Bad Negs Again

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George Berry on IRC last night:

Given: shattering the backboard
Answer: converting to Islam
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metsfan001 wrote:George Berry on IRC last night:
Apparently I am undergoing a metamorphosis into Trevor Davis. Hopefully my PPG will undergo a similar change.
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From some set last year (house written I believe, perhaps a Maryland tournament and Henry might know):

A tossup's first sentence mentioned that he was born to Hasidic Jews in Belarus and studied art.

Buzz!

Hitler

We stopped and laughed for a few minutes. Then we discussed why the Freshman Method of buzzing is not a good idea.

(The answer was Marc Chagall.)
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This one was a pretty interesting one from an old NAQT A set.
this product with a 2 million strong sales force *buzz* wrong answer gasoline
I finish reading the clue which includes thin mints and tagalongs... and the answer was Girl Scout Cookies
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Matthew D wrote:This one was a pretty interesting one from an old NAQT A set.
this product with a 2 million strong sales force *buzz* wrong answer gasoline
I finish reading the clue which includes thin mints and tagalongs... and the answer was Girl Scout Cookies
Someone on our team negged with cigarettes.
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Given:Schezerhade's captor
correct:Don Quixote
from and old NAQT A-set. The clue invovled damsels in distress.
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metsfan001 wrote:George Berry on IRC last night:

Given: shattering the backboard
Answer: converting to Islam
To be fair, it was at least talking about basketball players who converted to Islam.
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At HSNCT (I think), I gave "shattering the backboard" for "being drafted out of high school". The second clue (the clue I buzzed on) was about noted short guy Sebastian Telfair.
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la2pgh wrote:At HSNCT (I think), I gave "shattering the backboard" for "being drafted out of high school". The second clue (the clue I buzzed on) was about noted short guy Sebastian Telfair.
This was an IS set last spring; I remember because I did the same thing when playing the round for laughs with some other staffers just before it was read to teams.
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Resurrecting due to an amusing neg at practice today on an '02 IS set (32, I think):
Question: something about it being treason for anyone but a sultan to own one
My teammate: Mamluks?
Correct: Elephants
The next clue involved the first domestication of them.
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We were practicing on a packet from our tournament from years ago, and one of our seniors was a bit out of it...

...Jane Addams *buzz* Huddle House...
Yeah. Who needs social reform when we have waffles?
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Tonight was a good one at Pitt practice. There was:
Aristotle for Jethro Tull after "Berkshire native"
Pittsburgh for Calcutta after "population of 14 million"
Carebears for Yaya Sisterhood
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At practice on 2007 D2 SCT:
Rosalind Parks for Rosalind Franklin
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Rape, for escape, after several saints had been named performing the action
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George, at practice tonight:

Given: Hannibal
Actual answer: Genghis Khan
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GoffmanProphecies wrote:George, at practice tonight:

Given: Hannibal
Actual answer: Genghis Khan
Were elephants involved?
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Goff at practice

Given: Ba'ath party
Answer: Conservative Party (British)

note: this packet is a theme packet where everything revolves around brains!
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Trying to give the location of the Alamo -- Texas! "Could you be more specific?" Los Angeles!!
First man to spacewalk -- Uhh, was that Lance Armstrong?
Spell pharmaceutical -- F-, ah crap
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A gem I had from New Trier Solo's finals last year:

Wrong: My Grandfather's Son (by Clarence Thomas)
Right: Black Boy (by Richard Wright)

What makes this especially bad was that it came after the clues "hanged a kitten" and "joined the Communist party"
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Yesterday at practice, one player on our B team convinced the captain that "Bukakke" was a famous Russian author. Hence:

Correct Answer: Maxim Gorky
Answer Given: Bukakke

:oops:
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quizbowllee wrote:Yesterday at practice, one player on our B team convinced the captain that "Bukakke" was a famous Russian author.
That's either Kaleb or Jesse.
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quizbowllee wrote:Yesterday at practice, one player on our B team convinced the captain that "Bukakke" was a famous Russian author. Hence:

Correct Answer: Maxim Gorky
Answer Given: Bukakke

:oops:
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Given: Archimedes
Correct: Reggie Jackson

Given: Ambrose Bierce
Correct: Adlai Stevenson
Came in WAY too early on both.
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On Tuesday, playing MCMNT 2008, the one freshman we've recruited so far made his first collegiate practice buzz.

