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I believe a relative of Ms. Stevenson's put them up in Pittsburgh, thus saving on lodging expenses.

When can we get a field update?

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Field: All Varsity (JV are now B teams) Garfield Heights (2) N. Olmsted Brush Findlay (3) Beaumont Orange Royal Oak Kimball Shadyside Springfield Elyria Catholic (2) Lakeside Western Reserve Ravenna Solon Edit: Brush's second team was replaced with a Solon house team of underclassmen, and Perry drop...

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harshrealm wrote:My college admission essay...

Me three. It's a mind-expanding experience :)

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To further add to the litany of contact requests, how do I get in touch with the Caltech quizbowl people? I got in, but I can't make Prefrosh weekend (thanks to NAQT states), so I want to make sure my visit coincides with a practice so I can see their team for myself.

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Our record against them this year is 2-3, if anyone cares.

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Out of curiosity, Raindog, who are you?

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I'd certainly be willing to give it a shot.

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Do you have SQBS or any individual stats available?

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As TD, I can't be everywhere though. I have to set a general rule.

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Donald's post on blitzing in the Illinois thread got me to thinking. If a blitz has an incorrect piece of information, but the moderator is not equipped to judge whether it's incorrect or not (either because it's in the packet and/or the moderator doesn't know), how should it be dealt with then? Sho...

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The fact that mathematical computation is naturally ambiguous is a powerful argument for the removal of calculation questions from all distributions. Hear hear. I can only hope someone from NAQT is listening. I ask again: Which Illinois teams plan on being at NAQT in Chicago in June? We now return ...

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I think the ground rule here should be that the moderator should not need to do any extra thinking to parse the answer given with the answer on the paper (in all subjects, not just math), but for math nothing beyond ridiculously easy simplification (like basic fraction to decimal, etc.). Many modera...

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I was VERY impressed by Danville when we played them at Dunbar. They beat us in the prelims, and we managed to inch by them in the playoffs. If Mr. Knupp brings his team to Chicago, look for some serious upsetting to happen.

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Can we get a list of registered teams at some point?

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NAQT has better question quality, guarantees 8-10 matches (vs. 6 for NAC)and a cheaper price. Also, better teams will be at NAQT than at NAC. And if you're looking to play in college, you can get a leg up in NAQT. For NAQT question examples visit http://naqt.com/samples/index.html If you enjoy ident...

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Now the question is, which Illinois teams will be at NAQT? It is shaping up to be a massive convergence of most of the at least halfway decent teams in the country, and as such, would offer Illinois teams that national measuring stick they've been looking for.

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Why not run timed rounds, then?

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Also, registration will be closing on March 21, barring any special cases (like me running short of teams)

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Panasonic's format and question content are...unique, and don't offer the best basis for comparison. Also some states send their state champions to Panasonic, while some send their all-star teams.

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We have 17 teams registered, aiming for 24 total (16 V and 8 JV) 13 Varsity Tippecanoe Garfield Heights North Olmsted Findlay Orange Kimball Royal Oak (MI) (not officially confirmed) Beachwood Elyria Catholic St. Ignatius (2) Western Reserve Lakeside (Ashtabula) Ravenna 4 JV (see previous post regar...

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To put this thread back on topic.... I feel that the upcoming Dunbar and Great Lakes tournaments will have a lot to say about the relative strength of the Midwest/Upper South. (State College and DCC will be coming to Great Lakes and Brookwood and Dupont to Dunbar, offering teams in this region the c...

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Yeah, that's pretty much what I meant.

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With all due respect Mr. Blessman, I think it's a great idea in concept, but don't you think this might possibly be a bit much for the regional tournament market to bear?

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Yeah, I'm fairly sure it's her. For example (please don't jump down my throat here), men ON THE AVERAGE do SLIGHTLY better in math/science than do women, whereas women ON THE AVERAGE do SLIGHTLY better in literature. Dude, I hope you never plan on becoming the president of an Ivy League university, ...

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the "Ibrahim" tossup's explicit instruction not to take "Abraham" was horribly in error...unless I missed a specific statement at the beginning of the tossup that the Islamic name was required. several of the clues referred equally well to Abraham (Terah was an idolator in Jewis...

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It mentioned their names.

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He was talking about the neg I mentioned.

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Academic Challenge also airs in Cleveland. It's a spinoff of the DC version (It was called It's Academic from 1964-1999, and AC from 2003-present). However, there are no playoffs like DC. Instead, the top three regular season scorers are invited to compete in the final match, with $10K, $5K, and $5K...

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Also from ACF: Wrong: Sean of the Dead Right: Yojimbo . I swear this happened. I seen it. For God's sake, tell me they didn't neg with that after A Fistful of Dollars was mentioned (I'm assuming that was a clue). At Copley this weekend: Right: Four Horsemen of Notre Dame Wrong: Four Hunchbacks of N...

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The highest losing score we ever had was two years ago, when we played DCC in the first prelim round of PACE in Cleveland (2003). Out teams have always had somewhat of a rivalry, and we were tied 360-360 going into the last tossup. Tossup: It occurred after Emperor Matthias sent emissaries to explai...

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Well, that would depend on whether there were bouncebacks or not. With bouncebacks, one might have to weight the opponents score differently, perhpas a bit less than a half, in order to deflate them.

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That's not a bad idea at all, Mr. Blessman.

I'll try to use it at our tournament this year and see how it works.

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We once beat someone 680-55, in NAQT format.

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In what format? That question lacks validity unless you qualify it.

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I would be wary about ranking DCC below us; we have a 2-2 record against each other and our games are usually very close, as are our total points.

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Look on the bright side. RM has finally found the perfect song for their boombox.

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Chris Frankel wrote:From A&M tournament I read at this weekend:

Wrong: Faggot
Right: A Clockwork Orange

This neg occurred in at least two rooms.

Since when is Cockney slang for 'Faggot' 'Faggot'? That's just dumb.

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By a team member at practice (sidar)

blah blah blah, responsible for intelligence in Israel...

Answer: Mossad
Neg: SS

(I have no idea)

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I think my team would be interested in one set, and perhaps two.

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In his tornado post, he imagine QBTV complete with scouting reports. I shudder to think what he imagines as the QB equivalent of a 40 time. Perhaps competitive reflex testing with pens?

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Rothlover wrote:ACF, I wouldn't know where to start. These are just ideas.

How about the works of Humbert Humbert?

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I can't seem to find it, but I remember seeing a 20 line tossup on September 11th somewhere in the Stanford archive listing every major historical event in pyramidal descending order of obscurity that happend on that day. That was from the 2002 or 2003 Technophobia, I think, and was also question #...

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I can't seem to find it, but I remember seeing a 20 line tossup on September 11th somewhere in the Stanford archive listing every major historical event in pyramidal descending order of obscurity that happend on that day.

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I don't know about a desperate bid for attention but as far as personal insecurity goes the last two paragraphs of this one take the cake.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/15262

He expects expelled players to moderate. Riiiight.

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Should we still try to use the Panasonic discount codes for airlines?

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The grapevine tells me Rice is graduating a couple of its starters, so they could use fresh blood. (I won't find out if I get in until March)

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At the poster's request this message has been deleted and replaced with a panel from crazy Japanese comic book Anpanman.

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So does that mean you feel there aren't really enough results to go on yet? Dumb question, perhaps, but maybe if people get their act together by say, May you could pull off a pre-Nationals poll or something. The requisite data exists scattered all over the Internet. It just needs people to input it...

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Does Dunbar play at their own tournament?

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By me in practice a few weeks ago:

Soul Man (the 80s movie) for Black Like Me (the book)

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