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- Thu Mar 19, 2020 6:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Logical Fallacy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 842
Re: Logical Fallacy
If these arguments are occurring online, the way to deal with them is simply to post a picture of Ray Bolger in response.
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Geneva (NY) Invitational at Geneva HS (2/8/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1525
Re: Geneva (NY) Invitational at Geneva HS (2/8/2020)
Due to available buzzer, room and staffer constraints as well as convenience of scheduling, the field size for the February 8 Geneva Invitational quizbowl tournament is now limited to 24 teams.
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 7:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Geneva (NY) Invitational at Geneva HS (2/8/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1525
Geneva (NY) Invitational at Geneva HS (2/8/2020)
The Geneva High School Quizbowl Team and I would like to invite your quizbowl team to compete at the Third Annual Geneva Invitational Tournament, a quizbowl tournament to be held at Geneva High School on Saturday, February 8, 2020 . The Geneva High School quizbowl team will serve as the hosts, and, ...
- Sat Apr 27, 2019 4:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 45735
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
I generally agree with what Wonyoung says, but you ignore Alex Pyle and Troy at your peril. Two triple digit margin wins against Ithaca, a 3rd place IPNCT finish and a solo Livingston tournament win for Alex, and an Alex-less Troy put up a PPB at BrainBusters Spring that shows that his backup is of ...
- Sat Dec 22, 2018 11:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 45735
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
In fact, they have not played a single NY team all year. I'm confused by your reasoning here. They're much more a part of the MA circuit then they are a part of ours. They should not be ranked on this poll. They played against both Troy and Ithaca at MIT Fall. You're right that they are more part o...
- Wed Nov 14, 2018 3:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY Date Claims 2018-19
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10669
Re: NY Date Claims 2018-19
February 9, 2019 is the Geneva Invitational (IS-181) at Geneva HS, Geneva, NY.
- Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Geneva (NY) Invitational - February 9, 2019 - NAQT IS-181
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3016
Geneva (NY) Invitational - February 9, 2019 - NAQT IS-181
The Geneva High School Quizbowl team will be hosting the second annual Geneva Invitational Quizbowl Tournament on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at Geneva High School in Geneva, New York. Registration for the teams participating in the tournament will commence at 7:45 with staff and player meetings at 8...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
- Replies: 76
- Views: 45735
Re: NY/NJ/CT/PA/DE Discussion '18-19
In upstate New York, it's Ithaca A and Troy, and everyone else is a long way below (Cooperstown returns only one player from their SSNCT quarterfinalist team, Fayetteville-Manlius graduated Matt Hasenwinkel, and no MasterMinds team has the experience or canon knowledge to even begin to deal with Ith...
- Mon Jan 01, 2018 3:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Geneva (NY) Quizbowl Invitational (IS-172, January 27, 2018)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1744
Geneva (NY) Quizbowl Invitational (IS-172, January 27, 2018)
The first-ever Geneva Invitational quizbowl tournament will take place at Geneva High School in Geneva, NY, on Saturday, January 27, 2018. This tournament will use NAQT IS set IS-172, meaning that it will be of the same difficulty as November's BrainBusters Fall tournament at Ithaca (high school reg...
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
Re: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
Full statistics for the tournament can be found here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4467/
- Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
Re: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
Ithaca A first-sentence powered/20d the final question cycle to overcome a 100-point deficit with three tossups remaining and defeat Delaware Valley A 330-320 to win their 5th BrainBusters Fall championship in dramatic style at Ithaca HS on Saturday. Fayetteville-Manlius defeated Troy 345-220 in the...
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 27467
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-27, Atlanta
Compared to what NAQT stands to gain (maybe not in 2018, but in future years), I don't think a few extra packets would be a significant burden at all. Suppose the field expands to 400 teams in 2019 (96 more than last year), and let's also make the simplifying but probably untrue assumption that 304 ...
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 3:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 27467
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-27, Atlanta
A small point about what Joshua said: the friendly collusion that he posits could happen would not necessarily prevent teams from playing each other in the prelims. It would prevent them from playing each other in the first seven rounds of the prelims. Not being a member of NAQT I am not privy to th...
- Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations Plano West!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 27467
Re: 2018 NAQT HSNCT: May 26-27, Atlanta
I actually think that this format was a quite clever way to deal with something that doesn't seem to be a huge problem now, but was going to become one in the next couple of years if it wasn't dealt with somehow - the ever-increasing field size. With this system, NAQT does not have to turn teams awa...
