Hi,
Is the Hyatt Regency fully booked already? I looked on their website, put in the dates, and it told me that nothing was available. Yet, NAQT's website still advertises the block rate.
So, are there any rooms left at the main hotel? If so, are they available at the lower rate?
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- Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2017 NAQT ICT: Chicago, April 8
- Replies: 25
- Views: 18467
- Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 Intl. History Olympiad July 9-15
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16646
Re: 2015 Intl. History Olympiad July 9-15: Registration Open
I was just looking over the final schedule. Has the hextathlon been replaced by Table Combined?
- Thu May 28, 2015 3:27 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2015 Intl. History Olympiad July 9-15
- Replies: 24
- Views: 16646
Re: 2015 Intl. History Olympiad July 9-15: Registration Open
I noticed on the website that lodging comes on a first come first served basis. What types of rooms are still available? Will there be an update when one type of room becomes unavailable?
- Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going To College Next Year? 2014-15
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24908
Re: Where Are You Going To College Next Year? 2014-15
After approximately a year and a half of college limbo, I can confidently say that I will be attending Vanderbilt University and I hope to be playing quiz bowl there next year.
- Sun Feb 01, 2015 12:23 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ACF eligibility rule changes for 2015-2016
- Replies: 74
- Views: 37303
Re: ACF eligibility rule changes for 2015-2016
Hi, quizbowl! I'm a student with a physical disability, who chose to take a gap year for medical reasons. I have not yet entered college, and I have not played a regular-season collegiate tournament. I will admit that I am planning to play one open tournament next month, but, other than that, I have...
- Sun Oct 19, 2014 7:55 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: individual stats and Georgia tournaments
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8085
Re: 25th Annual Walton Academic Challenge - 10/18/14
1) This was an NAQT set, why the :capybara: did Walton not just download the official NAQT scoresheet or any of the other widely available scoresheets online that account for individual statistics, bouncebacks, the whole shebang? 2) I'm aware that WAC used preliminary pools, I was mainly pointing o...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 3:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ezell-Harding Academic Tournament - Nashville, TN (9/20/14)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10269
Re: Ezell-Harding Academic Tournament - Nashville, TN (9/20/
Well there are plenty of people in the area (including me) who would be willing to put the stats into SQBS if Ezell wants. I'm done trying to reach out to people to do things when I've repeatedly gotten no response from them though. Please don't give up, Nick. We need all the help we can get. Of co...
- Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:29 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Big Vision: [3] Rooting out the "Eh, who cares" attitude
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20241
Re: The Big Vision: [3] Rooting out the "Eh, who cares" atti
I thin NAQT should make accommodations for local formats to use its questions as it sees fit. In general, hosts of local tournaments (that is: not SCT or state championships) are free to use whatever format they choose. If this is true, then why is TACA allowed to host its state championship on the...
- Sun Aug 31, 2014 4:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Big Vision: [3] Rooting out the "Eh, who cares" attitude
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9705
Re: The Big Vision: [3] Rooting out the "Eh, who cares" atti
I thin NAQT should make accommodations for local formats to use its questions as it sees fit. In general, hosts of local tournaments (that is: not SCT or state championships) are free to use whatever format they choose. If this is true, then why is TACA allowed to host its state championship on the...
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2014-15
- Replies: 211
- Views: 131621
Re: HSQBRank 2014-15
That is correct.Dr. Loki Skylizard, Thoracic Surgeon wrote:So all of your team from Vandy ABC graduated?
In other news: Why does a high school need a branch office of a credit union?!
- Tue Jul 22, 2014 3:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: HSQBRank 2014-15
- Replies: 211
- Views: 131621
Re: HSQBRank 2014-15
Actually, Victor graduated.
- Wed May 28, 2014 1:09 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
- Replies: 69
- Views: 42382
Re: 2014 PACE NSC Questions Discussion
As someone who likes to study Irish history, I'm interested in seeing the Easter Rising tossup.
- Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:09 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: HSNCT Saturday Night Sideshow: Modern World Tournament
- Replies: 25
- Views: 11466
Re: HSNCT Saturday Night Sideshow: Modern World Tournament
What I would propose is that if people are interested in matchmaking before the tournament, that you post in the thread with something like "hey I'm playing this tournament and would be happy to join a team that's forming if you email me" or "Aloysius, Gertrude, and myself are playin...
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '13-'14
- Replies: 120
- Views: 70787
Re: Tennessee '13-'14
I too think this is ridiculous, but ,Mr. Morlan, I want to make sure that you are aware of the four tournament requirement. In order to qualify for state, teams must compete at a minimum of four events, placing in the top quarter of the field at at least one of them. Teams also have to pay a $10 reg...
- Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:56 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Question about Qualification
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2008
Question about Qualification
In our meeting today, we were talking about registering for the state championship on March 15. This just so happens to be the first day of our spring break. So far, we have two Varsity players and one JV player committed to going (probably more will come, we're just not sure yet). I said that, if n...
