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- Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:10 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: 2022 Ohio Trash Set Now Available for Mirrors
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3286
2022 Ohio Trash Set Now Available for Mirrors
The 2022-23 Ohio Trash Set is now available for mirrors. The rough distribution is: 4/4 each of movies, tv, music, 3/3 sports, 1/1 video game/other game, 1/1 internet-related, 1/1 consumer product/advertising, 2/2 other, and then 1 tiebreaker tossup included with each packet, plus a whole extra file...
- Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4395
Re: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)
The stats look great, and very similar to the Ohio sites in general. Hope you guys had some fun playing it!
- Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Thanks to all the teams who came out virtually to play in TRASH '20 today online. It was great to see all of you, to finally get back to something quizbowl related, and to see how much fun everyone had on the set. Congratulations to Brecksville-Broadview Heights A who defeated Vandalia Butler 260-25...
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Info for tomorrow has been sent out. The spreadsheet has been updated with the brackets, room links, etc. If you did not get the info, email Greg at [email protected] ASAP and we will get it to you. See everyone tomorrow!
- Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Spots filled. See everyone tomorrow!
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Looking for any high school or middle school team that wants to play Sunday. Free-of-charge to get us to 16 even for bracketing purposes. First team to email me at bk31883 <at> gmail <dot> com gets the spot.
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:42 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
We are currently at 14-15 teams, and would love to get to 18, or at least 16. If any of you want to participate, please shoot me an email ASAP so I can add you to the field.
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Greg and I are going to close registration early next week, so if anyone else wants to participate on the 18th, please send me an email.
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Field Update: Ohio Virtual Academy A - paid Ohio Virtual Academy B - paid Portsmouth - paid Ashland Blazer (KY) Brecksville A - paid Brecksville B - paid Stebbins - paid Quince Orchard (MD) Benjamin Logan - paid Butler - paid Maumee Valley Country Day School Southeast - paid Highland - paid Northmo...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3704
Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Typically, we run this tournament for Ohio teams only, with an occasional out-of-state team, but because of the circumstances this year, we're opening it up to anybody. There are also two mirror sites already lined up, plus Nick Pruitt's mirror during the summer. The Ohio TRASH ‘20 (still calling it...
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:10 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4395
Re: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)
Set: We will be using Bob Kilner's Ohio Trash set. More info about the set can be found here Distribution: The distribution for this set is as follows: 4/4 Movies 4/4 Music 4/4 TV 4/4 Sports (1/1 Pre-2000 1/1 recent sports (last two years) 1/1 Post 2000) 2/2 Other 1/1 Internet 1/1 Advertising/Consu...
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:46 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Ohio TRASH Set available starting 4/1
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6033
Ohio TRASH Set available starting 4/1
The Ohio TRASH set will be available for mirrors starting on 4/1 (maybe even slightly earlier). If you're looking for a trash set to run an end-of-year/end-of-season/summer event, feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected]. Fee is $20/team.
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1239
Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
If anyone is looking for a trash set to mirror between now and the end of the season, feel free to shoot me an email at bk31883 <at> google's email. There are 11 packets of 21/20 available. For geographic purposes, it has been or will be mirrored at: Olmsted Falls HS (NE Ohio) Tippecanoe HS (Dayton)...
- Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio Trash / HF trash?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2496
Re: Ohio Trash / HF trash?
The Ohio set is done and available for mirrors. Contact me by email at bk31883 <at> google's email service to request or discuss using the set.
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:57 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio Trash / HF trash?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2496
Re: Ohio Trash / HF trash?
The Ohio set is currently in production. I have a large majority of the bonuses already written and have started writing the tossups. All the Ohio mirrors are set for December 7-21. I haven't talked to him about a mirror at HF yet, but it went well the last two years, so I'm hoping he does it again.
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Looking for writers - Ohio TRASH 2019 set
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3584
Looking for writers - Ohio TRASH 2019 set
Hey everyone, I'm looking for anybody that would like to help out with writing for the 2019 Ohio TRASH set. The first mirror is supposed to be go off on December 7th, and I just don't have the time or energy to write 8 of the 11 packets myself again like last year. If anybody is willing to help out,...
- Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5423
Re: 2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
Thanks for the heads up.Rick from Bishop Hartley would like to mirror your set on 4/6/19. He should be contacting you.
- Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 25255
Re: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)
Matt didn't just power that question, he absolutely destroyed it.Matt then powered tossup 20 of packet 10 to win the event
And I'll echo what everybody else is saying. Being a 90s kid, this was a really fun set to play.
