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by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:47 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Bad Negs
Replies: 826
Views: 355222

At UM-Rolla's tournament last weekend:

Given: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Real Answer: Cars (as in the Pixar movie)
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Nov 08, 2006 5:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Missouri 2006-07
Replies: 128
Views: 68060

From what I've heard the 2-Saints Conference isn't all that amazing as a tournament. Jimmy Li certainly disliked the questions. But yes, Missouri is a rapidly changing state in terms of quizbowl. At least for the top 2 classes.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Worst Question EVER...
Replies: 92
Views: 38917

That's because, with a few notable exceptions, the general quality of Missouri quizbowl is so horrendous. People keep buying questions like that. At least :chip: never really caught on. But really and truly we have had some of the most abysmal State Championships ever created, and most of the coache...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: ABC 32 (11/10-11/11/06) @ Vanderbilt (Nashville,TN)
Replies: 26
Views: 11740

Apparently Vanderbilt used to ask math and geography questions that followed "Eulah May and Buford" who rode in the Elvismobile. The questions were humorous, but I guess that died since NKC stopped going.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:32 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: ABC 32 (11/10-11/11/06) @ Vanderbilt (Nashville,TN)
Replies: 26
Views: 11740

Do you guys still write "Buford and Eulah May in the Elvismobile" questions?
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Missouri 2006-07
Replies: 128
Views: 68060

I must say:

Ryan was good.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:05 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Missouri 2006-07
Replies: 128
Views: 68060

As was posted at http://www.hsquizbowl.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3098 , the UMR Fall tournament happened, with Ladue beating us in the finals. Stats are at: Pool play: http://web.umr.edu/~cbowl/hs06nov/hs06nov_prelim_standings.html Playoffs: http://web.umr.edu/~cbowl/hs06nov/hs06nov_playoff_standin...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Science Bowl
Replies: 5
Views: 2713

Johnboy up there is the captain of Liberty's team in MO. I think their entire quizbowl team is the science bowl team. And they are really good.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Missouri 2006-07
Replies: 128
Views: 68060

John, I agree with you. Not much going on in their mush brains. They've taken too much speed.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Nov 02, 2006 9:20 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2007 NAQT High School National Championship
Replies: 40
Views: 15139

I'm curious why everyone seems to think school always gets out in June. That is totally not the case for a large area of the nation.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:15 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: ABC 32 (11/10-11/11/06) @ Vanderbilt (Nashville,TN)
Replies: 26
Views: 11740

I've been curious why Vanderbilt's attendance has dropped so drastically over the past few years. It seems like the tournament is still phenomenal, so why did they go from over 100 to maybe 40.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Oct 24, 2006 3:40 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Missouri 2006-07
Replies: 128
Views: 68060

Liberty: Varsity was: Benton Belton Cameron Excelsior Springs Lee's Summit North Lexington Oak Grove Oak Park Savannah Smithville William Chrisman Winnetonka and JV was: Cameron Excelsior Springs Lee's Summit Lee's Summit North Lexington (2 teams) Oak Park Savannah All those teams were from the Kans...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Missouri 2006-07
Replies: 128
Views: 68060

Missouri 2006-07

I don't know how many people will care, but I'll be updating on what goes on in Missouri this. I figure it's good to know what happens in other parts of the country. This weekend there were two tournaments: Liberty High school, and Thomas Jefferson in Joplin. They were both really small, which is un...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Who here went to ACE in 2006?
Replies: 28
Views: 11083

To add on to my worksheets thoughts. I realize there probably is no other way to truly determine the proper seeding at first, so worksheets are obviously the most reasonable. It just isn't something I would go around using to compare with other players.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Affixing letters to teams
Replies: 19
Views: 6925

This is the whole reason I didn't like that B-team Nationals thing. I was reading it and thinking "what if some coach decides they can't win Nationals with their A-team but if they were to switch their teams and play A-teams against B teams that might mess with the ultimate results."
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Sun Oct 08, 2006 1:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Who here went to ACE in 2006?
Replies: 28
Views: 11083

I liked the worksheets, but I still don't find them applicable to Scholar Bowl in terms of seeding. I guess it didn't really affect me, but there were other people who deserved to be higher/lower in terms of their actual ability.

