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- Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Schedule for the Collegiate Polls
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1843
Re: Schedule for the Collegiate Polls
Maybe we should take a meta-poll to figure out when the collegiate polls should be. The only question is how to decide how often and when to take the meta-polls. Luckily, there is a solution.
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:24 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Distribution
- Replies: 60
- Views: 13899
Re: ACF Distribution
Yeah dude, I know what the "major sciences" and "minor sciences" are. I'm asking if there's any other meaning to certain things being major or minor sciences.
- Tue Dec 27, 2011 5:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Distribution
- Replies: 60
- Views: 13899
Re: ACF Distribution
Hey, so I've read through this thread and I still don't understand what a "minor science" is; could someone explain that to me? Definitionally, a minor science is something that gets less on the distribution than a major science does, but does the label "minor science" denote any...
- Mon Nov 21, 2011 5:04 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Minnesota/Penn Open IV Discussion
- Replies: 121
- Views: 44722
Re: Minnesota/Penn Open IV Discussion
Okay, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet, but over the course of the entire tournament I heard only two math tossups and zero math bonuses, a situation that is really kind of shocking to me, because I've always thought math to be at least as important as, say, physics or chemistry, each of ...
- Mon Feb 07, 2011 2:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: talk about individual questions here
- Replies: 124
- Views: 23957
Re: talk about individual questions here
I feel that the "Ruby" tossup in Div2 was definitely a bad idea. The useful information in the first clue is "this is an object-oriented programming language with scripting capabilities," which applies equally well to Python, as well as likely a whole bunch of similar but less we...
- Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread
- Replies: 194
- Views: 51159
Re: 2010 HSNCT discussion thread
I might not be in the majority, but I felt that the math-comp questions were well-handled. The easy parts required math that could be done mentally in a second or two if one understood the theory behind the question (e.g., "What value is below and between the two 10s on the 6th row of Pascal's ...
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7648
Re: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
Round report is up now. I'm working to correct any mistakes and to correctly split the rounds into their brackets and divisions; those final split stats will be up in a day or two.
Edit: okay, stats with afternoon brackets are now up.
Edit: okay, stats with afternoon brackets are now up.
- Sun Feb 28, 2010 1:13 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7648
Re: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
And stats are now up. These are combined for morning and afternoon
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Proposition: Get Rid of Trash
- Replies: 108
- Views: 16124
Re: Proposition: Get Rid of Trash
There are a few differences between classical music and pop culture though, viz., all or most of the classical music you will be asked about in quiz bowl is really good, while a great deal of pop culture is irredeemably sucky.
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 11:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7648
Re: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
Yeah. Obviously, as a Southern California team that competes regularly in the good quizbowl tournaments around here, we've never even had any experience with the blurt rule at a legitimate ( viz. , not Academic League) tournament, and we're certainly not going to champion it or any of the other vest...
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7648
Re: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
Update: Rocket Surgery I is now PACE-affiliated, and the top two teams will qualify for NSC. We'll also be pursuing a gold-level certification.
- Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7648
Re: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
Yes, that's right.
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 5:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7648
Re: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
So far we have seven teams signed up. Three from RB, two from Edison, and two from an Arizona school.
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7648
Rocket Surgery I (San Diego) - 2/27/10
La Jolla High School is very excited to announce Rocket Surgery I, an official NAQT tournament for all high school students. DATE : February 27th, 2010 VENUE : 500 Building of La Jolla High, located at 750 Nautilus St., La Jolla, CA, 92037 SCHEDULE : 7:30-8:30 AM Registration (all teams must be regi...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Southern California '09-'10
- Replies: 82
- Views: 18064
Re: Southern California '09-'10
Well, the first step, obviously, would be to determine interest in attending NASAT. Presumably, there will be more than enough interest among SoCal players to field a team (assuming that we're split off from NorCal), but it would be helpful to know exactly who might have an interest in being on the ...
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Dunbar mirror at Caltech
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2062
Re: Dunbar mirror at Caltech
LJ will likely be sending a couple of teams.
EDIT: I guess not, if the tournament has been cancelled (as I have been led to believe).
EDIT: I guess not, if the tournament has been cancelled (as I have been led to believe).