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November 12 will be the Northern NJ History Bee and Bowl, returning to Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ this year. NJ States will almost certainly be the Saturday of MLK weekend at Ridgewood. Everything else to follow - will post as dates come in. Overall, we expect to run a very similar ca...

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One last point: I find the level of vitriol in this thread rather bewildering since: a) this is dealing with a relatively minor improvement (cf. this year's playoff format accomplishing exactly what it was meant to do) b) these are all ideas I mooted last year in the post-Nationals thread then (larg...

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Okay, one last post (barring the need to refute something or other) on this. Having considered the time we have to work with, the likely number of teams in the draw next year, and various logistical matters (e.g. a desire to have the JV finals run one round before the Varsity), we're going to do a 3...

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Thanks for this. I'll need to mull this over, but I like this version a lot - I think it accomplishes a lot of what I'm trying to get at, and if it's significantly less controversial than the format this year, then so much the better.

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I think a reasonable system would be a 16+16 DE playoff for varsity and a 16-team 4x4 -> 4-team SE playoff for JV. Varsity plays 4 rounds Saturday night, JV plays its group stage and tiebreakers to win the group. Sunday, the first two rounds of bowl playoff are the Round of 6 and the semifinal(s) f...

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A few things here - first, is that I think the scope of this problem is being largely overstated. I'm not saying I'm not interested in a fair way of resolving the tournament (if I weren't I wouldn't have changed the tournament format twice in the past two years to get away from single elim, and then...

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Honestly, I would prefer to run double elimination, but my understanding is that that requires more rounds than we have time for. If we started playoff rounds at 7:30pm on Saturday, we could run 5 matches on Saturday evening, and 4 more on Sunday. That's the absolute max. So, given that we have spac...

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Considering that we're never going to run Bowl matches on Friday, since teams need that for a travel day (the same reason we're not going to run the most popular of the individual events, the NH Bee on a school day too), the only way to have more time for the Bowl playoffs would be to scrap the Bee ...

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Thanks to everyone who has commented so far specifically on Nationals, or on the specific changes we implemented for this year. I don’t want to go over all the specifics of why the changes were made, since much of that already exists in a prior thread from last year’s Nationals. But I do want to add...

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Halved Xenon Stinging wrote:
Xochicuicatl Cuecuechtli wrote:Can a private forum be created for discussion of question content?
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Yeah, can a moderator or admin do this? I tried looking into it but didn't see where I could create a private forum, so if someone can set that up, that would be great.

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Smith wrote:Unfortunately we only return Colin from this year's team, although we have a few freshman/sophomores who put up good numbers at a couple regional history bowl tournaments this year.

Sorry about that; somehow Devin's grade was marked as 11 on one of the stat websites; I'll fix that.

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As an aside, this is the fourth year in a row that the winner of the Varsity Bowl was the Runner Up from the year before! 2016 - LASA (had lost to Saratoga in 2015) 2015 - Saratoga (had lost to LASA in 2014) 2014 - LASA (had lost to Bellarmine in 2013) 2013 - Bellarmine (had lost to Hunter in 2012) ...

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As usual, I've got a lot to say, so I'll break this up into a number of posts over the next few days, but to start, thanks to the over 1000 students, 263 teams, and numerous coaches, parents, and supporters who attended our 6th National Championships last weekend. Separately, but certainly no less i...

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I will post tomorrow on the above comments, plus some other thoughts, but I'm particularly interested in people's reaction to the following: 1. The new individual event playoff scoring system (6, 5, 4, 3, -2, -1) 2. The playoff draft and tiebreakers 3. The written exam portion of USGO 4. Taking only...

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Is there a full list of teams who went to this / stats available somewhere?

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I don't know that there was any physical contact in the incident, but a few years ago, when there was the cheating accusation in the middle school bowl, I recall that there were parents cornering staffers in the hotel lobby and restaurant and extensively berating them, Where/when did this happen?? ...

