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Appropriate computer science answers at the high school level are going to tend to be on the practical discipline side of things, not the mathematics that make CS a legit subset of the college science distribution. Students take all sorts of classes in high school on things that are practical but in...

Math is obviously taught in high school, but in general computation is the means to understanding the framework, not the thrust of an education in mathematics. Questions should be on the framework, not the gruntwork. Questions on the parallel line postulate, vertical angle theorem, fundemental theor...

Yeah I know we all like having a math thread once a year, but the real issue is when is 1/1 computer science going to gain popular acceptance? 1/1 Veterinary medicine? 1/1 accounting? 1/1 electrical engineering? Computer science is for the most part a practical discipline; it is not required for th...

The thread on ideal high school distribution got me thinking about computational math and its place in high school quizbowl. I think it has no place. -Pretty much all data has shown that the conversion rates for computational math are far below the conversion rates of other categories. -Computationa...

Steroid McBlooddoper wrote:Are there any plans for an east coast mirror of this tournament? Or for TTGT11 for that matter?

We're actively looking for an east coast mirror. Anyone who would like to host a mirror (on the east coast or otherwise) should contact me. [email protected].

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say that I was wrong about the Ionesco tossup. I don't have the set in front of me, and I certainly didn't remember The Lesson coming up in the leadin. I still maintain that the second clue in the power mark (the Cantatrice Chauve part) rewards fraud knowled...

What is going on here? The University of Minnesota is hosting its annual Deep Bench tournament on Saturday, October 20, 2007. Tournament editors are Rob Carson (cars0090@umnREMOVETHISLARGEBLOCKOFCAPITALIZEDTEXT.edu) and Andrew Hart (limozeen@gmail.com). Weâ€™re making several significant changes to...

While we're on the subject of trash, I'd like to commend NAQT's baseball questions. All of the questions with baseball players as answers were powerable to a knowledgeable person and used meaningful statistics and accomplishments and not the almanacky crap that comes up a lot of the time.

IN OTHER NEWS: BACK TO DISCUSSION YOU NAURU ENTHUSIASTS!

Oddly enough, there was a story about Nauru on "This American Life" that I've heard rebroadcast a lot. It was actually pretty interesting/bleak. I think I've heard about that. Didn't they hilariously mismanage their resources and waste their entire profits from doing so sponsoring a music...

First, I'm not a terribly complete NAQT player because the music, movies, geography, political leaders, and current events are either things I don't know or have answer selection that tends to play away from my strengths. So the seven powers (in a 20-TU game) you rang up against us in the finals of...

To clarify what I mean about world leaders...they should only show up in one part of the distribution. I don't care what one it is (current events makes the most sense) but they shouldn't be showing up in every TU whose answer is a country. And when the appear, they should show up towards the end. T...

There wasn't really a hardcore HSNCT question discussion this year. I kind of meant to start one after playing the mirror about a month ago, but didn't. Now I'll share my thoughts. First, I'm not a terribly complete NAQT player because the music, movies, geography, political leaders, and current eve...

I do have a bunch, from Eric Kwartler. Drop me a line at [email protected] if you want me to send you some. The new archive is in progress..Jerry is working out scanning in the packet sets we have to make them searchable.

I don't know if this is a lot of people, but the Minnesota contingent will be driving down on Friday morning and arriving in the afternoon, so times before six really don't work out well at all.

Use the knuckle trick.

leftsaidfred wrote:I have extended the deadline for votes to July 12th at 9 p.m. EST, which is next Thursday. Keep them votes coming!

My birthday!

So...the team with the most knowledge wins, and four very good players generally have more knowledge than one great player, but occasionally one really great player is so great that they know more than everyone else?

Quite frankly, I am surprised.

The events of this work are set one month after the death of Sue's husband, who was tragically killed in a freak boating accident. During a heated argument in the living room, Sue's son, John, likens the title character to a Catholic priest, accusing him of both pedophilia and murder. That argument...

Is Richard McBeef really that ungettable? Seems like a fine tossup for the trash distribution (assuming there was one). I'd like to see the question text.

ImmaculateDeception wrote:Relax; it's quizbowl.

MaS

I thought it was quiz-bowl?

Seriously, all due respect to our colleague from Brown, but any athletic competition at which a Ukranian is best is not a sport in my book. And though I have tremendous respect for the fitness of those dudes, as said above, it doesn't make for compelling TV. And there's a very low athlete-stripper-...

Frank Thomas joins Junior Griffey as the only non-steroided players to reach a major home run milestone in some time .... Congrats to Craig Biggio .... what a solid, classy player! He reminds me so much of Paul Molitor ...... Two guys that should be in the Hall as soon as possible! Biggio is a hang...

1. That girl from Indiana was by FAR the most beautiful quizbowl (or should I say academic challenge) player I've ever seen. :oops: :oops: :oops: Now I know the real reason why you guys wanted to scrimmage with Indiana! You and Daichi are forgetting the cardinal rule of internet forums. CONVERSATIO...

Y'hear that Chris? You're a worthy quizbowl player! It must be a great honor to finally find out.

aestheteboy wrote:Some observations:
1. That girl from Indiana was by FAR the most beautiful quizbowl (or should I say academic challenge) player I've ever seen.

Pics?!

As sad as murder-suicides are, I can't help but point out that this is a tribute thread to someone whose entire noteworthiness consists of being part of a long-running soap opera, except that instead of endless romantic entanglements, the plot consisted of pretending to punch people in the face. Th...

embily718 wrote:Hello, this is Emily from Florida. I am trying to find Charlie Dees from Missouri to ask him a question. So, Charlie Dees, if you read this, please send me an email at [email protected] . Thanks!

There's a Charlie Dees on this board?

In case anyone's unclear as to what Social Science encompasses, this is from ACF Regionals 2007's announcement: Social science includes but is not limited to psychology, economics, anthropology, sociology, law, linguistics, and archeology. Also, I'll be more than happy to provide editing feedback on...

I wonder: Does the winner of the play-in game wish they were in the NIT?

Edit: It's possible I'm reading the above post totally wrong, and I apologize if that's the case.

Ben, early in my senior year I was in the same boat as a lot of your players are right now. Having grown up on four-quarter format and making the playoffs at NAC as juniors, our team made the decision to go to the NAC instead of the HSNCT. We wound up advancing out of the DC bracket and losing the c...

I really think this is an issue for when a logistical ceiling is reached. The HSNCT could honestly be twice as big or bigger if they implement two preliminary pools and run one on Saturday, one on Sunday, and the playoffs on Monday as I believe Matt has suggested. The reality is that high school qui...

Seems like you're punishing new teams for old results based on a completely different system. I really doubt they used the UEFA coefficients the first year based on whatever system they had previously used.

Mike, I already wrote a freelance 4/4 for you, but if you have more needs I'd be happy to fill in some cracks. Drop me a line [email protected].

What I mean is that it's not such a big deal that we need to look backwards and say that Team X was clearly not worthy of a 200x HSNCT bid, as Charlie Dees seems so fond of doing.

PS-Sorice is right as is usually the case in non-Wallace-Stevens-related situations.

Who, exactly, is harmed by having bad teams in the tournament? The Swiss pairing separates them from the competitive field pretty quickly. Your time's better spent worrying about your own team learning things.

I won't be any good at this but I'll play.

...starring Chris Ray and Charles Dees?

DumbJaques wrote:Muellerian Mimicry!

Is that why he kinda looks like a yellowjacket?

Nav wrote:
theMoMA wrote:ALDS: Indians over Blue Jays, Twins over Athletics

ALCS: Blue Jays over Twins
??

But I'm winning all my fantasy leagues!

Would someone mind posting the place rundown from first to last?

Are you sure? We have excellent technology tournaments.

So wait. There's a mercy rule....and a don't-get-to-the-mercy-rule-limit-too-fast rule? I don't understand how using subs as human victory cigars is more sportsmanlike than getting a win quickly and clinically.

Gonzagapuma1 wrote:Maybe they could do a Lon Mcearen/Norman Chad during the WSOP thing where they do the commentary where no one can hear them amd that way they could talk about the questions if they were put on screen.

That was my thought. Much like poker, quizbowl isn't a good thing to broadcast live.

I think many people in quizbowl--especially people who decide what quizbowl formats to use when televising quizbowl--falsely assume that the game is inherently uninteresting and that gimmicky things must be done to the format itself to make it more interesting. Shorter questions, varied rounds, wack...

grapesmoker wrote:Who hacks hsqb accounts?

0MG H4XX0rZ

I am confused. Do you mean for the participants or the spectators?

What the hell do you have against Blue Poles?

The thing that makes StarCraft great is the gameplay. The races are impeccably balanced and there are enough strategies in each race's arsenal to keep the game interesting. And the physical aspects of the game (clicking, scrolling, hotkeys, queue time) are all fast enough to allow for top-level play...

E.T. Chuck wrote:Will there be pizza... and a pool???

Sorry... oh those days of summer practices for qb and Decathlon of yesteryear...

BYOP. There will be refreshments and Guitar Hero though.

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