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- Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Regionals discussion
- Replies: 79
- Views: 38530
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: playing against the packet
- Replies: 55
- Views: 18120
- Sat Dec 08, 2007 10:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
- Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
Registration will begin at 8:30, and the rounds will begin at 9:15. The tournament will be held in William L. Harkness Hall (WLH), the same building in which it was held last year. Doubtless to Jason Keller's chagrin, this building has not moved any closer to the Educated Burger on Broadway. Directi...
- Sun Dec 02, 2007 3:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
- Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
- Wed Nov 07, 2007 6:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Which buzzer has the most pleasant sound?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7223
Ah, yes, it is that one.leapfrog314 wrote:Do you mean The Officiator from Anderson Buzzer Systems? It has a pleasant sound, and is named The Officiator.
- Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Which buzzer has the most pleasant sound?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7223
- Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:23 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FAcT (10/13/07) at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5557
- Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10653
ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/8/07) at Yale
Yale is hosting its annual college tournament, Bulldogs Over Broadway (BOB), on Saturday, December 8, 2007, in scenic New Haven, CT. Thanks to Mike Wehrman's dissertation, I will be taking over as lead editor. Fees: Base fee $100 Working Buzzer discount -$10 (limit 2 discounts) Minimum fee (with pac...
- Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FAcT (10/13/07) at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5557
Thanks to everyone who came to this year's tournament. Moravian beat White Plains A to 440-185 to win this year's Fall Academic Tournament. The other semifinalists were E.O. Smith A and New Milford A. The scoring champion was Ben from Moravian, with an impressive 129.17 ppg. Full stats will be onlin...
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FAcT (10/13/07) at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5557
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 2:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT Discussion
- Replies: 92
- Views: 32294
Thanks to the writers for an enjoyable tournament. I particularly enjoyed the architecture questions (a tossup on the Seagram Building and bonuses on De Stijl and Le Corbusier come pleasantly to mind), and would have liked to have heard more of them. The Beloved tossup was an instant buzzer race. A ...
- Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: FAcT (10/13/07) at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5557
FAcT (10/13/07) at Yale University (New Haven, CT)
Yale Student Academic Competitions is pleased to announce that the 3rd annual Fall Academic Tournament (FAcT) will take place on Yale’s campus on October 13, 2007. The tournament, which will be untimed, will be run on NAQT A-level packets and using NAQT rules. Teams that finish in the top fifteen ...
- Mon May 21, 2007 4:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WEBoggle!!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2799
- Fri Jan 05, 2007 6:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: BHSAT (3/3/07) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7174
- Mon Dec 18, 2006 10:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: BHSAT (3/3/07) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7174
This is the fee structure for the tournament: Base fee: $80 Registration received by January 16, 2007: -$10 per team Working buzzer system: -$10 each Moderator: -$5 each Second, third, etc. team from a school: -$5 each Minimum fee per team: $50 Copies of the questions are also available for $15 per ...
- Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/9/06) at Yale
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7506
- Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/9/06) at Yale
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7506
Brown A (Jerry, Eric, Phil, Evan) beat Rutgers New Brunswick (Yi, Jason, Kevin, Chris) to win the 2006 Bulldogs Over Broadway, earning undying glory and a set of shot glasses with the Yale logo on them. Team (including playoffs) and individual (not including playoffs) are available here. http://www....
- Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/9/06) at Yale
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7506
- Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall Commentary
- Replies: 44
- Views: 18147
- Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Illinois Open discussion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8553
- Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
Thirty teams came to Yale today to play in the fall academic tournament. Hunter College (NY) won a thrilling victory over Daniel Hand (CT) in the final round to take the championship. The other semifinalists were Manchester West (NH) and E.O. Smith A (CT). Thanks to everyone who came out, and congra...
- Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
- Tue Nov 07, 2006 4:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
We were able to get the additional rooms, and so we will fix the field at 35, with the following teams: Southington, CT (2) E.O. Smith, CT (2) Suffield HS, CT Byram Hills, NY (2) Housatonic, CT (2) Montville, CT (2) Norwich Free Academy, CT (2) Terryville, CT Bromfield, MA Old Saybrook, CT (2) Half ...
- Thu Nov 02, 2006 5:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
The field is now closed. We have a field of 28 teams and a waitlist of seven more. We are working on getting rooms for those additional seven. Current field: Southington, CT (2) E.O. Smith, CT (2) Suffield HS, CT Byram Hills, NY (2) Housatonic, CT (2) Montville, CT (2) Norwich Free Academy, CT (2) T...
- Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
What a difference two days makes. Field update (10/27/06). Southington, CT (2) E.O. Smith, CT (2) Suffield HS, CT Byram Hills, NY (2) Housatonic, CT (2) Montville, CT (2) Norwich Free Academy, CT (2) Terryville, CT Bromfield, MA Old Saybrook, CT (2) Half Hollow Hills, NY (4) Williston, MA Manchester...
- Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
Field update (10/25/06): Southington, CT (2) E.O. Smith, CT (2) Suffield HS, CT Byram Hills, NY (2) Housatonic, CT (2) Montville, CT (2) Norwich Free Academy, CT (2) Terryville, CT Bromfield, MA Old Saybrook, CT (2) Total: 17 teams Expressed interest but unregistered: Hunter, NY Daniel Hand, CT Nort...
- Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT commentary
- Replies: 52
- Views: 29828
- Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 06-07 VA/MD/DC area (maybe slightly beyond) date claimings
- Replies: 38
- Views: 18642
- Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: BHSAT (3/3/07) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7174
RESULTS: BHSAT (3/3/07) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
Yale Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce Bulldog High School Academic Tournament XVI (BHSAT), which will take place on March 3, 2007. BHSAT annually features a number of top teams from around the country. As in the past, the questions will be written and edited by members of the Yale Quiz Bowl team. Fe...
- Mon Sep 18, 2006 11:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
Due to insufficient available rooms on Yale's campus on October 7, we are moving FAcT to Saturday, November 11. We will still be using set IS-61A. We apologize for any inconvenience that the change of date may have caused anyone. (To the moderator(s): Please edit the title of the thread accordingly)...
- Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/9/06) at Yale
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7506
ANNOUNCEMENT: BOB (12/9/06) at Yale
I'm stepping in for Mike, who is out of the country at present, to announce that Yale is hosting its annual college tournament, Bulldogs Over Broadway (BOB), on Saturday, December 9, 2006, in scenic New Haven, CT. Fees: Base fee $100 Working Buzzer discount -$10 (limit 2 discounts) Minimum fee (with...
- Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: LIFT VI (10/28/06) @ Northport HS (Long Island, NY)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 15406
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 2:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5995
RESULTS: FAcT (11/11/06) at Yale (New Haven, CT)
After last year’s successful revival of the Fall Academic Tournament (FAcT), Yale Student Academic Competitions is pleased to announce that the 2nd annual FAcT will take place on Yale’s campus on October 7, 2006. The tournament, which will be untimed, will be run on NAQT A-level packets and usin...
- Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bonus Policy in ACF
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6711
I suppose that one reason I and others might prefer hearing the correct answer immediately after the related bonus part might simply be a desire for instant gratification. That said, I very much prefer hearing the answer after each bonus part (excepting, of course, 30-20-10 bonuses) As has been indi...
- Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The 2006 Panasonic thread
- Replies: 54
- Views: 28662
- Sun May 07, 2006 3:40 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Theory of Tiebreakers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 34781
- Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Readiness for Competition
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3567
...Alan(?) something, the coach of Half Hollow Hills West... The coach of Half Hollow Hills West is Alan Blayne. Yale hosts a high school tournament each spring with house-written questions. We also host a fall tournament that has traditionally been Connecticut-only, but this past year was expanded...
- Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:22 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: BUTT results
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2680
- Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT at Yale February 18, 2006
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7660
- Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:54 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Northeast Results
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2241
Okay, it's been 3 weeks now since the SCT, are we ever going to see individual stats from the Northeast SCT? After numerous technical difficulties, for which we apologize, the results for the 2006 NAQT Northeast SCT are now available online at http://www.yale.edu/ysac/2006_sectionals/index_sectiona...
- Thu Mar 09, 2006 12:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT at Yale February 18, 2006
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7660
After a very long dinner that involved much delay with smoothing out the html presentation of our stats program, the results from BHSAT XV are now available online at
http://www.yale.edu/ysac/bhsatxv/index_bhsatxv.html
Thanks again to everyone who came.
http://www.yale.edu/ysac/bhsatxv/index_bhsatxv.html
Thanks again to everyone who came.
- Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Toward a True National Organization...
- Replies: 159
- Views: 71190
- Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Brandeis Wirt Mirror (Jack Abramoff memorial graft open) 3/4
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4339
I'd like to thank the writers for a very enjoyable tournament, and to thank Brandeis for hosting this mirror; it was a great pity that so few Boston teams came out. It was all well and good to play Brown five times, but a little more variety would have been nice. Congratulations to Brown; all of our...
- Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Toward a True National Organization...
- Replies: 159
- Views: 71190
- Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Toward a True National Organization...
- Replies: 159
- Views: 71190
If I recall correctly, I do believe that White Plains does make it to Yale. They haven't won Yale's tournament, but they tend to do okay. Would it bother them if they didn't win that event but went on to win NAC, knowing that there are other teams out there that clean their clock on different quest...