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- Mon Oct 29, 2018 7:12 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: HS Tournaments in Ottawa, ON -- Nov 10 and Dec 1, 2018
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1241
HS Tournaments in Ottawa, ON -- Nov 10 and Dec 1, 2018
Lisgar CI is running Lisgar Novice on Saturday, November 10, 2018. This will use the new SCOP Novice set in a Canadian edition. It is a novice tournament, so all players must be in grade 9 or 10 or else playing in their first quizbowl tournament. Lisgar Novice should run from 9:00 to 4:00. It costs ...
- Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: EFT @ Carleton University (October 13th, 2018)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1904
Re: EFT @ Carleton University (October 13th, 2018)
By the last few rounds, all the low-bracket teams talked about was how tired they were, how they "wished they could leave," how much they liked Reach better, and how they wanted to hear questions about their own dopey interests instead of about classical music. This tournament had a huge blowout pro...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:09 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: Carleton Side Event Weekend (Aug. 25/26)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2070
Re: Carleton Side Event Weekend (Aug. 25/26)
Human Use of Human Beings Scores
TOP ROOM
Rein 595
Ian 220
Leslie 180
Erik 155
Jay 115
Meghan 5
MIDDLE ROOM
Patrick 170
Erik 160
Akhil 155
Aaron 150
Ian 130
Meghan 95
Leslie 75
Jay 75
Adam 55
Brian 45
BOTTOM ROOM
Simone 265
Adam 225
Brian 175
Joe 160
Patrick 130
Aaron 110
Ian 100
Shuying 75
TOP ROOM
Rein 595
Ian 220
Leslie 180
Erik 155
Jay 115
Meghan 5
MIDDLE ROOM
Patrick 170
Erik 160
Akhil 155
Aaron 150
Ian 130
Meghan 95
Leslie 75
Jay 75
Adam 55
Brian 45
BOTTOM ROOM
Simone 265
Adam 225
Brian 175
Joe 160
Patrick 130
Aaron 110
Ian 100
Shuying 75
- Sat Mar 31, 2018 3:32 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl today?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 16172
Re: What is the most pressing concern in college quizbowl to
College quizbowl is really bloated with grad students, old open players, and players who are undergrads but are already quizbowl veterans. Most of these people are great volunteers and are really nice people, but I worry that they take up a lot of oxygen at every event and club meeting. I would love...
- Sun Jan 07, 2018 4:33 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous High School Quizbowl
- Topic: Alternatives to the phrase "good quizbowl"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3096
Re: Alternatives to the phrase "good quizbowl"
I have sympathy for your dilemma -- I often hear people say "quizbowl" to refer to any kind of school quiz game. Sometimes I distinguish by saying "true quizbowl."
- Fri Dec 22, 2017 8:35 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: Ontario Provincial Champs -- March 24, 2018 at uToronto
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1682
Ontario Provincial Champs -- March 24, 2018 at uToronto
There will be an Ontario Provincial Championship on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Meghan Torchia will direct the tournament, with help from the Ontario Quizbowl Association and the University of Toronto quizbowl club. The tournament will begin at 9:00 AM, in Sidney Smith Hall on the downtown U of T camp...
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Carleton Supermoon Tournament -- Dec 2 in Ottawa, ON
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1199
Re: Carleton Supermoon Tournament -- Dec 2 in Ottawa, ON
Stats My recap Lisgar A swept this tournament, winning a one-game final over Lisgar B. All staff and players did an excellent job. I should have ordered more pizza. The Canada questions were hard, but [the USA questions they replaced] would have been harder. I am pleased to see some new schools and...
- Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Carleton Supermoon Tournament -- Dec 2 in Ottawa, ON
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1199
Carleton Supermoon Tournament -- Dec 2 in Ottawa, ON
I'll be running a high-school quizbowl tournament with Carleton University on Saturday, December 2, 2017. We will use a Canadian edition of the NAQT 169-A set. The tournament will start at 10 AM on the Carleton campus, on the first floor of Patterson Hall. My plan is to have the official tournament ...
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 8:10 pm
- Forum: History Bee & Bowl events
- Topic: 2017-18 NHBB Season: Opening Announcements
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2249
Re: 2017-18 NHBB Season: Opening Announcements
I realize now that NAQT has a pretty similar name, for what is also just a business running their own events. So maybe I will back away from my complaints here.
