Missouri Quizbowl Message Board

Update: LIST IX is now a Platinum Qualifier for the PACE NSC, meaning that the top 25% of teams at the tournament (rounded up) will qualify for the National Scholastic Championship. Also, our field is now one team away from being full—we will look into expanding the field to 30 teams if we have enou...

This year's MSHSAA district assignments have been released, with schools now divided into six classes instead of four:
https://www.mshsaa.org/Activities/Class ... =1&class=1

For questions, we will be using SATURNALIA , a regular-plus difficulty question set written by experienced quizbowl players from top teams across the nation, including members of the Ladue Quizbowl Team. The questions will be more difficult than an NAQT IS set, but less difficult than HSNCT or PACE...

Field (24/24): Orchard Farm Parkway West (2) Sullivan (3) North Kansas City (2) Eldon Columbia Independent (2) Weaubleau Phillips Academy (MA) Rock Bridge St. Louis Christian Homeschool (Leslie) Webster Groves School of the Osage Oakville Parkway South (2) St. Joseph Central (2) Living Word Christi...

If they think they're southern Illinois, then they'd be counted as southern Illinois—it doesn't really matter, as long as they're not from, say, the Chicago area.
(Though UIUC is running an Illinois tournament on the same question set, so I'm not sure how relevant this will be anyway.)

Hello everyone, The Ladue Quizbowl Team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our ninth annual Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament (LIST IX) on Saturday, April 3rd, 2021 . We will be conducting the tournament virtually through Zoom. Registration is region-locked to teams from Missouri and ...

Unfortunately, with the Ladue School District closing and St. Louis County prohibiting gatherings of more than 50 people, we will be cancelling LIST on March 28th. We'll look into the possibility of rescheduling, but as of now it doesn't seem likely. If you'd still like the play the BLAST question s...

Poll results are in! Here are your midseason top 10: 1. St. Louis Patriots A: 115 points, ranked in 100% of ballots, highest vote: 1, lowest vote: 4 2. Ladue A: 110 points, ranked in 100% of ballots, highest vote: 1, lowest vote: 2 3. College Heights Christian A: 98 points, ranked in 100% of ballots...

As there haven't been any additional poll responses within the past week, and in the interest of time, I will be closing the poll and posting the results at 7 pm CST this Sunday, Jan. 12. If you haven't voted yet, or wish to edit your response, please do so before then!

Hello fellow forum-goers,

Since 1st-semester tournaments are now over, I've created a midseason poll for the top 10 teams in the Missouri circuit. The poll will be open until 7 pm CST on Jan. 18, 2020, after which I will post the results.

Just a reminder that we still have plenty of spots in our field for LIST IX. If you're interested in one more late-season tournament that will be great preparation for state and nationals, then don't forget to sign up!

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Congratulations to our tournament champion Clayton, who won a 1-game final against Oakville A to take 1st place! Complete stats for the tournament can be found here.

Our field is now 3/4 full!!! If you want a spot but haven't signed up yet, make sure to register soon!

Current Field (20/24) : Orchard Farm (2 teams, 1 buzzer, 1 moderator) Sullivan (3 teams, 2 buzzers, 1 moderator, 1 scorekeeper) Eureka (1 team, 1 buzzer, 1 moderator) Brentwood (2 teams, 1 buzzer, 1 staffer) Oakville (2 teams, 1 buzzer, 1 moderator) Parkway North (1 team) Helias (2 teams, 2 buzzers...

Current Field (15/16) : Orchard Farm (1 team, 1 buzzer) Oakville (2 teams, 1 buzzer, 1 moderator) Hannibal (1 team) New Haven (1 team, 1 buzzer) Parkway Central (1 team) Webster Groves (1 team) Winfield (1 team) Francis Howell (1 team, 1 buzzer) Westminster Christian (2 teams, 1 buzzer, 1 moderator...

Hello everyone, The Ladue Quizbowl Team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our ninth annual Ladue Invitational Spring Tournament (LIST) on Saturday, March 28th, 2020. We hope to attract many teams from across the state and perhaps some out-of-state teams as well. In consistency with prev...

Hello everyone, The Ladue Quizbowl Team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Ladue Fall Novice Tournament on Saturday, November 16th, 2019 . This tournament will be primarily aimed at newer players, and will be a great way for them to hone their skills on an easier question set (although...