Academic Competition Federation

The Academic Competition Federation (ACF) is a decentralized, unincorporated, non-profit organization that produces a fall and spring quizbowl tournament at eight or so regional locations throughout the United States, and hosts a national quizbowl championship, the winner of which is awarded the Meredith Cup.

Related Topics:
Quizbowl - United States - Meredith Cup

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The Federation was launched in the summer of 1997 upon the dissolution of a previous organization with the same initials, the Academic Competition Foundation, which had also sponsored a national championship tournament and a nationwide set of regional tournaments between 1991 and 1997.

Related Topics:
1997 - 1991

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In contrast with College Bowl, ACF emphasizes harder answers, harder and more clues, and a rigorous pyramidal style on toss-up questions (harder clues first, followed by easier clues). The questions are more academic and less "general knowledge" or "pop culture" in nature.

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While questions must be blind to players before tournaments, ACF uses team submitted questions, which are edited by the tournament staff. The team that submitted the set of questions used in a round receives a bye that round. ACF also makes its questions publicly and freely available on its website after its tournaments, in contrast to other organizations which maintain copyright. (National Academic Quiz Tournaments sells its questions, College Bowl retains the right to reuse its tournament questions).

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