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QuizbowlLogo1 Welcome to the home of the New Hampshire Quiz Bowl League. We are dedicated to promoting and providing academic competition for high school students throughout New Hampshire.

We’d love to have new members, so check out our page on joining up today!

League members can check out info on schedules and results through the links above. We’re also looking to fill in some gaps in our history, so if anyone has info on past champions, shoot us an email.

Though we are not associated with NHPTV’s Granite State Challenge program, many of us do participate in it, and we encourage everyone to check them out too! You can check them out on Facebook here!

We hope to see you at one our tournaments very soon!

September 20, 2021 by BWCampbell

Weclome Back

Hello!

We are currently in the process of creating our schedule for 2021-2022. Due to the ongoing pandemic situation, our schedule is subject to change at short notice. We are hoping to secure four in-person tournaments this year, and one online virtual tournament. Crossing all our fingers! So far, we have the following dates confirmed.

October 23, 2021: At Plymouth

December 11, 2021: At Merrimack

Further dates and locations to be announced.

We look forward to seeing everyone soon!

May 16, 2021 by BWCampbell

State Finals

Good afternoon everyone!

We completed out 2020-2021 Season on Saturday morning finishing out what I hope will be our only all-virtual season. We are kicking around the idea that we may retain at least 1 virtual tournament next year, to assist those teams who may have travel difficulties. Coaches will be discussing this in the coming weeks.

We held our typical 7 round final, and while we had a couple of technical snafus (my fault, sorry!) it mostly went off without a hitch.

Hanover carried the day with a perfect 7-0 record, which means that this year’s championship banner is headed for Lebanon Street. Congratulations to Murph and his squad for a great season, I’ll be mailing that out this week sometime.

We had one substitution, with PCA not being able to participate on Saturday, Coe-Brown stepped up and participated in our state tournament for the first time. There was also a communications issue, and Profile did not play on Saturday morning. But here are the rest of the result:

Hanover	7-0
BG	5-2
Plymouth	5-2
Merrimack	4-3
Pinkerton	3-4
Salem	3-4
Coe-Brown	1-6
Profile	DNP

Thank you again to everyone who made this season possible. Thank you to the coaches for your flexibility, thank you to the students for their patience. I will be doing the end of the year paperwork processing (paying the bills, preparing the annual report) in the next week or so, and then I’ll start sending out emails to plan for next season.

Have a great summer!

May 10, 2021 by BWCampbell

May 8th Results!

Good morning everyone!

Our final regular season event was held on Saturday morning. We had 11 teams, (6 varsity, 5 j/v.) We played a 12 team bracket with a bye, one team volunteering to play without (thanks to Merrimack varsity! Since they were already qualified their wins/loss record was moot).

Salem and Pinkerton were the only teams playing that hadn’t yet qualified for the state tournament outright, and Pinkerton came away with that one win edge, to take the last automatic qualifying spot for next Saturday.
Here are all the results. The bye counted as a win, for the purposes of making the accounting come out even.

Varsity		J/V
Hanover	10-0	Plymouth	5-5
Merrimack	9-1	Merrimack B	5-5
Plymouth	6-4	Merrimack A	4-6
BG	5-5	Libson	4-6
Pinkerton*	5-5	Coe-Brown	3-7
Salem	4-6


*AQ

And the final overall standings:

Overall Season At-Large Standings
Tournament Winners	Varsity Points standings		J/V Points Standings
BG	Salem	27	Merrimack	29
Plymouth	PCA	5	Plymouth	21
Hanover	Profile	4	Hanover	9
Merrimack	Coe-Brown	2	Salem	4
Pinkerton			Coe-Brown	4
			Lisbon	4

Merrimack gets the honors this year for best J/V performance of the year. I will be getting them their trophy as soon as practicable, as well as sending the last plaque up to Derry!

State Finals this Saturday will feature BG, Plymouth, Hanover, Merrimack, Pinkerton, Salem, PCA and Profile! Coaches, info will follow shortly!

Thanks to all who made this season as success! I am SO looking forward to having in person quiz bowl next fall! Please watch your email for end of season follow ups and for scheduling for next year, sometime before the end of the school year! Best of luck to everyone and talk to you soon!

April 19, 2021 by BWCampbell

April 17th tournament!

Hi everyone!!

