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by centralhs
Sat Jul 02, 2016 10:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th Grade
Replies: 13
Views: 8443

Re: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th G

I'm sure more teams #golearnmorethings than send angry emails after seeing one or two player teams do well at tournaments. But parents don't always see things the same way as their kid's team does. Well, that was exactly what I took from Nick's e-mail explaining why they went with this eligibility ...
by centralhs
Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:55 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th Grade
Replies: 13
Views: 8443

Re: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th G

If a survey was actually taken of middle school coaches and/or players, I would be interested to know what percentage objects to one person teams and (especially) two person teams at History Bowl competitions. In nearly two decades of involvement with quiz bowl, I don't recall ever hearing anyone ob...
by centralhs
Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th Grade
Replies: 13
Views: 8443

Re: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th G

I can see not allowing a student to play solo since there is a Bee division specifically for that but I don't see any reason that teams of two should not be allowed. Not all students - especially middle schoolers - have the confidence to compete on their own. Or even enjoy competing on their own. If...
by centralhs
Sat Jun 25, 2016 5:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Clarifying what "NHBB" should be used to refer to
Replies: 2
Views: 3026

Re: Clarifying what "NHBB" should be used to refer to

If NHBB and the Elementary/Middle School History Bee and Bowl are entirely separate events, then the NHBB website doesn't make this very clear. On the NHBB website, there are dropdown links under "Other Events" for pages entitled "Elementary and Middle School History Bee" and &qu...
by centralhs
Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6/12)
Replies: 86
Views: 60061

Re: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6

So, I am the parent of the two kids from Livermore Valley Charter School (that got the boot). I wanted to post my two cents. We purchased our tickets to Chicago back in March. This email that was sent on Monday was the first time we could have been aware of the rule change. The reality is that we d...
by centralhs
Fri May 13, 2016 2:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CAMP for QUIZBOWL?!?!
Replies: 2
Views: 4469

Re: CAMP for QUIZBOWL?!?!

Also, I was just looking at the Ace Camp website and it says something about Champion Reader coming Fall 2016. What is "Champion Reader"?
by centralhs
Fri May 13, 2016 2:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CAMP for QUIZBOWL?!?!
Replies: 2
Views: 4469

Re: CAMP for QUIZBOWL?!?!

Some of the students at my school are interested in attending the Oglethorpe camp as it is just two miles from our school. Are there separate activities/programs for middle school or are middle and high school mixed together?
by centralhs
Mon May 09, 2016 7:35 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2016 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Middlesex!
Replies: 25
Views: 20655

Re: 2016 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Middlesex!

Chamblee Middle School had an excellent time at the tournament! I am always astounded by the level of organization at MSNCT and HSNCT and by how smoothly things run in spite of the large field. The tournament moderators were some of the best I have encountered. All readers were professional, clearly...
by centralhs
Sat May 09, 2015 12:13 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2015 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Kealing!
Replies: 40
Views: 27471

Re: 2015 NAQT MSNCT: May 9-10, Dallas

Have any stats been posted yet? If so, I must be looking in the wrong place.
by centralhs
Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:48 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Duluth Middle School Tournament - Results
Replies: 0
Views: 1970

Duluth Middle School Tournament - Results

32 teams competed today at the Duluth Middle School tournament in Duluth, GA.

Here are the top 4 teams:

1st - River Trail A
2nd - Chamblee A
3rd - Trickum A
4th - Paideia A
by centralhs
Sat Mar 22, 2014 9:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 Munson Hybrid/TBS X Weekend 4/12-13 (Open/HS)
Replies: 5
Views: 2485

Re: 2014 Munson Hybrid/TBS X Weekend 4/12-13 (Open/HS)

I think Scott Kim and I are going to play on a team together in the Hybrid. We need some more people for our team so let me know if you would like to join us. We are fun people!
by centralhs
Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2013-14
Replies: 30
Views: 10025

Re: Georgia 2013-14

The 4th annual GATA Fall Tournament will be held next Saturday, September 21. There will be two locations: GATA Fall North at Collins Hill High School and GATA Fall South at Warner Robins High School. We will be using NAQT set 129A. We can still use experienced readers at GATA Fall, especially for t...
by centralhs
Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:58 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: GATA Middle School State Championship
Replies: 1
Views: 1801

Re: GATA Middle School State Championship

Congratulations to Trickum Middle for winning the GATA Middle School State Championship for the second straight year! Paideia took 2nd place, Chamblee Middle 3rd place, and Westminster 4th place. Thanks to everyone who came to the tournament today to work as readers and scorekeepers. We could not ha...
by centralhs
Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:51 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: GATA Middle School State Championship
Replies: 1
Views: 1801