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5423
2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
The 2018 Ohio Trash set will be played at 5 Ohio sites on December 8 and 15, 2018, after which time it will be available for mirrors. The general distribution is: 4/4 each of movies, music, tv and sports (1 pre-2000, 1-last 2 years and 2 post-2000) with the other 4 being a mix of 2 listed as "o...
- Thu May 24, 2018 1:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21779
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
If anyone is still looking for a team, I have a backwards Cleveland Indians hat on - come see me, we're still looking for a 4th. Our first round is in M102 if you're reading this after 5.
- Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21779
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Gabe Brison-Tresize and I are now playing with Stephen Eltinge and Adam Sperber.
- Thu May 03, 2018 4:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21779
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Stephen/Harry - Based on what Erik said --
If that happens, I'd be down for teaming up with you guys if we're all still looking for a team.
Let me know
Hey everyone! We are still looking into the possibility of expanding the fields for this
If that happens, I'd be down for teaming up with you guys if we're all still looking for a team.
Let me know
- Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21779
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Let me know if you're still looking - I'm still trying to find a team to join up with.1992 in spaceflight wrote:David Dennis, myself, and Ankit Aggarwal would love to have a fourth player for our team, if there's a free agent looking for a team out there.
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21779
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Well, I thought our last day of school was on 5/25, so I booked an evening flight at Atlanta. Turns out we get out 5/24, so I switched my flight to the morning. With that being said, I'm looking for a team for ACRONYM. Worst-case scenario I'll help Erik by staffing, but I'd much rather play. If you'...
- Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Ohio Trash Set
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1966
Re: 2017 Ohio Trash Set
Just realized I double posted this here and the mirrors forum, where I had originally planned to post. Mods you can delete this thread.
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 Ohio Trash Set available for mirrors
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2436
2017 Ohio Trash Set available for mirrors
I thought I had posted this earlier but it isn't showing up, so maybe I only previewed it or something... whatever. Here it is again. The 2017 Ohio trash set has already been played at 4 Ohio sites and this past weekend in Illinois. A Virginia site has also expressed interest. The general distributi...
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Ohio Trash Set
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1966
2017 Ohio Trash Set
The trash set we played at four Ohio sites in December and one Illinois site (1/6) is available for mirrors. The general distribution is: 4/4 each of movies, tv, music and sports (with 1 being pre-2000, 1 being from the last two years and 2 being post-2000). The other 4/4 are a mix of internet stuff...
- Sat Dec 30, 2017 2:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Homewood-Flossmoor Pop Culture Tourney (mirror of OH Trash)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5390
Re: Homewood-Flossmoor Pop Culture Tourney (mirror of OH Tra
Just a heads up. After you play the set since its still not cleared - if you have anything you want to bring to my attention, just shoot me an email at bk31883 <at> gmail. I hope it goes well and I hope you have fun with it.
- Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2849
Re: Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18
Tom Moore and I are currently working on the first of these two sets, which will be played here in Ohio on October 21 and 28 - we have the majority of the answer lines written out already (although nothing is set in stone). If anyone wants to help out with some freelance tossups, shoot me an email a...
- Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 56898
Re: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
Thanks to Eric and co. for both putting this on and to Play Quizbowl for writing a great set. This was definitely one of the best trash sets I've played in quite a long time. We had a great time playing both tournaments even though I'm apparently awful at rock music questions. It was great to see so...
- Sat May 27, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM X at the 2017 HSNCT
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9869
Re: ACRONYM X at the 2017 HSNCT
Drew Scheeler, Matt Hayes and I are looking for a 4th (and somewhat trash-competent) teammate to play with us tomorrow night since our 4th decided not to make the trip. If you're interested, shoot me an email at bk31883 <at> gmail.
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:05 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2849
Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18
Hey all, I'm working on two Ohio-format sets for next school year and looking for some freelance tossups for the "final round" in each packet, which is essentially twenty 5-6 line tossups per packet. Difficulty is generally easy-to-medium. If you have some time and can contribute anything ...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2104
Re: Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)
I finally got all of the scoresheets back, so here are the team stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4154/ If anyone is looking for a trash set to mirror at some point, feel free to shoot me a message. Good luck to all teams this second half of the year - I look forward to seeing many of ...
- Mon Dec 12, 2016 1:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2104
Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)
Didn't want to post this in the normal HS section due to it being trash, so posting it here. Our annual Ohio trash tournament was played at three sites on Saturday - main site was Olmsted Falls and other sites included Tippecanoe HS and East Liverpool HS. I do not have results from East Liverpool. H...
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ohio Quizbowl Calendar 2016-2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2662
Re: Ohio Quizbowl Calendar 2016-2017
The main site for the Ohio Trash tournament 2016 is also on December 10th, 2016 at Olmsted Falls Middle School. I'm not sure why the mirrors were listed and not the main site.
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Freelance Tossups?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2652
Re: Freelance Tossups?
I'm still looking for some freelance help. Evan Lynch and the Cambridge team sent me a fantastic number of tossups already, and Mike Cheyne helped out. Lit and fine arts are basically done, but I need a bunch in geography, RMP/Soc Sci and sciences. If anyone has some time this month or early in Augu...
- Mon May 30, 2016 10:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26510
Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
I had a blast playing this with some awesome teammates and was really happy to see some quizbowl folks that I hadn't seen in quite a long time. Thanks Erik for putting it all together. I will enjoy my vinyl album of classic Celtic hits. Despite writing/editing the Ohio HS trash set for 10 years now,...
- Sun May 22, 2016 8:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26510
Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
EDIT: I'm playing with Joe Nutter's team.
- Sun May 15, 2016 7:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26510
Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
So my 'teammates' are no longer coming to HSNCT, so I'm offering myself up as a free agent -- Jasper, Colby, Joe, someone I know or kinda know ---- any of you need a guy to fill out your roster? Let me know.
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:39 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Freelance Tossups?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2652
Freelance Tossups?
I'm working on an Ohio-format set for next year to help raise money to take our new (this year) team to Nationals in 2017. The Ohio format has been changed over the past few years to make the final round into 20 pyramidal tossups. If anyone has questions they would like to donate or if you be would ...
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:41 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17809
Re: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
I may have to participate for this alone. The shape of his midsection when he was pitching was always fascinating to me.The top scorer will be rewarded with a signed Jose Valverde baseball
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pennsylvania Dates, 2015-2016
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8789
Re: Pennsylvania Dates, 2015-2016
For those of you in western PA, December 12th is the date for the annual Ohio high school TRASH tournament. The main site is at Olmsted Falls Middle School (its a HS tournament), which is about 10 minutes outside of downtown Cleveland. Greg Bossick is also running a mirror site at East Palestine HS ...
- Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26510
Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
I'm pretty sure I'll be there as a staffer and I'm pretty sure I'll put a team together or offer my services as a free agent to another team.
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:20 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Freelance Questions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2396
Re: Freelance Questions
Girls don't play videogames? :lol: The problem is, I'm pretty good at getting my questions done well ahead of time and most of my writers are as well, but we only have one female writer among the 5-6 of us writing the set and none of us are good at writing video game questions. I know there are sev...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Freelance Questions
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2396
Freelance Questions
I'm looking for a few freelance questions - specifically video game questions and questions on "girly" subjects - for our December HS trash tournament in Ohio. Tossups and related bonuses, although "related" is a loosely-defined term. If you can help out - shoot me an email at bk...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP Novice 6 (October 2015-March 2016)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8232
Re: SCOP Novice 6 (October 2015-March 2016)
I've sent you a private message confirming the details, but for the sake of the board - our 'mirror' at Eastlake North (OH) is our league tournament, so its not an open tournament for other teams.
- Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Contacting Drew Scheeler
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2923
Re: Contacting Drew Scheeler
I talked to Drew directly right after I saw this post last week. If you haven't heard from him yet Matt, let me know.
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:41 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: All-time all-state teams
- Replies: 61
- Views: 54261
Re: All-time all-state teams
Charlie - to respond to your post, I did exactly what Steven initially did and didn't read the initial criteria well... based on what that criteria is, I would definitely go with the lineup of Ike, Jarret, Saajid and Ashvin.
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:26 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: All-time all-state teams
- Replies: 61
- Views: 54261
Re: All-time all-state teams
OHIO: Jarrett Greene (South Range), Ike Jose (Stow Munroe Falls), Saajid Moyen (Copley), Ashvin Srivatsa (Sycamore). Certainly many others you could add here as well--I would say, this is a fairly deep team that with the exception of Ike, lacks a MVP. Joe is right, Noah Rahman should definitely be ...
- Sat May 31, 2014 9:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations LASA!
- Replies: 68
- Views: 40646
Re: 2014 NAQT HSNCT: May 31-June 1, Chicago
What does that column with only 1's and 2's in it after the initial card number stand for?