We had our second to last qualifier on Saturday. It was a good day. We had a minor mix up with questions that was totally my fault, but even still, we moved through our day pretty quickly and I hope everyone had a good time!
I’m short on time this evening, so I’ll cut to the chase. Five teams competed on the varsity side, with an additional five on the J/V side. Merrimack and Plymouth both finished at 9-1, and they actually split matches 1-1, but since Plymouth is already in the state tournament, having qualified previously, we decided we didn’t need a playoff, and declared Merrimack this week’s winner.

Here’s the full results:

4/17/21 Online
Varsity		J/V
Merrimack	9-1	Merrimack B	6-4
Plymouth	9-1	Plymouth A	5-5
Salem	8-2	Merrimack A	5-5
Pinkerton	3-7	Plymouth B	3-7
Profile	1-9	Salem	2-8

And that leaves us with overall standings here:

Overall Season At-Large Standings
Tournament Winners	Varsity Points standings		J/V Points Standings
BG	Salem	24	Merrimack	24
Plymouth	Pinkerton	9	Plymouth	16
Hanover	PCA	5	Hanover	9
Merrimack	Profile	4	Salem	4
	Coe-Brown	2	Coe-Brown	1

There will be one more qualifier on May 8, with state finals on May 15. Looking forward to seeing you all online!

April 5, 2021 by BWCampbell

April 3rd Tournament

Hi everyone!
Sorry this was delayed, but the holiday made things busy at my place.
Saturday morning we held our third online qualifier. And, if I do say so myself, I think we’re getting better at managing the online tournaments.
We had seven schools compete, with 10 teams total, so everyone played in the same bracket. Plymouth took the day, going 10-0, and slotting into our third AQ for the state tournament! On the J/V side, Merrimack A went 7-3 to hold j/v honors for the day. Here’s how it all broke down:

4/3/2021 Online
Varsity		J/V
Plymouth	10-0	Merrimack A	7-3
Merrimack	8-2	Plymouth	5-5
BG	7-3	Merrimack B	4-6
Hanover	5-5	Coe-Brown	1-9
Salem	5-5
Profile	0-10

And after Saturday, here’s the overall standings:

Tournament Winners	Varsity Points standings		J/V Points Standings
BG	Merrimack	25	Merrimack	18
Plymouth	Salem	16	Plymouth	11
Hanover	Pinkerton	6	Salem	2
	PCA	5	Coe-Brown	1
	Profile	3
	Coe-Brown	2

Our next tournament is on April 17th! Stay tuned for a link to sign up for that coming out by mid-week!

March 28, 2021 by BWCampbell

March 27th Results!

Hi everyone!
Our second qualifying tournament was held on Saturday, online of course. It was great to see a bunch of you!

I’m so happy we’ve been able to do these online tournaments this year, and keep the NHQBL going, even amidst the pandemic. Thank you for your commitment to your kids and keeping things going. We are ALL hopeful that next fall we’ll be able to get back in person. I promise you now, that first tournament back, I’m bringing cake.

Anyway, here’s how things went. We had eight varsity teams and five j/v teams. Hanover had a very good day, going 9-1 in both brackets to take home the qualifying slot for the state tournament, so congrats to Murph’s crew! Here’s the breakdown:

Varsity		J/V
Hanover*	9-1	Hanover	9-1
Merrimack	8-2	Merrimack A	6-4
Plymouth	7-3	Merrimack B	6-4
BG	6-4	Plymouth B	4-6
Salem	4-6	Plymouth A	3-7
Profile	3-7
PCA	2-8
Pinkerton	0-10

This gives us an overall standings of:

Tournament Winners	Varsity Points standings		J/V Points Standings
BG	Merrimack	17	Merrimack	11
Hanover	Plymouth	13	Hanover	9
	Salem	11	Plymouth	5
	Pinkerton	6	Salem	2
	BG	6
	PCA	5
	Profile	3
	Coe-Brown	2

We do it all again next weekend, on Saturday morning at 10 am! Don’t forget to SIGN UP! We look forward to seeing you!
Have a great week everyone!

January 30, 2021 by BWCampbell

We’re back!

Hello everyone!!

We held our first tournament of the new year today, first of this season. All online, thanks to Zoom and Slapbowl. It went about 90% smoothly, I think. We had some hiccoughs, but I think we’ll get those knocked out moving forward. The plan is to complete a full season between now and May, and I think we’ll just manage it.

