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- Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Player Poll 2019
- Replies: 92
- Views: 64646
Re: Player Poll 2019
Continuing the trend of shilling for teammates, Nitin Rao should definitely be ranked for history, and quite possibly for generalist.
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13905
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
I can't make a lot of specific comments until I see the set, but overall I thought the set was fairly solid; thanks to the editors for all their hard work. I thought history did a very good job hitting the difficulty mark while using interesting clues, and the lit had some creative answerlines (like...
- Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10514
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
Did the Heian tossup and the Pillow Book/Shonagon/Murasaki bonus share any info? Even if they didn't, I still feel like you shouldn't put different questions on similar topics in the same set. 1. “The face of a child drawn on a melon” and a baby sparrow eating worms are listed among this book’s lis...
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:07 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10514
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
For the second year in a row, Penn Bowl had a clue that gave notes played by transposing instrument as notated instead of as sounding (in the Nocturnes tossup). Don't do this! If you say the horns play Gs and Cs, the players are going to think "it's in C," which this piece is not. If you'...
- Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:04 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Penn Bowl - Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 50
- Views: 10514
Re: Specific Question Discussion Thread
Another comment on that embryonic stem cells question. I'd need to see the question text but I'm pretty sure I buzzed on a clue about teratomas and at that point there would be no reasonable way to distinguish between embryonic stem cells and other types of pluri/totipotent stem cells. Also that Mi...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 12:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
- Replies: 23
- Views: 24025
Re: Announcement: Penn Bowl 2018
Bracket α: A1, B2, C1, D2 Bracket β: A2, B1, C2, D1 Bracket γ: A3, B3, C3, D3 Bracket δ: A4, B4, C4, D4 Bracket ε: A5, B5, C5, D5 Bracket ζ: A6, B6, C6, D6 Bracket η: A7, B7, C7, D7 Bracket θ: A8, B8, C8, D8 Bracket ι: A9, B9, C9, D9 Bracket κ: A10, B10 No team plays against a team that they had fa...
- Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Possible Rutgers Open NASAT Mirror
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2391
Re: Possible Rutgers Open NASAT Mirror
Penn will now be hosting the northeast/mid-atlantic mirror instead of Rutgers. Formal announcement to go up soon.
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:13 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 64
- Views: 8397
Re: 2018 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
-The leadin to the magpies tossup applies to crows/blackbirds, per two Koreans on my team (and one of their parents) who looked it up and found out that the story is about blackbirds in their version The korean version of... one for sorrow? I don't know if the DI version had the same leadin, but th...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 12:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TDing Resources
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2834
TDing Resources
I was originally going to post this in the Harvard SMT thread but figured it would better serve its purpose here. One thing I wish had been brought up is that more and more is increasingly being asked of tournament hosts over the years. I remember my days in high school when people would basically c...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 2:32 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford Open: American Editors Required
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4255
Re: Oxford Open: American Editors Required
Given that the scheduling window for pre-nats tournaments is rapidly closing, I was wondering whether a) this set is still being Americanized and b) there are any scheduled American mirrors of this set.
- Mon Jan 29, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
- Replies: 66
- Views: 36091
Re: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament—March 2018
I would like to point out that it's in the interests of the writers/editors of this set to make the physical mirrors of this set accessible to as many teams as possible; if the teams simply choose not to play the tournament because a mirror site is too far away from them, it means lost revenue for t...
- Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4896
Re: 2018 ACF Regionals @ Penn State (1/20/18)
I just wanted to say that this was an extremely well-run tournament despite being Penn State's first time hosting a college tournament in a while. A huge kudos and thanks to the folks at Penn State for hosting an excellent tournament, and I hope they will continue to host more events in the future.
- Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154661
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...
- Sun Dec 03, 2017 12:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5006
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
Congratulations to Lakeland and Downingtown STEM for winning the Open and Nationals Divisions! Lakeland beat Great Valley C in a one-game final, and Downingtown STEM beat Great Valley A in two-games of disadvantaged finals in a nail-biting finish. Full stats for the tournament can be found here: htt...
- Wed Nov 01, 2017 12:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5006
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
Based on the current level of interest, I've adjusted the field caps in each division; the field caps will likely continue to change as we confirm additional moderators.
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 11:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open high school teams playing collegiate tournaments
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14752
Re: Open high school teams playing collegiate tournaments
Thanks to everyone who took their time to voice their thoughts on the general matter; it certainly gave me few things to think about. However, since the current conversation inevitably ended up being focused on the single incident from Penn Bowl main site, I would like to apologize for the lack of t...
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10514
Re: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
12. The third movement rondo of a trio sonata for this instrument, oboe, and piano was modeled after Saint-Saens's second piano concerto; that work was composed by Francis Poulenc. John Williams wrote a concerto called The Five Sacred Trees for Judith LeClair, who is currently the New York Phil’s p...
