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- Wed Dec 24, 2014 5:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Regionals South @ Rice (01-24-15)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5564
Re: ACF Regionals South @ Rice (01-24-15)
Can we get a field update?
- Wed Dec 10, 2014 4:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: George Oppen at Alabama [2/21/15]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5792
Re: George Oppen at Alabama
In addition to regular Tulane students, there is a pretty good chance that Kevin Marshall and I will also be driving up from New Orleans to play/bring the noise.NickCahlfs wrote:Tulane is planning on bringing 2-3 teams, 2 staffers? and 2 buzzers systems
Also buttloads of fun
- Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT IS-A at Tulane 9/27/2014
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4743
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT IS-A at Tulane 9/27/2014
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4743
Re: NAQT IS-A at Tulane 9/27/2014
Results:
(1) Jesuit A (9-0)
(2) Lusher A (8-1)
(3) Episcopal School of Acadiana (7-2)
(1) Jesuit A (9-0)
(2) Lusher A (8-1)
(3) Episcopal School of Acadiana (7-2)
- Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:11 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT IS-A at Tulane 9/27/2014
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4743
Re: NAQT IS-A at Tulane 9/27/2014
We are excited to announce that (maybe for the first time ever) we hit our field cap of 18 teams; here's a field update: Brother Martin (1) Lusher (3) Holy Cross (1) Jesuit (2) Archbishop Shaw (1) Ben Franklin (1) Episcopal School of Acadiana (2) Mt. Carmel (2) St. Martin's (1) Zachary (2) Baton Rou...
- Sun May 25, 2014 10:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Louisiana Open at ULL (6/14/14 and 6/15/14)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3555
Re: Louisiana Open at ULL (6/14/14 and 6/15/14)
Matt already knows this, but I figured I'd post it here for the world to see. Tulane is bringing 1-2 teams' worth of people to this, probably both days.
- Mon May 19, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mississippi 2013-14
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5233
Re: Mississippi 2013-14
Avery,
Feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or Kevin Marshall ([email protected]) if you'd like any information about tournaments in/around New Orleans next year. I know your team has come to Zachary before for NHBB, so it would be great to see you for other events!
Feel free to contact me ([email protected]) or Kevin Marshall ([email protected]) if you'd like any information about tournaments in/around New Orleans next year. I know your team has come to Zachary before for NHBB, so it would be great to see you for other events!
- Thu Apr 03, 2014 4:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana NAQT State at Tulane (3/29)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4094
- Sat Mar 29, 2014 6:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana NAQT State at Tulane (3/29)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4094
Re: Louisiana NAQT State at Tulane (3/29)
Jesuit A went undefeated and won this tournament, with Jesuit B finishing second and Lusher finishing third. There were also strong showings from Itawamba, Lafayette, and Ben Franklin. I'm not sure when Tulane will have stats, but as soon as they do they'll be posted here.
- Mon Mar 17, 2014 3:44 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT South Region Mirror
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6323
Re: MUT South Region Mirror
What's the field for this?
EDIT: Oh wait, I see it hiding up there.
EDIT: Oh wait, I see it hiding up there.
- Thu Feb 06, 2014 2:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana NAQT State at Tulane (3/29)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4094
Re: Louisiana NAQT State at Tulane (3/29)
Because there will not (in all likelihood) be a Mississippi NAQT State Tournament, we have been cleared to host Mississippi teams at this event. Interested Mississippi teams should contact me or Cara Zajac using the contact information listed above.
- Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mississippi 2013-14
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5233
Re: Mississippi 2013-14
We have been cleared to host Mississippi teams at the Louisiana NAQT State Championship at Tulane University. If you are a Mississippi school that does not have a place to play NAQT State and you would like to play at Tulane, please contact me (Ryan McLaren) at jrynmac at gmail dot com or Tulane's c...
- Wed Feb 05, 2014 4:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2013-2014: Witty Subtitle
- Replies: 203
- Views: 108214
Re: HSQBRank 2013-2014: Witty Subtitle
I'm excited to see two Louisiana teams on the latest batch of rankings, but I feel like I should point out the fact that, not only has Jesuit A won every tournament that we've hosted this year, they have also nearly gone undefeated at every tournament, with their only loss this year coming in a prel...
