The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance promotes the expansion of high quality quizbowl throughout the state of Missouri.
Quizbowl has recently enjoyed significant growth in many parts of the nation, largely due to the development of formats that better reward players for their academic knowledge. MOQBA seeks to bring quizbowl in Missouri to national standards by increasing awareness and availability of these high quality quizbowl formats.Read more about high quality quizbowl formats
MOQBA encourages the expansion of high quality quizbowl in Missouri by certifying tournaments that fairly reward the most knowledgeable teams while encouraging participation by all. Read more about MOQBA tournament certification.
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance welcomes Phillip George as its newest member!
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is pleased to announce that it will host the fourth-annual NAQT Missouri Qualifier on March 5, 2011 in Columbia at Mizzou. We anticipate a field of 32 of the best teams in Missouri going head to head to compete for bids to the 2011 HSNCT and PACE NSC. A formal announcement and more details are pending.
Congratulations to Helias High School for going undefeated to win the 2010 NAQT Missouri Qualifier, hosted by the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance on March 20 on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. Helias has earned a bid to the 2010 NAQT High School National Championship Tournament and has qualified once again for the 2010 PACE National Scholastics Championship!
MOQBA also congratulates Rock Bridge for qualifying for both HSNCT and NSC, and Cape Central for qualifying for HSNCT!
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is excited to announce the members of the Missouri all-star team for the inaugural HSAPQ National All-Star Academic Tournament (known as the NASAT) at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee on June 12 and 13. The members of the Missouri all-star team are:
All four of these players have had stellar seasons with their respective teams, and we feel their respective strengths represent the best Missouri has to offer. The player selection was an almost year-long decision and reflects HSAPQ's emphasis on deep knowledge of important academic topics. The tournament will be written by HSAPQ with a difficulty level reflecting the premier status of the event and its participants.
The team will be coached by Paul Nelson.
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance is working on a full schedule of MOQBA certified tournaments throughout the state for the upcoming season. Check the MOQBA Event Calendar often for tournament announcements.
MOQBA is seeking hosts for more high quality tournaments. Hosting an MOQBA certified tournament is a great way to promote the expansion of high quality quizbowl throughout the state while raising money for your team to attend more tournaments. See the MOQBA Events page for more information.