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- Thu Nov 20, 2014 2:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: GVQBT II @ Great Valley (Malvern, PA) on 02/14/2015
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4411
Re: GVQBT II @ Great Valley (Malvern, PA) on 02/14/2015
Wilmington Charter is expressing interest.
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Errata (HFT 2014)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2001
Re: Errata
The question on Attention was odd. I don't recall the wording, but I for some reason buzzed with seeing color at the Stroop Test clue.
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question-specific discussion (HFT 2014)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9038
Re: Question-specific discussion
Can I see tossups on Tibet, Urals, WWI, Netherlands, Hawaii, Afghanistan War, and Alexander the Great? Thanks
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 11:07 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: General discussion (HFT 2014)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2647
Re: General discussion
I agree about the difficulty cliff on third bonus parts. The stats haven't been posted yet, but I'm sure you will see little stratification above 20 ppb. Also, the history seemed easier than other categories in terms of clues in power.
- Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:18 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LIFT @ Kellenberg (Uniondale, NY) 11/22/14
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18210
Re: LIFT @ Kellenberg (Uniondale, NY) 11/22/14
Another school just dropped. Wilmington Charter's 4th team is in. Is any other school interested in the one open spot? Can any school currently in the field bring an extra team? Apologies for not dropping the 4th team earlier, but at this point it won't be feasible for us to arrange transportation ...
- Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HFT IX @ Harvard (11/15/14)
- Replies: 105
- Views: 68423
Re: HFT IX @ Harvard (11/15/14)
Thank to Harvard for a great tournament. although the set was quite difficult, we did indeed enjoy. Congrats to State• College on the win.
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
- Replies: 72
- Views: 43428
Re: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
yes, lolquadrisecant wrote:Does your legitimate Charter A lineup include Varun or not?
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 4:26 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Other Academic Competitions - Urgent
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5108
Re: Other Academic Competitions - Urgent
Academic WorldQuest and Envirothon fit the criteria
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:59 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Texas Camp/ DISCO discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8693
Re: Texas Camp/ DISCO discussion
Will this set be made publicly available?
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014-15 High School Pre-Season Poll
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13235
Re: 2014-15 High School Pre-Season Poll
Ok, so when I first saw that my ballot seemed suspicious to many people, I was honestly quite suprised. As Mohan said, I had no intention of "trolling" or otherwise I would have requested anonymity. My ballot was made in good faith, and believe it or not, I actually put decent effort into ...
- Fri Sep 05, 2014 1:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: LIFT @ Kellenberg (Uniondale, NY) 11/22/14
- Replies: 31
- Views: 18210
Re: LIFT @ Kellenberg (Uniondale, NY) 11/22/14
Wilmington Charter would like to register 4 teams a buzzer.
Thanks
Thanks
- Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:41 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2014-15
- Replies: 211
- Views: 131898
Re: HSQBRank 2014-15
I don't know who you included in your figure for High Tech, but their team this year should be similar to their 40th place C team at nsc TWO years (http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/1431/stats/combined_statistics/teamdetail/#t28). They return their second scorer from their A team and the top ...
- Wed Jul 30, 2014 1:58 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 20491
Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
HERMES Distribution 4/4 Literature (25% American, 25% European, 25% British, 15% World, 10% Misc.) 4/4 History (25% American, 25% European, 10% World, 10% Ancient, 30% Misc.) 4/4 Science (25% Biology, 25% Chemistry, 25% Physics, 12.5% Computer Science, 12.5% Other) 3/3 Fine Arts (40% Visual Art, 40...
- Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: QuBIT @ High Tech - Lincroft, NJ (10/25/14) [UMD Housewrite]
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12255
Re: QuBIT @ High Tech - Lincroft, NJ (10/25/14) [UMD Housewr
Charter is interested.
- Wed Jul 16, 2014 1:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
- Replies: 72
- Views: 43428
Re: NY/NJ/Surrounding Area, 2014-2015
Ha. I don't think there's that much to say. I'm going to have three other rising sophomores with me at the Kutztown ACE camp - are any other schools sending people? Some younger players from charter are attending. Looks as if we will have a promising B team again next year. Our A team roster will m...
- Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013-14 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13339
Re: 2013-14 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
Can I see the Delhi tossup from 134? i negged it...
Thanks
Thanks
- Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Florida 2014-2015
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3747
Re: Florida 2014-2015
From the FL NASAT performance, it becomes evident that both Ransom Everglade school and Bucholz will be national contenders next year. It becomes pertinent that schools such as Buchholz attempt to travel if possible and play out of region tournaments. I encourage kevin (Master) and Mike to try and c...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Making Interesting Geography Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14685
Re: Making Interesting Geography Questions
Well, the potential clues mentioned above are certainly meaningful and ones that I can appreciate (as someone who has dabbled in the study of architecture in a purely academic setting as well as having studied Millenium Park before). I would certainly enjoy answering a tossup like that, but why not ...
