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- Tue Dec 25, 2018 5:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8105
Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #3: Beach House - 7 #1: Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts vs. #5: JPEGMAFIA - Veteran #2: Pusha-T - Daytona vs. #3: Noname - Room 25 #1: Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour vs. #4: U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimit...
- Tue Dec 18, 2018 4:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
- Replies: 102
- Views: 8105
Re: Best Albums of 2018 Bracket
#1: Mitski - Be the Cowboy vs. #8: Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! #2: Snail Mail - Lush vs. #7: IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance #3: Beach House - 7 vs. #6: Kero Kero Bonito - Time ‘n’ Place #4: Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy vs. #5: Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel #1: Kids See Gh...
- Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5275
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Something I just remembered -- may I see the tossup on "Caliban"? I was very happy to hear it (and asking about Caliban from adaptations of The Tempest was a brilliant idea), but I think I remember it describing him as the last character to speak in The Sea and the Mirror by W. H. Auden. ...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5275
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Did the "gullah" tossup refer to Daughters of the Dust as a documentary? That'd be wrong - it's definitely a fictional film. I may have misheard the moderator, though... Packet 2 Question 20: Joseph Opala noted similarities between rice dishes prepared by people of this ethnicity and inha...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5275
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Can I see the tossup on "ports?" I misinterpreted it the way I heard it as referring to Kingston and got really confused, and am not sure if that should be on me, the moderator, or the packet. Packet 1 Question 3: In a city named for one of these places, an attempt by police to crack down...
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:40 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Historature at ICT
- Replies: 33
- Views: 15101
Re: Historature at ICT
If you let us use your buzzer and you didn’t pick it up, they’re in Logan. Pick them up from there.
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:49 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 81
- Views: 23226
Re: SMT 2018 Specific Question Discussion
I'd like to see the superfluid tossup. It was buzzed on really early in my room and I wanted to see the first few clues again. Thanks.
- Sat Mar 03, 2018 11:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7927
Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Thank you to everyone who came out today. Yale cleared the field to win the tournament, with Amherst and Company coming in second.
Stats for All Games are now posted on the database. Let me know if you need us to make any corrections.
Stats for All Games are now posted on the database. Let me know if you need us to make any corrections.
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 2:13 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7927
Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
I’ve sent out a preliminary logistics email to all registered teams. Please let me know if you didn’t receive it.
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 1:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7927
Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
I’ll be closing registration for this tournament tomorrow night. If you want to register and haven’t yet, please email me soon.
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7927
Re: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
Field (Teams/Buzzer/Staff):
NYU Alums (1/0/0)
MIT (2/1/0)
Rutgers (1/0/0)
RPI (1/1/0)
Yale (1/1/0)
Harvard (1/1/0)
Team "Buntechegg" (1/1/0)
Sid + Rice Alumni (1/0/0)
Columbia (1/2/0)
Amherst and Company (1/0/0)
NYU Alums (1/0/0)
MIT (2/1/0)
Rutgers (1/0/0)
RPI (1/1/0)
Yale (1/1/0)
Harvard (1/1/0)
Team "Buntechegg" (1/1/0)
Sid + Rice Alumni (1/0/0)
Columbia (1/2/0)
Amherst and Company (1/0/0)
- Mon Feb 05, 2018 6:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
- Tue Jan 30, 2018 12:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
- Replies: 66
- Views: 36419
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
That would be extraordinarily unfair to UMD. Let's not throw that idea out there.Periplus of the Erythraean Sea wrote:For the record, I am not at all averse to the idea of a single regional mirror being in New York - I'd happily travel to that! New York is a far better city than DC anyway.
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 11:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Paper planes
Hey ya!
Hey ya!
- Tue Jan 23, 2018 1:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ELITE EIGHT: Best Song of the 2000s
Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Paper Planes by M.I.A
Hey Ya! by Outkast
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West
Paper Planes by M.I.A
Hey Ya! by Outkast
American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West
- Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:08 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 7927
Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) @ NYU (3/3/18)
The New York University Quizbowl team is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a mirror of Cal's Mid Spring Tournament (CMST) on Saturday, March 3rd. The difficulty of this tournament is Nationals-minus and it is Open to all teams. The tournament will take place at NYU’s Global Center for Acad...
- Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: SWEET SIXTEEN: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy
Jesus Walks
Paper Planes
Chicago
Hey Ya!
Take Me Out
Feel Good Inc.
1901
Jesus Walks
Paper Planes
Chicago
Hey Ya!
