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Major Formats: (More about these in the FAQ and Lexicon)
Quiz Bowl Portals:
Yahoo! Quizbowl Group - this moderated group is a great outlet for tournament announcements and discussion about College Quiz Bowl.
World of High School Quizbowl
- Run by VCU's Matt Weiner. While these boards are primarily geared
toward High School Quiz Bowl discussion, a section is fully devoted to
College Quiz Bowl Also a great outlet for tournament announcements and
College QB discussion.
The Maize Pages
- Run by Michigan Alumnus Craig Barker, this is Quiz Bowl's version of
the Yellow pages -- A veritable smorgasboard of Quiz Bowl
information including links to question writing guides,
tournament-running guides, and team directories.
Question Writing Resources:
Stanford Guidelines - the question-writing how-to that started it all. Originally written in 1991 and updated in 1999.
Michigan Memorandum - Originally
written in 1995, four years after Stanford, this document was
orginally intended as a Stanford Update. Check out the 2002 update, as well...
ACF Guidelines -
The Academic Competions Federation's guidelines for question writing,
specifically for their tournaments. Within, you'll also find
columns about how to better yourself at the game and what *not* to
do while question writing.
Stanford Packet Archive - Previously-played tournament questions for practice purposes.
SCSZicago Manual of Style - another question writing guide written by Mitchell Szczepanczyk, formerly of the University of Chicago.
The Reference Desk - Run by Dwight Kidder, this is a compilation of web sites that can be used for researching facts for question writing.
Nearby Quiz Bowl Teams: (those with webpages)
You can also see a directory of teams from all over the nation through The Maize Pages Team Directory...
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