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- Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICT bid prediction
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8236
british team
I'm spending the year at Oxford, and, from what I've seen of the Quiz Team here, there is very little chance that any British teams are coming. Extracurricular activities like Quiz Team don't get any money from the university; I think the team account has something like 112 pounds in it.
- Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:19 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Birth of the ACF Player
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33901
- Fri Dec 29, 2006 4:37 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Birth of the ACF Player
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33901
There are ways to become familiar with literary works without reading them, or tv shows without watching them, or even even scientific things without knowing basic science. And natural-born quiz bowlers do a lot of these things naturally (read voraciously, skim Wikipedia, remember things heard on th...
- Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:27 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Birth of the ACF Player
- Replies: 23
- Views: 33901
But doesn't that feel a little bit lame? Isn't it more exciting to learn something in a book or on tv or in class than it is to learn something just for quiz bowl? Isn't it better to be rewarded for the knowledge you acquire in the course of daily life than it is to be rewarded for the knowledge you...
- Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament: October 7, 2006
- Replies: 10
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- Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:24 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT Midwest Results
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6697
I just have a small question about the ranking system, and I hope that it is not a very silly one. It appears that teams with the same overall record are ranked according to points per game. Why is it done this way when the matches are timed and not all the teams have the same point-scoring opportun...