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- Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:24 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2959
Re: 2018 Hit Songs Survey
i'm not gonna be as snarky as years past WORST HM: Look Alive . turning Tay Keith into a superstar was the most annoying musical development of the year 91. Suicide Hotline - Logic ft. Alessia Cara, Khalid. I can't stand singing Logic 92. Marry Me - Thomas Rhett 93. Powerglide - Rae Sremmurd, Juicy ...
- Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Division II ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1759
Re: 2018 Division II ICT: specific question discussion
I said "slaves in Egypt" for _pyramid builders_ and got negged; I understand not all of the builders may have been slaves per se, but what were the acceptable and promptable responses?
- Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:50 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154804
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
Who Cares About Nausinous wrote:In the spirit of trashy frat parties, I'll go with Mr. Brightside.
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- Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2018 Division II SCT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2030
Re: 2018 Division II SCT: specific question discussion
Could I see the tossup on greatest common factor?
Also it feels like Honshu came up twice pretty close to each other, and possibly both as geo bonuses.
Also it feels like Honshu came up twice pretty close to each other, and possibly both as geo bonuses.
- Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154804
Re: IT IS THE FINALS: Best Song of the 2000s
Wynaut wrote:Sit Room Guy wrote:Big Y wrote:Granny Soberer wrote:vengefulsweatermensch wrote:vinteuil wrote:ProfessorIanDuncan wrote:merv1618 wrote:Hey Ya! because good god people
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Song of the 2000s: HEYYYYYYYYYYYY YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- Replies: 735
- Views: 154804
Re: FINAL FOUR: Best Song of the 2000s
Mr. Brightside
Hurt
I would definitely vote for Hey Ya! over most songs, some of which I would vote for over Hurt – but this is a 1-on-1 matchup and the weight of Hurt renders Hey Ya! completely ineffective.
Hurt
I would definitely vote for Hey Ya! over most songs, some of which I would vote for over Hurt – but this is a 1-on-1 matchup and the weight of Hurt renders Hey Ya! completely ineffective.
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:04 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Odd Ways of Learning Things
- Replies: 177
- Views: 203135
Re: Odd Ways of Learning Things
So, K-pop. Underneath all the flashy music videos, ridiculous choreographies, cultural appropriation, and synthesizing like there’s no tomorrow, K-pop actually has a surprisingly large amount of culturally and academically relevant content hidden in its lyrics, visuals, and marketing. The casual lis...
- Wed May 31, 2017 7:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 59980
Re: 2017 HSNCT discussion
D.5: In the case of questions that specifically ask for a shared first or last name by giving clues about different people who have borne it, the full name of any referenced person will be acceptable (even if the people are relatives). Note that this does not apply to questions asking for a specifi...
- Mon May 29, 2017 11:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Set Writing Collaboration Thread-2017-2018 Season
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9939
Re: Set Writing Collaboration Thread-2017-2018 Season
I do not anticipate the production of a third BASQT for the upcoming year.1992 in spaceflight wrote: -BASQT-Are you guys planning on writing a third BASQT set?
- Sun Apr 02, 2017 12:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BASQT 2017 - Hackensack, NJ - April 8th
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4699
Re: BASQT 2017 - Hackensack, NJ - April 8th
The field is now full, and all teams should have received an email. Please email me at [email protected] if this is not the case.
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 11:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I guess I'll start?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 354
Re: I guess I'll start?
We're glad to hear you enjoyed the set. Lynn Margulis proposed the commonly accepted evolutionary history of this organelle. In sexual reproduction, the DNA for this organelle is transmitted only by the maternal parent. In addition to high concentrations of starch, the internal structure of this org...
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:54 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: I guess I'll start?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 354
Re: I guess I'll start?
Hello Mr. Dennis, Thank you so much for your comments. We just had our second mirror this past weekend, and we did a bit of patching up, largely with the help of what you pointed out here. You’re right in that we did choose to include more “edge of the canon” answerlines, and we tried our best to ma...
