Bad Negs

Dormant threads from the high school sections are preserved here.
Locked
bigtrain
Rikku
Posts: 469
Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:33 pm
Location: Bethesda, Maryland-Atlanta, Georgia

Post by bigtrain »

Me: trilobites for Leonardo da Vinci
:hose:
Alex Price
Walter Johnson 2006
Emory University 2010
User avatar
MLafer
Rikku
Posts: 467
Joined: Mon Apr 28, 2003 7:00 pm

Post by MLafer »

Illinois Open hijinx:

Descartes for Peter Minuit
Oscar the Grouch for Morbo
User avatar
insaneindian
Wakka
Posts: 204
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:51 pm
Location: Wilmington, Delaware

Post by insaneindian »

This is one of those negs where i thought one thing, it was right and i buzzed in...then i said something else taht was horribly wrong.

New Deal for Great Society
Abhi Hendi
University Of Pennsylvania '10
wwellington
Wakka
Posts: 153
Joined: Sun Apr 20, 2003 10:54 pm
Location: Lansing, MI

Post by wwellington »

From practice:

"Academy Award" for "Harvey Keitel's penis"
User avatar
fluffy4102
Wakka
Posts: 109
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:59 am
Location: Houston, TX

Post by fluffy4102 »

During chip: Love Canal for Manassas
Zach Yeung
St. John's '08
Rice University '12
Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Political Science
PapierMacheSatan
Kimahri
Posts: 3
Joined: Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:51 am
Location: Centennial High School, Ellicott City, Maryland

Post by PapierMacheSatan »

"Shrek 2" For "The Russian Five" Claimed to have heard something about "Puss in Boots" in clue.
User avatar
rchschem
Yuna
Posts: 762
Joined: Thu Apr 24, 2003 7:36 am
Location: Durham, NC

Post by rchschem »

Something about "this naval battle" and the quote "You may fire when ready, Gridley"...

<buzz>Waterloo.

Eric
Admiral
Lulu
Posts: 57
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2004 4:59 pm
Location: Land of Lincoln (but not Nebraska)

Post by Admiral »

Carl Rove for George Ryan (after stating he was a Nobel nominee)
"The first rule of quiz bowl is that you do not talk about quiz bowl.....Second Rule...last names only!"
Tegan
Coach of AHAN Jr.
Posts: 1976
Joined: Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:42 pm

Post by Tegan »

Not exactly negs, but humerous. From the New Trier Schobo Solo, which proves even among some great players, not all are experts in everything:

Spell the adjective beginning with the letter "V" that refers to instinctive feelings. A synonym of "inner", it means "felt deep down".

<BUZZ>: V-E-N-E-R-E-A-L (correct: V-I-S-C-E-R-A-L)

What contains big holes on each side called obturator foramen? This combination of fused bones holds the sacrum and coccyx.
<BUZZ>: rectum (correct: pelvis)

Which theorem states that over a continuous closed interval and analogous differentiable open interval there is at least one point in that interval such that the derivative at that point is equal to the average slope over the entire interval? It is abbreviated MVT.
<BUZZ>: Slope-Tangent Theorem (correct: Mean Value Theorem)

Some variations include dioxane and THF, and a monument to it can be found in Boston. First used in 1841, for a time it played a major role in medicine, but it is no longer used because it is an irritant to some patients, and can be dangerous. Name this anesthetic.
<BUZZ>: Penicilin (correct: diethyl ether)
User avatar
Irreligion in Bangladesh
Auron
Posts: 2123
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:18 am
Location: Winnebago, IL

Post by Irreligion in Bangladesh »

Give the sum of the even numbers from 2 to 40.
Buzz: 399
User avatar
grapesmoker
Sin
Posts: 6345
Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2003 5:23 pm
Location: NYC
Contact:

Post by grapesmoker »

In practice, after a clue about a large find in upstate New York:

Correct answer: Cardiff Giant
Given answer: Fat Utica Hoax
Jerry Vinokurov
ex-LJHS, ex-Berkeley, ex-Brown, sorta-ex-CMU
presently: John Jay College Economics
code ape, loud voice, general nuissance
User avatar
dtaylor4
Auron
Posts: 3733
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:43 am

Post by dtaylor4 »

Mourning Becomes Electra for Electra
Mending the Fence for Mending Wall
User avatar
Summoned Skull
Lulu
Posts: 99
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:39 pm
Location: Urbana, IL

Post by Summoned Skull »

George Washington for Dwight Eisenhower -

We here at Eisenhower HS pride ourselves on our uncanny ability to always miss questions where the answer is "Eisenhower".

I bet if one of the questions was "What school do you go to?", someone would buzz in and say MacArthur, or William Jennings Bryan, or something like that.

Must be a curse...
James Sanner
UIUC Academic Buzzer Team
Secretary of Minivan Operations
User avatar
ericblair
Wakka
Posts: 123
Joined: Mon May 12, 2003 10:19 am
Location: Kentucky

Post by ericblair »

airmale007 wrote:George Washington for Dwight Eisenhower -

We here at Eisenhower HS pride ourselves on our uncanny ability to always miss questions where the answer is "Eisenhower".
Was that a question regarding farewell speeches?

And I remember some years back, one of the Paul Lawrence Dunbar teams missed a question about, yep you guessed it, Paul Lawrence Dunbar. =D It happens.
Eric Blair
Pikeville '04
Georgetown College '08
Currently vagabonding in other countries
User avatar
dtaylor4
Auron
Posts: 3733
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:43 am

Post by dtaylor4 »

airmale007 wrote:George Washington for Dwight Eisenhower -

We here at Eisenhower HS pride ourselves on our uncanny ability to always miss questions where the answer is "Eisenhower".

I bet if one of the questions was "What school do you go to?", someone would buzz in and say MacArthur, or William Jennings Bryan, or something like that.

Must be a curse...
Don't worry, I missed a question on a MacArthur quote in high school (Loyola JV freshman year), the weird part is that we were playing Von Steuben and a Von Steuben quote came up in the exact same bonus. I think Riley planned that...
User avatar
mentalchocolate
Wakka
Posts: 119
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:06 pm
Location: the thermosphere

Post by mentalchocolate »

Me: Johnny Cash for Johnny Cage
bigtrain
Rikku
Posts: 469
Joined: Mon Jun 07, 2004 8:33 pm
Location: Bethesda, Maryland-Atlanta, Georgia

Post by bigtrain »

Isn't it just John Cage?
Alex Price
Walter Johnson 2006
Emory University 2010
NoahMinkCHS
Rikku
Posts: 452
Joined: Fri Apr 18, 2003 1:46 pm
Location: Athens, GA / Macon, GA

Post by NoahMinkCHS »

Not in Mortal Kombat!
(And PS, I'm pretty sure I or someone I played with made the exact opposite neg -- the MK guy for the Man in Black)

(PPS--I win, DumbJaques!)
Last edited by NoahMinkCHS on Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:33 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
DumbJaques
Forums Staff: Administrator
Posts: 3109
Joined: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:21 pm
Location: Columbus, OH

Post by DumbJaques »

Isn't it just John Cage?
Clearly someone didn't play enough Mortal Kombat. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Cage
Chris Ray
OSU
University of Chicago, 2016
University of Maryland, 2014
ACF, PACE
UGAQuizdogs
Lulu
Posts: 96
Joined: Thu May 15, 2003 3:27 pm

Post by UGAQuizdogs »

At CBI Tampa 2005:

Right: Lee Ann Rimes

Wrong: Missy Ellitot

Or perhaps vice versa, I cant remember. Either way, it was funny.
You can ask Florida.
Admiral
Lulu
Posts: 57
Joined: Mon Mar 01, 2004 4:59 pm
Location: Land of Lincoln (but not Nebraska)

Post by Admiral »

Today at practice: lighthouse for cochlea
"The first rule of quiz bowl is that you do not talk about quiz bowl.....Second Rule...last names only!"
User avatar
insaneindian
Wakka
Posts: 204
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:51 pm
Location: Wilmington, Delaware

Post by insaneindian »

practice...math tossup, got to 50/ 400 = x degrees / 360

buzz! 90 :roll:
:hose:
Abhi Hendi
University Of Pennsylvania '10
User avatar
Summoned Skull
Lulu
Posts: 99
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:39 pm
Location: Urbana, IL

Post by Summoned Skull »

This one happened in practice:

What is the meaning of the acronym BD?

