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There is no IHSA or Masonic policy stating that the opposing team should support a protest even if they believe it is correct. Last weekend, IHSSBCA passed ethics guidelines that we will publish soon that does handle the situation as you described it and does in fact tell coaches that they should do...

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I think that by hidden themes, Mr. Riley means tournaments that aren't supposed to have themes. That is, you show up at a high school tournament expecting a regular distribution and all of the chemistry questions are "Name the element that..." or all the world history questions start out &...

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Stanford Culture Page?

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Scroll down to page four of this pdf.

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In addition to the views summarized by Justin, there is also the view of quizbowl that it is supposed to fun, and in order to be fun we need to deemphasize studying and preparation. Questions shouldn't favor teams that have studied because such teams are missing the point. Students are already busy ...

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My statement was made when the college season was just getting started and was based on the hype surrounding Scheyer for the past several years from the local press. I had heard that he could have gone straight to the NBA from high school and been taken in the top 20 picks and that he was only going...

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"I DONT SPEAK FOR NAQT" wins, since anything coming out of the Joe Biden for President Campaign is a waste of time and energy.

NHL

vs.

NASCAR

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The questions were good, and we will be happy to go again next year if questions of the same quality are used.

I would have preferred more than 16 questions per match, but it is true that tournaments using 20 generally run behind. I am very much against the 20 tossups/15 bonuses idea.

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Television Ratings:
2006 World Series: 10.1/17
2006 NBA Finals: 8.5/?
2006 NHL Finals: 2.3/4
2006 Super Bowl: 41.6/62
The Super Bowl is not a fair comparison because it is one game vs series championships. Still.
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I will only read comments in this thread if they are about hair.

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12 teams advance for two rounds. I assume this means separate pools for the top 4, the next four, and the next four.

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You mean ipsa scientia potestas est. You had an extra s.

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Keep in mind that the Stanford Archive is willing to post high school questions and that access to good high school questions could significantly help the game and its players. So, if you hosted a high school tournament, please send in the questions. If your tournament is still held annually, postin...

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I agree that strict quotas are wrong, especially when the question set is as small as a single round, but there are certain topics that should come up during the course of a tournament. If you are going to play 12 rounds during the course of the day, you should hear at least some questions related t...

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Who needs Egan?

Welcome aboard, Jeff Price.

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When my team did joke introductions every match for about eight years straight, I learned which coaches couldn't stand it, and we didn't do it against those coaches. I also learned that teams from small towns generally didn't like it, so we sometimes asked the opposing coach for permission before th...

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Based on your latest avatar, how exactly does Jeff Gordon play into all this? In honor of the renaming of this section as Colts Country, I've been highlighting great people from Indiana the past few days: Michael Jackson, Dan Quayle, Jeff Gordon, and now here's Brad Maynard for your viewing pleasure.

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Oklahoma is actually a very median state when it comes to minority population. Here in Illinois, it seems like the biggest predictor as to whether or not a high school will have a team is whether whites are a majority at a school. There are plenty of teams in poor white rural areas that do not neces...

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If this is Colts Country, should we have pictures of famous Hoosiers?

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When in Colts Country...

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Not that I'm one of them, but what if there are posters here that are cheering for the Colts?

It's a free country, and I have no problem with somebody who roots for the Colts. In such a case, the moderators could just reactivate the account at the end of February.

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Maine South is a ten minute drive from O'Hare (once you get out of O'Hare).

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Did this tournament track subject area champions ala the Trevian Schobo Solo?

No. I said the tournament was good--I didn't say it was perfect.

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"The senseless waste of pitting these two mighty forces of nature against each other, like matter vs. anti-matter, will be a tragedy, not only for the teams involved but for our planet. All nations must band together, to ensure that such a conflageration never takes place."

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Bears

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This was a very good tournament. Thanks to Donald and everybody else who contributed.

Anybody who likes to play lots of matches with good questions and good moderators should go to this tournament next year.

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What's the qualifying process for NAQT state like?

Show up. Few teams register, and there is no Regional or Sectional. It's a shame that there are so few teams, because it is a great tournament that I highly recommend.

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I suggest taking issue with the current culture of the United States of America to correct this issue.

Consider it done.

