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by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:36 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: TIT XXIII at Maryland: 1/31/09
Replies: 90
Views: 30476

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: TIT XXIII at Maryland: 1/31/09

Georgetown had a great time at our first tournament, especially for having just started a few days ago. Thanks to all from UMD and anyone else who was involved.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:48 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: TIT XXIII at Maryland: 1/31/09
Replies: 90
Views: 30476

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: TIT XXIII at Maryland: 1/31/09

That was obviously Chris's reason for getting in touch with me. To make sure that Titicaca came. Titicaca being Dan Puma.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:45 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: TIT XXIII at Maryland: 1/31/09
Replies: 90
Views: 30476

Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: TIT XXIII at Maryland: 1/31/09

Right now it is Kevin Leahy plus whover Kevin Leahy manages to drag along and/or abduct from a back alley, supplemented possibly by anyone who has a proficient showing when I play intoxicated bar trivia at The Tombs tonight. EDIT: Hey, if you have his email, I bet Kevin would like to have Andrew's ...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Tue Jun 17, 2008 5:42 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Post-Nationals Poll Time! - Congrats to Whitman!
Replies: 21
Views: 5240

Re: Post-Nationals Poll Time! - Congrats to Whitman!

Wish I could have submitted my poll but I was in Ireland. Overall the polls are fine. Besides 2 or 3. The top 10 for everyone were all pretty consistent.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Thu May 29, 2008 8:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: PACE NSC Prediction Contest!
Replies: 84
Views: 12508

Re: PACE NSC Prediction Contest!

12 playoff teams: MLK Magnet, TJ A, Dorman A, Hunter, Charter A, Dorman B, DCC, RM A, Whitman, Rockford Auburn, NKC, State College A Teams undefeated and untied in prelims: MLK Magnet, Dorman A, Charter A, RM A, Whitman, State College 1st place-Whitman 2nd place-Dorman A 3rd place-TJ A 4th place-MLK...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Thu May 22, 2008 10:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Georgetown?
Replies: 10
Views: 2912

Re: Georgetown?

sorry for not remembering to check back but...yes. I'm going to georgetown and definitely looking to start a team, so yes. And from gonzaga no, but I think i saw someone in the georgetown group on facebook mention quizbowl, so...i'm assuming we should be able to get a good amount of people just cuz ...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sat May 03, 2008 9:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Georgetown?
Replies: 10
Views: 2912

Re: Georgetown?

Well...there's going to be a team there next year. And I will be on it.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:47 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Senior Destinations 2008
Replies: 103
Views: 22949

Re: Senior Destinations 2008

Georgetown
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:04 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Discuss: Gonzaga Academic Tournament 2/9/08
Replies: 14
Views: 3642

I'd like to thank everyone for the pretty much positive feedback. I thought the tournament ran fairly smoothly despite the breaks between games, but it was definitely an improvement from last year still. Pertaining to the questions, I believe that the layout of the questions was basically the same r...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:55 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Players
Replies: 67
Views: 15308

Because I can't decide on one or two i'll just answer three.
3) PACE NSC. I like it a lot more than HSNCT cuz i think it's more knowledge based overall and i like it. A lot. For reasons I don't really know. I think bouncing back is good too.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:12 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Bad Negs--we miss you!
Replies: 182
Views: 39348

Stat Boy wrote:That someone being me. And I heard Puma negged at the same place with same answer--not the first time that's happened.
Nah that was me. Even though I didn't buzz. Dan pointed to me. It was a tricky situation.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Jan 27, 2008 11:35 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: 5th Annual Gonzaga Academic Tournament (GAT) 2/9/08
Replies: 54
Views: 12577

NeverHitTina wrote:Blake is indeed coming. I'm going to assume and hope Mr. Caulfield has contacted you.
Actually, he hasn't, so I'd just remind him to do it as soon as possible cuz we expect the limit to be reached possibly by the end of this next wk.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:54 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Tell me more about the Legend
Replies: 15
Views: 5818

NeverHitTina wrote:So, I request- Do you know who Justin Saussville is?
Hail, Gonzaga!
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sat Jan 12, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DC/Metro Area 2007-08
Replies: 164
Views: 52846

So we're basically half-way through the 2007-2008 season. What does everybody think, having seen what the teams have to offer, of the DC metro area now in contrast to what they thought before the start of the season? I personally think, as I did before, that Like most prognostications so far for the...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Fri Dec 14, 2007 1:19 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: College Destinations
Replies: 13
Views: 4451