Wrong: Dalai Lama
Right: John Roberts

Luckily this came just before "Fred Thompson" and not after.

If you're going to have a memorable first buzz, it might as well be a bad neg. That said, he seems eager to have fun and learn stuff, so I predict he will be making much better buzzes soon (in all senses of the word "better").
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From today's coaches round:
Given: Bridge on the River Kwai
Correct: Mikhail's Navy
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Ned Gravelshirt wrote:From today's coaches round:
Given: Bridge on the River Kwai
Correct: Mikhail's Navy
Is that a hilarious misspelling of McHale's Navy?
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DeisEvan wrote:
Ned Gravelshirt wrote:From today's coaches round:
Given: Bridge on the River Kwai
Correct: Mikhail's Navy
Is that a hilarious misspelling of McHale's Navy?
Yes.
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me: "white flight" for "vowel shifts"
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my co-captain: "the devil wears prada" for "the bell jar"
It really made sense at the time.
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In practice today, on an IS-70 packet:

Given - "Diba"
Answer - "Minerva"
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In middle school practice today:

Answer given: Melanoma
Correct Answer: Melatonin

The question asked for a neurotransmitter secreted by the pineal gland. I was somewhat impressed that a 7th grader sort of knew what he was talking about, but the idea of a cancer-secreting gland amused me.
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Given: Maginot Line
Correct: Tropic of Capricorn

We were all tired, so we got alot of caffeine and twitchbuzzed. A lot...
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Playing in a county match on 10/7/08 in which the questions are house-written

Given Answer: Mr. Freeze
Correct Answer: TImur
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Voltaire for Pancho Villa. (IS-75A)

After ..."best known for raiding Columbus, NM, in 1916..."
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rchschem wrote:Voltaire for Pancho Villa. (IS-75A)

After ..."best known for raiding Columbus, NM, in 1916..."
Interesting...
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(In practice on some old NAQT packet)

Given: Tennis' Grand Slam
Answer:(ascend) The Matterhorn

All I remembering hearing was that someone with a rather German-sounding name was the first person to do it in one calendar year.
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Me, on an 07 HSNCT packet in the car last night on the way to EFT:

Given: Endangered Species Act
Actual: The Joy of Cooking
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Given: abstinence-only education
Answer: the embargo on Cuba

To be fair, I buzzed in after it was described as a "policy of non-intercourse."
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A.F. wrote:Me, on an 07 HSNCT packet in the car last night on the way to EFT:

Given: Endangered Species Act
Actual: The Joy of Cooking
My teammate negged that IN-GAME with the Golden Record at the mention of squirrels.
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Earlier this week at practice:

Black Death for Iron Age. Oops.
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During EFT, I negged with "Jedi Council" for "Lutwaffe" at some point in the question were it had almost certainly established that it the answer was something involving Germany. It ruled. I think Evan also negged with "Tie Fighters" for "Sentinels" after a clue about them gaining the ability to teleport after flying into the sun.
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Antisamitism wrote:Given: abstinence-only education
Answer: the embargo on Cuba

To be fair, I buzzed in after it was described as a "policy of non-intercourse."
Made my day.
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From EFT:

Wrong answer: Star Trek
Right answer: Salman Rushdie
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From FEUERBACH:

Wrong answer: Ayers Rock
Right answer: Canadian shield

This after the clue "three million square miles of exposed Precambrian rock." I was only off by about 3 million percent.
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Yesterday at practice...

Answer given: American Gothic
Correct answer: Harland Sanders
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From a 2005 NAQT set we read in practice, given by our newest member:
Wrong: Britney Spears
Right:St.Ceclia
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Today in practice:

Given answer: Sierra Leone
Correct answer: Topeka, KS

(after "founded a railroad...")
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An old Is Set:

Clue: ...North Pole
Ans Given: Frederick Douglass
Ans: Byrd
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This was a month or so ago (For some reason i can't remember if it was at russel or at pratice)

I have no idea where my head was at, but

Give: Charles De Gaulle
Answer: Mark Chagall

The question started "Fled to France in WW2... *Buzz*"

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Not a neg, but sort of funny in a similar way (from some old ACF or mACF packet):

Clue in a question about John Cage that listed some of his works: 4'33"
Moderator said: "Four Feet, Thirty-Three Inches"
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