February 17, 2009

Harvard Team Has Quiz Bowl Circuit Abuzz

The Harvard team, which took first place in the nation last year, has qualified for nationals again.

In a Quiz Bowl tournament at MIT two weekends ago, Harvard took third place, but still qualified for nationals—and will be sending three four-person teams there, the most of any single school, today's Boston Globe informs us.

Read more about the Quiz Bowl team in the Globe here, and in the Harvard Magazine archives here.

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