RESULTS: 5th Annual Gonzaga Academic Tournament (GAT) 2/9/08
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RESULTS: 5th Annual Gonzaga Academic Tournament (GAT) 2/9/08
You are invited to Gonzaga College High School in Washington, DC's 5th Annual Gonzaga Academic Tournament.
The Cost will be:
$60 for first team(this is higher than the flier we passed out at Princeton, sorry)
-$5 for each additional team
-$5 for a buzzer that works
-$5 if PAYMENT is sent before Feb. 1st
$15 for questions
Please make all checks payable to Gonzaga Academic Team.
Format:
We will follow the format used by PACE for its National Tournament-contact us if you have any questions about that.
Location:
Scenic 19 Eye Street between H and K Streets on North Capitol Street. It's about 2 blocks away from Union Station and is right by the Capitol and many museums if you want to go sight-seeing.
Food:
Breakfast will be legit.
Registration:
To register send an e-mail to our Coach Father Kenneth Meehan at [email protected] with your school name, how many teams you're bringing, and how many buzzer systems you're bringing, as well as as an emergency contact number in case you're late and we need to call you. Please send all checks (if you're registering early) to Gonzaga Academic Team/ Gonzaga High School/ 19 Eye Street, NW/ Washington, DC 20001.
Field:
We expect a very competitive field and we're capping the field at 42 teams right now so please register soon.
Moderators:
We had some moderating issues at our last tournament and we're hoping to fix those by capping the field at 42 but if you are in the DC area on the 9th and like a free lunch we would GREATLY appreciate any help.
The Cost will be:
$60 for first team(this is higher than the flier we passed out at Princeton, sorry)
-$5 for each additional team
-$5 for a buzzer that works
-$5 if PAYMENT is sent before Feb. 1st
$15 for questions
Please make all checks payable to Gonzaga Academic Team.
Format:
We will follow the format used by PACE for its National Tournament-contact us if you have any questions about that.
Location:
Scenic 19 Eye Street between H and K Streets on North Capitol Street. It's about 2 blocks away from Union Station and is right by the Capitol and many museums if you want to go sight-seeing.
Food:
Breakfast will be legit.
Registration:
To register send an e-mail to our Coach Father Kenneth Meehan at [email protected] with your school name, how many teams you're bringing, and how many buzzer systems you're bringing, as well as as an emergency contact number in case you're late and we need to call you. Please send all checks (if you're registering early) to Gonzaga Academic Team/ Gonzaga High School/ 19 Eye Street, NW/ Washington, DC 20001.
Field:
We expect a very competitive field and we're capping the field at 42 teams right now so please register soon.
Moderators:
We had some moderating issues at our last tournament and we're hoping to fix those by capping the field at 42 but if you are in the DC area on the 9th and like a free lunch we would GREATLY appreciate any help.
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Depending on class requirements at the time, I may be interested in moderating since I'm only a few minutes away. And I'll get Perry Hall to come along.
If possible, I would like to see Perry Hall play, so could I perhaps follow Perry Hall for the day as long as you feel it does not present a competitive advantage (perhaps I could rotate reading with someone - I read at Maryland for Perry Hall and it worked all right, though I understand the argument of "getting used to my reading style" throughout the day)?
If possible, I would like to see Perry Hall play, so could I perhaps follow Perry Hall for the day as long as you feel it does not present a competitive advantage (perhaps I could rotate reading with someone - I read at Maryland for Perry Hall and it worked all right, though I understand the argument of "getting used to my reading style" throughout the day)?
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Oh, and the breakfast is pretty legit. So is the tournament... kinda.
Actually, great tournament for anyone who likes any of the following: really pyramidal questions, challenging questions, good questions. My only knock last year was that many of the sports questions were Redskins questions (which I despised), though otherwise the tournament was REALLY REALLY good - a great tournament for anyone considering nationals, or, you know, not considering nationals - either way.
Actually, great tournament for anyone who likes any of the following: really pyramidal questions, challenging questions, good questions. My only knock last year was that many of the sports questions were Redskins questions (which I despised), though otherwise the tournament was REALLY REALLY good - a great tournament for anyone considering nationals, or, you know, not considering nationals - either way.
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This tournament is being written by different people, and in a different format, than the tournament last year. Unless I'm mistaken, more specifically it's being written by Dave Bykowski's Academic Initiative team. In any case, the questions are sure to meet the "good" and "pyramidal" categories, but if you were put off at all by some more esoteric answer selection last year, don't let that influence your decision for this year's tournament as this tournament is quite unlikely to feature 8-line tossups on Henri Bergson.
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Just for clarification. I wrote last year's tournament (except for the science) and I will be writing a large portion of this tournament with Dave Bykowski for Academic Initiative. If you liked last year's questions please come back and expect more of the same. As the set will be used in many places across the country expect the tournament to be on the whole a little easier (but I stand by Bergson as valid answer selection in the semi-finals featuring teams such as Maggie Walker, TJ, Dorman, and RM). BTW, I will be back in DC to moderate for this.
