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I had a lot of fun playing this set, not too much I can say of any use. I just wanted to point to one particular answerline I wasn't thrilled about, which was the colonization of Ireland question. I buzzed somewhere during the second line with "land redistribution" and was negged, which fe...

I am pleased to announce that McGill University will be hosting a high school mirror of 2023 Canadian Novice on May 22nd, 2023. This tournament will be co-directed by Joe Su, with Nicolas Edwards and Liz Van Oorschot handling logistics. Any queries can be directed to mcgill DOT triviaclub AT ssmu DO...

Rookie Ballot: 1. Mattias Ehatamm 2. Michael Du 3. Caleb Ott 4. Jacob Garofalo 5. Max Chemtov One of a relatively small number to play nats as a rookie and did a very good job of it, which wasn't surprising after his similarly strong Winter Closed. Unfortunate that he started quizbowl at the end of...

1. Tony Chen (Western) Sorry snowflakes, the results are in: Tony's a beast. Tony's maybe the only person in the circuit who's genuinely a top player at two of the big three (science and lit) even if he's by all accounts the worst player ever at the third (history). He's also remarkably good at RMP...

I am pleased to announce that the Eastern Canadian site of 2023 ACF Regionals will be held at McGill on Saturday, January 28, 2022. The tournament will take place at McGill's Montreal campus. The opening meeting will begin at 9:45 am and gameplay will begin at 10 am. I (Cormac Beirne) will be the to...

Since Ben Chapman asked to "sea [sic] it," here's a Fear Ballot: 1. Peter Wang – Quiet and good at things I don't know. Frightening combo. 2. Henry Atkins – Henry is the only person who beats me to VFA, despite not being a VFA player. Always seems to beats me to clues we both know, which i...

0. Bob Gao 1. Henry Atkins (McGill) – Rathburn shmathburn 2. Lia Rathburn (UBC) – ICT powers aside it still seems pretty neck and neck, I reckon. Henry was considerably better last year and while it's obvious she's as good as him now I'm not convinced she's meaningfully better. At this rate Lia wil...

McGill will be hosting an online mirror of COOT on 11 September, 2021. The tournament will be held via Zoom+BuzzIn.live, with a central discord server for links and announcements. I will be directing the tournament, and will be happy to answer any questions you have. I can be reached here, or at cor...

Player Ballot: 1. Henry Atkins (McGill) – In a powerful riposte to any exclusionary influences on these polls, I have elected to rank an American as the best Canadian quizbowler. Maybe the best Jeff Koons handbag player in the circuit. 2. Lia Rathburn (British Columbia) – Knows all sorts of history...

Hello Canadian pop culture trivia pals, I'm glad to announce a Canadian Mirror of ACRONYM 14, hosted by McGill University via Discord on February 21st. We'll have an opening meeting at 9:45am EST, and will try to get round one started at 10am on the dot. Cameras will be expected, but if that could p...

Wasn't going to do one of these, but crazy things happen during pandemics. I didn't play many tournaments, and I wouldn't recognize a good quizbowl player if one cheated against me at an online TO mirror, so I apologize if my judgement is a tad impaired; I'm going mostly off stats for people I don't...