- Wed Jun 18, 2014 1:45 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Making Interesting Geography Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20067
Re: Making Interesting Geography Questions
Well, the potential clues mentioned above are certainly meaningful and ones that I can appreciate (as someone who has dabbled in the study of architecture in a purely academic setting as well as having studied Millenium Park before). I would certainly enjoy answering a tossup like that, but why not ...
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Making Interesting Geography Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 20067
Re: Making Interesting Geography Questions
Speaking personally about my geography writing for the past three BHSATs and for various other events, I've been trying to include a much higher percentage of clues of this sort: -"cultural geography" clues (peoples, festivals, attire, cultural touchstones, foods, language groups, etc. of...
- Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Making Interesting Geography Questions
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14685
Re: Making Interesting Geography Questions
Speaking personally about my geography writing for the past three BHSATs and for various other events, I've been trying to include a much higher percentage of clues of this sort: -"cultural geography" clues (peoples, festivals, attire, cultural touchstones, foods, language groups, etc. of...
- Thu Jun 12, 2014 5:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
- Replies: 24
- Views: 11188
Re: 2014 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I see conversion for Pantagruel and Bavaria? Thanks
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 135
- Views: 76074
Re: 2014 HSNCT discussion
I would actually be suprised if Michael Romanov wasn't powered in many rooms in that stage of the playoffs. Michael Romanov has been established in the high school canon, especially in History Bowl, and the clues from the beginning are all pretty much what is repeated in every Michael Romanov questi...
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 1:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 135
- Views: 76074
Re: 2014 HSNCT discussion
I have some more thoughts on the Charlotte Amalie tossup. Although it was probably not converted very often, I think its definetly a relevant point of canon expansion. Adding new stuff to the Geography canon will make it harder to convert/powering Geography at HSNCT from simply memorizing old packet...
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 6 (May 30, Chicago)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17286
Re: Geography Monstrosity 6 (May 30, Chicago)
I'll play this online since I missed it at HSNCT.
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 7:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England 2014-2015
- Replies: 56
- Views: 38482
Re: New England 2014-2015
AMSA has incredible potential next year, but I would like to note that both A-B and Lexington have beaten AMSA more than once in history bowl and/or quiz bowl and AMSA lost to Sharon at the state championship. Both Lexington and A-B did not perform to their potential at nationals this year. It is t...
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 135
- Views: 76074
Re: 2014 HSNCT discussion
I really liked the Geo tossups especially Charlotte Amalie and Chocolate.
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 11:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: New England 2014-2015
- Replies: 56
- Views: 38482
Re: New England 2014-2015
From an outsiders perspective, New England could still do well next year. NY NJ teams will probably attend some tournaments as teams such as AMSA and Darien have the capability to crack the top 150 teams in the nation this comming year. Lexington players have shown the proclivity to improve, and I a...
- Thu May 29, 2014 3:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42452
Re: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
There were a few ones that were buzzer races; I lost the buzzer race to Eric Xu on the "Italy" tossup when "Red Brigades" was mentioned, and lost the buzzer race on "Ming" when they mentioned the giraffe, but overall the history tossups were really nice, with very few ...
- Wed May 28, 2014 10:11 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pre-tournament Playlists
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4493
Re: Pre-tournament Playlists
Pre NAC/HSNCT playlist: Believe Me - Weezy ft drake, take. u To Da Movies - BANGS, Versace - Migos, Fancy Yellow Claw Remix, Mind of a Stoner - Wiz and MGK, Ignorance Is Bliss - Kendrick Lamar, Michael. jordan - Kendrick Lamar, Trophies - Drake, i Luv this Sh t - August Alsina
- Mon May 26, 2014 2:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42452
Re: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
This set was suprisingly more fun than I thought it would be (I was expecting some harder, more dry tossups as well as some random esoteric things thrown in, which I don't find as fun and interesting), and I really enjoyed many of the history questions such as burning at the stake and Seljuks. I thi...
- Mon May 26, 2014 10:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42452
Re: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
One was literature and one was history, if I remember correctly.Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) wrote:Were the repeats also clue repeats? There's nothing wrong with asking about Iran (home of one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations) twice in a large tournament as long as both questions aren't about, say, Ayatollah Khomeini.
- Thu May 22, 2014 12:46 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 6 (May 30, Chicago)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 17286
Re: Geography Monstrosity 6 (May 30, Chicago)
I would like to participate on a team along with Ved Paranjpe and some other people ideally.
- Sun May 18, 2014 9:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NJ/NY 2013-2014
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42416
Re: NJ/NY 2013-2014
Hunter returns some people who seem to be pretty involved, Jonathan, Douglas, Brent, Sarah, Albert, etc., so I think they will be fairly competitive. I also expect North Babylon to improve, as Emmanuel seems to want to improve. Otherwise I expect Rohan and Adithya to be the best team in NJ, but I do...
- Tue May 13, 2014 10:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NJ/NY 2013-2014
- Replies: 94
- Views: 42416
Re: NJ/NY 2013-2014
Because I like to procrastinate on studying for APs, here are my nationals predictions: High tech A :shock: - 4th at HSNCT, 5th at NSC Rohan/Pat's astounding knowledge in geo/ce will take them quite far at HSNCT. I don't see them being hurt too much by their lit/fa weakness at NSC due to their abili...
