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- Sat May 21, 2022 9:15 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Syracuse University
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6315
Re: Syracuse University
I'm glad to hear that you managed to get a team going, I live in Albany and would be happy to give advice and/or help out with tournament planning or staffing, feel free to message me here or email me at [email protected].
- Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WEEKZERO (FBS College Football, 2010 - Present)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2382
Re: WEEKZERO (FBS College Football, 2010 - Present)
Hello based department?!?
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 2:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49375
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
I’m moving to Albany in the summer to start residency, would be happy to help out with stuff in the New York/New England area and maybe even Canada
- Tue Feb 09, 2021 2:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Geography Front - Gauging Interest
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11839
Re: The Geography Front - Gauging Interest
i'd play it
- Wed Feb 03, 2021 10:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 15921
Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Was there a reason why a TU on the Hall-Heroult process (2010 called, they want their TU back) needed to happen, could this have not just been a TU on aluminum
- Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: sports! 2021: The Bob Gibson Memorial Set
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4507
Re: sports! 2021: The Bob Gibson Memorial Set
Does "real football" refer here to Canadian football, or is it analogous to real tennis? "Real Football" refers to association football that will primarily clue material from World Cup competition, Continental championships and matches between teams in the top 5 European leagues...
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 4:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 147785
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
If we are to treat cheating at online tournaments as an existential threat to the quizbowl community, it's really not acceptable to refer to it by a cutesy euphemism.
- Wed Apr 01, 2020 7:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient 4" quadrant
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1070
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient 4" quadrant
4/61: Dumuzu v Athyr Floods are meh 29/36: Mounichion v 1 Crocodile two gods is better than one 20/45: 1 Rain v 1 Jaguar jaguars are pretty cool, rain is cool too but not as cool 13/52: Tebetum v Abu Gilgamesh was pretty baller 12/53: Markašanaš v 1 Water kinda reminds me of Arkansas, a state I was ...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "reform 3" quadrant
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1607
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "reform 3" quadrant
3/62: Thermidor v Self-Existing There's no Lobster Self-Existing, now is there 30/35: Pédale v Frederick I don't know much about pataphysics but this one sounds cooler 19/46: Absolu v Lilius Naming a month of your new calendar after the dude who proposed the Gregorian calendar is kinda lame tbh 14/5...
- Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular 1" quadrant
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1736
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "secular 1" quadrant
1/64: June v Sip
32/33: Qiyue v Kisaragi
17/48: December v Eryue
16/49: Kartika v Sotz'
9/56: September v Shimotsuki
24/41: Chaitra v Ashwin
25/40: Kannazuki v K'ank'in
8/57: Minazuki v Mak
32/33: Qiyue v Kisaragi
17/48: December v Eryue
16/49: Kartika v Sotz'
9/56: September v Shimotsuki
24/41: Chaitra v Ashwin
25/40: Kannazuki v K'ank'in
8/57: Minazuki v Mak
- Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "religious" play-in round
- Replies: 15
- Views: 980
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "religious" play-in round
45 seed: Daθušō v Āθrō
51 seed: Xšaθrahe Vairyehe v Amərətātō
62 seed: Elul v Tammuz
63 seed: Paremhat v Parmouti
64 seed: Sharaf v Nur
51 seed: Xšaθrahe Vairyehe v Amərətātō
62 seed: Elul v Tammuz
63 seed: Paremhat v Parmouti
64 seed: Sharaf v Nur
- Fri Mar 27, 2020 8:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient" play-in round
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1270
Re: The MONTHS TOURNAMENT: "ancient" play-in round
40 seed: Thargelion v Anthesterion
49 seed: Gamelion v Metageitnion
52 seed: Sabatu v Abu
58 seed: Addaru v Tisritum
60 seed: 1 Deer v 1 Flower
62 seed: 1 House v 1 Flint
63 seed: Boedromion v Maimakterion
64 seed: Pharmuthi v Mesore
49 seed: Gamelion v Metageitnion
52 seed: Sabatu v Abu
58 seed: Addaru v Tisritum
60 seed: 1 Deer v 1 Flower
62 seed: 1 House v 1 Flint
63 seed: Boedromion v Maimakterion
64 seed: Pharmuthi v Mesore
- Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324207
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Lana del Rey - Video Games vs. Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best Childish Gambino - This Is America vs. Weyes Blood - Movies M83 - Midnight City vs. Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) - Uptown Funk Azealia Banks - 212 vs. Fiona Apple - Every Single Night Adele - Rolling in the Deep vs. Earl Sweatshirt...