And hey Mark. I think I can act for Brandon and say hi from him too.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Quiz Bowl Tournament in Japan
Replies: 17
Views: 7742

I don't know about that competition, but on wikipedia there is an article about a Lithuanian quizbowl activity called Protmušis, although it's definitely not normal quizbowl.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 06-07 It's Academic TV Show
Replies: 33
Views: 19604

I know I'm not from the area and I really don't understand this "It's Academic" show, but it strikes me as a little weird that someone's posted the results before (presumably) it has aired.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Survey of States
Replies: 18
Views: 9150

Under normal circumstances I would agree, but Missouri's State championship is run by MSHSAA, and organization that makes it quite obvious they don't really care (if you want I can give very specific examples, plus there's already a list on wikipedia). They've never changed format despite many compl...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Survey of States
Replies: 18
Views: 9150

I didn't see the added questions

Does your state tournament have divisions based on school size or public/private? No. It only has 4 divisions determined by school size (although private schools get a population multiplier that may put them in higher classes). Approximately how many high school invitational tournaments in your stat...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: NKCHS Acad Tournament (1/20/07), N. Kansas City, MO
Replies: 6
Views: 3493

RESULTS: NKCHS Acad Tournament (1/20/07), N. Kansas City, MO

I know this is early, but we at North Kansas City High School are hosting our 9th annual Varsity tournament. The questions are house-written and are high-quality. We are expanding our varsity field this year, and with it the tournament quite easily could end up the largest tournament this side of Br...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Survey of States
Replies: 18
Views: 9150

Picking up where I left off. Is there a question vendor or two who writes most of the questions in your state? If so, who is it? Our provider right now is Avery Enterprises (Bryce Avery), but it changes frequently. I will offer up my opinion that they are shockingly bad year in and year out (I was e...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: UMR Fall Tournament (11/4/06) at UM-Rolla (MO)
Replies: 5
Views: 3700

Since it's seemed like Matt has stopped posting about this, the tournament field is now full. It has an incredibly scary field for a Missouri tournament. All four of last year's state champions are attending (Savannah, Ladue, Richland, and Thomas Jefferson in Joplin), plus other good teams, so local...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:51 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Survey of States
Replies: 18
Views: 9150

While I'm a student, I think I have a good enough idea on all of this for Missouri. How many teams do you have? About 400 What percentage does that represent of all high schools? This I'm unsure of. It's definitely not everyone Who runs your state tournament? What constituency controls the organizat...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: ABC 32 (11/10-11/11/06) @ Vanderbilt (Nashville,TN)
Replies: 26
Views: 11740

Is there any kind of field update?
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

Thank goodness. I've talked to lots of people that have participated in the tournament or else observed it and they all talked about it qualifying for PACE, and I was freaking out because we want to (maybe) go, and our coach wouldn't if it was a qualifier. I know for the past couple of years the pow...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

Actually, there have been a few NAQT tournaments in Missouri, but they specifically set them up as "non-qualifying". There is reference to the rule somewhere on the NAQT page, and you could email them to find out more specifics. All I know is that qualifiers are banned by MSHSAA. Except fo...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Sep 05, 2006 1:00 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

About wash u's tournament.
Why do you have to make it a PACE qualifier? Technically, since it qualifies, any Missouri team is banned from playing in. I know it is in MO and most teams are from MO, but if someone were to report it to MSHSAA, all of those teams will be disqualified at districts.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Sun Aug 20, 2006 12:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Teams In The Country '06-07?
Replies: 105
Views: 48014

To expand on this topic, I would also like input on who will be the best individual players this year. Some (but not all) of my picks are Ted Goia from Gonzaga, maybe someone from Brindlee Mountain, Papa Chakravarthy, (heh, maybe even I could end up somewhere on there. That would be awesome)
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Sat Aug 19, 2006 1:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Best Teams In The Country '06-07?
Replies: 105
Views: 48014

Best Teams In The Country '06-07?

I'm curious who you guys think will be the nation's "quizbowl elite" this year. As I don't live near some of the traditional powerhouses I wont pass judgement. I will say, however, that I think a couple of Missouri teams will be in the running this year (yeah i know I love MO). And I saw D...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:00 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE NSC 2007 preliminary announcement
Replies: 32
Views: 16658

Will there be a list somewhere of all the PACE qualifying tournaments when all of that is worked out?
Also, if we or any other Missouri team happen to qualify in a tournament, is there a way you can reserve a wild-card slot for us because we aren't allowed to use the automatic qualifier?
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:27 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: UMR Fall Tournament (11/4/06) at UM-Rolla (MO)
Replies: 5
Views: 3700

