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Links Academic Decathlon Resources

Join the Academic Decathlon Webring.

United States Academic Decathlon National Championship: 2001 Nationals
Anchorage AK
April 18-22, 2001 2000 Won by James Taylor High School (Texas)
Ohio Academic Decathlon: 2001 State Championship: Hiram College (March 10-11) 2000 Won by Willoughby South High School.
2002 Nationals tentatively Tuczon AZ April 2002

Alaska Academic Decathlon
Arizona Academic Decathlon
California Academic Decathlon: One of the best states in terms of Decathlon organization has its web site with a discussion group.
Connecticut Academic Decathlon
DemiDec Resources: Includes a score adjustment Javascript program and a list of other teams and useful AD links.; A spin-off company (AcaOne) has been established to help put "fun" in Academic Decathlon.
Georgia Academic Decathlon
Iowa Academic Decathlon
New Jersey Academic Decathlon: How about their Alumni Association?
Texas Academic Decathlon: So far all I could find was this online coaches manual.
Utah Academic Decathlon
Wisconsin Academic Decathlon

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College Quiz Bowl Resources

How to play College Bowl ^TM: From the College Bowl Inc. web site.
How to start a team: From the University of Delaware Academic Competition Club
Quiz Bowl Central: Resources and cheat-sheets to make yourself a better player.

Map of college teams' web sites: Located at the Furman University Academic Team web page.
The Maize Pages at the University of Michigan: Main Page; Team Page Directory; Moderators for Hire (Will Read for Food)
The College Quiz Bowl Webring: There is also a separate High School Quiz Bowl Webring.
Online club lists: Quiz Bowl Online, though to use it to its fullest (such as adding events to the calendar), you must sign up as a member of Yahoo.; E-groups clubs QB Chat and Brainbowl Online. You must also register online.
Canadian Academic Quiz League: See what teams from that country up North are doing!

Suggestions for Writing Questions

From the University of Florida College Bowl Team

Question-writing Standards and Distributions

Mostly pilfered from the University of Michigan's links.

For untimed matches, Academic Competition Federation (ACF)
For timed matches, the Stanford Guidelines, the Michigan Memorandum and its Appendix.
Mitchell Szczepanczyk Style manual

Two schedule-making programs (DOS): Kenneth Butler at Dalhousie University originally wrote these programs for soccer or other athletic scheduling events, but it works quite well for Quiz Bowl. "Field" sets locations but "Sched" does not.
"On-line" Round Robin Pairing
Another "online" Round Robin Pairing worksheet

Tournament Statistics Archive (since 1994 at the University of California at Berkeley)
Buzzer and ACF Newsletter archive at Berkeley.: Most of the issues still extant since 1988!
Media Articles Archive on QB: Includes a link to the infamous Penthouse Article!

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Fun Trivia Game Sites

Appenheimer Trivia
As Schools Match Wits: Springfield MA High School Quiz Show, includes a monthly online quiz
Biography magazine
Brain Game: Raleigh NC High School Quiz Show. Only ninth and tenth graders play though.
BrainStorm: Toledo OH High School Quiz Show. Needs quite a bit of updating.
Doctor Knowledge Trivia Challenge
Mike Dupée's Games Page: Fellow Gator and friend of Marty's
Encarta Challenge: Pretty neat Shockwave-driven computer game that's similar to NTN, but somewhat less trashy.
High Five: Seattle WA and Portland OR High School Quiz Show
Hi-Q (El Paso TX)
Jeopardy!: You can play online!
There is also VH1's Rock and Roll Jeopardy! site and Jeopardy 2001.
Klassroom Kwiz: Roanoke VA High School Quiz Show
Matchwits: Pueblo CO High School Quiz Show
NTN Network
New York Times Trivia Quiz
Questions Unlimited/Chip Beall's Monthly Quiz
QuizBusters: Lansing MI High School Quiz Show
QuizLand
David Levinson's Quizzer javascript game
Reach for the Top: Here is the Unofficial Home Page for the Canadian Broadcasting High School Quiz Show
Rutgers Academic Challenge: Organized by the Office of Television and Radio at the State University of New Jersey. As the site says, "Bring your brain!"
Cecil Adams' The Straight Dope
The Trivia Trek Challenge: Appropriate for pre-college students and teachers.
Trivial Pursuit Homepage
Win Ben Stein's Cyber-Money
World's Hardest Trivia
"You Don't Know Jack" Web site

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National High School Tournaments

Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
National Scholastics Championship
Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green OH)
June 15-17, 2001

2001 Results

State College Area High School, PA
Georgetown Day School, Washington DC
Detroit Catholic Central High School, Redford MI
Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills MI

PACE NSC 2002: George Washington University (Washington DC)
June 14-16, 2002

Knowledge Master Open Email KMO or call them at 1-800-321-9218.