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:33 pm
- Forum: History Bee & Bowl events
- Topic: 2017-18 NHBB Season: Opening Announcements
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2249
Re: 2017-18 NHBB Season: Opening Announcements
The name "International Academic Competitions" seems intended to make IAC sound like an international sports federation or a nonprofit governing body. International Academic Competitions is a consortium of competitions for primary and secondary students I looked up the word "consortium" and it means...
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 1:15 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous High School Quizbowl
- Topic: How do I become a moderator?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2202
Re: How do I become a moderator?
You become a moderator just by offering to do it. Most tournaments can use more staff. When there's a tournament near you, message the organizers and offer to staff -- this will usually be a help to them. You also need to be able to read out loud quickly and clearly. If that's difficult, you may wis...
- Sun Aug 20, 2017 10:49 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: GEODUCK - Geography Side Event (NEW: Online Mirror Update)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 14437
Re: GEODUCK (Geography Side Event)
This was such a good tournament. Kenji is clearly a good writer and a careful editor.
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:02 pm
- Forum: Women in quizbowl discussion
- Topic: Women in Quizbowl 2017 Edition
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8439
Re: Women in Quizbowl 2017 Edition
Someone posts this sentiment like every year. I probably said it a lot in my day too.Other schools' teams at tournaments are almost all male. My school's student club has a healthy gender balance.
- Sun May 21, 2017 4:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Canadian Player Poll 2017: Fluency in French Optional
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8730
Re: Canadian Player Poll 2017: Fluency in French Optional
I think the academic rankings in this thread are mostly accurate. I probably have Ian Dewan in my top 5, and then I might have Andrej or a Toronto B player in my top 10 right now. If I made a top 25, it would have two high-schoolers and Jack from Queen's. I think the gap between Derek and Rein is no...
- Sun Dec 04, 2016 2:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ottawa Quizbowl Tournament XII -- Dec 3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2086
Re: Ottawa Quizbowl Tournament XII -- Dec 3
This went well. 6 teams, all Lisgar and Colonel By, basically all destroyed the IS-A set. Stats . My recap . I want to speak up for two TD decisions I made. 1. I used clocks. Even though we didn't have enough scorekeepers, the rounds still averaged over 21 TUH, so the clocks enabled "more quizbowl."...
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 10:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ottawa Quizbowl Tournament XII -- Dec 3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2086
Re: Ottawa Quizbowl Tournament XII -- Dec 3

Only Lisgar teams so far.
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 10:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Novice HS Tournament @ University of Toronto 03/12/2016
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3012
Re: Novice HS Tournament @ University of Toronto
Please note that this is not a literal novice tournament -- it is open to ringers, seniors, high school students of any age. The use of the word "novice" is just to convey a sense of the new knowledge and new frontiers that the players are sure to enjoy.
- Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ottawa Quizbowl Tournament XII -- Dec 3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2086
Ottawa Quizbowl Tournament XII -- Dec 3
UOttawa and I will run a high-school tournament on December 3. We will use an NAQT's 159-A set, modified into a Canadian edition. Fees and discos: $60 for a school's first team $45 for other teams -$10 for bringing working buzzers -$5 for bringing staff The tournament will take place at 10 AM in a b...
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 9:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2170
Re: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
Classic stats are here or here . All my announcements described doing the standings by a 4-2-1-1 points system, so I'll go by that system and say that Lisgar Shamrocks officially came second. This grid gives more info about the teams' performances. Teams' paths up and down the ladder are shown in th...
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:27 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: On Dressing Well for Staffing High School Tournaments
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8462
Re: On Dressing Well for Staffing High School Tournaments
When I direct or do any control-room for a tournament, I bring nametag stickers and make the staff all wear nametags. I can't usually control how people dress, but I think the nametags are a nice cue to show people that all the staff are real staff of a real event.
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:38 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2170
Re: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
Details of Ladder Format This will be similar to a tennis ladder -- win and move up a room, lose and move down a room. So after a round in Room 2, the winning team would advance to Room 1 for their next round, and the losing team would move back to Room 3. We'll do standings (and decide a winner) o...
- Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2170
Stegosaurus Bowl (BASK) at Lisgar, Ottawa -- Dec 5, 2015
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nqxDzXQQeSc/Vj10NwD5FbI/AAAAAAAABG8/GRZrHz6GiQ8/s320/IMG_20151014_174548634%2B%25282%2529.jpg Stegosaurus Bowl will be a quizbowl tournament at Lisgar Collegiate in Ottawa , on December 5, 2015. It will be run by ONQBA and Lisgar. Schedule Teams should be at Lisgar by 8:30...
