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by Unicolored Jay
Tue Dec 04, 2012 1:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn-ance Question Specific Discussion
Replies: 63
Views: 12619

Re: Penn-ance Question Specific Discussion

Wasn't there a tossup on type Ia supernovae in the first finals packet? Did that get scrapped? EDIT: This is the tossup: 8. Methods of modeling properties these entities include the Δm15 [‘Delta M One Five] method, MLCS, and the Stretch method. A 2010 paper by Kelly et al. showed that the Hubble res...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn-ance General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 2030

Re: Penn-ance General Discussion

Here's the version of the Chopin etudes tossup that I played at the OSU mirror: 14. One of these works by a certain composer features only sixteenth-note arpeggios moving in similar motion, beginning with C minor and resolving in a fermata on a half-note C major chord. In another, eighth-note triple...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn-ance General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 2030

Re: Penn-ance General Discussion

I have a basic understanding of theory and how it works inverted fifth chords Nope. I was trying to make up a random example. I haven't taken a theory class in a long time, so it's very likely I messed something up (which seems to be the case). Apologies. Does my point make sense, however?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:02 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Penn-ance General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 2030

Re: Penn-ance General Discussion

As a decent music player, I agree that the way some of the music was written was sub-optimal; I have a basic understanding of theory and how it works since I took AP Music Theory in high school, but in a quizbowl setting it doesn't work well because unless you've actually analyzed the pieces the que...
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Winter War 2 at OSU (1/19/13)
Replies: 6
Views: 3326

Re: Winter War 2 at OSU (1/19/13)

Field update (12/19/12): Brush 2, 2 JV, 1 buzzer Monroeville 1, 1 JV Ursuline Academy 1, 1 buzzer Whetstone 1, 1 buzzer Dublin Coffman 2 Van Wert 1, 1 buzzer South Range 2 Olmsted Falls 2 Minford 2, 1 buzzer Put-in-Bay 1, 1 buzzer Interested: St. Charles Fisher Catholic Solon There is interest in a ...
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Nov 28, 2012 12:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Winter War 2 at OSU (1/19/13)
Replies: 6
Views: 3326

Re: Winter War 2 at OSU (1/19/13)

This tournament's questions have been switched to HSAPQ tournament 33.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Nov 19, 2012 8:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Winter War 2 at OSU (1/19/13)
Replies: 6
Views: 3326

Winter War 2 at OSU (1/19/13)

Dear Coaches: I, Jasper Lee, would like to invite you and your teams to a quizbowl tournament to be held at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio on January 19th, 2013, dubbed the “Winter War Invitational 2.” Information: We will be using HSAPQ Tournament 33. For those unfamiliar with HSAPQ or...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Nov 06, 2012 4:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2012 Discussion
Replies: 61
Views: 13677

Re: ACF Fall 2012 Discussion

I actually learned about everything in that bonus in a sixth grade class (while I was living in South Carolina). Although the Great Serpent Mound didn't get more than a mention and a picture, and the big focus was on the Mississippians.

I'm probably the exception, however.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2012 Discussion
Replies: 61
Views: 13677

Re: ACF Fall 2012 Discussion

Also, the lead-in to the Elgar question wasn't uniquely identifying, since at least Mendelssohn also wrote works when he went on holiday to Italy. The tossup mentions that the piece in question, In the South, was dedicated to Leo Schuster. This is before Italy is mentioned. I don't think that would...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:11 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2012 Discussion
Replies: 61
Views: 13677

Re: ACF Fall 2012 Discussion

UCSD A, Tossup 10: Okay, not something they complained about, but something I'm curious about: is there a difference between a prolation and a mensuration canon? And what is a "double" mensuration canon? From what I can find on the subject, there is no difference between a prolation and a...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Oct 30, 2012 1:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2012 ACF Fall: Carnegie Mellon Univ Mirror, 11/3
Replies: 16
Views: 8413

Re: 2012 ACF Fall: Carnegie Mellon Univ Mirror, 11/3

What does the field look like right now? How many schools/teams have signed up?
by Unicolored Jay
Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn-ance at Ohio State (10/27/2012)
Replies: 32
Views: 9574

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn-ance at Ohio State (10/27/2012)

Awesome. I wanted to make sure of this since neither Jarret nor I am running the tournament (we're intend to play as part of the house team instead); the person you (Gerard Louis) sent it to is the actual TD.
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn-ance at Ohio State (10/27/2012)
Replies: 32
Views: 9574

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn-ance at Ohio State (10/27/2012)

Hey, can someone email the packets to [email protected]? Thanks!
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Important information regarding ACF Fall payment!
Replies: 19
Views: 7583

Re: Important information regarding ACF Fall payment!

On the registration page, who should the team contact be, preferably? An officer of the club, or someone actually attending the tournament?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2012 ACF Fall: Carnegie Mellon Univ Mirror, 11/3
Replies: 16
Views: 8413

Re: 2012 ACF Fall: Carnegie Mellon Univ Mirror, 11/3

Wait, so that means nobody has signed up yet?

