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I'm not sure if this year's MUT set is clear yet, so I won't post the question. But tossup 2 from pack 14 (Finals 1) was really terrific. I didn't know most of the clues and only got it for 10, but looking over them afterwards, they were really interesting and significant things about a fascinating...

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Sorry about the late replies here! Here are the questions requested: Could I see the tossup on School Shootings? I remember there being something about a Marco Rubio quote that made me think of his repetitive debate quote. A conspiracy theory about one of these events argues that it was actually cau...

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Can I see the sugar tossup? A woman known as La Carlota was executed for planning a revolt of workers producing this commodity during the 1844 “Year of the Lash.” A widely-copied system for producing this commodity, which made use of a machine called the trapiche, was developed by the European colo...

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Could you post the charge tossup? I remembered there being some unclear wording around the von Klitzing constant clue. This quantity squared is in the numerator of the equation calculating Hall conductance, and this quantity is equal to 2 divided by the Josephson constant and the von Klitzing const...

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Could I ask what the Derrida book in the first clue is, and why it isn't named? Am I correct to think it is Of Hospitality , and that it is not named because that would immediately suggest Sodom and Gommorah? And if that is the case, does that also explain not mentioning its co-author? Yeah, it is,...

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Can I see the Sodom tossup? A Jacques Derrida book about a certain virtue closes by comparing the story of this place with a similar episode on the hill of Ephraim in Judges. Stories of this place, such as people being mutilated to fit uniformly-sized beds and a girl being executed by a swarm of be...

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Can I see the tossups on Taiwan, crossroads, hanging, racing, and (probably my favorite) “Call me Ishmael”? The myth in this set was very fun to play, the common links especially so. Glad you thought so! Here are the tossups: Like North Korea, this nation has a state news known as the Central New A...

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Could I see the common-link tossup on artwork from Italy? Thanks! An artist from this country painted a statue of a man with a coat next to a blueprint drawing whose blue color matches the sky behind it. Another artist from this country painted the numbers (+) 6, 9, 4, and 3 next to billowy white s...

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marianna wrote:I will be continuing my slow westward migration by heading to Stanford for a PhD in developmental psychology.

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Could I see the earth science tossup on water and the history tossup on Poland? This substance can be studied dynamically using the SWMM model, which includes parameters of Manning’s roughness and curve number. The Richards equation describes this substance’s transport and can be analytically solve...

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Current Field: (Teams/Buzzers/Staffers)

UC Davis (1/1/0)
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The Stanford Quiz Bowl Club will be hosting the Northern California mirror of the 2018 Stevenson Memorial Tournament (SMT) on Saturday, April 28, 2018. You can register or ask any questions by posting in this thread or sending Jennie Yang an email (jenniey@stanford.edu). This tournament is geared to...

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Could I see the questions and answerlines for the partial differentiation (#8 in Round 4), heat (#7 in Round 5), surfactant (#10 in Round 8), and even (#5 in Round 9) tossups? I remember being thrown off by some of the clues but I'd like to see the questions again since I may have simply misheard. ...

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Can quizbowl please stop asking about the same 10 econ things and having tossups on Hayek and Friedman???… I negged the tossup with Friedman off a descriptive clue so that was annoying as hell. I'd like to see that tossup. There was no tossup on Friedman himself, so I assume you're talking about th...

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Thank you to everyone who played this mirror of JHU, and thank you to JHU for hosting! A private discussion forum is open to get comments on the set – to join the private forum, go to User Control Panel -> Usergroups -> Select "2018 SMT Discussion" -> Click "Submit". Thank you all!

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Could I see the tossup on Québec please? From memory, it felt basically like an old-timey Geo question asking physical features in the empty space in Northern Québec, without much else there. This region’s largest lake is Lake Mistassini, which is fed by the Rupert River. A hydroelectric project in...

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First things first: whoever included the Sunbather clue in the "dream" tossup, you are my Most Favourite Person… Also, can I see the tossup on "stress"? You can thank Ali Saeed for that one! Also, here's the tossup: Eshelby names a form of this quantity that he described to be c...

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The opera toss-up on "three" seemed ill-conceived. It was easily fraudable/very transparent, and doesn't seem to be particularly important as a concept to ask about with the clues selected. In one opera, this many child-spirits prevent a character from committing suicide and tell another ...

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I also didn't think the musical tossup on New York worked that well. The setting of How To Succeed isn't especially notable beyond that it takes place in a skyscraper that might be in New York. I also thought it was pretty transparent. There aren't many cities that are represented enough in musical...

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Could I see the wavefunction TU? I believe the second word of it was "radial" and then went on to talk about hydrogen. That's not really suitable for a lead in imo, especially given the lead in difficulty of other science TUs. 15. The first radial one of this quantity for a hydrogen atom,...

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Can we see the full Medea tossup? Owen Meany is a long book, and I'm struggling to remember if Medea is actually an important part of the book or more of a throwaway details that's kind of punishing, even as a lead-in. 15. During a production of this play in A Prayer for Owen Meany, Dan Needham emp...

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Could I hear the LDS Heavenly Mother bonus? I was excited to hear the answerline, but I didn't get it, and couldn't remember what clues pointed to it. 12. Books by Raphael Patai and William Dever used archaeological evidence to argue for the existence of this figure. For 10 points each: [10] Name t...