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:55 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Pronunciation Guides
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7586
Re: Pronunciation Guides
It's not that bad if a new moderator pronounces something phonetically, but it is very bad if a new moderator stumbles on every question and delays the round. I still think the interpunct method is best here.
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:42 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: New College Contact List
- Replies: 39
- Views: 27882
Re: New College Contact List
How secure is the college contact list (in the top post), and what is it normally used for? I collected contact info for some Ontario clubs, but I'm not sure about posting people's email addresses in the open.
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 4:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 Larry Munson Memorial (Ottawa Hybrid Mirror) 6/13
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4849
Re: 2015 Larry Munson Memorial (Ottawa Hybrid Mirror) 6/13
The set isn't public, but I just emailed it to you. Anyone else who played it can email me for a copy. I'll upload it to the database in August, after any potential Florida mirrors.eldermaas wrote:Do we know if the Ottawa set will be posted?
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 2:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Thoughts on Andrew Hart's Deadspin Article
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4215
Re: Thoughts on Andrew Hart's Deadspin Article
Kind of reminds me of "Best in Show" in that nobody watched that for dog-show content. It makes a lot of quizbowlers look weird and anti-social. The pie-eating contest metaphor is strained at best. But all in all, about as positive a spin on highest-level quizbowl as can be done. I loved the pie-ea...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:11 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Discussion of pronunciation guides
- Replies: 30
- Views: 12194
Re: Discussion of pronunciation guides
If a word is really going to baffle most readers, I like just adding hyphens between the syllables. "Its C cells produce cal-ci-to-nin, while its follicular cells use ty-ro-sine to make a namesake hormone." This method looks a bit silly, but it sounds smooth when people read aloud, and it doesn't ca...
- Thu May 21, 2015 9:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 23267
Re: Click Here to Become Sad
This is its own thread and not the hijacking of a tournament discussion. I'm just here because I like the conversation. You could move it to off-topic even.
That John Ibbitson article made me pretty angry. Drink every time he says "urban elites."
That John Ibbitson article made me pretty angry. Drink every time he says "urban elites."
- Tue May 19, 2015 3:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Click Here to Become Sad
- Replies: 59
- Views: 23267
Re: CO History 2015
In before FZ. Usually it's a parade of Liberal triumphalism, teleological interpretations of confederation as a natural end, all identity conflict solved by Trudeau (until the recent appearance of the dread Harper), and a succession of potted "trials" like Red River gestured toward by way of glorify...
- Sun May 03, 2015 8:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2015: LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS DUFUSES
- Replies: 86
- Views: 24977
Re: Player Poll 2015: LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS DUFUSES
Player poll is cool because great quizbowl play is good and cool, and it's nice to recognize the people who are good at playing quizbowl -- they've all done work to build up their quizbowl game, and they all have a really impressive level of cultural literacy. I enjoy seeing any kind of awards for t...
- Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:05 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Burnout
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6967
Re: Burnout
I'll revive this thread to say that the standards of "writing good tournaments" have gotten a lot higher in the last few years. Ike's post in the Nationals thread shows an elite writer spending "hours on every question" for a tournament. It is obviously great that the big college tournaments have su...
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 NAQT ICT: March 28, Atlanta
- Replies: 73
- Views: 32744
Re: 2015 NAQT ICT: March 28, Atlanta
NAQT is doing live stats.
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16131
Re: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
Credits and Thank-Yous - I wrote or did a full edit on about half the tossups in this set, and on a significantly smaller fraction of the bonuses. - Rodrigo Morante did the next-most work after me, probably followed by Ian Dewan. Rodrigo was particularly dedicated and reliable on this project. He w...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16131
Re: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
Update: We have 11 teams submitting + 3 editor packets. The plan now is to do an 11-team round-robin, plus finals.
Update: Also, some portion of the science is being written/edited by me and is likely to be of very poor quality. We hope you don't mind this.
Update: Also, some portion of the science is being written/edited by me and is likely to be of very poor quality. We hope you don't mind this.
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16131
Re: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
Let's cap this tournament at 13 teams, since that's all we have space for. UPDATED: We have received packets from 9 teams, and we've heard interest from 3 others -- Carleton B (with Patrick), an Ottawa team, and America's Will Alston. If any other teams were hoping to submit and play this thing in O...
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 6:54 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 SCT Errata
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2052
Re: 2015 SCT Errata
Were there supposed to be pencil-and-paper questions in the tournament?
