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I know absolutely nothing about this, but it might be helpful to some members of the quizbowl community.
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- Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Answer trivia questions to pay off college loans, apparently
- Replies: 0
- Views: 419
- Sun May 31, 2015 11:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How do the top teams study and specialize?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9137
Re: How do the top teams study and specialize?
Finally is it possible for an ok team (made playoffs at hsnct,lost first round) to become a top team with one year of hardcore studying? I can take this one. At Bellarmine's first national tournament (May 2009), neither of its teams advanced past the second round of the playoffs. At our next tourna...
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 2:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2014-15
- Replies: 211
- Views: 131259
Re: HSQBRank 2014-15
I'm going to guess that this is the first time 12 different states/provinces are represented in the top 15. Pretty cool.Dr. Loki Skylizard, Thoracic Surgeon wrote:New rankings: http://hsqbrank.com/2014/11/06/top-50-h ... teams-116/
- Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Giant Book Fairs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 930
Re: Giant Book Fairs
If any of you are ever in Berkeley, check this place out:
http://www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org/
I rarely go book-hunting elsewhere unless I'm looking for something in specific, because the selection is great year-round and it's always a bargain.
http://www.berkeleylibraryfriends.org/
I rarely go book-hunting elsewhere unless I'm looking for something in specific, because the selection is great year-round and it's always a bargain.
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:55 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Big Vision: [2] The "Sales Pitch": Talking Up Quizbowl
- Replies: 45
- Views: 46580
Re: The Big Vision: [2] The "Sales Pitch": Talking Up Quizbo
The zeroth step in this process is to be confident . This is exactly it. I have actually never had a problem discussing quizbowl with people because I am generally excited to talk about it and probably on the higher side of the spectrum as far as expressiveness goes. When quizbowl has come up as a ...
- Tue Sep 02, 2014 12:55 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Big Vision: [2] The "Sales Pitch": Talking Up Quizbowl
- Replies: 45
- Views: 34246
Re: The Big Vision: [2] The "Sales Pitch": Talking Up Quizbo
The zeroth step in this process is to be confident . This is exactly it. I have actually never had a problem discussing quizbowl with people because I am generally excited to talk about it and probably on the higher side of the spectrum as far as expressiveness goes. When quizbowl has come up as a ...
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 108
- Views: 82611
Re: Preseason Poll
I don't attend Berkeley anymore, but I believe Ben Gammage will enroll this year.
- Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 36531
Re: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
It seems like using this format for a centrally-written singles tournament in the future would more or less resolve the problem of variability within packets, while taking care of the aforementioned problems with byes, with minimal trade-off.
- Mon Jul 21, 2014 4:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 36531
Re: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
Inconsequential correction here, but John Lawrence was given 110 points in Round 5 in Room 1 despite playing that round in Room 2.
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 36531
Re: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
Given that the writers of the seeding packet (Jacob, Marshall, and myself) will need some time to write replacement tossups for repeats, submissions within the next few days are encouraged.
- Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:30 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5277
Re: VCU Open mirror @ Berkeley (August 9)
Yes, please!bird bird bird bird bird wrote:GM6 is available.
- Fri May 09, 2014 6:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open/second summer open this year
- Replies: 44
- Views: 22753
Re: VCU Open/second summer open this year
Berkeley is another potential host for this.
- Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Praise Song
- Replies: 35
- Views: 15125
Re: Praise Song
Thanks for the kind words upthread, Jacob. The Berkeley team has dozens of members who you rarely see on the national circuit, but will find spending 10+ weekends of their already-busy school year volunteering at middle school, high school, and college tournaments on campus and elsewhere every year....
- Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT over Skype (5/10)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7769
Re: MUT over Skype (5/10)
Yeah. Victor Prieto is also on this team.Ndg wrote:Tanay and I are planning to play together.