Take Me Out
Feel Good Inc.
1901
- Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
- Replies: 66
- Views: 36419
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
Still in the process of booking rooms and we’ll post an announcement when we’re more certain but it looks like it will most likely be March 3rd.t-bar wrote:Is there a date set for the NYU site?
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND TWO, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
Hey Ya! by Outkast vs. Time to Pretend by MGMT One More Time by Daft Punk vs. Bad Romance by Lady Gaga Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand vs. Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine Lose Yourself by Eminem vs. Rehab by Amy Winehouse Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Feel Good Inc. by Goril...
- Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:00 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND TWO, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley
Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Jesus Walks by Kanye West
Toxic by Britney Spears
Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
Paper Planes by M.I.A
A-Punk by Vampire Weekend
Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
Mr. Brightside by The Killers
Jesus Walks by Kanye West
Toxic by Britney Spears
Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean
Paper Planes by M.I.A
A-Punk by Vampire Weekend
Chicago by Sufjan Stevens
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 1:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND ONE, PART FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes vs. Fidelity by Regina Spektor Maps by Yeah Yeahs Yeahs vs. Feel Good Inc. by Gorillaz this was tough Yeah! by Usher featuring Ludacris vs. Cry Me a River by Justin Timberlake also tough Idioteque by Radiohead vs. American Boy by Estelle featuring Kanye West t...
- Sun Dec 24, 2017 1:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND ONE, PART TWO: Best Song of the 2000s
99 Problems by Jay-Z vs. Helicopter by Bloc Party Hips Don't Lie by Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean vs. One Armed Scissor by At the Drive-In No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age vs. Supermassive Black Hole by Muse Paper Planes by M.I.A. vs. Not Ready to Make Nice by Dixie Chicks Ignition (Remix) b...
- Fri Dec 22, 2017 1:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND ONE, PART ONE: Best Song of the 2000s
Crazy - Gnarls Barkley vs. Machine Gun - Portishead Wake Me Up When September Ends - Green Day vs. Beautiful - Christina Aguilera SOS - Rihanna vs. Mr. Brightside - The Killers Chop Suey! - System of a Down vs. Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson Jesus Walks - Kanye West vs. Clocks - Coldplay Wake U...
- Tue Dec 19, 2017 12:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND 0 PART 2 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
The Fear – Lily Allen vs. Love Story – Taylor Swift Dashboard – Modest Mouse vs. Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal and Armand Van Helden Move Your Feet – Junior Senior vs. Helicopter – Bloc Party Family Affair – Mary J. Blige vs. Fidelity – Regina Spektor Mykonos – Fleet Foxes vs. American Boy – Estelle feat...
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 2:21 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
I wonder if fluorescent adolescent would have beat since u been gone in the bracket. I always though that was the Arctic Monkeys' best song.
- Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154700
Re: ROUND 0 PART 1 VOTING NOW: Best Song of the 2000s Bracke
Little Lion Man – Mumford and Suns vs. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor – Arctic Monkeys vs. Since U Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson 1234 – Feist vs. Not Ready to Make Nice – Dixie Chicks Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story) – !!! vs. Do...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 5:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 88
- Views: 22469
Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Can i see the bojack bonus being talked about in the other thread?
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:44 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18
- Replies: 23
- Views: 11592
Re: WAO II at Princeton - Nov. 18
sbraunfeld wrote:I like movies. Would other people be interested in playing BUMPY?
quite a few NYU members would definitely be interested
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10519
Re: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
Can I see the tossup on phonons? I wanted to see what made the first clue phonons and not superfluids. Thanks! If I remember correctly, the first line refereed to packets of phonons [these things] being exchanged, resulting in second sound (a phenomenon that can happen in some solids as well as sup...
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: General Discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4098
Re: PB 2017: General Discussion
I enjoyed this tournament and thought the questions were very well written. Lots of props to the writers for doing a good job and thanks to Penn for having a 13 round day run so smoothly.
As an aside, was I the only person who thought that there were very few architecture questions in this set?
As an aside, was I the only person who thought that there were very few architecture questions in this set?
- Fri Oct 20, 2017 12:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I'm bored so let's suggest music
- Replies: 43
- Views: 4284
Re: I'm bored so let's suggest music
Smino's newest project, "blkswn" has been getting repeats on my Spotify since the beginning of the year.
Big Thief's new album, "Capacity," is also quite powerful.
