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- Fri May 10, 2019 7:45 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: The Quizbowl discord, and why cheating on it is still cheating and still bad
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9739
Re: The Quizbowl discord, and why cheating on it is still cheating and still bad
Regarding NAQT Northern California State 2017: The tournament occurred on April 15, 2017 . After the tournament, Ankit, Niki and I discussed Shubham's anomalous performance and decided to wait another tournament to see if it carried over, then offer him a chance to prove his abilities on clean quest...
- Sun Apr 21, 2019 12:31 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT Northern California State @ Bellarmine (April 20)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1575
- Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:58 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: California Summer Open(s)?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 8134
Re: California Summer Open(s)?
Either Stanford or Berkeley will probably host something in July, though we probably won't start actively organizing anything for a couple weeks or so.
- Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:30 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Stanford Weekend of Quiz Bowl (August 4–5, 2018)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4459
Re: Stanford Weekend of Quiz Bowl (August 4–5, 2018)
Here they are! Sorry for the delay.. unfortunately we lost the scoresheets for one room. If anyone has anything that can help fill in some of the blanks, please let me know!
- Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Stanford Weekend of Quiz Bowl (August 4–5, 2018)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4459
Re: Stanford Weekend of Quiz Bowl (August 4–5, 2018)
tentative field cap: 12 for each event NASAT Davis HS Saratoga Hey, do you want to join our new Blockchain, Big Data, machine learning, AI, Bitcoin, TensorFlow, NLP, deep learning startup? It's like Uber, but for quizbowl. I can handle the business side. Raynell et al. A Very Old Team with Enormous ...
- Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:06 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Stanford Weekend of Quiz Bowl (August 4–5, 2018)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4459
Stanford Weekend of Quiz Bowl (August 4–5, 2018)
Stanford will be hosting the Bay Area’s annual Weekend of Quiz Bowl this year on the weekend of August 4–5. The schedule will be as follows: Saturday, August 4 : NASAT OCTAVIAN and Imaginary Landscape (concurrently) Sunday, August 5 : CO Trash WORLDSTAR The Human Use of Human Beings All events for t...
- Sun Jun 24, 2018 1:20 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Side Event Open: Organization
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11765
Re: Side Event Open: Organization
We'll be having a weekend of quiz bowl most likely the weekend of August 4 in the Bay Area. We'll announce that once we figure out where we can host that. In the meantime, there's a poll up on the Northern California facebook group for side events.Mike Bentley wrote:Any chance for a California version of this?
- Sun Mar 11, 2018 8:42 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Cal's Mid-Spring Tournament @ Stanford (3/10/2018)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4384
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:11 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: NAQT Collegiate Novice @ Berkeley (Oct 7)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1447
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:38 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EMT at Berkeley (04/29/2017)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2264
Re: EMT at Berkeley (04/29/2017)
Field:
Bellarmine (1)
Berkeley (5)
Chicago (2)
(UC) Davis (1)
Diablo Valley (1)
Homestead (1)
Sacramento City (1)
total: 12
(field closed)
Bellarmine (1)
Berkeley (5)
Chicago (2)
(UC) Davis (1)
Diablo Valley (1)
Homestead (1)
Sacramento City (1)
total: 12
(field closed)
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:28 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: EMT at Berkeley (04/29/2017)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2264
EMT at Berkeley (04/29/2017)
UC Berkeley will be hosting the Eisenhower Memorial Tournament this year on Saturday, April 29, 2017, our traditional date for MUT. This is a regular-minus difficulty tournament, and it will be open for anyone who has not yet received their bachelor’s degree (including high schoolers). More informat...