- Tue Feb 04, 2014 5:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2842
Re: First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
Note that the bonus conversions for this event are mostly inaccurate (because a number of games did not record individual stats). Yeah, sorry about that. There were some new-to-Quiz Bowl scorekeepers at this tournament, and it took a round or two until every room filled out their scoresheets comple...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2842
Re: First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
Stats: http://naqt.com/stats/tournament-teams.jsp?tournament_id=5361&playoffs=1 There were a number of teams that cancelled because of the weather, which meant that there were byes. Also, unfortunately, the files for some of the rounds were lost and could not be recovered. The stats for the top ...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana 2013-2014
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5936
Re: Louisiana 2013-2014
We had some trouble with the stats at the end of the day because the school computer we were using decided to delete some of the files. A person from the Tulane team is putting them back in, so they should be available soon (although one of the rounds that we weren't able to recover might be missing...
- Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana 2013-2014
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5936
Re: Louisiana 2013-2014
Dutchtown's tournament happened. (1) Jesuit (2) Dutchtown A (3) Ben Franklin There isn't a lot on the schedule for Louisiana other than the various NHBBs and NAQT State at Tulane on March 29th. There are non-Mardi Gras dates available, in case a school wants to claim a date for a tournament this sem...
- Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2842
Re: First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
I've updated the field to include the teams that have registered so far. We still have room for more teams, so register today!
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana NAQT State at Tulane (3/29)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4094
Louisiana NAQT State at Tulane (3/29)
Tulane University is pleased to announce that it will host the Louisiana NAQT State Tournament on Saturday, March 29th. *We have been cleared to host Mississippi schools at this tournament.* Location : Tulane University's campus Newcomb Hall (basement) New Orleans, LA 70118 Newcomb Hall can be found...
- Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2842
First Annual Dutchtown (LA) Tournament (1/25)
Dutchtown High School in Geismar, Louisiana (south of Baton Rouge) will be hosting its first ever Quiz Bowl tournament on Saturday, January 25th. Location : Dutchtown High School, Ascension Parish 13165 Hwy. 73 Geismar, LA 70734 (directions from New Orleans: http://goo.gl/maps/kkhgj) Price : $50 per...
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Alabama 2013-14
- Replies: 67
- Views: 15770
Re: Alabama 2013-14
I know I could probably just look this up, but it might be easier to ask the people who already know: Are any of the teams that pop up in this thread located in South Alabama/the Mobile area, and would any of those teams possibly be willing to drive to New Orleans for a Tulane tournament or a tourna...
- Mon Nov 04, 2013 11:55 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mississippi 2013-14
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5233
Re: Mississippi 2013-14
Tulane had a team from South Jones register for its fall tournament and then not show up. There's also the annual Mustang tournament at Murrah in Jackson. Other than those two schools (and Madison Central), Mississippi quiz bowl is pretty much in fog-of-war for us.
- Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:55 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission
- Replies: 72
- Views: 32531
Re: A serious discussion of ACF packet submission
As another possibility, would the teams whose packets go largely unused find it helpful to receive some reasonably in-depth commentary on what they submitted, what worked, what didn't, and how to improve? I think for ACF to really be able to do a good job with this, we'd probably have to add a pers...
- Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:57 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana 2013-2014
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5936
Re: Louisiana 2013-2014
I've been leaning on them and some other schools to at least consider HSNCT, but it's difficult to know if they take any of that seriously or if we're just whistling in the dark thinking that they'll do anything other than NAC. Edit: Especially when the New Orleans-area NAC is Memorial Day weekend, ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2013 10:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT XXII at Tulane in New Orleans, LA on 4/13
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4876
Re: BHSAT XXII at Tulane in New Orleans, LA on 4/13
We'll be in Gibson Hall, which is the big building on St. Charles that is close to Norman Mayer, but is in fact not Norman Mayer.
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 11:01 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BHSAT XXII at Tulane in New Orleans, LA on 4/13
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4876
Re: BHSAT XXII at Tulane in New Orleans, LA on 4/13
I assume it will almost definitely be in Norman Mayer again since that's the building that we've had the most luck with in the past. I'll ask Katherine at Tulane's practice tonight if she doesn't respond before then.