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DumbJacques--I did not think that you were going to destroy the kid's life a la Reefer Madness, but I do think it is inappropriate to make such references on a forum populated by teachers and students related to a high school activity. It's not the end of the world--it just makes this board a slight...

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1: How is this any different than the 20 "find the derivative" problems you'll get in any given tournament? and 2: as computational math recedes in importance, the math distribution will also be reduced slightly. Perhaps 3/3 out of 30, with 3 computational and 3 non-computational mixed up...

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The original post was by a high school sophomore who is about 15 years old. Perhaps once he attends college for several years, he will be able to make flawless BCS Championship Game predictions or hilarious fat jokes, or he will be able to entertain the masses with his exciting adventures into hosti...

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I find it challenging to write 20 noncomputational math questions each year that are relevant to the high school curriculum. It wasn't hard for the first year or two, but it gets difficult after you use up about forty or fifty good answers.

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When I saw somebody complain about (3x+5y)^5, at first I thought it was just whining, so I started working it out: 3^5, 5*81*5, 10*27*25, 10*9*125, 5*3*625, and 5^5. If you're good, it takes five seconds to figure out that those numbers are the ones you want to multiply, and you may already know 3^5...

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Varsity: 1. Park Ridge Maine South; 2. Park Ridge Maine East; 3. Wilmette Loyola; 4. Naperville North
Frosh/Soph: 1. Wilmette Loyola; 2. Park Ridge Maine South; 3. Naperville North; 4. Homewood-Flossmoor

Rumor has it that a haircut is involved with the Frosh/Soph standings.

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Please forgive this suggestion of an idea from an outsider. It is related to the exit, voice and loyalty thread. Perhaps one way to deal with the issues brought up there would be for the editor to offer feedback on question ideas submitted early (perhaps three or four weeks before the normal packet ...

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If it changes, it will be because of geography. According to procedures that have been in place since its founding, IHSA does not make any effort to even out Sectionals in any sport or activity. If OPRF and Fenwick move, it will be because the IHSA looks at a map and decides it is too far a distance...

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The Sectionals probably will be very similar to last year. IHSA makes significant changes every three years, and they changed things last year. It looks like the TBA Sectional is the one that was won by DGS last year. Many of the TBAs are listed alphabetically--IHSA has a site in mind but is awaitin...

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To answer Mr. Weiner, a new rule in Illinois states: "The last three (3) toss up questions and the last three (3) bonus questions in each match may not be from the miscellaneous category." (This comes after a statement that a 30/30 match should have 6/6 math, 6/6 science, 6/6 social studie...

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Here's the link. Links to Parts II and III are on the right if you want to watch the whole episode.

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Margaret Mitchell is famous for just one book.

Personally, I've heard about Harper Lee and Truman Capote being childhood friends more than enough times.

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Trevkeeper's tossup total would go down significantly if it wasn't for an "Italian physicist" named Fermi.

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I'm confused. Should we capture the leaders of all foreign countries or only certain ones? It might make us look weak if we started something like that but only had three or four leaders on display. On the other hand, it would be cruel to capture one of our own puppets.

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Gerald Ford is no longer with us.

Help me decide what my favorite Gerald Ford memory should be.

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There is no set of national moderator rules because there is no set of national rules. Here are some things I stress with my moderators: 1. You are the face of the tournament to the teams in your room, so be respectful. 2. Know the rules, especially the rules regarding time limits (after a tossup is...

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Something that does seem to stick out this year is the poor play of rookies. It's too early to write anybody off in the first half of their first year, but nobody has played well. Morrison and Roy have gotten a lot of shots because they play for horrible teams, but they have missed a lot more than t...

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We'll have four students.

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If you think this idea all the way through (which probably is not a good idea)... Put each team in its own room with its own neutral moderator. For each tossup, each team is allowed an interrupt answer and then, if they do interrupt the question, they would have the option at the end of giving a reb...

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Duke becomes the first team to star a Jewish player since the Syracuse Nationals, and Matt Weiner tells us to hate them?

Better look in the mirror next time you feel like accusing somebody of Anti-Semitism.

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I agree with Mr. Riley. There is nothing wrong with making the request, as long as you state your reasons, and as long as you realize that the TD has the power to decide whether or not to recognize your request. That being said, when 30 or 40 teams attend a tournament that is played with morning rou...

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Our Coaches Association communicated with them over the summer using the email address on their website.

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