- Sun Mar 26, 2017 11:43 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Invitational (San Jose, CA, 03/26/2017)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2390
- Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Invitational (San Jose, CA, 03/26/2017)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2390
Re: Bellarmine Invitational (San Jose, CA, 03/26/2017)
current field: Varsity (12) Amador Valley Bellarmine (2) Challenger-Ardenwood Escobar (2) Harker Homestead (2) Pi-oneers Monta Vista Valley Christian JV (22) Bellarmine Branham Dublin Evergreen Fallon (3) Fremont HIGS (2) Hillsdale Hopkinz Kennedy Los Altos Monta Vista Piedmont Hills Saint Francis S...
- Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:23 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Invitational (San Jose, CA, 03/26/2017)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2390
Bellarmine Invitational (San Jose, CA, 03/26/2017)
Bellarmine will be running our annual tournament on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. This year, we will have both a varsity division and as well as a JV division, as opposed to running an all-novice tournament as in previous years. We will be using NA...
- Thu Jan 26, 2017 1:35 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Brief Wondrous Tournament of WAO at Berkeley (1/21/17)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4674
Re: Brief Wondrous Tournament of WAO at Berkeley (1/21/17)
Stats are finally up. Sorry for the delay!
- Tue Aug 16, 2016 6:45 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ACF Fall Northern California at Berkeley (11/05/2016)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1881
2016 ACF Fall Northern California at Berkeley (11/05/2016)
Hello! I am pleased to announce the Northern California site of ACF Fall 2016 , to be held at UC Berkeley on Saturday, 5 November 2016 . ACF Fall is the year’s premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, and we do hope that you join us at this event. The field will tentatively be capp...
- Sun May 01, 2016 6:52 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 MUT: Errata
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4254
Re: Errata
I'm not sure if this would count as an erratum, but in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms bonus in packet 8, it's not entirely correct to describe Lu Xun the general and Lu Xun the author as having the same name, since their names are written with different characters and the tones on Lu are differen...
- Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/16/2016)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3128
- Thu Jan 14, 2016 3:21 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/16/2016)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3128
Re: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/16/2016)
It's now Thursday morning, and I'm closing the field at 32 teams. Registered teams should have received an email from me with logistical details.
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/16/2016)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3128
Re: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/16/2016)
current field (teams/buzzers/staffers) BASIS Independent (1/1/1) California Connections (1/0/0) Castilleja (1/0/0) Challenger-Ardenwood (1/0/0) Escobar (1/1/0) Evergreen Valley (2/1/0) Fallon (1/1/0) Graham (2/0/2) Harker (1/1/0) HIGS (1/1/1) Leland (1/1/0) Lincoln (1/0/0) Milpitas (2/0/0) Mitty (2/...
- Wed Dec 09, 2015 1:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/16/2016)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3128
Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/16/2016)
Bellarmine’s quiz bowl team will be running our annual novice tournament on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. We will be using NAQT’s Introductory Invitational Set #153A. This particular set of questions is intentionally geared towards newer teams....
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:35 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 21291
Re: 2015 ACF Fall general discussion
The tossup on The Mayor of Casterbridge (Louisiana Tech A + Dartmouth A) said that "Donald Farfrae remarries with Elizabeth-Jane, who the title character had drunkenly sold." I think it's a pretty significant plot point in the novel that the Elizabeth-Jane that appears in most of the book ...
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 11/08/2015)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2508
Re: ACF Fall at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 11/08/2015)
Congratulations to Davis, who defeated Bellarmine 310-170 in a one game final.
Thank you to all who came out to play today!
prelim stats
final stats
Thank you to all who came out to play today!
prelim stats
final stats
- Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 11/08/2015)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2508
Re: ACF Fall at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 11/08/2015)
current field (teams/buzzers/staffers)
Bellarmine (1/2/4)
Cupertino (2/1/0)
Davis (1/1/2)
Grasshoppers (2/0/0)
Haarlem (1/1/0)
Lowell (1/0/1)
total: 8/5/7
(last updated 11/04/2015, field closed)
Bellarmine (1/2/4)
Cupertino (2/1/0)
Davis (1/1/2)
Grasshoppers (2/0/0)
Haarlem (1/1/0)
Lowell (1/0/1)
total: 8/5/7
(last updated 11/04/2015, field closed)
- Thu Aug 20, 2015 3:04 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: ACF Fall at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 11/08/2015)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2508
ACF Fall at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 11/08/2015)
Hello! We are pleased to announce the Northern California high school site of ACF Fall 2015, to be held at Bellarmine College Preparatory on Sunday, 8 November 2015 . ACF Fall is the year's premier introductory-level collegiate quizbowl tournament, suited for advanced high school teams looking for a...
