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Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

This was received from Gail today: Many thanks to those of you who have already completed the College Bowl volunteer survey or forwarded the link on to other volunteers. So far, we've received 119 responses. The opinions are quite varied and there have been lots of comments written beyond just check...

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

johnboy81918 wrote:Which teams will be able to find their rear ends with both hands and a map this year?

John, be nice.

At least give them a compass too.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

I received the following yesterday: Dear College Bowl volunteers and friends, ACUI has many factors to consider in the coming months regarding partnership in any other form of academic challenge now that College Bowl has ceased production of question packets for College Bowl competitions. Our long-s...

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Some of us are wondering what gave you the idea that GIT at WUSTL would be on November 1? We've not announced that nor was anyone intending to.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Losing the Ford sponsorship after 02 I'm sure was key in getting the ball rolling to disaster. After that more teams started to deaffiliate as the costs for nationals had to come out of their pocket as opposed to Ford's, which when you have 3 nationals in one month is just ludicrous to try to pull o...

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

I meant to post this after ICT, but my complaint is the same for HSNCT. Any question related to law in this set was either anti-pyramidal, ridiculous, or flat out poorly worded. Sometimes all three. The abortion question was precisely that: an abortion. A nasty coat-hanger one too. If by some minor...

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

I meant to post this after ICT, but my complaint is the same for HSNCT. Any question related to law in this set was either anti-pyramidal, ridiculous, or flat out poorly worded. Sometimes all three. The abortion question was precisely that: an abortion. A nasty coat-hanger one too. If by some minor ...

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Where I disagreed was in that argument that these factors were what caused Dorman's unexpected performance at NAQT. Whatever happened, happened. Like Evan Adams said, they will probably thrash the field at PACE. What I was sick and tired of hearing were such arguments that NAQT's faults were so bad...

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Byko wrote:
metsfan001 wrote:What the hell are these bonuses doing in the playoffs and finals, let alone merely even existing?
I'll bet $82 that I can tell you who writes most of these list-style bonuses.

(Those of you who are old school probably know exactly what I'm saying.)

I see your $82 and raise you $61.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

All I know is the UTC tournament is listed on the NAQT site without any indication whether or not it is "official" and thus q's should remain blind, or "unofficial." Charlie's post in the high school thread looks like one for a real tournament played like any other UTC tournament...

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

I'm pretty sure that you can talk about specific questions from this tournament and that people playing the mirrors are suppossed to just stay away from these discussion threads. Precisely what are you smoking? It is incredibly easier (and frankly the only responsible option) to protect the integri...

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One egregious bonus that had the answer to the third part in the first part. And a bonus part in round 2 of the playoffs that resurfaced in the semifinals... There was also a bonus in the final that was verbatim repeated from an earlier round. Also a toss-up in a playoff round that was if not actua...

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Even more than most categories, I think it's really hard to write PC and sports bonuses for a regular tournament which break down into easy/middle/hard parts. At a trash tournament, it's easier to sort out the bonus difficulty in these categories, because you can presume that the teams will have a ...

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For those of you unaware, there are some issues relating to parking for this upcoming ICT. My recommendation is to print out a campus map before hand and follow the instructions as per WUSTL's parking services. If you have further questions day of, you may contact me on my cell phone, (314) 769-5785...

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So who's left on the mainstream circuit that still plays CBI? Minnesota? UCLA? Washington University in St. Louis participated in Regionals and expects to be at Nationals rather than take up ACF's offer. I personally am going to retire from College Bowl after that with a year of eligibility left un...

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johnboy81918 wrote:I dunno for sure, but I'm guessing the tie-breaker may have been points per tossup heard? Gordon heard fewer tossups, so if that is the case, then he would win the tie. Just speculation on my part.

It's usually that or powers, iirc.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Also, I was disappointed that we signed up to play 9 games and were forced to play only 7. There were 7 pools, and I'm pretty sure every pool had 5 teams. I don't understand why one pool wasn't dissolved and one team added to 5 of the other pools, which would have cut down significantly on the down...

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OK Phil Rizzuto, if for no other reason than his name in cursive in Billy Madison.

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I would say Merv Griffin, but I just ... I can't.

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Ingmar Bergman decidedly qualifies. (Though to be honest I kinda already thought he was dead.)

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Please sue their faces off. My legal opinion? Taking someone's money in exchange for a service, then not providing that service, then not giving the money back is illegal. IANAL (1) If there was something in the tournament paperwork that said in so many words, "We reserve the right to cancel t...

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OOH! El Chupacabra is about to defend their title .... gotta go! That went well...NOT On the one hand .... that was GREAT quizbowl .... wasn't it ..... wasn't it ........???? (I think it sounds funnier in a Fozie Bear voice) :razz: I take solace in the fact that because of World Series of Pop Cultu...

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quizbowllee wrote:Is Ladybird Johnson awesome?

Or rather was Ladybird Johnson awesome?

