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Join us for Quiz Bowl on the Internet!
Connected to the Internet, your academic team can compete directly with schools hundreds or thousands of miles away without the costs and inconvenience of traveling. As such, QuizNet is the greenest of all possible quiz bowl tournaments.
The cost to enter our Fall National QuizNet tournament is $150.
You may compete in up to eight preliminary matches, plus another one or two games if you make it to the playoffs. This is a terrific value, and every quiz bowl team that has access to the Internet should be a QuizNet competitor.
All matches last about an hour, and will take place every week, starting the week of February 6, for 8 consecutive weeks..
High School Leagues (choose one): Middle school/junior high League : Each match consists of three parts: Warm-Up Round, Bonus Round, and Stump the Experts Round.
Each school winning any preliminary round match automatically qualifies for the National Academic Championship. A complete list of rules is found here: http://www.qunlimited.com/qnrules.htm. All communication will be done by e-mail, and you must give an e-mail address which you will be checking every few days, and we suggest you white-list our address QUnlimited@comcast.net so that our messages don’t end up in your spam folder.
All online matches are hosted by Charles Beall. More Information: Contact Charles Beall directly at 801-947-8448. Connecting to QuizNet. One computer per team may be connected to the QuizNet chatroom. It is crucial that you and your school's computer specialist resolve any filter/firewall issues that may prevent your team from connecting to our channel, and this should be before the first match. Register for our Winter 2012 QuizNet tournament. Junior QuizNet
Overcoming their early tech difficulties, Paideia (GA) took the lead over Dimmick (IL) in the second period, as Paideia was the only team to get this one right: "It has more natural isotopes than any other element, and is used in such alloys as bronze, solder, and pewter. What is this element, with the shortest name?" (Ans. Tin) ... Paideia mounted a 90-point lead over Dimmick, going into the final period, after the sweep the GREEK MYTHOLOGY bonus. Paideia had entered the Finals ranked No. 1, but seven out of the eight regular-season games were not decided until the last question. The championship game was quite different, with Paideia head and shoulders above their competitors, winning their first QuizNet title by 170 points. Dimmick...200 High School QuizNet
It was a close game through the middle of the second period, but High Tech (NJ) took a 205-155 lead over White Plains (NY) after gaining 30 points on the EPITAPH bonus. That lead increased to 290-170 after they swept the CHRISTMAS IN LITERATURE bonus. High Tech became only the second team ever to break 600, tying Manheim Township's alltime mark of 650. High Tech...650 Regular season results.
ANNOUNCING OUR WINTER 2012 QUIZNET TOURNAMENT.
Note that we now offer a middle-grade league as well as high school leagues.
Wednesday (3:30 Eastern Time)
Thursday (3:30 Eastern Time)
Tuesday (4:00 Eastern)
Connect your Java-enabled computer to the chatroom by clicking HERE. On the popup screen just type in a Nickname (name of your school) and "click to join chatroom". You will be taken to an empty #quiznet channel because there is a password requirement. At the bottom you will need to type:
/join #quiznet yourpassword and click Enter.
DECISIVE VICTORY FOR PAIDEIA,
THE NEW JUNIOR QUIZNET CHAMPS
Fredonia...180
Miller...160
Paideia_3...370
WhitePlains...450
Ardsley...530
| Middle school/junior high League | Oct.3 | Oct.4 | Oct.11 | Oct.18 | Oct.25 | Nov.1 | Nov.8 | Nov.15 | Total points. |
| Ballard Hudson (GA) | 60 | 95 | 160 | 110 | 65 | 95 | 60 | 645 | |
| Dimmick(IL) | 120 | 180 | 185 | 175 | 180 | 175 | 165 | 155 | 1335 |
| Fredonia (NY) | 50 | 115 | 220 | 75 | 185 | 185 | 120 | 950 | |
| Howard (GA) | 40 | 120 | 85 | 100 | 170 | 40 | 160 | 715 | |
| Miller(GA) | 185 | 270 | 190 | 320 | 185 | 130 | 195 | 175 | 1650 |
| Oakwood (OH) | 110 | 110 | 120 | 120 | 150 | 145 | 135 | 890 | |
| Paideia(GA) | 250 | 270 | 210 | 285 | 175 | 135 | 185 | 250 | 1760 |
| Saint Agnes (VA) | 240 | 275 | 115 | 180 | 165 | 975 | |||
| Bloomfield (GA) | 35 | 40 | 70 | 70 | 30 | 245 | |||
| Weaver (GA) | 125 | 100 | 135 | 230 | 155 | 140 | 165 | 180 | 1230 |
High School QuizNet ...
Wednesday Semifinals
Bethesda Chevy Chase (MD) had taken the lead after gaining 30 points on the TWO NATIONS bonus, but Ardsley (NY) tied it up after stealing the 20-pointer. Ardsley re-took the lead after getting a tossup question about Barium. But No. 1-ranked High Tech (NJ) took a 205-170 lead over Ardsley after grabbing the Math tossup and sweeping the Math bonus. Bethesda Chevy Chase swept the SCIENCE bonus, giving them a 215-210 lead over High Tech going into the final period. High Tech re-took the lead after the first question of the "Stump the Experts" round: "Auguste Strindberg's last home, in a building called The Blue Tower, is now a museum in which city?" (Ans. -- Stockholm) They never trailed again. High Tech advanced to the Finals by a 505-435 margin over Ardsley.
HTHS...505
bcc...310
Ardsley...435
LifeWay...145
Thursday Semifinals
White Plains' (NY) sweep of the TWO NATIONS bonus gave them an 80 point lead over Horace Greeley (NY) early in the second period. East Varsity (PA) won the bonus round, and moved into second place, trailing White Plains by only 35, going into the final period. East Varsity played them close the rest of the way, but fell short, 365-395, to winning the game.
White Plains will be joined by High Tech and Ardsley, the wild-card team, for the QuizNet championship match, which will be played Dec. 8 at 3:30.
WPHS...395
HBWoodlawn...290
eastvar...365
HoraceGreeley...300
eastjv...250
Regular season results.
| Wednesday League | Sept.28 | Oct.5 | Oct.12 | Oct.19 | Oct.26 | Nov.2 | Nov.9 | Nov.16 | Total points. |
| High Tech (NJ) | 405 | 365 | 380 | 280 | 440 | 395 | 265 | 415 | 2910 |
| John Cooper (TX) | 150 | 165 | 205 | 180 | 180 | 165 | 160 | 165 | 1270 |
| Wayne Valley (NJ) | 220 | 215 | 170 | 215 | 155 | 155 | 120 | 105 | 1355 |
| Biotech (NJ) | 140 | 125 | 80 | 240 | 175 | 155 | 125 | 175 | 1215 |
| Macon Central (GA) | 235 | 190 | 105 | 145 | 175 | 225 | 250 | 1325 | |
| Ardsley (NY) | 195 | 315 | 120 | 330 | 260 | 285 | 325 | 240 | 1970 |
| LifeWay (AR) | 145 | 155 | 220 | 210 | 130 | 180 | 245 | 230 | 1515 |
| North Babylon(NY) | 105 | 190 | 200 | 165 | 185 | 195 | 1035 | ||
| Bethesda Chevy Chase (MD) | 205 | 290 | 355 | 290 | 275 | 285 | 265 | 1965 |
| Thursday League | Sept.29 | Oct.6 | Oct.13 | Oct.20 | Oct.27 | Nov.3 | Nov.10 | Nov.17 | Total Points. |
| Bromfield (MA) | 170 | 150 | 200 | 155 | 125 | 170 | 195 | 1165 | |
| Central Bucks East (PA) | 185 | 120 | 170 | 150 | 200 | 105 | 165 | 170 | 1265 |
| East JV (PA) | 185 | 170 | 110 | 165 | 225 | 105 | 255 | 200 | 1415 |
| East Varsity (PA) | 230 | 150 | 175 | 210 | 260 | 235 | 265 | 280 | 1805 |
| Horace Greeley (NY) | 250 | 225 | 115 | 235 | 290 | 195 | 180 | 260 | 1750 |
| Chatham (NJ) | 140 | 100 | 155 | 185 | 155 | 175 | 160 | 1070 | |
| Chelsea (OK) | 55 | 100 | 155 | ||||||
| Berlin Brothersvalley (PA) | 50 | 60 | 115 | 120 | 85 | 155 | 155 | 740 | |
| Clearwater Catholic (FL) | 225 | 65 | 100 | 95 | 485 | ||||
| Harrison (IN) | 235 | 225 | 170 | 630 | |||||
| HB Woodlawn (VA) | 365 | 155 | 180 | 210 | 170 | 105 | 205 | 160 | 1550 |
| Howard (GA) | 65 | 95 | 115 | 55 | 75 | 40 | 120 | 125 | 690 |
| Hudson Falls (NY) | 30 | 35 | 25 | 75 | 70 | 65 | 50 | 350 | |
| Parkland (PA) | 85 | 145 | 135 | 195 | 210 | 180 | 165 | 1115 | |
| Pace | 135 | 155 | 175 | 145 | 125 | 15 | 750 | ||
| Phillipsburg (NJ) | 195 | 145 | 120 | 145 | 195 | 155 | 235 | 200 | 1390 |
| Rutland (GA) | 170 | 115 | 75 | 155 | 85 | 55 | 140 | 140 | 935 |
| Ridgewood (NJ) | 95 | 120 | 185 | 135 | 30 | 565 | |||
| White Plains (NY) | 250 | 270 | 265 | 260 | 195 | 205 | 345 | 245 | 2035 |
| THIS IS WHAT QUIZNET "LOOKS" LIKE ...
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 Charles Beall moderates and Tanya Govorune keeps track of scores. |
Send questions or comments to Charles Beall at qunlimited@comcast.net