Gonzagapuma1 wrote:I've committed early to play football at PGCC.
Isn't that based on you getting higher than a 1.5 next semester?
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Discuss: GSAC XV: December 8
Replies: 19
Views: 5689

Well i'd say that in most cases the whole title would definitely be needed, such as for elegy written in a country churchyard and ode on a distant prospect of eton college cuz they're significant. I have heard ode on the death of a favorite cat, drowned in a tub of goldfishes simply as ode on the de...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Discuss: GSAC XV: December 8
Replies: 19
Views: 5689

If you hadn't noticed from the web page before the tournament, you probably realized now that this tournament had math questions, but no computation questions. How did people like this change? It's one I hope will be mimicked in other tournaments. I liked the change. Except for some of the math tha...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:09 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DACQ Weekend of Quizbowl Goodness: BYO Dagger (3/15/08) @GMU
Replies: 148
Views: 42603

I'd prefer option 3 but am not against the other two.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High's Its Ac tournament(12/2/07)Ellicott City,MD
Replies: 31
Views: 12177

In response to Daichi a bit ago, i don't feel like quoting, i was specifically responding due to the hasty protest. I acknowledge your guys' win; you played very well, and i was pretty surprised by your supporting cast, one i didn't really predict would be there at the start of the year.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Dec 03, 2007 8:41 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High's Its Ac tournament(12/2/07)Ellicott City,MD
Replies: 31
Views: 12177

I recommend you come with evidence before making statements like that. I was in the room for the finals, and I'd like to know what you're suggesting. In the end, I don't have an argument against the decisions that were made. In addition to the question (whose answer was capacitor, for those who did...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:19 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High's Its Ac tournament(12/2/07)Ellicott City,MD
Replies: 31
Views: 12177

aestheteboy wrote:
gonzagaeagleahy wrote:the placing of Walter Johnson, who had not registered on time or something?
I'd like to apologize for this, although I blame Whipple.
They still could have done something to even out the brackets a little more...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Centennial High's Its Ac tournament(12/2/07)Ellicott City,MD
Replies: 31
Views: 12177

Yeah, in accordance with i guess everyone else that's posted, the questions were poor, to say the least. Specifically starting almost every question off with the subject's birthday...yeah that's not a good idea for any true attempt at pyramidal questions. Nor is writing questions on literary works o...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:58 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: 5th Annual Gonzaga Academic Tournament (GAT) 2/9/08
Replies: 54
Views: 12577

By legit, Dan means amazing. Best breakfast offered by any academic tournament. Ever.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: Cavalier Classic XII 10/27/07 @ UVa
Replies: 35
Views: 14853

I disagree with Keshav and Naren about the music and art distribution; I don't think that any given round had more than 2/2 Fine Arts, which is precisely where it should be...but I agree that both science and world history were underrepresented. While there may be some exceptions in science's repre...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: 7th Annual Blake Invitational Silver Spring, MD
Replies: 14
Views: 4612

Re: Confusion over Gonzaga

joecaul wrote:Gonzaga sent two teams to Princeton, and, very graciously, sent one team to the Blake Tournament. For the purposes of comparisons, the Gonzaga team at the Blake Tournament should be considered Gonzaga C.
Actually we only sent one team to Princeton so the Blake team was our B team.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:24 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Princeton HS Tournament (10/20/07) at Princeton, NJ
Replies: 29
Views: 10735

Oh, and I will mention that the repeats in this set were annoying. The round where every second question was about <a certain area> comes to mind. EDIT: fine. But I didn't really give away any answers. I really didn't see a problem with repeats. Maybe only once but it wasn't really a problem cuz it...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:45 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Trivia Buffs Needed for New Show
Replies: 35
Views: 12052

Is there a certain date you have to be 18 by?
by gonzagaeagleahy
Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: RESULTS: Cavalier Classic XII 10/27/07 @ UVa
Replies: 35
Views: 14853

I don't know if Father Meehan has already signed us up or not (I don't think he has) but Gonzaga is definitely planning on coming, I believe our coach was just waiting for an update so we should be signing up soon I believe.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Ben Cooper Memorial Fall Invitational at GDS (12/15/07)
Replies: 43
Views: 16937

awesome
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Results: Maryland Fall Classic (9/30/07) @ Maryland
Replies: 29
Views: 23207

Yeah this was a really well run tournament and really fast-running too, which was great. Like Daichi said the questions were good in that they were able to squeeze a little pyramidality in there. a couple of the team rounds may have been slightly unbalanced, but that seemed like only a minor issue. ...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:16 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Jeopardy Online Tests
Replies: 52
Views: 23003