High School Bowl College Bowl Incorporated

To our knowledge, they do not organize a National Championship

American Scholastics Competition Network Championships Lake Forest College, IL May 25-29, 2001

2001 Results

National Academic Quiz Tournaments University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI June 8-9, 2001

2001 Results

National Academic Championship, Questions Unlimited Loyola University, New Orleans LA: May 31-June 3, 2001 Marymount University, Arlington VA: June 7-10, 2001 Pepperdine University, Malibu CA: June 14-17, 2001

2001 Overall Results

Panasonic Academic Challenge Walt Disney World June 23-26, 2001 Designated state champions or all-star teams only For more information, check the web page or email Peggy Harrod.

Next Year: Walt Disney World June 22-25, 2002

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Question Suppliers

College Quiz Bowl Question Archive: Maintained at Stanford University. The archives consist mostly of questions read at college invitationals from the past.
Academic Competition Federation Question Archive: Finally! Mostly includes questions from past ACF Nationals, but the other sets (including a few sets of ACF-style HS tournament questions from Maryland and Virginia) are also pretty darn good.
Academic Challenge, Rock Hill SC: Tossup 1.0 has been "new" for about three years now.
Academic Hallmarks (Knowledge Master Open), Durango CO: Questions for all levels of play from elementary school to high school level!
Academic Initiative: Writing questions and running tournaments primarily for Michigan schools
Answers Plus (A+), Belleville IL: They write for Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Championship. They have "sister sites" specializing in geography and questions for fundraising. Sample questions are available on their site.
Academics Up, Ocala FL: E-mail to Ken Brandt, coach for the Vanguard High School Academic Team.
Champions Quiz Preparation, Benton AR: Pluses: You can order questions online!
Minuses: They haven't debuted the monthly quizzes yet (slated for last September).
College Bowl, Incorporated, Sherman Oaks CA
Just Asking! Questions: John Gose
728 North Westmound Dr.
Los Angeles CA 90069
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, Ann Arbor MI: Awaiting accessible sample questions.
Oracle Questions, SC: Check out the question books they supply. They even have a few question study guides for pyramidal-style questions!
Patrick's Press, Columbus GA: This site looks like it's still under construction and has no substantive information.
The Question Farm, Murrah KY: If you have no aversion to one-sentence-long questions, this is the place to look.
Questions Unlimited, Columbus OH: What can I say? It's Chip Beall's site!
Quiz Star, Franklin TN
Triple Q Questions, Vienna IL: Check out their sample questions, and their Monthly Question Academic Gazette. They also have an ongoing online competition series.

Listing of other companies via the American Scholastic Competitions Network or the Alabama Scholastic Coaches Association