GATA Middle School State Championship

66 teams from 45 Georgia middle schools will compete this Saturday, March 16, in the 2013 GATA Middle School State Championship. The tournament will be held at Collins Hill High School in Suwanee, GA. We will be using NAQT set MS-06. Autrey Mill (2) Bonaire (1) Chamblee (2) Couch (2) Crabapple (1) C...
by centralhs
Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 12-13
Replies: 13
Views: 5246

Re: Georgia 12-13

GATA is in need of readers for the Middle School State tournament on March 16. The tournament will be held at Dunwoody High School so it is convenient from all parts of metro Atlanta.

If you are available to read on March 16, please send me an e-mail at [email protected]
by centralhs
Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:12 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: CATT VIII - 12/8/2012 @ Chattahoochee (Johns Creek, GA)
Replies: 18
Views: 7034

Re: CATT VIII - 12/8/2012 @ Chattahoochee (Johns Creek, GA)

RountreeCHS wrote:I believe we have fixed most of the glaring errors in the Full Stats. Thanks!
You still have Westminster A losing to Kell 80-210. This loss should be attributed to Westminster B.
by centralhs
Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 12-13
Replies: 13
Views: 5246

Re: Georgia 12-13

Today's GATA Winter tournament at Collins Hill was filled with upsets, close matches, and newer teams coming on the scene that haven't attended many tournaments in the past. Congratulations to the top four teams for their outstanding performance in an extremely deep field consisting of 48 of the top...
by centralhs
Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:01 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: GATA Winter Open -- Readers Needed
Replies: 0
Views: 1286

GATA Winter Open -- Readers Needed

We are in need of a few readers this Saturday, November 10, for the GATA Winter Open tournament. This tournament is being held at two locations: Collins Hill High (Gwinnett County) and Bleckley County High (Cochran). 1 reader is needed for Bleckley and 3-4 readers for Collins Hill. If you live near ...
by centralhs
Sat Jun 23, 2012 9:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NAC
Replies: 189
Views: 70711

Re: 2012 NAC

Does Trickum have an established team, and most importantly, have they gone to the NAC before? Trickum Middle School has had a strong, very active team for years. It is the feeder middle school for Parkview High School which, until the last couple of years, also had a perennially strong, active tea...
by centralhs
Sat Jun 23, 2012 5:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NAC
Replies: 189
Views: 70711

Re: 2012 NAC

Perhaps they modified bonuses so they only have two parts, which I understand is fairly common in Georgia? I can't speak for the format used at the Jaguar Bowl, but the Georgia Middle School State tournament did use two-part bonuses. I'm not sure if the use of the two part bonus is the norm at midd...
by centralhs
Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NAC
Replies: 189
Views: 70711

Re: 2012 NAC

I'm curious as to why Trickum chose NAC over MSNCT, considering that good quiz bowl is so firmly entrenched in Georgia to the point that the state tournament uses NAQT. Does bad quiz bowl, or Chip specifically, have a significant foothold in the middle school circuit there? I would imagine that it ...
by centralhs
Wed Jun 20, 2012 2:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NAC
Replies: 189
Views: 70711

Re: 2012 NAC

is there any doubt that Kealing (or Longfellow for that matter) would utterly wreck any of these teams? I think there is, actually: Trickum played both NAQT regular-season sets in Georgia, and went 18-0 with a victory over Westminster, the 3rd-place finisher at MSNCT. Trickum Middle School has an e...
by centralhs
Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2012 NASAT: June 16-17 at Ohio State
Replies: 112
Views: 43611

Re: 2012 NASAT: June 16-17 at Ohio State

Georgia is also bringing a team to the NASAT. I sent the roster to Jonathan Magin at the beginning of March.
by centralhs
Thu Mar 08, 2012 5:27 pm
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Georgia Coach?
Replies: 13
Views: 6364

Re: Georgia Coach?

