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by tiwonge
Mon Oct 09, 2023 11:48 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice Northwest (online) (10/7/23)
Replies: 1
Views: 2327

Re: NAQT Collegiate Novice Northwest (online) (10/7/23)

ASU A, ASU B, and UW finished at 8-1. ASU B beat UW to face ASU A for the championship, winning in overtime. Final stats: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8366/stats/final/ We had two brand new schools competing, and several players who were completely new to quiz bowl. Thank you to everybody w...
by tiwonge
Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:46 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: New Middle School Introductory Set
Replies: 2
Views: 3419

Re: New Middle School Introductory Set

We're still writing it. we didn't get enough done over the summer, and then once classes started, work slowed to a crawl. I'll try to get another effort up over break, but because of this delay, probably not until the end of the school year.
by tiwonge
Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice Northwest (online) (10/7/23)
Replies: 1
Views: 2327

NAQT Collegiate Novice Northwest (online) (10/7/23)

Idaho Quiz & Academic Teams will be hosting Collegiate Novice on October 7 (the week before ACF Fall). Fees and Registration Please register for the tournament on the NAQT site. https://www.naqt.com/registration/field.jsp?tournament_id=15050 The fee for the tournament is $65/team, with discounts...
by tiwonge
Thu May 25, 2023 11:03 pm
Forum: Trash
Topic: ACRONYM 16 Online: April 16 and June 3
Replies: 7
Views: 6095

Re: ACRONYM 16 Online: April 16 and June 3

What's the cap for the June 3 tournament?

I see 22 teams signed up right now.
by tiwonge
Sat Apr 15, 2023 8:13 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Online mirror of Canadian Novice tournament
Replies: 1
Views: 940

Re: Online mirror of Canadian Novice tournament

Boston University finished 7-1 to win the field.

BU's Biyang Zhang was the top scorer at 98.13 ppg.

Stats: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/8 ... und_robin/

Thanks to all the teams for coming, and to all the staffers who helped make the tournament a success!
by tiwonge
Mon Mar 27, 2023 11:43 pm
Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
Topic: Online mirror of Canadian Novice tournament
Replies: 1
Views: 940

Online mirror of Canadian Novice tournament

We (a consortium of people in the northwest, including the University of Washington) will be hosting an online mirror of the 2023 Canadian Novice on Saturday, April 15, 2023. If you have a local mirror of the Canadian Novice, we'd strongly prefer that you attend the local mirror. If you would like t...
by tiwonge
Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
Topic: New Middle School Introductory Set
Replies: 2
Views: 3419

New Middle School Introductory Set

It's been a few years since the last Middle School Introductory Set, and it's time for a new set. The set has been well-received, but some of the pop culture and current events questions are getting dated, and it would be nice to have a new set of questions for teams to use to introduce new players ...
by tiwonge
Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2022 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 15)
Replies: 7
Views: 8269

Re: 2022 ACF Fall: Global Announcement (October 15)

Will there be an online/overflow mirror? (I'm thinking specifically here of a school like Utah--new club, and this would be an excellent tournament for them, but there are no mirrors convenient to them, and not enough schools nearby to have a Mountain West mirror. I don't know if SD School of Mines ...
by tiwonge
Fri Oct 15, 2021 12:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: We Need To Talk About Online Tournaments
Replies: 1
Views: 1792

Re: We Need To Talk About Online Tournaments

For the northwest, at least, the early date of ACF Fall makes it hard for us to find an appropriate host/field for an in-person tournament. Washington, which is the most obvious place to host a tournament, is just starting their fall quarter and the club doesn't really have time to prepare for it. I...
by tiwonge
Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:03 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2021 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/16/2021)
Replies: 2
Views: 1763

Re: 2021 ACF Fall at UC Berkeley (10/16/2021)

Is there a field list yet?
by tiwonge
Wed Feb 03, 2021 3:41 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks
Replies: 38
Views: 11720

Re: 2020 ACF Winter - General Discussion and Thanks

Thank you for taking the time to give feedback on our questions. It was unexpected, and the comments were very helpful!
by tiwonge
Sun Nov 22, 2020 9:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Spring Undergraduate Novice (SUN) @IQAT (11/22/2020)
Replies: 1
Views: 2641

Re: 2020 Spring Undergraduate Novice (SUN) @IQAT (11/22/2020)

