Ejnar Hertzsprung, right?While there was "only one" Danish astronomer
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Ejnar Hertzsprung, right?While there was "only one" Danish astronomer
Maybe he's not angry at you, but at his coach for taking him to a crappy tournament that would use "This Danish astronomer" as a leadin.ihatenicksaban wrote: To anyone reading this if you hear the lead-in "This Danish astronomer..." if you answer Tycho Brahe you will get it right 99% of the time and the jerk on the other team who claims you blitzed and names either Hertzsprung or Roemer is just jealous that you beat him.
You didn't give an argument, you made an assertion. I made my own assertion. I'm operating from the principle that this game should reward knowledge and self-discipline, so my answer, based on that principle, requires no further reasoning. When you have a logical way to show that the thousands of hours and dollars that go into an elite quizbowl team are best spent rewarding the older players for being aware of what has come up before instead of rewarding actual knowledge with an application outside of competition, please post it.irmogopher wrote:Great point Matt, I feel you really countered my argument. Thanks for the insight.
I officially request that this thread be split into Discussion. We have strayed enough from the original topic, and Discussion is more appropriate for agreeing to disagree. :)ReinsteinD wrote:Can't we all just get along?
If you're at a tournament with bad questions, then guess away if it helps you win.
If you write questions or pick which tournaments your team goes to, then avoid that Danish astronomer junk.
If you want to practice such questions because you go to tournaments that use them, then understand why other people don't want to practice with you. If you like such questions, then you are in the majority in certain places but not here.
OK?