It will not feature 8-line tossups on anything or anybody.DumbJaques wrote:This tournament is being written by different people, and in a different format, than the tournament last year. Unless I'm mistaken, more specifically it's being written by Dave Bykowski's Academic Initiative team. In any case, the questions are sure to meet the "good" and "pyramidal" categories, but if you were put off at all by some more esoteric answer selection last year, don't let that influence your decision for this year's tournament as this tournament is quite unlikely to feature 8-line tossups on Henri Bergson.
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Bump. and Field Update. YAY
Baltimore Poly(1)
Banneker(3)
Bishop Ireton(1)
Centennial(3)
Eleanor Roosevelt(1-2)
Georgetown Day(2)
Howard(1)
Maggie Walker(1)
Marshall(1-2)
Mount Vernon(1)
Perry Hall(2)
Poolesville(3)
Quince Orchard(1)
Richard Montgomery(2)
Robinson(1)
St. Anselm's(2)
Seton Hall(2)
South Lakes(1)
State College(2)
Thomas Jefferson(6)
Walter Johnson(1)
Wilson(1)
Whitman(2)
So this list means we have 40 teams confirmed which means we still have room for 2 teams. I know a bunch of teams have expressed interest so sign up already.
Baltimore Poly(1)
Banneker(3)
Bishop Ireton(1)
Centennial(3)
Eleanor Roosevelt(1-2)
Georgetown Day(2)
Howard(1)
Maggie Walker(1)
Marshall(1-2)
Mount Vernon(1)
Perry Hall(2)
Poolesville(3)
Quince Orchard(1)
Richard Montgomery(2)
Robinson(1)
St. Anselm's(2)
Seton Hall(2)
South Lakes(1)
State College(2)
Thomas Jefferson(6)
Walter Johnson(1)
Wilson(1)
Whitman(2)
So this list means we have 40 teams confirmed which means we still have room for 2 teams. I know a bunch of teams have expressed interest so sign up already.
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Gov's attendance is now contingent on us finding an acceptable person to transport a team, as Dr. B. is supervising admissions tests that day. We have two options but are stuck awaiting the approval of our director (principal-type guy).
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Actually, he hasn't, so I'd just remind him to do it as soon as possible cuz we expect the limit to be reached possibly by the end of this next wk.NeverHitTina wrote:Blake is indeed coming. I'm going to assume and hope Mr. Caulfield has contacted you.
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I said "pending forms."jbarnes112358 wrote:Tentatively approved. But yeah please hold open a spot for one team. It will not be our regular A team, more like our B+ team, but they're a spunky lot.MLWGS-Gir wrote:Gov's chaperone has been approved, pending some forms. Dr. B. should be registering us soon.
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Sure will. Thanks. Much.Gonzagapuma1 wrote:Ok I will, but could you please e-mail father meehan as soon as you can?Howard wrote:Please put Howard in for a team and a buzzer. I meant to e-mail this to Father Meehan last night, and I cannot access my e-mail right now.
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This was a good tournament. It was certainly run more smoothly than last year, although I think it would have been better with less down time. We were done with 2 play off rounds around 4:45 (I think). I'm not sure if that's good or bad considering we had 5 rounds of prelims and the 28 question PACE style.
I'm going to assume I can't talk about specifics yet: The questions seemed really easy in the first few rounds (in one game, we powered 9/10), but I guess I'm biased because I had been playing ACF fall and regionals online. Overall, I liked the questions, except for some really bad ones which just seemed out of place in an otherwise very good set. I was sad about the lack of philosophy questions and the abundance of element questions (which I really really hate, although I can't really come up with a good arguement against it).
There was a protest over the pronunciation of a certain location. (The best example I can come up with is saying Hokkadio for Hokkaido). I was OK with the ultimate outcome since I was unsure at the moment (although having checked it now, I'm 95% sure I should have won the protest) but I wasn't happy with the logic that was used to resolve it. They said that they weren't sure because "Hokkadio" gave few hundred hits on google. Therefore, they said it was up to "reader discretion" . . . oh well.
It was a tiring but definitely fun tournament.
I'm going to assume I can't talk about specifics yet: The questions seemed really easy in the first few rounds (in one game, we powered 9/10), but I guess I'm biased because I had been playing ACF fall and regionals online. Overall, I liked the questions, except for some really bad ones which just seemed out of place in an otherwise very good set. I was sad about the lack of philosophy questions and the abundance of element questions (which I really really hate, although I can't really come up with a good arguement against it).
There was a protest over the pronunciation of a certain location. (The best example I can come up with is saying Hokkadio for Hokkaido). I was OK with the ultimate outcome since I was unsure at the moment (although having checked it now, I'm 95% sure I should have won the protest) but I wasn't happy with the logic that was used to resolve it. They said that they weren't sure because "Hokkadio" gave few hundred hits on google. Therefore, they said it was up to "reader discretion" . . . oh well.
It was a tiring but definitely fun tournament.