- Tue Dec 03, 2013 7:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '13-'14
- Replies: 120
- Views: 70787
Re: Tennessee '13-'14
What's the likelihood of the second Memphis History Bowl? USN might be interested in trying to qualify a bit earlier for nationals. While I'm at it: I wholeheartedly endorse the idea of a one-day state championship. Also ,perhaps, we could try to host some novice tournaments, with, you know, field r...
- Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Pre-tournament Playlists
- Replies: 49
- Views: 4486
Pre-tournament Playlists
What songs get you in a buzzing mood?
- Wed Nov 27, 2013 10:54 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: WKU Hilltopper Invitational (Bowling Green, KY, 11/23/2013)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8009
Re: WKU Hilltopper Invitational (Bowling Green, KY, 11/23/2013)
Edit: Disregard this. I was looking at the prelim stats.
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: All videos of Quiz Bowl
- Replies: 206
- Views: 158257
Re: All videos of Quiz Bowl
The questions used in some of the videos for 2013 come from one of this year's NAQT sets.zachary_yan wrote:A bunch of video from [school's] intra-campus tournaments, apparently running on NAQT intramural sets.
Link and school name removed for question security reasons --Mgmt.
- Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:17 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '13-'14
- Replies: 120
- Views: 70787
Re: Tennessee '13-'14
White Station is actually looking to move our tournament to 3/22, as 3/15 is during our Spring Break. It's not confirmed yet, but it's likely that we'll go with 3/22. I believe a lot of schools in the state of Tennessee will be out on spring break on March 15. USN would likely come, but I'm not sur...
- Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bobcat Challenge (2/15/14) - FIELD/PACKET UPDATE
- Replies: 47
- Views: 24069
Re: Bobcat Challenge (2/15/14) - FIELD/PACKET UPDATE
Edit: Due to a TV taping, we will have to miss this event.
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '13-'14
- Replies: 120
- Views: 70787
Re: Tennessee '13-'14
We always get a good number of Tennessee teams at our events (which is only 20 miles from the state line) and they don't seem to mind using a proper quizbowl format. I don't know if that's making any positive impact, but there at least seems to be some market for playing good quizbowl. Tournaments ...
- Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee '13-'14
- Replies: 120
- Views: 70787
Re: Tennessee '13-'14
The West TN History Bowl happened yesterday. Final results were: 1st- WSHS A 2nd- Lausanne Semis- Germantown A and St Benedict The scheduling was a little weird and the delays were pretty bad, but the teams really seemed to like the pyramidal questions and the competition was quite good. I think th...
- Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: SWAG III in Bell Buckle, Tennessee
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2478
Re: SWAG III in Bell Buckle, Tennessee
0%Grams's Go-Go Boots wrote:Chances of stats?
- Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:37 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bobcat Challenge (2/15/14) - FIELD/PACKET UPDATE
- Replies: 47
- Views: 24069
Re: Bobcat Challenge (2/15/14) - FIELD/PACKET UPDATE
Actually, for now at least, you will have to downgrade us to "interested." We will discuss at the next practice and have a more definite answer in the near future.
- Sat Nov 09, 2013 6:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bobcat Challenge (2/15/14) - FIELD/PACKET UPDATE
- Replies: 47
- Views: 24069
Re: Bobcat Challenge (2/15/14) - FIELD/PACKET UPDATE
University School is very much interested in this event. Please reserve a spot for us.
- Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:38 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants
- Replies: 38
- Views: 16542
Re: Quizbowl Roundtable: Call for Topics/Participants
I know this has been covered in other areas of the forms, but a comprehensive moderator guide might not be a bad idea.
- Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:08 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: WSHS High School Tournament in Memphis, TN on November 23rd
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5740
Re: WSHS High School Tournament in Memphis, TN on November 23rd
I'm pretty sure you know this already, but USN will not be attending because we are going to the JAMES mirror at Western Kentucky University. We all wish you the best of luck and we are happy to see renewed interest in the game in the Memphis area.
- Tue Jul 02, 2013 12:37 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Missouri Open at Virginia Tech : 7/6/13
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9172
Re: Missouri Open at Virginia Tech : 7/6/13
Will the game rooms be accessible for those of us with physical disabilities?
- Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:45 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10874
Re: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion
I hate to bug you, but could you please post the "This American Life" tossup?
- Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10874
Re: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion
Could you also post the "This American Life" tossup?
- Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion
- Replies: 40
- Views: 10874
Re: 2012-13 NAQT IS set discussion
May I see the two Chuck Hagel tossups? Also, I would like to see the Colorado, Florida, and Turkey tossups from IS 124. Also, the Libya tossup? (I can't remember which set it came up in.)
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 7:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NSC: Congratulations, Ladue!
- Replies: 78
- Views: 56971
Re: 2013 NSC: Congratulations, Ladue!
Congratulations to Ladue and LASA A for their continued demonstration of Quizbowl excellence. In the meantime, without revealing what was intended to remain concealed, can anyone shed some light on the mysterious "Robert E. Lee" team? I believe it went 15-3 overall and won the 2nd Upper T...
