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- Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Periodization of quizbowl history: An initial attempt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 16943
Re: Periodization of quizbowl history: An initial attempt
The standardization on 20-20 was well-established by 1987. What was *not* standard until closer to the first ACF Nats was a standardization on the total points available on bonuses. The totals could and would regularly range from 20 to 30 points (with even 35 points being rare but not unheard of in...
- Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:53 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Announcements & Results
- Topic: 2023 UMN Open Weekend (COOT + Super ACRONYM 4 + Side Events)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6300
Re: 2023 UMN Open Weekend (COOT + Super ACRONYM 4 + Side Events)
At the risk of being laughed out of the forum, is it possible to know roughly when the various events will be starting/ending?
I have some free time on Saturday and might want to float past Blegen Hall.
I have some free time on Saturday and might want to float past Blegen Hall.
- Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:37 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: ACRONYM 16: Global Announcement
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10444
Re: ACRONYM 16: Global Announcement
A.D.???????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!We've also redefined the cut off for "old" things to 2015 instead of 2010.
- Sat Mar 26, 2022 3:53 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: ACRONYM 15 Online: May 1 and June 26
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8098
- Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super ACRONYM 3 Online: Sunday, December 5
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5611
Re: Super ACRONYM 3 Online: Sunday, December 5
I'm just never going to get to play this set, am I?
- Thu Oct 07, 2021 2:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super ACRONYM 3 @ Macalester - Sunday, October 17
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3112
Re: Super ACRONYM 3 @ Minnesota - Sunday, October 17
Really, one whole team signed up? Don't those ACF Fall people know good quizbowl when they see it?
I'll put myself down as a free agent if any more teams sign up.
I'll put myself down as a free agent if any more teams sign up.
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2623
Re: ACRONYM 13 @ Macalester (MN) - 2/23/20
So I thought I'd put my team on there weeks ago, but evidently not. Is the field closed or can we still get in?
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Best Film Player
- Replies: 44
- Views: 28190
Re: Best Film Player
I saw it in the theater in 1977 six times.ValenciaQBowl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2019 7:57 pm Ugh, since none of you punks is ever going to mention me, I'm going to have to. I saw The Star Wars in the theater in 1977.
I'm still the worst film player I know by a wide margin.
- Tue Jul 30, 2019 3:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Super ACRONYM 2 @ Minnesota - 9/7/2019
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4025
Re: Super ACRONYM 2 @ Minnesota - 9/7/2019
Yay! I'm actually in town on this day, and so is the rest of my team.
- Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:46 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: The Deep Bench Format
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11173
Re: The Deep Bench Format
My memory is that this format was invented by Carleton College, but we definitely hosted a few iterations at Minnesota. It's a challenge to staff when all the singles and doubles matches are going. It's also hard to get enough good tossups. I think the best model is to housewrite some of the tossup-...
- Fri Apr 19, 2019 11:39 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
- Replies: 33
- Views: 39254
Re: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
The one CBI NCT I played in (1993) and the two I staffed (1995-96) used a full round robin for the sixteen teams, and a best-of-three final for the top two teams. So at some point, they figured out that the format sucked, and they implemented a format that was much more reasonable. 1991 was the fir...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:31 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
- Replies: 33
- Views: 39254
Re: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
I think, as a result, CBI required that schools could only have old questions for like a year or something and then they had to get rid of them. IIRC the rule wasn't quite that strict, but yes, officially you were required to destroy any packets you had once they were N years old, with N being a so...
- Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:14 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
- Replies: 33
- Views: 39254
Re: Let's tell the kids stories about CBI
Andrew's post is very good but I'm afraid it gets several Pinocchios, which I will present in Andrew's absolute favorite forum-post style. Our team name, or perhaps it was Rob's, was "Coetzee.cx"; it was my joke either way, ok? It was both my team's name and, I'm willing to swear on a sta...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 1:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 12 @ Macalester College (Open) - 2/17/19
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6653
Re: ACRONYM 12 @ Macalester College (Open) - 2/17/19
We got closer to the event.InvadErGII wrote: ↑Thu Nov 29, 2018 12:24 pm Exact time and building info will be available as we get closer to the event.
