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- Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:42 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20664
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Thought I'd mention a small error I ran into while reading over Editors 1: [10] In 1866, the American steamer General Sherman attempted to emulate Perry’s expedition by visiting this non-Japanese East Asian city; however, the ship was destroyed by this city’s residents. The USS Pueblo was captured ...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:39 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Sure! I'll share them with you tonight.UlyssesInvictus wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 2:18 pmAny chance I could get the Word/Google Docs version of the files?vengefulsweatermensch wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:34 pm The set has been posted in the packet archive.
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 1:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
The set has been posted in the packet archive.
- Wed Nov 07, 2018 8:34 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20664
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Could I see the tossup on special relativity? There was a clue early on that mentioned a relativistic quantity, which threw me off. Sorry to have missed this - here you go! 3. The Dirac equation modifies the Schrödinger equation to account for the results of this theory. A prediction of this theory...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 12:46 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20664
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Nathan is presumably using a single team name as shorthand for a packet that combines submissions from multiple teams, as well as questions written by editors. (This makes more sense if you can see the packet headers and file names.) Yep, that's it. The Eyjafjallajökull bonus was made easier in Bri...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:43 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
- Replies: 53
- Views: 20664
ACF Fall 2018 - Specific Questions and Errata
Discuss specific questions and errata here. Several issues were caught and corrected on Saturday night, the most glaring being: 1) repeated line in Oboe bonus (Georgia A) 2) use of the word “cathedral” in the “cathedrals” tossup (Georgia A) 3) incorrectly ordered Cervantes bonus (Michigan State C) 4...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 11:40 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 28
- Views: 11015
ACF Fall 2018 - Thanks and General Discussion
Welcome to the discussion thread for ACF Fall 2018! I hope you enjoyed playing our questions. Here’s who edited what: Rahul - European literature, visual fine arts, other fine arts, social science Olivia - American literature, British literature, World literature, any/other literature Young - religi...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 10:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Thanks to all the teams that played ACF Fall this weekend! I hope you enjoyed playing our set. Discussion threads will be posted as soon as I've received confirmation that the California HS mirror is over.
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 11:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Packets have been sent to the Sunday mirrors.
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 9:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Packets have been sent to the Saturday mirrors. If you haven't received the set but should have, email me ASAP. When will hosts get the info for what teams packets were used? I could use it to start making our schedule and to see how I need to set up bye rounds. I emailed the Acf fall email twice no...
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 4:01 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall South Atlantic - Tusculum University, 11-03-2018
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3229
Re: ACF Fall South Atlantic - Tusculum University, 11-03-2018
Tusculum University's mirror of ACF Fall has been cancelled. The teams affected by this cancellation have been notified and are encouraged to attend Georgia Tech's mirror instead.
- Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:32 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Hi everybody, I need to apologize for the logistical issues that this tournament has suffered the last few weeks, which are entirely my fault. I have been neglecting the community-facing side of the head editor job for a bit, now, and the grievances taken up in this thread and elsewhere are due to t...
- Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
I mistakenly filled out the registration form twice when I meant to edit it, so it should be noted that only one of the listed Delaware teams on the spreadsheet is correct (the one listed as packet-optional). I emailed the ACF Fall email account about this nearly a week ago but no action seems to h...
- Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Just now! Thank you for your patience with my luddite ways.Milhouse wrote: ↑Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:24 pmHas this happened yet?vengefulsweatermensch wrote: ↑Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:59 pmSure, as soon as I get the Google forms script to work!theking259 wrote:Could we get access to the google sheet of the fields?
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:47 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Will there be a Florida mirror? Ideally at either UF or UCF? The first packet submission deadline is next week and I would prefer not to submit a pack without the knowledge that we can attend this tournament. The turn out for the Florida mirror last year was very good and there is no reason not the...
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 12:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
The packet submission requirement this thread is: Packet submission Any team with at least two people on it who played a regular, collegiate, academic quizbowl tournament prior to September 1, 2017 is required to submit a half-packet, unless it is a high school team attending a high school-only mir...
- Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
High school mirrors Beginning with ACF Fall 2018, ACF will allow high school teams to attend select mirrors of ACF Fall. Hosts interested in having high school teams attend their mirror should contact [email protected].com to apply for an exemption. If this exemption is granted, hosts will work wit...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:37 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
In unrelated news, the editors have asked me to announce two slight changes to the tournament distribution. (1) The “painting” category, which as been renamed “visual fine arts,” has been expanded to include questions on sculpture as well as painting. (2) Questions on opera are now considered part o...
- Tue Aug 21, 2018 4:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Prospective hosts should expect to receive an update on their bid status this weekend. Would it be possible for us to have an update on the status of our bids? Thanks! The announcement has been updated to include the first slate of mirror sites. I will be contacting hosts later today to inform them...
- Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:05 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
Can we expect sites to be announced soon? We'd like to get an early start on collegiate outreach, and it really helps to have an actual tournament to invite teams to. I made an (unannounced) decision to postpone site announcements one week to drum up more bids. Prospective hosts should expect to re...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
Re: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
The email address linked in the above post doesn't seem to exist yet? At the very least, both the emails I've sent asking for a distribution have failed, claiming that the address doesn't exist. Good catch - the actual email address is [email protected].com. I've fixed the original post accordingly.
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 4:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2250
Re: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
Congratulations are in order to this year's ACF Fall editors: Ashwin Ramaswami , Neil Vinjamuri , Nitin Rao , Olivia Lamberti , Rahul Keyal and Young Lee . I'm excited to begin working with them, and I can't wait for the community to see what this team of talented individuals is capable of accomplis...
- Wed Aug 01, 2018 3:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
- Replies: 38
- Views: 30230
ACF Fall 2018 - November 3rd, 2018
I am pleased to announce that this year’s iteration of ACF Fall will take place the weekend of November 3, 2018 . The set will be edited by Ashwin Ramaswami, Neil Vinjamuri, Nitin Rao, Olivia Lamberti, Rahul Keyal and Young Lee. I, Nathan Weiser, will be overseeing set production, with assistance fr...
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 1:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2250
Re: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
Hello all,
This year's application will close at midnight, 12:00 AM, July the 22nd (aka the Monday after this coming Monday). If you are interested in applying but unable to make this deadline for some reason, email me at [email protected] and we'll see if we can work something out.
This year's application will close at midnight, 12:00 AM, July the 22nd (aka the Monday after this coming Monday). If you are interested in applying but unable to make this deadline for some reason, email me at [email protected] and we'll see if we can work something out.
- Tue May 29, 2018 7:22 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3181
Re: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
...and it's been posted! Thank you for your patience.vengefulsweatermensch wrote:Yes - one should be posted by the end of the week.rahulkeyal wrote:Are there plans for ACF to release a similar form for Fall 2018 in the near future?
- Tue May 29, 2018 7:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2018 editor application
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2250
ACF Fall 2018 editor application
Once again, ACF has decided to solicit applications for subject editorship of ACF Fall. We're looking to assemble a team of enthusiastic, reliable editors to help us build upon the success of last year's well-regarded ACF Fall set. If you're interested in helping us out, apply! To do so, please fill...
- Tue May 22, 2018 7:10 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3181
Re: ACF Fall 2017 Editor application
Yes - one should be posted by the end of the week.rahulkeyal wrote:Are there plans for ACF to release a similar form for Fall 2018 in the near future?
- Fri Apr 27, 2018 1:12 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Players Choice Awards
- Replies: 52
- Views: 31664
Re: Players Choice Awards
A few people have submitted suggestions for awards so far, but not very many. At the very least, there's some submissions that I'd like to highlight as inspiration for others, including some very goofy ones that I love. If you have any ideas (inspired by below), I'd encourage you to submit them her...
- Mon Apr 16, 2018 8:42 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Historature 2018: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3750
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Did the "gullah" tossup refer to Daughters of the Dust as a documentary? That'd be wrong - it's definitely a fictional film. I may have misheard the moderator, though...
- Mon Feb 12, 2018 7:13 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
- Replies: 36
- Views: 9810
Re: Thanks and General Discussion
* If anyone in sociology wants to come here and tell me that the Middletown Studies are a landmark text that everyone should know, I'd be glad to admit it. Actually important and interesting things I've never heard of are what quizbowl is all about! I'm in American Studies, not sociology, but yes t...
- Sun Jan 28, 2018 7:16 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 88
- Views: 14887
Re: WAO II Specific Question Discussion
Oh boy! Did this tossup get cut, or folded into the Agatha Christie TU? (As a Billy Wilder fanboy, I'd love to see the original version, if anyone wants to post it/PM it to me).CPiGuy wrote:"Witness for the Prosecution"
- Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3422
Re: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
In addition to Penn Bowl, we'll be hosting a mirror of Mike Bentley's Eyes That Do Not See visual set. This should commence as soon as the regular tournament ends, probably around 6 PM. See you on Saturday! Actually, due to some scheduling issues with the brothers Keyal, we've decided to postpone t...
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 11:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3422
Re: Penn Bowl 2017 at Stanford, 10/21
In addition to Penn Bowl, we'll be hosting a mirror of Mike Bentley's Eyes That Do Not See visual set. This should commence as soon as the regular tournament ends, probably around 6 PM.
See you on Saturday!
EDIT: disregard this! See below.
See you on Saturday!
EDIT: disregard this! See below.
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 2:41 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 2017)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 72820
Re: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 20
Our mirror will be on January 27th, 2018. A separate announcement will be posted soon.Mike Bentley wrote:Any update on when the Stanford mirror will be?
[edited to correct my silly typo - we plan to host this tournament on the 27th, not the 20th]
- Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:53 pm
- Forum: Scheduling reform
- Topic: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 30608
Re: 2017-18 Tournament Schedule: Planning, Discussion, etc.