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 3:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT over Skype (5/10)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7769
Re: MUT over Skype (5/10)
Due to a conflict with the Berkeley MUT mirror the week before, I would like to play this one. I'd enjoy having new teammates, especially as I anticipate that most of my current teammates will play on the 3rd.
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
- Replies: 64
- Views: 36531
Re: Gorilla Literature Singles (July 20, Chicago)
I suppose I'll volunteer to write the "non-attending" packet.
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 7:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals congratulations, thanks, and discussion
- Replies: 169
- Views: 57579
Re: ACF Nationals congratulations, thanks, and discussion
That Shiraz tossup was in the WUSTL packet and was submitted - I made a few additions and subtractions to it. The ruler Adud al-Dawla kept his court in this city when it was the capital of the Buyid dynasty, which arose around 934 CE. That ruler built several monuments in this city, including the s...
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 6:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals congratulations, thanks, and discussion
- Replies: 169
- Views: 57579
Re: ACF Nationals congratulations, thanks, and discussion
Would all of the editors be open to writers asking for feedback on their specific submitted tossups?
- Sun Apr 06, 2014 9:50 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Improving PPB
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6392
Re: Improving PPB
Just learning things in general and your typical quiz bowl studying should obviously increase your PPB in addition to your ability on tossups. As far as ppb goes, I find that a lot of teams overestimate how important it is to have spectacular points per bonus. Obviously you want to be converting th...
- Sat Mar 29, 2014 9:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
- Replies: 155
- Views: 91872
Re: Lederberg 2: Daughter Cell (3/29/14)
There is one change to the schedule. All matches scheduled to occur in Room 2342 will instead take place in Room 445.
- Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:16 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? [Collegiate edition, 2014]
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14128
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? [Collegiate edition, 2014
I'll be employed in the San Francisco Bay Area and am willing to staff things in the area. I'll probably play any open tournaments that happen to be around. This fall, I'll be applying to law schools, and I intend to play at whichever university I eventually attend.
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Crowdsourced Head to Head Rankings
- Replies: 56
- Views: 17538
Re: Crowdsourced Head to Head Rankings
In that case, it might be better just to include teams that have signed up for HSNCT or NSC.Sulawesi Myzomela wrote:A pool of hundreds of high school teams is going to lead to a lot of people making selections on scant information. There may be some interesting results however.
- Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2014 SCT: specific questions
- Replies: 50
- Views: 11054
Re: 2014 SCT: specific questions
One account of this event's death toll was given by Maximilien, Duke of Sully, who supposedly escaped death by carrying a prayer book under his arm. Many targeted in this event were attendees of the marriage between Margaret of Valois and the future King (*) Henry IV. Gaspard de Coligny was one of ...
- Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals - Seattle & Online - 2/22/14
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9551
Re: ACF Regionals - Seattle & Online - 2/22/14
Berkeley is playing, so we'll at least have some online teams. If your travel arrangements change and you find yourself unable to attend a physical site, let me know, as we have space available. I'll just point out that it's sort of uncool to withdraw from a real site to sign up for this one, espec...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8265
Re: General Discussion
What was the philosophy for middle bonus parts in this tournament? Am I wrong in thinking that the general rule of thumb is "a middle part should be difficulty-equivalent to a tossup answerline" even if it's not a tossupable topic? There seemed to be an awful lot of things like...CPE Bach...
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 3:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Nationals 2014: April 12 & 13 at Columbia University NYC
- Replies: 102
- Views: 88290
Re: ACF Nationals 2014: April 12 & 13 at Columbia University
Can we get an updated list of teams that have submitted packets that are good for the -$100 discount?
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SUBMIT Global Announcement
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20032
Re: SUBMIT Global Announcement
Hi, my name is Brandon Daake and I'd like to host a mirror of your tournament at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardau. Please send me anymore information at bmdaake@gmail.com. Thanks Any update on this or other mirrors? The following mirrors have been confirmed: Brown University, Ja...
- Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SUBMIT Global Announcement
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20032
Re: SUBMIT Global Announcement
This will be on March 8. A forum post is forthcoming.Mike Bentley wrote:When do you think you'll know the date?List of Fighting Spirit characters wrote:We still have to resolve that because of conflicts with other events. It might happen as early as January 25 or as late as May 3.Mike Bentley wrote:Is there a date for the Berkeley mirror yet?
- Wed Nov 06, 2013 2:55 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Question Specific Discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8221
Re: Question Specific Discussion
The leadin for Master and Margarita seems to be poorly worded: "7. In this novel, Varenukha’s shadow ceases to be visible after he is bitten by a young redhead vampire. Hella, that character’s companion, goes by Koroviev and meets the landlord Bosoi after Berlioz is decapitated by a streetcar....
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3708
Re: General Discussion
Also, titles in literature questions were often dropped very early. I did end up dropping some titles earlier than you might find them at regular-difficulty tournaments, as I was writing for an audience that I anticipated would have many more teams that are new to quizbowl. Looking at the statistic...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: General Discussion
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3708
Re: General Discussion
Also, titles in literature questions were often dropped very early. I did end up dropping some titles earlier than you might find them at regular-difficulty tournaments, as I was writing for an audience that I anticipated would have many more teams that are new to quizbowl. Looking at the statistic...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 2:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Question Specific Discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8221
Re: Question Specific Discussion
Can you post the tossups on silver, refugees, and the Ambassadors? The city of Shemnitz was known for its production of this resource in medieval times, while the Grecian city of Laurium was a major source of this resource in the ancient world. Its discovery in one nation led to boomtowns like Virg...
- Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Question Specific Discussion
- Replies: 35
- Views: 8221
Re: Question Specific Discussion
I would like to see several questions: Horus and cosine tossups from Chattahoochee Cien anos de soledad and open tossups from Dartmouth A Petrarch, Cadmus, and Cato tossups from Michigan A Richard I tossup from Northmont Boston Massacre tossup from Ottawa A Pluto tossup and Barcelona-Pamplona-Santi...
- Fri Sep 27, 2013 11:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
- Replies: 79
- Views: 25809
Re: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
Okay, so the spring semester tournament SUBMIT will be happening in that late January spot. There will be an official announcement tomorrow. Can't you just be straight with us and put up a full announcement tomorrow? (I mean, "Maryland and Berkeley [or whatever] are writing a spring invitation...
- Thu Aug 15, 2013 11:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Favorite Books or Other Works of Literature?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8739
Re: Favorite Books or Other Works of Literature?
In the light of the other books you've liked, I recommend Zadie Smith and Edwidge Danticat. You might also enjoy The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love , which is about the immigrant experience in a bit of a different way. Monica Ali and Dinaw Mengestu are also fantastic writers of immigrant literature.
- Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:45 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
- Replies: 79
- Views: 25809
Re: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
First, there isn't really a tournament for the audience that prefers this difficulty between ACF Fall in October and MUT in April/May (I consider DII SCT to be markedly easier; maybe I'm wrong). What about MFT? I hadn't seen the announcement for that. Thanks for posting about it. It looks like MFT ...
- Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:19 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
- Replies: 79
- Views: 25809
Re: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
So it's been over three months since anyone from Maryland said anything about Terrapin on the boards, and the last we heard from Berkeley was an intra-team disagreement. Is Terrapin happening? Which Maryland people would be editing? Is there still desire for WIT to exist? Would the two events want ...
- Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying History
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6878
Re: Studying History
Right now I've just been reading NHBB packets. Are there better and possibly more interesting ways to study? It seems like most ways of studying would be more interesting than this. Definitely check out this thread (http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8159), in which people discuss...
- Fri Aug 09, 2013 10:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Improving as a geography player?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7482
Re: Improving as a geography player?
