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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 8:18 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Finding enough questions for your circuit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 777
Re: Finding enough questions for your circuit
NAQT questions are used differently in different states. Those decisions are made by the states, not NAQT. If NAQT started telling states how to use their questions, a lot of states would either find ways to work around those rules or would lose their primary source for questions. You seem to be ass...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:01 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Finding enough questions for your circuit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 777
Re: Finding enough questions for your circuit
Tracey, you already know this, but you are doing things right. For one thing, you do the best you can with the cards you are dealt. For another thing, that is how you get a group of coaches who understand the issues and are on the right side. OSSAA eventually will do the right thing. I have no idea ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Finding enough questions for your circuit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 777
Finding enough questions for your circuit
I realize that I am preaching to the choir by posting this here, but maybe somebody will see this who should see it. There are a lot of quizbowl people who should see this. With Bryce Avery retiring and some other long-time vendors no longer around, some circuits are having trouble finding enough qu...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Getting better at Music and Literature
- Replies: 7
- Views: 780
Re: Getting better at Music and Literature
The good news is that fine arts and literature are very efficient as far as getting points by learning a little bit. You might want to start with the QB Reader frequency lists to get a sense of what comes up a lot. NAQT's You Gotta Know and the Qwiz 5 guides are also very helpful. When you are study...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Quizbowl in the "Alternate Universe": Introduction
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2730
Re: Quizbowl in the "Alternate Universe": Introduction
I don't know with certainty, but my best guess on the Oklahoma decision was that NAQT offered them the use of an IS set, and they decided to keep their format. Their format is two 20-tossup quarters and two lightning round quarters (in which each team tries to answer 10 questions in 60 seconds). Thi...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Hiring an Editor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1711
Re: Hiring an Editor
You have until midnight Wednesday if you want to apply.
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Question of the Day
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1348
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Question of the Day
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1348
Question of the Day
For the next several months, I am posting a question of the day on Facebook and Instagram . The format is Math Monday, Language Arts Tuesday, Social Studies Wednesday, Science Thursday, Fine Arts Friday, Miscellaneous Saturday, and QuizBowl Advice Sunday. The questions are all introductory level tos...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Hiring an Editor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1711
Hiring an Editor
Reinstein QuizBowl wants to hire an editor for our high school questions, which are Scobol Solo and Masonics/Reinstein. The first job would be working on questions due this coming Fall. The qualifications we are looking for are somebody who will be at least 18 and a high school graduate by this Summ...
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Re: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
A huge thanks to Jeff Price, Barrington High School, and all the staffers listed above for making this tournament successful!
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Re: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
Congratulations to Barrington A and Springfield for winning their divisions!
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 1:14 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:31 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Re: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
There is an opening in the Standard Division.
The next new team to register at naqt.com plays for free.
The next new team to register at naqt.com plays for free.
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Re: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
We also have a Standard opening. Update: Standard is full, Über-Competitive still has an opening. Newer Update: Über-Competitive is full, Standard still has an opening, though I would take two Über-Competitive teams to get us to 24. We'll take an Über-Competitive team. The tournament is now sort of...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Re: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
We have an Über-Competitive Division opening. Contact me if your school wants it.
- Sat Nov 25, 2023 2:12 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Re: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
Because of a moderator shortage, teams can only register from this point on if they supply a moderator. If you want to register, email me the name of the school, name of the moderator, and email address of the moderator. You can have up to two teams per moderator.
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:37 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Moderators Needed for Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
We could use a lot more moderators. Please let me know if you can help out.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 5:22 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Questions for 5th/6th grade?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3030
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:04 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Thoughts on starting a team from the outside & outreach in general
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7275
Re: Thoughts on starting a team from the outside & outreach in general
Much credit to Fred for trying this. I wish I had more time to work on this type of thing myself. Alas, all I have to offer is two pieces of free advice. 1) The follow-up is very important. I recommend doing it at some point when there is time even if it is too late for this year. If anybody does th...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20158
Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
Thanks to everybody who worked on this!
