KMO Fall 2006 Results
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KMO Fall 2006 Results
How did everyone do?
State College got 1774.
State College got 1774.
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There are definatly some tough earth sci questions, though our school does well in that area because most of the Science Olympiad team is with us and we have 4 earth science electives.
Anyone thinking that one of the KMO writers has a Ph.D in Earth Science with a minor in random outlaws?
But I have to defend glaciers here. They're giant pieces of ice moving 2 meters a year like a extremely vicious river. They give birth to baby glaciers through through calving. They're (not to be aukish) cool.
Anyone thinking that one of the KMO writers has a Ph.D in Earth Science with a minor in random outlaws?
But I have to defend glaciers here. They're giant pieces of ice moving 2 meters a year like a extremely vicious river. They give birth to baby glaciers through through calving. They're (not to be aukish) cool.
Interesting results. I was told that we got a rather distant 4th place on the phone and that a team from New York won the whole thing with a score in the 1800s. It looks like I was right to be skeptical; only the "rather distant" part was right. Does anyone know the story there? I do not want to stir up anything, but I have always wondered how the KMO can "look into" possible cheating and how often it happens.
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Top 10 results:
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Score Correct 2d
1. State College-PA 1774 195 7
2. Thomas Jefferson-VA 1765 195 11
3. Richard Montgomery-MD 1724 191 11
4. Torrey Pines-CA 1694 196 17
5. Champlain Valley Union-VT 1693 197 15
6. Maggie Walker-VA 1688 190 13
7. Cumberland Valley-PA 1687 193 9
8. Bergen County Academies-NJ 1685 191 18
9. Shanghai American 1671 193 20
10 Ladue Horton Watkins-MO 1669 190 14
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The 5 letter code given after the competition contains the score as was on the computer. If the score that the code sends and the score that the school sends does not match, the result is not counted.bigmac wrote:Interesting results. I was told that we got a rather distant 4th place on the phone and that a team from New York won the whole thing with a score in the 1800s. It looks like I was right to be skeptical; only the "rather distant" part was right. Does anyone know the story there? I do not want to stir up anything, but I have always wondered how the KMO can "look into" possible cheating and how often it happens.
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I think he's talking about whatever team is referred to by this:
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rather than accusing noted school that has been a quizbowl (and quizbowl-like activities) powerhouse for, like, decades State College of being a "who-dat school."bigmac wrote:I was told that we got a rather distant 4th place on the phone and that a team from New York won the whole thing with a score in the 1800s.
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Having had to have beaten SC in the PACE quarters last year after losing to them in the Saturday rounds, in no way do I mean THEY are the Who-dat school. This mysterious NY school that was #1 in the early KMO list and finally disappeared--that's where Lucy has some 'splaining to do.
Googling might help get you 1804 (the purported score was something like that), but I don't know how much it could really add. You'd still have to know something to build a base and then Google the ones you absolutely don't know.
I think if OJ rigged his KMO score, he'd do it a different way. I'm sure we've all thought of how people might do it, you know, just for recreational sake, so THERE'S NO NEED TO ELABORATE ON METHODS OF CHEATING ON THE KMO HERE. But in the abstract, I think there would be more effective ways of creating the score you want.
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Googling might help get you 1804 (the purported score was something like that), but I don't know how much it could really add. You'd still have to know something to build a base and then Google the ones you absolutely don't know.
I think if OJ rigged his KMO score, he'd do it a different way. I'm sure we've all thought of how people might do it, you know, just for recreational sake, so THERE'S NO NEED TO ELABORATE ON METHODS OF CHEATING ON THE KMO HERE. But in the abstract, I think there would be more effective ways of creating the score you want.
Eric
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