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:20 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: VCU Open ‘15: Errata
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4207
Re: VCU Open ‘15: Errata
Also in round 1, I think Pyrrhus should be acceptable for Neoptolomus (my teammate was negged for saying that).
- Sun May 24, 2015 6:09 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine's middle school tournament (5/24/15, San Jose CA)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6200
Re: Bellarmine's middle school tournament (5/24/15, San Jose
Congratulations to Harker, who defeated Stratford Santa Clara A 410-335 in a one game final. Full stats are forthcoming.
Thanks to everyone who came to play today; hope to see you all next year!
Thanks to everyone who came to play today; hope to see you all next year!
- Fri Feb 20, 2015 7:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2015 Regionals: Specific question requests and discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11929
Re: 2015 Regionals: Specific question requests and discussio
I was just looking back over Bellarmine's packet and noticed a factual error in the Caddy tossup, created when a sentence was removed from our original submission: 15. This character marries a "minor movingpicture magnate" in Hollywood and divorces him in Mexico five years later. This char...
- Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2708
Re: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
Thanks to everyone who came out to play or to staff yesterday! Stats here.
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2708
Re: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
It is Wednesday now, and I'm freezing the field at 28 teams. The form will still be open for registrations to the waitlist.
EDIT: I will also send an email out to registered teams with logistical information sometime tonight.
EDIT: I will also send an email out to registered teams with logistical information sometime tonight.
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:14 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 BELLum Omnium Contra Omnes Seeking Mirrors
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17542
- Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2708
Re: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
Current Field: School Name (Teams/Buzzers/Staffers) Milpitas (1/1/0) El Cerrito (1/0/0) Mountain View (1/0/1) Davis (4/2/3) Monta Vista (1/0/0) Challenger-Ardenwood (2/0/0) Fallon (1/0/0) Lynbrook (1/0/0) Northgate (1/0/0) Leland (2/1/0) Valley Christian (2/2/2) Saratoga (1/2/1) Challenger-Berryessa...
- Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2708
Bellarmine Novice (San Jose, CA, 01/17/2015)
Bellarmine’s Quiz Bowl team is pleased to announce that our annual novice tournament will be held on January 17, 2015 at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. We will be using NAQT’s Introductory Invitational Set #143A. This particular set of questions is intentionally geared towar...
- Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:40 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2013-14 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
- Replies: 34
- Views: 10793
Re: 2013-14 NAQT IS sets: question-specific discussion
Could I see the tossup on the bow, to see how it was described? I believe it was in IS-130.
- Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:37 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Giving Answers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4596
Re: Giving Answers
Would it be considered bad sportsmanship (or otherwise frowned upon) to mispronounce an answer deliberately (for example, pronouncing Camus the way it looks like in English)?
- Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:02 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: This year's sets missing from archive
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11718
Re: This year's sets missing from archive
Yes, that's true, we'll be posting BELLOCO after the end of next semester (or earlier if there are no more mirrors).bird bird bird bird bird wrote:I believe Bellarmine is considering keeping their housewrite for fall mirrors.
- Tue Jun 03, 2014 8:36 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 135
- Views: 67212
Re: 2014 HSNCT discussion
I would actually like to see the Tripitaka tossup: I remember vaguely recognizing it through the reference to Tang Sanzang, but I wasn't sure enough to buzz until the very end. I'd also like to see the tossup on the blood of Christ. Our teammate buzzed in on the clue about Longinus, somewhat confuse...
