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- Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:28 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: BUMPY iii - A Visual Film Tournament
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3174
Re: BUMPY iii - A Visual Film Tournament
I would also be interested in playing an informal mirror before the packets are posted! Please let me know if there is one set up.
- Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:33 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21813
Re: Where are you going next year? (Collegiate 2019)
I will be starting graduate studies at Penn State this fall. I'm not sure how much I will be playing, but I look forward to joining Penn State's quizbowl community! I do expect to attend practices regularly, and I'm definitely interested in helping out the club through staffing or in any other capac...
- Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:03 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 329401
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I have written a packet of 50 tossups on men's soccer. I wrote these over the past few weeks. Like my previous soccer packet , I didn't stick to a distribution, but I hope the questions will be accessible and enjoyable for both casual and fervent football fans! I think in general, the questions are...
- Mon Apr 15, 2019 12:26 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 329401
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I have written a packet of 50 tossups on men's soccer. I wrote these over the past few weeks. Like my previous soccer packet , I didn't stick to a distribution, but I hope the questions will be accessible and enjoyable for both casual and fervent football fans! I think in general, the questions are ...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:24 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Why isn't Bollywood canon?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10836
Re: Why isn't Bollywood canon?
Bollywood is an interesting case because it's a huge industry but is very underdiscussed in Western film criticism and therefore underrepresented in canons like TSPDT. (Ignoring Ray and Ghatak, who worked outside of the popular Bollywood tradition, there are only four Bollywood films on the current...
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:01 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 329401
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I have written 53 tossups on men's soccer*; I'm calling the packet "2018 SERGiO RAMOS". I wrote these starting in autumn 2016 to now. The difficulty is pretty variable, and I didn't stick to any distribution at all, but I hope the questions will be accessible and enjoyable for casual and ...
- Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:56 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 329401
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I have written 53 tossups on men's soccer*; I'm calling the packet "2018 SERGiO RAMOS". I wrote these starting in autumn 2016 to now. The difficulty is pretty variable, and I didn't stick to any distribution at all, but I hope the questions will be accessible and enjoyable for casual and f...
- Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
- Replies: 63
- Views: 13668
Re: Specific Questions and Errors
Could I see the bonus on lift / angle of attack / camber? I think the wording on the last part made me think it was an angle for some reason.
- Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Summer Practice at UMD
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5181
Re: Summer Practice at UMD
Well, the first day of classes at UMD is August 28th. So there's still a week and a half until classes begin.
- Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 27883
Re: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
Thanks for writing/reading Eddie! This was really fun.
- Fri Jun 02, 2017 1:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 27883
Re: João - Myth Shootout (HSNCT)
I would definitely play an IRC reading.Eddie wrote:Good idea, but let me see if anyone's down for an IRC reading first.Doga (Dog Yoga) wrote:Will this packet be posted at some point ?
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 54426
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
Go to mibbit.com and load up the client. On the drop-down list that says "Connect: Mibbit", select Slashnet instead. Type in a nick (your name, your forum username, something not stupid) and type "#quizbowl" into the space for the channel. Press the button that says "Connec...
- Sun Dec 18, 2016 11:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
- Replies: 120
- Views: 54426
Re: IRC Festivus 2016: Still Not Dead Yet
Could someone please answer this? Having never used the quizbowl IRC before, I am also unsure how exactly this works.Hypersmart wrote:How does one take part in this?
- Sun Dec 11, 2016 12:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin XXIX Announcement
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10924
Re: Terrapin XXIX Announcement
UMD is considering hosting an open Skype mirror of Terrapin XXIX on Saturday, January 7, 2017 . We'd like to gauge interest in this — please email " quizbowl [at] ophir [dot] li " by December 27, 2016 if you are interested in this tournament and whether you can or cannot make it on that day.
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 11:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5429
Re: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
This may not be worth fixing, but the pronouns could have been clearer and stated more frequently. I remember being super confused by pronouns for a handful of questions (e.g. Disney, mountains, rainbows, lightness, and text as a visual element). This might be tied to the creativity of answerlines ...
- Sun Nov 13, 2016 4:05 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5429
Re: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
Here’s all the South Asian content in the set: 2/5 RM (1/2 pure Hindu myth, 1/2 Hindu religion, 0/1 sikhism) 0/1 Lit (White Tiger bonus) 1/2 History (British Raj, Savitri Devi bonus, religion in the Mughal empire bonus) 1/0 Geography (Tamil Nadu - which was a bad idea, sorry) Overall, this was 4/8 q...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin XXIX @ UMD (11.19.16)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3942
Re: Terrapin XXIX @ UMD (11.19.16)
Field: Name | Teams, Buzzers, Staffers UMD | TBD Duke | 2, 2, 0 Gettysburg | 1, 1, 0 Delaware | 1, 3, 0 UVA | 2, 5, 0 Rutgers | 1, 0, 0 VCU | 1, 5, 1 Georgetown Day | 2, 0, 0 Northwestern | 1, 0, 0 Princeton | 1, 0, 0 CM | 1, 0, 0 Penn | 1, 2, 0 George Mason | 1, 2, 0 NYU | 1, 2, 0 Washington &...