- Mon May 12, 2014 12:26 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Personal Aggressiveness
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3012
Re: Personal Aggressiveness
Simply learn more things, and what you do know, you should know really well. When a phrase triggers my memory, I buzz in. I don't really strategize about it. If you are at the point where you left guessing early on many questions, I think the simplest thing is to just improve and learn more stuff, s...
- Sun May 11, 2014 10:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying for Poetry
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5142
Re: Studying for Poetry
I like to obviously read the poem, and then I like to read the analysis to really understand what the poet is trying to get across. Reading the analysis also helps me remember the poem in general because it makes a lasting impression. Then maybe try going on quinterest and reading some questions to...
- Sun May 11, 2014 10:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Studying for Poetry
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5142
Re: Studying for Poetry
The book Understanding Poetry by Brooks and Warren was recommended elsewhere on this site and has been a fantastic resource for enjoying poetry. Although I haven't studied it for quiz bowl purposes so far (mostly because other people on my team know more about lit/poetry), I'm sure you would get ton...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB & USGO Nationals Set Thread
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12730
Re: NHBB & USGO Nationals Set Thread
I will probably be starting a separate thread in the general area of the board that basically says "the stuff we wrote for Geography Olympiad is what geography is supposed to look like, and the rest of quizbowl needs to follow suit." There is so much interesting stuff out there about worl...
- Mon Apr 28, 2014 9:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB Nationals thread
- Replies: 28
- Views: 14890
Re: NHBB Nationals thread
With the disclaimer that I wasn't there: I worry that it will be difficult in the future for the US History Bee, Geography Olympiad, the Bee, and the Bowl to all occupy one three-day time span, and wonder if participants think the US Bee was a valuable use of time/resources or an extraneous use of ...
- Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB Regionals Sets Now Posted
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1806
Re: NHBB Regionals Sets Now Posted
Will the US History Bee Regional Set be posted?
- Sat Apr 19, 2014 4:58 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: How to Study American History
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9769
Re: How to Study American History
Shorter textbooks, like the one published by AMSCO (I don't remember what it's called, we just called it "AMSCO") that are usually used to study for the APUSH exam, can be helpful. . This is what I recommended you earlier, and I think it's still the best option at this point. You'll learn...
- Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Field Set for 2014 National History Bowl / Updated Seeds
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6801
Re: Field Set for 2014 National History Bowl / Updated Seeds
Another issue I've noticed in the past was that it seemed like certain categories were much easier than others. For example last year three of the choices were Roman Battles, British Symbols, and Southeast Asia. Even though the questions may not have inherently been any easier, the education I've h...
- Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:19 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: It's Academic discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 54078
Re: It's Academic discussion
All this shows is that the good quizbowl circuit needs better expansion, not that KMO or It's Academic or Atari Club or playing checkers or literally eating grass is the solution to connect schools to good quizbowl. Surely things like, I dunno, more accessible, cheaper high quality HSAPQ, NAQT, or ...
- Sat Apr 12, 2014 9:35 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: It's Academic discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 54078
Re: It's Academic discussion
The IHSA has apparently gotten worse this year as a side-effect of all the good writers resigning in protest and/or being fired for reporting plagiarism. VHSL Scholastic Bowl hasn't gotten worse in terms of questions in the past few years, although the redistricting nonsense that occurred right bef...
- Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:03 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: It's Academic discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 54078
Re: It's Academic discussion
Another quick point I'd like to bring up: Who actually appreciates good quiz bowl? Again, put yourselves in the shoes of one of administrators of a state organization such as those previously mentioned. How will they understand that one-line questions are bad? How will they realize that foreign lang...
- Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: It's Academic discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 54078
Re: It's Academic discussion
I just wanted to say that a quiz bowl show may not be a bad thing even if it is run on a "bad" quiz bowl set. Before the Comcast challenge ended here it appears far more Delaware teams were involved in good quiz bowl as well. Now, it's just us. The shows may help to motivate schools to en...
- Mon Apr 07, 2014 10:16 pm
- Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
- Topic: Odd Ways of Learning Things
- Replies: 177
- Views: 205386
Re: Odd Ways of Learning Things
I learned about the book David Copperfield from the Meek Mill song "Black Magic" two years ago.
- Sun Apr 06, 2014 4:30 pm
- Forum: New High School Teams
- Topic: Improving PPB
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6413
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. When you are studying (from books, wikipedia, quinterest, etc.), take a second to imagine what a possible 3-part bonus would be at a ceratin difficulty level...
- Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Middle School to High School transition
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2287
Re: Middle School to High School transition
Isn't it really the case that Delaware only has about 1 team in high school that is actually what one may call super serious (yours), and a bunch of teams that do a TV thing with a couple who show up to a few tournaments otherwise? That's your problem right there, high school freshmen can't be expe...