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by Inscrutable Fox
Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2025 RMP Fest - Call for editors
Replies: 0
Views: 387

2025 RMP Fest - Call for editors

Myself, Hasna Karim, and Jaimie Carlson with assistance from Athena Kern are currently working on a revival of RMP Fest, an open-level side event dedicated to religion, mythology, and philosophy. We're currently looking for editors for philosophy and Judeo-Christian religion. We aim to have the set ...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sat Feb 05, 2022 9:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 10
Views: 4976

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - General Discussion and Thanks

I want to thank the editing team for welcoming me onto the set late and making it a wonderful experience. I especially appreciated Nick’s wide-ranging and deep expertise in mythology. His suggestions have improved the myth in the set and helped me grow as an editor. Jonathan, Chandler, and Alex also...
by Inscrutable Fox
Thu Feb 03, 2022 4:59 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25803

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

justinduffy wrote: Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:43 pm The tossup on pomegranates erroneously states that Ascalaphus was turned into a lizard. He was actually turned into an owl; in an unrelated myth, the character Ascalabus is turned into a lizard.
I apologize for the inaccuracy, and thank you for catching it!
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Jan 30, 2022 2:06 pm
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 53
Views: 25803

Re: 2022 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

Could you post the myth question on Mycenae? - I believe that at the point I buzzed in the first line (Inachos) the TU equally refers to Argos, and in Pausanias, Strabo, and a range of other ancient authors the river/river god/culture hero/mythical king is always associated with Argos and the Argol...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Aug 15, 2021 12:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Teammate Appreciation Thread
Replies: 19
Views: 7542

Re: Teammate Appreciation Thread

It’s a funny thing to walk away from a year of online quizbowl feeling more connected to the community, so I hope you’ll all excuse this long, sappy, and superlative-laden post. I first want to express my appreciation for the Duke team. Jacob Egol is an incredible music player, with the added bonus ...
by Inscrutable Fox
Wed Apr 21, 2021 12:27 am
Forum: Collegiate Discussion
Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
Replies: 51
Views: 49073

Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)

I’ll be starting med school at WUSTL and plan to play as my schedule allows.
by Inscrutable Fox
Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ARCADIA: Announcement
Replies: 10
Views: 10596

Re: ARCADIA: Announcement

Update:

We're excited that Caroline Mao and Raymond Wang will also be writing for this set.
by Inscrutable Fox
Wed Mar 17, 2021 10:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ARCADIA: Announcement
Replies: 10
Views: 10596

ARCADIA: Announcement

I am pleased to announce ARCADIA (A Regs-minus Carolina and Duke Invitational of Academia), a collegiate set for late fall/winter 2021 written by current members and alumni of the Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill Quiz Bowl teams. We would like for tournaments to be held in person, circumstances permitting. ...
by Inscrutable Fox
Mon Mar 08, 2021 10:10 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT 2021 Discussion
Replies: 10
Views: 532

Re: BHSAT 2021 Discussion

Thanks for all the feedback! To address some of your points: The description of the answerline before the Kahlo self-portraits tossup was useful but I still think that it could just have been a question on either self-portraits or Kahlo. I appreciate the critique, but disagree on this point. As a ge...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:22 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXX at Duke/UNC
Replies: 3
Views: 1865

Re: BHSAT XXX at Duke/UNC

Congratulations to DCDS for winning a one-game advantaged final against Chattahoochee A! Thanks to all the teams for playing our tournament, and to Jacob Egol, Vincent Du, Kevin Jiang, Justin Zhang, Eric Gunter, and Jamie Wang for staffing and making sure that a 10 game tournament ran so smoothly (s...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Feb 28, 2021 2:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXX at Duke/UNC
Replies: 3
Views: 1865

Re: BHSAT XXX at Duke/UNC

Reminder that there is still room in the field for next Saturday! We'd love to have at least one team playing to eliminate the need for byes.
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 43
Views: 5009