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin XXIX @ UMD (11.19.16)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3942
Terrapin XXIX @ UMD (11.19.16)
This is the University of Maryland quizbowl team's announcement of the main site tournament for Terrapin XXIX . Location/Schedule : This tournament will take place on Saturday, November 19, 2016 in UMD’s own Jiménez Hall . We aim to begin at ~8:45 AM; registration will take place from 8:00 AM to 8:3...
- Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: L&N Train Bowl—Knoxville TN (10/08/2016)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6779
Re: L&N Train Bowl—Knoxville TN (10/08/2016)
Do the Knox County schools even play quiz bowl anymore?? L&N is in downtown Knoxville, and yet Farragut and Cedar Springs (home school team) are the only schools representing Knox County. Unfortunately, quizbowl at Farragut is pretty much dead. The few guys who are interested only go to a few h...
- Fri Jul 08, 2016 1:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Maryland summer practice
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7730
Re: Maryland summer practice
Go for one of those "cheeky nandos" with "the lads"
there's one a short walk away that opened a few months ago
there's one a short walk away that opened a few months ago
- Mon May 02, 2016 9:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 NHBB Nats: Factual Errors
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1503
Re: Factual Errors
I didn't encounter this error personally since it was in a lightning round that I didn't read, but other readers have told me that there was a part that referred to Genghis and Kublai sharing the " family name " "Khan", which is (to quote one of my friends) like saying Alfred the...
- Sun May 01, 2016 8:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 MUT: Errata
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4311
Re: Errata
I'm not sure if this would count as an erratum, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms bonus in packet 8, it's not entirely correct to describe Lu Xun the general and Lu Xun the author as having the same name, since their names are written with different characters and the tones on Lu are differe...
- Mon Apr 04, 2016 10:48 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5584
Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
Samaveda was intended to be the middle part and Purusha the hard part.
- Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5584
Re: 2016 MYSTERIUM General Discussion
I wrote the tossup on Hindu/Sikh gurus and these two bonuses:
Ravana / live in his stomach / Surya ; Samaveda / Rigveda / Purusha.
I would appreciate any feedback on these questions if anyone has any!
Ravana / live in his stomach / Surya ; Samaveda / Rigveda / Purusha.
I would appreciate any feedback on these questions if anyone has any!
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 10:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Christmas Present: Individual Questions & Errata
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1955
Re: Individual Questions & Errata
This text’s core theme is that, in the context of samsara, it is most important for one to fulfill one’s dharma, so its central character should put aside concerns about slaughtering friends on the fields of Kurukshetra. I didn't get to hear this line in play, but I liked the way you phrased this l...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "stanford housewrite" Errata
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2673
Re: Errata
Sorry if this is nitpicking, but in the tossup on Surya in packet 11, it says Kunti begot a son "with" Surya. This isn't true, since the main point in the story of the birth of Karna is that Kunti was given Karna by Surya (through her boon) without any procreation between Surya and Kunti. ...
- Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Christmas Present: Individual Questions & Errata
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1955
Re: Individual Questions & Errata
Could I see the tossups on the Geeta and Durga Pooja?
Also, thanks for writing this Will, I enjoyed playing it.
Also, thanks for writing this Will, I enjoyed playing it.
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Studying Architecture
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3063
Studying Architecture
I'm trying to start studying architecture, which is one of the few parts of fine arts that actually interests me. Does anyone have any study methods that are particularly effective for learning about architecture? (I haven't found flashcards to be effective for me, so if possible, I'd like some meth...
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
- Replies: 56
- Views: 12728
Re: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
If I remember correctly, in round 5 or so there was a tossup on a certain musical key that mentioned the Jupiter movement from Planets that explicitly mentioned that it was written by Holst. Then there was a bonus on Holst later in the set. Also, on the tossup on atheism, my moderator pronounced it ...
- Thu Sep 03, 2015 9:27 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MKULTRA - Online Mirror?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8790
Re: MKULTRA - Online Mirror?
I would also love to play this set.
- Sat Aug 22, 2015 3:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2015-16
- Replies: 76
- Views: 54249
Re: HSQBRank 2015-16
Both Kai Smith and I have graduated, so from Farragut: Daniel Yan, Yongyu Chen, Jimmy Terrell, Ronik Sheth, and Kevin Chen are returning.
- Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee 2015-2016
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13062
Re: Tennessee 2015-2016
So I'm curious, who is actually hosting tournaments in East Tennessee, how many are there in a given year, and how many teams would you say are "active" in attending them? Are they good quizbowl (in particular, what sets are they being run on)? If I can get the quizbowl team at UTK up and...
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:12 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Resetting [pt. 4 of 6]: The Quizbowl-NHBB Relationship
- Replies: 46
- Views: 23343
Re: Resetting [pt. 4 of 6]: The Quizbowl-NHBB Relationship
... For example, our quizbowl team got waitlisted at HSNCT and PACE this year for some reason. Although we made it in at HSNCT, we didn't get up getting to play at PACE. That sort of stuff usually is pretty discouraging for new players to quizbowl. One of the our players going to PACE this year was...