If you have a decent grip with current events and history, you're starting off with a better groundwork than someone who doesn't. You should most definitely read a ton, and if and when possible, watch programs on any educational/interesting broadcast. World geography isn't something you can master ...
- Wed Aug 07, 2013 11:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 54
- Views: 23758
Re: Preseason Poll
I'm filling this out at the moment and finding that once you reach 21-25 it becomes very difficult to make any sort of educated guess. Anyone want to suggest some teams that weren't on this year's list? Though I don't know who is returning on these teams and whether they'd be playing nationals next...
- Sun Aug 04, 2013 6:31 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 54
- Views: 23758
Re: Preseason Poll
With the two biggest sites of VCU Open complete, is this now open?
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 11:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Chicago Open Discussion
- Replies: 95
- Views: 30755
Re: Chicago Open Discussion
-The Mark Reynolds tossup seemed like someone's stream of consciousness rant about Mark Reynolds. I know nothing about the guy, but the clues seemed rather fleeting. Seconded on this - I play enough fantasy baseball that I expected to lock down anything on current players, and this got to the end b...
- Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:25 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
- Replies: 79
- Views: 25809
Re: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
I realize it's still July, but is Terrapin or WIT happening again? WIT will return. Perhaps that can be the late January event. We are much less certain of WIT's vaunted return than we previously were. I don't think this is true at all. We can and will make WIT happen. Last year, it was nice to get...
- Tue Jul 09, 2013 8:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2013-2014: Witty Subtitle
- Replies: 203
- Views: 107999
Re: HSQBRank 2013-2014: Witty Subtitle
MSJ played as "Escobar" all of last year. You'll probably find many more stat lines for Escobar.Grams's Go-Go Boots wrote:The Mission San Jose situation was out of my control. USN produced one stat line, which isn't doing anyone any favors.
- Wed Jun 12, 2013 10:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2013 College History Bowl: Now scheduled for 8/4/13 at VCU
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3145
Re: 2013 College History Bowl: Now scheduled for 8/4/13 at VCU
Does the offer for teams that signed up in 2013 to play for free still stand?Matt Weiner wrote:Therefore, the attempted summer version of the tournament will not take place, and we will run the 2014 College History Bowl at the day-after-ICT time.
- Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What Makes A Set "Great"?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3529
Re: What Makes A Set "Great"?
A "great" hard clue / hard part manages to be vivid and interesting in spite of its obscurity. A "great" lead-in makes me remember with fondness an interesting minor moment in a novel I've read, a fun passage from a piece of music, etc. A "great" tossup on a book I hav...
- Sat Jun 01, 2013 4:20 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What Makes A Set "Great"?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3529
What Makes A Set "Great"?
Every year, more than a dozen college-level sets are produced. It seems like the majority of these sets are described as "pretty good", while a couple of them are universally lauded as "exceptional". In general, the difference doesn't seem to have much to do with larger issues of...
- Tue May 07, 2013 10:59 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2012-2013: No, I do not mean HSA Bank
- Replies: 138
- Views: 150290
Re: HSQBRank 2012-2013: No, I do not mean HSA Bank
It should be noted that an outstanding 10 of these 12 teams are from Southern California, a reflection of the tremendous work put in by Chris, Dwight, and others. We still have work to do in Northern California.Grams's Go-Go Boots wrote:evilmonkey wrote:12: California
- Thu May 02, 2013 10:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
- Replies: 79
- Views: 25809
Re: The 2013-14 Tournament Schedule
WIT will return. Perhaps that can be the late January event.
- Thu May 02, 2013 7:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
- Replies: 56
- Views: 24397
Re: Where Will You Be Going to College Next Year? 2012-13
I'm headed to USC next year and I haven't seen their team playing in any tournaments recently, but I'd like to at least get a taste of college quizbowl. I know Thomas Gaddy from Blair is also going there so hopefully we could get something going. It would be fantastic if this happened; check with s...