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- Sat Mar 01, 2014 7:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: What are the main criticisms of pyramidal Quizbowl?
- Replies: 36
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Re: What are the main criticisms of pyramidal Quizbowl?
Fake knowledge triumphs in pyramidal way to often.
- Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9788
Re: BISB Specific Question Discussion
The bonus part was testing whether you knew it is "the book from 1984" so knowing that it (1) was the book from 1984 and (2) had "Oligarchical Collectivism" in its title should be acceptable. A Theory of Justice is a realistic work and for that question, the answer "book tha...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8490
Re: Specific Question Discussion
Could I see the specific heat tossup in Round 4?
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:27 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9788
Re: BISB Specific Question Discussion
Yes, I think the 1984 bonus was hard, but I justified it with the fact that pretty much everybody's read it, so it can probably survive having two pretty hard parts. One of my pet peeves with much literature in HS quizbowl nowadays is how unbalanced bonuses can be. A bonus that goes Winston/1984/Or...
- Sat Dec 14, 2013 7:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9788
Re: BISB Specific Question Discussion
Me, and you're welcome. 1. Evaluate each of the following functions for an input of one, for 10 points each: [10] What is the natural logarithm of one? Any natural number raised to this power equals one. ANSWER: zero [0] [10] What is the arctangent of one? Express your answer in radians and over th...
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9788
Re: BISB Specific Question Discussion
Thanks!
Also may I see the Plants question from round 1?
Having glyoxysomes on the first line is a bit early, maybe? I recall that my textbook had glyoxysomes as a "vocab word" for the chapter on cell parts.
Also may I see the Plants question from round 1?
Having glyoxysomes on the first line is a bit early, maybe? I recall that my textbook had glyoxysomes as a "vocab word" for the chapter on cell parts.
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB General Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2887
Re: BISB General Discussion
I enjoyed the science a lot, especially the biology and chemistry questions. I liked the way proper nouns are avoided - people couldn't just memorize something while not knowing its significance. There was one round that asked for a color and had a chemistry cross over (dichromate); I liked the inco...
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9788
Re: BISB Specific Question Discussion
May I see the tossup on Y-Chromosome?
I remember not hearing the question correctly and receiving funny looks when I buzzed with testes.
I remember not hearing the question correctly and receiving funny looks when I buzzed with testes.