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Hello all, I am pleased to announce that the SHOW-ME team is assembling a fourth edition of the State Housewrite of Wondrous Missouri Excellence series under the name SHOW-ME Four . The set will be available for mirrors from September 13th, 2025 . The questions will be targeted to the same ...

I'm currently still hoping to organize a NASAT team and will likely explore doing so by contacting possible players directly over the next couple of weeks.

This event has been cancelled due to lack of registrations.

Having played both nats this year and witnessed about ten thousand good buzzes, I think it's fair to say that rumors of the demise of the very good college quizbowl player have been greatly exaggerated. I'll primarily post about players from my circuit (North) but will throw in a couple other shills ...

I'm not a particularly adept guy rememberer, but I'll probably submit a packet to this so as to be able to hear the "other" questions.

Minnesota plans to send one team. We will register in full by the second week of May.

1. I voted for 1. This is intuitive to me and I struggle to conceive of what the experience of the other responses would be like. 2. I think I have a decent memory for clues, having learned almost everything I know from osmosis, classes, youtube, books etc. and never carded. Admittedly I also think ...

This event has been moved to the planned backup date of May 3rd, 2025 as a result of insufficient time to attract signups. All other details will remain the same.

Tryouts for the 2025 Minnesota NASAT team will be held on May 3rd, 2025 at 216 Pillsbury Drive on the campus of the University of Minnesota. I, Joel Miles, will be running the tryouts this year and hope to coach/accompany the team. This year's NASAT tournament will be held in-person on the campus of ...

As of the start of October, the SHOW-M3 team is still looking for hosts in many circuits across the country, including virtually all of those east of the Mississippi River aside from Illinois! If you are interested in using our set at your tournament or have any questions about doing so, please ...

To avoid any difficult turnaround times with our production schedule I'm going to make the decision that our mirrors on September 28, 2024 will be this set's first, and we will not offer SHOW-M3 to any hosts looking to run a tournament earlier in the month. The original announcement has been updated ...

Past Mirrors: Bronco Bowl VI , hosted by Rancho Bernardo High School, San Diego, CA - September 28, 2024 MAYO , hosted by Yukon High School, Yukon, OK - September 28, 2024 Williams County Academic League, hosted by various schools in Northwest Ohio - September through November 2024 HVAC , hosted by ...

Hello all, This post will serve as an announcement of the third iteration of the illustrious series of housewrites known as the State Housewrite of Wondrous Missouri Excellence, this time to be called SHOW-M3 ! It will be available for mirrors starting September 28, 2024 . The questions will again ...

For someone who's made a majority of their friends through qb, it seems really odd to me that I've never actually posted in one of these threads, so here are some people that I've interacted with in the last year or so that I really should shout out. Firstly, from the Minnesota team, I'd like to ...

I'd like to draw the attention of people reading this thread to an odd quirk that was brought up in the D2 discussion that I think should be avoided in future years. This man targeted Michael Meehan's "Radio Pool" as the first chairman of the SEC. This man declared "Democracy is finished in England ...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tLiQXaL3ulGFQJ1n1-zpbFpvjusNVtoKuYHe5SKCfMs/edit#heading=h.nx2gbnx7brjr This is from the Complete Quiz Bowl Study Resource. Happy studying! This link is inaccessible for me, but here's a link to the quizbowl research and learning resources doc , which is what I ...

Also don't really want to nitpick too much but thought it was worth mentioning the first clue here is unreasonably negbaity for Fear and Trembling by Kierkegaard (if someone buzzes at "consciousness" or earlier), which appears in the "Speech in Praise of Abraham" section of that work which can ...

I have no specific aims with this post aside from to shill people that I have been impressed by over the course of the year. I will say up front that I have certain biases (towards Missourians, towards people I am working on writing projects with, and against the undoubted scores of people that I ...

I will be attending the University of Minnesota next year to play quizbowl to study (in all probability) philosophy.

If the first sentence of this post did not tip you off, I do plan to stay involved in qb in whatever way I can in the future.

1 Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean" vs. 9 David Bowie, "Modern Love" With great reluctance. If only it were a different Bowie song. 5 U2 "With or Without You" vs. 13 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "Free Fallin'" 6 Joy Division, "Love Will Tear Us Apart" vs. 3 Queen and David Bowie, "Under Pressure ...

1 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "The Message" vs. 9 Dire Straits, "Money For Nothing" 5 Tracy Chapman, "Fast Car" vs. 13 Rick James, "Super Freak" Not a huge fan of either song. Narrowly. 6 Nena, "99 Luftballons" vs. 3 Duran Duran, "Hungry Like the Wolf" 7 Dexy's Midnight Runners, "Come on ...

1 Soft Cell, "Tainted Love" vs. The Cars, "You Might Think" Really like Tainted Love. Always have. 8 Pat Benatar, "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" vs. 9 Hall and Oates, "Maneater" I don't like either song enough to even cast a vote. 5 Talking Heads, "Once in a Lifetime" vs. 12 REM, "It's the End of the ...

1 Michael Jackson,"Billie Jean" vs. 16 Billy Bragg, "A New England" First time I've heard A New England. I don't think I want to hear it again. 8 Metallica, "Master of Puppets" vs. 9 David Bowie, "Modern Love" I'd vote for almost any other Bowie track but Master of Puppets is just a little too good ...

The American Quiz Bowl League will be hosting a Plains (Dakotas, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming) Regional Mirror of a house-produced set on Sunday, October 25th. Date and Time The tournament will take place on October 25 on Discord, starting at 9 AM CT. All players and coaches should be logged onto ...

As of August 21st, this event has been changed to tossup/bonus and will be starting an hour earlier, at 9 AM CT.

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The American Quiz Bowl League will be hosting a Plains (Dakotas, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Saskatchewan) Regional Mirror of the ERIS question set via Discord on Saturday, September 12th. DATE AND TIME: The tournament will take place on September 12, 2020, starting at 9 AM CT. All players and ...