Re: 2021 WORKSHOP: Specific Question Discussion

I enjoyed playing the myth yesterday! A few notes, which are really more nitpicks than actual issues. I enjoyed the Lilith tu. Probably not a real issue, but I did think it was perhaps hard for there to be other possible answers once it’s clear that it’s a female figure with Judeo-Christian demonic ...
by Inscrutable Fox
Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXX at Duke/UNC
Replies: 3
Views: 1865

BHSAT XXX at Duke/UNC

I am pleased to announce that Duke and UNC are jointly hosting a mirror of BHSAT XXX on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Further set information can be found here . This tournament will be held online, via Discord, with an opening meeting held at 9:45 am EST and gameplay beginning at 10 am EST. Please direc...
by Inscrutable Fox
Thu Feb 04, 2021 1:33 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15805

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

In the tossup on Jacob Lawrence, unless I'm misremembering the wording, Gwendolyn Knight was mentioned, but only in the context of "she was his wife." I'm really not a fan of reducing female artists to "this [male] artist's wife," and I personally think it would have been better...
by Inscrutable Fox
Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15805

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

I’m a little late, but to add to the non-exhaustive list of favorite submissions: Stanford A’s upside-down in myth tu (an idea that I was truly jealous of - loved working with this) MIT A’s myth tu on dreams Princeton A’s bonus on the Navajo Monster Slayer Twins (very creative men and women living s...
by Inscrutable Fox
Tue Feb 02, 2021 8:52 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15805

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

The only two minor problems that I can remember standing out over the day were calling Gnosticism 'this movement' which implies a unity which as far as I understand it is not really there across the broad tradition that comprised Gnostic thought, and the line in the bulls TU, which described 'The E...
by Inscrutable Fox
Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:29 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15805

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

-Matisse/Ernst/Ed Ruscha bonus was strong and well-themed -axis mundi/Louhi/Kalevala was a great bonus; I appreciated the interpretative clues, which made the bonus more interesting to me than Finnish myth just from some Kalevala story. Thanks – I’m very glad to hear you enjoyed the Matisse / Ernst...
by Inscrutable Fox
Tue Feb 02, 2021 11:26 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 39
Views: 15805

Re: 2021 ACF Regionals - Specific Question Discussion

I was also surprised when my early answer (midway through the description of the America theft) of "readymades" was outright rejected on the "toilets" question. Could I see the question? Maybe one of the first two clues ruled this out. Here is the question: 5. Sophie Matisse bak...
by Inscrutable Fox
Tue Sep 08, 2020 5:35 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Replies: 55
Views: 22864

Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)

My intention is not to distract from the above discussion or inflame things further, but I wanted to add a couple closing thoughts of my own, independent of our club, on the cheating allegations at our mirror and the experience of dealing with them. I’d like to point out how harmful jumping directly...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Replies: 55
Views: 22864

Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)

I want to acknowledge that I handled this incident badly yesterday. My personal convictions aside, I did owe it to everyone involved in this tournament to treat the incident with more diligence. I was not the tournament director, but I was also helping out in the control room and did happen to see m...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Sep 06, 2020 1:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)
Replies: 55
Views: 22864

Re: LIT Mid-Atlantic Mirror @ Discord (9/5/20)

This tournament really drove home several problems with holding tournaments online. During the tournament, Chase Chiang of Princeton was caught cheating (I have no idea why the final stats don't contain some indication that this occurred). From what I've heard, addressing the cheating situation was...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXIX at Duke
Replies: 3
Views: 2836

Re: BHSAT XXIX at Duke

Thanks to everyone who came to play BHSAT XXIX at Duke today! Congratulations to Miami Valley, who defeated DCC A in a two game final. Stats are now available here.
by Inscrutable Fox
Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXIX at Duke
Replies: 3
Views: 2836

