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- Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:38 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: It will NEVER be matched
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17439
Re: It will NEVER be matched
OK, I know necro-posts are in bad taste, but did anyone catch the last two Jeopardy ToCs? Last year's winner Colby Burnett finished 44th at that ICT, and Jason Keller won the most games that season after finishing 46th. The year before's winner, Roger Craig, finished 4th at ICT, and the 5th place f...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:48 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Community College Championship
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4329
Re: NAQT Community College Championship
I'm partial to the first of the two proposals over the second. The timing seems pretty good, from what I remember; I don't think that late January or late February would conflict with many state CC events, though that's certainly something which should be checked. However, at least for now, I'm part...
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CCs and the ICT
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6867
Re: CCs and the ICT
FWIW, I like the current setup. Unless, or until, there are a substantial number of moderately strong CC teams outside the southeast, I'd much rather take a CC team to the ICT to play against the likes of Harvard and Chicago than to simply play other CC teams that we see in half a dozen other tourna...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Results and ICT Invitations
- Replies: 52
- Views: 11051
... PPTH PP20TU Powers/overall TUH South GA 8.96 179.2 24/240 Broward 10.91 218.3 26/263 North FL 9.00 179.9 19/274 North Florida's (11-2) only two losses were both to Valencia Red (by only 30 in the championship game), and Broward (9-3) gave Valencia Red its only loss. Weirder still, South Georgia...
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Florida tournaments
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4095
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT Hosts (Crossposted from Yahoo)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7818
My apologies if this update has already been announced or cross-posted elsewhere. This is from 12/21, I think ... ********************** Players and Coaches -- Here is the current list of (four-year) Sectionals sites for 2008: Canada (East): Carleton University East: Virginia Tech Mideast: Universit...
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 4:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: UPDATE: UF Fall HS Tournament 12/7-12/8 2007
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4987
Don't know if this was posted elsewhere, but here's a link to some standings and stats and such things: http://www.geocities.com/tvitello/HS_standings.html .
- Fri Aug 31, 2007 2:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Halloween remake
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3564
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 2007-08
- Replies: 176
- Views: 46119
The team that surprised me the most last year was University (Irvine). It has quite a gene pool to draw from, but it hasn't been active in quiz bowl until they got a coach last year. I wonder how magnet schools like Whitney and Oxford will fare in quiz bowl. All my previous attempts at contacting t...
- Tue Jul 03, 2007 3:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Sun n' Fun VIII and a 1/2: Fewer Ns Better Qs (6/30/07)@USF
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9421
Re: Results
FWIW ... in UF B's fourth match, Zach is listed at 7/4 and Aaron at 1/2. I'm guessing that might be backwards, in which case Aaron would be at 70ppg.SnookerUSF wrote:
Chris Borglum narrowly outpaced Aaron Kashtan for top individual scorer honors, with 76 TU-17 Negs and 67.5 ppg.
- Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Cash Cab is the banana goat tennis ball Matt Weiner...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2272
Another complaint of mine is that the prize money often depends on distance traveled. I've watched a fair number of episodes, and I haven't seen as big a correlation as I would expect between distance traveled and # of questions. I feel like there are a similar number of questions, regardless of wh...
- Mon May 07, 2007 1:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CBI Nats
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14998
As for tournament results, BTW, Minnesota beat USC in the final match 330-295 to take the title. Williams was 3rd and Baylor 4th. I think Yogesh was the leading scorer. Most of the tournament events were held at the downtown L.A. Marriott rather than at USC, so that gave better access to the train s...
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ghetto Warz Discussion and Moon Pie Complaints
- Replies: 43
- Views: 43541
P.S. Principal ores with this element include tincal and kernite. A metalloid with a +3 oxidation state, it can form icosahedral crystals in pure form, but it typically exists as a hydrated compound used in fiberglass, adhesives, and detergent. Mined from the Mojave Desert, this is, FTP, what eleme...
- Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Missouri 2006-07
- Replies: 128
- Views: 67925
I would think some (most, really) of these idiotic and offensive comments would disqualify someone from being employed by a public school system. I heartily recommend the choice bits to be presented to the board in some form. Any Missourians who will be at ACE camp should take note of the hybrid sp...
- Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT ICT 2007 discussion
- Replies: 127
- Views: 59220
Many of the leadins to sports questions were of the almanac stats variety (he won 49 games for the Blue Jays, then accomplished things in the NL). Roger Clemens won 41 games for the Blue Jays and had success in the NL sometime afterward. Chris Carpenter won 49 games for the Blue Jays and had succes...
- Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California 06-07
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3622
Out of curiosity, do y'all know of any HS quizbowl teams in the S.F. Valley, or for that matter in L.A. County (besides the couple of teams mentioned above)? I've been tutoring students at various high schools (mostly private schools) in recent months, and none of those schools seems to have any sem...
- Tue Mar 27, 2007 5:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Format discussion - round 204
- Replies: 42
- Views: 15566
I personally don't like NAQT because the pyramidal questions are too long; most of the questions I've read have been 5-6 lines. Give me a solid 3-line question any day over a 5-6 line question. But again, this is just my personal opinion. As a probably unnecessary aside, I don't think there's any N...
- Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Final Four Teams
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12666
In all seriousness, though, this is a weird tournament this year. Picking the chalk would, so far, give you 27 of the Threatening 32 and 11 of the Sweet Sixteen. How many other people are getting beaten by pure chalk right now? Yup. I was hoping that the Texas loss would mess up brackets for some o...
- Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Consolidated College Bowl results thread
- Replies: 96
- Views: 45380
Name names? Duh, the NAQT writing and editing staff! We look out for each other. Also, Raj, don't make fun of me for doing thumb exercises. You know who else did thumb exercises? :kenj: This guy. You would have done much better on Jeopardy! if you had done thumb exercises. It's a testament to your ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Consolidated College Bowl results thread
- Replies: 96
- Views: 45380
- Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: VHSL Regional/District Tournaments (Jan-Feb 2007)
- Replies: 65
- Views: 24201
Umm... because tossups should reward knowledge...in the area we're asking about. Seriously, do you want people getting tossups in any category based on movie/pop culture knowledge? If so then I apologize for our lack of any sense of humor :sad: Sure -- I've got no problem with that. The question wa...
- Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: VHSL Regional/District Tournaments (Jan-Feb 2007)
- Replies: 65
- Views: 24201
- Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Consolidated College Bowl results thread
- Replies: 96
- Views: 45380
Can you give us a more detailed recap? I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on particular answer selection. What were your favorite q's, and what did you get that made you feel oh so dirty. Did you really stomp anyone? How were your teammates? Did you find any objectionable characters at the ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2007 10:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Consolidated College Bowl results thread
- Replies: 96
- Views: 45380
- Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SCT Discussion Thread
- Replies: 66
- Views: 30079
As for the notion that Astana is a ridiculous tossup answer-- it is the capital of a state that is the leading economic force in its region. The facts that it is the capital of Kazakhstan and is not Almaty are the only things 19 out of 20 players know about it. Absent hoses for people with decent b...
- Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: Berry College Tourney (1-27-07) Rome, GA
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5051
- Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: National Science Bowl 2007 (Who's going?)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6061
Re: National Science Bowl
I'm gonna make this for teams to post in once they have finished their regional competitions. Ours was today, and we get to go back to DC! Yeah, I'm pretty thrilled :) Anyway, keep this to NSB discussion only, please. Do you have any further results from your regional competition? Also, what school...
- Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Science Bowl (format discussion)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8088
- Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:47 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Sunshine State Invitational 1/13/07
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5806
If you're going to SSI, I'd recommend allowing a fair bit of extra time for driving and parking. The exits off I-75 tend to get backed up on football Saturdays, so you might want to allow an extra 20-30 minutes for the drive. Near as I can tell from a search, the celebration at the stadium starts at...
- Sat Dec 09, 2006 8:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Sectionals
- Replies: 60
- Views: 26160
- Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38811
- Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:14 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Southern Virginia Tournament?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18490
If you need to teach them to mis-identify fallacies as you do, by all means go right ahead. Zing? My reasoning isn't circular. If questions that are produced with the intent that they be used for high school tournaments (as IS sets are as a matter of fact) and that are predominantly used in high sc...
- Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Southern Virginia Tournament?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18490
- Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Survey of States
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9148
Picking up where I left off. Is there a question vendor or two who writes most of the questions in your state? If so, who is it? Our provider right now ... [other stuff] ... can write good questions when he wants to, but he's really bad right now. Not relevant to the topic, so I'll keep this brief....
- Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:19 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Muck Masters (8/19/06) at UT-Chattanooga
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8080
Thanks for the correction. Reducing games played for Vestavia from 8 to 4, the actual number of tossups answered per game was 13.8. Not that I want to get involved in this, but how'd that happen? If the number of tossups heard is reduced by 80 ... maybe there's a logical reason why that would reduc...
