http://www.naqt.com Announcements and news from National Academic Quiz Tournaments relating to its question sets, study guides, and state, regional, and national championship tournaments. http://www.naqt.com/hs/state/2011 NAQT is now accepting bids from organizations interested in hosting High School State Championships in 2011. State championship questions are free, and state championships provide their winners with a reserved berth at the High School National Championship Tournament. 1112 http://www.naqt.com/schedule.jsp?coll=yes NAQT and ACUI are pleased to announce the first batch of sites for the 2011 Sectional Championship Tournaments. Organizations interested in hosting an SCT in a region not already covered may submit a bid before 8/31. 1117 http://www.naqt.com/articles/2010-11-discounted-questions.html NAQT is once again offering discounts on used and older sets of practice questions. 1116 http://www.naqt.com/bids/host-calls.jsp NAQT has extended the deadline for bidding to host Sectional Championship Tournaments to August 15, 2010, for Regions 1, 3, 7, 9, 10, and 14. The extension for Region 1 is only for hosts in North America. Bids for the other regions have been received and are being evaluated. 1115 http://www.naqt.com/ict/2011 NAQT is pleased to announce that the 2011 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament will return to the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, IL. It will be held April 8-9, 2011, with the competition occurring entirely on Saturday. 1114 http://www.naqt.com/hs/high-school-eligibility.html NAQT has revised its High School Eligibility Rules in the hope of making them easier to read. The only major change is that players may compete for all schools with which they are affiliated (at different tournaments). 1110 http://www.naqt.com/2010-rules-changes.html For the 2010-2011 competition year, NAQT has made a number of changes to its official rules for all levels of play. 1113 http://www.naqt.com/cc/cc-sct/2011 NAQT is now accepting bids from schools interested in hosting Community College Sectional Championship Tournaments on the weekend of January 21-23, 2011. 1111 http://www.naqt.com/ms/msnct/2011 The inaugural 2011 Middle School National Championship Tournament will be held May 6-8, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, IL. 1108 http://www.naqt.com/ms/inception.html NAQT is pleased to announce that it will be beginning a middle school program in the 2010-2011 competition year. 1107 http://www.naqt.com/eligibility.html For the purpose of its eligibility rules, NAQT has changed the "competition year" to run from August 1 to July 31 at all levels of play. Previously, it ran from September 1 to August 31. This change is meant to reflect the reality that more tournaments are being run in August and it would be silly that students enrolled in the previous year could still claim eligibility. 1106 schedule.jsp NAQT has posted its current list of tournaments and hosts for the 2010-2011 season. Current hosts should check to see that the name, date, location, and packet set of their event is listed correctly. Other organizations interested in hosting high school, community college, or college events should contact hosting@naqt.com. 1105 http://www.naqt.com/cc/ccct/2011 NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2011 Community College Championship Tournament will be held February 25-26 at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, FL. 1104 http://www.naqt.com/survey/2010-ict-survey-results.html NAQT has posted the results of its survey of players and coaches at the 2010 Intercollegiate Championship Tournament. 1103 http://www.naqt.com/survey/2010-hsnct-survey-results.html NAQT has posted the results of its survey of players and coaches at the 2010 High School National Championship Tournament. 1102 http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2011 NAQT is pleased to announce that its 2011 High School National Championship Tournament will be held in Atlanta on Memorial Day weekend 2011. 1101 http://www.naqt.com/hsnct/2010/2010-hsnct-results.html Maggie Walker of Richmond, VA defeated State College (PA) Area High School in the final to claim their second NAQT high school national championship. In the Small School division, South Range High School of North Lima, OH won consecutive games in the final over Russell (KY) High School to claim the title. A recap of the event may be found on the official blog and complete team and individual stats have now been posted. 1098 http://www.naqt.com/ict/2010/podcasts/ Audio files from each round of the 2010 ICT Division I competition are now available. 1094 http://www.naqt.com/hosting NAQT is now accepting requests from hosts to reserve Invitational Series questions for high school, community college, and college tournaments to be held in 2010-2011. 1092 http://www.naqt.com/practice-questions.jsp Invitational Series #86 through #95 and other high school and college sets from the 2009-2010 season are now available for purchase as practice material. Please note that NAQT will delay shipping orders that may compromise the security of the year's remaining tournaments. 1089 http://www.naqt.com/Results/2010-ict-results.html Harvard defeated defending champion Chicago to claim the DI overall title, Minnesota topped Michigan to win undergraduate championship. In Division II, Brown answered the last question of the final game to defeat Clemson and secure the title. St. Charles CC finished 12th overall to finish as the Top Community College. Audio files from each round are now available. 1088 http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=3286 St. Charles Community College defeated Northeast Alabama Community College in a one-game final, 410-225, to win the 2010 Community College Championship Tournament. Snead State finished third. ICT invitations were also earned by Chipola, Valencia, and Seminole. The tournament was hosted by Chipola College in Marianna, Florida. 1087 http://www.naqt.com/articles/acui-partnership.html In November 2009 NAQT and the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) established a strategic partnership to return quiz bowl to ACUI's portfolio of student activities and to increase participation in NAQT's collegiate tournaments. 1066 http://www.naqt.com/college/college-bowl-comparison.html NAQT has prepared a page comparing and contrasting its campus and interscholastic programs with those of College Bowl to help student activities personnel make a decision about how to continue offering quiz bowl. 1025