ACAMIS Quizbowl 2025

Quiz Bowl Invitational

Saturday, November 8th, 2025

Concordia International School Shanghai

Quiz Bowl was initiated by the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT), is an academic trivia competition in which two teams compete to answer questions across all areas of knowledge: history, math, literature, music, pop culture, and more. It gives students a fun and challenging way to expand their academic interests. 

We proudly thank the following schools for participating in the ACAMIS Quiz Bowl. Your enthusiasm and commitment helped create a lively and engaging event that celebrated curiosity, quick thinking, and the joy of learning across disciplines.

• Concordia International School Shanghai
• Shanghai American School Puxi
• SMIC Private School Shanghai
• Shenzhen College of International Education
• Shanghai Community International School Hongqiao

Throughout the Quiz Bowl, students demonstrated impressive breadth of knowledge, sharp recall, and teamwork as they responded to fast-paced questions spanning a wide range of subjects. The energy, focus, and sportsmanship on display made the event both exciting and inspiring to watch.

Photos + Details from the event are available here

Quiz Bowl

Teams:

Schools can apply to bring as many teams as they are able to. If the total number of registrations exceeds 20 teams, then we will limit the maximum number of teams from individual schools. Each team must bring a coach who can support the tournament as a moderator. NAQT also strongly recommends all invited teams have a coach.

Format and Rules:

As a whole, we will use standard NAQT rules. Each game will take no longer than 45 minutes. Moderators will be instructed to stop at that point. If a tossup has been started already, they may finish it, as well as the bonus questions. If they are in the middle of the bonus questions, then they can finish the bonuses as well.
Each packet consists of 20 cycles of 1 tossup and 3 bonus questions. For each tossup, once a player buzzes, an answer must begin within 3 seconds after the player has been recognized. An answer begun after the moderator has said “Time” will be treated as no answer. Ties between the player and the moderator calling time are decided in favor of the player. At the end of the tossup, both teams have 3 seconds to buzz before the tossup is dead. For each bonus question, a team has 5 seconds to discuss before being prompted for an answer, then 3 more seconds to answer in the format “answer, final” or “answer, directed”.
Teams will play a round-robin format through the preliminary rounds. They will then be seeded according to ranking/PPTUH for a single elimination playoff. The number of rounds/timings may be adjusted based on final number of registered teams.

Information and Price

Address: No.345 Huangyang Road, Pudong, Shanghai

Meals: Lunch will be provided. Snacks will also be available in the morning and afternoon. These are included in the cost for the tournament.

Water: Please bring your own water bottle, water stations are available at the school.

Hotels: If your team is travelling to Shanghai from another city, contact Shane Twaddell (Shane.Twaddell@concordiashanghai.org) for hotel recommendations. Teams can also request transportation to/from the airport for an additional cost.

Price: A cost of 600 RMB per team (4 players and 1 coach) will apply for the tournament. This covers lunch, snacks, and NAQT fees. Payment QR code has been provided below.

Registration: Teams may register using the linked Microsoft Form or via the QR code. The Registration deadline is Sunday, October 26th.

Schedule