As for OSU, I have a rough estimate of how many people are interested in going, so it'll be about 2-3 teams. I'll get back to you on this once I know for sure who is going.
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:50 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Question-specific discussion
Replies: 116
Views: 44748

Re: Question-specific discussion

It seems like the American History was a category that was endemic of a lot of the problems this set had. The examples brought up so far aren't even the only ones (there was a Blaine/Cleveland/Mulligan letters bonus that was also too easy to 30 and at least one other example I can't think of).
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Oct 02, 2012 12:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Question-specific discussion
Replies: 116
Views: 44748

Re: Question-specific discussion

Well, you use the iodoform test in ochem lab and you learn about free radical halogenation when learning about alkanes, so I think the clue content is largely fine. The only problem with the question is that it didn't do a great job of ruling out alternate reaction types that could be the answer. Y...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Question-specific discussion
Replies: 116
Views: 44748

Re: Question-specific discussion

I think the "halogenation" question should accept "free radical reaction" before free radicals are mentioned, or at least move the mention of "free radicals" to the beginning of that sentence, because radical reactions are as much of a thing as halogenation reactions a...
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: General discussion
Replies: 19
Views: 3079

Re: General discussion

Overall, I enjoyed the tournament, but I agree with Sam in that the bonus variability was probably the worst issue the set had. but Some easy parts in those categories were people I had never heard of (although maybe it's my lack of social science/philosophy knowledge), and some middle/hard parts we...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Things Ashvin wrote (i.e. science)
Replies: 12
Views: 1999

Re: Things Ashvin wrote (i.e. science)

The science I can talk about (bio, chem, other science) seemed okay for the most part aside from the tossups on really hard things. Can I see the metamorphosis tossup? I negged it with urea cycle because I think I recognized two things being described that are also part of the urea cycle. (Actually,...
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Aug 05, 2012 4:51 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANFORTAS - Myth Tournament
Replies: 33
Views: 10981

Re: ANFORTAS - Myth Tournament

This was fun! Thanks for writing this, Ike.
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Jul 22, 2012 4:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO History Doubles: 7/22/2012
Replies: 131
Views: 55493

Re: CO History Doubles: 7/22/2012

Stats for the tournament can be found here:

http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/10 ... all_games/
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Jul 13, 2012 12:19 am
Forum: New Collegiate Teams
Topic: Potential Wright State Team
Replies: 4
Views: 4854

Re: Potential Wright State Team

Hey, it's great to see another university in Ohio get a quizbowl team together. Get in touch with Catie Haas; I'm sure she will be excited to have the opportunity to play at the very least. To answer your question, tournaments and their respective mirrors will be announced by a post usually months b...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANFORTAS - Myth Tournament
Replies: 33
Views: 10981

Re: ANFORTAS - Myth Tournament

I'm in. What will the tournament format be like? Will it depend on the number of people who sign up, or has it been decided to be singles/doubles/quads/something else?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Jun 25, 2012 1:34 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: So You Want to Write a Housewrite
Replies: 13
Views: 12909

Re: So You Want to Write a Housewrite

FKT had 9 packets in 2010. Edit: I believe that it was stated on the Ohio forum that in 2011, 10 packets were provided. FKT had 10 packets. The reason there were only 10 was due to the tournament format of each mirror being arranged way in advance (which added up to only 9 rounds) so the number of ...
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Jun 24, 2012 7:31 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment
Replies: 75
Views: 45739

Re: Quiz Bowl's Systemic Failure At Expansion and Recruitment

This goes extra since, if I recall correctly, OSU kids have been writing a pyramidal set for OAC, right? It's REALLY easy to use that as leverage, especially if the writers come out and publicly tell teams the best way to prepare for state is to prepare for good quizbowl. This isn't exactly true; t...
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NSC: June 9-10 at Washington University in St. Louis
Replies: 106
Views: 176330

Re: 2012 NSC: June 9-10 at Washington University in St. Louis

Is anyone doing a liveblog of the tournament this year?
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: KABO: Kurtis and Ashvin's Backyard Open (8/4)
Replies: 83
Views: 30480

Re: KABO: Kurtis and Ashvin's Backyard Open (8/4)

So is there no geography and current events in this tournament?
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 28, 2012 10:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Geography Monstrosity 4 (June 8th, St. Louis)
Replies: 58
Views: 24064

Re: Geography Monstrosity 4 (May 25th, Atlanta)

Yeah, this was fun, even though I didn't do well in my first side event ever (!!!???). I hope everyone enjoyed the questions I wrote. Thanks to Jeff for doing this, and I hope it comes around again next year.