Big Thief's new album, "Capacity," is also quite powerful.
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:58 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Jordaens Visual Arts on Skype (July 15th, 2017)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10168
Re: Jordaens Visual Arts on Skype (July 15th, 2017)
Alec and I are both dropping from the field so there's room for two other people on Daniel's team now.
- Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Summer practices at Columbia
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6088
Re: Summer practices at Columbia
We're in 309 today
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 11:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago
- Replies: 50
- Views: 46784
Re: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago
I can't tell if this is just happening for me, but the livestream has been stuck on the same game between chattahoochee and westview for the past 30 minutes now.
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 12:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7395
Re: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Can i see the glycerol tossup? I wanted to re-read the arachidonic acid clue because I mixed up stuff in my head.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 12:00 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel
- Replies: 63
- Views: 33057
Re: The ol' Nationals Cracker Barrel
NYU is willing to take bribes to perform as badly as you want us to.
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open 2017: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4432
Re: Specific Question Discussion
The first clue in the Hannukah tossup is not exclusive. Grandpa Boris also tells the story of Passover in an episode of Rugrats. It led to a neg in my room at least.
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 4:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 17870
Re: FLOREAT (Global Announcement)
We played this as a shootout on the tossups only at the NYU site of OAT and it was a ton of fun. Thanks for writing such an excellent set. Scores for our site were: Max Smiley: 375 Harrison Whitaker: 365 Alec Vulfson: 200 Eric Mukherjee: 170 Sam Braunfeld: 150 Paul Lee: 70 Jerry Vinokurov: 40 (left ...
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5145
Re: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17
Peter is correct, WAO Fantastic Baby cleared the field to win the tournament. The team of Richard Yu, Jerry Vinokurov, Chris White and Jon Pinyan came in second. Thanks to everyone who came out to play and a special thanks to York Chen and Peter Jiang for helping staff. Richard Yu also deserves a lo...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5145
Re: Oxford Open mirror at NYU 03/25/17
I will send out an email either later tonight or tomorrow with details about when to be here, where the tournament will be held, etc.
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 9:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - April 15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11505
Re: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - Date TBD
NYU prefers the 15th.
- Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: (This) Tournament is a Crime - 02/25/17
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16145
Re: (This) Tournament is a Crime - 02/25/17
Any chance there could be a Skype mirror of this?
- Tue Jan 10, 2017 11:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6235
Re: Best Albums of 2016
We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service by A Tribe Called Quest
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 12:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6235
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper Malibu by Anderson .Paak Blonde by Frank Ocean We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service by A Tribe Called Quest A great final four. My thoughts below: Anderson Paak was a revelation this year and he made some really great catchy, mood-lightening music. Mali...
- Sat Dec 31, 2016 3:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6235
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #6 Wildflower by The Avalanches Oxford Regional #1 A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead #3 Malibu by Anderson .Paak Los Angeles Regional #1 Blonde by Frank Ocean #2 Blackstar by David Bowie Queens Regional #1 We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your s...
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 5:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6235
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #5 untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar #2 22, A Million by Bon Iver #6 Wildflower by The Avalanches Oxford Regional #1 A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead #5 Puberty 2 by Mitski #2 Teens of Denial by Car Seat Headrest #3 Malibu by Anderson .Paak...
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 2:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6235
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #9 HEAVN by Jamila Woods #4 A Seat At The Table by Solange #5 untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar Solange got a tough matchup here but I honestly think her album had a better, more cohesive, narrative than a bunch of Kendrick's outtakes from ...
- Tue Dec 20, 2016 3:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6235
Re: Best Albums of 2016
I'm shocked Telefone by Noname didn't make it into the bracket! #8 Schmilco by Wilco #9 HEAVN by Jamila Woods #8 Starboy by The Weeknd #9 Masterpiece by Big Thief #8 The Colour in Anything by James Blake #9 The Hamilton Mixtape by Lin-Manuel Miranda et al. #8 Anti by Rihanna #9 Views by Drake
- Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:47 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6235
Re: Best Albums of 2016
I don't know if it's my album of the year, but I listened to the entirety of Freetown Sound again recently and it's absolutely gorgeous. Every track blends into the next seamlessly and Dev Hynes' voice really is quite beautiful.
- Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Early Fall Tournament @ NYU (October 1st, 2016)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10532
Re: Early Fall Tournament @ NYU (October 1st, 2016)
They will be updated soon, midterms have kept us busy.