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mississippi 12-13
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6221
Re: Mississippi 12-13
Henry: Tulane University is hosting a mirror of BHSAT in New Orleans (~2 hours from Hattiesburg) on 4/13--we'd love to see you and any other interested Mississippi teams attend. Feel free to contact me at jmclaren@tulane.edu or Tulane's club president at kbarnet@tulane.edu if you'd like more informa...
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 3:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: MUT 2013 Specific Question Discussion Thread
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9639
Re: MUT 2013 Specific Question Discussion Thread
Thanks for putting this together again this year; the Tulane team had a great time playing it. A minor point: The Robert Louis Stevenson question in Round 7 lists Brom Bones as a character in Treasure Island. Brom Bones is a character in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Billy Bones is Flint's first mate...
- Sat Feb 23, 2013 2:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 1/19 Trash after Loyola Ultima (Wilmette, IL)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10889
Re: 1/19 Trash after Loyola Ultima (Wilmette, IL)
I'd also appreciate a copy of this set if it's not too much trouble.
- Fri Feb 15, 2013 6:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana 12-13
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5054
Re: Louisiana 12-13
To my knowledge, here are the non-LAAC tournaments for the remainder of Spring 2013: 3/2 Louisiana State NHBB at Zachary HS (Zachary, LA) 4/6 NAQT State at ULL (Lafayette, LA)* 4/13 BHSAT at Tulane University (New Orleans, LA) Link: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14119 In terms...
- Tue Jan 15, 2013 4:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Welcome to a New Year of The National History Bee & Bowl!
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12080
Re: Welcome to a New Year of The National History Bee & Bowl!
This seems like the best place to ask about this: There are rumors that one or both of the Louisiana tournaments have been or might be cancelled. The colleges are trying to plan events for the coming semester, and it would be helpful to know if either of those dates (especially the one at Zachary HS...
- Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:17 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TrashMasters at UT-Chattanooga 12/8/2012
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5316
Re: TrashMasters at UT-Chattanooga 12/8/2012
There are 11 total, including Mike Cheyne's packet.
Edit: grammar.
Edit: grammar.
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: First Annual Tulane Fall Tournament (New Orleans, LA)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8255
Re: First Annual Tulane Fall Tournament (New Orleans, LA)
Jesuit A defeated Pensacola B to win the top bracket, with Pensacola A defeating Ben Franklin A to place third. Lusher defeated Pearl River (playing in the place of Rummel A) to win the bottom bracket. Word on the street is that stats will be posted soon.
- Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: First Annual Tulane Fall Tournament (New Orleans, LA)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8255
Re: First Annual Tulane Fall Tournament (New Orleans, LA)
Updated field: St. Martin’s (2 Teams) Pearl River High (1 Teams) Ascension Episcopal (1 Team) Lafayette High (2 Teams) Mount Caramel (1 Team) Jesuit (3 teams) Archbishop Shaw (1 Team) Lusher (1 Team) Chapelle (1 Teams) Rummel (2 Teams) Pensacola (3 Teams) Ben Franklin (2 Teams) Sacred Heart New Orle...
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 1:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NASAT: June 16-17 at Ohio State
- Replies: 112
- Views: 44056
Re: 2012 NASAT: June 16-17 at Ohio State
It's been a couple of months since someone asked, so:
Is there any word on where this might be next year? I'd at least like to try to get a Louisiana team together, but it's difficult to get started when we don't know where we'd be going.
Is there any word on where this might be next year? I'd at least like to try to get a Louisiana team together, but it's difficult to get started when we don't know where we'd be going.
- Tue Nov 06, 2012 6:56 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4033
Re: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
In addition to the Canadian mirror mentioned in the above post, there will likely be a mirror of this at Macalester in February. As a result, I'll keep the set off Wastebin until then. If you would like to have it for practice, you can contact me (as a handful of teams already have) and I'll send it...
- Fri Oct 26, 2012 4:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: First Annual Tulane Fall Tournament (New Orleans, LA)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8255
Re: First Annual Tulane Fall Tournament (New Orleans, LA)
I wanted to point out that this is shaping up to be the biggest tournament we've had at Tulane since I moved to New Orleans. We're very excited about the number of teams that are attending (many of which also attended Chapelle's tournament in September), including a school that is brand new to QB in...
- Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mississippi 12-13
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6221
Re: Mississippi 12-13
It looks like Ellisville is about a two-hour+ drive to New Orleans--if your school wanted to come to the tournament at Tulane in November (or any future tournaments at Tulane), we would be happy to have you!
- Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4033
Re: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
Sorry it's taken me so long to respond to this--I've been absolutely slammed by law school work. This set has been expanded and modified since KABO, with ten total packets and an eleventh that will be added as soon as possible (it's ultimate completion has been pushed back because of Hurricane Isaac...
- Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Chapelle HS Fall QB Tournament (9/29/12, Metairie, LA)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3845
Re: Chapelle HS Fall QB Tournament (9/29/12, Metairie, LA)
I was very impressed with the teams that came to Chapelle Saturday--the usual suspects (Jesuit, Franklin), but also some schools that I had not really seen before (Lafayette, Lusher) that ran right with the top teams. I should also note that Kevin and Chapelle did a great job running the tournament,...
- Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:06 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4033
Re: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
UWashington, both KABO sites, and a tournament in Ohio have played versions of this--it's probably a little easier than other trash sets, but it has received generally positive reviews. Because there isn't a lot of trash on the horizon for the rest of the semester, we'll probably keep it under lock ...
- Thu Sep 27, 2012 10:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: College Practices
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3598
Re: College Practices
That's pretty impressive that you can make enough time to practice four times a week--I think we would get tired of seeing each other if we practiced more than our Tuesday/Thursdays. We usually read one academic packet with one half of the room against the other half of the room, and then play an &q...
- Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:56 am
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: I Need Advice.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7410
Re: I Need Advice.
As long as you don't have to agree to some kind of long-term commitment then I think it would be all right. Really, anything that you can do to get butts in seats at practice and plant your organization's roots is better than a possible year of inactivity. Also, realistically, many of the people on ...
- Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012 NAC
- Replies: 189
- Views: 72371
Re: 2012 NAC
Trickum Middle School has had a strong, very active team for years. It is the feeder middle school for Parkview High School which, until the last couple of years, also had a perennially strong, active team. Sorry for the late post, but I just read this. I went to Trickum and graduated from/played Q...
- Mon Aug 13, 2012 12:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana 12-13
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5054
Re: Louisiana 12-13
To add to what Nick said: we've discussed moving the 10/20 tournament from Tech to Tulane if it doesn't seem like they'll be able to host something. Like he said, we would both like to reserve a date for the teams in the northern part of the state that sometimes can't make the trip to New Orleans; h...
- Sun Aug 12, 2012 8:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Louisiana 12-13
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5054
Re: Louisiana 12-13
I don't know if I would say that "no one has ever really tried," but Nick and I have been doing what we can this summer to raise the level of quiz bowl here up from where it is now. I should mention that ULL is planning to host something in the spring, and that the dates we've listed above...
- Sun Aug 05, 2012 8:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4033
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Bayou-a-Drank 2012
Update: the total number of packets for this event has been lowered from the 12 we initially announced to 10, not including the round that Mike Cheyne pitched in for this weekend. The plan is to have those rounds completed and (hopefully) polished in time for a possible Canadian mirror on 8/25. A tr...
- Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Mississippi 12-13
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6221
Re: Mississippi 12-13
I've met the kids from Madison Central a few times and they and their coach are really nice and enthusiastic--I invited them to our handful of HS tournaments, but they weren't able to come for various scheduling reasons (homecoming, I think, and then something else). Mississippi State, Millsaps, and...
- Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Taking VCU Open's Spot in August
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17533
Re: Taking VCU Open's Spot in August
I've got 60 some odd music questions out of that mini-side event I was writing. I don't know if I'll time to finish it over the summer, but I could definitely write a few more. I'd be more than willing to combine them into a larger tournament. If you aren't able to find anything better to do with t...
- Thu May 31, 2012 3:00 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Taking VCU Open's Spot in August
- Replies: 76
- Views: 17533
Re: Taking VCU Open's Spot in August
Hey, throw your hat into the ring here if you: -have a full-fledged academic or trash event that you would like to write/collaborate on for August We've been planning on making Bayou-a-Drank a completely house-written set, but that was mainly because we didn't expect there to be much interest in pr...