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Starting quiz bowlers at a very early age
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9609
I think it's a great idea from an educational perspective, if the child is interested in playing. I wouldn't push a child into playing if he/she really didn't want to play, but I would do all I could to encourage the child if he/she showed any interest. Knowing a basic array of names and facts is a ...
- Tue Aug 01, 2006 2:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Early Fall Tournament at Brown (10/07/06)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3996
- Mon Jul 31, 2006 3:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 15156
I will make one prediction only: my team (whomever may be on it) will beat one team that will finish in the top 4. we will also lose to one of the bottom 3 teams (or maybe not if we finish in the bottom 3) Sweet! True to form, it appears that Freeburg's team beat a team tied for 3rd and lost to a t...
- Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:34 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Recent Literature: General Thoughts/Who Makes the Cut?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 38182
ok, I just found an example of what was clearly a student misapprehending the relative significance of (pretty obscure) Victorian novel -- and not due to the author being Chicano or gay. but, I would wager that the UF writer responsible for this tossup was misled by some professor's emphasis in a c...
- Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:39 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Recent Literature: General Thoughts/Who Makes the Cut?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 38182
Hmm...I've never heard of Ian McEwan, but I think I speak for the entire collegiate quiz bowl community when I say that anything that bums Chris Borglum out is something that bums me out, too. So please, more Amsterdam tossups. If you'd like some info on McEwan, Ray, here's a useful link ... http:/...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Inexpensive Buzzer Systems
- Replies: 20
- Views: 24566
Pictures of the Anderson system? Anyone have pictures? The link to the Anderson site near the top of this thread shows Anderson buzzers. Seems like a good deal if they aren't complete pieces of garbage -- I've only used them a few times, and they worked OK in my limited experience. More importantly...
- Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:20 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Recent Literature: General Thoughts/Who Makes the Cut?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 38182
Oh, and, shut up about Ian McEwan, noted author whose works you haven't read. I've read three books by Ian McEwan, he's awesome. I highly recommend him to all people. But at this point the consensus is clearly that he still can't be conclusively said to be more than a blip on the radar. Uh ... didn...
- Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33730
Here's a web site I like to use for names. It's a VOA pronunciation guide, so it's good for current figures ... http://ibb7.ibb.gov/pronunciations/index.cfm
Incidentally, they pronounce the name as G-AIR-hahrt SHRER-durr . There's also an audio pronunciation available via the search.
Incidentally, they pronounce the name as G-AIR-hahrt SHRER-durr . There's also an audio pronunciation available via the search.
- Fri Jun 30, 2006 11:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33730
I'd never heard that, about Shih-Huang-Ti (or variants). Here's one bit of possibly relevant material I found a moment ago ... ********************* Quin Shi Huang-Di Biography First emperor of the Qin Dynasty, Quin Shi Huang-di (259 BC-210 BC) unified China in 221 BC and turned the country into a c...
- Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33730
I think such effort could better be spent on pretty much anything else. The rules that most good tournaments have are in effect for a reason, namely to avoid penalizing people for picking up information from books (good!) instead of from previous tournaments (not so good.) Being pedantic about pron...
- Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowler in the New York Times
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23585
Here's the reply, for your amusement. William: Thanks for the thoughtful email. And here's a quick quiz for you. Go back and read it and see how many grammatical errors and tone-deaf word choices you can find. Too bad your quiz bowl mastery didn't extend to learning how to write sentences that soun...
- Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pronunciation
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33730
One thing that I would like to see or we could collaborate on as a forum would be to create a list of commonly mispronounced answers with the correct pronounciations. On NAQT's website they have the you gotta know lists and a couple of them talk about common mistakes but a comprehensive list of all...
- Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: General Quiz information
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2000
A good starting point is naqt.com . One link in the sidebar has a set of rules -- they aren't universal to all quizbowl competitions, but they're sufficiently universal for your purposes. The site also has podcasts from a couple of recent competitions, and it has a few sample rounds of questions. Th...
- Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What was the state to secede from the union?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4825
- Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Quizbowler in the New York Times
- Replies: 47
- Views: 23585
Well, this article does ... it's not as good in accurately reflecting the game as are some other quizbowl-related articles, which is a bit disappointing for an NYT article, and it has some simple screw-ups like the name error. This one reads more like a human interest story in a local paper. And I w...