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- Thu Apr 02, 2020 5:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6993
Re: Ontario Hybrid 2020 Online Mirror (Signup + Poll About Format)
Tossups only > TU/bonus, one-day >> TU/bonus, two-day.
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 IHSA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2779
Re: 2020 IHSA
High scores from Regionals appear to be a single-game 850 from Williamsville (in Class A's championship round!) and a total 2440 in three games from Uni High. High score combined is "980" (Fremd-Hoffman Estates, with thirty of Fremd's points coming from a matchup-tops penalty) or 950 (Frem...
- Tue Mar 10, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2020 IHSA
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2779
Re: 2020 IHSA
Congratulations to the sixty-four champions: Class A : Edwards County, St. Anthony, Sullivan, Robinson, Blue Ridge, St. Thomas More, Villa Grove, Warrensburg-Latham, Althoff Catholic, DuQuoin, Gallatin County, Gibault Catholic, Beacon Academy, Lisle, Timothy Christian, Westmont, Farmington, Peoria C...
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 PIANO/MO Errata
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3870
Re: 2019 PIANO/MO Errata
I finally tracked down the clue in the Russian (linguistics) tossup that felt weird: the vocative case in Russian was described as only appearing in diminuitive nicknames. In reality, it also shows up in churchy stuff - most notably, the phrase bozhe moy , "my God," which uses the vocative...
- Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:22 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Remember the '90s?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12707
Re: Remember the '90s?
Ah, well... you didn't. That's my point - the last year of the Richards tournament included a sizeable enough number of plagiarized Delta Burke questions that I noticed and pointed it out. And that's why it was the last year, I believe.
- Thu Mar 28, 2019 9:08 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Remember the '90s?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12707
Re: Remember the '90s?
At Richards, by 2006, Chris Borglum wrote some of the questions. For Delta Burke.Deviant Insider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2019 8:00 pmAt Richards and Homewood-Flossmoor and sometimes Loyola, the coach/TD wrote all the questions.
And that's why the Richards tournament doesn't exist anymore.
- Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PIANO / Minnesota Open @ UMN, 3/30
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12803
Re: PIANO / Minnesota Open @ UMN, 3/30
Hey, following up on this. Are we still in the boat of "this is Nats difficulty but we only have rooms reserved until 4 PM"?
- Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10521
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
I was frustrated to discover that Nijinsky, and not Fokine, was described as the choreographer of Petrushka . I was much more frustrated to see that the error was present and discovered when the set was played in October, and the writers did nothing to fix the mistake. If you're holding mirrors at v...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 11:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17906
Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Hey, this tournament was pretty much the model for how a Discord tournament should be run.
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17906
Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Hi! Could we get an estimate of start/end time, and an official field list?
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14578
Re: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
valid
- Sat Nov 24, 2018 8:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14578
Re: Top 25 History Players in the City of Chicago
Adam Silverman lives in Andersonville these days, so, uh, you're missing someone.
EDIT: possibly Edgewater or Rogers Park
EDIT: possibly Edgewater or Rogers Park
- Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Iowa 2018-19
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3224
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 17906
Re: Penn Bowl 2018 Online Mirror (12/09/18)
Is there a thread for this? I'll be playing.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
- Replies: 89
- Views: 50077
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: 2019 PIANO/Minnesota Open
'supMike Bentley wrote: ↑Mon Nov 12, 2018 9:06 pm For what it's worth I'm most likely going to attend the Minnesota mirror and am looking for teammates.
- Thu May 31, 2018 8:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
- Replies: 153
- Views: 112115
Re: Matt Bruce (cw: sexual assault, pedophilia)
Northwestern University Quizbowl will not participate in or host NAQT events until Matt has been removed.
- Mon May 28, 2018 9:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21634
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
staaaaats?
Yogesh/Oishee/Colby/Amanda W./Nicholas K. won this, by the way. Matt L./Jeremy N./Amanda R. and myself finished second.
Yogesh/Oishee/Colby/Amanda W./Nicholas K. won this, by the way. Matt L./Jeremy N./Amanda R. and myself finished second.
- Tue May 15, 2018 11:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2018)
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18743
Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2018)
Founding a club at a Wisconsin liberal arts college is possible, I swear! You can do this!Ndg wrote:Cool! Wisconsin could definitely use more college clubs.k120 wrote:I'm going to Beloit College. Unfortunately, they don't have a quizbowl team, but hopefully I'll be able to start one.
- Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Players Choice Awards
- Replies: 52
- Views: 38056
Re: Players Choice Awards
Upset of the Year (submitted as the "Liberty defeats Penn" award): awarded to the team that pulled off the most notable upset of the year. Examples from last year would include McGill taking a top bracket spot from Columbia at ICT or Northwestern making a run to the ICT finals. If this is...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Postseason poll
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9830
Re: Postseason poll
It is worth recalling that Chicago B did not play a full team at ICT, so I would advise taking their ACF finish as indicative. I'd advise voters to look at both ICT and ACF... but to both of the things Chicago B's "split squad" did at ICT. Second bracket at Div I and the Div II title ain'...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 1:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63513
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
* In the Oklahoma packet, I meant to write that that the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern (also known as Pea Ridge) led to Union control of Missouri, even though it was fought just south of Missouri in Arkansas. I've updated the question to be phrased accurately. Oh! There's a convenient recording of NU an...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11510
Re: ACF Nationals logistics and seeding discussion
Do we know at this point what the list of schools with active teams who could actually host a 50 (or 60)-team national championship in 2 buildings with access to a major airport is? I think Northwestern could handle this in Kresge, Fisk/Locy, and University, using the giant auditorium in Fisk for t...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63513
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
I really enjoyed this tournament - being able to go back into retirement with an emphatic early neg on one of my books just feels right somehow. I'd like to particularly commend Dylan's writing on jazz questions - that fake/real books question was great, but it wasn't the only good jazz question by ...
- Wed Apr 18, 2018 1:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Division II ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1759
Re: 2018 Division II ICT: specific question discussion
I said "slaves in Egypt" for _pyramid builders_ and got negged; I understand not all of the builders may have been slaves per se, but what were the acceptable and promptable responses? The answer line was pyramid builder s (accept answers that mention people who worked on pyramid s at Giz...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8412
Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
In the horses-in-myth tossup, the phrasing on the Socrates clue was less than ideal for live play at game speed. In my room, the clue "In the 'Apology,' Socrates described himself as--" triggered an immediate buzz of "fly," and why wouldn't it, so close to FTP?
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 4:57 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
Re: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
Final stats, pending corrections, are here.
The top four finishers:
1. Keith Country Day
2. St. Mary's Visitation A
3. University Lab
4. Barrington Station A
The top four finishers:
1. Keith Country Day
2. St. Mary's Visitation A
3. University Lab
4. Barrington Station A
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 3:47 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
- Sat Mar 10, 2018 1:06 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
Re: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
Prelim stats
Please be back from lunch by 1:20 PM; we meet in Fisk 217, the same auditorium in which we held our morning meeting.
Please be back from lunch by 1:20 PM; we meet in Fisk 217, the same auditorium in which we held our morning meeting.
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 5:18 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
Re: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
You got scooped.merv1618 wrote:Staff scab plzcornfused wrote:We are now sitting at twenty-seven schools, with the waitlist entirely in the field. The twenty-eighth spot is available on a first-come, first-serve basis!
We're full!
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:43 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
Re: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
We are now sitting at twenty-seven schools, with the waitlist entirely in the field. The twenty-eighth spot is available on a first-come, first-serve basis!
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regs packets, recordings, and detailed stats survey
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33543
Re: Packets, recordings, and detailed stats warm-up survey
Stupid question, but are the stats actually posted anywhere?
- Sun Feb 04, 2018 2:23 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
Re: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
Update, five weeks out: it's come to my attention that thirty is a much more convenient number for scheduling than thirty-two, so I'm changing the field cap accordingly. As of right now, this still leaves room for all but one of the waitlisted C-teams in the field. That being said, I'm going to prom...
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 1:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at Northwestern (2/3/18)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3837
Re: NAQT SCT at Northwestern (2/3/18)
An update on this: with a week to go, the field is "closed," but one more Division II team would be useful. We currently have six teams in Div I and nineteen in Div II.
Expect a logistics post/email on Wednesday, but plan to arrive at Kresge Hall between 8:10 and 8:40 AM on Saturday.
Expect a logistics post/email on Wednesday, but plan to arrive at Kresge Hall between 8:10 and 8:40 AM on Saturday.
- Fri Jan 26, 2018 9:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14279
Re: Thanks and General Discussion
I helped put together the schedule for the site where Michigan played. We were confused by the labeling of the Michigan teams. It turned out alright, but we were confused.CPiGuy wrote:I swear to god, "that could screw up the schedule" was pretty much the first thing that entered my mind.
