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Our coach has pretty much nothing to do with our team, so it is pretty much me, geolawyer man and a couple other people making the decisions.

You can find a collegiate discussion of the merits of film in quizbowl here . IIRC there were two total classic film tossups at PACE NSC: High Noon and Rebel Without a Cause. Those were probably my favorite questions to hear and answer, but I remember nobody else on my team knowing about High Noon,...

Art film, which can include classic film, is included under the fine arts distribution (misc. arts) for most HS sets (though I don't know about NAQT). It comes up not too infrequently. Really what is was getting at was the fact that at a pace tournament over the weekend there were several pop cultu...

Assuming this thread doesn't get moved to New HS Teams, which it might, there are a couple criteria to look at. Both are going to have really good questions and tournament planning barring some sort of debacle, don't worry about that. PACE is harder. PACE is also going to be closer to you. PACE pul...

I personally feel that classic film should be included in the fine arts section of NAQT as opposed to the pop culture section. Fine music recieves more questions than pop music, so why shouldn't "fine" films receive more recognition than current stuff. How is a Fellini or Vittorio de sica ...

Hello my team has just qualified for both HSNCT and NSC, and we are not sure which one we should go to. It would be a great help if someone who has been to either could shed a little light on each one's merits I.E. prestige, difficulty, question quality, and quality of tournament administration/plan...

Does anyone know the exact amount of time you have to answer a question? For tournaments using ACF rules, it's 5 seconds. If they're using timed NAQT rules, it's 2 seconds. If the question is "Name 2013's number one men's slalom skier" would the time start when I say "Is the answer&q...

On my team, if you specialize in the subject of the question you get to buzz in, otherwise everyone buzzes in at the end, and whoever gets it gets it.

Does anyone know the exact amount of time you have to answer a question?

Before I answer a question I generally say "is it..." or "is the answer...". People have criticized that habit saying that it is stalling or just poor etiquette. I just do it to have an extra tiny bit of time to gather my thoughts. What is your opinion on the practice, is it bad ...

Does anyone dislike the NAQT distribution. I always feel like people who happen to be interested, and therefor specialize in geography/history are at a colossal advantage to those who are passionate about science, economics or ETC.

If Chip had a motto it would be similar to Einstein's if the facts don't fit the theory change the facts. Chip's version would be if the facts don't fit the question, print it anyway.

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