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10514
Re: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
I thought there was a lot of early music in this set (Purcell, Corelli, L'homme armé bonus, two Bach bonuses iirc). Although important, I think it’s slightly over-represented given everything else to cover. In particular, I don’t seem to recall much specifically on either Mozart or Beethoven beside...
- Wed Oct 25, 2017 4:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: General Discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4089
Re: PB 2017: General Discussion
There were 2/2 architecture in this tournament as usual, but 2/0 ended up in packet 13 and finals 1. We may end up moving this around.Off To See The Lizard wrote:As an aside, was I the only person who thought that there were very few architecture questions in this set?
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Open high school teams playing collegiate tournaments
- Replies: 35
- Views: 14752
Re: Open high school teams playing collegiate tournaments
Hi Naveed, As Vishwa stated above, the specific decision made at Penn Bowl main site wasn't meant to create a competitive open team of HS quiz bowlers who happen to be friends. Unfortunately, one of the HS teams had to drop at the last minute due to lack of available teammates, so I allowed one play...
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10514
Re: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
[10] Name this idiosyncratic Romanian conductor who became the conductor of Berlin Phil after Leo Borchard was killed at a traffic stop. This spiritual conductor is probably best known for his distaste for recording performances and rebuilding the Berlin Philharmonic after WWII. ANSWER: Sergiu Celi...
- Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:48 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: General Discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4089
PB 2017: General Discussion
This thread is for general discussion related to Penn Bowl 2017. First of all, I would like to thank all the writers involved in this project: Jaimie Carlson, Jason Zhou, JinAh Kim, Paul Lee, Nathan Weiser, Eric Mukherjee, Samir Khan, Sam Rombro, Ankit Aggarwal, Athena Kern, Lam Tran, Samantha Clayp...
- Sun Oct 22, 2017 4:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10514
PB 2017: Specific Questions Discussion
This thread is for discussing specific questions from Penn Bowl 2017. Any commentary regarding answer choice, difficulty, clarity, etc. is welcome.
- Sun Oct 22, 2017 12:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
Congratulations to Columbia A, who defeated Virginia A in two games of disadvantaged finals! I would like to thank all the teams who came out and competed today. Also, a huge thanks to all the Penn staffers and external staffers (Ophir, Naveed, Emma, Alex, Jackie, Everett) who helped the tournament ...
- Sat Oct 21, 2017 11:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
- Sat Oct 14, 2017 10:16 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
The field of the main site has been expanded to 34 teams; we still have some space, so please get your last minute registrations in!
Also, could an admin create a private forum for this set?
Also, could an admin create a private forum for this set?
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 11:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5006
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
Nationals Field: (Teams/Buzzers/Moderators) (6/6) Wilmington Charter (1/3/0) GVHS (1/1/1) Middlesex County (1/3/0) FSS (1/2/1) Downingtown East (1/1/0) Downingtown STEM (1/0/0) Open Field: (Teams/Buzzers/Moderators) (30/30) Rush (1/1/0) Manheim Township (3/0/0) Bodine (1/1/0) Wilmington Charter (2/...
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 3:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
The field has been updated. I've added a tentative field cap of 26 teams based on current staff count, but we will almost certainly be able to expand in the future. If you're interested in attending, please get your registrations in soon! As for the Skype tournament, we're still working out the deta...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 20696
Re: 2017 Early Fall Tournament (EFT)
For some reason, I am no longer able to find the announcement post for Yale site; has it been cancelled?
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 6:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
Since most EFT mirrors are happening on the same day as our proposed online mirror, we will unfortunately not hold an online playtest barring significant interest on a different date (like Sunday 10/15). The UK mirror will serve as a playtest of the set. EDIT: A separate online mirror may be held in...
- Wed Sep 06, 2017 10:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5006
ANNOUNCEMENT: Quaker Fall Open III @ Penn [EFT/WHAQ]
The quizbowl team at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce our third-annual Quaker Fall Open, to be held on Penn campus in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, December 2nd. Divisions and Questions: This tournament will have two divisions: National and Open. Please note that this is differe...
- Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
We are still looking for mirror sites; if you're interested in serving as the mirror for your region, please contact us at [email protected].
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Illinois '17-'18
- Replies: 154
- Views: 94143
Re: Illinois '17-'18
For what it's worth, my younger brother (Matthew Lee) from Dunlap will be attending IMSA next year. He played a bit of NHBB last year and enjoys studying history.nsb2 wrote:Also, quite a few sophomores who played quizbowl at their old schools will be coming in.
- Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
Any chance of moving your date? I was looking for college tournaments we (LVA) might attend--hadn't seen Penn Bowl come up in the NJ-NY tournament dates & Pennsylvania doesn't have a post yet--and saw your tournament date under the DC Metro thread. We at LVA are hosting our tournament on that d...
- Mon May 22, 2017 1:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
This is a possibility; if it happens, it will likely be held a week before for a relatively small field. More details will be announced in the future.armitage wrote:Any thoughts on running an open playtest mirror like EFT and EMT?