BUZZ

Player: venereal disease.

Explain that one.
James Sanner
UIUC Academic Buzzer Team
Secretary of Minivan Operations
ok_quizbowl
Lulu
Posts: 42
Joined: Wed Jul 09, 2003 12:13 pm
Location: Oklahoma City OK

Post by ok_quizbowl »

From 1) a Catholic school; 2) the tournament at *Oklahoma State* University a couple of years ago, which makes it even better:

right: Popemobile
wrong: the Sooner Schooner
Tegan
Coach of AHAN Jr.
Posts: 1976
Joined: Mon Nov 01, 2004 9:42 pm

Post by Tegan »

"His 1989 funeral drew millions of supporters, though many Americans had still failed to forgive him...."<BUZZ>

Answer given: Richard Nixon

Correct answer: Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini
User avatar
Irreligion in Bangladesh
Auron
Posts: 2123
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:18 am
Location: Winnebago, IL

Post by Irreligion in Bangladesh »

TU: ...(don't remember the exact wording, but it's a music tossup talking ambigiously about the ending to his final work)...until his death in 1945. Name this composer, who wrote the Hungarian--

Answer: Liszt (on a reflex buzz)
Correct: Bartok (it finishes "word for 'the end' on his final work")
Trevkeeper
Tidus
Posts: 527
Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:12 pm

Post by Trevkeeper »

styxman wrote:TU: ...(don't remember the exact wording, but it's a music tossup talking ambigiously about the ending to his final work)...until his death in 1945. Name this composer, who wrote the Hungarian--

Answer: Liszt (on a reflex buzz)
Correct: Bartok (it finishes "word for 'the end' on his final work")
I did that, except it was a guess after the question ended. Carlo (rightfully) got mad at me.
Nick, IU and Aegis Questions
User avatar
Irreligion in Bangladesh
Auron
Posts: 2123
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 1:18 am
Location: Winnebago, IL

Post by Irreligion in Bangladesh »

Trevkeeper wrote:
styxman wrote:TU: ...(don't remember the exact wording, but it's a music tossup talking ambigiously about the ending to his final work)...until his death in 1945. Name this composer, who wrote the Hungarian--

Answer: Liszt (on a reflex buzz)
Correct: Bartok (it finishes "word for 'the end' on his final work")
I did that, except it was a guess after the question ended. Carlo (rightfully) got mad at me.
The only way you could be rightfully mad about it if it came after the TU is if it came RIGHT after the end of the TU. It's not that bad if he doesn't buzz in with Bartok before you if you give him enough time.

On a random note, is it ethical to ask a tournament director for placing a certain team with you in the morning pool for a tournament?
User avatar
Howard
Tidus
Posts: 696
Joined: Fri May 09, 2003 5:42 pm
Location: Ellicott City, MD

Post by Howard »

styxman wrote:On a random note, is it ethical to ask a tournament director for placing a certain team with you in the morning pool for a tournament?
I've put my reply here:

http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewto ... ght=#27847

I figured it would preserve some thread coherence.
John Gilbert
Coach, Howard High School Academic Team
Ellicott City, MD

"John Gilbert is a quiz bowl god" -- leftsaidfred
leapfrog314
Wakka
Posts: 248
Joined: Mon Sep 12, 2005 10:49 am
Contact:

Post by leapfrog314 »

styxman wrote:The only way you could be rightfully mad about it if it came after the TU is if it came RIGHT after the end of the TU. It's not that bad if he doesn't buzz in with Bartok before you if you give him enough time.
I only got mad at him because he should have known I was likely to know the answer (I thought of it just as he buzzed), and he buzzed in (with only a guess) immediately after the tossup ended -- AND the other team was already locked out. Had he given me a few seconds, I would have blamed only myself. We won the match anyway, though.