Congratulations to UCLA who went undefeated at 9-0 to win the tournament! Shreyank from UCLA edged out Charlie from UC Boulder for the top scorer, 78.89ppg to 75.56ppg. Full stats are here: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6670/stats/stats/ Thanks to all the teams for coming, and especially to ...
by tiwonge
Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:43 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 42
Views: 11500

Re: 2020 ACF Winter - Specific Question Discussion

I staffed the tournament and didn't play, but there were still some things I particularly enjoyed. I enjoyed the bonus on Native American art, and the native clues (particularly the Navajo monster slayer twins clue) in the spider myth question. (Also the Mississippian culture question.) Thank you fo...
by tiwonge
Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:13 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 Spring Undergraduate Novice (SUN) @IQAT (11/22/2020)
Replies: 1
Views: 2641

2020 Spring Undergraduate Novice (SUN) @IQAT (11/22/2020)

Idaho Quiz & Academic Teams will be sponsoring a mirror of SUN for the northwest and California circuits. This will will be held on (Sunday) Nov. 22, 2020, the Sunday before Thanksgiving. More details about the set can be found at https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=23049 . Log...
by tiwonge
Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021
Replies: 7
Views: 3063

Re: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021

Thanks!
by tiwonge
Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:42 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021
Replies: 7
Views: 3063

Re: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021

Is there a place where there are sample packets in this format? I checked the NAQT website, and the sample packets on the NAQT site that I checked were still in the old format where the tossups and bonuses were separate.
by tiwonge
Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:27 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Fall 2020 - Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 12
Views: 5225

Re: ACF Fall 2020 - Thanks and General Discussion

I noticed that several questions used "them" as a gender-neutral pronoun instead of "he" or "she," but this was not consistent. Was this the result of specific writers, or some specific packet submission? Is this something writers might consider for the future? (Was the...
by tiwonge
Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:34 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2020 ACF Winter at Washington (11/7/2020)
Replies: 1
Views: 1522

Re: 2020 ACF Winter at Washington (11/7/2020)

It's likely that BSU will come. I'll have Spenser or somebody contact you.
by tiwonge
Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:51 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Eligibility exceptions?
Replies: 2
Views: 1306

Eligibility exceptions?

One of our students is taking the semester off because of COVID, but says he plans to return for the spring semester. I know that in the reverse case (taking classes in the fall but not the spring), players are generally eligible to play in the spring. Is there any way we can petition for an exempti...
by tiwonge
Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:48 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: AQBL September Event @ PNW
Replies: 3
Views: 1272

Re: AQBL September Event @ PNW

The American Quiz Bowl League will be hosting a Pacific Northwest mirror of the ERIS set via Discord on Sunday, September 13th, 2020. DATE AND TIME: The tournament will take place on September 13th, 2020, from 9 am EST to around 4 pm EST. All players and spectators should be logged onto the server ...
by tiwonge
Mon Aug 31, 2020 10:03 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: 2020 Middle School Introductory Set
Replies: 1
Views: 1720

Re: 2020 Middle School Introductory Set

At the suggestion of Chris Chiego and PACE VP of Outreach, David Reinstein, we've spent the last few months putting together a middle school novice set. Samir Sarma (Eden Prairie High School) and I wrote the bulk of the five-packet set, with other questions written by Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Dhruv...
by tiwonge
Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:38 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)
Replies: 48
Views: 32734

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: IKEA (Fall 2020)

What's the logic behind including Idaho along with the "Mountain" circuit? Idaho teams (such as Boise State) play just as often, if not more, at UW and West-Coast sites, than at "Mountain" tournament sites. Teams from Washington and Oregon also attend tournaments in Idaho somewh...
by tiwonge
Sun Aug 23, 2020 11:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty
Replies: 35
Views: 17861

Re: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty

Mike and Tejas have looked over the set. Mike says that he thinks it meets PACE standards, and Tejas gave us a bunch of corrections (thank you!). I think I want to print out copies of the packets tomorrow just to look over a printed version and see what it looks like. Other than that, I think it's d...
by tiwonge
Wed Aug 19, 2020 1:58 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty
Replies: 35
Views: 17861

Re: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty

By the way, if you haven't heard, a small group of high school students and I have been writing a 5 packet set along these lines that should be released soon. We playtested it with some non quiz bowl middle school students (although, generally, they were smart kids), and for the most part, there was...
by tiwonge
Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:18 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021
Replies: 6
Views: 2376