- Fri Dec 06, 2019 5:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324207
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
Kanye West (ft. Pusha-T) - Runaway vs. IDLES - Danny Nedelko Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing vs. Ariana Grande - thank u, next Gotye (ft. Kimbra) - Somebody That I Used to Know vs. Danny Brown (ft. Ab-Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Earl Sweatshirt) - Really Doe Lorde - Royals vs. Gorillaz - On...
- Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324207
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#6 Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July vs. #11 Chief Keef (ft. Lil Reese) - I Don’t Like So this is what Sufjan Stevens sounds like. Okay. Gentile, fragile, a little boring. The second song is all right from a production standpoint, but it's way too unnecessarily vulgar for my taste. yeah this one is g...
- Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
- Replies: 349
- Views: 2324207
Re: Best Song of the 2010s Bracket
#1 Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) - Get Lucky vs. #16 Phoebe Bridgers - Motion Sickness #8 Taylor Swift - Blank Space vs. #9 Jamie xx (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan) - I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) #5 Joanna Newsom - Good Intentions Paving Company vs. #12 M.I.A. - Bad Gi...
- Sun Oct 27, 2019 2:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT Mirror @ ASU (10/26)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4758
Re: EFT Mirror @ ASU (10/26)
Thanks to Bryan, Joe, and ASU for running an efficient and enjoyable EFT! The one thing that was not so enjoyable, however, was the fact that two teams left before the end of the tournament. This resulted in several teams only getting to play 7 meaningful games, since the 9 team schedule necessitate...
- Tue Oct 08, 2019 2:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread
- Replies: 8
- Views: 903
Re: 2019 Nobel in Literature Discussion Thread
nah it won't be Ko Un because he's cancelled: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/201 ... ered-poet/
edit: oof scooped
edit: oof scooped
- Tue Aug 06, 2019 9:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
- Replies: 21
- Views: 17483
Re: 2019 ACF Fall Global Announcement: November 2, 2019
ACF will not delay the discussion or public availability of ACF Fall questions after the weekend of November 2. High school sites are welcome to express interest in holding mirrors on other dates, but they do so at their own question security risk. Does this include possible mirrors after November ...
- Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8579
Re: Neuroscience Side Event Interest Gague
Banned Tiny Toon Adventures Episode wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 6:35 pm I'd love to score -7.5 ppg at this
- Tue May 28, 2019 6:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8164
Re: CANONEXPANSION @ HSNCT
Noah, Jonathen, and Billy are all correct, this set was mostly a ton of fun to play (notwithstanding the logistical issues), with a lot of cool and interesting topics coming up, and only a few questions that made me really mad! Thanks to all the writers and especially the staffers who made this even...
- Sun Mar 03, 2019 10:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2019 Terrapin general discussion
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2356
Re: 2019 Terrapin general discussion
I thought that the science in this set was excellent, both in terms of cluing and answer selection; and I also greatly appreciated the decision to not clue any named reactions in the chemistry- it can certainly be tempting to fill the early clues with cascades of them, and there are plenty that are ...
- Tue May 01, 2018 10:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 63274
Re: ACF Nationals discussion
In the extra packet, the tossup on Armenians and Azeris seems to contain a misleading clue: One of these two groups committed the Khojaly (koh-JAH-lee) massacre against civilians of the other side, and shelled that sides newly created capital of Stepanakert. This clue seems to suggest that the same ...
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 12:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The end of the match
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14429
Re: The end of the match
Considering the far more substantive concerns with the game that were laid out in this thread, this seems very much not a hill worth dying on.
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20137
Re: Where are You Going Next Year (Collegiate 2018)
I’m headed to the University of Arizona for an MS in medical physics. I may try and see if I can revive the team there, and I’d be happy to staff whatever high school stuff exists there, time permitting.
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 9:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Name of the Year Tournament
- Replies: 8
- Views: 899
Re: 2018 Name of the Year Tournament
Some of these are criminally underseeded: Obra Kernodle, Tuesday DerMargosian, Miracle Crimes only a 13??
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) @ Harvard (3/31/2018)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11929
Re: Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) @ Harvard (3/31/2018
Thanks to everyone who came out - I hope you had an enjoyable experience. Stats are here. We lost record of one prelim game due to Neg5 being Neg5. I apologize for that. MIT beat Yale A 320-315 in a thrilling one-game advantaged final. "Neg5 being Neg5" isn't an adequate explanation. If t...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 81
- Views: 23226
Re: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
Researchers in 2007 observed the effect of sudden changes in this variable in the upregulation of alpha crystallins, or sHSPs, in the eggs of zebrafish. Saccharomyces mutants sensitive to this variable were used by Hartwell to figure out the role of cyclins in cell division. This variable is observ...