- Sun Jun 09, 2013 6:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NSC: Congratulations, Ladue!
- Replies: 78
- Views: 56971
Re: 2013 NSC: Congratulations, Ladue!
Congratulations to Ladue and LASA A for their continued demonstration of Quizbowl excellence. In the meantime, without revealing what was intended to remain concealed, can anyone shed some light on the mysterious "Robert E. Lee" team? I believe it went 15-3 overall and won the 2nd Upper T...
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:52 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12554
Re: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
Yeah, it was very tempting.Banana Stand wrote:I buzzed fairly early with Musharraf.intheshadowofgreatness wrote:Does anyone have any ideas about what people negged with on the Sharif tossup? (I apologize if I accidentally derail this thread, but current events is the closest thing I have to a specialty, so I'm interested.)
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:34 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12554
Re: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
Does anyone have any ideas about what people negged with on the Sharif tossup? (I apologize if I accidentally derail this thread, but current events is the closest thing I have to a specialty, so I'm interested.)
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:53 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12554
Re: 2013 HSNCT conversion stats
Could I see the Nawaz Sharif tossup and more detailed conversion stats for it?
- Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee 12-13
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28392
Re: Tennessee 12-13
Why don't most tournaments in TN report stats?
- Wed May 29, 2013 10:17 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Ideal Question Distribution
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5494
Re: Ideal Question Distribution
Through my minimal experience with quizbowl, I have come to believe that 1/1 of the history distribution should be set aside for 1980-present. I was shocked when Janet Reno was in the power at HSNCT. I know that recent history is not stressed in many history classes, but, if the goal of this game is...
- Mon May 27, 2013 10:01 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 149
- Views: 65370
Re: 2013 HSNCT discussion
Mr Hoppes, would you mind posting the Charles Barkley tossup from round 8?
- Mon May 27, 2013 5:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 149
- Views: 65370
Re: 2013 HSNCT discussion
Would you mind posting the Easter Rising tossup that I mentioned above?
- Mon May 27, 2013 4:14 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee 12-13
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28392
Re: Tennessee 12-13
I know that Griffiin Ray from Ezell-Harding, most of the Oak Ridge team, and Jesse/Case from USN are all juniors, so the future looks bright for Tennessee as well. … Only one problem, graduation at USN coincides with HSNCT weekend. So ,unless NAQT moves the tournament from what is likely the most c...
- Sun May 26, 2013 8:16 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations LASA!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 69715
Re: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations LASA!
I would very much like to watch the final, but I cannot yet find it on iHigh. When should I expect to be able to watch it?
- Sun May 26, 2013 6:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 149
- Views: 65370
Re: 2013 HSNCT discussion
To whomever wrote the Easter Rising tossup from Round 17, thank you! I've been waiting the entire year for an opportunity to power a bona fide Irish history tossup.
- Mon May 20, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Geography Monstrosity 5
- Replies: 47
- Views: 12768
Re: Geography Monstrosity 5 (May 24, Atlanta)
I plan to play this with Rohan Nag and Jacob Reed.
- Mon May 13, 2013 10:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations LASA!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 69715
Re: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: May 25-26, Atlanta
Out of curiosity, what determines a team's first opponent? (I apologize if I am asking too many questions about the secret inner workings of NAQT.)
- Mon May 13, 2013 10:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations LASA!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 69715
Re: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: May 25-26, Atlanta
Thanks for explaining.
Also, I just realized that I sounded like a third grader in that post.
Also, I just realized that I sounded like a third grader in that post.
- Mon May 13, 2013 9:47 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations LASA!
- Replies: 109
- Views: 69715
Re: 2013 NAQT HSNCT: May 25-26, Atlanta
Hello,
Mr. Hoppes:
I will be a first time participant at this year's HSNCT. I have one question. Will you post schedules and matchups for the preliminary rounds? If so, when will these the posted?
Thanks.
Mr. Hoppes:
I will be a first time participant at this year's HSNCT. I have one question. Will you post schedules and matchups for the preliminary rounds? If so, when will these the posted?
Thanks.
- Tue Apr 30, 2013 10:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Tennessee 12-13
- Replies: 51
- Views: 28392
Re: Tennessee 12-13
Can anyone shed light on why Ezell didn't show up at NHBB? Also, how does everyone think that the various Tennessee teams wIll do at nationals?
- Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ABC 2013 @ Vanderbilt University (3/30) [IS 124]
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5669
Re: ABC 2013 @ Vanderbilt University (3/30) [IS 124]
Edit:
Wow, when you said that Vandy didn't check the boards, you were right!
I hate to harp on this, but this was my first real NAQT tournament and I would really like to know my individual stats.
Sincerely,
a self absorbed junior looking for a confidence boost
Wow, when you said that Vandy didn't check the boards, you were right!
I hate to harp on this, but this was my first real NAQT tournament and I would really like to know my individual stats.
Sincerely,
a self absorbed junior looking for a confidence boost