I'll note here that Yale's Stephen Eltinge will be working on ACF Regionals, and that Adam Silverman (now most of Northwestern's scoring, barring a drastic change) writes many questions for PACE and HSAPQ. Strong, experienced science writers/editors are in no small part a major constraining factor ...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Preseason Poll
- Replies: 37
- Views: 17588
Re: Preseason Poll
Here is the postseason poll. It would probably be useful for people to post about who is leaving, joining, etc. 4. Stanford Stephen and Benjy are gone. I'm still here; Kyle Sutherlin, Jennie Yang, and Eric Kilgore are still here; Nikhil Desai is back (!!) and, so far as I know, intends to play; Max...
- Mon Aug 28, 2017 6:34 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 2017)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 72820
Re: Don DeLillo Presents WAO II Global Announcement (Nov. 20
Due to scheduling conflicts in the fall, our mirror will most likely be held sometime in January or February - exact date to be announced soon.Mike Bentley wrote:Not sure who the Stanford TD is, but when can we expect a confirmed date?
- Wed Jul 12, 2017 12:46 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bay Area summer practices
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1230
Re: Bay Area summer practices
Hey there, As the oldest, wisest, and second-most-trustworthy * remaining member of Stanford Quiz Bowl Club, I suppose it's my duty to host and announce the existence of our weekly summer practices. They'll be held on Sundays in my apartment on campus. Anyone in or outside of Stanford Quiz Bowl is ...
- Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:51 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Bay Area summer practices
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1230
Bay Area summer practices
Hey there, As the oldest, wisest, and second-most-trustworthy * remaining member of Stanford Quiz Bowl Club, I suppose it's my duty to host and announce the existence of our weekly summer practices. They'll be held on Sundays in my apartment on campus. Anyone in or outside of Stanford Quiz Bowl is w...
- Sun Jun 11, 2017 12:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago
- Replies: 50
- Views: 34585
Re: 2017 PACE NSC: June 10-11, Chicago
Please describe what actually is happening with it. For me, the stream only plays content in 5-10 second bursts. I hear Niki Peters read, like, a sentence and half of a tossup; the screen freezes up; it stays that way for minutes, until there's another weird staccato fragment. It's like I'm watchin...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19014
Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMPAH67f4oashwin99 wrote:Me tooYour Feline Genome wrote:My teammate Ali Saeed and I are both going to Stanford University and plan to play quizbowl.
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:15 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Quizbowl
- Topic: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 19014
Re: Where are you going to college next year? (2016–17)
Your Feline Genome wrote:My teammate Ali Saeed and I are both going to Stanford University and plan to play quizbowl.



- Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:12 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5643
Re: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
On another sitcom, one of these events led to Buster's relationship with Lucille Austero. Yeah, so I buzzed on this clue with "award shows," which is actually a correct answer given the way this is phrased. In the episode "Key Decisions," Lucille Austero gives Buster her phone n...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 2:43 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5643
Re: 2017 Division I ICT: specific question discussion
Could I see the tossup on "auctions" in sitcoms? This was a terrific idea for a question, but I think I was mislead by the phrasing of one of the clues.
- Wed Mar 08, 2017 10:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Oxford American Tournament @ Stanford, 3/19
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1991
Oxford American Tournament @ Stanford, 3/19
Hi there, Stanford University will be hosting a mirror the Oxford American Tournament (OAT) on March 19, 2017 (note that this is a Sunday). The field cap is set at 8 teams. It'll be an open tournament, so anyone can play - high schoolers, old folks, chimera teams, etc. To sign up, email me (Nathan W...
- Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:26 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
- Replies: 90
- Views: 24801
Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
I'd like to say that I've found a good deal of questions on the Philippines to be fairly transparent. Most of the time it's just because it's a weird mix of names that only an Asian country ruled by Spain and the U.S. would have. I think the Marcos question was effective because it avoided this. Th...
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - thanks and general discussion
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10682
Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - thanks and general discussion
Echoing Adam and Cody - I'd happily provide detailed feedback on the submissions I edited, preferably over email ([email protected].edu). Most of the submissions I received were well-researched and difficulty appropriate. If I heavily edited or altogether omitted your favorite question, don't take i...
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
- Replies: 90
- Views: 24801
Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
Also, did I remember it incorrectly, or was there 3 history tossups regarding the Philippines? (one on Marcos, one mentioning Aguinaldo at the end, one mentioning Duterte) The question with Duterte clues was current events, not history. 3/0 is a lot of Philippines content for one tournament - I'm s...
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 11:28 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CO 2017 Team Formation
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13451
Re: CO 2017 Team Formation
Hey, I'll probably play CO in 2017. I'm good at American history, film, and some other scattered stuff.
I am also quite handsome. You want me on your team.
I am also quite handsome. You want me on your team.
- Sun Jun 05, 2016 3:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
- Replies: 78
- Views: 46434
Re: 2016 PACE NSC: June 4-5, Chicago
Is the final being streamed?