This is one of those Rolla tournaments I was talking about. The field might be looking more competitive this time, and I really would like to see an out-of-state team attend (Mr. Riley, Mr. Reinstein, etc.)
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Alabama 2006-2007
Replies: 185
Views: 82069

quizbowllee wrote:I've seen quiz bowl fights before. They're sad. I was involved. It was sad.
I want to hear about this. Nothing ever happens in MO.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Who here went to ACE in 2006?
Replies: 28
Views: 11083

Say hi to Ted for me.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Starting up a program
Replies: 4
Views: 2536

About the buzzers, I recommend Zeecraft. Their website is zeecraft.com . I will second Mr. Reinstein in that you NEED a buzzer system. They really help practice for speed, and if you bring your system to tournaments a lot of times you get a discount. You definitely need to fundraise, because most to...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:31 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Who here went to ACE in 2006?
Replies: 28
Views: 11083

dsimons wrote:I am a long time reader, and first time poster, and I suppose this is a good time to start. I was at Ace's Maryville camp this year. My name is Dallas Simons, from MLKing in TN.
I remember you. You did really well in the first day of practice in our room. Nice to meet you.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:43 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Who here went to ACE in 2006?
Replies: 28
Views: 11083

Who here went to ACE in 2006?

I was wondering because I went to Maryville and I don't know who I met there that is on the board. I'm Charles Dees from North Kansas City.
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

Whoa... set a year in advance. In Missouri, most tournaments aren't officially announced until 2 months before they take place. You Illinois ferners must be ultra-organized.

And I'm just Charlie. No et al on this screenname. Although I'll try to get more MO people on here once the year starts
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

About the New Trier Singles: Is that date set, because normally I would love to go, but we're maybe considering Vandy, which is on the same day. I will keep in touch about your regular team tournament. How hard is the math, because I hear about how you get 30 second calculations, so you do higher le...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:26 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

No, Wash U was on January 28th
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

I've posted some of your tournaments on the Missouri forum, but please keep me updated. Also, http://www.moaca.org/tournaments/ has a growing, incomplete tournament schedule for Missouri. None of my top 3 tournaments are listed yet, but I would recommend UM-Rolla's tournament because they write real...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:08 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

Mentalchocolate, thank you for the invite. While I doubt any MO teams could go to your tournament (we already have two in state that day) I would be interested in going to a good Kentucky tournament (i.e. no quick recall nonsense) so if you could keep me posted on them I would love to come, and I'd ...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

Nice to meet you Andy (in a way) after hearing everything about you Wehrman kids from Mr. Allen. Update on your alma mater: I do think that this year we'll finally be good enough to go to nationals. I'm a junior this year and it's unfortunate to say that last year I was close to being a one man team...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Aug 08, 2006 9:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

Missouri forbids teams from playing before October 21, so none of us could go to that tournament
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:34 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

In Missouri the reason we're given is that they can't make exceptions for any activity, so we're under the same restrictions as sports (we also can only play games 14 days a year). It's a stupid reason because we are not a sport, but whatever. I personally think that it's because the activities gove...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Aug 08, 2006 11:37 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

I know at our tournament (NKC) last year we had 2 teams from Oklahoma, and in past years there have been teams from all over. At Savannah the second place team this year was from Ft. Smith, Arkansas, and they usually get teams from all over (I actually think they've had a team from Georgia once). I ...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:48 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

Well, as far as Savannah goes, it's probably out of your range too (it's about 50 minutes north of NKC). And the traveling rule is partially correct. We can travel 250 "air miles" out of the state, but that's it. And there are a bunch of other dumb rules that do their best to forbid us fro...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Aug 07, 2006 11:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Retiring Some Questions?
Replies: 51
Views: 25278

I don't discount Monteverdi's phenomenal influence on post-rennaissance music, and he is definitely much more question worthy than Peri (there's probably a reason Dafne didn't stick around.) All I'm saying is they should retire the question "What is the first opera, etc." about Monteverdi'...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Retiring Some Questions?
Replies: 51
Views: 25278

Another one I thought of that I've seen frequently. Any question dealing with the first opera. All of these questions are looking for something related to Monteverdi and "Orfeo," but really the first opera is by a composer named Jacopo Peri and is called "Dafne." The reason no on...
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: People should go to MO tournaments
Replies: 32
Views: 18118

People should go to MO tournaments

For teams that are competitive there are a couple of tournaments in Missouri that you should seriously consider attending because they are all very well run and they draw some of the best competition in the region. Those tournaments are: Washington University (usually in January) North Kansas City H...

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