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 6:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BASQT 2017 - Hackensack, NJ - April 8th
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4699
Re: BASQT 2017 - Hackensack, NJ - April 8th
We are a little over a month away from the tournament, with the field half full. Please register!
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims '16-'17
- Replies: 45
- Views: 32055
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims '16-'17
Would it be possible to switch this to IS-166 and designate it as the state championship, given none exists so far?Dead Parrot wrote:The Rutgers Academic Team will host the Scarlet Knight Spring Tournament on April 15th on NAQT IS-165A. A full announcement will be posted shortly.
- Sun Feb 05, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BASQT 2017 - Hackensack, NJ - April 8th
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4699
BASQT 2017 - Hackensack, NJ - April 8th
Bergen County Academies Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce the Bergen Academies Spring Quizbowl Tournament , a high school tournament on April 8th, 2017. We will be using our regular-difficulty housewritten set. More information is available here . We still have plenty of time and room for mirrors! Fo...
- Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BASQT II Available for Spring 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5519
Re: BASQT II Available for Spring 2017
TJHSST and the University of Kentucky will be using BASQT on March 25 and April 15, respectively.
- Wed Jan 11, 2017 1:46 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6278
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Steeve Ho You Fat wrote:Wynaut wrote:The Hilarious House of Frightenstein wrote:We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service by A Tribe Called Quest
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:53 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 Hit Songs Survey
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2372
Re: 2016 Hit Songs Survey
Dishonorable Mention: Some of these songs have just really, really bland or just plain bad hip-hop songs to thank for being placed outside the bottom ten. Cut It ; All the Way Up ; Die A Happy Man ; H.O.L.Y. ; Me Too BOTTOM TEN 91. Pop Style . Bland. 92. Roses . Not hip-hop, but bland. 93. 2 Phones...
- Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6278
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Malibu and We got it from Here...
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 3:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6278
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #6 Wildflower by The Avalanches Oxford Regional #1 A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead #3 Malibu by Anderson .Paak Los Angeles Regional #1 Blonde by Frank Ocean #2 Blackstar by David Bowie Queens Regional #1 We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your ...
- Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6278
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #5 untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar [This is wholeheartedly a vote for Kendrick and certainly not one against Coloring Book, which I enjoyed but felt didn't meet the expectations I had following Acid Rap.] #2 22, A Million by Bon Iver #6 ...
- Sun Dec 25, 2016 4:28 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2016
- Replies: 105
- Views: 6278
Re: Best Albums of 2016
Chicago Regional #1 Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper #9 HEAVN by Jamila Woods #4 A Seat At The Table by Solange #5 untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar #3 You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen #6 Wildflower by The Avalanches #2 22, A Million by Bon Iver #7 Xiu Xiu Plays the Music of Twin Peaks by...
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 7:29 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pointless Predictions for 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1707
Re: Pointless Predictions for 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
Prophetic.theMoMA wrote:I don't know who Svetlana Alexievich is, but based on a short perusal of her biography, I'm assuming she will win. I will be rooting for noted lingerie salesman Bob Dylan.
- Thu Sep 29, 2016 5:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BASQT II Available for Spring 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5519
Re: BASQT II Available for Spring 2017
We have two Missouri mirrors in Orchard Farm and Hallsville. Please contact us if you'd like to use this set in your region!
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 6:59 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SCOP Novice at Hunter NY 10/29
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3532
Re: SCOP Novice at Hunter NY 10/29
(e.g. if you are a middle school quizbowl veteran, playing in this tournament may be unsportsmanlike, and we highly suggest that you volunteer to moderate instead). It seems odd to discourage people from playing in a tournament meant for those with little high school experience simply because they ...
- Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Stimulants and Rituals for Quizbowl
- Replies: 28
- Views: 20377
Re: Stimulants and Rituals for Quizbowl
in eight nationals i think i've gone through around 20 altoids canisters
- Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BASQT II Available for Spring 2017
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5519
BASQT II Available for Spring 2017
I am pleased to announce the second iteration of the Bergen Academies Spring Quizbowl Tournament , or BASQT , available beginning in February of 2017. This will be a regular-difficulty high school set written by members of the Bergen County Academies Quizbowl Team. Zachary Stier of Princeton and Reb...
- Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
- Replies: 78
- Views: 68215
Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Something seems to be wrong on the Superplayoffs data for bonuses/bouncebacks heard, leading to errors for P/B and P/BB.
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 12:25 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ Date Claims '16-'17
- Replies: 45
- Views: 32055
Re: NY/NJ Date Claims '16-'17
We will probably be hosting our Bergen Academies Spring Quizbowl Tournament on April 8th.
- Tue May 31, 2016 7:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 133
- Views: 77252
Re: 2016 HSNCT discussion
Do math contest people learn about the Galois theory stuff in this question? No, but it's a common topic of self-study for "math contest people". I wouldn't say common , but it's also certainly not unheard of. Nevertheless, I would be very surprised if anyone powered this unless it was a ...
- Tue May 24, 2016 10:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Help with HSQBRank! (incl. HS teams at college tourneys)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 31432
Re: Help with HSQBRank! (incl. HS teams at college tourneys)
I believe East Brunswick's May Invitational on 151-A had a full team from Middlesex County Academy: http://neg5.org/t/NklrFBvJGb/stats/team?phase=EJHtSwJMb And EB's February tourney on SSNCT: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17693&p=316033&hilit=east+brunswick#p313396
- Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: RAVE at Ridgewood High School, NJ (CALI Set | 10 April 2016)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5052
Re: RAVE at Ridgewood High School, NJ (CALI Set | 10 April 2
http://neg5.org/t/E1ejtMSGyb/stats/team?phase=V1UjGHf1bGreat Bustard wrote:Is there a full list of teams who went to this / stats available somewhere?
Six-team round robin followed by a one-game final.
- Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:07 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here
- Replies: 88
- Views: 44343
Re: Discuss 2016 NHBB Nationals Here
Two immediate things: Content repetition. I'll hold off discussing the actual answerlines until that gets cleared, but there were clear instances in the bowl of the same answer appearing two, and possibly three, times. If the eligible pool of answers is "anything that has happened in the past&q...
- Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: College Player v. World
- Replies: 26
- Views: 15000
Re: College Player v. World
Getting wrecked on science before two days of history, history, history? Sounds refreshing.Your Feline Genome wrote:This Friday's game against Eric Mukherjee at 9 PM CDT is still on. Please join us!
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 12:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/DE/surrounding area discussion
- Replies: 41
- Views: 28000
Re: NY/NJ/DE/surrounding area discussion
Now that my team has played its last major tournament of the regular season, I figured I might as well start the Nats hypetrain. Here are my predictions of the teams I know (sorry Pennsylvania) who will be in Dallas for the Battle of San HSNCTo. For reference, the Bergen team will ostensibly consist...
- Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2015
- Replies: 171
- Views: 8561
Re: Best Albums of 2015
To Pimp a Butterfly. One of the more popular arguments against TPAB seems to be that the lyrics are too of-the-moment, compared to C&L's timelessness. Lyrically this may be true, but I encourage those who haven't taken them into consideration to look at the pure vocal performance(regardless of l...
- Tue Jan 05, 2016 10:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2015
- Replies: 171
- Views: 8561
Re: Best Albums of 2015
TPAB & Currents
- Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:02 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2015
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2584
Re: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2015
1. Where Are Ü Now (Skrillex & Diplo ft. Justin Bieber) - I was that guy who in middle school defended Bieber as a vocalist. This is a song I can use to back me up. Of course, he comes second to Skrillex and Diplo's production work: I think the two are able to negate each other's faults, with Di...
- Sat Dec 19, 2015 1:31 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Best Albums of 2015
- Replies: 171
- Views: 8561
Re: Best Albums of 2015
Malik: To Pimp a Butterfly . The instrumentation! The poem! The interview! Bilal! Kendrick's flow was the least impressive element of this album – and even that was far above what most people have been able to put out recently. You really can't omit this guy from the GOAT conversation anymore. Compt...
