Questions and Practice Materials
Question vendor. P.O. Box 2206; Irmo, SC 29063.
Practice Questions and popular computerized competition, Knowledge Master Open, for high schools and middle schools.
P.O. Box 998, Durango, CO 81302; 800-321-9218.
Online Academic Competition. Compete online with schools around the world.
1014 N.E. 11 Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601 (904) 373-6085.
Answers Plus A+ offers Internet Competition in general subjects and
geography as well as some questions in magazine format.
P.O. Box 411, Breese, IL
62230.
Practice Materials and Tournament Questions
Champions Quiz Preparation, PO Box 8786, Fayetteville, AR 72703 (479) 841-9293 Order Fax Line: (954) 301-4601
KC&E Quest offers lists and practice questions, especially for new teams and coaches who are beginning new teams.
P.O. Box 523, Williamson, GA 30292-0523. 800-210-2507; FAX 770-412-9271.
Kentucky Association for Academic Competition www.kaac.com jbennett@kaac.com
Question vendor. John Bennett, 1471 Twilight Trail, Frankfort, KY 40601; 502-223-0088; FAX 502-223-0430.
Just Asking
Question vendor. 728 N. Westmount Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90069; 310-659-1924.
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC http://www.naqt.com Email: naqt@naqt.com
National tournaments, tournament questions, practice sets, and set-of-the-week subscriptions.
11521 W 69th Street, Shawnee, KS 66203, 888-411-NAQT.
Patricks Press www.patrickspress.com Email: patrickspress@yahoo.com
Patrick's Press, an ASCA sponsor, is a popular vendor of questions, resource books, buzzer systems, software, and practice questions subscriptions.
P.O. Box 5189, Columbus, GA 31906; 800-654-1052; FAX 706-322-5806.
QNA
Question Vendor. 1261 Carter Road, Decatur, GA 30030; 404-288-5512.
The Question Company http://scholarsbowlquestions.homestead.com
Question Vendor. The Question Company offers 100 ASCA format worksheets on CD-ROM for $75.Thomas Henry (in Alabama)
Straight A Quiz Questions
Question Vendor. 1613 Cherokee Dr. Seneca, SC 29672.
Triple Q Questions www.tripleqquestions.com Email: tripleq@tripleqquestions.com
Triple Q Questions specializes in tournament questions which are guaranteed secure. It is also dedicated to keeping prices reasonable. Books and package deals are also available as is a reasonably price buzzer system. P.O. Box 305, Vienna, IL 62995; 618-949-3888.
The Question Well www.questionwell.com Email: swell5@yahoo.com
The Question Well is an organization of teachers who publish questions for practice and competition at elementary school, middle school, and high school levels. The Question Well can arrange questions in just about any format if given ample time.
3270 Aqueduct Drive, Lexington, KY 405171; (859)271-4519
Questions Unlimited http://www.qunlimited.com Email: qunlimited@iwaynet.net
Questions Unlimited offers a web page and practice questions on the web, which are updated each month. They also sell practice questions and tournament questions.
P.O. Box 14798, Columbus, OH 43214. 800-868-1518 or 614-848-5112.
Equipment
Groupics www.buzzers.com Email: groupi@groupics.com
Buzzers that operate on batteries or AC with optional built-in timer for up to fifteen players. They also have larger systems available suitable for television.
Holmes and Edwards, 1201 Lake James Drive, Suite 200, Virginia Beach, VA 23464; 757-424-4021.
Two models of buzzer sets, inexpensively priced. They also offer practice questions.
Vendor of Buzz-in Lockout Systems, which has a built-in timer and is microprocessor controlled. It has response modules for two teams of four players each.
918 Fairway Drive, Sulphur, OK 73086 580-622-5772.
Logictech Electronic Systems
Buzzer systems. 3320 Bering Drive, Houston, TX 77057; 800-231-5870.
NED's buzzer systems accommodate up to 28 players (4 teams of 7 seven
contestants). Users plug in as many modules as they need. NED has supplied
lockout systems for the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) state final
championships since 1996.
1207 W. Sycamore St., Chillicothe, IL 61523 309-274-5175
Patricks Press www.patrickspress.com Email: sales@patrickspress.com
Patrick's Press, an ASCA sponsor, is a popular vendor of questions, resource books, buzzer systems, software, and subscriptions to practice questions.
P.O. Box 5189, Columbus, GA 31906; 800-654-1052; FAX 706-322-5806.
QUIZCO http://www.quizco.com
QUIZCO sells buzzer systems. Visit their web page; 800-294-0494
Specialty Design Corporation www.specialtydesigncorp.com Email: lynneasterling@home.com
Alabama manufacturers of the Quik Pro Systems, popular with many of our members. The sets come in basic and deluxe models, and they also offer excellent repair services. Specialty Design Corporation is an ASCA sponsor.
715 North 19th Street, Bessemer, AL 35020; 800-284-6377 or 205-428-1224
Zeecraft Tech www.zeecraft.com
Quiz Bowl responders (buzzers) for sale or rental.
RR2 Box 157H, New Milford, PA 18834; 800-662-7475; FAX 717-465-7674.
Regional and National Tournaments
Vanderbilt Academic Bowl Competition (Oct and March) http://www.vanderbilt.edu/college_bowl/Home.html
Vanderbilt College Bowl hosts a general Friday-Saturday tournament open to all in both the Fall and Spring of each year. Usually, about 100 schools attend.
ASCN Tournament of Champions, Lake Forest, IL (Memorial Day Weekend) http://www.morningside.edu/ascn/ Email: ascn@jones.morningside.edu
The ASCN tournament is a five day event held annually for high school teams that have won a tournament. It provides triple-elimination. The remaining 32 teams play a single-elimination championship.
800 5th Street, Suite 125, Sioux City, IA 51101; 800-252-4289.
Knowledge Master Open www.greatauk.com
The Knowledge Master Open is run twice each year for secondary schools and twice each year for elementary schools (grades 4-6). It is open to all schools, and no travel is required as students compete at their computers. P.O. Box 998, Durango, CO 81302; 800-321-9218.
National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC http://www.naqt.com Email: chad@naqt.com
Chad Kubicek, CFO, 11521 W 69th Street, Shawnee, KS 66203, 888-411-NAQT.
PACE (June) www.cwru.edu/orgs/trivia/pace/ Email: etc@po.cwru.edu or samer.ismail@yale.edu
Pace invites teams that have come in first or second at any tournament to apply for an invitation to the National Scholastics Championship each June. Automatic invitations are available for teams that win or finish second in tournaments affiliated with the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE).
Panasonic
Challenge National Tournament (June)
http://www.inst.pcsb.k12.fl.us/InstructionalServicesDiv/AcademicCompetitions/AcademicComp.html
Email: Harrod42@aol.com
National tournament held in Orlando, FL each June that is open to high school State Champions.
Questions Unlimited http://www.qunlimited.com Email: qunlimited@iwaynet.net
Questions Unlimited sponsors a national tournament in Washington, D.C.
P.O. Box 14798, Columbus, OH 43214. 800-868-1518 or 614-848-5112.
Other Bowl Sites
Results and Statistics from the Illinois State Scholar Bowl tournaments.
General information, tournaments, and sample questions.
Miscellaneous Links and Downloads
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