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kitakule

Can I see the Sodom tossup? I'm really not sure why anyone thought this was a good idea; why not use "Sodom and Gomorrah" as an answer line? The cities are always mentioned together in the Bible and having to guess between the two on a tossup isn't fun at all. They don't even have separate...

kitakule

Was there an error in the posting? It looks like you meant to post more cuts yesterday and just forgot to include them when you sent the message.

kitakule

AKKOLADE wrote:Time for more cuts.
Barry Manilow Copacabana (At the Copa)

Not the Copa...

kitakule

chop chop chop chop Bee Gees Nights on Broadway Bee Gees More Than a Woman Bee Gees You Should Be Dancing Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love Bee Gees Night Fever Sad to see these go. But it was always going to be Stayin' Alive, not even a contest there chop chop chop chop Olivia Newton-John & John ...

kitakule

Stuff Moses said Y'know, Fred doesn't have to do this for our amusement, and I think it's misplaced to basically demand "Hey, do additional work based on my preferences re: a 50-year-old pop song". You have ample space to debate the merits of various Jackson 5 songs - in this very thread,...

kitakule

bye bye Michael Jackson Rock with You Michael Jackson Off the Wall Michael Jackson Ben Michael Jackson I Wanna Be Where You Are Michael Jackson Got to Be There Michael Jackson She's Out of My Life Michael Jackson Workin' Day and Night Michael Jackson I Can't Help It Michael Jackson Rockin' Robin Mi...

kitakule

AKKOLADE wrote:Nah, their songs just weren't good enough.

kitakule

Some more cuts: Boney M Rivers of Babylon Boney M Daddy Cool Boney M Ma Baker Collapses in sadness Is this because of "Rasputin"? "Rivers of Babylon" was a much bigger hit and is one of the UK's top ten-selling singles of all time. I don't know if you were allowing Christmas son...

kitakule

AKKOLADE wrote:More cuts today:
Captain and Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together

Noooooooooo...

kitakule

AKKOLADE wrote: For Bill Withers I'm going with "Ain't No Sunshine."

"Ain't No Sunshine" is a nice song, but I really think "Lean on Me" should be in the bracket instead, it's had a much bigger cultural impact.

kitakule

AKKOLADE wrote:Here are some more cuts.
Bill Withers Lean on Me
John Lennon Imagine

Wait what

kitakule

AKKOLADE wrote: The Sylvers Hot Line

I just discovered this song and I can't stop playing it, it's really catchy! Bummer that there's no room for it in the bracket

kitakule

Earth, Wind & Fire In the Stone Earth, Wind & Fire Serpentine Fire Earth, Wind & Fire Fantasy Earth, Wind & Fire After the Love Has Gone Earth, Wind & Fire That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire Shining Star Earth, Wind & Fire with The Emotions Boogie Wonderland ...

kitakule

Even more cuts: ABBA Eagle ABBA Voulez-Vous ABBA Money, Money, Money ABBA The Name of the Game ABBA Does Your Mother Know? ABBA Fernando ABBA Mamma Mia ABBA Knowing Me, Knowing You ABBA Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight) ABBA S.O.S. ABBA Waterloo ABBA Take a Chance on Me So let's just cut out...

kitakule

Invitations to the 2018 ICT How did Yale get two D1 bids? Shouldn't Michigan B have been awarded a D1 Undergrad bid? Did UNC, Carleton, and RIT not want a hosting autobid? Just curious. Also can't speak for the others, but we got a DI hosting auto-bid and a DI editing auto-bid (Jacob edited SCT).

kitakule

tommykl wrote:
AKKOLADE wrote:Claude François Alexandrie Alexandra
I disagree with this opinion.

I'm with you on this

kitakule

AKKOLADE wrote:let me remind you of the one song per artist.

How does this work with artists that spun-off from notable groups for a solo career (ex. Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Eddie Kendricks and the Temptations)? In their cases, are they permitted one song with their group and one solo song?

kitakule

First off, I want to say thank you to everyone who contributed questions to the set, and to Jacob for editing it; I enjoyed reading this year's set. I do have one big question though: where was the African literature? Maybe I missed it, but at least in the DI set I couldn't find it at all in the non...

kitakule

Maybe I scrolled through the list too quickly, but I'm disappointed to not see any Earth, Wind and Fire or Michael Jackson (either something from Off the Wall or with his brothers). I'm also sad to see "Close to You" and "Love Will Keep Us Together" fail to make the list. Also ju...

kitakule

Could I see the Wallace Stevens and A Christmas Carol tossups?

kitakule

I'm really glad this is happening. Hopefully I'll have the opportunity to play it at some point!

kitakule

Would it be possible to make available the spreadsheet containing the updated fields for all sites, as done with other ACF tournaments in the past?

kitakule

We have one spot left in the field with less than a week remaining, so please sign up ASAP if you'd like to come!

kitakule

Are we really back to two state championships again? I take it that relations between the two LQBA factions weren't thawed over the summer, then. It'd be really nice to have one united front for Louisiana quiz bowl.

kitakule

With two days remaining, there are currently two spots left in the field. Please sign up as soon as possible if you want one or more of the final spots!

kitakule

Corry wrote:Well since this is apparently the best geography tournament ever, I'm even more interested in playing an online mirror of this - is that still happening?

