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UPDATE: 6/22/16 Teams and *most* players should have received a "final" logistics email from me on June 21st. If you did not, please email me right away. At this time, the field is locked. Field (18 or 19 teams): [/u] UF (3 teams) * Chipola (3 teams) Cody Johansen / McKinnie Sizemore / TJ ...

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Hello All, Based on the success of the Ottawa Hybrid mirror Virginia Ruiz ran in Orlando last summer, popular demand dictates that a summer 2016 hybrid event in Orlando should happen. This year, we're planning to run a mirror of the Toronto Hybrid . Date and location TBD --- but my initial probing o...

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I'm also hopeful that we'll be able to work out a way to use interpuncts for certain science words. If anyone has ideas about how this would look (i.e. whether interpuncts should be in the primary text, if there should be a second version of the word with interpuncts rendered in brackets, etc.), we...

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Just to chip in my two-cents on the Zimmerman question: at our site (in Orlando), we played the Div II set, where a slightly watered-down version of the Zimmerman question made an appearance. Maybe the local bias (Sanford and Lake Mary, the epicenters of many Zimmerman headlines, are just north of O...

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The tossup on Diane Arbus struck me as transparent, as it told you quite quickly that it was a female photographer who took pictures of strange people. Could somebody post that, please? So this question went through some iteration as to where to best place the first reference to the gender-specific...

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Final Stats --> includes additional Div II final game between UCF B vs New College B.

Stats sans the Div II final

EDIT: For people keeping track at home, since our field was 3 Div I teams and 5 Div II teams, we played on the Div II set.

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You're right --- I see it as that way in the hard-copy as well.

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Maybe the reader misspoke, but the question does say "precedes."

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Final stats to be posted soon, but a quick recap: We ended up having 8 teams play (UF D was a last-minute drop, but no tears were shed since it gave us a much more pleasant 8-team schedule in the end). We played a double-RR (mixed field, 3 Div I, 5 Div II), and UF A cleared the field, going 14-0. Th...

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Friendly reminder: per NAQT the registration closes on Feb 2 (tomorrow). As of the moment (Feb 1), our site looks like the following: Div I Field: Florida A Florida B UCF A Div II Field: UCF B Florida C Florida D New College A New College B New College C EDIT: Field is now locked, lest I hear otherw...

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I'm a bit surprised that my "minivans" TU made it into the final edit of the set; I hope it amused some people out there (while invariably annoying others). At the very least, I hope it inspires some people to look up the respective music videos from which the clues were derived.

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Hello All, This is a short announcement of the 2016 NAQT Florida SCT, which will be held at Valencia on February 6th. Details on the field, fee structure, etc. can be found on NAQT's page here . Team registration is available here . Kevin Comer is serving as the TD for this tournament, but if there ...

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I'm not refuting the significance of Homeric epics, if that's how my comment is being interpreted (heck, one of my degrees is in classical studies, after all!). All I was noting was that some of our site's players pointed out that they felt "Odysseus" was used enough times to become notice...

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I concur with the inventiveness of the answerlines, and that y'all managed to build solid, pyramidal questions on these topics. As I said in my email this morning to Roxanne, kudos to Michigan for pulling that off. Without going back to the set directly to see exactly how many times it came up, it f...

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A question that hosed some teams at our site was "Olympic stadiums" --- as some people gave a specific sport, like "soccer stadium." As one person argued, on whatever clue they buzzed on, that they thought the stadium described in that clue is *currently* used for hosting soccer ...

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We had 8 teams come out (4 UF, 2 New College, and 2 UCF house teams).

Final results are found here.

Thanks to everyone who came out, and especially to our staffers (Harlea, Sean, Ian, and Virginia)!

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So I'm trying to register a team ("tacocat") but it looks like I'm getting a server error; at any rate, I've tentatively signed up myself, Virginia Ruiz, Sean Platzer, and Harlea Perdue for this, but that sort of assumes we're all at HSNCT staffing this year. I will say that I would have l...

