History

 

The genesis of TQBA

          In spring of 1997 at a Chinese restaurant in Houston, the Texas A&M quiz bowl team was celebrating its surprise 2nd place finish at the CBI regional tournament at Rice. Over sub-par Chinese food, the idea of hosting a high school quiz bowl tournament was bandied about. The inaugural Aggie Bowl took place in October 1998 with 17 teams. In March 2000 the A&M group expanded its operations to encompass a spring event (the first NAQT Texas event). Driven by a desire to expand quiz bowl in the areas from which members of the core group originated, in Spring 2002 the group held three NAQT state events: the third Texas edition and the first editions in both Arkansas and Louisiana. In part due to our extraordinary marketing efforts, NAQT awarded the bid for its 2002 National Tournament to Austin and a conglomerated A&M-UT hosting committee. In Fall 2003 TQBA was officially born when the groups from Austin and College Station joined forces with Rice to better its hosting efforts. Texas Quiz Bowl has hosted tournaments in 12 different cities (College Station, Houston, Austin, New Orleans, El Paso, West Bauxite, Waco, and the Woodlands, Katy, Plano, Dallas, Temple) which geometrically enclose an area of over 217,000 square miles.
 

TQBA Era Results
 

Date Event Location Winner Second JV winner
May 16, 2009 Nationals Prep Event LASA (Austin) NA NA NA
March 7, 2009 Texas State Championship (Stats) Seven Lakes (Katy) Bellaire A Kinkaid Seven Lakes
January 31, 2009 Maverick Challenge (Stats) St. Johns St. Johns LASA NA
December 6, 2008 Houston Holiday Hoedown Seven Lakes (Katy) Bellaire St. Johns John Cooper
November 15, 2008 Central Texas Open (Stats) Temple LASA St. Marks NA
October 18, 2008 Texas Quiz Bowl Kickoff Yes Prep (Houston) Bellaire St. Johns NA
May 17, 2008 Spartan Showdown (Stats) Katy LASA A St. Johns A St. Johns
April 12, 2008 Texas State Championship (Stats) Houston LASA A St. Johns A Temple
February 23, 2008 Central Texas Open (Stats) Temple St. Johns A Bellaire A NA
December 8, 2007 Houston Holiday Hoedown (Stats) Houston LASA St. Johns A John Cooper
October 6, 2007 TQBA Kickoff (Stats) Katy St. Johns A LASA A Cistercian
April 21, 2007 Texas State Championship Houston St. Johns LBJ  
February 24, 2007 Quad States Challenge Dallas St. Johns Bellaire Cistercian
January 20, 2007 Central Texas Open Temple Bellaire Cistercian  
November 18, 2006 TQBA Aggie Bowl IX College Station Bellaire St. Johns B Trinity Catholic
October 7, 2006 TQBA Kickoff Plano Cistercian Bellaire St. Stephens
April 22, 2006 TQBA Longhorn Classic Austin Bellaire Temple  
March 25, 2006 Texas Quiz Bowl Championship Houston St. Johns Temple St. Johns
February 25, 2006 Quad States Challenge(Results) Plano Temple Strake Clark
January 21, 2006 TQBA Central Texas Invitational Temple Cistercian Bellaire  
November 19, 2005 TQBA Aggie Bowl VIII College Station Clear Lake Plano East Seven Lakes
October 22, 2005 Texas Quiz Bowl Fall  Houston St. Johns Clear Lake Results 
October 22, 2005 Texas Quiz Bowl Fall  Houston Clear Brook   Results  
October 1, 2005 Texas Quiz Bowl Eagle Kickoff  Dallas Bellaire Cistercian  
October 1, 2005 Texas Quiz Bowl Eagle Kickoff  Dallas Clark    
March 5, 2005 2005 State Champ. John Cooper Bellaire St. Johns Results
March 5, 2005 2005 State Champ. John Cooper Clearlake St. Stephens Results
February 20, 2005 Lone Star Shootout Texas A&M

Bellaire A & B

 Results
January 15, 2005 Baylor Baylor Cisterican A Plano East A Results
November 20, 2004 Fall Rice Clearlake Hou Memorial Results
November 20, 2004 Fall Rice St. John's Clearbrook A Results
October 2, 2004 Western Fall Coronado H.S. Coronado Franklin NA
April 17, 2004 Longhorn Classic Univ. of Texas St. John's Bellaire NA
April 17, 2004 Longhorn Classic Univ. of Texas Bellaire Clearbrook NA
March 6, 2004 2004 State Champ. Rice Bellaire St. John's Results
March 6, 2004 2004 State Champ. Rice Cistercian Bellaire Results
October 25, 2003 Fall Rice Results


Legacy Tournament Results

Date Event Div Location Winner Second
March 1, 2003 NAQT Texas NA Texas A&M St. John's  TAMS & Plano East
Nov 23, 2002 Aggie Bowl V NA Texas A&M St. John's  Plano East 
March 16, 2002 NAQT Arkansas NA West Bauxite, Ark Benton 3-way tie
March 9, 2002 NAQT Louisiana NA NO Jesuit Caddo Newman
March 2, 2002 NAQT Texas NA Texas A&M St. John's FW Country Day
January 19, 2002 Gig'em Challenge NA Texas A&M St. John's  3-way tie
October 13, 2001 Aggie Bowl IIII NA Texas A&M St. John's  Klein
February 24, 2001 NAQT Texas NA Texas A&M Huntsville Caddo
October 14, 2000 Aggie Bowl III V Texas A&M St. John's  Klein
October 14, 2000 Aggie Bowl III JV Texas A&M St. John's  Cistercian
April 29, 2000 NAQT Texas NA Texas A&M Cistercian Klein
October 2, 1999 Aggie Bowl II NA Texas A&M St. John's Clearlake
October 24, 1998 Aggie Bowl I NA Texas A&M Langham Creek Klein

Top 25 National Championship Finishes

Placing Year Team Event Location
11th (of  192) 2009 Liberal Arts and Science Academy NAQT Chicago, IL
7th (of 176) 2008 Liberal Arts and Science Academy NAQT Chicago, IL
9th (of  128) 2006 Cistercian NAQT Chicago, IL
25th (of 128) 2006 Bellaire NAQT Chicago, IL
13th (of 96) 2005 St. Johns NAQT Chicago, IL
29th (of 96) 2005 Cistercian NAQT Chicago, IL
3rd (of  64) 2004 St. Johns A NAQT Houston, TX
13th (of  64) 2004 St. Johns B NAQT Houston, TX
13th (of  64) 2004 Plano East NAQT Houston, TX

19th (of  64)

 2004 Caddo Magnet NAQT Houston, TX
3rd (of  62) 2003 St. Johns A NAQT Myrtle Beach, SC
13th (of  62) 2003 Plano East NAQT Myrtle Beach, SC

13th (of  62)

 2003 Caddo Magnet NAQT Myrtle Beach, SC
Champion (of 54) 2002 St. Johns NAQT Austin, TX
10th (of 40) 2001 St. Johns NAQT Ann Arbor, MI
15th (of 40) 2001 Huntsville NAQT Ann Arbor, MI

15th (of 40)

 2000 Cistercian A NAQT Atlanta, GA
19th (of 26) 1999 Cistercian A NAQT Norman, OK
20th (of 26) 1999 Cistercian B NAQT Norman, OK