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154701
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 12:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154701
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Victor Prieto wrote:Paper Planes
Hey Ya!
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154701
Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s
Toxic
Paper Planes
Hey Ya!
American Boy
Paper Planes
Hey Ya!
American Boy
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154701
Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Mr. Brightside by The Killers Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Toxic by Britney Spears 99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Paper Planes by M.I.A. Ignition (Remix) by R. Kelly vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs...
- Thu Jan 04, 2018 11:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154701
Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Time to Pretend by MGMT One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Lose Yourself by Eminem vs. Rehab by Amy Winehouse Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Feel Good Inc. by Goril...
- Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154701
Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley vs. Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks by Kanye West vs. Wake Up by Arcade Fire Toxic by Britney Spears vs. Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott 99 Problems by Jay-z vs. Hips Don't Lie by ...
- Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 88
- Views: 22470
Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
) A law allowing members of one of these ethnic groups to be killed on sight by the other was repealed in September 2017. A lexicon including phrases such as “fuck you” and “if Christ and Mary give me a whale, I will give you the tail” was compiled for a pidgin formed between these two ethnic group...
- Fri Sep 29, 2017 2:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22069
Re: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Updat
Any idea when stats will be posted?
- Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Summer Practice at UMD
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6656
Re: Summer Practice at UMD
We will not be holding practice tonight.SpanishSpy wrote:Will there be a practice tomorrow?
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 6:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Discussion
- Replies: 32
- Views: 22826
Re: Chicago Open Discussion
This was my first Chicago Open, and I agree with Will and Mike that it was an enjoyable experience, despite being extremely difficult, and indeed oppressively so at times. I agree with Jerry that the science was very good and seemed to have a good balance of tossups on easier answerlines (thinking o...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 2:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Sivakumar Day Inter-Nationals
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14718
Re: Sivakumar Day Inter-Nationals
Any night this week except Wednesday works for meSit Room Guy wrote:I'll probably read this on skype one more time for people who missed the two previous readings. Then I'll clear the set. Is there interest and what time would work for people?
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18819
Re: Cambridge Open mirror in NYC (07/01/2017)
fake newsEdward Lansdale wrote:As possibly the only American quizbowler with some knowledge of cricket
- Fri May 26, 2017 11:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity IX — May 26, Atlanta
- Replies: 23
- Views: 12832
Re: Geography Monstrosity IX — May 26, Atlanta
I didn't know mcmurdo station was so important to warrant coming up 3 times in 30 questions!!
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:41 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7395
Re: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Now that I look at it I probably should have been able to figure this out, but the third part of the stat mech bonus in round 2 might be clearer if you explicitly state that you want an answer in terms of Z and N. This is a minor complaint; I thought the science in general was very good, so thanks t...
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 7:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 22069
- Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 WAO: Religion and Other Academic
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3081
Re: 2017 WAO: Religion and Other Academic
I negged the tossup on Alberta with "Athabasca oil sands"; this is entirely my fault since I buzzed after "this governmental entity" was read, but all the clues before that refer to "this region," which seems unnecessarily coy for describing an administrative division t...
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 1:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 71
- Views: 36654
Re: 2016 Terrapin Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Can you post the bacillus/anthrax/protein folding bonus? This genus’s amyloliquefaciens species produces the enzyme barnase, which is known for its extremely tight binding with its inhibitor barstar. For 10 points each: [10] Name this genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria. Its subtilis specie...
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7592
Re: 2016 Terrapin General Discussion
I really enjoyed playing this set - thank you very much to everyone who produced it. Extra thanks to whoever was responsible for the (albeit small amount of) linguistics content. The answer lines were well-chosen and well-clued - the tossup on "D" made me especially happy given I had just...
- Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Terrapin XXIX @ McMaster (Nov. 26, 2016)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6984
Re: Terrapin XXIX @ McMaster (Nov. 26, 2016)
Terrapin is a closed tournament.everdiso wrote:Is this tournament open or closed?
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 82
- Views: 19624
Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
The leadin to the potassium tossup in round 9 says that:
The correct name should be glycyrrhizic or glycyrrhizinic acid, and some research also seems to indicate that the opposite is true.Glycyrizzhizic acid, which is found in licorice, increases the secretion of this ion.
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 4:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: There Will Be Stock Clues
- Replies: 31
- Views: 19049
Re: There Will Be Stock Clues
Yesssssss
- Sun Oct 09, 2016 5:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EFT 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 63
- Views: 15403
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Could I see the tossup on tangrams? This was not powered by anyone at any site, and I'd be very surprised if anyone buzzed before the clue which listed all the shapes; I certainly remember having no idea what was happening until then. I (and probably most people playing this question) have never hea...