- Sun May 21, 2017 10:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 18103
ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2017 (10/21/17)
I am pleased to announce Penn Bowl 2017 (Penn Bowl XXVI) for the Fall semester of 2017. We plan to run this tournament at the main site on October 21st. QUESTIONS This tournament will be written by writers from Penn and following collaborators: Athena Kern, Ankit Aggarwal, Nathan Weiser, Sam Rombro,...
- Mon May 08, 2017 1:16 am
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 43441
Re: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
Penn bowl will be happening again this year. The official announcement will be posted within a month or so once we finalize everything.Charbroil wrote:Two questions:
1/ Is Penn Bowl occurring again this year? This seems like the kind of thing that the Penn team should announce relatively soon.
- Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 EMT: Alex's Stuff (Fine Arts, some OSci/Religion)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10097
Re: Alex's Stuff (Fine Arts, some OSci/Religion)
Thanks for writing the music; I thought it was overall well written and consistent in difficulty. I didn't get to hear the wind ensemble tossup, which is a shame, and I don't think the answerline is too difficult for this level; however, I would like to echo the above sentiment that some of the clui...
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:56 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - April 15
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11494
Re: Eisenhower Memorial Tournament at Princeton - Date TBD
Penn would prefer the 15th to avoid our finals week.
- Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 82
- Views: 19616
Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
9. In one depiction, this character claims that she will “put the chairs on the tables...and lock the universe behind me when I leave.” That character later feeds pigeons with her brother, whose hand she holds after the Furies come for him. In one rendition, this figure is asked “Why can’t I kill G...
- Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 82
- Views: 19616
Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
9. Walter Sobchak points out that, “say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos” while criticizing this philosophical view. For 10 points each: [10] Name this philosophical position characterized by lack of belief, similar to skepticism. Its moral form cla...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 7:50 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 36255
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
Stats are now uploaded. First of all, I would like to thank everyone who has provided constructive feedback on logistics and the set itself so far. These are all valuable lessons that I and the other members of the Penn team will take to heart, and I would like to again assure the future mirror host...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 7:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 36255
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
But then again I've never had to write the set as it was being run before so there is that. Before any more rumors go around, I would like to make it clear that this set was largely completed at the start of the tournament. Due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, a handful of science questions ...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 7:03 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: General Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6761
Re: PB 2016: General Discussion
As an example, a team I was facing gave the answer "Dvorak's 9th" and was prompted for "New World Symphony," which should ideally never happen. I am sorry to hear that happened; I just checked, and Dvorak's 9th was included an alternate answer (as a matter of fact, just Dvorak w...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 82
- Views: 19616
PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
This thread is for discussing specific questions from Penn Bowl 2016. Any commentary regarding answer choice, difficulty, clarity, etc. is welcome.
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:33 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: PB 2016: General Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6761
PB 2016: General Discussion
This thread is for general discussion related to Penn Bowl 2016. First of all, I would like to thank all the writers involved in this project: Jaimie Carlson, JinAh Kim, Sarita Jamil, Lam Tran, Paul Lee, Max Smiley, Claudia Epley, Faheem Pahlwan, Paul Kasinski, Samantha Claypoole, Aayush Rajasekaran...
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 36255
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
Congratulations for Maryland A for clearing the field; stats will be posted hopefully by tomorrow evening.
EDIT: A private usergroup has now been set up for discussion of this set.
EDIT: A private usergroup has now been set up for discussion of this set.
- Wed Oct 12, 2016 7:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
- Replies: 54
- Views: 36255
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2016 (10/22/16)
EDIT: Registration is now closed for the main site.
- Sat Jul 30, 2016 10:08 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: NASAT - Skype Mirror
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7915
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: NASAT - Skype Mirror
Morning Stats: http://neg5.org/t/VJl83UiNdb/stats/team ... =EkL38i4_Z
Playoff Stats: http://neg5.org/t/VJl83UiNdb/stats/team?phase=N17q9sEu-
All: http://neg5.org/t/VJl83UiNdb/stats/team?phase=1
Congratulations to Pretty Much Amherst for clearing the field.
Thanks for playing everyone!
Playoff Stats: http://neg5.org/t/VJl83UiNdb/stats/team?phase=N17q9sEu-
All: http://neg5.org/t/VJl83UiNdb/stats/team?phase=1
Congratulations to Pretty Much Amherst for clearing the field.
Thanks for playing everyone!
- Tue Jun 28, 2016 10:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 NASAT: June 18-19 @ University of Kentucky
- Replies: 56
- Views: 54119
Re: 2016 NASAT: June 18-19 @ University of Kentucky
Penn will be running a skype mirror of NASAT on July 30th. Details here: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewto ... =8&t=18753
High school players who didn't have a chance to play this are more than welcome.
High school players who didn't have a chance to play this are more than welcome.