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I do want to add that it's surprising that the news of this didn't get up to your level; this certainly sounds like something that a TD should be made aware of ASAP. Just to clarify on this one particular incident. The volunteer in question alerted NHBB leadership (in this case, Will Mantell) about...

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How does NHBB store and transport 100+ buzzers? We have a storage locker in Arlington, many of the rest reside in my parents' basement in New Jersey now that Nolwenn and I live on the road full time; others are strategically based around the world; 12 are on semi-permanent loan to ACE. For shipping...

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Assuming you could waive the being in college requirement, now that Nationals is over, I'd be game for this provided it were just history or geography. On just history, I'll probably get wrecked by four top HS players, though. On geo, I'd probably win as long as Karan Menon isn't playing. He alone w...

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I'd be happy to work out deals on a case by case basis where in exchange for hosting a tournament (esp. in areas we're underrepresented in, e.g. Minnesota, North Carolina, Michigan, Missouri, etc.) and doing a bit of very basic outreach (e.g. a few email blasts, talking with some coaches, being gene...

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Congratulations to our new National Champions! National History Bowl, Varsity Division - LASA, Austin, TX National History Bowl, Junior Varsity Division - James E. Taylor High School, Katy, TX National History Bowl, Varsity Division, Small School Classification - Tippecanoe High School, Tipp City, O...

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No one has said anything about this to Nolwenn or me personally. I cannot comment further until I know more details of whatever (if anything) happened. If anyone can help clarify this, please email me at director@historybowl.com. Having said that, in 6 years of running hundreds of events all over th...

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Thanks as always to Andrew Feist for his help with putting the draws online and maintaining real time stats! Draws and standings here for USGO, USHB, & Sports & Entertainment Bees. Natl. History Bee & Bowl to follow soon. http://geographyolympiad.com/gc/ http://geographyolympiad.com/gcjv...

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Hi Jaya, We've clarified the rules for the Bee and the other individual events at Nationals in the first pre-Nationals email that went out last week. Basically, we'll be using the same rules as in the past after all, except for during the playoffs. In the playoffs, where we have a limited number of ...

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Plus Hancock at NHBB!

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It bears mentioning that NHBB had absolutely nothing to do with this, since NHBB isn't running the National History Bee Middle School Competition through at least 2019. ACE, led by Eric Huff and Nick Clusserath is. I had no knowledge of the issue with the St. Louis event until Donald brought it to m...

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Further info on these, including question distribution has been added here: http://www.historybowl.com/nationals/sp ... nment-bee/

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NHBB is happy to announce that at our 2016 Nationals, the National Sports History Bee and National Entertainment History Bee will run as separate events. Just sign up as usual for the Sports and Entertainment Bee using the standard registration form, and we'll be in touch after you register to ask i...

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For all individual events (edit 4/8) aside from the National Sports History Bee and National Entertainment History Bee at NHBB/USGO Nationals (i.e. National History Bee, US History Bee, US Geography Olympiad), we have extended the registration deadline to Wednesday, April 13 at 11:59pm EDT. If you w...

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The 2016 National History Bowl National Championships will be a record with at least 252 teams this year, possibly as many as 264 or (unlikely) 270. 258 is the most likely number - registration closes Friday, April 8 at 11:59pm EDT! Remember, we need an exact multiple of 6 teams in each division. If...

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Greatness. Am I correct in assuming the majority of the International Geography Olympiad will be held at the China National Convention Center in conjunction with the Congress of the International Geographic Union? Or will it be at a different location? It will be held in conjunction with the IGU co...

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The National History Bee and Bowl and the US Geography Olympiad in partnership with our sponsors at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (and one anonymous donor who has also generously contributed $1000) are pleased to announce the prizes (not including trophies, plaques, and the like) which will be on offer ...

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Beyond that, consider that we would love to get more qualified writers writing for NHBB/IHBB and that if a player wrote 10 tossups a week, something well within the grasp of many students who might be interested in attending, that could equate to roughly $40 a week, or over $2000 over the course of...