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:28 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4120
Re: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
Jonah covered it. A huge thanks to Jonah, everybody at Sandburg, Colby Burnett, Ulysses Capistran, Peter Cipriano, Ernesto Cruz, Claudia Danowski, Owen Doak, Tom Egan, Brad Fischer, Shao Guo, Brandon Jones, D. Matthew Jordan, Chinmay Kansara, Beni Keown, Laura Kopff, Elliot Kovitz, Joe Kulesza, Mike...
- Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4120
Re: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
We still need more moderators.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:31 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4120
Re: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
The field is now full, and new registrations are being added to the waitlist. We could still use a couple more moderators and buzzer systems.
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: New College Contact List
- Replies: 48
- Views: 66471
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 12:58 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4120
Re: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
The field is here.
The goal is 128 students, 32 moderators, and 32 buzzers. The current numbers are 96, 22, and 26.
The goal is 128 students, 32 moderators, and 32 buzzers. The current numbers are 96, 22, and 26.
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:07 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20158
Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
That's good news! While it's good that the sets from before 2014 stay posted, I would hope that tagging them would not hold up this project. I think it would be fine to put them on a separate page or in a separate table that is similar to the current archive. For one thing, it would mean this projec...
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:37 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: 2023-2024 PACE Technology Collaborative
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3262
Re: 2023-2024 PACE Technology Collaborative
How often will we get updates about what projects are being worked on and how much progress is being made?
- Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:36 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: New Middle School Introductory Set
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3724
Re: New Middle School Introductory Set
It's been a few years since the last Middle School Introductory Set, and it's time for a new set. The set has been well-received, but some of the pop culture and current events questions are getting dated, and it would be nice to have a new set of questions for teams to use to introduce new players...
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: Western Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Hypothetical New Mexico 2021-2022 Mini-Season?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5646
Re: Hypothetical New Mexico 2021-2022 Mini-Season?
Good work! To be clear, I was mocking the forum moderators, not anybody associated with the great state of New Mexico.
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:29 pm
- Forum: Western Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Hypothetical New Mexico 2021-2022 Mini-Season?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5646
Re: Hypothetical New Mexico 2021-2022 Mini-Season?
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?
If so, I can't imagine why
We've all got time enough to cry
Does anybody really care?
If so, I can't imagine why
We've all got time enough to cry
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Announcing coloradoqb.org
- Replies: 1
- Views: 14487
Re: Announcing coloradoqb.org
I don't think having your upcoming tournaments in 2019 is a good idea.
- Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:15 pm
- Forum: Western Comparisons and Discussion
- Topic: Hypothetical New Mexico 2021-2022 Mini-Season?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5646
Re: Hypothetical New Mexico 2021-2022 Mini-Season?
I think it would be good to have some tournaments before May 2022, though the logistics could be challenging.
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Alliances
- Replies: 14
- Views: 23584
Re: Quiz Bowl Alliances
Can we use this thread to talk about our favorite current music hits? I am a big fan of Royals and Wrecking Ball, but that Fox song is really annoying me. I wish I didn't see it all the time everywhere.
Time to go make a Harlem Shake video.
Time to go make a Harlem Shake video.
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southside Tournaments 22-23 (Greenville, SC)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3728
Re: Southside Tournaments 22-23 (Greenville, SC)
There is nothing wrong with shameless plugs.
- Sat Sep 09, 2023 11:06 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: A Suggestion for next season
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6300
Re: A Suggestion for next season
It's probably too late for 2023-24. Maybe this will happen in time for 2024-25.
- Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:50 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20158
Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
Another update: Jeff and Ryan are reaching an endpoint with the software for the site itself. Once that's done, we're going to go through and make sure all the sets get tagged with difficulty or other information such as being a single subject or all-subject event. A huge thanks to Jeff and Ryan fo...
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:01 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Re: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
Field Staffers: Giifti Benti Colby Burnett Alex Burt Ulysses Capistran Claudia Danowski Ben Dillon Ernest Dubowski Gabriel Dubowski Brad Fischer Jonah Greenthal John Hines-Shah Abraham Holtermann Michael Hunding Michael Karpov Laura Kopff Denise Kreb Ned Lauber Mike Laudermith Sharon Lorinskas Mitc...