Zac Efron made the Teen Test for me. That alone satisfied me.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:07 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Ben Cooper Memorial Fall Invitational at GDS (12/15/07)
Replies: 43
Views: 16937

I don't know if you get to choose the set or not, but i'd personally recommend IS-72. Cause otherwise Gonzaga won't be able to come b/c that set is being used at princeton in october.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Mid-Atlantic Season Opener (9/15/07)
Replies: 34
Views: 14498

Thanks Henry
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:57 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Mid-Atlantic Season Opener (9/15/07)
Replies: 34
Views: 14498

Are the stats from this tournament going to be used in the overall stats collected despite it being the It's Academic format?
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sat Sep 15, 2007 5:26 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Mid-Atlantic Season Opener (9/15/07)
Replies: 34
Views: 14498

I agree with the others in saying that the tournament was indeed very well run, fairly well moderated (we had one moderator who wasn't above average), and very well emulated the TV show, which was the goal. My only complaint is about the card system. I understand how it works well for lots of teams,...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Wed Sep 12, 2007 10:18 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Mid-Atlantic Season Opener (9/15/07)
Replies: 34
Views: 14498

Whichever Bykowski may so respond, Father is earnestly expecting an e-mail from either of you and wanted me to post asking one of you to email him about more information for the tournament. [sigh] His email is [email protected]
by gonzagaeagleahy
Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:52 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2007-08 Pre-Season Poll Results - Congratulations Dorman!
Replies: 22
Views: 11627

Yeah i think overall the polls look pretty good. Overall. I look forward to seeing how everyone's opinions will change by the end of the year. I think the person who predicted most closely as compared to the end of the year should win a candy bar or something.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Sep 02, 2007 5:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Everyone
Replies: 9
Views: 2810

I just heard today that Miss Teen South Carolina is planning on attending Appalachian State. Now they got the sports and the looks.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Sep 02, 2007 12:14 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Damn you Orioles
Replies: 7
Views: 2791

Gonzagapuma1 wrote:
gonzagaeagleahy wrote:Red Sox rule.
FAIR WEATHER FAN
excuse me? dan you know i'm a diehard sox fan. suck it.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Damn you Orioles
Replies: 7
Views: 2791

Red Sox rule.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:28 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Weekend of Quizbowl Goodness?
Replies: 96
Views: 38253

Magister Ludi wrote:I'm wondering would people prefer to have the literature tournament be singles of doubles?
I'd like either
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:25 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Weekend of Quizbowl Goodness?
Replies: 96
Views: 38253

March 22nd is like right before easter. Half of our team will be in Florida. March 15th is a musical performance for us but i'm sure we could still make it b/c we're still in the area.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:50 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Preseason
Replies: 84
Views: 32527

Gonzaga will be up there too, no doubt. But, we will need to see how they handle Ted's departure. Exactly and I believe our future this year is dependent on that. Currently that idea is not looking very good because our main player, Dan Puma, decided that this year would be the right year to start ...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DC/Metro Area 2007-08
Replies: 164
Views: 52846

the year before it was Mike Kettler and me I think you mean Mike Simms but that doesn't really matter anyway. But yeah I agree with Ted in most parts. He knows his stuff, that art cogniscenti him. I think my problem, though, ted, will be being too agressive. Since you've been gone I've been extreme...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:31 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DC/Metro Area 2007-08
Replies: 164
Views: 52846

the year before it was Mike Kettler and me I think you mean Mike Simms but that doesn't really matter anyway. But yeah I agree with Ted in most parts. He knows his stuff, that art cogniscenti him. I think my problem, though, ted, will be being too agressive. Since you've been gone I've been extreme...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: The judge
Replies: 51
Views: 19197

Gonzaga's broken the lights on our Judge before. I dont know how. Maybe Father.
by gonzagaeagleahy
Sun Aug 19, 2007 3:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Weekend of Quizbowl Goodness?
Replies: 96
Views: 38253

DumbJaques wrote:There will be a 0/0 "awful modern artists that only evan likes" distribution at this tournament.
Yay
by gonzagaeagleahy
Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:02 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: DC/Metro Area 2007-08
Replies: 164
Views: 52846

BuzzerZen wrote:
laszlow wrote:
gonzagaeagleahy wrote:Unless it's a priest who likes a whiskey and coke while watching SNL and who orders margaritas at Applebee's.
Hey, Mrs. Kreloff wasn't a priest....
I believe Leahy is referring to Father Meehan.
Yeah, that I was...
by gonzagaeagleahy
Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:11 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Preseason poll party with pants
Replies: 29
Views: 11580

OK, thanks, Charlie.