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 102
- Views: 55270
Re: 2015 HSNCT discussion
Could I see the cricket bonus? I wasn't at HSNCT, so I just want to see what I missed :(
- Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:05 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Where Are You Going To College Next Year? 2014-15
- Replies: 39
- Views: 22355
Re: Where Are You Going To College Next Year? 2014-15
I will be attending the University of Maryland at College Park.
I'm really excited about playing quiz bowl at UMD, so could someone from Maryland contact me sometime with any information about their quiz bowl program (or just anything regarding life at UMD)? Thanks.
I'm really excited about playing quiz bowl at UMD, so could someone from Maryland contact me sometime with any information about their quiz bowl program (or just anything regarding life at UMD)? Thanks.
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:52 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Quizbowl in Foreign Languages?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8224
Quizbowl in Foreign Languages?
Hi all, I was just studying for French the other day, and the thought of quizbowl in foreign languages came to my mind. I think it would be a nice way of outreach if there were tournaments with packets in in major foreign languages such as French and Spanish that could be held internationally at sit...
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 5:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 Regionals: Specific question requests and discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12115
Re: 2015 Regionals: General non-specific thoughts and discus
Could I please see the bonus on a certain Vedic god? I didn't catch the god's name. Also, I personally felt that the bonus that went Daksha/Chandra/Kama, even though I got all of them, was too difficult compared to the rest of the Hindu mythology in the set. I'm not sure what the "easy" pa...
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 4:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 Regionals: Specific question requests and discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12115
Re: 2015 Regionals: Specific question requests and discussio
EDIT: Wow, just realized how pretentious my original comment was, sorry about that.
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question-specific discussion (HFT 2014)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 5550
Re: Question-specific discussion (HFT 2014)
Could I see the tossup on decapitation? I think I negged at the Rati clue (which I think was first line) with "self-immolation;" I have never heard that Rati attempted to decapitate herself. It's usually held that she attempted self-immolation before a divine voice stopped her by telling h...
- Sun Aug 03, 2014 10:32 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: VCUO travel with John Lawrence -- the liveblog!!
- Replies: 105
- Views: 78132
Re: VCUO travel with John Lawrence -- the liveblog!!
Buzz & Negs?Dr. Loki Skylizard, Thoracic Surgeon wrote:candy store?Mewto55555 wrote:Chris Ray can't remember where he parked.
- Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:24 am
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Staying Alert
- Replies: 46
- Views: 26699
Re: Staying Alert
Lawrence Wang kept a hand on the Book of Mormon during the finals of Vandy 2013.
We won.
We won.
- Sat Jul 26, 2014 2:18 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 329401
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Working on writing cricket packet right now.
- Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:35 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 329401
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
Would anyone be interested if I wrote a packet on cricket?
- Wed Jul 09, 2014 11:45 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Odd Ways of Learning Things
- Replies: 177
- Views: 151601
Re: Odd Ways of Learning Things
I first-lined a tossup on Zimbabwe once because it mentioned a government official who had the same last name (Mpofu) as this cricketer: http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content ... 55633.html.
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Skype/G+Bowl NE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7990
Re: Skype/G+Bowl NE
I'm interested as well, but I don't have a Facebook account; is there any way that we can discuss this on the forums or elsewhere?
- Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Skype/G+Bowl NE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7990
Re: Skype/G+Bowl NE
Any rough idea of what specific days you will be g-bowling/skype-bowling? Or times?
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 NASAT Discussion
- Replies: 38
- Views: 20142
Re: 2014 NASAT Discussion
The third page of packet no. 8 is blank. Tossups 5 through 8 are missing.
EDIT: That's weird, now it works fine ...
EDIT: That's weird, now it works fine ...
- Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Review of Some Questions I Wrote
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2411
Review of Some Questions I Wrote
Hi everyone,
I wrote some questions as practice for PACE NSC. They are intended to be HSNCT/NSC difficulty.
Any advice on improvements will be gladly accepted.
Thanks!
I wrote some questions as practice for PACE NSC. They are intended to be HSNCT/NSC difficulty.
Any advice on improvements will be gladly accepted.
Thanks!
- Mon Jun 23, 2014 9:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '14-'15
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14213
Re: Tennessee '13-'14
Is the TN '14-'15 thread going to be up anytime soon? It'd probably be better to discuss predictions and such on a new thread.
Split; in general, feel free to go ahead and create new threads in this kind of case --Mgmt.
Split; in general, feel free to go ahead and create new threads in this kind of case --Mgmt.
- Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 135
- Views: 67734
Re: 2014 HSNCT discussion
Ukonvasara wrote:Ahahaha. Alas, NAQT does not publicly post its packets.crash bandicoot wrote:Any rough estimate of when these packets will be published on quizbowlpackets.com?
Haha, I got the same answer from a friend (and a sarcastic laugh at my stupidity) 2 minutes after posting. Thanks anyway, Rob.
