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From a conference game a few years back:
Bonus:
Identify the key from the number of flats. (moderator reads...)
Other team captain:
Part One: 6
Part 2: 3
Part 3: 7
Part 4: 9
Part 5: 1
I don't know how many of you are at all familiar with music, but I've certainly never played anything in the key of "6".
Bonus:
Identify the key from the number of flats. (moderator reads...)
Other team captain:
Part One: 6
Part 2: 3
Part 3: 7
Part 4: 9
Part 5: 1
I don't know how many of you are at all familiar with music, but I've certainly never played anything in the key of "6".
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From New Trier's tournament:
"(blah blah talks about a movie, 8,000 extras, filmed sometime before 1960)...name this movie, with Charlton Heston starting as the title character."
Opponent buzzes in with "Spartacus"
wait for it...wait for it...buzz in with random guess before they call time-
Me: "The Ten Commandments - OH my god title character." *slams head on desk* (it was Ben-Hur)
"(blah blah talks about a movie, 8,000 extras, filmed sometime before 1960)...name this movie, with Charlton Heston starting as the title character."
Opponent buzzes in with "Spartacus"
wait for it...wait for it...buzz in with random guess before they call time-
Me: "The Ten Commandments - OH my god title character." *slams head on desk* (it was Ben-Hur)
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The following neg occurred during a team question, so technically it's not a neg, but it definately deserves to be on here. The following is not a joke:
[Moderator]...identify this somewhat insane Dutch painter most famous for Sunflowers and Starry Night.
[other team] (after conferring) Mozart
[Moderator]...identify this somewhat insane Dutch painter most famous for Sunflowers and Starry Night.
[other team] (after conferring) Mozart
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As I remember the question, this was not a bad neg at the moment you buzzed in, but the moment you said "World War I", I thought to myself:Trevkeeper wrote:From Wheaton North:
My answer: World War I
Correct answer: Brett Ashley
"What darn fool would write a question like this with the answer being World War I in the middle of the championship match." I guess we were both wrong.
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Eric-- our assistant coach
Q. Blah Blah, sits above the 7 Key...
A. F8?
Doing a crossword puzzle before practice...
Me: What's a country that borders Jordan with 6 letters...
Eric: Syria...
I give him a dirty look
Eric: WHAT? S-Y-R-I-A... oh...
One more...
Q: Letter Round J- New Orleans - "The Cradle of _______"
A: JUMBALAYA!
If he would have let me finish the question, it said, "A type of music" right afterwards...
Q. Blah Blah, sits above the 7 Key...
A. F8?
Doing a crossword puzzle before practice...
Me: What's a country that borders Jordan with 6 letters...
Eric: Syria...
I give him a dirty look
Eric: WHAT? S-Y-R-I-A... oh...
One more...
Q: Letter Round J- New Orleans - "The Cradle of _______"
A: JUMBALAYA!
If he would have let me finish the question, it said, "A type of music" right afterwards...
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circumcision for confirmation....
after "it takes place after baptism in some Eastern Orthodox religions, but some time around junior high for many Catholics"
the moderator was laughing so hard he flubbed the question and gave the answer before my team had a chance to ring in (waiting as they were like a good team).
after "it takes place after baptism in some Eastern Orthodox religions, but some time around junior high for many Catholics"
the moderator was laughing so hard he flubbed the question and gave the answer before my team had a chance to ring in (waiting as they were like a good team).
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I had a teammate do the exact same thing, except the correct answer was baptism, with roughly the same clue. What made it so hilarious was that he answered in such a loud and confident voice.Tegan wrote:circumcision for confirmation....
after "it takes place after baptism in some Eastern Orthodox religions, but some time around junior high for many Catholics"
the moderator was laughing so hard he flubbed the question and gave the answer before my team had a chance to ring in (waiting as they were like a good team).
Also, my mistake:
Correct answer: House of Lords
My answer: Jedi
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From Sterling HS (IL) tournament (questions distributed and in the open):
"From which vein does purified blood leave the kidney?"
<Buzz>: The carotid arterey (like swinging and missing twice!)
I'm paraphrasing this one
"Name the American general who was to replace George Washington as a part of a colonial plot. His initials were H. G."
<buzz> Ulysses S. Grant (another double swing and a miss)
As a coach, I am grateful that neither of these answers were proffered by my own team.
"From which vein does purified blood leave the kidney?"
<Buzz>: The carotid arterey (like swinging and missing twice!)
I'm paraphrasing this one
"Name the American general who was to replace George Washington as a part of a colonial plot. His initials were H. G."
<buzz> Ulysses S. Grant (another double swing and a miss)
As a coach, I am grateful that neither of these answers were proffered by my own team.
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http://naqt.com/assigned-packet-sets.jsp says it will be used through March. And Howard is right anyway. I think July 1 is the date.Howard wrote:No NAQT set is clear until the end of the school year. I believe NAQT has an official date.insaneindian wrote:has set 52 been heard by everyone yet?
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Douglas Freeman 2005, 2006, 2007
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Virginia Commonwealth 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
Douglas Freeman 2005, 2006, 2007
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NB: VHSL Districts are not yet cleared for human consumption. They will be by mid-February. Mods, please edit accordingly.dsfcaptains2005 wrote:From VHSL Districts yesterday:
BTW, I heard Maggie Walker won and Mills Godwin was second.
The Colonial is the "District of Death" within the Central Region, with Maggie Walker, Mills Godwin and Douglas Freeman capable of making it to Regionals from any other district. IIRC, JR Tucker and Patrick Henry aren't half-bad either and seem to have gone .500 at the occasional tournament they surface for.
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From a JV match the other day
Moderator: Category, Misc-Sports: Bob Huggins...
Guy on other team: *buzz* Operation Overlord
Moderator: wrong, Bob Huggins
Our captain: *buzz* University of Cincinnati.
Moderator: thats correct
possibly the funniest neg followed by the sweetest anticipation ever.
Moderator: Category, Misc-Sports: Bob Huggins...
Guy on other team: *buzz* Operation Overlord
Moderator: wrong, Bob Huggins
Our captain: *buzz* University of Cincinnati.
Moderator: thats correct
possibly the funniest neg followed by the sweetest anticipation ever.
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At practice: Planned Parenthood for Christian scientists.
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solonqb wrote:Are they only cleared after ICT?
NAQT Packet wrote:Security Question security is critical for the integrity of events which might use these questions in the future, as well as to protect the marketability of
NAQT’s product. As such, the content of the questions may not be discussed with any person not affiliated with NAQT or your tournament until July 1,
2006.
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I'm not sure what SCT packet that question was from, and I know this is the wrong board to put this on... but this is what Hentzel said on the quizbowl group.
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Former Coach, Eastlake North HS (OH) (2015-22)
"I'd sooner fail than not be among the greatest." - John Keats
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This is from practice a while back.
I'm sitting there, not paying attention, thinking about my girlfriend...you know the deal. I wasn't paying attention to the category, but i thought it was language arts. Question comes "To whom does the pronoun "he" refer to in the following sentence. He..."
Me: *BUZZ* aww crap...Richard Nixon?
I'm sitting there, not paying attention, thinking about my girlfriend...you know the deal. I wasn't paying attention to the category, but i thought it was language arts. Question comes "To whom does the pronoun "he" refer to in the following sentence. He..."
Me: *BUZZ* aww crap...Richard Nixon?
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I don't know if the one I saw while scorekeeping was just in D2 or if it was also in D1, but this one was certainly D1:
Hess for Hogan (as in Hogan's Heroes)
Hess for Hogan (as in Hogan's Heroes)
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"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11
"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov