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by BobGHHS
Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:10 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: 2022 Ohio Trash Set Now Available for Mirrors
Replies: 0
Views: 3182

2022 Ohio Trash Set Now Available for Mirrors

The 2022-23 Ohio Trash Set is now available for mirrors. The rough distribution is: 4/4 each of movies, tv, music, 3/3 sports, 1/1 video game/other game, 1/1 internet-related, 1/1 consumer product/advertising, 2/2 other, and then 1 tiebreaker tossup included with each packet, plus a whole extra file...
by BobGHHS
Fri Jul 02, 2021 12:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)
Replies: 7
Views: 4248

Re: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)

The stats look great, and very similar to the Ohio sites in general. Hope you guys had some fun playing it!
by BobGHHS
Sun Apr 18, 2021 5:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

Thanks to all the teams who came out virtually to play in TRASH '20 today online. It was great to see all of you, to finally get back to something quizbowl related, and to see how much fun everyone had on the set. Congratulations to Brecksville-Broadview Heights A who defeated Vandalia Butler 260-25...
by BobGHHS
Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

Info for tomorrow has been sent out. The spreadsheet has been updated with the brackets, room links, etc. If you did not get the info, email Greg at [email protected] ASAP and we will get it to you. See everyone tomorrow!
by BobGHHS
Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

Spots filled. See everyone tomorrow!
by BobGHHS
Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

Looking for any high school or middle school team that wants to play Sunday. Free-of-charge to get us to 16 even for bracketing purposes. First team to email me at bk31883 <at> gmail <dot> com gets the spot.
by BobGHHS
Fri Apr 09, 2021 10:42 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

We are currently at 14-15 teams, and would love to get to 18, or at least 16. If any of you want to participate, please shoot me an email ASAP so I can add you to the field.
by BobGHHS
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

Greg and I are going to close registration early next week, so if anyone else wants to participate on the 18th, please send me an email.
by BobGHHS
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:07 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Re: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

Field Update: Ohio Virtual Academy A - paid Ohio Virtual Academy B - paid Portsmouth - paid Ashland Blazer (KY) Brecksville A - paid Brecksville B - paid Stebbins - paid Quince Orchard (MD) Benjamin Logan - paid Butler - paid Maumee Valley Country Day School Southeast - paid Highland - paid Northmo...
by BobGHHS
Wed Mar 24, 2021 11:06 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18
Replies: 8
Views: 3570

Ohio TRASH '20 (finally) - Main site - Sunday, April 18

Typically, we run this tournament for Ohio teams only, with an occasional out-of-state team, but because of the circumstances this year, we're opening it up to anybody. There are also two mirror sites already lined up, plus Nick Pruitt's mirror during the summer. The Ohio TRASH ‘20 (still calling it...
by BobGHHS
Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:10 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)
Replies: 7
Views: 4248

Re: TRASH @ ONCT (6/25/21)

Set: We will be using Bob Kilner's Ohio Trash set. More info about the set can be found here Distribution: The distribution for this set is as follows: 4/4 Movies 4/4 Music 4/4 TV 4/4 Sports (1/1 Pre-2000 1/1 recent sports (last two years) 1/1 Post 2000) 2/2 Other 1/1 Internet 1/1 Advertising/Consu...
by BobGHHS
Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:46 pm
Forum: Mirror requests
Topic: Ohio TRASH Set available starting 4/1
Replies: 1
Views: 5404

Ohio TRASH Set available starting 4/1

The Ohio TRASH set will be available for mirrors starting on 4/1 (maybe even slightly earlier). If you're looking for a trash set to run an end-of-year/end-of-season/summer event, feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected]. Fee is $20/team.
by BobGHHS
Fri Jan 10, 2020 9:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
Replies: 1
Views: 1218

Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors

If anyone is looking for a trash set to mirror between now and the end of the season, feel free to shoot me an email at bk31883 <at> google's email. There are 11 packets of 21/20 available. For geographic purposes, it has been or will be mirrored at: Olmsted Falls HS (NE Ohio) Tippecanoe HS (Dayton)...
by BobGHHS
Mon Dec 16, 2019 9:39 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio Trash / HF trash?
Replies: 4
Views: 2463

Re: Ohio Trash / HF trash?

The Ohio set is done and available for mirrors. Contact me by email at bk31883 <at> google's email service to request or discuss using the set.
by BobGHHS
Mon Nov 04, 2019 10:57 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio Trash / HF trash?
Replies: 4
Views: 2463

Re: Ohio Trash / HF trash?

The Ohio set is currently in production. I have a large majority of the bonuses already written and have started writing the tossups. All the Ohio mirrors are set for December 7-21. I haven't talked to him about a mirror at HF yet, but it went well the last two years, so I'm hoping he does it again.
by BobGHHS
Tue Sep 10, 2019 2:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Looking for writers - Ohio TRASH 2019 set
Replies: 0
Views: 3566

Looking for writers - Ohio TRASH 2019 set

Hey everyone, I'm looking for anybody that would like to help out with writing for the 2019 Ohio TRASH set. The first mirror is supposed to be go off on December 7th, and I just don't have the time or energy to write 8 of the 11 packets myself again like last year. If anybody is willing to help out,...
by BobGHHS
Thu Feb 21, 2019 9:51 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
Replies: 2
Views: 5397

Re: 2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors

Rick from Bishop Hartley would like to mirror your set on 4/6/19. He should be contacting you.
Thanks for the heads up.
by BobGHHS
Sat Dec 29, 2018 7:45 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)
Replies: 46
Views: 24399

Re: SNICK: Global Announcement (All 90s, Late Summer 2018)

Matt then powered tossup 20 of packet 10 to win the event
Matt didn't just power that question, he absolutely destroyed it.

And I'll echo what everybody else is saying. Being a 90s kid, this was a really fun set to play.
by BobGHHS
Tue Nov 20, 2018 9:59 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors
Replies: 2
Views: 5397

2018 Ohio Trash Set Available for Mirrors

The 2018 Ohio Trash set will be played at 5 Ohio sites on December 8 and 15, 2018, after which time it will be available for mirrors. The general distribution is: 4/4 each of movies, music, tv and sports (1 pre-2000, 1-last 2 years and 2 post-2000) with the other 4 being a mix of 2 listed as "o...
by BobGHHS
Thu May 24, 2018 1:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Replies: 35
Views: 21343

Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night

If anyone is still looking for a team, I have a backwards Cleveland Indians hat on - come see me, we're still looking for a 4th. Our first round is in M102 if you're reading this after 5.
by BobGHHS
Thu May 10, 2018 11:53 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Replies: 35
Views: 21343

Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night

Gabe Brison-Tresize and I are now playing with Stephen Eltinge and Adam Sperber.
by BobGHHS
Thu May 03, 2018 4:04 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Replies: 35
Views: 21343

Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night

Stephen/Harry - Based on what Erik said --
Hey everyone! We are still looking into the possibility of expanding the fields for this


If that happens, I'd be down for teaming up with you guys if we're all still looking for a team.

Let me know
by BobGHHS
Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:53 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Replies: 35
Views: 21343

Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night

1992 in spaceflight wrote:David Dennis, myself, and Ankit Aggarwal would love to have a fourth player for our team, if there's a free agent looking for a team out there.
Let me know if you're still looking - I'm still trying to find a team to join up with.
by BobGHHS
Tue Apr 17, 2018 2:44 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night
Replies: 35
Views: 21343

Re: ACRONYM 11 @ HSNCT - Friday Night

Well, I thought our last day of school was on 5/25, so I booked an evening flight at Atlanta. Turns out we get out 5/24, so I switched my flight to the morning. With that being said, I'm looking for a team for ACRONYM. Worst-case scenario I'll help Erik by staffing, but I'd much rather play. If you'...
by BobGHHS
Mon Jan 08, 2018 7:43 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Ohio Trash Set
Replies: 1
Views: 1930

Re: 2017 Ohio Trash Set

Just realized I double posted this here and the mirrors forum, where I had originally planned to post. Mods you can delete this thread.
by BobGHHS
Sun Jan 07, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2017 Ohio Trash Set available for mirrors
Replies: 0
Views: 2410

2017 Ohio Trash Set available for mirrors

I thought I had posted this earlier but it isn't showing up, so maybe I only previewed it or something... whatever. Here it is again. The 2017 Ohio trash set has already been played at 4 Ohio sites and this past weekend in Illinois. A Virginia site has also expressed interest. The general distributi...
by BobGHHS
Sun Jan 07, 2018 7:56 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 Ohio Trash Set
Replies: 1
Views: 1930

2017 Ohio Trash Set

The trash set we played at four Ohio sites in December and one Illinois site (1/6) is available for mirrors. The general distribution is: 4/4 each of movies, tv, music and sports (with 1 being pre-2000, 1 being from the last two years and 2 being post-2000). The other 4/4 are a mix of internet stuff...
by BobGHHS
Sat Dec 30, 2017 2:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Homewood-Flossmoor Pop Culture Tourney (mirror of OH Trash)
Replies: 9
Views: 5313

Re: Homewood-Flossmoor Pop Culture Tourney (mirror of OH Tra

Just a heads up. After you play the set since its still not cleared - if you have anything you want to bring to my attention, just shoot me an email at bk31883 <at> gmail. I hope it goes well and I hope you have fun with it.
by BobGHHS
Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18
Replies: 1
Views: 2808

Re: Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18

Tom Moore and I are currently working on the first of these two sets, which will be played here in Ohio on October 21 and 28 - we have the majority of the answer lines written out already (although nothing is set in stone). If anyone wants to help out with some freelance tossups, shoot me an email a...
by BobGHHS
Mon Aug 21, 2017 9:50 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)
Replies: 104
Views: 56066

Re: Michigan Side Event Weekend (August 19th-20th)

Thanks to Eric and co. for both putting this on and to Play Quizbowl for writing a great set. This was definitely one of the best trash sets I've played in quite a long time. We had a great time playing both tournaments even though I'm apparently awful at rock music questions. It was great to see so...
by BobGHHS
Sat May 27, 2017 9:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM X at the 2017 HSNCT
Replies: 15
Views: 9719

Re: ACRONYM X at the 2017 HSNCT

Drew Scheeler, Matt Hayes and I are looking for a 4th (and somewhat trash-competent) teammate to play with us tomorrow night since our 4th decided not to make the trip. If you're interested, shoot me an email at bk31883 <at> gmail.
by BobGHHS
Mon Feb 06, 2017 9:05 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18
Replies: 1
Views: 2808

Seeking freelance tossups for 2017-18

Hey all, I'm working on two Ohio-format sets for next school year and looking for some freelance tossups for the "final round" in each packet, which is essentially twenty 5-6 line tossups per packet. Difficulty is generally easy-to-medium. If you have some time and can contribute anything ...
by BobGHHS
Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:12 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)
Replies: 1
Views: 2084

Re: Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)

I finally got all of the scoresheets back, so here are the team stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/4154/ If anyone is looking for a trash set to mirror at some point, feel free to shoot me a message. Good luck to all teams this second half of the year - I look forward to seeing many of ...
by BobGHHS
Mon Dec 12, 2016 1:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)
Replies: 1
Views: 2084

Ohio HS TRASH '16 - Quick results (12/10/16)

Didn't want to post this in the normal HS section due to it being trash, so posting it here. Our annual Ohio trash tournament was played at three sites on Saturday - main site was Olmsted Falls and other sites included Tippecanoe HS and East Liverpool HS. I do not have results from East Liverpool. H...
by BobGHHS
Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:02 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Ohio Quizbowl Calendar 2016-2017
Replies: 2
Views: 2634

Re: Ohio Quizbowl Calendar 2016-2017

The main site for the Ohio Trash tournament 2016 is also on December 10th, 2016 at Olmsted Falls Middle School. I'm not sure why the mirrors were listed and not the main site.
by BobGHHS
Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:52 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Freelance Tossups?
Replies: 1
Views: 2624

Re: Freelance Tossups?

I'm still looking for some freelance help. Evan Lynch and the Cambridge team sent me a fantastic number of tossups already, and Mike Cheyne helped out. Lit and fine arts are basically done, but I need a bunch in geography, RMP/Soc Sci and sciences. If anyone has some time this month or early in Augu...
by BobGHHS
Mon May 30, 2016 10:07 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Replies: 45
Views: 26148

Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016

I had a blast playing this with some awesome teammates and was really happy to see some quizbowl folks that I hadn't seen in quite a long time. Thanks Erik for putting it all together. I will enjoy my vinyl album of classic Celtic hits. Despite writing/editing the Ohio HS trash set for 10 years now,...
by BobGHHS
Sun May 22, 2016 8:57 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Replies: 45
Views: 26148

Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016

EDIT: I'm playing with Joe Nutter's team.
by BobGHHS
Sun May 15, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Replies: 45
Views: 26148

Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016

So my 'teammates' are no longer coming to HSNCT, so I'm offering myself up as a free agent -- Jasper, Colby, Joe, someone I know or kinda know ---- any of you need a guy to fill out your roster? Let me know.
by BobGHHS
Wed Feb 24, 2016 9:39 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Freelance Tossups?
Replies: 1
Views: 2624

Freelance Tossups?

I'm working on an Ohio-format set for next year to help raise money to take our new (this year) team to Nationals in 2017. The Ohio format has been changed over the past few years to make the final round into 20 pyramidal tossups. If anyone has questions they would like to donate or if you be would ...
by BobGHHS
Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:41 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament
Replies: 32
Views: 17578

Re: Pete Rose Reinstatement Scholarship Tournament

The top scorer will be rewarded with a signed Jose Valverde baseball
I may have to participate for this alone. The shape of his midsection when he was pitching was always fascinating to me.
by BobGHHS
Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:33 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Pennsylvania Dates, 2015-2016
Replies: 20
Views: 8707

Re: Pennsylvania Dates, 2015-2016

For those of you in western PA, December 12th is the date for the annual Ohio high school TRASH tournament. The main site is at Olmsted Falls Middle School (its a HS tournament), which is about 10 minutes outside of downtown Cleveland. Greg Bossick is also running a mirror site at East Palestine HS ...
by BobGHHS
Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:29 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016
Replies: 45
Views: 26148

Re: ACRONYM IX @ HSNCT - May 29, 2016

I'm pretty sure I'll be there as a staffer and I'm pretty sure I'll put a team together or offer my services as a free agent to another team.
by BobGHHS
Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:20 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Freelance Questions
Replies: 2
Views: 2375

Re: Freelance Questions

Girls don't play videogames? :lol: The problem is, I'm pretty good at getting my questions done well ahead of time and most of my writers are as well, but we only have one female writer among the 5-6 of us writing the set and none of us are good at writing video game questions. I know there are sev...
by BobGHHS
Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:32 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Freelance Questions
Replies: 2
Views: 2375

Freelance Questions

I'm looking for a few freelance questions - specifically video game questions and questions on "girly" subjects - for our December HS trash tournament in Ohio. Tossups and related bonuses, although "related" is a loosely-defined term. If you can help out - shoot me an email at bk...
by BobGHHS
Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:20 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SCOP Novice 6 (October 2015-March 2016)
Replies: 13
Views: 8160

Re: SCOP Novice 6 (October 2015-March 2016)

I've sent you a private message confirming the details, but for the sake of the board - our 'mirror' at Eastlake North (OH) is our league tournament, so its not an open tournament for other teams.
by BobGHHS
Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:42 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Contacting Drew Scheeler
Replies: 2
Views: 2901

Re: Contacting Drew Scheeler

I talked to Drew directly right after I saw this post last week. If you haven't heard from him yet Matt, let me know.
by BobGHHS
Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:41 pm
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: All-time all-state teams
Replies: 61
Views: 53301

Re: All-time all-state teams

Charlie - to respond to your post, I did exactly what Steven initially did and didn't read the initial criteria well... based on what that criteria is, I would definitely go with the lineup of Ike, Jarret, Saajid and Ashvin.
by BobGHHS
Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:26 am
Forum: Quizbowl History Forum
Topic: All-time all-state teams
Replies: 61
Views: 53301

Re: All-time all-state teams

OHIO: Jarrett Greene (South Range), Ike Jose (Stow Munroe Falls), Saajid Moyen (Copley), Ashvin Srivatsa (Sycamore). Certainly many others you could add here as well--I would say, this is a fairly deep team that with the exception of Ike, lacks a MVP. Joe is right, Noah Rahman should definitely be ...
by BobGHHS
Sat May 31, 2014 9:45 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2014 NAQT HSNCT: Congratulations LASA!
Replies: 68
Views: 40340

Re: 2014 NAQT HSNCT: May 31-June 1, Chicago

What does that column with only 1's and 2's in it after the initial card number stand for?