Northwest Iowa Area & other Quiz Bowls
Date |
Host School/Location |
Contact Information |
Team Limits |
Other Notes |
Oct |
Bishop Garrigan Algona |
David M. Burrow burrowd@garrigan.pvt.k12.ia.us |
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| Oct | Ankeny | |||
Oct |
Unity Christian Orange City |
Shirley Kaemingk skaemingk@unity.pvt.k12.ia.us |
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| Nov | Algona HS | Twila Wichtendahl twichtendahl@algona.k12.ia.us | ||
| Nov | 2008 Siouxper Bowl quiz bowl tournament University of Sioux Falls |
The top teams at this tournament qualify for the 2008 NAQT HS National Championship held in Chicago. Full information is available at: http://www.naqt.com/sdqba/siouxper/2008-fall e-mail R. Robert Hentzel at robert.hentzel@naqt.com or call 952.888.2277 |
$75/team, $10 discount for bringing a buzzer | |
Nov |
MOC-Floyd Valley Orange City |
Marlene De Zeeuw mdezeeuw@moc-fv.k12.ia.us |
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First Saturday in December |
Spirit Lake |
Roland Schmidt rschmidt@mail.spirit-lake.k12.ia.us |
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Second Saturday in December |
South O'Brien Paullina |
Mary Helfter, mhelfter@s-obrien.k12.ia.us |
1 JV, 1V |
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| Jan | Sioux Central Sioux Rapids |
Cost $50 | ||
| January | North Kossuth | Brooks Walter 515-272-4361 brooks662000@yahoo.com |
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Feb |
Cornbelt Conf West Bend-Mallard |
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Feb |
Boyden-Hull Hull |
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Feb |
North High Sioux City |
Charles Hoberg Sioux City North High School 712.899.2671 712.239.7000 hobergc@sioux-city.k12.ia.us |
Click here for more information | |
March |
War Eagle Conf at W Sioux in Hawarden |
Ryan Vander Lugt, rvanderl@w-sioux.k12.ia.us |
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| March | Algona Middle School Quiz Bowl | Twila Wichtendahl twichtendahl@algona.k12.ia.us | ||
| May | NAQT Iowa State Championship | Scott Michael Nystrom |
Website |
Quiz Bowl Coaches: If there is incorrect information posted on this page, or if you prefer to not be listed, or you have something to add, please let me know at mhelfter@s-obrien.k12.ia.us
Area Quiz Bowl Coaches
School Name Algona Twila Wichtendahl twichtendahl@algona.k12.ia.us Armstrong-Ringsted David Mischke (JH)
Karen Folkers (HS)
Bishop Garrigan, Algona David M. Burrow burrowd@garrigan.pvt.k12.ia.us Bishop Heelan, Sioux City Nan Kiel Boyden-Hull Marj Wagner
Wendy Peelen
Central Lyon John McDonald johnnymac_1948@yahoo.com Clay Central-Everly Bev Schoorman bschoorman@clay-royal.k12.ia.us or
beverlyfromeverl@hotmail.comEast Sac County Jenny Stock jstock@eastsac.k12.ia.us Emmetsburg Sarah Brugman hsbrugman@emmetsburg.k12.ia.us Gehlen Catholic Mike Meyer m_meyer@gehlencatholic.com Harris-Lake Park Tracy Anderson tanderson@harris-lp.k12.ia.us Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Jim Thomas
Terry Putnam
Hinton Kathi Oetken oetkenk@hintonschool.com Lawton-Bronson David Law LawD@lawton-bronson.k12.ia.us LeMars Jeanne Rust jrust@lemarscsd.org Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Kelli Langel klangel@marcus-mer-cleg.k12.ia.us MOC-Floyd Valley Marlene De Zeeuw mdezeeuw@moc-fv.k12.ia.us North Kossuth Brooks Walter brooks662000@yahoo.com Odebolt Arthur - Battle Creek
Ida GroveJanet Christensen rojet@pionet.net or
jchristensen@oabcig.orgRemsen St Mary's Paul Mugge Ridge View Patty Wheeler pwheeler@rvraptors.org Rock Valley Inisha Hoehamer
(shared TAG with B-H)inishah@boyden-hull.k12.ia.us Schaller-Crestland Dale Tokheim dtokheim@schaller-crest.k12.ia.us Sergeant Bluff-Luton Deb Collins collideb@sblschools.com Sioux Center Rhonda Huisman rhuisman@nwicc.edu
No QB team 08-09 due to budget cuts,
Sioux Central Eileen Tjeerdsma etjeerdsma@sioux-central.k12.ia.us South O'Brien Mary Helfter
Chris White
Spalding Catholic Denise Krebs dkrebs@spaldingcatholic.org Spirit Lake Roland Schmidt rschmidt@mail.spirit-lake.k12.ia.us Storm Lake St Mary's Kate Droessler kdroessler@stormlakecatholic.com Unity Christian, Orange City Shirley Kaemingk skaemingk@unitychristian.net West Bend-Mallard Claudia Koch
Phil Sorensen
West Sioux Ryan Vander Lugt rvanderl@w-sioux.k12.ia.us Western Christian svanengen@w-christian.pvt.k12.ia.us
Online Resources for Quiz Bowl Practice
- National Academic Quiz Tournaments http://www.naqt.com/index.html Click on Sample Questions link. There are several "packets" of questions. Click on You Gotta Know link. This is a great reference of categories that lists answers judged to be most valuable to know for quiz bowl.
- Quiz Bowl Club, Stanford University http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/ Click on Question Archive. There are over 50 tournament packets for you to study.
- Knowledge Master Weekly Quiz http://www.greatauk.com/Weeklyquiz.html Quizzes are arranged by topic. Read the questions and click on the number for the answer. There are about 60 categories to choose from. Each category has at least 10 questions.
Other Resources
Triple Q Questions: info@tripleqquestions.com
- P.O.Box 305
- Vienna, IL 62995-0305
- Local: (618) 658-2415
- Toll Free: (888) 461-7572
- Fax: (618) 658-2415
Questions Unlimited: http://www.qunlimited.com/
- National Academic Championship: all winners of the tournaments listed above would qualify for this tournament.
- Saturday January 10, 2009 Preliminary Tournament at Morningside College, 8:30am-3:30pm
- Wednesday January 14, 2009 first round matches taped at KTIV, 1-4pm
- Wednesday January 28, 2009 first round matches taped at KTIV, 1-4pm
- Wednesday February 11, 2009 first round and one quarter final match at KTIV, 1-4pm
- Wednesday March 18, 2009 quarter final matches taped at KTIV, 1-4pm
- Wednesday April 15, 2009 semi final and final rounds taped at KTIV, 1-4pm