- Mon Feb 26, 2018 3:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ UMN, again (03.04.18)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8913
Re: ACRONYM 11 @ UMN, again (03.04.18)
Can we get a starting time and meeting location for this?
- Thu Jan 28, 2016 6:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MACRONYM: an ACRONYM IX Mirror @ Macalester
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5875
Re: MACRONYM: an ACRONYM IX Mirror @ Macalester
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo! I can't make that date.
I will forward this on to my non-forum-reading teammates, however.
I will forward this on to my non-forum-reading teammates, however.
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:20 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear it?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 54409
Re: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear
Also, do not forget a decent undershirt. Especially in classrooms where there are a lot of people in a small space, it can get hot pretty quickly, and the last thing you want is for others to see sweat stains in your armpits. Anti-perspirant will only go so far. Even if a decent button-down is too ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open - UMN (11/14)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7673
Re: Missouri Open - UMN (11/14)
Open as in Open?
If so I'd like to play; put me down as a free agent.
If so I'd like to play; put me down as a free agent.
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 9:52 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Call for Submissions: Minnesota Trash Day (August 22nd)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4343
Re: Call for Submissions: Minnesota Trash Day
A specific timeline for submission would help motivate me to do this.
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:12 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACRONYM Mirror
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5534
Re: ACRONYM Mirror
Mike is right about this. My teammates and our money would like to play this.Cheynem wrote:you could get a lot more people by making it an open tournament and allowing anyone, including non college students, to play.
- Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 SCT: Trash
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5059
Re: Trash
(the "Funny Girl" one and the random 1950s duo that I have never heard of before were excellent examples of ones that had no easy part). The Funny Girl bonus was enthusiastically 30'd in the DII room I was reading. Honestly, if the "random 1950s duo" of which you've never heard ...
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8179
Re: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
I am all in favor of a Saturday-only event and running DUST first, but I'm not sure what your idea of 'pretty early' is. Can you provide more specificity? I'll probably have to rearrange stuff for that morning. ThxUkonvasara wrote:pretty early Saturday and run DUST first
- Wed Sep 03, 2014 9:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8179
Re: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
Bumping in search of a logistics/timing update.
It may be relevant that the 14th is a Vikings home game. Impacts on campus traffic and parking will not be non-trivial, even on the West Bank.
It may be relevant that the 14th is a Vikings home game. Impacts on campus traffic and parking will not be non-trivial, even on the West Bank.
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 3:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The Mike Cheyne Memorial Battle Royal
- Replies: 47
- Views: 20141
Re: The Mike Cheyne Memorial Battle Royal
Do we know when this is going to happen on Sunday? I might wander by.Cheynem wrote:To clear up any confusion:
*The (in person) playing of this tournament will take place on August 24 on the Sunday following Minnesota's VCU Open mirror. Packets should hopefully be in by then.
- Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:32 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8179
Re: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
I may also have other folks wanting to play DUST. I'll get an email circulating and see if there's any interest.Ukonvasara wrote:How many people is this? It may be worth looking into doing DUST in teams. I'll set up actual sign-up sheets for the two weekends tonight.
- Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8179
Re: Texas Quizbowl Camp Tournament mirror at UMN (09.13.14)
I might show up for the DUST thing, although I find it frustrating to play trash questions on things that happened before the question author was born but which are right in my college-years wheelhouse. Are you planning on the TQBA thing being open? This is another way of me asking if I can play des...
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 9:51 pm
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 461038
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I will be reading a packet of tossups on the TV show Archer on Sunday night at 11p Eastern. It will be read on the IRC in #archer. Please note that the questions will only contain content from the first four seasons, as I have not seen the fifth season yet. If you spoil anything for me (or anybody ...
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:30 am
- Forum: Trash
- Topic: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
- Replies: 577
- Views: 461038
Re: Clearinghouse for Random Packet Announcements
I would have thought that the intersection of {pop of the last decade} and {things I like} would be very close to the null set for anyone born before 1990 or so.