She was a fucking tree-hugging hippie. So, no.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Bob Evans' demise was one of the more underratedly sad deaths of the past month. Bob Evans died?! This makes me almost as sad as when I heard Dave Thomas died. See I took comfort in knowing that Dave Thomas was in heaven with all the aborted babies he tried to save. Those aborted babies are most li...

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Dan Greenstein wrote:
The Shock Master wrote:Bob Evans' demise was one of the more underratedly sad deaths of the past month.
Bob Evans died?! This makes me almost as sad as when I heard Dave Thomas died.

See I took comfort in knowing that Dave Thomas was in heaven with all the aborted babies he tried to save.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Wait, so paying tribute to wife-beating roid heads is bad? Dammit...

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God bless youtube:

Ken Ham v. Dougie

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MVk6_DtMbA8

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OH SNAP!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-r ... 1OC4FJZ5LE

Third review on the page I think gives you why there are 25 used copies of this thing.

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Evidently in the letter to our general books manager, he also references that he has a detective story and a children's poem. Course, how you could tell the difference in a poem for adults and one for children by this guy given his level of literacy is completely beyond me.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Well it's actually two things. One is this with the accompanying description: http://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Second-Voyage-Burnett-Dorris/dp/1420880152/ref=sr_1_1/105-9234038-4698866?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181778480&sr=1-1 The second is the letter he sent our general books manager wanting t...

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StPickrell wrote:
allythin wrote:Evidently, he's also big into writing shitty music a la David Helfgott.
For a few seconds, I thought you said David Hasselhoff. This fan of yÃ©yÃ© and schlager music would be 100% in disagreement if that had been the case.

I would never dare to hassle the Hoff. Praise be His name.

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His mom is a big time Jesus nut. They were talking to her in a fluff piece during the competition. Evidently, he's also big into writing shitty music a la David Helfgott.

Course that's what you get when you home school kids all their lives because public schools are the tools of Satan.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

My grandmother is in the hospital with congestive heart failure. She also told me to collect coffee mugs with rainbows on them because you could sell them to gays for big moneys. I was wondering if she was doing sick person rambling, but I went into her house and the first thing I saw was two coffe...

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So we've established that the game show world is on to us, but have we established that a lawsuit or forfeiture of prize would result if we played dumb? People lie on applications for other things. If they don't take further research into the quiz bowl community to find out if we are a part of it, ...

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I think the idea was to prevent half the packet's answers from being people's names. This encouraged diversity in topics/answers. If you notice, he's not saying questions about people are bad in most contexts, just limiting the number overall per packet.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

Here is some additional information that I always found helpful from Roger Bhan's Question Writers' Manifesto. Some of the original I deleted as no longer relevant to current trends: "QUALITY: I guess this is the part most people have problems with. Here are a few general guidelines before I ge...

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charlieDfromNKC wrote:Sean, my homie, iz u gon b moddin 4 yo dawg @ state?

I never got a contract, so no. Just as well I will be needing to study for a conflicts final that Monday.

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

dsfcaptains2005 wrote: ...I'm gonna be murdered in my sleep for that, aren't I?

Not for that, but murdered nonetheless. See you soon!

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

i nominate "people who brag about their CBI scoring." Face it, those questions suck, even by high school standards. The idea that they could potentially be college questions is enough to make your head explode in awe. Just ask President Kennedy. Abe Lincoln had some thoughts on this matte...

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We only did them the first go-around because Roger wrote them and edited them. Every other time I've ever tried mentioning writing a tournament other than WUHSAC I've gotten a blank stare and a quick dismissal. Not my concern anymore anyway.

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Also particularly good words of wisdom is Roger's question writer's manifesto. If anyone wants I have a copy of that somewhere.

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If he has eyes and can see he's the only one in a tie, that should be hint enough.

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Way to scissor each other...

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

I was a big fan of Strawberry Passion Awareness, though I feel kind of embarrassed that I know the name of it -- and that that even was the name of a drink! I believe they folded this into the main Minute Maid product line. The Minute Maid connection sounds right. I want to say that some local McDo...

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I knew you'd say that. That quote is probably from at least twenty bad movies Donald, so why don't you just go post elsewhere about how much an Illinois team sucks? HUH? New quote: "It's all right, it's okay! There's something to live for! Jesus told me so!" American Movie. This one is a ...

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Hercules Against the Moon Men

or "Maciste e la regina di Samar"

This one I think is one of the most awesome failures of all-time: "Housework is like bad sex. Every time I do it I swear I will never do it again. Until the next time company comes."

Jeremy Gibbs Paradox

April 4 is National Save Josta Day. See the following link:

http://www.murrayhead.com/josta/josta.html

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We currently sell it in our vending machines at SLU and we used to sell it in the WUSTL bookstore. I've also seen it in other gas stations in MO.

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No there isn't. There's one on Pepsi Blue and RC Draft. Don't encourage thread-hijacking.

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Ah The Big Hit...aka that movie w/ Antonio Sabato Jr's butt. *Takes a moment to drool before digging up a quote* You want to see really bad from future Oscar nominees, scratch that, WINNERS: "My food is created to nourish the soul, okay? I haven't used pork since Thelma was on Good Times about ...

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