Quizbowl

The TAMS Quizbowl team takes part in academic trivia competitions, studying topics including fine arts and social science. More information about the team can be found here.

Quizbowl

Topic(s)	Quizbowl, Academic Trivia
Active Years	2012; 2017 - present
Advised	No
Execs	President: Kelly Xue Vice President: Zachary Li Director of Competitions: Jayanth Pandit Director of Events: James Yang
Facebook	Link

Team

Note: all statistics were compiled from each player's overall career. A full list is available here.

For individuals: T: tournaments played, GP: games played, TUH: tossups heard, Pts: points, P: powers, TU: regular tossups, I: interrupts, P%: power percentage, PP20TH: points per 20 tossups heard

For tournaments: W–L–T: win-loss-ties record, %: winning percentage, P: powers, TU: regular tossups, I: interrupts, PPB: points per bonus, PP20TH: points per 20 tossups heard

2020-2021

Player	Years	T	GP	TUH	Pts	P	TU	I	P%	PP20TH
Abhijay Achukola	2020 – 2021	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nicholas Hao	2020 – 2021	1	7	140	315	13	16	8	44.8%	45.00
Ted Kwee-Bintoro*	2020 – 2021	2	17	330	415	16	22	9	42.1%	25.15
Tanvi Panchumarthy	2020 – 2021	1	8	160	160	5	9	1	35.7%	20.00
Shreyas Shridharan	2020 – 2021	1	7	140	60	2	5	4	28.6%	8.57
Jay Yu	2020 – 2021	2	16	320	560	21	30	11	41.2%	35.00
Dave Banerjee	2019 – 2021	4	30	628	850	32	49	24	39.5%	27.07
Ranak Bansal	2019 – 2021	3	20	428	160	2	14	2	12.5%	7.48
Henry Castillo	2019 – 2021	5	34	678	825	33	45	24	42.3%	24.34
Yashvini Deva	2019 – 2021	5	32	628	490	4	45	4	8.2%	15.61

*as Michael Kwee-Bintoro

TQBA Winter Rodeo Tournament (High School Division)

TAMS sent A and B Teams to the Winter Rodeo Tournament on January 9, 2021. Their A Team placed 3rd out of 35 teams, qualifying for the national tournament. Their B Team placed 9th. Jay Yu placed 16th out of 156 individuals, earning 48.33 points per 20 toss-ups heard.

#	Team	W–L–T	%	Points	TUH	P	TU	I	PPB	PP20TUH
3*	Texas Math and Science A	8–1	88.9%	3130	180	43	52	23	21.89	347.78
9	Texas Math and Science B	5–2	71.4%	2295	140	30	39	15	22.17	327.86

*qualified for the 2021 High School National Championship Tournament

TQBA Houston Holiday Hoedown XII (Division I)

TAMS sent an A Team to the Houston Holiday Hoedown on November 11, 2020. They placed 17th out of 32 teams, earning 265.62 points per 20 toss-ups heard.

#	Team	W–L–T	%	Points	TUH	P	TU	I	PPB	PP20TUH
17	Texas Math and Science	3–5	37.5%	2125	160	30	43	17	18.22	265.62

2019-2020

Player	Years	T	GP	TUH	Pts	P	TU	I	P%	PP20TH
Dave Banerjee	2019 – 2021	4	30	628	850	32	49	24	39.5%	27.07
Ranak Bansal	2019 – 2021	3	20	428	160	2	14	2	12.5%	7.48
Henry Castillo	2019 – 2021	5	34	678	825	33	45	24	42.3%	24.34
Yashvini Deva	2019 – 2021	5	32	628	490	4	45	4	8.2%	15.61
Kaushik Akula	2019 – 2020	2	12	240	75	1	7	2	12.5%	6.25
Sanjna Anand	2019 – 2020	1	6	120	105	3	6	0	33.3%	17.50
Rohan Potru	2019 – 2020	2	14	308	320	6	25	4	19.4%	20.78
David Purvis	2019 – 2020	1	7	140	35	2	1	1	66.7%	5.00
Julia Camacho	2018 – 2020	5	35	690	720	13	56	7	18.8%	20.87
Evan Carlisle	2018 – 2020	7	56	1098	1620	57	87	21	39.6%	29.51
Mia Choi	2018 – 2020	6	43	888	1090	27	74	11	26.7%	24.55
Simon Xiang	2018 – 2020	6	42	848	740	28	36	8	43.8%	17.45
Keerthikrishna Yalavarthy	2018 – 2020	6	38	700	825	23	50	4	31.5%	23.57