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:48 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
Re: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
With just about seven weeks to go before the tournament, we're sitting at twenty-nine teams, with enough on the waitlist to take those last three spots. I am keeping the waitlisted C teams on the waitlist for the moment.
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals 2018 @ UIUC
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6191
Re: ACF Regionals 2018 @ UIUC
I don't know who won overall, but Michigan A won the D2 title by virtue of being the only such team in the top bracket, and MSU A won the undergrad title by virtue of being the only such team in the top bracket with any wins against other top bracket teams. Northwestern A defeated OSU A in one semi...
- Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Homewood-Flossmoor Pop Culture Tourney (mirror of OH Trash)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5362
Re: Homewood-Flossmoor Pop Culture Tourney (mirror of OH Tra
Does "teams a maximum of five players" mean it's 5v5? Or 4v4?
- Sun Dec 10, 2017 4:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at Northwestern (2/3/18)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3837
NAQT SCT at Northwestern (2/3/18)
Northwestern University's quizbowl team will be hosting the Midwest site of the 2018 NAQT SCT. The tournament will take place on February 3, 2018, on Northwestern's Evanston campus. I'll be serving as tournament director, and we'd love to see you there! Location and parking: The tourney will almost ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO II Difficulty and General Discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10328
Re: WAO II Difficulty and General Discussion
Either write trash or don't write trash. Speaking as one of two authors of the trash in the videogame soundtracks/BoJack packet: I think it's safe to say that we basically did exactly that - we never quite decided for sure which was supposed to be the classy one. Whoops. I definitely agree that the...
- Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
- Replies: 175
- Views: 169280
Re: Neg 5 : Quizbowl for the Cloud
How does one delete a player?
- Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5704
Re: Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
The stats in Marianna's post above are complete. Chicago A won the tournament in a close final over Chicago B, who had defeated Illinois A in the previous game. I'd like to thank everyone for coming out today - but extra thanks to the staffers: Samir Khan, Ryan Rosenberg, Adam Sperber, Jessica Sween...
- Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5704
Re: Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
The only difference is the presence of house teams to get us to a manageable twelve. Updated.CPiGuy wrote:Is this field still current, or has it enlarged?
- Fri Nov 10, 2017 5:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A, B, C teams
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8854
Re: A, B, C teams
Hey now, give him some credit. Looks like he just worked up to the B team a few weeks ago!Aaron's Rod wrote:
Sure hope some day that Jason Asher kid will make the Minnesota A team!
- Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:52 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7243
Jr. Wildcat IX at Northwestern (3/10/2018)
Northwestern Quizbowl is pleased to announce this year's edition of the annual Jr. Wildcat middle school tournament, to be held on Saturday, March 10th, 2018. I'll be directing the tournament this year. Question Set and Format : We will be using NAQT's MS-25 set for this tournament. Format will be 4...
- Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5704
Re: Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
Looks like we still have some room open!
- Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2017 @ UChicago (10/28)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6646
Re: Penn Bowl 2017 @ UChicago (10/28)
Just want to drop a note to say: this ran really smoothly. Thanks a ton to Chicago for a well-run tournament (and congrats to OSU again)!
- Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT at the University of Michigan (10/21)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 11850
Re: EFT at the University of Michigan (10/21)
So the OphirStats have everything you could possibly want, except PPB. Here's PPB for our site. Team PPB Case Western 14.64 Chicago A 22.79 Chicago B 22.85 Chicago C 13.05 Chicago D 12.16 Kenyon 16.89 Michigan A 20.17 Michigan B 15.05 Michigan C 13.44 Michigan D 9.43 Michigan State A 21.58 Michigan ...
- Tue Oct 24, 2017 3:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5704
Delta Burke 2017 at Northwestern (11/18/17)
Northwestern University's quizbowl team is pleased to announce a mirror for the 2017 edition of Delta Burke , a college-level tournament written by Valencia College. The tournament will take place on November 18, 2017 , on Northwestern's Evanston campus. I'll be serving as tournament director. As in...
- Wed Oct 11, 2017 5:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Getting paid by ACF
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3858
Re: Getting paid by ACF
Gautam wrote:Edit: check in the mail.
- Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Getting paid by ACF
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3858
Getting paid by ACF
ACF has owed Northwestern a four-figure sum since last winter, and my attempts to get this resolved through normal channels have been unsuccessful. What's a guy have to do to get cut a check?