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- Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:47 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where is everyone going next year?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7369
Goucher College for me -- which unfortunately, does not have a quiz bowl team. I may start one but I'm not sure I have the patience... According to Financial Times, the acceptance rates at most US colleges is going to be reported at historic lows though with a caveat that more students are applying ...
- Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Identify the bad movie quote OR abuse the previous user
- Replies: 78
- Views: 34520
- Mon Mar 26, 2007 7:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RESULTS: WJIAT (3/24) @ Walter Johnson HS (Bethesda,MD)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 13568
Hey, man, don't be knocking the Star Trek...if I had my way, my whole team would use Star Trek pseudonyms, but they always stop me and I end up using my boring old real name...*sigh* What's the use of being a geek if you don't get to show it off? Well-run tournament overall -- I had a good time and ...
- Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 353549
Recently, a question mentioned a character being involved in a robbery with Bill Sykes. Unfortunately, my first thought was of the horse-stealing Bill Ferny from The Fellowship of the Ring and I spent my entire five seconds trying to figure out who might have been involved in that robbery with him. ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2007 10:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Identify the bad movie quote OR abuse the previous user
- Replies: 78
- Views: 34520
- Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 353549
- Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stock phrases
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16010
- Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stock phrases
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16010
- Wed Dec 06, 2006 7:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Last Great Auk
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5566
- Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 353549
- Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
- Views: 38527
- Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 353549
- Sun Oct 08, 2006 11:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC/Metro area 2006-07
- Replies: 111
- Views: 47127
Stuyvesant was an intimidating team to play -- very intense, though they did neg a lot. When we played them, they balanced their negs with enough buzzes to pull it out, but I'm not surprised to hear that that's what worked against them. RichMo A was very strong when we played them in the quarterfina...
- Sun Oct 01, 2006 12:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 06-07 It's Academic TV Show
- Replies: 33
- Views: 19550
Good old random draw, I suppose. Now as long as Blake isn't in that same semifinal group too.... I don't think we are...I'm not positive -- I'll have to go back and look at the bracket listings on Tuesday but if my memory serves I think we're not in the same one. Blake won its first round match. Do...
- Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC/Metro area 2006-07
- Replies: 111
- Views: 47127
Re: UMD Fall Tournament
Haha...thanks for the compliment but I can't say I agree. Congrats to Maggie Walker -- you guys were great.Djibouti wrote:Our "B" team was also definitely impressed by Blake (for what it's worth, they said they seemed better than Maggie Walker).
- Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 353549
From a teammate yesterday during afterschool practice: Question: (Something about the ship that brought it over in pieces as a gift from France in 1886) Teammate: *buzzes in confidently* Yeah, the Eiffel Tower. *pause* Oh. Wait... The answer was, of course, the Statue of Liberty. A good time was had...
- Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bad Negs
- Replies: 826
- Views: 353549
- Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Deferring on bonuses
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5719
My policy on deferring sometimes ends up being that any time my teammate sounds more sure than I do on a topic that is not my strongest (usually history) -- even if I know what they're saying and how to pronounce it -- I may dish it off to them just because of the fear that I might somehow screw it ...
- Sun Jun 18, 2006 3:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Aggressiveness
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8590
I think that age/experience should not be the determining factor -- if you know the answer, you know it regardless of how long you've been with the team. Fourth players are not there just to fill up empty space -- ideally you want them participating as well. On the other hand, usually the captain or...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:16 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Aggressiveness
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8590
[1] Consider your role on the team. If you're the team's only strong literature person and there's a literature question which you think is about Hemingway, you may as well be aggressive and try for it. I take issue with this point. When a person knows an answer, they should not be hindered by &quo...
- Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Aggressiveness
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8590
I think it does depend in some ways on what format you're discussing -- in non-pyramidal, speedball rounds with predictable timing/structure, you can often feel free to hit the buzzer because you *know* that the easy clue is going to be there even when you haven't heard it. I count the D.C. area &qu...
- Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Online practice
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5382
Hmmm...these AIM pracs sound like fun. My parents will probably shoot me for starting something else that will keep me on the computer even MORE but...I DON'T CARE. Bwahahaha...
Anyway, yeah, I'll probably be getting in touch with you if I happen to run into you online, DumbJaques (Chris Ray, yes?).
Anyway, yeah, I'll probably be getting in touch with you if I happen to run into you online, DumbJaques (Chris Ray, yes?).
- Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: DC/Metro area 2006-07
- Replies: 111
- Views: 47127
Blake HS will be returning its top three starters next year. I don't know whether Whitman is graduating most of its A-Team or not but I remember that their B Team was quite impressive at the UMD tournament last month or whenever it was (it's exam time, my brain is switched off completely... :razz: )...