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Accessible can also refer to flight times – flight times to and from Hawaii from many places in Asia are much less than a flight to the mainland US, especially if they can fly direct., though obviously, on balance, more students are going to need to fly longer distances – we know this. Another nice ...

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The first Saturday of February is one of our traditionally busiest days of the year, and 2016 was no exception, with 7 NHBB tournaments going on across the USA. I was fortunate that we had directors for all of these, which allowed me to read at Wolf War III at River Trail Middle School in Johns Cree...

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I'm hardly denying that IHO is very expensive, compared to just about any other event that quizbowlers can attend. Having said that, last year, it basically broke even, once we factored in all the discounts we offered, thousands of questions, the food and housing expenses, staff pay and travel, equi...

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IHBB/NHBB is delighted to announce that the 2016 International History Olympiad will take place at the University of Hawaii-Manoa in Honolulu from July 17-24! Highlights will include lots of great history quiz fun, an overnight stay and closing ceremonies on board the USS Missouri, cultural activiti...

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Cody wrote:Ah, yes, Hawaii. I like my tournaments as inaccessible as possible!

So, what you're saying here is that you'd like to ATD in Kathmandu with me then next Sunday, right?!
http://www.ihbbasia.com/tournament/nepal/

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Edited to remove guaranteed team for National History Bowl Nationals for HS hosts - they still need to qualify as usual before receiving a free team; apologies for any misunderstanding.

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The protocols and compensation for hosting a USABB regional tournament have been adjusted and clarified at http://www.usacademicbowl.com/more-news-from-usabb/ In particular, we have outlined a set of policies for high schools and universities who might be interested in hosting and have increased the...

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Question: How does a team qualify for the middle school History Bowl? If I understand correctly, the Bee & Bowl nationals will be in June, but I've seen no opportunities to qualify for it, other than by showing up at a high school bowl and playing high schoolers, which may or may not be prohibi...

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NHBB is delighted to announce the beginning of a new series of competitions for elementary and middle school students, the US Academic Bee & Bowl, the National Science Bee, and the National Humanities Bee. As the names imply, these represent a new direction for us, in that these are specificall...

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Effective immediately, The National History Bee and Bowl LLC and Academic Competition Enterprises have jointly concluded a new arrangement for the management and oversight of the Elementary and Middle School divisions of National History Bee, National History Bowl, Pop Culture Challenge, and Nationa...

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NHBB held its 2016 NJ State Championships on Jan. 16 at Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, NJ. With 84 teams competing (50 Varsity, 34 JV), this was our best-attended state or regional tournament ever (and overall, this was our busiest regional weekend ever with over 200 teams competing at 8 sites ...

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This tournament has been moved to Westwood High School in Washington Township, Bergen County, NJ. The date remains March 12. A Set will also be played at our Hudson Valley Championships on Feb. 20 at Tuxedo Park, PA States in Elizabethtown on Feb. 27, and the Long Island Championships at Kings Park ...

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There have been some issues recently, though they seem to be intermittent, so when I asked our webmaster to look into it, it was working when she investigated. If it continues to be an issue, I will contact our hosting provider. In the meantime, feel free to email me if there's anything specific tha...

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NHBB will run a new tournament, the Hudson Valley Championships, at Tuxedo Park School on Saturday, Feb. 20 on A Set. This is a 3rd version of A Set in the area to complement the Mid-Atlantic Championships at Phillipsburg HS on March 12 and the Long Island Championships at Kings Park HS on April 3. ...

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Can we get an updated version of the calendar? There's the one in the first post, the more updated version downthread, and new info since then (e.g. A Set for NHBB on 3/12 is at Phillipsburg, not Seton Hall). The NHBB tournaments, fwiw, are up to date as reflected at historybowl.com though I'm in th...

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Stats for these are now up at http://www.historybowl.com/regional-sit ... l-results/ and http://www.historybowl.com/regional-sit ... e-results/

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Don't worry, Nolwenn's working on it. She's running the Australia events this week, so she's been busy with that, but I'll ask her, since she handles the scheduling. We'll certainly have 2 tournaments in Shanghai again this year.

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