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A private discussion forum has been opened for everyone who played the online mirror. To join the private forum, go to User Control Panel -> Usergroups -> Select "2018 SMT Discussion" -> Click "Submit". Thanks!

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A private discussion forum has been opened for everyone who played the mirror. To join the private forum, go to User Control Panel -> Usergroups -> Select "2018 SMT Discussion" -> Click "Submit". Thanks!

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This thread is for specific question discussion.

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Hey everyone, Thanks for playing SMT - I hope you all enjoyed it! The set came together kind of roughly for this first mirror, but we hope to work on it a lot more in the next couple of weeks in preparation for the first in-person mirrors on March 10th. Supreme thanks go to head editor and writing m...

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Thank you all for the kind words! As for the actual results of the tournament, team Stable Genii and RIP RIP Hooray played a two-game finals that RIP RIP Hooray won. Given the records as they are in the stats I just uploaded, they were actually supposed to play a one-game final, but there was a prot...

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As an update, because of the overwhelming amount of people who can only staff for the first half of the tournament, i.e. until 4 PM EST or so, we're looking for people who can staff for after that time! Please contact me or sign up on the spreadsheet if available!

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Hi guys, sorry for the logistical hiccup here but I currently have 4 moderators for the day and am in (a somewhat desperate) search of a fifth moderator. The tournament will start at 11 EST and should be expected to go on until around 6 PM EST, fingers crossed. I can offer $40 to anyone who would be...

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Maybe it will not end up being relevant, but I have a strong personal preference against this. A big draw to this online mirror for me is getting to hang out and play with people that I've known for a long time (in fact, I've basically known all my teammates for the entirety of their quizbowl caree...

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Hi, sorry for this late reply to the issues raised in this thread. I have decided to cap the field for the tournament at 10 teams, with the intention of making it a 10 team round robin. There are currently 9 teams signed up, so if anyone would like to sign up for the tournament, now is the time. A c...

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connor.mayers wrote:I'm very guilty of of telling a teammate "oh that's what I thought it was" or "I should have gotten that earlier" after they answer a tossup.

I've been trying to get myself to say "good buzz" or "nice buzz" when I want to say those things.

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Most of the mirrors of this are probably two months away, and yet only three have been announced by my count. Is there an intent to have more mirrors, as I imagine several teams are probably waiting to hear where the closest mirror is before signing up? In the past couple of days, a few more mirror...

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Mr. Brightside by The Killers vs. Toxic by Britney Spears
Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West vs. Hurt by Johnny Cash

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Because March 3rd is proving to be a popular date for CMST mirrors, we are moving the tournament date to February 24th.

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CPiGuy wrote:
Your Feline Genome wrote:I'm pleased to announce that there will be a Skype mirror of EFT
erm, you mean SMT, right?

Fixed that!

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I'm pleased to announce that there will be an online mirror of SMT to take place on February 24th, 2018, starting at 11 AM Eastern time. This is an open tournament intended to serve as a test for the in-person mirrors of the set that will follow. The full set announcement can be found here . Our rea...

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After discussing some of the issues with eligibility policies that have arisen in the past couple of months, we have decided to announce the following changes to our eligibility policy. - Less-experienced grad students (i.e. grad students who have not played a tournament before this school year, wit...

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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) Abstain 99 Problems by Jay-z vs. Hips Don'...

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Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West Fallin' by Alicia Keys vs. ...

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Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Blind by Hercules and Love Affair Time to Pretend by MGMT vs. The Funeral by Band of Horses One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Independent Women Part 1 by Destiny's Child Bad Romance by Lady Gaga vs. Do You Realize?? by The Flaming Lips Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Stuck Be...

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(99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Helicopter by Bloc Party) Abstain Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean vs. One Armed Scissor by At the Drive-In No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age vs. Supermassive Black Hole by Muse I'm sad about this matchup because both are great songs, and also bands I l...

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Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead Wake Me Up When September - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers Chop Suey! - System of a Down vs. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks - Kanye West vs. Clocks - Coldplay Wake Up - A...

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Thank you to whoever got me the clamping mesh ball! Apparently, the second part of my gift was out of stock and I'll get it later, which is totally fine – thanks so much!

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Dashboard – Modest Mouse vs. Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden Fireworks – Animal Collective vs. Machine Gun – Portishead Strict Machine – Goldfrapp vs. Slow Jamz – Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx Abstain from everything else Also, surprised at the amount of people who dislik...

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My gift will be arriving on Thursday.

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(Little Lion Man – Mumford and Suns vs. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue) Abstain I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys vs. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson (1234 – Feist vs. Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks) Abstain Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True ...

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Name: Young Fenimore Lee Email: youngflee99@gmail.com Present requests: 1) Stuff related to music I love – take a look at my last.fm for reference. Vinyls??? T-shirts??? 2) Philosophy books are good! I enjoy continental philosophy a lot, but of course, anything more modern and analytical is much app...

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Sites: Mid-Atlantic: Johns Hopkins (3/10/18) North: University of Minnesota (3/31/18) Upper Midwest: University of Michigan (3/31/18) Also Upper Midwest: UChicago (5/12/18) Lower Midwest: WUSTL (3/24/18) Northeast: Harvard (3/31/18) Canada: Carleton University (3/17/18) South Atlantic: Virginia Tec...

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