- Sun Feb 01, 2015 3:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT SCT at Carleton University (February 7, 2015)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7430
Re: NAQT SCT at Carleton University (February 7, 2015)
Please do not delay the tournament by eating lunch at a buffet.
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 Regionals: General non-specific thoughts and discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4007
Re: 2015 Regionals: General non-specific thoughts and discus
It was very clear that the tournament had some "scholarship" to it, more than most tournaments. I don't know if this hurt new teams at all (comparative stats might show that), but it certainly made the questions more meaningful. The bonuses were very good at asking about the content and significance...
- Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open 2015: General Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1415
Re: General Discussion
I was generally happy with everything I heard. The questions were obviously of a lower quality than Regionals, but certainly of a high enough quality that it was worth the travel / money, and it was interesting and meaningful to sit down and play them all. The British stuff all played worse than the...
- Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16131
Re: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
RECEIVED
-50: Colonel By, Toronto, "Waterloo A"
-25:
0: McMaster A, Huma's team
+25: Waterloo B, Carleton A
+50: McMaster B, MSU, Ottawa, Carleton B (with Patrick)
-50: Colonel By, Toronto, "Waterloo A"
-25:
0: McMaster A, Huma's team
+25: Waterloo B, Carleton A
+50: McMaster B, MSU, Ottawa, Carleton B (with Patrick)
- Fri Dec 05, 2014 5:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: DEES Online: January 3rd, 2015
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10326
Re: DEES Online: January 3rd, 2015
A fun question: Can I play this tournament if I've already talked about the set with someone? Some friends played this in November. I probably asked "How was the tournament?" and got exposed to info about 5 tossups. If playing, I obviously wouldn't answer any questions I remembered hearing about. Is...
- Sat Nov 15, 2014 5:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ottawa Quizbowl Tournament X (U of Ottawa, 15 Nov 2014)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4961
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 2:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
- Replies: 51
- Views: 19073
Re: ACF Fall 2014 - General Discussion
Anecdotally, I thought most of the dead tossups I saw were in lit and arts. Richard Sheridan, Mahfouz, Millais, Gericault. Even Auden went dead in my room somehow. I think for ACF Fall (and ICCS and high school tournaments), there's a very narrow answer space of "easy" lit / arts / music to ask abou...
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 11:49 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16131
Re: Announcement - 2015 Ottawa Hybrid - March 14, 2015
1/1 Trash lit (genre literature, comic books, comic strips, popular fiction) Journalism! Trash lit is kind of a narrow answer space, but you should absolutely stretch it to include some non-fiction. Write about famous magazines or famous websites with articles. Packets should be formatted according...
- Sat Nov 01, 2014 11:18 pm
- Forum: Databases and Quizbowl Software
- Topic: Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search
- Replies: 131
- Views: 95860
Re: Quinterest: Hassle-free Database Search
Does Jacob or any other Quinterest person see what I search for on Quinterest? I'd like to use Quinterest when I write questions, to see if certain things have come up before. However, I don't want to spoil any upcoming tournaments in Jacob's server logs or anything. Is it safe to use Quinterest whe...
- Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:47 pm
- Forum: International Comparisons and Discussions
- Topic: Solving Toronto (and SW Ontario)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11437
Re: Solving Toronto (and SW Ontario)
I feel comfortable saying that people's work with Reach is a result of having other priorities than promoting good quizbowl. I care lots about promoting good quizbowl, but I've staffed Reach a few times because friends asked me to, and I care about seeing friends and helping out friends. Presumably ...
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 11:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ICCS: Discussion of Specific Questions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1485
Re: ICCS: Discussion of Specific Questions
Might or might not matter: - On R4 TU18 (Sartre), maybe just add "it's not Kant." People will all still buzz with Kant. - On R5 TU15 (Nile), players said they heard "Khartoum" early and didn't buzz because they weren't sure if it was Blue Nile or White Nile. - On R8 TU18 (Marlowe), maybe "it's not G...
- Sat May 17, 2014 12:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Online mirror of College History Bowl
- Replies: 49
- Views: 14060
Re: Online mirror of College History Bowl
Jordan Palmer isn't playing tomorrow.
- Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:39 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: What packets should I study?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5822
Re: What packets should I study?
Ted Gan made a pretty nice difficulty index.
- Fri Apr 25, 2014 2:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Is there a space between "quiz" and "bowl"?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 10493
Is there a space between "quiz" and "bowl"?
I really want to learn / decide on a correct spelling, here. One spelling is more common in the media. Another spelling is in the header of these forums.