2018-2019

Player	Years	T	GP	TUH	Pts	P	TU	I	P%	PP20TH
Julia Camacho	2018 – 2020	5	35	690	720	13	56	7	18.8%	20.87
Evan Carlisle	2018 – 2020	7	56	1098	1620	57	87	21	39.6%	29.51
Mia Choi	2018 – 2020	6	43	888	1090	27	74	11	26.7%	24.55
Simon Xiang	2018 – 2020	6	42	848	740	28	36	8	43.8%	17.45
Keerthikrishna Yalavarthy	2018 – 2020	6	38	700	825	23	50	4	31.5%	23.57
Andrew Bogdan	2018 – 2019	1	7	130	60	2	3	0	40.0%	9.23
Thien Bui	2018 – 2019	2	12	190	100	1	9	1	10.0%	10.53
Ryan Chong*	2018 – 2019	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Jake Ha	2018 – 2019	1	6	120	155	5	9	2	35.7%	25.83
Daniel Hahn	2018 – 2019	1	6	120	30	1	4	5	20.0%	5.00
Luis Kim	2018 – 2019	5	39	719	510	19	29	13	39.6%	14.19
Patrick Le	2018 – 2019	2	16	320	295	5	26	8	16.1%	18.44
Alex Qi	2018 – 2019	1	6	90	5	1	0	2	100.0%	1.11
Philip Zeng	2018 – 2019	1	4	50	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Ryan Chhong	2017 – 2019	6	43	859	620	20	36	8	35.7%	14.44
Amogh Dambal	2017 – 2019	6	48	902	1315	46	80	35	36.5%	29.16
Raahi Menon	2017 – 2019	3	16	320	255	8	15	3	34.8%	15.94
Aditya Paul	2017 – 2019	9	72	1450	3805	108	245	53	30.6%	52.48

*misspelling of Ryan Chhong

2017-2018

Player	Years	T	GP	TUH	Pts	P	TU	I	P%	PP20TH
Ryan Chong*	2018 – 2019	1	1	10	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Ryan Chhong	2017 – 2019	6	43	859	620	20	36	8	35.7%	14.44
Amogh Dambal	2017 – 2019	6	48	902	1315	46	80	35	36.5%	29.16
Raahi Menon	2017 – 2019	3	16	320	255	8	15	3	34.8%	15.94
Aditya Paul	2017 – 2019	9	72	1450	3805	108	245	53	30.6%	52.48
Alex Battin	2017 – 2018	1	7	140	95	0	10	1	0.0%	13.57
Grant Chau	2017 – 2018	1	5	100	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Joseph Lee	2017 – 2018	3	20	330	255	9	21	18	30.0%	15.45
Edoardo Luna	2017 – 2018	1	2	40	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.00
Victor Song	2017 – 2018	3	18	300	345	7	26	4	21.2%	23.00
Anthony Wang	2017 – 2018	2	10	190	105	3	7	2	30.0%	11.05

*misspelling of Ryan Chhong

2011-2012

Player	Years	T	GP	TUH	Pts	P	TU	I	P%	PP20TH
Tucker Pope	2011 – 2012	1	9	181	105	3	8	4	27.3%	11.60
Monica Thieu	2011 – 2012	1	9	181	695	16	53	15	23.2%	76.80

Execs

2022-2023

President: Kelly Xue

Vice President: Zachary Christopher Li

Director of Competitions: Jayanth JJ Pandit

Director of Events: James Yang

2021-2022

Co-Presidents: Ted Kwee-Bintoro and Jay Yu

Director of Competitions: Tanvi Panchumarthy

Treasurer: Abhijay Achukola

2020-2021

Co-Presidents: Henry Castillo and Yashvini Deva

Director of Competitions: Dave Banerjee

Treasurer: Ranak Bansal

2019-2020

Co-Presidents: Mia Choi and Julia Camacho

Director of Competitions: Simon Xiang

Director of Events: Krishna Yalavarthy

2018-2019

President: Aditya Paul

Vice President: Ryan Chhong

Director of Events: Amogh Dambal

See also

• Science Bowl (SciBowl)