Just wanted to bump this for visibility. Is this skype mirror still a thing?

kitakule

Any word on when this year's college contact list is going to go up?

kitakule

As someone who won't be going to CO, I'd also love a Skype mirror

kitakule

Here are some D2 teams to watch out for, based on what/who I know. Teams are in no particular order. Incoming freshmen : 1. Michigan State (Jakob Myers) - MSU gains Jakob Myers, arguably the best high school player from this past season. 2. Stanford (Ali Saeed, Ashwin Ramaswami, Young Lee) - Steven...

kitakule

Any chance for a Skype mirror?

kitakule

Quick question - will this set have bonuses? I just wanted to make sure since the announcement didn't mention them.

kitakule

Any chance that there'll be a Skype mirror for this? I don't think I'll be able to make it to any of the in-person summer opens but I'd still love to play this.

kitakule

I say this because I think this thread is likely to make zero progress if a whole bunch of people just post to say, "My teammate is really good at X. I saw him second-line a tossup on Y one time!" For what it's worth, I'm more interested in those kind of posts than in making any real &quo...

kitakule

My activities outside of quiz bowl largely consist of my student leadership with Chi Alpha (a college Christian organisation, not a frat), doing stuff with the Yale African Students Association, playing pick-up soccer, and playing FIFA when I have the time. I also like to listen to disco music and w...

kitakule

Dominator wrote: superpowermarked tossups

Will the tossups have a three-tier point structure? I.e. will there be both superpowers and regular powers?

kitakule

I hope the Association and the Alliance can resolve the dispute quickly. Even though Mrs. Dugas is an awesome person (she was my coach for four years, after all), I'm inclined to side with the Alliance on this matter seeing as, well, they were here first. Also, the worksheet round is archaic and kee...

kitakule

I'd be interested in Skype 1v1s, for what it's worth.

kitakule

Father Comstock wrote:Geo is what got me hooked on quiz bowl. I'M SO READY.

kitakule

Any word on when stats for the whole tournament will be posted?

kitakule

Jared, do you have an idea of when you're going to decide the date for the tournament? So far, five schools have expressed the desire to play on April 15, so that seems like a good date to hold it.

kitakule

I noticed that no Louisiana teams got votes in here, which isn't surprising because the circuit there is pretty insular (though some Texan teams have started coming to our tournaments). Jesuit A and ESA A (I know, I'm biased) are pretty good teams. Unlike Florida, I don't think LA should get its ow...

kitakule

I noticed that no Louisiana teams got votes in here, which isn't surprising because the circuit there is pretty insular (though some Texan teams have started coming to our tournaments). Jesuit A and ESA A (I know, I'm biased) are pretty good teams. Unlike Florida, I don't think LA should get its ow...

kitakule

I noticed that no Louisiana teams got votes in here, which isn't surprising because the circuit there is pretty insular (though some Texan teams have started coming to our tournaments). Jesuit A and ESA A (I know, I'm biased) are pretty good teams. Unlike Florida, I don't think LA should get its own...

kitakule

April 29 and May 6 are right around finals for us, so April 15 will likely be the most popular date if we do manage to get enough interest.

kitakule

Auroni, could you post the breakdown of the African literature in this set? I can't remember any content other than the South African lit bonus. I know there usually isn't that much African lit in quizbowl tournaments, but this one seemed to have even less than usual.

kitakule

Can I see the kings of Israel, Elijah, and Moses tossups?

kitakule

What was up with the convex tossup? Surely "concave up" should have been accepted?

kitakule

Jonathan, I would certainly take into account what everyone else has said in this thread so far, but if means anything I study by reading packets and converting them into flashcards. My case might be a bit different since I came from an area with very bad high school quiz-bowl and this method helped...

kitakule

Yes, a thousand times yes. Is it stuff just from /r/polandball, or are Facebook comics included?

kitakule

randomguy1997 wrote:Time permitting, I want to write a half-soccer, half-baseball packet.

Nice!

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