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Masked Canadian History Bandit

I emailed Rein, but regardles if I have my own team, I plan to play this and am looking for teammates.

Masked Canadian History Bandit

Black Miao wrote:doesn't that spell out MEREWEIGHT?

This way it's easier to follow the rules.

Masked Canadian History Bandit

My godfather's sister's husband (Harry the Historian, Historian laureate of Calgary) subscribes to a magazine called The Beaver , from the Canadian Historical Society. Is that a good source for Canadian History? I'm a big fan of Canda's History , which hasn't been known as The Beaver for 5 years no...

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Since my initial “most misrepresented” comments were meant to focus on factual accuracy and the playability of questions, this post is mostly about how the writing of Canadian questions in quizbowl can be improved. Musings on Canadian historiography, why Marshall is (mostly) wrong, and how that appl...

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It's pretty insulting that the question writer decided that a routine peacekeeping stint was the most important deployment of a regiment that fought in the Boer War, both World Wars, and Korea, and has three Victoria Cross winners. So I wrote this question and actually don't recall writing it - I r...

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7. In what was probably their most important deployment yet, this member of a certain nation's armed forces was deployed to Bosnia attached to the U.N. in 1997. For 10 points each: [10] Identify this regiment of horse based military units based out of Alberta, which Prince Charles was part of at on...

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EFT 2010: [10] Identify this regiment of horse based military units based out of Alberta, which Prince Charles was part of at one point. ANSWER: Lord Strathcona's Horse Wow. This is the single worst Canadian history question I've ever seen. The only thing in this that is correct is that it's based ...

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If we're playing side tournaments, then SHEIKH would be nice to have.

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I'm playing with Dan Puma and Mike Cheyne and I guess we're now looking for a fourth.

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Canadian Content Patrick Liao Will Nediger Rafael Krichivesky Sinan Ulusoy Derek So Joe Su Sebastian Drake Stefanie Schoeneman Jordan Palmer Dennis Beeby Jay Misuk Leslie Newcombe Paul Johnson Akhil Garg Aayush Rajasekaran Peter Liu Erik Christensen Cole Jackes Nick Penner Alasdair Campbell Michael...

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We should be more inclusive and make this a top 50 player poll. No one gets left out! I realize that Patrick is being somewhat facetious here, but it might be nice in future years to expand the ballot modestly (to 30, perhaps) and to rank the top 50 players. (Ranking a full top 50 would be somewhat...

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I would like to thank David and Nolween Madden for their stellar work organizing and recruiting teams from across the country for this tournament. I would also like to thank Ben Smith for sending me a bunch of Canadian history questions that required minimal editing before being thrown in to the set...

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We should be more inclusive and make this a top 50 player poll. No one gets left out!

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Any nominations to be on the ballot are due April 30. All positions are still open for candidates. You can sign up to be a voter anytime before the voting period (probably beginning May 13, after SchoolReach provincials). An unopposed executive will simply have a yes/no approval; otherwise there wi...

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Please do not discuss question content from the preliminary rounds of the Bowl and Bee, as well as the USGO, because those are being used in the Canadian NHBB set. Thanks!

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At ACF Nationals, Ottawa was notably missing Dennis Beeby, who put up a PPG 3/4 that of Jordan Palmer's at ICT.

Masked Canadian History Bandit

I'll be at CO and will play this. I only know about things that happened after 1867. Playing with anyone who knows anything about things that happen south of the 49th parallel N would be nice.

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Muriel Axon wrote:*reads everything on Mackenzie Bowell*

geez, that was a waste of time

Just like Mackenzie Bowell's premiership. Schmuck couldn't even solve the Manitoba Schools Question.

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Don't write about what "needs to come up more," or your 4th-favourite Canadian cabinet member from 1941-1942. Write good questions and show off that you can write good questions, because otherwise you won't get a tournament. Any tournament that doesn't accept packets with questions on Jim...

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Stats are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... standings/

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2. The second thing is that I think there very much remains an audience for this and the fact that it might not run 2 out of 4 years is nothing more than a reflection of, and I'm putting this mildly, poor planning on Matt Weiner's part. I do think this is a worthwhile endeavor, and that drawing con...

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If this was rescheduled past the end of the academic year, would it have similar past roster clauses that were put in place at 2014 CHB after 2013 CHB did not take place?

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Can we have a place for coordination of needs (a password-protected spreadsheet or something like QEMS) so people can avoid repeats?

Masked Canadian History Bandit

I don't understand why this on the same day as the Ontario provincials. This splits staff for provincials and players for this tournament.

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ICYMI, stats were posted Sunday night: Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2289/stats/prelims/ Playoffs: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2289/stats/playoffs/ All games: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2289/stats/all_games/ Feel free to PM/email me with corrections, an...

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Possible tournaments for tryouts: (1) 1/31/2015: QuAC VI @ University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA). Many Pennsylvania teams will be playing at the Quaker Bowl in Philly this weekend. Though this is too soon to hold a vote or tryout, we could discuss the process during or after the tournament-...