If your principal agrees to pay for a quiz bowl coach, he/she should be able to find a faculty member at your school who would be willing to take on that position. At least in Georgia, teams that go to tournaments on a regular basis generally have coaches who are paid a supplement/stipend.
by centralhs
Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2011-2012
Replies: 19
Views: 7730

Re: Georgia 2011-2012

Here are the preliminary round stats from the 5A Region Tournament:

http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/86 ... ournament/
by centralhs
Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2011-2012
Replies: 19
Views: 7730

Re: Georgia 2011-2012

In case people are wondering why Centennial's stats weren't higher, Adam Silverman was not on their team. He helped us out by reading at the tournament instead of playing.
by centralhs
Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2011-2012
Replies: 19
Views: 7730

Re: Georgia 2011-2012

Who is Whitefield Academy and what's the story of their rise to QB prominence? Neat to see a new team up there at the top of the brackets. Whitefield Academy's team has been around for a while but they have shown up at more tournaments this year than in the past and have shown great improvement. I ...
by centralhs
Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia 2011-2012
Replies: 19
Views: 7730

Re: Georgia 2011-2012

I am very much in need of experienced readers for the AAAAA Region tournament that I am hosting on Saturday, February 4. The tournament is being held at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville. Please contact me if you are available to work at the tournament: [email protected].
by centralhs
Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Columbia Invitational - Huntsville, AL (12/10/11)
Replies: 14
Views: 3951

Re: Columbia Invitational - Huntsville, AL (12/10/11)

Well DAR is having a bit of a time fielding a team as of late.. not sure what is going to happen to the rest of this year I definitely feel sorry for you but, at the same time, I am a little glad to see that I am not the only one with this problem. Until very recently, I always had 15-20 students o...
by centralhs
Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:13 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)
Replies: 164
Views: 67226

Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)

I posted these Georgia Mirror results in the HFT Liveblog thread, but thought I would put them here also. http://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/webpages/rrichards/files/hft_combined_standings.html Harvard Fall Tournament Team Standings Gold Rank Team W L T Pct PPG PAPG Mrg 10 TUH PPTH BHrd BPts P/B 1 Centenni...
by centralhs
Tue Nov 15, 2011 12:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT liveblog
Replies: 37
Views: 12072

Re: HFT liveblog

Here are the final standings for the Georgia HFT Mirror. http://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/webpages/rrichards/files/hft_combined_standings.html Harvard Fall Tournament Team Standings Gold Rank Team W L T Pct PPG PAPG Mrg 10 TUH PPTH BHrd BPts P/B 1 Centennial 10 0 0 1.000 603.0 89.0 514.0 164 200 30.15 16...
by centralhs
Mon Nov 14, 2011 1:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)
Replies: 164
Views: 67226

Re: Harvard Fall Tournament VI (11/12/11)

I've always envisioned HFT as a tournament that should appeal to two different groups: (a) Elite teams, who play it to gauge each other with an eye towards Nationals; and (b) non-Elite teams, who play it because (i) it is fun; (ii) they learn new things; and (iii) it is an excellent product. I can ...
by centralhs
Sun Nov 13, 2011 7:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT liveblog
Replies: 37
Views: 12072

Re: HFT liveblog

This set always has this inherent tension where a lot of people complain saying its too hard, yet other people at the Georgia mirror complain they got questions too early because the questions had basic canonical clues that have appeared in previous HFTs. I didn't see any Georgia players "comp...
by centralhs
Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:48 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT liveblog
Replies: 37
Views: 12072

Re: HFT liveblog

Also my sources in Georgia tell me that Centennial is stomping the field there (not that anyone's surprised), and are averaging between 26 and 27 ppb. Centennial did indeed stomp the field at the Georgia mirror and no one was the least bit surprised. I think they averaged 660 PPG in the preliminary...
by centralhs
Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
Replies: 135
Views: 26810

Re: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion

Manet: answered in 19 rooms out of 35. Velazquez: answered in 12 rooms out of 16. Just out of curiosity, was this on an A set or a regular IS set? Clearly Gainsborough is considered more obscure than I thought, although I don't think he is so difficult as to only be asked about at the HSNCT.A few o...
by centralhs
Sun Aug 07, 2011 8:38 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
Replies: 135
Views: 26810

Re: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion

Also, outside of people involved in quiz bowl and certain employees at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I can safely say that I have never met a single person who has heard of Gainsborough or "The Blue Boy." This might be true, but then it would also be true of many other paintings asked a...
by centralhs
Fri Aug 05, 2011 11:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
Replies: 135
Views: 26810

Re: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion

Would you be able to post any Thomas Gainsborough questions from this year? I believe there may have been one at an A-set tournament early on. Thank you. In a 1756 painting, this artist depicted his daughters Mary and Margaret chasing a butterfly. His best-known work is in the Huntington Library an...
by centralhs
Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
Replies: 135
Views: 26810

Re: 2010-11 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion

Would you be able to post any Thomas Gainsborough questions from this year? I believe there may have been one at an A-set tournament early on. Thank you. In a 1756 painting, this artist depicted his daughters Mary and Margaret chasing a butterfly. His best-known work is in the Huntington Library an...
by centralhs
Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAC 2011
Replies: 149
Views: 37023