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So an update (finally!): after some delay on the UCF admin side, we got things resolved room-wise. We'll be at the UCF student union. Plan to be there between 9:00-9:30 AM. My original post will be updated accordingly. Note that free parking is available in Garage F (note, however, that there is a h...

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I'm going to say the cap for this is 9 teams, which I don't think will be an issue. As said in the original post, I'll update once rooms are reserved but we're targeting the student union for this.

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Incidentally, my Orlando campus of Siemens Energy employs me and two former quiz bowl people (UCF's Ian Braun and MIT's Brian Clouse --- Brian having played many, many years ago...but who did reasonably well at some local open tournaments this past summer). Given the size of the company and our many...

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The University of Central Florida plans to host a mirror of Michigan's MLK tournament on Saturday, January 16, 2016 . The intended difficulty of this tournament is slightly below that of 2014 Penn Bowl; more information on the tournament can be found here . This is a closed collegiate event and elig...

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Hey Adam, From what I understand from Taylor and the UF folks, they want people checking in at 8:30 AM tomorrow at Matherly Hall (northeast corner of campus). Intended start time is 9. Parking should be pretty available on the weekends, particularly in front of Tigert Hall (see http://campusmap.ufl....

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One question I did want to ask was whether or not there exists a sort of "Guide to Proper Power Marking". In context, I've alluded a few times in the past that I'm working (slowly) on reviving Sun n Fun. I'd like to power mark the set, and am using my best judgment for doing this --- but I...

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One criterion I've tried to apply when question writing is not as much a line count, but a word count. A reasonably clue-dense, pyramidal ACF-style TU can often be achieved as 150 +/-15 words, IMO. EDIT: Looking at the examples Cody gave on the "cathedrals" TU, it looks like these are clos...

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Also, for the AAVE question (also towards round 10 or 11) --- I answered "Ebonics," was given a pause, and then it was accepted. Not sure if this was an alternate answer, or the moderator made a decision on the spot that "Ebonics" was equivalent.

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Probably in Round 10 or 11, the Velazquez bonus had an answerline I believe of "red cross" --- one of my teammates thought the answer should have accepted "St James's Cross" or at least had the question been phrased to say something like "this object of this color" (or ...

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Overall, I thought the answerlines were all accessible for the target difficulty. But I do agree with the previous comment: moderators at the UMN site commented a few times regarding the final editing of the set and how a few questions had some wording issues. Probably would need to talk to those fo...

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ACF suggests a RR, then a 3/3/3 split (ends up with 10 games over 12 rounds). Sounds reasonable to me, but clearly up to the Minnesota folks.

See y'all in Minneapolis next weekend.

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Hey Taylor --- is this still scheduled for 11/7? Wasn't sure if there were concerns with the Vandy game.

Thanks.

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The Stately Rhododendron wrote:It hasn't gone to Africa in a bit and they missed out on Achebe.

I'm picking Nuruddin Farah. Chris, if you want to borrow my copy of "Maps" sometime, let me know. It's on my shelf waiting for someone to read it.

My dark horse is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who will actually win in 2027.

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Hermann Hesse Pretty sure Matt was reacting to the earlier Turgenev question (that is, Jeopardy docking him for not also saying "Ivan") with his emphasis on "Hermann" during FJ. I predict he's going to be on there for a while. I just keep wondering what hand gesture he does at 1...

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Our team/club has been vaguely dormant for a while, and I want to help revitalise it. If you need support in getting the program going, this forum certainly will have plenty of folks willing to share advice on all of the essentials --- from player improvement to better question writing to organizat...

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I live and work in the greater Orlando area, and through my job I sometimes rack up enough frequent flier miles that I've been able to burn them on quizbowl events (on occasion). For Penn Bowl, I'm doing this to attend Minnesota's mirror; in the past, I did something like this to go to Boise State. ...

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Mind that they're actually novices, you Knights. Peter doesn't speak for the organization --- if UCF is sending a team to this (provided we have eligible players), that information will be communicated by Virginia. Peter (and any other UCF-ers who read this) --- if you want to volunteer to staff th...

