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 is pleased to announce that it will host the 2012 NAQT Missouri Qualifier on March 3, 2012, at the University of Missouri-Columbia. We look forward to hosting a diverse field of talented Missouri teams competing for bids to NAQT HSNCT and PACE NSC. Read the announcement
The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE) has announced that the 2012 National Scholastics Championship will be held June 9-10 at Washington University in St. Louis. Having a national tournament in-state provides a fantastic opportunity for your team to work toward qualifying for nationals this season. We expect that most Missouri Quizbowl Alliance certified tournaments will be qualifying tournaments for NSC, so be sure to check our tournament calendar to see where your team can qualify! Read the announcement at pace-nsc.org
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance welcomes Sam Ruesing, Nick Rupel, Alex Smith, Christina Whelehon, and Chris Zhang as new members!
Congratulations to Savannah High School for winning the fourth annual NAQT Missouri Qualifier, which was held on March 5 at the University of Missouri in Columbia! Centralia was awarded the small school title, finishing tied for eighth place overall.
Congratulations to Jefferson City for qualifying for HSNCT for the first time at this tournament! Savannah A, Helias A, Rock Bridge A, and Villa Duchesne qualified for both NAQT HSNCT and PACE NSC once more at this tournament, and Centralia qualified for HSNCT once more.
Twenty-one teams participated in this tournament, making it the largest NAQT Missouri Qualifier to date! Check back soon for an announcement of the date for the 2012 Qualifier. View results or join the discussion about this tournament.
The Missouri Quizbowl Alliance presented Sam Haynes of Jefferson City High School with the first ever MOQBA Award for Outstanding Student Involvement at the NAQT Missouri Qualifier on March 5, for establishing and directing the Bill Currie Memorial Tournament on November 13, 2010, which the Missouri Quizbowl Alliance recognizes as a significant effort by a high school student to promote high-quality academic competition in the state of Missouri. Read the resolution.
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.