Re: NAC 2011

Guess y'all didn't see both the blog post and article in the AJC. I sent this email out basically on a whim and it turned out to be quite productive. The reporter for the article was awesome and very interested in all the details of everything quizbowl, but I think the article got heavily edited to...
by centralhs
Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: All videos of Quiz Bowl
Replies: 206
Views: 154978

Re: All videos of Quiz Bowl

Kyle wrote: Edit: there is also this video from the same tournament, featuring a spectacular and very physical buzzer race at 6:29.
Wow, they really got excited about David Bowie!
by centralhs
Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:47 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NASAT 2012/field size
Replies: 15
Views: 4637

Re: NASAT 2012/field size

I think that an increased communication effort is needed to publicize this tournament. A surprising number of coaches and players don't read this forum, so old fashioned means of communication (letters "on fancy paper" mailed to state organizations, e-mails to coaches, etc.) would help mak...
by centralhs
Thu Jun 02, 2011 2:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Coaches Conferences / State Association Meetings
Replies: 5
Views: 1582

Re: Coaches Conferences / State Association Meetings

September 17 is a GATA (Georgia) coaches' meeting in Macon. At Wesleyan College if you need a more specific location. The Georgia coaches' meeting will be on September 17 but the exact location has not yet been determined. It may be held in the Macon area but it won't be at Wesleyan College, as was...
by centralhs
Tue May 31, 2011 7:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 214
Views: 50293

Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion

I remember one room we played in (I think it was Chicago E with Jeff reading) had the most annoying ticking/buzzing noise throughout our round due to the construction on the floor above, which was easily the lowlight of the tournament for me. I was the scorekeeper for Jeff in Chicago E and, yeah, t...
by centralhs
Mon May 30, 2011 6:23 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 214
Views: 50293

Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion

On the subject of bonus difficulty variation, one that stands out to me was the bonus on Canova. I felt like the Canova part itself was challenging enough to count as the hard part, but then there was an even more difficult third part on a sculpture (I can't remember what the sculpture was but it h...
by centralhs
Mon May 30, 2011 6:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 214
Views: 50293

Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion

On the subject of bonus difficulty variation, one that stands out to me was the bonus on Canova. I felt like the Canova part itself was challenging enough to count as the hard part, but then there was an even more difficult third part on a sculpture (I can't remember what the sculpture was but it ha...
by centralhs
Sun May 29, 2011 11:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2011 HSNCT discussion
Replies: 214
Views: 50293

Re: 2011 HSNCT discussion

Turing was an answer in two consecutive rounds (18 and 19, I think), once as a tossup and once as a bonus. I thought the questions were excellent, with just a few extraordinarily hard bonuses. There was one asking for the name of an Israeli songwriter that I can't imagine was converted successfully ...
by centralhs
Sun May 22, 2011 10:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: On-going season rankings
Replies: 391
Views: 124599

Re: On-going season rankings

Do you leave out certain results that don't contain members of all of the "regular" A squads? I just notice that the two tournaments you don't have listed under our team are the ones where our A Team wasn't really all there. I wondered about that as well. Our stats aren't listed for the G...
by centralhs
Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: "Regular" High School Difficulty
Replies: 71
Views: 19428

Re: "Regular" High School Difficulty

Your example doesn't give good enough evidence because there's a small sample size (one instance!) and I don't think Alpharetta and Chatahoochee were comparable in skill anyway. Chatahoochee has beaten Alpharetta in pretty much every meeting from what a quick search gives me. I think that when Kay ...
by centralhs
Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:28 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia Tech HSNCT Warm-up: April 16, 2011
Replies: 66
Views: 27255

Re: Georgia Tech HSNCT Warm-up: April 16, 2011

That, and looking at the PPB, it's obvious that two of the top four teams were in one bracket, and the other two of the top four teams were in the other bracket. They very clearly bested the rest of the field on PPB: 18.41, 18.15, 19.91, 15.00. No one else hit 13 on the day. I am not disputing that...
by centralhs
Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Georgia Tech HSNCT Warm-up: April 16, 2011
Replies: 66
Views: 27255

Re: Georgia Tech HSNCT Warm-up: April 16, 2011

I think that the stats are wrong for our game against Ola. The number of bonuses attributed to us is incorrect, making our PPB lower than it should be. Our bonus stats for that round should read 12 BHrd/130 Bpts instead of 14 BHrd/70 Bpts. Actually, looking back at the stats, I see that the final sc...