welcome!

We are very happy that you have signed up for our tournament. We are happy to host you and hope that we have a fun day of quizbowl.

spartan open rules

  • Each game for the tournament will consist of 20 tossups, with 3 - part bonuses for each correctly answered tossup.

  • We will NOT have bounce-back bonuses.

  • We will have powers but NO negs.

  • If a game is tied at the end of the match then the moderator will use the extra set of questions in the packet. The moderator will read until a team answers a tossup question correctly. The first team to score a tossup at that point will be declared the winning team.

  • We will play 5 rounds in the morning pool play.

  • After the morning rounds, the teams will be divided into brackets of 8 teams. This will allow teams to play 3 more rounds.

    • The top 2 teams in each morning group will play in the New York City Bracket for final placement of 1 - 8.

    • The teams that finish 3rd and 4th in the morning groups will play in the Wakanda Bracket for final placement of 9-16.

    • The teams that finish 5th and 6th in the morning groups will play in the Asgard Bracket for final placement of 17 - 24.

  • If teams tie in the morning standings then the following will be used as tie-breakers for standings and seeding for afternoon brackets:

    • Points per Game

    • Points per Bonus

    • Head-to-Head Record

    • Powers Scored

    • Coin Flip

hsnct qualifier

  • This tournament is a qualifier for the NAQT HS National Tournament in Atlanta (May 26 - 28).

  • The top 15% of the field will qualify (Top 4 teams in the tournament).

pace - nsc gold qualifier

  • The 2022 Spartan Open has GOLD level qualification for the PACE - National Scholastic Championships.

  • The PACE - NSC will be held in Chicago (June 10-11).

  • The top 20% of the field will qualify.