Eight schools participated today. We only had 4 j/v teams participate, so everyone played in the same bracket. BG took home the top honors, becoming the first qualifier for the new school year, with a record of 10-0. Here’s how it shook down:

Online 1/30/2021
Varsity		J/V
BG	10-0	Merrimack A	5-5
Merrimack	9-1	Merrimack B	3-7
Salem	7-3	Salem	2-8
Hanover	7-3	Plymouth	1-9
Plymouth	6-4
Pinkerton	6-4
PCA	3-7
Coe-Brown	2-8

And the overall standings so far:

Overall Season At-Large Standings
Tournament Winners	Varsity Points standings		J/V Points Standings
BG	Merrimack	9	Merrimack A	5
	Salem	7	Salem	2
	Hanover	7	Plymouth	1
	Plymouth	6
	Pinkerton	6
	PCA	3
	Coe-Brown	2

Stay tuned for more info about our next online tournament. Thanks again to everyone who helped make today run smoothly!

October 31, 2020 by BWCampbell

Surprise! Happy Halloween!

Hello!!!
We held an online GHOST event this morning! (Surprise!) And here are the results:

Merrimack B	6-1
Hanover B	5-2
Merrimack A	5-2
Plymouth A	5-2
Hanover A	4-3
Pinkerton	2-5
Lisbon	1-6
Plymouth B	1-6

This was a strictly for fun event, but we tested out a lot of new tricks to try and make online quiz bowl more efficient and effective, so we hope to have more info about the 20-21 season soon! Stay tuned!

June 6, 2020 by BWCampbell

Finals Results!

Good afternoon everyone,

Just one final 2020 update from me.

After three sessions (and I thank all the participants from the bottom of my heart for their patience and flexibility), we completed the online state finals!

The format was strange, and the experience different. And I know that it had it’s kinks and oddity, but we got it done, and gave the kids some closure for the year. I know that it’s hard for it to end this way, but I feel proud that we gave the kids as close to normal as we could.

So, congratulations Hanover, for their win, finishing the year with a 6-1 record at the state finals! Here’s how everyone finished:

Hanover	6-1
BG	5-2
Plymouth	5-2
Pinkerton	4-3
Merrimack	3-4
Salem	3-4
PCA	2-5
Fall Mtn.	0-7

I hope everyone has a great summer. Stay tuned for further communications, as we look forward anxiously to what next year will look like. I’m holding off scheduling any tournaments until we know more about what things will be like in the fall.

Take care everyone, be safe, and be healthy!

April 16, 2020 by BWCampbell

Updates

Hello all,

I received information this morning from my district that Gov. Sununu plans to announce today that the remainder of the school year will be committed to distance learning, and that it is too soon to resume in-person gatherings.

So, that leaves us with an unfinished season. However, there may be a way forward for us.

Salem, Merrimack and most recently BG have experimented with holding live matches via Zoom, which, while a bit awkward at time, is actually remarkably doable, thanks to the fact that Zoom has a “raise hand” feature built into their video chat, and then uses the participants screen to reorder participants by who raise their hand first, enabling a quiz master to see who “buzzed” in first. The breakout room functionality in Zoom also allows us to hold multiple matches on the same Zoom call.

All of this may allow us to create an environment in which we can successfully complete our season. If anyone else has experimented with any other methods, please let me know, so we can evaluate options.

Before we schedule the state finals, I would like to schedule each state finals team to play at least one “scrimmage”, or practice match against another school, in order to become accustomed to the procedures. If I could get those coaches to reach out to me, we can discuss scheduling.

We also will not be able to do our coaches meeting live, but I’m sure we can work something out with Zoom. Salem is still getting a vacation break, so then at the latest, I am going to send out a feedback survey for everyone to fill out, and then we’ll look at scheduling our coaches meeting for sometime in May. We’ll probably have an abbreviated agenda, mostly looking at 2 issues, 1) whether we’ll want to keep going with the same question provider or change, and 2) planning for next season, both goals and schedule.

These are difficult times for everyone, but we will, I hope, be able to at least complete our season, which puts us a step up on athletics, and will give closure to our seniors who have lost so much else this year.

Look forward to hearing from you!