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- Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:23 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: MOYAI (MCMT NorCal Mirror, 03/06/2021)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 515
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:08 pm
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: MOYAI (MCMT NorCal Mirror, 03/06/2021)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 515
MOYAI (MCMT NorCal Mirror, 03/06/2021)
Hello! I hope you all are having a wonderful day. My name is Ganon Evans and I am very happy to announce MOYAI: the first edition of the Mira-Loma Online Yearly Academic Invitational! This tournament will be held on March 6th, 2021 via Discord. I will be the tournament director. Basic Information: M...
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:50 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IKEA Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) Mirror - December 5th
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1875
Re: IKEA Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) Mirror - December 5th
A tremendous thank you to all of the teams for coming out yesterday for an incredibly fun tournament! Thank you to Greg Peterson, Tony Cosimini, Carson Melinder, Rachel Mattson, Andy Swiston, Nathan Clack, Ben Dahl, Sam Stahler, Robert Holeman, and Trevor Nigus for staffing yesterday and making our ...
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:50 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Iowa Quiz Bowl Statement Regarding Individual Player Ban 12/2
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1175
Iowa Quiz Bowl Statement Regarding Individual Player Ban 12/2
An Announcement From Iowa Quiz Bowl: We, the Iowa Quiz Bowl Executive Board, have decided to make an individual ban in our upcoming IKEA tournament on December 5th. Specifically, this decision centers around the events detailed in this forum post. We are aware that such an individual ban is a rarit...
- Tue Dec 01, 2020 9:24 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Code of Conduct Sharing
- Replies: 1
- Views: 742
Code of Conduct Sharing
Hello all, This past year, the University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, Carleton College, and other teams in the North circuit collaborated on a Code of Conduct which we together edited and appropriated for usage at our individual clubs and our circuit. I've attached the current Iowa Code of Con...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
I'm happy to announce that we can provide MCMT packets in either an all tossup then all bonus format, or paired tossups and bonuses, per the host's request.
- Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:26 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IKEA Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) Mirror - December 5th
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1875
Re: IKEA Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) Mirror - December 5th
Current Field [18/18]:
Northwestern [3]
Illinois [2]
Northern Michigan University [1]
Ohio State [2]
Michigan State [1]
Michigan [1]
Auburn [1]
Indiana [1]
Yale [1]
Carleton [1]
DePaul [1]
Case Western Reserve [1]
Wisconsin [2]
Northwestern [3]
Illinois [2]
Northern Michigan University [1]
Ohio State [2]
Michigan State [1]
Michigan [1]
Auburn [1]
Indiana [1]
Yale [1]
Carleton [1]
DePaul [1]
Case Western Reserve [1]
Wisconsin [2]
- Wed Nov 11, 2020 4:10 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4184
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
-To my knowledge, the kala pani taboo is not unique to sepoys. In the context I learned about the taboo it was applied to the Indian diaspora in general, causing me to enter a prompt trains on Hindus->Indian people->?. I think a directed prompt here could have helped. Yeah this was definitely the o...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3907
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
Wow, this was one of, if not, the single best experience I've had with writing a set ever for a multitude of reasons. I first want to thank William for being an incredible leader and doing an excellent job of keeping us on a tight schedule while simultaneously making sure we had the resources and br...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:48 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4184
Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
One of the early clues in the Architecture tossup on "opera houses" referred to the facade of a building in Valencia designed by Santiago Calatrava. I found this frustrating because Calatrava also designed a science museum in the same large cultural complex in Valencia. I negged with &quo...
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 12:29 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter at Iowa (11/7/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 537
Re: 2020 ACF Winter at Iowa (11/7/2020)
A huge congratulations to Minnesota A, who beat Carleton A in a one round final to win the tournament today! Carleton A ended up being the undergraduate champion, and Grinnell A was our DII champion. Scores for the day can be found here. Congratulations to our top prelim scorers! Our top five were: ...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 6:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 Festivus [20 December 2020]
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3856
Re: 2020 Festivus [Date TBD, please answer the poll]
Only the best holiday of the year!
In all seriousness, its a time around the holidays in which people put together vanity packets and play them for them on Discord!
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Packet Submission discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4275
Re: Packet Submission discussion
Would having something like a question writing workshop help the demographic of somewhat experienced players but inexperienced writers that the "anti-packet sub"bers on Discord are arguing face a too high barrier of entry? I actually put together a small PowerPoint I run with Iowa teams e...
- Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:43 am
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2020 ACF Winter at Iowa (11/7/2020)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 537
2020 ACF Winter at Iowa (11/7/2020)
Hello! I am pleased to announce that the North site of 2020 ACF Winter will be held at Iowa on Saturday, November 7, 2020. The tournament will take place virtually on Discord. The opening meeting will begin at 8:45 A.M. CT and gameplay will begin at 9 A.M. CT. My name is Ganon Evans and I will be th...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:44 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Online Gameplay Rules Changes
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2315
Re: ACF Online Gameplay Rules Changes
One major issue that I think the verbal answer requirement addresses is the fact that typed answers can take up a considerably long amount of time. For instance, I was staffing an event a couple weeks ago in which the answer to a bonus part was a multi-word book title. I was playing by the time rule...
