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by wordsinblood
Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:44 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015 PACE NSC: Question set discussion
Replies: 65
Views: 38335

Re: 2015 PACE NSC: Question set discussion

I'd be interested to see the subdistribution within Religion, if such a thing exists. Splitting hairs here, but looking back at the first line of the "Jummah/Friday" tossup -- "Anyone who recites a chapter telling the story of the seven sleepers of Ephesus on this day will be blessed ...
by wordsinblood
Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015
Replies: 9
Views: 8186

Re: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.201

We'll probably wait until after the season ends/after Nationals. (Not that we're waiting for anything, but in theory we'd want to update based on comments from this tourney, so a date that far into the future gives us ample time...)
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:03 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 848

Re: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion

I felt that the Basque tossup could have been better written in the context of the rest of the tossup, instead of dropping literature clues in the beginning and assuming that the audience would know of the author's connection to the Basque Country Really quickly I just want to add that I agree whol...
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:49 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 848

Re: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion

If it's possible could I see these questions: Tossup on Gaudi: I got this question thinking the clues were describing the Sagrada Familia, so I'd like to see what it actually was describing. Tossup on Pre-Raphaelites: I'm confused if the first clue was describing Millais' Christ in the House of his...
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 29, 2015 9:12 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 848

Re: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion

Anyway my comments on the set are as follows (forgive me because it has been a while) The set was not well-liked at the Illinois mirror mostly due to the feel that it had been housewritten and so had some odd things going on. For one, I thought the hardness tossup was pretty fraudable in contrast t...
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:53 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 848

Re: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion

-I thought the tossup on cystic fibrosis was really good with unique clues, and I would love to see it again for information extraction purposes -Same as above for "hardness" Kalydeco is a new drug that treats this disease, in which the mTOR pathway is improperly activated, resulting in n...
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:41 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 848

Re: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion

1) There was a bonus that involved naming the title character of "The Luck of Roaring Camp." I believe that the answerline required the entire title, but a quick look at Wikipedia is telling me that the main character is named Thomas Luck, so shouldn't either Thomas or Luck be acceptable?...
by wordsinblood
Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:56 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015
Replies: 9
Views: 8186

Re: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.201

Thanks to Ben for posting that wrap up! if you have comments on the question content go to user groups and ask to join the HERMES group I myself just want to reiterate this point. We have had many people join the usergroup from across the country but no one has used it thus far :( We really do want ...
by wordsinblood
Fri Mar 27, 2015 10:24 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015 BHSAT: Specific Question Requests and Discussion
Replies: 52
Views: 2641

Re: 2015 BHSAT: Specific Question Requests and Discussion

Could I see the tossup on "Makkah"? I got it pretty late (for a Muslim) on the description of Hajj, so I wanted to see what the first clues were.

Also in general, I was very pleased with the distribution of the Islam in the set. Thanks for including it :D
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:09 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: 2015 BHSAT: Specific Question Requests and Discussion
Replies: 52
Views: 2641

Re: 2015 BHSAT: Specific Question Requests and Discussion

I and another science player I know Yeah, that would be me. Would it be possible to add "unicellular" to that tossup? To me at least, it seems that the C. Elegans' genome-sequencing is just so much more well-known that although baker's yeast is technically correct, the question still ough...
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 22, 2015 12:21 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015
Replies: 9
Views: 8186

Re: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.201

With the addition of Loudon County, the field is now closed!

EDIT: We had some teams drop out, so we are reopening the field for one more team. Please let us know ASAP if you are interested!
by wordsinblood
Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:30 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015
Replies: 9
Views: 8186

Re: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.201

We are just two teams away from filling our field! If you want to come out, send us your registration asap to secure your spot.
Once we reach our 24-team field-cap, any additional teams to register will be placed on the waitlist.

UPDATE: Down to just one spot left!
by wordsinblood
Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015
Replies: 9
Views: 8186

Re: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.201

I am pleased to announce that this tournament has been Platinum Certified by PACE, meaning that the top 25% of our field (rounded up to the nearest integer) will qualify for the national high school quizbowl championship, the PACE NSC, on the weekend of June 6th-7th.
by wordsinblood
Tue Feb 17, 2015 11:01 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015
Replies: 9
Views: 8186

Re: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.201

With about a week left until the tournament, the field is currently: Running Total (23 teams/17 buzzers/2 moderators) Quince Orchard (2/1/0) GDS (2/2/0) Centennial (6/3/0) Maggie Walker (1/1/0) Wilmington Charter (2/4/0) JEB Stuart (1/1/0) Montgomery Blair (1/1/0) Rockville (1/1/1) Archbishop Spaldi...
by wordsinblood
Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015
Replies: 9
Views: 8186

HERMES at Richard Montgomery (MD) (Main-site) - 3.28.2015

Hello. The Richard Montgomery HS Academic Team would like to announce our spring tournament on March 28, 2015 from 8:15am to ~5pm at our school in Rockville, MD. The tournament will be the main-site of our question set, HERMES (about which more information can be found here ). Format Each round of t...
by wordsinblood
Sat Jan 17, 2015 8:06 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HERMES Question-Specific Discussion
Replies: 15
Views: 848

HERMES Question-Specific Discussion

Hello,

Thank you for playing our set. Please ask or give feedback on specific tossups or bonuses!

EDIT: As in other set-specific forums, if when you request for a tossup you could give us a short reason as to why you want to see it we would appreciate it :)
by wordsinblood
Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:16 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
Replies: 22
Views: 20404

Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!

List of Fighting Spirit characters wrote:What does "other" mean in this context? What specific fine arts media?
Other art includes art film, architecture, photography, sculpture and maybe 1-2 contemporary art questions.
by wordsinblood
Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:17 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
Replies: 22
Views: 20404

Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!

Thank you everyone for the feedback! Trinish and I definitely want this set to be more accessible that it currently appears. Sorry if this post is a bit long, but we've decided to incorporate most of the suggested changes, so I'd like to address each of them. Of all of the suggestions, (we feel) phi...
by wordsinblood
Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:38 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
Replies: 22
Views: 20404

Re: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!

I'll go ahead and point out that according to last year's Morlan adjustments ( http://hsqbrank.com/2013-2014-stat-adjustments/ ), Prison Bowl and GSAC were both on the harder side of regular difficulty while BELLOCO was easier. Since BELLoco has not been posted online, our reference to that set was...
by wordsinblood
Tue Jul 29, 2014 8:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!
Replies: 22
Views: 20404

Richard Montgomery's HERMES available for mirrors!

Hello. The Richard Montgomery High School Quizbowl team is excited to announce that our housewrite, HERMES, is available for mirrors starting in September, for the duration of the 2014-2015 season. The set was written and head-edited by myself and Trinish Chatterjee, with considerable contribution f...