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SCT, the other premiere regular difficulty event of the year, has routinely been in a private forum for years, and always generates productive and interesting discussion. I don't see this as a problem. It seems like this arrangement is less conducive for discussion than SCT, as the latter is given ...

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current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba John Harvard Harvard hasn't been Lieutenant General for a while now, it's some Chinese dude called Phillip Lee now. This is not meant to be construed as an attack on the ability of Harvard alumni to become viceregal representatives in Canada provinces, and I ...

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There were some inaccuracies with the Canadian content in the set. 1. Chief Donnaconna was from Stadaconna, not Hochelaga. 2. Lord Selkirk founded the Red River Colony decades before Louis Riel was born. Riel is the founder of Manitoba, not the Red River Colony. 3. Baptist Day is not a real holiday....

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I will be playing this. I will write questions. I am looking for teammates who preferably will be able to answer science and trash questions.

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Corrections have been made to all stats and the combined stats are now available here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2290/stats/combined/ Also, some stuff I picked up after the tournament: * A blue Camelbak water bottle with a grey cap * A green Aladdin water bottle with a green cap * A y...

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The gardens are definitely the best part of Suzhou and have architecture from the last four Chinese dynasties. The Humble Administrator's garden was my favourite, but they were all great. I remember at one of the gardens there was a bridge where Empress Dowager Cixi reportedly loved to use to see he...

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UVA beat Maryland in the second game of an advantaged final favouring UVA to win this tournament. Prelims: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2290/stats/prelims/ Playoff + Finals stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/2290/stats/playoffs_%2B_finals/ Combined: http://www.hsquizbowl.org...

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Standings at Lunch are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... standings/
Standings after Prelims are here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... s/prelims/

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Ndg wrote:Is this tournament still happening? I'm wondering why the host is sending its players to another site on the same day...

This is still happening. AFAIK Jay Misuk is in Philadelphia for non-quizbowl reasons that weekend that could fit Penn Bowl into his schedule.

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I propose that we consider running some kind of draft to get people to play with new people.

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How many free agents are showing up to this event/aren't on a team yet?

EDIT: My team has been tentatively collapsed to fill out the Colonel By team and the Jordan Palmer team. Now we have six teams and any free agents can make a seventh team.

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Imaginary Landscapes II, Tricon 2.5, DUST as side events?

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My one suggestion for anyone organizing a tournament of this type is that moderators should calculate the powers/gets/negs tally and rank the players per the rules before turning in spreadsheets. Five minutes could have been saved if all Joe and I had to do was input the score and ranks into the spr...

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After eight rounds of relegation and promotion, the top scorers in the premier room are as follows: 1. John Lawrence 565 2. Matt Bollinger 460 3. Will Nediger 235 4. Tommy Casalaspi 190 5. Ike Jose 170 6. Evan Adams 125 (wins tiebreaker for more powers) 7. Auroni Gupta 115 8. Rob Carson 95 The next ...

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Stats are being updated live at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... sp=sharing

Masked Canadian History Bandit

If I have a team for this (I don't right now), I'll go down and play all non-Modern World tournaments. If I go down, I'll bring the Penn buzzers.

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bsmith wrote:
Theodore wrote:Also, will the ONQBA hold a (online) meeting this summer?
Patrick and/or Joe should schedule one.

This will happen after the high school year is over to allow for maximum participation.

Masked Canadian History Bandit

I plan on playing this with Di Xiao (formerly of Lisgar and Berkeley) and anyone who wants to chip in on our packet and play with us is appreciated.

Masked Canadian History Bandit

I'm looking to join a team. I can get a few history questions, especially those about Canada.

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I need somebody who can get points on bonuses that ask for three Canadian senators or something like that. For VETO in 2005, I wrote a visual bonus asking for Canadian senators, but most teams did poorly on it, even though they could choose from any of them: http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/archive/vet...

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The only thing I add to the Dartmouth Dilemma Discussion is that if you are going to no show, you should at least notify the TD. Will Alston sent me a FB message telling me his situation and asking me to notify the TD. Since our game in that room was about to start, I relayed this to our moderator,...

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29. Truman State - Truman State foolishly goes to Famous Original Rays instead of Original Famous Rays for lunch in NYC, leading to them getting food poisoning after the lunch break. Considering the Truman State team is just me, I really hope this doesn't happen. Jacob O'Rourke would be fine with h...

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I have one question, though; how does something like History Bowl help bridge a gap between Reach and good quizbowl? It seems to be if not enough people want to play quizbowl, even less people/coaches would want to attend a subject specific event. I don't know about bridging a gap between Reach and...

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6.1.1.1. In this case, if the question was a bonus part, then the team will be given the value of the bonus part. If it was a tossup, then the question will be "reset" to its state when the answer was given, and the team will be given credit for a correct answer (which may entail reversin...

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