Re: NAQT rules changes for 2020-2021

Is the bonus rule going to change the formatting of packets? If bonus 1 is paired with TU 1, then would you print the packet so that each bonus is printed under the tossup? This would avoid having to shuffle papers between the set of tossups and the set of bonuses.
by tiwonge
Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:26 pm
Forum: Great Lakes Comparisons and Discussion
Topic: Minnesota middle school
Replies: 4
Views: 5400

Minnesota middle school

We were playtesting our novice set for some families in Apple Valley, MN, and one mother asked about doing this as an activity. Is there an active middle school circuit in that vicinity? (I know that now, with online tournaments, there are lots of possible middle school tournaments that teams can pl...
by tiwonge
Sat Jul 25, 2020 10:53 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Middle School Novice Tournament
Replies: 1
Views: 3421

Re: Middle School Novice Tournament

This set is almost completely written. (I'm waiting for one tossup.) Looking for people (especially middle school students or teachers) interested in playtesting it or looking it over. (This is strictly an introductory set, and will not be released as a tournament, so there's no need to worry about ...
by tiwonge
Fri May 29, 2020 6:19 pm
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: The Carolina Cup (MVS RAMS 2)
Replies: 8
Views: 4554

Re: The Carolina Cup (MVS RAMS 2)

I don't see anything about the date in the post. Maybe I missed it, but can you clarify when it is?

Edit: Nevermind, it was in the first sentence. June 14.
by tiwonge
Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:34 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SCOP Novice Online [NEW FIELD EXPANSION]
Replies: 19
Views: 5727

Re: SCOP Novice Online [NEW FIELD EXPANSION]

Today, or Friday? Today is just Thursday.

Edit: oh, I guess "until Friday" means not on Friday?
by tiwonge
Mon Mar 30, 2020 8:08 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Problem of the West
Replies: 9
Views: 4094

Re: The Problem of the West

I'll add more later, but regarding transportation, the Pacific Northwest has the additional challenge of the winter being a dangerous time to travel by car. The Cascade mountain passes often require chains during winter due to snow. People are often not comfortable driving in these conditions. In t...
by tiwonge
Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Problem of the West
Replies: 9
Views: 4094

Re: The Problem of the West

Re: travel - I think more can be done to help newer clubs find sources of funding. Travel is a pain because funding is relatively hard to come by (in the case of UW, our school's student organization travel fund literally ran out in December, so we couldn't use it to fund trips to Regs and ICT (rip...
by tiwonge
Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: The Problem of the West
Replies: 9
Views: 4094

Re: The Problem of the West

Distance: This is the most obvious one. Colleges are just further apart out west, so a student needs to be more committed before they're willing to attend a tournament. This makes it significantly harder to retain people and grow clubs. Transportation: Similar to, but distinct from the distance iss...
by tiwonge
Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:46 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SCOP Novice Online [NEW FIELD EXPANSION]
Replies: 19
Views: 5727

Re: SCOP Novice Online [NEW ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES]

SCOP Novice Online will take place on SUNDAY, April 19, 2020, from 9 AM to 4 or 5 PM. Online registration opens at 8:15 AM. All players and coaches should be logged onto the server by 8:45 AM. Eastern time? 6 AM for California teams? Log in by 5:45 AM PDT? (Just asking for clarification. I realize ...
by tiwonge
Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:21 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Middle School Novice Tournament
Replies: 1
Views: 3421

Middle School Novice Tournament

I'll be overseeing the Middle School Novice Tournament. If you'd like to be a part of it, please let me know, either by forum PM or e-mail. (I have some people who said they'd be interested, and I'll probably be sending them an e-mail soon.) This is just meant to be an intro to quiz bowl, so it diff...
by tiwonge
Sun Mar 29, 2020 4:12 am
Forum: Middle school area archives
Topic: Quizbowl Science Discord
Replies: 1
Views: 1527

Re: Quizbowl Science Discord

Can you re-post this, but with a link that doesn't expire?
by tiwonge
Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty
Replies: 35
Views: 17861

Re: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty

Animal Farm, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gift of the Magi I'm trying to avoid answers like these. It's true that some 6th graders can get those, but that's not who this set is for. Those answers will go dead too often if they are asked to novice middle schoolers. I wouldn't even toss up Orwell. I still ...
by tiwonge
Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:11 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty
Replies: 35
Views: 17861

Re: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty

Animal Farm, To Kill a Mockingbird, Gift of the Magi I'm trying to avoid answers like these. It's true that some 6th graders can get those, but that's not who this set is for. Those answers will go dead too often if they are asked to novice middle schoolers. I wouldn't even toss up Orwell. I still ...
by tiwonge
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty
Replies: 35
Views: 17861