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Board Game Recommendations
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1875
Re: Board Game Recommendations
Also, an out of print but generally relatively easy to find game called Facts in Five, made by Avalon Hill, would be of particular interest to quizbowlers, I think. It is basically a far more intellectual and diverse version of Scattergories, with scoring rules that reward deep knowledge since you a...
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 10:32 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Board Game Recommendations
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1875
Re: Board Game Recommendations
Twilight Struggle is great and highly recommended. Labyrinth: The War on Terror is just as good and maybe even a little better, since it comes with highly playable solo rules. (There are decent solo rules for TS that you can find online with a little searching, but they change the dynamic of the gam...
- Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25540
Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
and it's important for people to do the digging into the finances and see who might have an interest in preventing good quizbowl in an area. I missed this comment from Chris in one of the responses above. This is absolutely a major part of what is going on in upstate New York with regards to Master...
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
Re: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
Field update (10/12/2017) (teams/buzzers/staffers) - ** denotes small school Registration deadline is October 28. We may extend this deadline some in order to get the field to a more logistically convenient number of teams, but that is completely at our discretion and registrations after that date a...
- Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
Re: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
Field update (9/27/2017) (teams/buzzers/staffers) - ** denotes small school Amherst (1/1/0) Berwick (2/0/1) Brighton (2/0/0) Delaware Valley (2/2/1) (**) Geneva (2/4/3) (**) Greene (1/0/0) Ithaca (4 est./1/?) (**) Moravian Academy (2/0/0) Troy (1/0/1) Wallenpaupack (2/2/1) 19 teams (3 Traditional Pu...
- Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
- Replies: 30
- Views: 25540
Re: The State of Good Quizbowl, State-by-State, 2017 Edition
Upstate NY's MasterMinds is pyramidal-ish, but still seems to struggle in translating those teams to pyramidal invitationals in general. MasterMinds uses decent pyramidal questions (NAQT A sets). It is still bad quizbowl, however, because it does absolutely everything else wrong. The little bit of ...
- Wed Sep 13, 2017 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
Re: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
Even at this early date (2 months before the event), the field for BrainBusters Fall VI is now over 25% full. Remember to get your registrations in sooner rather than later!
- Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
Re: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
Field update (9/13/2017) (teams/buzzers/staffers) - ** denotes small school
Amherst (1/1/0)
Brighton (2/0/0)
Delaware Valley (2/2/1)
(**) Geneva (2/4/3)
(**) Greene (1/0/0)
Ithaca (4 est./1/?)
Wallenpaupack (2/2/1)
14 teams (3 small schools), 10 buzzers, 5+ staffers
Cap = 48 teams
Amherst (1/1/0)
Brighton (2/0/0)
Delaware Valley (2/2/1)
(**) Geneva (2/4/3)
(**) Greene (1/0/0)
Ithaca (4 est./1/?)
Wallenpaupack (2/2/1)
14 teams (3 small schools), 10 buzzers, 5+ staffers
Cap = 48 teams
- Thu Aug 03, 2017 11:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5331
BrainBusters Fall VI (Ithaca HS) - 11/11/2017
We are pleased to announce that the Sixth Annual BrainBusters Fall quizbowl tournament will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2017, at Ithaca High School in Ithaca, NY. We realize that this is Veterans’ Day weekend, but due to the unavailability of facilities at IHS on other weekends during the mont...
- Fri Jul 14, 2017 4:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims '17-'18
- Replies: 38
- Views: 25997
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims '17-'18
Geneva (NY) High School will be hosting a NAQT IS set tournament on Saturday, January 27, 2018.
- Wed May 24, 2017 5:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims '17-'18
- Replies: 38
- Views: 25997
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims '17-'18
November 11 is the tentative date for Brainbusters Fall VI: Mission to Ithaca. This is subject to change if it turns out to be a major standardized testing date (IHS is the main local site for that) or if it's bad for a lot of the local schools that regularly play. It will be played on a yet to be d...
- Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3337
Re: Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNO
The tournament field is now two-thirds full, as of October 3.
- Mon Sep 19, 2016 7:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3337
Re: Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNO
Two months before the tournament, we are already at 20 teams registered (of a projected soft cap of 36). Get those registrations in ASAP if your team(s) is interested in playing!