But to keep this on topic, I will nominate the other team's earlier buzz as a bad neg. (Sorry I don't remember much of it.)

"[something about a composer]...his death in 1945..." BUZZ
Handel.
Byko
Yuna
Posts: 996
Joined: Wed Apr 23, 2003 1:54 pm
Location: Edgewater, MD

Post by Byko »

From Brookwood this past weekend:

"He was born on (such and such date)..."
*BUZZ*

Wrong answer: The Greatest Game Ever Played
Correct answer: John Roberts
Red-necked Phalarope
Rikku
Posts: 463
Joined: Thu May 05, 2005 1:50 pm
Location: Columbus, OH

Post by Red-necked Phalarope »

Now that all the TRASH regionals are finished (I believe?), some of my more spectacular negs from Maryland last weekend:

Wrong: Tyler Durden
Right: Walt Disney

Wrong: Edsel
Right: Batmobile
mrs. dalloway
Lulu
Posts: 65
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2005 9:20 am
Location: Rockford, IL
Contact:

Post by mrs. dalloway »

I also made the Liszt-for-Bartok mistake.

Also from the Sterling kickoff:
"Although he served as governor of Ohio, he is better known for his later political career..."
Buzz: "Jerry Springer"

The question went on to say that he went on to become president in a controversial election race against Samuel Tilden, blah blah, during which my team, responsible for the neg, sat and hated that player while the other team let the question die.
"That's the problem with real life. People don't just break into musical song and dance."
User avatar
Summoned Skull
Lulu
Posts: 99
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:39 pm
Location: Urbana, IL

Post by Summoned Skull »

^Lol, I remember that question...

Came up in our match against Athens.

I nailed it after they guessed "Grover Cleveland."

I guess I can understand; Ohio = Cleveland, though in a different way...
James Sanner
UIUC Academic Buzzer Team
Secretary of Minivan Operations
User avatar
thepowerofche
Lulu
Posts: 55
Joined: Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:25 pm
Location: Etlanna, Jawjah

Post by thepowerofche »

At the fall Vanderbilt tournament-

Moderator: Name these generals from their nicknames: "The Swamp Fox."
Me: *turns to the other SS major on my team* "Marion Anderson, right?"

Now I've been doing this all day, where I'll say something that I know is right and just cursorily verify to my teammates that I'm not about to say something stupid. However, this time, it just passes us by....

Her: *nods*
Me: "Marion Anderson"
Moderator: "I'm sorry that's incorrect."
Me: *stares blankly while the other team says, "Francis Marion."*
Me: *lowers head in shame*
User avatar
solonqb
Rikku
Posts: 461
Joined: Mon Jun 16, 2003 11:00 am
Location: Pasadena, CA
Contact:

Post by solonqb »

leapfrog314 wrote:
"[something about a composer]...his death in 1945..." BUZZ
Handel.
Hmm, my first thought was Webern upon seeing that, but something tells me they were aiming for Bartok instead.
Noah Rahman
Welcome to Simbabwe, where the property is already owned and the houses built and you compete to burn and dispossess them. Compete with Robert Mugabe, Canaan Banana, Cecil Rhodes and Sir Godfrey Huggins to earn a place on the all-time EU travel ban list!
AndySaunders
Lulu
Posts: 21
Joined: Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:02 pm

Post by AndySaunders »

At last year's Michigan MLK:

Wrong answer: Kobe Bryant
Right answer: Nat Turner's Rebellion
User avatar
dtaylor4
Auron
Posts: 3733
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:43 am

Post by dtaylor4 »

airmale007 wrote:^Lol, I remember that question...

Came up in our match against Athens.

I nailed it after they guessed "Grover Cleveland."

I guess I can understand; Ohio = Cleveland, though in a different way...
James, should we include your captain's Anontillado screw-up that cost you guys 1st in the group?
User avatar
Summoned Skull
Lulu
Posts: 99
Joined: Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:39 pm
Location: Urbana, IL

Post by Summoned Skull »

:oops:
James Sanner
UIUC Academic Buzzer Team
Secretary of Minivan Operations
User avatar
mentalchocolate
Wakka
Posts: 119
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:06 pm
Location: the thermosphere

Post by mentalchocolate »

Wrong: O.J. Simpson
Right: Patrick Henry
enough said...
User avatar
dtaylor4
Auron
Posts: 3733
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:43 am

Post by dtaylor4 »

King John Bible
A Room with a View for The Magnificient Ambersons
User avatar
zwtipp
Rikku
Posts: 316
Joined: Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:53 pm
Location: Tipp City, OH/South Central LA

Post by zwtipp »

Nero for Cyrano de Bergerac
I do not care much for large yellow Avians.
User avatar
insaneindian
Wakka
Posts: 204
Joined: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:51 pm
Location: Wilmington, Delaware

Post by insaneindian »

i dont think ive posted this. orangutans for neanderthals
Abhi Hendi
University Of Pennsylvania '10
User avatar
dtaylor4
Auron
Posts: 3733
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:43 am

Post by dtaylor4 »

theater of the absurd for water puppetry
great salt lake for salton sea
User avatar
zwtipp
Rikku
Posts: 316
Joined: Sat Apr 26, 2003 3:53 pm
Location: Tipp City, OH/South Central LA

Post by zwtipp »

Dichots for Dinosaurs
I do not care much for large yellow Avians.
User avatar
mentalchocolate
Wakka
Posts: 119
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:06 pm
Location: the thermosphere

Post by mentalchocolate »

Me: The swan is dying
Correct: The swan is infertile
...then i continued to argue with my team that it was virtually the same. Perhaps I need to start a Darwin award thread, but perhaps it would be better if i didn't
User avatar
jonpin
Auron
Posts: 2266
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: BCA NJ / WUSTL MO / Hackensack NJ

Post by jonpin »

Playing an old (1997 NAQT college SCT) packet, lead-in of " 'We Report, You Decide' --" [BUZZ] "Umm..." (thinks it can't possibly just be FOX News) "Al Franken?"

It was in fact FOX News, and I felt stupid.
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11

"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
User avatar
dtaylor4
Auron
Posts: 3733
Joined: Tue Nov 16, 2004 11:43 am

Post by dtaylor4 »

jonpin wrote:Playing an old (1997 NAQT college SCT) packet, lead-in of " 'We Report, You Decide' --" [BUZZ] "Umm..." (thinks it can't possibly just be FOX News) "Al Franken?"

It was in fact FOX News, and I felt stupid.
If it was Al Franken, the lead in would probably be "Fair and Balanced", and the question set would be newer.

Iacocca for Ionesco
Der Kommissar
Lulu
Posts: 9
Joined: Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:43 am
Location: Cottleville MO

Post by Der Kommissar »

In Practice last thurs. The question was:

coach: What vitamin saves eyesight?
Me: Rabbit!


I felt like a moron after that.
2ND PLACE CHAMPIONS FHC SPARTANS
User avatar
jonpin
Auron
Posts: 2266
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2004 6:45 pm
Location: BCA NJ / WUSTL MO / Hackensack NJ

Post by jonpin »

DaGeneral wrote:
jonpin wrote:Playing an old (1997 NAQT college SCT) packet, lead-in of " 'We Report, You Decide' --" [BUZZ] "Umm..." (thinks it can't possibly just be FOX News) "Al Franken?"

It was in fact FOX News, and I felt stupid.
If it was Al Franken, the lead in would probably be "Fair and Balanced", and the question set would be newer.
Which is what makes it such a terrible neg on my part.
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11

"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
Locked