Re: BHSAT XXIX at Duke

Update: We will be expanding the field cap to 20 teams, with potential for more with enough interest and staffers.
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXIX at Duke
Replies: 3
Views: 2836

Re: BHSAT XXIX at Duke

Field Updates (Teams/buzzers/staffers):

East Chapel Hill (2/0/0)
Raleigh Charter (4/3-4/0)
Early College at Guilford (2/0/0)
Miami Valley School (1/0/0)
Enloe (2/2/1)
Detroit Catholic Central (2/1/0)
NCSSM (1/3/0)
Christ School (1/1/0)
Panther Creek (2/0/0)

Total (17/10/1)
by Inscrutable Fox
Mon Dec 02, 2019 1:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: BHSAT XXIX at Duke
Replies: 3
Views: 2836

BHSAT XXIX at Duke

Duke Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce a mirror of BHSAT XXIX on February 29, 2020. I will be tournament director and can be contacted at ary14@duke.edu with any questions. See this thread for further set details. Location and Time: This tournament will be held in the Classroom Building on Duke Unive...
by Inscrutable Fox
Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:41 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: North Carolina 2019 - 2020
Replies: 13
Views: 8934

Re: North Carolina 2019 - 2020

Duke will host a mirror of BHSAT XXIX on February 29 (see this thread for further details). We hope to see you there!
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:14 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Duke (11/02/2019)
Replies: 3
Views: 4832

Re: 2019 ACF Fall at Duke (11/02/2019)

Thanks to everyone who came to ACF Fall at Duke! Tournament stats are now posted (https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5901/). Congratulations to our overall and undergraduate winner, UNC A, and our second place overall and undergraduate winner, USC. Congratulations also to our DII first and second...
by Inscrutable Fox
Fri Sep 20, 2019 12:01 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Duke (11/02/2019)
Replies: 3
Views: 4832

Re: 2019 ACF Fall at Duke (11/02/2019)

Field Update (Teams/Buzzers/Staffers)

Virginia Tech: 2/2/1
Liberty: 3/2/0
Duke: 2/2/?
VCU: 1/4/1
UNC: 3/2/4
Wofford: 1/0/0
East Tennessee: 1/1/0
Elon: 1/1/0
by Inscrutable Fox
Mon Aug 26, 2019 7:46 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Fall at Duke (11/02/2019)
Replies: 3
Views: 4832

2019 ACF Fall at Duke (11/02/2019)

I am pleased to announce that the Lower Mid-Atlantic site of 2019 ACF Fall will be held at Duke on Saturday, November 2, 2019. The tournament will take place at the Classroom Building on Duke's East Campus, with team check-in beginning at 8:30 am in Room 137 and gameplay beginning at 9 am. I will be...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sun Jan 27, 2019 12:54 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals @ Duke (1/26/19)
Replies: 3
Views: 3737

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals @ Duke (1/26/19)

Congratulations to all teams for a tournament well played. UNC A won overall, with NC State A in second. NC State A was also our undergraduate champion, and UNC B was our DII winner. Thanks for coming, and see the link below for the posted statistics. http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/5586/stats/...
by Inscrutable Fox
Sat Jan 12, 2019 12:20 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals @ Duke (1/26/19)
Replies: 3
Views: 3737

Re: 2019 ACF Regionals @ Duke (1/26/19)

Field: (teams/buzzers/staffers)

Liberty (3/2/0)
NC State (2/1/0)
UNC (2/1/0)
VCU (1/3/1)
Virginia Tech (1/1/0)
by Inscrutable Fox
Mon Nov 05, 2018 10:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 ACF Regionals @ Duke (1/26/19)
Replies: 3
Views: 3737

2019 ACF Regionals @ Duke (1/26/19)

Duke Quiz Bowl is pleased to host the Southeast (North) site of the 2019 ACF Regionals on January 26. Registration: Email ary14@duke.edu with your school, number of teams, and buzzer set information. In addition, fill out the official ACF registration form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLS...