008 NAQT Mid-East Sectional Championship Tournament at the University of Pittsburgh on February 9. The "B" team finished with a 7-5 record. The "A" team went undefeated at 12-0 and qualified for the national championship tournament at Washington University in St. Louis on April 11-12. Swarthmore is competing in NAQT Division II due to the experience level of the teams this year. </p>

<p>Here is a link to the SCT results:</p>

<p>NAQT</a> Mid-East Sectionals 2008</p>

<p>More information about the 2008 NAQT national championship is available on the National</a> Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC web site.</p>

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<p>The really neat thing about this is that the team is new, pushed forward by freshmen. It's a really amazing victory for them!</p>

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<p>I hope the Phoenix and the Gazette pick this up, if they haven't already.</p>

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<p>The Gazette, at least, hadn't noticed this. I'll bring it up at our meeting.</p>

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<p>What a nice link to Swarthmore's past. Winning the College Bowl quiz show on TV in the 1950s was probably the thing that most established Swarthmore as a braniac school in the minds of Mr. and Mrs. John Q Public.</p>

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<p>There's a very nice article about the Swarthmore Quiz Bowl team in today's Phoenix newspaper. Here's a link to the article:</p>

<p>The</a> Phoenix Online - Quiz Bowl wins in the Mideast</p>

<p>The toss-up questions at the end of article are a good indication of difficulty level of college quiz bowl tournaments.</p>

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<p>im friends with the kid who started it hes really enthusiastic about it and there are some really talented people on the team. I'm glad it lifted off so well for them</p>