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Good tournament. Questions were on the whole very well written: gg, Dave Bykowski. Still went slower than I like to see in a tournament, but there wasn't any of the 8:00 P.M. type debacle that went on last year. The only complaint I have is that one of the readers my team had was inexcusably slow- it took us over an hour to finish a 28 tossup round. We were able to switch him for Dr. Chuck in the next round and everything else was fine.
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Sorry the game had to end that way, Daichi. It was one of our closest all day.aestheteboy wrote:
There was a protest over the pronunciation of a certain location. (The best example I can come up with is saying Hokkadio for Hokkaido). I was OK with the ultimate outcome since I was unsure at the moment (although having checked it now, I'm 95% sure I should have won the protest) but I wasn't happy with the logic that was used to resolve it. They said that they weren't sure because "Hokkadio" gave few hundred hits on google. Therefore, they said it was up to "reader discretion" . . . oh well.
It was a tiring but definitely fun tournament.
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Yeah, protests are never fun. But I'm glad you guys won because you guys clearly played better than us, and I was feeling bad for being a hardass throughout the game. I have to say I was underestimating Gov B+.MLWGS-Gir wrote:Sorry the game had to end that way, Daichi. It was one of our closest all day.aestheteboy wrote:
There was a protest over the pronunciation of a certain location. (The best example I can come up with is saying Hokkadio for Hokkaido). I was OK with the ultimate outcome since I was unsure at the moment (although having checked it now, I'm 95% sure I should have won the protest) but I wasn't happy with the logic that was used to resolve it. They said that they weren't sure because "Hokkadio" gave few hundred hits on google. Therefore, they said it was up to "reader discretion" . . . oh well.
It was a tiring but definitely fun tournament.
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My bad I never posted full results. and to fred- 42
First Round of Playoffs(im doing this from memory so please correct me if im wrong):
1)Whitman defeat 16) TJ C
2) State College A defeats 15) Centennial A
3) Walter Johnson defeats 14) St. Anselm's
4) TJ A defeats 13) RM B
5) RM A defeats 12) Robinson
6) Maggie Walker defeats 11) TJ B
10) State College B defeats 7) Seton Hall A
8) GDS A defeats 9) Whitman B
Quarters:
1) Whitman defeats 8) GDS A
2) SC A defeats 10) SC B
6) Maggie Walker defeats 3) Walter Johnson
4) TJ A defeats 5) RM A
Semis:
1) Whitman defeats 4) TJ A
2) SC A defeats MW
Finals:
Whitman defeats State College
First Round of Playoffs(im doing this from memory so please correct me if im wrong):
1)Whitman defeat 16) TJ C
2) State College A defeats 15) Centennial A
3) Walter Johnson defeats 14) St. Anselm's
4) TJ A defeats 13) RM B
5) RM A defeats 12) Robinson
6) Maggie Walker defeats 11) TJ B
10) State College B defeats 7) Seton Hall A
8) GDS A defeats 9) Whitman B
Quarters:
1) Whitman defeats 8) GDS A
2) SC A defeats 10) SC B
6) Maggie Walker defeats 3) Walter Johnson
4) TJ A defeats 5) RM A
Semis:
1) Whitman defeats 4) TJ A
2) SC A defeats MW
Finals:
Whitman defeats State College
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Yea whatever "stats"(not my idea) we did will be posted next week cause Gonzaga has a 4-day weekend.aestheteboy wrote:Are you posting the prelim stats?
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Thanks!Gonzagapuma1 wrote:My bad I never posted full results. and to fred- 42
First Round of Playoffs(im doing this from memory so please correct me if im wrong):
1)Whitman defeat 16) TJ C
2) State College A defeats 15) Centennial A
3) Walter Johnson defeats 14) St. Anselm's
4) TJ A defeats 13) RM B
5) RM A defeats 12) Robinson
6) Maggie Walker defeats 11) TJ B
10) State College B defeats 7) Seton Hall A
8) GDS A defeats 9) Whitman B
Quarters:
1) Whitman defeats 8) GDS A
2) SC A defeats 10) SC B
6) Maggie Walker defeats 3) Walter Johnson
4) TJ A defeats 5) RM A
Semis:
1) Whitman defeats 4) TJ A
2) SC A defeats MW
Finals:
Whitman defeats State College
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Yea, I probably should have mentioned this but they're $20 if you want us to mail the set to you and $15 if you want us to give you them at the next tournament we both go to.MLWGS-Gir wrote:Our program is seriously lacking in PACE format practice sets; is it still possible to purchase these?
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Thanks. I'll tell Dr. B.Gonzagapuma1 wrote:Yea, I probably should have mentioned this but they're $20 if you want us to mail the set to you and $15 if you want us to give you them at the next tournament we both go to.MLWGS-Gir wrote:Our program is seriously lacking in PACE format practice sets; is it still possible to purchase these?
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Re: 5th Annual Gonzaga Academic Tournament(GAT) on 2/9/08
when (or if) are the "stats" going to be posted?