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4628
Reinstein Varsity using ILLIAC & 225A (Barrington, IL on 12/16/23)
The 2023 Reinstein Varsity Tournament will take place on December 16 at Barrington High School in Chicagoland. We will have an Über-Competitive Division and a Standard Division. The ILLIAC II Set will be used in the Über-Competitive Division, and NAQT IS-225A will be used in the Standard Division. T...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 4:27 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: QB classification test?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5518
Re: QB classification test?
Do mods still have to approve the first ten posts that a person makes?
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 11:24 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4120
Scobol Solo at Sandburg 10/21/23 (IL)
This is an invitation to participate in the Twenty-Third Annual Scobol Solo, to be held on Saturday, October 21. The tournament is at Sandburg High School in Orland Park, just southwest of Chicago. This is the main site of Scobol Solo. You can enter by using the form at https://www.scobolsolo.com/ ....
- Fri Jun 30, 2023 7:57 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20158
Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
Unfortunately not. But quite literally this morning I messaged the ACF Officer chat about needing to follow through on this. I plan on picking this up this week, sitting down with Jeff Hill to get a sense of how to update the back end, and then moving forward with what we had already. Please poke m...
- Wed Jun 28, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Regarding BBB and Community Norms
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7113
Re: Regarding BBB and Community Norms
Reilly's quote cited by Halle is good and relevant. Flames should be addressed to bad people, and snark should be addressed to friends and leaders who mess up. None of that applies to BBB. It is appropriate for one or two people to ask questions, and that includes follow up questions and pointing ou...
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:20 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: Brooklyn Bridge Battle Tournament (RESCHEDULED to 6/24/23) (HS Regs Minus)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8852
Re: Brooklyn Bridge Battle Tournament (RESCHEDULED to 6/24/23) (HS Regs Minus)
Vidyut shared the set with me. It does not have any questions plagiarized from me. My sense is that it does not have any plagiarized questions.
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 10:05 am
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: Brooklyn Bridge Battle Tournament (RESCHEDULED to 6/24/23) (HS Regs Minus)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8852
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:48 pm
- Forum: Middle School Quizbowl Announcements & Discussion
- Topic: Questions from Reinstein QuizBowl
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4332
Re: Questions from Reinstein QuizBowl
I am doing this again for 2023-24. I now have a lot of questions available.
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Solo, Masonics, Reinstein, Reinstein IESA, IESA 23-24
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3137
Solo, Masonics, Reinstein, Reinstein IESA, IESA 23-24
This announcement actually covers four or five sets. Also see our website . Scobol Solo is a tossup only set. It contains 14 regular rounds, one replacement round, and a 60 question championship round, with tiebreakers for all rounds. It is about 400 tossups total. My current expectation is that the...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:42 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Sticky Threads
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4049
Re: Sticky Threads
Thank you. I look forward to the day when a moderator has enough time to look at the others.Important Bird Area wrote: ↑Thu May 25, 2023 8:07 am I archived the two old NAQT threads. I might (or might not) have time to look at the others after HSNCT.
- Wed May 31, 2023 10:14 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20158
Re: The Quizbowl Packet Archive IS getting an overhaul!
Unfortunately not. But quite literally this morning I messaged the ACF Officer chat about needing to follow through on this. I plan on picking this up this week, sitting down with Jeff Hill to get a sense of how to update the back end, and then moving forward with what we had already. Please poke m...
- Sun May 28, 2023 9:31 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9300
Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever Other Than Rohan Ganeshan
Can somebody change the name of this thread to Greatest High School Quiz Bowl Players Ever Other Than Rohan Ganeshan?
- Tue May 23, 2023 8:57 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Sticky Threads
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4049
Sticky Threads
I hereby recommend that somebody unsticky or update the following: https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25187 https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14912 https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10309 https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=13996 https://hsquizbowl.org/fo...