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Anti-Climacus wrote:As for the Six-Day-War tossup, the giveaway could also describe the Yom Kippur war, which Nasser also fought in

A giveaway clue with Nasser in it couldn't be describing the Yom Kippur War. Nasser died in 1970, so that seems like a reasonable clue.

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I like reading books.

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This brings up the question of what a subdistribution of geography would look like.

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How's the knee, Gilbert?

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I've never experienced temporary blindness or vomiting after quiz bowl

You should ask Shantanu about his WoQ experience...

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I thought Gautam was referring to this:

Nicolaus Notabene wrote:Granted, a player isn't going through Modern Decathalon

not this:

Nicolaus Notabene wrote:I find that more than 12-15 rounds will result in mental fatigue

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Anyhoooo... I'm taking a concrete position and dropping Whitman from Auroni's short list.

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megalomaniacal panda who has drunk from a well of absinthe This would be far and away the best thing ever. my teammates managed to win that match Perhaps you've forgotten what I did to the pronunciation of a certain Coetzee novel. To answer Sarah's question, Whitman is returning one rising senior, ...

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Today we are all Missourians.

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I forgot I put Gov that high. Follow-up prediction: I will either look foolish or brilliant by the end of the season.

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I think I voted Whitman 20th or so, the knee-jerk rationale being that Daniel and Doug have a close to zero overlap on knowledge and that Whitman finished in the top 20 at 2006 NAQT while conceding virtually every single science question to the other team. More in-depth analysis would probably put t...

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I was feeling guilty, so I just emailed you one.

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Have you tried priming the buzzer?

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Fair point. I saw it recently enough that that may be skewing my perception.

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This was my first trash tournament, so I don't have anything to compare it to except academic ones (although my teammate who went last year said he preferred the previous format). Still, I thought it was as well or better written than most of the tournaments I've been to. The only issues I can remem...

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Also, "Algier" and "Algeria" both come up, as do noted non-countries Guam and French Guiana.

On a side note, I can recite all 12 verses of that song.

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That would not be okay.

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David from Whitman

There's no David on our team...is this Daniel?

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I am more confused than ever as to how All-Americans are chosen.

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Anyone familiar with the level of my interest in math knows the extent of the validity of Daichi's statement.

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Tegan wrote:Explain please

The 15-or-so-point first round victory last year was hardly dominating

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This is the second straight year that MD has had a dominating first round performance and then failed to make the finals.

False.

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Wellington tu (again, if I remember correctly. I apologize if I'm wrong), established the time period he lived in and then mentioned that he fought battles and that he was a British prime minister. I didn't know that many British Prime Ministers so I just went in and got the power. (I don't think i...

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Whitman would like to send a team.

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I am hard pressed to imagine a more felicitous or idoneous way to end my high school quizbowl career. That the victory was so narrow is a worthy testament to a phenomenal TJ team. Phil, Mohit, Keshav, thanks for a great year of competition and some slightly disturbing memories; Naren, you're going ...

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I think that the tossup on ground rule(which was the right answer) should not have accepted ground rule double because the question did not specifically mention doubles. As if a list tossup needed to get any worse... Edit: the guy on the team we were playing at the time had a look of utter disbelie...

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Writ of certiorari: high schoolers don't know it. They always guess habeas because it's the only writ they know.

What?

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The Richardson tossup also mentioned his 3rd most famous post, UN amabassador, in the first clue.

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it's type two form...

I believe that question also mentioned "adult onset" in the first clue.

Edit: And the first clue about the course of the disease mentioned the Islets of Langerhans.

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One more thing: it's inexcusable to mention Erwin Rommel in the first clue of a Capporetto tossup, especially in the finals.

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My nominee for worst question:

"It will land during our tournament... let's hope it doesn't burst into flames like the bird it's named after. "

Get it? It's clever because it's called the Phoenix probe. Like the bird.

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cornfused wrote:Dorman B is THAT GOOD? Holy crap.

Evidently, yes.

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That's what I was talking about, but I don't think it's right to discuss question specifics.

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So I'm going to noted Waterville, ME quizbowl powerhouse Colby.

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evilmonkey wrote:One egregious bonus that had the answer to the third part in the first part.

And a bonus part in round 2 of the playoffs that resurfaced in the semifinals...

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Daichi Ueda can confirm that there was a team Indiana last year

Why, yes. Indeed he can. And it looks like we're playing them first round.

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So team DC is...

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Byko wrote:Nutcracker:
DC
Maryland

It's on, Puma.

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...Southern state...

I'm sorry, but I don't quite understand what this has to do with greatness. As has been noted frequently, the Southeast has been a hub of quizbowl activity for a while.

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Is it even possible to triple major?

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I don't see what's demoralizing about going 3-3 against four or five different teams. That seems like a pretty well-balanced schedule.

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It's either this or arguing over what On Demand movie to order for an hour, not ordering any movie in the end, buying a Spiderman web blaster, and webbing the hotel room.

I'm in.

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Besides, for all we know, the Korean International School might end up winning the tournament? They are NAQT sets after all. I don't really want to defend the organization that produced the IS sets I've played on this year, but... last year's HSNCT sets were decent and pyramidal, the tournament was...

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I don't know nearly as much about the state of things as our TD, but it doesn't look good due to low sign-up/failure of certain necessary elements (questions) to coalesce in time. I'll post when I know more, but in the meantime, Shantanu can tell you more. His email is at the bottom of the original ...

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This past fall a freshman girl walked into our practice, and when she noticed the ratio of guys to girls was about 14 to 0, her face went from

to

. She left and never came back. It was kind of depressing.

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Byko wrote:perfect practice makes perfect

You just quoted verbatim the motto that was the "Oriole Way" in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. +1000 points.

I'm sure there are some people who can benefit from lists at first, but hearing questions helped me more than lists ever could.

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Yeah, that's where the NYT article said he went.

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Keith, sign Whitman up for two teams.

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November?

EDIT: Oh. My DeLorian is still in the shop.

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