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: '16-'17 NY/NJ/LI/PA/Surrounding Area Discussion
- Replies: 29
- Views: 14052
Re: '16-'17 NY/NJ/LI/PA/Surrounding Area Discussion
(and upstate NY lol) WIth the graduations of Eric Wolfsberg (now at Delaware) and Brighton's David Kilbridge (now at Georgetown), Ithaca A is far and away the top team in upstate New York for 2016-17, so much so that I can't see another team in upstate even taking a single game off of them this sea...
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SSNCT and Charter School Eligibility
- Replies: 43
- Views: 25531
Re: SSNCT and Charter School Eligibility
The definition of "selectivity" among charter schools can also be quite dicey. Not meaning to single out AMSA, but I'll just use them as an example here of one type of selectivity that does go on at charter schools that have random-lottery admissions: self-selectivity. I highly doubt that ...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3337
Re: Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNO
Current field (asterisk denotes small school): Amsterdam (1) Berwick (1) Brighton (2) Cato-Meridian (1)* Cooperstown (2)* Delaware Valley (2) Dundee (1)* Fayetteville-Manlius (1) Geneva (2)* Greene (1)* Ithaca (4) Lakeland (1) * Lisgar (1) Marcus Whitman (2)* Milford (1) * Notre Dame (2) * Oneonta (...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:18 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3337
Brainbusters Fall V (Ithaca HS 11/19/16) - OFFICIAL ANNOUNCE
This is the official announcement that the Fifth Annual BrainBusters Fall quizbowl tournament will take place on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2016, at Ithaca High School in Ithaca, NY (1401 North Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY 14850). Registration will take place from 7:30-8:30 am, with players’ and staffers’ ...
- Sat Jul 09, 2016 3:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall V tentative info (Ithaca HS, 11/19/16)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1749
Re: BrainBusters Fall V tentative info (Ithaca HS, 11/19/16)
Current field:
Cooperstown (2+)*
Delaware Valley (2)
Fillmore (1)*
Ithaca (3+)
Lisgar (1+)
Wallenpaupack (1+)
* denotes Small School
Cooperstown (2+)*
Delaware Valley (2)
Fillmore (1)*
Ithaca (3+)
Lisgar (1+)
Wallenpaupack (1+)
* denotes Small School
- Fri Jul 08, 2016 11:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall V tentative info (Ithaca HS, 11/19/16)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1749
BrainBusters Fall V tentative info (Ithaca HS, 11/19/16)
Brainbusters Fall V will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Ithaca HS in Ithaca, NY. We will be using a NAQT IS set to be determined that will be different from the one used at Delaware Valley's Tri-State Tussle on October 15 (since we expect significant overlap between the fields), and hopef...
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 12:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims '16-'17
- Replies: 45
- Views: 31595
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims '16-'17
The tentative date for BrainBusters Fall V at Ithaca High School is November 19. It's the same date as LIST at Kellenberg, and will probably be held on the same question set, so teams located in between upstate New York and Long Island could choose one or the other to play at. LIST's field will prob...
- Sun May 15, 2016 11:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: East Brunswick May Invitational 2016 @EBHS (05/14/16)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9182
Re: East Brunswick May Invitational 2016 @EBHS (05/14/16)
So what do you recommend? Having teams prepay going forward. It's not the standard way things are done on the circuit (although no one seems to have a problem doing so for NAQT nationals and PACE NSC for some reason), but there's nothing saying that you HAVE to do things the standard way, and in fa...
- Fri Feb 26, 2016 11:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Solo Tournament, Geneva (NY) HS, 2-27-2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2981
Re: BrainBusters Solo Tournament, Geneva (NY) HS, 2-27-2016
Due to a lack of signups, BrainBusters Solo for this year has been cancelled.
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:53 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
- Replies: 32
- Views: 17652
Re: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
To say that I am interested in playing this at HSNCT, either solo or with teammates, is an understatement along the lines of saying that Bert Blyleven had a "fair-to-middling" curveball. Count me in right now.
--Scott
--Scott
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MLK at University of Rochester (01/16/16)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5033
Re: MLK at University of Rochester (01/16/16)
Cortland State (in other words, me playing solo, at least until the semester actually starts and I can work on starting up a club and recruiting teammates) is interested in playing this. Please tentatively sign us up for 1 team and 1 buzzer system.