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:06 am
- Forum: Regular Season Tournaments
- Topic: UKY Fall 2020 Announcement
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1447
Re: UKY Fall 2020 Announcement
I hope all who played today enjoyed MCMT! We have a discussion Discord server up and would love feedback. If you played this tournament, it will be on the UKY Discord.
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 6:18 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: IKEA Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) Mirror - December 5th
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1875
IKEA Midwest (MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) Mirror - December 5th
Hello all! I hope everyone is staying happy and healthy the best they can during these crazy times! On behalf of Iowa Quiz Bowl, I am happy to announce that we will be hosting Columbia and Georgia Tech's medium difficulty college set IKEA on December 5th, 2020 on an online Discord server. More infor...
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:32 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
I would like to offer an update on the status of our mirrors. We will be relying on closed online mirrors ran by regional sites, such as those currently set-up in Kentucky, Iowa, Ohio, and Missouri. We want to give regional sites a chance to host their local teams in their local circuits before putt...
- Mon Aug 10, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Recruiting during COVID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1123
Recruiting during COVID
Hey friends, I hope everyone and their families, friends and QB teams are holding up safe and healthy right now. As the beginning of the fall semester nears for many universities, I'm concerned about the upcoming recruiting opportunities for quiz bowl teams. From an Iowa perspective, last year the s...
- Wed Jul 29, 2020 5:37 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
Mirrors [as of 7/29/2020]: Toledo League Varsity [Starting October 5th] UKY Fall 2020 [October 10th] LUKA - Southern US Mirror [October 17th] IQBL Kickoff Tournament [October 24th] Tippecanoe Academic Challenge XXV [November 7th] MIT Mirror (MA, ME, RI, CT, NH, and VT) [November 21st] OF MICE AND ME...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:47 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: General Misconduct Discussion (TW: sexual harassment)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6018
Re: [TW: Sexual Harassment] Harassment in the THAT Online Quizbowl Discord
I support the idea of a governing body that could hand out bans for misconduct. I feel that it’s more accountable when done on an organizational level instead of on an institutional level, especially when you’re at an open tournament not even associated with an institution. As some people have alre...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:21 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
Hi all! As we're starting to get to 100% written and our editors are working their magic, I'd like to put out again that this set is open for mirrors, and I would like to put out a call for playtesters. Email me at [email protected].edu what categories you're interested in playtesting, and I'll star...
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:37 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1560
Re: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
I am very happy that our crime fighters managed to completely obliterate these villainous packets! The dastardly Dr. Bike (Mike Cheyne) managed to buzz his way to first place on the first packet, but our heroes Finn and John Lawrence managed to defeat him and tie each other on the second packet. I a...
- Mon Jun 01, 2020 9:29 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1560
Re: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
We decided to change around the times for these packets: instead of two nights, we're going to both packets on Wednesday night, the original packet starting at 9:00 EST and the second packet starting at 10:00 EST. We're doing this so we can maximize the amount of players on the second packet! If you...
- Sun May 31, 2020 11:12 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1560
- Sun May 31, 2020 10:35 pm
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1560
Re: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
We're sending up a Bat Signal for you guys to play this set! These are some of the funnest questions I've ever written, and on top of the original questions I mentioned last post, Eli and I have both written two supervillain tossups: these are pretty difficulty vanity tossups worth 20 points! So sin...
- Thu May 28, 2020 3:32 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Miscellaneous Distribution and Community
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3313
Miscellaneous Distribution and Community
Hi all, I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these extremely crazy times. I wanted to continue a discussion which I started on Facebook, which can be found here . Specifically, I wanted to provide some clarifications, get some points across, and have a more formal discussion than my or...
- Thu May 14, 2020 1:31 am
- Forum: Practices, Scrimmages, Online Packets, and Playtesting
- Topic: The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1560
The Dynamic Duo - Batman Packets
Hi all! I'm very happy to announce that Eli Issokson and I are working on producing two packets themed around everything and anything Batman. This project began from Eli creating a 20/20 set which was read to people for the first time on 5/13. The end packets will consist of edited versions of those...
- Fri May 08, 2020 12:54 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
Hi friends! I hope everyone is happy and healthy right now. Little update from the team: this set is still being written as scheduled, and we are still on the same timeline pre-COVID-19. We are approximately 54% complete with writing the set. Our goal is to be done writing by late June so July can b...
- Sun May 03, 2020 10:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6619
Re: DECAMERON - Asynchronous guerrilla tournament announcement and signups
I'm not sure what the cost of a premium Zoom room is, but I'm willing to chip in to purchase access to one if necessary for the tournament!
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:47 am
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: This Time, A Stern Warning
- Replies: 179
- Views: 38162
Re: This Time, A Stern Warning
I don't want to to turn this thread into the cheating tribunal, but if it's an open secret that some people cheat...why are they allowed to play? Why aren't they being publicly shamed or called out? I'm not in the know here, so if there's some open secret list of known or suspected cheaters, I'd li...
Re: QBWiki
I'm not completely sure what it would look like, but I think it would be cool to like save/store some of the live blogging done at national tournaments like HSNCT. There's a lot of content/details that get lost if they're immediately captured in the moment, so to speak, and I think that storing some...
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 12:09 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Distinguishing Medium Clues/Parts
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1272
Distinguishing Medium Clues/Parts
Hi all, I've found that my greatest weakness in writing right now is making discernible medium parts at any level. I know how to give an an easy question, and I also have a good feeling for what a difficult part is, but I struggle with recognizing and then writing what's a medium part. This also tra...
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:36 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Re: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
Congratulations to Minnesota Cow for clearing the field yesterday! I want to thank everyone for coming out and playing, and specifically thank Susan Ferrari, Tony Cosimini, Carson Melinder, and Andy Swiston for being an amazing staff that ensured that the tournament got done an appropriate time. I'm...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 2:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Re: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
What? Did someone say live stats? Oh yeah, here they are!
https://stats.neg5.org/t/fSY52laGk/mich ... -standings
https://stats.neg5.org/t/fSY52laGk/mich ... -standings
- Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:32 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Re: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
Going to go ahead and cap the field at 8 teams. Sending out information tonight and tomorrow!
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Re: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
I'm really looking forward to the field here! Make sure if you're interested, you register here soon!
- Tue Jan 28, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Re: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
Field [8/12] (As of February 26th)
Minnesota (3)
Bradley (1)
Grinnell (2)
DePaul (1)
Iowa (1)
Minnesota (3)
Bradley (1)
Grinnell (2)
DePaul (1)
Iowa (1)
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:54 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 66
- Views: 7965
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals: Specific Questions and Errata
I wanted to throw out there that I really appreciated the increased number of directed prompts in this set. One of the most frustrating things in the world is being prompted around a difficult answerline that you actually know.
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2020 ACF Regionals at Minnesota (01/25/2020)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1487
Re: 2020 ACF Regionals at Minnesota (01/25/2020)
Thanks to Minnesota for hosting, and thanks to Rob, Carsten, Paul, Danny, and Erik for moderating!!!
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season) - Call for Editors
Alex Dzurick is finishing off our editing team, focusing on Social Science, Current Events, and Geography!
- Tue Jan 21, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season) - Call for Editors
Update time! As we seriously begin to get writing, I'm happy to welcome Amogh Kulkarni as our history and philosophy editor. Shohom Chakraborty, Aditya Sivakumar, Annie Lin, and Aidan McWilliams have also joined the team as writers.
- Fri Dec 20, 2019 1:19 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Re: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season) - Call for Editors
Proud to announce that Eric Chang is now our Visual, Other Fine Arts, and Mythology Editor, and we also welcome Stefan Calin to the team as our science editor! As we start writing over winter break, we're still looking for a history, philosophy, and social science editor, so let me know if you're in...
- Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:55 pm
- Forum: Mirror requests
- Topic: Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4981
Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (Regular HS, 2020-2021 Season)
Hello everyone! It is my great honor and pleasure to announce the Matt Cvijanovich Memorial Tournament (MCMT) for the 2020-2021 season. The set will be available for mirrors at the very beginning of the 2020-2021 season. For some context, January 2nd, 2020 marks 15 years since the passing of Matt Cv...
- Sat Nov 30, 2019 1:51 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Studying Current Events
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2319
Re: Studying Current Events
Hey Cade, Like with any other category, the best way to lock down your subject is via immersion. This sounds daunting, but realistically in the case of Current Events, it just means keeping up to date on the news. How is this accomplished then? For quiz bowl (and in general; being up to date is very...
- Mon Nov 25, 2019 11:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1715
Michigan Winter Tournament @ Iowa (2/29/2020)
Hey all! On behalf of the University of Iowa Quiz Bowl team, I am pleased to announce that the North site of this year's Michigan Winter Tournament will be held at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, February 29th, 2020 . The details about the tournament can be found here . This w...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:10 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6027
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Hey Drew and Chandler, just as an example of this from this year's packet, we had 3-4 different submissions from different teams all on Fire Emblem, which was synthesized into one question. Similarly, there were like 3-4 submissions all about Frankenstein, which turned into just one final question....
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6027
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
I played on a team who submitted a packet that wasn't used (Purdue B), and heard some of my clues used nearly word-for-word in other packets, often very early in tossups I would not normally be able to get since they'd normally be well outside my categories. This strikes me as something that should...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6027
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
Cabrini Green is not in Bronzeville. Probably I'd say it's on the Near North Side; the Latin School of Chicago coach said it was in Old Town. The bonus clue that mentioned the connection between the words "Adonis" and "Adonai" was super cool! That was a mistake on my part for no...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
- Replies: 51
- Views: 6027
Re: ACF Fall 2019 Specific Question Discussion and Errata
I thought this set was very good, though I noticed two errata that I don't think have been mentioned yet: FWIW, the respondent in the room where I read this bonus part was able to articulate a description that I thought was good enough, as he communicated it had to do with the feet all being off th...