Re: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty

The other thing I'm thinking right now, is that if I come up with 4/4 (the median of the number of packets suggested) answerlines for each tossup, are there any categories where I'm scraping to get appropriate questions, or any categories where I feel like I'm leaving out a lot of good questions?
by tiwonge
Wed Mar 25, 2020 6:04 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty
Replies: 35
Views: 17861

Re: Rethinking Middle School/Novice Difficulty

Some work is going to go into this project this weekend. Please critique the following distribution: Literature 1/1 (include children's and young adult fiction) US History 1/1 Non-US History 1/1 Biology 1/1 Physics & Chem 1/1 Math 1/1 Other Science 1/1 Music 1/1 (focus on instruments and scales...
by tiwonge
Thu Jan 23, 2020 4:05 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 708

Re: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion

I wasn't there to hear it, but one of our mods came to me to ask if it were acceptable, so I'm guessing somebody answered it. There were other answerlines that were sparse that people mentioned, but that's the one I remember because I was asked about it.
by tiwonge
Thu Jan 23, 2020 3:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 708

Re: Actual 2019 DB General Discussion

One thing that people remarked upon in our mirror was that the answerlines were pretty minimal. Even Lewis Carroll didn't get a Charles Dogson as an acceptable answer. I didn't really hear much of the tournament, so I can't comment upon it, but the lack of alternate answers or prompts was mentioned ...
by tiwonge
Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:25 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits
Replies: 15
Views: 4517

Re: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits

Response from Jeremy McNinch I am the coach of our high school Knowledge Bowl team, and one of the league coordinators for the Pierce County (WA) Knowledge Bowl league. We have regular competitions weekly from December through February. It really is a lot of fun. I was not aware that Academic Hallma...
by tiwonge
Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits
Replies: 15
Views: 4517

Re: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits

Because the format of Knowledge Bowl includes written questions, quiz bowl questions aren't going to be a perfect substitute, unless somebody wants to write written questions, too. But that's not too say that they might not be interested in a substitute product.
by tiwonge
Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:13 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits
Replies: 15
Views: 4517

Re: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits

Some people to contact, maybe. I don't know if all of these organizations used Academic Hallmarks, so I don't know if they're looking for a new question provider. I don't know where else Academic Hallmarks produces questions for. Washington: Nancy Menard, Administrative Assistant nmenard@nwesd.org (...
by tiwonge
Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:50 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits
Replies: 15
Views: 4517

Re: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits

So, I'm going for something that might suggest quiz bowl questions as well-written, well-produced alternatives. One of the most important parts of running Knowledge Bowl or other scholastic or academic competitions is finding a source for good, high quality questions. In the quiz bowl community, the...
by tiwonge
Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits
Replies: 15
Views: 4517

Re: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits

I see your point. I'll write a different pitch emphasizing stability and professionalism of question providers when I get to a computer later today.
by tiwonge
Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits
Replies: 15
Views: 4517

Re: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits

My quiz bowl pitch. Feel free to comment, add, or edit this. This is just a first draft, based on what I often describe to new schools. Pyramidal quiz bowl may be a little different than what you're used to. The tossup questions are longer--a few sentences long. They questions start with hard clues,...
by tiwonge
Sun Jan 19, 2020 2:00 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits
Replies: 15
Views: 4517

Introducing pyramidal quiz bowl to Knowledge Bowl circuits

I was talking to Chris Chiego recently, and he said that Academic Hallmarks, which has supplied questions for Knowledge Bowl competitions, is getting out of the business. This means that current Knowledge Bowl circuits will be looking for new question providers, or possibly will be open to new forma...
by tiwonge
Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:48 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Delta Burke mirror 1/18/20 on Discord (not open)
Replies: 5
Views: 2610

Re: Delta Burke mirror 1/18/20 on Discord (not open)

UW finished 7-1 to win the tournament. BSU A was 2nd at 5-3. Kaden from UW was top overall scorer. Final stats: https://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/6302/stats/prelims/ Thanks to everybody who came. I think that it was a great experience for all the teams. This was Montana State's first-ever tourna...
by tiwonge
Tue Jan 07, 2020 3:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Delta Burke mirror 1/18/20 on Discord (not open)
Replies: 5
Views: 2610

Re: Delta Burke mirror 1/18/20 on Discord (not open)

Six teams have signed up. I'll end the signup period on Friday, so if you're still interested, please go ahead and sign up by then.