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Equipment

Buzzer systems

Academic Hallmarks (Knowledge Master Open) sells the Logitek Quiztron III Deluxe system.: While you should order replacement parts or repairs through Logitek, order your system from Academic Hallmarks.
Academic Quiz Team Buzzer Systems: Fairly inexpensive system, we recommend the table-top model.
AceGame, Limited: Buzzer system for British academic teams
Electramatic ("The Judge"): Okay, they don't have a web site yet, but they make one of the most popular (unpopular) systems used by college programs to date. Very compact, and rather inexpensive (less than $400 for a 10-player Judge).; 1815 Jefferson St NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418-4426
FAX (612) 781-9982
PHONE (612) 781-9588
Gizmo Buzzer system: Email contact only to Steve Flinn.
Groupics System: You can get as many bells and whistles (or in this case, the "talking microchip" version) as you want.
J. C. Electronics: A nice web page, though there is no cost information available online. As long as you don't mind the lights looking like firemen's hats.
JEM Designs: It's a nice little system with enough of the minimal features to run a fairly good match, except a clock (but who needs that).
Novel Electronic Designs: This company's system is used for the Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Championships.
Quik Pro: Specialty Design Corporation's popular "Quik Pro" buzzer system, it's fairly inexpensive and rather popular. However, sometimes it is easy for things to break.
QuizCo QuizMaster, Boise ID: Looks like a pretty nice system. Lights for each contestant as well as for each team (moderator's box). "Isn't this the system that 'quacks'???"
Quiz Machines, Johnson-Chadderton Enterprises, Knoxville IL
Quiz Pro 2000, Computer Products for Education, Kingston PA: This system hooks up to a computer and can help keep score, deliver questions, and display scores.
Quizzer, Madison WI: Yes, you can have 14-15 people play on one system at one time. The auto-timer is a bit of a pain, but it is a nice system.
TieBreaker System, North Ogden UT
Sho-Me Smart System from Triple Q Questions: Its ten-player system costs around $245 with an auto-reset after 5 seconds (which may or may not be a good thing).
Zeecraft: The popular company with LED-timers.
Listing of other companies via the American Scholastic Competitions Network
Check out Advanced Software Products and Mentor Computer Solutions for some of their products.

Timers

Dimco-Gray/GraLab systems

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Research & Study Guides

CWRU Libraries Reference Desk

The College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Examination Information

American Film Institute's Top 100 Greatest American Movies

Anagram Web pages

Bibliomania

Biography Dictionary

Books winning Awards at Bookbroker

Business Glossary at the Washington Post

Case Western Reserve University Library Newsstand

The Celebrity Site

Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents

College Bowl Company's Research Reference Source List

Crazy for Country Music Web Site

Search the Encyclopedia Brittanica online

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

First on-line encyclopedia devoted to the history of a city... and it's maintained by CWRU!

Encyclopedia Mythica

Top 100 North American Athletes of the 20th Century

Maintained by ESPN

Fine Arts Resources on the Web

First Lines Literature

Frequency of Mention List

Maintained by Eric Hilleman at Carleton College.

The History Channel

Internet Public Library

Lexis-Nexis Universe

Literary Trivia links

On-Line Books

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Prize Announcements

Emmy Primetime Awards
nominations in late July, awards in September
The archive is not very complete.
Nobel Prizes
awards announced every October, this is the North American mirror site (San Diego Supercomputer Center) for the Swedish Nobel Prizes web site.
Oscar Awards
nominations in mid-February, awards every late March
You can also view the Golden Raspberry Award site to see a list of the worst movies of the year.
Pulitzer Prizes
awards every early April
Tony Awards
nominations in early May, awards in June
Check out the Tony Trivia Quizzes!

Dwight Kidder's Reference Desk

List of web sites of some Television Shows

Courtesy of Cleveland Live and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century or the Radcliffe Poll

Maintained at Random-House Co., Inc.

Soap Opera Central and Soap Opera Digest

Decisions from the United States Supreme Court since 1990

You can also read about some historical cases.

Top 500 rock-and-roll songs of all time.

From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

WebMuseum

I don't know when their last update was.

What's in a Name? Trivia Web site

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Tournament Schedules

College Tournament List: Maintained by Hayden Hurst
High School Tournament List: Maintained by Matt Weiner at University of Pittsburgh.
Quizbowl Online Calendar: To access, you must be member in order to view the calendar.
James Dinan's TRASH page's: It's all about TRASH (pop culture, entertainment, or anything you'd be embarrassed to say you'd know).
Upcoming Academic Events List: Maintained by the Knowledge Master Open.
PACE-affiliated High School Tournament List: The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence and the CWRU Trivia Club maintain this list. The top teams automatically qualify for the National Scholastics Championship!

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Other Academic Competition Organizations

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Links

Listing of other companies via the American Scholastic Competitions Network or the Alabama Scholastic Coaches Association

Buzzer systems

Timers

CWRU Libraries Reference Desk

Circuit Teams Within Driving Distance We Are Not Alone

Directory of Other Teams

Miscellaneous academic competition sites

Circuit Teams Within Driving Distance
We Are Not Alone