--Scott
--Scott
- Sat Dec 05, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Vocabulary: A Brief Lesson for Teams
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8028
Re: Vocabulary: A Brief Lesson for Teams
I suppose a policy (either targeted at specific teams or imposed across-the-board) of requiring payment in advance with no refunds could help, but that may not be practical in all regions. Bingo! Not to mention that, assuming that the school itself is paying the bill, this is the way that most scho...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall, Ithaca (NY) HS, Sat, Nov. 14, 2015
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5941
Re: BrainBusters Fall, Ithaca (NY) HS, Sat, Nov. 14, 2015
Complete stats are posted at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/3216/ . Casey Wetherbee of champion Ithaca A finished as the #3 overall scorer (#2 of the people who played the entire tournament) despite not negging a single time during the course of the tournament. The only other case I know o...
- Sat Nov 14, 2015 8:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall, Ithaca (NY) HS, Sat, Nov. 14, 2015
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5941
Re: BrainBusters Fall, Ithaca (NY) HS, Sat, Nov. 14, 2015
Ithaca A won its third BrainBusters Fall title in four years by defeating Brighton A (Rochester, NY) 430-190 in a one-game final. Ithaca finished with a perfect 11-0 record, and Brighton, in only its second non-MasterMinds invitational tournament appearance, finished 10-1. In a rematch of last year'...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Solo Tournament, Geneva (NY) HS, 2-27-2016
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2981
BrainBusters Solo Tournament, Geneva (NY) HS, 2-27-2016
This is a preliminary announcement that the Third Annual BrainBusters Solo tournament will take place on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Geneva High School in Geneva, New York. This tournament is an all-tossup affair for individual players of all skill levels, and will mirror a slightly reordered and...
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BrainBusters Fall, Ithaca (NY) HS, Sat, Nov. 14, 2015
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5941
Re: BrainBusters Fall, Ithaca (NY) HS, Sat, Nov. 14, 2015
The field for BrainBusters Fall 2015 is now CLOSED. Any further teams that express interest in attending will be added to a first-come, first-served waitlist, and added to the field if a team drops in the week leading up to the tournament. 2015 BRAINBUSTERS FALL FIELD (36) - asterisk denotes provisi...
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Darien (CT) Invitational (1/30/16)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7406
Re: Darien (CT) Invitational (1/30/16)
Mike: It is possible that I might be able to staff this if I'm not out of the country that week. It is even more possible if Ithaca plays this, which I don't know if they're planning to do or not. Get in touch with me on Facebook or by e-mail in a month or so, and I'll have a more solid answer for y...
- Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tri-State Tussle at Delaware Valley HS (Matamoras, PA) 10/17
- Replies: 22
- Views: 10079
Re: Tri-State Tussle at Delaware Valley HS (Matamoras, PA) 1
Ithaca A defeated Darien A 365-320 in a cross-championship bracket final to win the tournament. Both teams finished 10-1. Delaware Valley A defeated Mnheim Township A for third place.
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I hate the word "rundle"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2099
Re: matt jackson is on jeopardy, doesn't read poetry, hates
So we're apparently talking about Steve Perry? Who played quiz bowl for UVA in the early 2000s, was only the #1 scorer on his team once and finished tied for 21st at nationals that year? Jerry Stackhouse is just as good as Kevin Durant, dude. Only if he had 6 months to prepare. You do realize that ...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I hate the word "rundle"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2099
Re: matt jackson is on jeopardy, doesn't read poetry, hates
So we're apparently talking about Steve Perry? Who played quiz bowl for UVA in the early 2000s, was only the #1 scorer on his team once and finished tied for 21st at nationals that year? Jerry Stackhouse is just as good as Kevin Durant, dude. Only if he had 6 months to prepare. You do realize that ...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 9:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I hate the word "rundle"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2099
Re: matt jackson is on jeopardy, doesn't read poetry, hates
Plus, saying "he would be just as good as one of the ~5 best players of all time with six months of preparation!" is preposterous in any activity with any modicum of history. You're right. Steve might not even need the six months of preparation. He'd absolutely murder Matt on quizbowl sci...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I hate the word "rundle"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2099
Re: matt jackson is on jeopardy
who is fully capable of matching up with Matt in any quiz format you might care to name. Including quizbowl, if you gave him six months or so to get up to speed. --Scott nope Yep. He has every bit as much knowledge as Matt in academic categories, and with the possible exception of Broadway musicals...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:34 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I hate the word "rundle"
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2099
I hate the word "rundle"
[ split from the discussion of a bad post on a different forum in this thread --mgmt ] ALTERNATE TAKE: "Tch, typical quizbowler, using entirely reasonable context clues together in a sensible way but failing to come up with the right answer." As opposed to...what, exactly?" Probably a...