- Wed May 21, 2014 1:36 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 BELLum Omnium Contra Omnes Seeking Mirrors
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17542
Re: 2014 BELLum Omnium Contra Omnes Seeking Mirrors
This set has been deemed exemplary by PACE! We will be extending mirrors into next semester (fall 2014).
- Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3416
Re: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
10. This note’s Dorian mode contains only white keys on the piano. This note’s major key was “the key of glory” for Baroque trumpets until the invention of the valve trumpet. The entirety of The Art of Fugue is written in this note’s minor key, as is the first movement of Sibelius’ violin concerto....
- Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3416
Re: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
13. Key locations in this game include the Fort Duquesne Bridge and a fictional university whose mascot is the Bighorns. In one cutscene, one protagonist entrusts another with a pistol after nearly drowning; in another, giraffes stroll through Salt Lake City. This game’s developer was criticized fo...
- Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3416
Re: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
The New Zealand tossup mentioned the Hutt Valley (specifically the Hutt Valley campaign), not the Hutt River, and it looks like there's only one of those in the world. (or at least, the one in New Zealand is the first result on Google) Privateers was marked as promptable for pirates, but not mercena...
- Thu Mar 06, 2014 2:43 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3416
Re: 2014 BELLOCO Specific Question Discussion
We changed both seamounts and Gulf Stream. I might get around to posting a list of questions that we changed completely after the UCSD mirror sometime. We looked up Neruda again and have changed it to Elemental Odes . As for the others (USS Constitution, Paris Commune, Becket), I'm thinking we shoul...
- Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:15 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4104
Re: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
Congratulations to Davis A, who defeated Homestead 305-300 in a one-game final! Thank you to all who came to compete, and congratulations to Saratoga A, Homestead, Menlo-Atherton, Davis A and Amador A for qualifying for PACE. Also a big thanks to all our staffers, who allowed this tournament to run ...
- Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:15 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4104
Re: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
The field is temporarily full, but we will be starting a waitlist and may expand the field, depending how many staffers we can get.
- Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:57 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4104
Re: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
We are pleased to announce that this tournament has been awarded platinum certification by PACE. The top 25% finishing teams will qualify for PACE NSC on May 24-25 outside DC.
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:12 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2014 BELLum Omnium Contra Omnes Seeking Mirrors
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17542
Re: 2014 BELLum Omnium Contra Omnes Seeking Mirrors
Bellarmine will be hosting this tournament on February 22.
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:10 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4104
Re: BELLAFONTE at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
Team Name: Teams/Buzzers/Staffers Acalanes: 1/0/0 Albany: 2/2/1 Amador Valley: 2/6/0 Castro Valley: 1/0/0 Davis: 3/0/1 Escobar: 1/4/0 Harker: 1/0/0 Homestead: 1/0/0 Lynbrook: 1/1/0 Menlo-Atherton: 1/1/1 Mills: 1/1/0 Mitty: 1/0/0 Moreau Catholic: 1/0/1 Saratoga: 5/1/1 TCPS: 1/0/0 Valley Christian: 1/...
- Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4104
BELLOCO at Bellarmine (San Jose, CA, 02/22/2014)
Bellarmine’s Quiz Bowl team is pleased to announce that the homesite tournament of our first housewrite set, BELLum Omnium Contra Omnes (BELLOCO), will be held on February 22, 2014 at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California. The initial field cap will be 24 teams, with possible expans...
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:22 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB Specific Question Discussion
- Replies: 59
- Views: 7130
Re: BISB Specific Question Discussion
Could I also see the Schubert tossup?
- Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:20 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: BISB General Discussion
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2181
Re: BISB General Discussion
Personally, I liked the lead-in to the bonus about Feynman. ("A bonus on Richard Feynman? Surely you're joking!") Although that makes me wonder if it would be feasible to write a trash bonus about Richard Feynman using stories from his autobiographies. That man did some amazing stuff. I al...