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:30 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Call for Writers -- International History Olympiad
- Replies: 36
- Views: 20346
Re: Call for Writers -- International History Olympiad
This first sentence is disingenuous at best. There's a reason you call this thing specifically the International History Olympiad and not the International History Championships, or the World History Bowl, or HistoryCon, and that reason is because of the cachet of the International Mathematical Oly...
- Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
- Replies: 122
- Views: 59352
Re: 2015 NHBB/USGO Discussion Thread
The bee, where 8 players face off instead of just two teams, is not "traditional" quiz bowl. There should be a penalty, in my opinion, for winning a buzzer race and wildly guessing at the expense of a player who may actually legitimately know the answer. Quizbowl is an exercise in knowled...
- Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:06 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
- Replies: 72
- Views: 43350
Re: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
New Jersey still has its Championships to be played on April 18th, so I'll hold off on any Nationals predictions until then. This year has seen plenty of competition in the state, with everyone fighting for the coveted spot of 2nd place right behind High Tech A, unarguably the best team in the state...
- Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:28 am
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Your Lowest Point
- Replies: 64
- Views: 54386
Re: Your Lowest Point
I might come back in two years after my high school career is over, but here are my low points so far, from bad to worse: Hunter Novice 2011: This was my first event at any level, and I was enjoying it very well until the tournament was cancelled midway through the playoffs due to the two inches of ...
- Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:04 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
- Replies: 72
- Views: 43350
Re: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
using the new Morlan rankings! I think this season truly showed how you can't just predict matches by looking at PPB- Bergen(#90) has two tournament victories(in the absence of High Tech/Bethlehem/Charter), while we and a few other teams have lost to Alex Schmidt and his Lehigh Valley Academy team(...
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 1:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB/USGO 2015 High School Nationals Prizes
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10784
Re: NHBB/USGO 2015 High School Nationals Prizes
If cash just isn't possible this year, then that's just the way it has to be, and it's more of a return to status quo than a massive deprivation. ... the credit could be transferred to discounts of equivalent value on next year's NHBB events? I would be very surprised if teams attending NHBB Nation...
- Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New Jersey NAQT states date discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4523
Re: 2015 NAQT New Jersey State Championships
That would be the Saturday of NHBB nationals.jasongg17 wrote:Hello all. In light of Bergen's Spring Tournament, we will be moving the state championship to a later date (to be determined, though we consider the 25th to be optimal). We apologize for this whole snafu.
- Mon Jan 26, 2015 10:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What to study for middle school quizbowl? Help
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9729
Re: What to study for middle school quizbowl? Help
super image heavy book meant to teach kids about minerals or dinosaurs or something These are important . Because questions are partially designed to reward information you should've learned in class, MS questions naturally require less understanding of a subject in order to get points. For example...
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:41 am
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2015 NAQT MSNCT: Congratulations Kealing!
- Replies: 40
- Views: 27641
Re: 2015 NAQT MSNCT: May 9-10, Dallas
I think Middlesex Middle will make a superb run this year based on their stats so far... http://www.naqt.com/stats/team-performance.jsp?team_id=77864&playoffs=1 Look at that Round 8 game vs. Independence A. 30.00 PPB over 18 gets, 13 of them powers? That's absolutely insane. Phipps plays like a...
- Sat Dec 13, 2014 8:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
- Replies: 72
- Views: 43350
Re: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
So assuming that the top teams at St. Joseph’s GSAC are seeded using Morlan rank, the top teams would be: Remember the Morlan rankings were before Millburn had played a tournament this season. They sure don't look like the #63 team that they were expected to be. And most excitingly, we’d get to see...
- Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2014
- Replies: 48
- Views: 3505
Re: HSQB's Favorite Hit Songs of 2014
Top Ten: 1. Disclosure ft. Sam Smith, Latch - Disclosure is good. This isn't even their best song from their album(the F for You remix ft. Mary J. Blige was my favorite, but it didn't have much of an impact on this side of the Atlantic). I loved the 6/8 and Disclosure's production style blends so w...