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A couple spectacular ones, both of which I think were on the individual round of some tournmanet::
Reader: ...name this general who lost the battle of Waterloo.
Answer given: Louis IV?
Reader: blah blah radio addresses supporting the Nazis blah blah
Answer given: Churchill
and in another room, on the same question
Answer given: FDR
Reader: ...name this general who lost the battle of Waterloo.
Answer given: Louis IV?
Reader: blah blah radio addresses supporting the Nazis blah blah
Answer given: Churchill
and in another room, on the same question
Answer given: FDR
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Funny answer
Some of you oldsters may have seen this one on the NAC intro trailer some years back. The question started something along the lines of "Her facelift had a pricetag of $70 million..."
I buzzed in at that point and said "Elizabeth Taylor".
The correct answer was, of course, "The Statue of Liberty".
I buzzed in at that point and said "Elizabeth Taylor".
The correct answer was, of course, "The Statue of Liberty".
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Worst negs of all time that I committed or witnessed:
Ender's Game for Athens (I heard polemarch...the rest is history)
LSD for Histamine
The Two Towers for the Twin Towers
Idi Amin, Lord of All the Beasts of the Land, and Fish of the Sea, and Birds of the Air, King of Scotland and All Outlying Provinces for Yertle the Turtle
Ender's Game for Athens (I heard polemarch...the rest is history)
LSD for Histamine
The Two Towers for the Twin Towers
Idi Amin, Lord of All the Beasts of the Land, and Fish of the Sea, and Birds of the Air, King of Scotland and All Outlying Provinces for Yertle the Turtle
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ACLU for American Bar Association
On carnivorous marsupial *buzz* Koala (supposed to be tasmanian devil)
shortage of this vaccine... *buzz* AIDS
On carnivorous marsupial *buzz* Koala (supposed to be tasmanian devil)
shortage of this vaccine... *buzz* AIDS
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Rice University '12
Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Political Science
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Center of the Known Universe tournament in Chattanooga 2 days ago.
Reader: "blah blah, a movie about his man in late 2005.."
*teammate buzzes*
*reader ends up saying John Malcovich after the buzz*
Teammate: "damn it...Johnny Cash"
ANSWER: None other than Gustav Klimt
This one got best neg of the tournament =D
Reader: "blah blah, a movie about his man in late 2005.."
*teammate buzzes*
*reader ends up saying John Malcovich after the buzz*
Teammate: "damn it...Johnny Cash"
ANSWER: None other than Gustav Klimt
This one got best neg of the tournament =D
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Georgetown College '08
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At HSNCT, one of the members of TJ A said "To The Lighthouse" instead of flop on that TU, don't feel bad about it. It's on the podcasts for eternal posterity. He buzzed in really early on "The first part to be revealed is called the window".insaneindian wrote:at HSNCT, a teammate said Texas Hold em instead of flop.
doesnt seem that bad, except we played poker for about 60 % of the time in new orleans and chicago
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Bad Negs
Cost my team some wins with these
Olympic commissioner for California governor (missed VHSL Regionals on that one)
Binomial nomenclature for Amphibian (missed out on TV scholarship money on that one- I will never forgive myself 'cause I desperately need scholarship money)
Olympic commissioner for California governor (missed VHSL Regionals on that one)
Binomial nomenclature for Amphibian (missed out on TV scholarship money on that one- I will never forgive myself 'cause I desperately need scholarship money)
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W&M (trash only) (2008-present)
CNU Quizbowl (2007)
Freeman HS President (2003-2005)
Assistant coach in the Peninsula area
W&M (trash only) (2008-present)
CNU Quizbowl (2007)
Freeman HS President (2003-2005)
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Q: "This psychologist...blah blah...Name this writer of Walden Two."
Immediate buzz
A: (Enthusiasticallly): THOREAU!
The only good part is that you could visibly see everyone else in the room do a colelctive cringe in pain. (the player claimed later that she knew it was wrong, but couldn't stop herself when she heard "Walden".
Immediate buzz
A: (Enthusiasticallly): THOREAU!
The only good part is that you could visibly see everyone else in the room do a colelctive cringe in pain. (the player claimed later that she knew it was wrong, but couldn't stop herself when she heard "Walden".
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This was probably the worst neg ive ever had in my life...im normally good at math tossups but the last half of last year and now this year, im not getting them because ive forgotten in all these years of calculus how to do simple arithmetic...this was even worse
"something about 600 and 500"
basically you had to double 600 and add 500...easy enough
i wrote down 650 instead of 600 so i overshot the answer by 100
"something about 600 and 500"
basically you had to double 600 and add 500...easy enough
i wrote down 650 instead of 600 so i overshot the answer by 100
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