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From NAQT NJ State in 2006:
[Question describing a cape]
Neg: Cape of Good Horn
Q: The greatest number reside in Ohio, where in 2000 they voted overwhelmingly for--
Neg: Homosexuals
--President Bush...
Answer: the Amish
Neg: Space Needle
Answer: DNA
And one of mine, from last weekend at BU:
Neg: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Answer: The Great Train Robbery
[Question describing a cape]
Neg: Cape of Good Horn
Q: The greatest number reside in Ohio, where in 2000 they voted overwhelmingly for--
Neg: Homosexuals
--President Bush...
Answer: the Amish
Neg: Space Needle
Answer: DNA
And one of mine, from last weekend at BU:
Neg: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Answer: The Great Train Robbery
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Oh my...It's Academic TV quarterfinal, GDS, 1996, inexplicably 30 points down with two minutes left against Sidwell Friends and another long since forgotten foe...
Mac McGarry (host of show): British prime minister from 1916 (BUZZ)
Marcus to captain Micah Myers: DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Captain Micah Myers in heat of moment giving answer: DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Mac McGarry: No!
Yes, David Hyde Pierce, famous as Niles on NBC television program, "Frasier"
Same day, three hours later, It's Academic TV quarterfinal, GDS, 1996:
Mac McGarry: Stars with Kelsey Grammer on TV's "Frasier" (BUZZ)
Marcus to captain Micah Myers: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
Micah: Mac, I defer to him (me).
Marcus: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
(Mac McGarry laughs)
Best negs ever.
- Me.
Mac McGarry (host of show): British prime minister from 1916 (BUZZ)
Marcus to captain Micah Myers: DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Captain Micah Myers in heat of moment giving answer: DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Mac McGarry: No!
Yes, David Hyde Pierce, famous as Niles on NBC television program, "Frasier"
Same day, three hours later, It's Academic TV quarterfinal, GDS, 1996:
Mac McGarry: Stars with Kelsey Grammer on TV's "Frasier" (BUZZ)
Marcus to captain Micah Myers: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
Micah: Mac, I defer to him (me).
Marcus: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
(Mac McGarry laughs)
Best negs ever.
- Me.
1996 DC Area It's Academic TV Champion
Georgetown Day High School
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sadly, outside of concert tickets on the radio, the only thing my vast repository of radom knowledge has EVER legitimately won me.
Georgetown Day High School
Data Monkey and Pro Wrestling Manager
sadly, outside of concert tickets on the radio, the only thing my vast repository of radom knowledge has EVER legitimately won me.
From the Ohio Academic Competition State Finals this week...
Question:
Blah-blah, name this Western state...
Our Answer: Arkansas
In the State Championship Match:
Category: American Literature
Question, fill in the blanks to complete the poetic line, it is also the title of the poem...
"You're a braver man than I am, ____ ___ "
Our Answer: Charlie Brown
(I almost slammed my head in disgust after this one... but settle for pulling on my hair)
Question:
Blah-blah, name this Western state...
Our Answer: Arkansas
In the State Championship Match:
Category: American Literature
Question, fill in the blanks to complete the poetic line, it is also the title of the poem...
"You're a braver man than I am, ____ ___ "
Our Answer: Charlie Brown
(I almost slammed my head in disgust after this one... but settle for pulling on my hair)
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"I'd sooner fail than not be among the greatest." - John Keats
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Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: STOP POSTING ANSWERS FROM THIS YEAR'S NAQT SETS
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from VCU's HS tourney
Wrong: "The Gold Bug"
Right: Master Sword
Wrong: "The Gold Bug"
Right: Master Sword
Janet Berry
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Virginia Commonwealth 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
Douglas Freeman 2005, 2006, 2007
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Virginia Commonwealth 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
Douglas Freeman 2005, 2006, 2007
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Like from Zelda?dsfcaptains2005 wrote:from VCU's HS tourney
Wrong: "The Gold Bug"
Right: Master Sword
Mike Bentley
Treasurer, Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
Adviser, Quizbowl Team at University of Washington
University of Maryland, Class of 2008
Treasurer, Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence
Adviser, Quizbowl Team at University of Washington
University of Maryland, Class of 2008
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yes, like from Zelda. Because its SO similar to a Poe short story.ikillkenny wrote:Like from Zelda?dsfcaptains2005 wrote:from VCU's HS tourney
Wrong: "The Gold Bug"
Right: Master Sword
Janet Berry
[email protected]
she/they
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J. Sargeant Reynolds CC 2008, 2009, 2014
Virginia Commonwealth 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
Douglas Freeman 2005, 2006, 2007
[email protected]
she/they
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J. Sargeant Reynolds CC 2008, 2009, 2014
Virginia Commonwealth 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013,
Douglas Freeman 2005, 2006, 2007
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Re: From this weekend's state middle/elem school championshi
blah blah blah... Name this past leader of the Soviet Union (I can't remember the question... it was a few years ago):StPickrell wrote:I've seen high schoolers make the same mistake.ok_quizbowl wrote:From the middle school championship...
Q: <blah blah> name the first ghost seen by Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol."
A: (Jacob) Marley
Student: Bob Marley
Given: John Lennon
Answer: (Vladmir) Lenin
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A pretty retarded one from my legendary 33 at HSNCT was in our game against Shady Side. The first tossup was on polar bears and for some reason I said "arctic bears."
Charlie Dees, North Kansas City HS '08
"I won't say more because I know some of you parse everything I say." - Jeremy Gibbs
"At one TJ tournament the neg prize was the Hampshire College ultimate frisbee team (nude) calender featuring one Evan Silberman. In retrospect that could have been a disaster." - Harry White
"I won't say more because I know some of you parse everything I say." - Jeremy Gibbs
"At one TJ tournament the neg prize was the Hampshire College ultimate frisbee team (nude) calender featuring one Evan Silberman. In retrospect that could have been a disaster." - Harry White
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Charlie, don't beat yourself up too much because I blurted out something equally atrocious at PACE:
The question was getting at Bank of America, and we were playing against Robinson. Both the Bank of America and Robinson are headquartered, so to speak, in North Carolina. When I realized what the answer was going to be, I buzzed and proudly exclaimed, "The Bank of the United States!"
Yeah, not exactly the same bank...
The question was getting at Bank of America, and we were playing against Robinson. Both the Bank of America and Robinson are headquartered, so to speak, in North Carolina. When I realized what the answer was going to be, I buzzed and proudly exclaimed, "The Bank of the United States!"
Yeah, not exactly the same bank...
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As opposed to the classic neg answer:catsasslippers wrote:Playing off old PACE packets in practice:
Wrong : Circumcision
Right: Holy Communion
Wrong : The Circumcision
Right : The Burghers of Calais
Emil Thomas Chuck, Ph.D.
Founder, PACE
Facebook junkie and unofficial advisor to aspiring health professionals in quiz bowl
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