(also what/who was "Thunk")
by Unicolored Jay
Tue May 08, 2012 9:37 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
Replies: 55
Views: 17147

Re: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl

Pittsburgh area (what happened to the University of Pittsburgh's team? Are they still hosting tournaments?) Pitt is still hosting SAGACITY and Battle of the Burgh, as evidenced here: http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=4032 http://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tou...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon May 07, 2012 10:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl
Replies: 55
Views: 17147

Re: Metro areas without enough good high school quizbowl

Regarding Ohio, I think metro-wise Toledo and Cincinnati are the most lacking when it comes to quizbowl participation. The Toledo area uses a quizbowl format that I still have yet to comprehend, while Cincinnati, outside of Walnut Hills and Sycamore, doesn't do anything outside of OAC. Columbus seem...
by Unicolored Jay
Wed May 02, 2012 10:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Individual Writers Seeking Projects to Join, Post Here
Replies: 28
Views: 11569

Re: Individual Writers Seeking Projects to Join, Post Here

I can write things that are not math, CS, physics, philosophy, religion, social science, and trash.
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2012 Discussion
Replies: 119
Views: 46181

Re: ACF Regionals 2012 Discussion

Eh, I could just be totally wrong about how it's structured (the tempo changes that make it seem as if it's written as three movements that go fast-slow-fast within it don't help). Maybe I'm just confused since I've somehow played the saxophone concerto twice. (For the record, I don't play saxophone...
by Unicolored Jay
Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2012 Discussion
Replies: 119
Views: 46181

Re: ACF Regionals 2012 Discussion

Two whole months late, but we've been playing through this set slowly in practice, and I wanted to note something: 5.The three movements of Glazunov’s only work in this genre are meant to be played without breaks in-between. That A minor work of this type was premiered by Leopold Auer. Auer made cut...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: CO Side Event Wrangling
Replies: 38
Views: 10504

Re: CO Side Event Wrangling

1. music
2. history
3. lit
4. everything else
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Apr 16, 2012 4:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Proposed Alternative to the Neg Prize
Replies: 6
Views: 2387

Re: Proposed Alternative to the Neg Prize

EDIT: delete, i think i missed something in the original post
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: May tournaments
Replies: 2
Views: 1232

Re: May tournaments

Well, TIT isn't happening as far as I know.
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:14 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Less-Used Topics (And Why?)
Replies: 55
Views: 12964

Re: Less-Used Topics (And Why?)

As a gen-ed elective, I took a comparative myth class that covered almost all of the common Non-classical Proto-indoeuropean mythologies. One thing that I would like to see is a few more questions on the mythic history of Rome, and an expanded answerline for Celtic myth beyond Cu Chulain, and the S...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Mar 20, 2012 3:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Statistics for 2012
Replies: 12
Views: 3112

Re: Statistics for 2012

lololnotthatimportantstatcorrections

Jarret didn't play MOO. Kirun was not on the A team at SCT. For future reference, Jacob did not play BARGE. Most importantly, Jarret has one t in his name.
by Unicolored Jay
Wed Mar 07, 2012 12:09 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: Odd Ways of Learning Things
Replies: 177
Views: 198646

Re: Odd Ways of Learning Things

I first learned about the Air Traffic Controller strike during Reagan's presidency because my AP US History teacher's father was one of those who got fired as a result of it.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:37 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Region 7 SCT at Michigan (2/4/12)
Replies: 22
Views: 6231

Re: Region 7 SCT at Michigan (2/4/12)

Holy balanced scoring by DI Ohio State, Batman! What is that supposed to mean? That your scoring was really balanced I was aware of that the first time I looked at the stats, but I didn't know what else Greg was saying about our team. Thanks Bryce. We've been working hard to get people involved and...
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Region 7 SCT at Michigan (2/4/12)
Replies: 22
Views: 6231

Re: Region 7 SCT at Michigan (2/4/12)

cornfused wrote:Holy balanced scoring by DI Ohio State, Batman!
What is that supposed to mean?
by Unicolored Jay
Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:59 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Regionals 2012 @ UIUC on 2/18/12
Replies: 42
Views: 27173

Re: ACF Regionals 2012 @ UIUC on 2/18/12

We're not going.
by Unicolored Jay
Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:46 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: VCU Closed: February 2, 2013
Replies: 38
Views: 18843

Re: VCU Closed: February 2, 2013

No guaranteed World Lit question? So theoretically I could submit a packet with 3/3 American Lit?

Also will opera fit under "music" or "other?"

I'm interested in seeing how this graduated late packet fee works out.
by Unicolored Jay
Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl (Jan 28th, 2012)
Replies: 48
Views: 26374

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl (Jan 28th, 2012)

This tournament made me feel glad we brought a staffer (Lauren) along, aside from the fact that this was a good opportunity to play against teams we don't normally face until nationals. Our matches between the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast powers were at the very least entertaining, even if the questio...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:31 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BARGE General Discussion
Replies: 72
Views: 23729

Re: BARGE General Discussion

For example, the upsilon meson bonus part - a real physicist is welcome to correct me, but to me this seems like a more or less random selection from the particle zoo. In general, writing about things from the particle zoo strikes me as a bad idea. Consultation of Wikipedia's summary table of meson...
by Unicolored Jay
Tue Jan 24, 2012 1:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: BARGE General Discussion
Replies: 72
Views: 23729

Re: BARGE General Discussion

I noticed that Francois Couperin was mentioned 3 times in 3 different packets in this set (bonuses in the Ohio State and Richard Borty packets, and in a tossup on Lully in the Chicago A packet). While I didn't see any blatant repeats of works and such, is this a problem?