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FWIW, and by no means should this appreciably influence the poll, UCF's main team(s) (by the Spring semester) will likely be some combination of Virginia Ruiz, Zach Foster, Cassandra Logan, Cody Johansen, and me. UF isn't really identified here, either, but will likely have its main team(s) consisti...

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I've heard there might be a Florida mirror hosted by one of the local CCs.

We'll likely have some younger players interested in playing. Given how little most CC coaches use the boards, I was curious if maybe the VCU folks had any information on this.

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Stats for the tournament. Thanks again to all the teams that made their way to Orlando on a Saturday morning in August. Please come to Borglum's mirror of VCU Open on the 22nd (he's also planning on getting packets for at least one (or more) of the side events (like Tricon!)). Also, special thanks ...

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Quick rundown --- stats will be posted soon. I'm going by memory here, so this is sort of unofficial: Top 3 teams were: 1. Nacho Stats (a mixed team): me, Sean Platzer, Rob Fernandez, and Kevin Comer 2. UCF A 3. UF Blue Top scorers: 1. Taylor Harvey (UF Blue) 2. Mickey Sizemore (UCF A) 3. Cassandra ...

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I'll ask Virginia to send out an update to the teams to confirm final details of who is coming to this and how many teams / buzzers / staffers, etc. to expect. Right now, per what I know, it looks like something to the effect: UF (2-3) UCF (1-3) Manatee (1-2) Valencia (1-2) Teams of misc people (1-2...

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I guess if Arrabal and Sn'F come back They won't. Not that it's a huge point, but I've been working on reviving SnF as a side-project since around January. I'm about 80% finished (with the promise of history questions from a few folks who I've asked to help). I don't have a final date projected for...

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Oh and please, can we finally start power marking ACF tournaments? Like, we all know we love NAQT because they power mark their sets. If we're really about attracting more people, we can also power mark our sets so that ACF looks a little bit more fun. (Even for veterans like me, it's way more fun ...

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Yeah, that was a science tossup, and it's a technology company that is responsible for many things you take for granted. Almost all 3d modeling (which is needed for movies, video games, designing buildings) uses software - AutoCad and Maya - made by them. As an engineer in real-life, I've always be...

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To expose (or further expose?) my ignorance on the subject, but in what case is it appropriate to provide a TU answerline of the form: "ANSWER: XYZ (also accept ABC before 'D' is mentioned)" ? By Cody's previously given logic, this construct is nonsensical as a player would have buzzed in ...

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Your reasoning here would be the exact same as saying that the partial phrase "This color" or "This color partly titles" is "enough information to determine an answer, just not necessarily the intended answer of the question writer" What I think is the main issue here ...

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a player buzzed before sufficient information was given that could determine an answer The subtlety here is that before Biskra, the player was given enough information to determine an answer, just not necessarily the intended answer of the question writer. If you want players to answer "blue&q...

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Perhaps Travis should join the writing team for next year. It's a kind thought, but I've got enough things to keep me busy (i.e. my *mostly* single-handed attempt to revive Sun n Fun!); usually,though, Borglum has a group of us playtest DB a few days / weeks before it happens in Orlando. While I do...

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This color partly names an Henri [ahn-REE] Matisse painting that was inspired by a trip to Biskra and depicts a reclining nude woman. In a series called Anthropometries, naked women covered in a shade of this color named for Yves Klein made imprints of themselves on canvas. Jonathan Buttall wears c...

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This has been shared in the Mitch Alday / Dren Rollins FB Summer QB thread as well.

Projected team will be me, Sean Platzer, Brian Clouse, and Peter "Gotta Catch 'Em All" Torres. Clever (but tasteful) team name to follow.

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Also: as mentioned offline, my coworker and former College Bowl all-star from MIT back in the day, Brian Clouse, is interested in playing this.

I reckon a team of him and Sean Platzer might work, presuming you can round up one or two more free agents to pair them with.

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You already know this, but naturally we'll be there. Pending any surprises, it'll be me, Virginia, Kevin Comer, and Rob Fernandez.

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