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 10:26 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: All-time all-state teams
- Replies: 61
- Views: 54148
Re: All-time all-state teams
I don't know much about the Minnesota College Bowl teams of the late 1980s and early 1990s, but maybe some of them could warrant discussion as being members of a B team. Your most likely candidate would be Ben Weiss, and I think Matt Marta graduated from Shattuck even though he's not a native Minne...
- Mon May 05, 2014 9:14 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
- Replies: 169
- Views: 141193
Re: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
a general description of how a quizbowl season worked before the Internet First off, there were far fewer tournaments. I know the southeast had a much more well-developed circuit when I started playing (late 80s), but here in the Midwest the most non-CBI tournaments I ever played in a YEAR was thre...
- Wed Apr 30, 2014 8:31 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
- Replies: 169
- Views: 141193
Re: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
Oh yeah, that's right: mACF bonuses used to come in a wide variety of formats. It always added to 30, but you had the [10] [5], where for all three parts you got a hard clue and an easy clue if you didn't get it on the hard clue, the [5] [10] [15] where the easy clue was worth 5 and the hard 15, th...
- Tue Apr 29, 2014 3:03 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
- Replies: 169
- Views: 141193
Re: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
The one and only good thing I will say about CBI nats is that it always featured an "all-star game," which pitted the #1, 3, 5, and 7 overall scorers at the tournament against the #2, 4, 6, and 8 scorers. This was a lot of fun, and allowed for some very interesting combinations of teammat...
- Tue Apr 15, 2014 11:42 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Driving to FAR AWAY Tournaments
- Replies: 25
- Views: 8711
Re: Driving to FAR AWAY Tournaments
Not really germane to this thread, but we once had a player with a fear of flying. He traveled from St Paul to Los Angeles by TRAIN, which requires going via Chicago.
Not driving, I know, but had the train option not been available he would have gone by Greyhound bus.
Not driving, I know, but had the train option not been available he would have gone by Greyhound bus.
- Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:18 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
- Replies: 169
- Views: 141193
Re: Quiz Bowl Survivor: 50 Buzz, 49 Neg
Well, some of us are old enough to have played against them. If you need to get this year's UVA in (hint: you probably do), I would suggest removing one of the 90s teams.Ukonvasara wrote:Also because no one will have anything useful or interesting to say about 1988 Georgia Tech!
- Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:39 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Revised protest rules
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6561
Re: Revised protest rules
Another scenario that came up at CHB was the following: A team buzzed early in the question (still in power) with an answer that I did not accept or prompt on. The other team converted the tossup at the end. The team protested that they should have been prompted, and the protest was upheld. The sce...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 4:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Should "Shakespeare" be prompted if looking for "Hamlet?"
- Replies: 35
- Views: 7880
Re: Should "Shakespeare" be prompted if looking for "Hamlet?
I think that's the best way of looking at what happens when people can't follow pronouns--if you don't know the pronoun, blitz. This reinforces my conundrum rather than solve it. If indeed as stated earlier: "If the answer does not fit the pronoun, it's wrong. That's why pronouns are important...
- Fri Nov 08, 2013 11:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Parking Information
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1586
Re: Parking Information
The link to the map is obviously helpful, but specific instructions to go with it are recommended. "We suggest parking in Ramp X which is free on weekends". "Note that Lot Q will not be available due to a football game/construction project/crime scene investigation/whatever." Som...
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 10:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: "How to Host a Tournament" Discussion - All Commentary Here!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6571
Re: "How to Host a Tournament" Discussion - All Commentary Here!
Susan said just about everything I was going to say about how to recruit staffers. A further point of emphasis: I (your potential staffer) like quizbowl. Really, it doesn't take much to get me to come help staff your tournament. A free lunch and a sincere thank you would probably do it. But I also h...
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota 2012-2013
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2933
Re: Minnesota 2012-2013
I am a HS KB coach in outstate MN... I didn't know quizbowl existed in MN... What is quizbowl, and why should I convert? Welcome aboard! There's a brief introduction to quizbowl here , and of course there is plenty of additional information throughout this forum. There is a thriving Minnesota circu...
- Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MO Side Event: Oh You Didn't Know...This Was Vanity?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12339
Re: MO Side Event: Oh You Didn't Know...This Was Vanity?
With the cancellation of Amazing Planet, can this be played on Saturday night now? I think that's the best plan, and I'm tentatively going to slot it in for Saturday night. Can you answer these two hopefully-related questions: 1) What time is MO proper beginning, and how many rounds will be played?...
- Fri Sep 28, 2012 5:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: IFT at the University of Minnesota (10/13/2012)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1807
Re: IFT at the University of Minnesota (10/13/2012)
This is Homecoming Saturday and the mighty undefeated Northwestern Wildcats are coming to town, so get your hotel rooms early!
And plan for more traffic the day of the event. 11 am kickoff means tailgate lots start filling up at about 8.
And plan for more traffic the day of the event. 11 am kickoff means tailgate lots start filling up at about 8.
- Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota 2012-2013
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2933
Re: Minnesota 2011-12
Just curious: In Illinois, the bulk of teams playing quiz bowl are in the Chicago metro area with pockets in Rockford and Carbondale. We are always trying to do outreach with the downstate teams. Is any outreach being done in, say, Pipestone, Bemidji or Twin Ports to convert them from KB to Quiz Bo...
- Wed Sep 19, 2012 3:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MO Side Event: Oh You Didn't Know...This Was Vanity?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12339
Re: MO Side Event: Oh You Didn't Know...This Was Vanity?
I will definitely play this.
I would need to clear out by about 3 on a Sunday, so the earlier the better.
I would need to clear out by about 3 on a Sunday, so the earlier the better.
- Tue May 29, 2012 2:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Never Say Never: Anything Goes (5/4 - 5/27)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6496
Re: Never Say Never: Anything Goes (11/18/12)
I'd like to play this.
If there is "something else" happening on the Sunday, I'd prefer that the Trash be played first. I could then stick around for awhile and staff whatever the other thing is.
If there is "something else" happening on the Sunday, I'd prefer that the Trash be played first. I could then stick around for awhile and staff whatever the other thing is.
- Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Reminisce about moderator mishaps here
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8278
Re: Reminisce about moderator mishaps here
I was once subjected to the opposite; we were asked about an Australian composer which turned out (I think) to be Mozart.Kyle wrote:"Austrian aborigines"
- Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:03 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open Trash Mirror at Minnesota
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3190
Re: VCU Open Trash Mirror at Minnesota
Thanks to Mike and the folks and Minnesota for hosting this.
I wish I'd been able to stay for the whole thing.
Was this the final mirror? (iow will the set be posted somewhere soon?)
I wish I'd been able to stay for the whole thing.
Was this the final mirror? (iow will the set be posted somewhere soon?)
- Tue Sep 06, 2011 3:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Minnesota 2011-12
- Replies: 44
- Views: 12334
Re: Minnesota 2011-12
Fixed that for you.mtimmons wrote: It seems like quitting knowledge bowl would solve most if not all of every team's problems.
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Collegiate Novice at Minnesota (9/24)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4112
Re: Collegiate Novice at Minnesota (9/24)
If you are running this on the 24th, I'd strongly encourage you to run it as early in the day as possible. Campus will start to be overrun by Bison in the mid-to-late afternoon.
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: COLT - University of Chicago - 7/31/2011
- Replies: 66
- Views: 21234
Re: COLT - University of Chicago - 7/31/2011
This phrase has perhaps never been used before.Mike Bentley wrote:reliable trash stats
Anecdotally, it looks like you have a lot of ridiculously-good trash players in Bracket 1.
Wish I could come down and play this!
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The thirty-or-zero problem (80s trash)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9825
Re: The thirty-or-zero problem (80s trash)
For 10 points each - identify the following pop and soul artists of the 70's and 80's: A. This artist of "What's Going On" and "Let's Get It On" was notably assailed by his father one day before his 45th birthday. answer: Marvin _Gaye_ B. This British pop artist of "Shadow ...