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by west neg, new york
Tue Feb 12, 2019 6:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2019 Division I SCT: specific question discussion
Replies: 25
Views: 1747

Re: 2019 Division I SCT: specific question discussion

Asking for a teammate: was there any point in the Young's modulus tossup (I think it was round 3) where bulk modulus was also an acceptable answer, specifically around the second sentence or so (sorry, I'm physics illiterate)? We ended up losing that game and were curious whether protesting would've...
by west neg, new york
Wed Aug 01, 2018 11:56 am
Forum: New High School Teams
Topic: Help studying
Replies: 8
Views: 22684

Re: Help studying

Lastly, I would suggest notetaking AND flashcarding. It might be cumbersome to read books/Wikipedia/packets, take notes, and then make flashcards from your notes, but I find that multistep process to be helpful in digesting and learning all that information (some people can just read stuff and reca...
by west neg, new york
Mon Apr 23, 2018 6:11 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: ACF Nationals discussion
Replies: 121
Views: 62673

Re: ACF Nationals discussion

I thought this set was consistently entertaining--although I was totally wiped Saturday night and several tossups went dead every packet even in 2nd bracket, 18 rounds of quizbowl over two days went by surprisingly quickly. I really appreciated the drive to include material outside the typical canon...
by west neg, new york
Mon Jan 22, 2018 10:55 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regionals Thanks and General Discussion
Replies: 36
Views: 14014

Re: Thanks and General Discussion

What was the distribution of subcategories for Other Arts? I only remember hearing 1/1 of both photography and (non-2010s) film at the Penn State mirror--were there more hiding in the unread packets?
by west neg, new york
Mon Jan 22, 2018 4:58 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2018 ACF Regs Specific Questions and Errors
Replies: 63
Views: 18962

Re: Specific Questions and Errors

Was the tossup on blood type unique for ABO typing? I negged with "Rhesus factor" (which I don't think fits the earlier clues) near the part about immunoglobulins crossing the placenta, but I'm curious as to exactly how wrong I was. ETA: For the purpose of raising a larger point, I'd like ...
by west neg, new york
Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: It's Lit
Replies: 48
Views: 28416

Re: It's Lit

I'll staff.
by west neg, new york
Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:47 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 (This) Tournament is a Crime Specific Discussion
Replies: 90
Views: 20290

Re: 2017 (This) Tournament is a Crime Specific Discussion

[10] This poem, whose speaker tells a “celestial choir” that “Columbia’s scenes of glorious toil I write,” commands: “Proceed, great chief, with virtue on thy side, / Thy ev’ry action let the Goddess guide.” ANSWER: “ To His Excellency George Washington ” [by Phillis Wheatley] We missed out on this...
by west neg, new york
Tue Feb 21, 2017 12:49 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
Replies: 90
Views: 30876

Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion

Just perused a couple of packets, and I just wanted to say that the set is very polished in terms of having an easily readable format, generally comprehensive answerlines, and helpful (but not obstructive) pronunciation guides. A very small thing I saw while looking through our and Oxford B's packet...
by west neg, new york
Sun Feb 19, 2017 2:41 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
Replies: 90
Views: 30876

Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion

Can I see the exact phrasing of the "vibrations" tossup, especially the lead-in about PQR branches? I might be remembering wrong, but I think that part was more applicable to transitions between vibrational states than to the act of vibrating itself. I'm not sure there's really a fundamen...
by west neg, new york
Sun Feb 19, 2017 12:17 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion
Replies: 90
Views: 30876

Re: 2017 ACF Regionals - specific-question discussion

Can I see the exact phrasing of the "vibrations" tossup, especially the lead-in about PQR branches? I might be remembering wrong, but I think that part was more applicable to transitions between vibrational states than to the act of vibrating itself.
by west neg, new york
Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Eyes VIII discussion
Replies: 27
Views: 3676

Re: Eyes VIII discussion

I really enjoyed the set! Just a couple of small things that I thought might warrant a look at for future mirrors: 1. The tossup on works commissioned by Güell has a picture of some stones as the second or third picture in the tossup (before the butt bench) that IIRC literally say "Parc Güell&q...
by west neg, new york
Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:32 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Replies: 79
Views: 6972

Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!

AKKOLADE wrote:Thank you so much, whoever sent me an audiobook copy of "This is How You Lose Her" by Junot Diaz!
You're very welcome!
by west neg, new york
Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:39 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: General discussion
Replies: 21
Views: 1120

Re: General discussion

Just to add onto Raynor's point, clues about translation also reward players who are involved in the critical discourse over the literature. When I wrote that tossup on "Chinese," I really wasn't expecting anyone to firstline it because they had that particular six-volume, $400 collection ...
by west neg, new york
Wed Dec 14, 2016 5:23 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Replies: 79
Views: 6972

Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!

Just ordered my gift. Should arrive sometime between the 19th-28th.
by west neg, new york
Sun Dec 11, 2016 6:07 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Send Those Gifts!
Replies: 79
Views: 6972

Re: SMV 2016: HSQB's Secret Santa - Register now! (12/11/16)

Sure, why not? Name: Robert Chu Email: rofchu [at] gmail [dot] com Present requests: 1) A book about painting, film, or classical music (but not The Rest is Noise ) 2) A poster/piece of wall art that is also an infographic (something similar to this coffee poster ) 3) A CD album by a (good) band who...
by west neg, new york
Sun Oct 30, 2016 11:34 am
Forum: College area archives
Topic: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 82
Views: 19454

Re: PB 2016: Specific Question Discussion

Similarly, the James Russell Lowell question uses "he" (or "his"? I don't remember) to refer to the author of "Skunk Hour," and then makes you prompt on "Lowell," presumably inducing some answers of "Robert." Can confirm that this happened at least ...
by west neg, new york
Sun Nov 15, 2015 1:29 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion
Replies: 10
Views: 449

Re: Specific Question Discussion

In this painting, blood squirts diagonally out of one of the title character’s necks as the maid Abra calmly observes the scene on the right. For 10 points each: [10] Name this painting depicting a biblical heroine grabbing the hair of and decapitating an Assyrian General. ANSWER: Judith Beheading ...
by west neg, new york
Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:06 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Transparency (Penn Bowl 2015)
Replies: 18
Views: 4834

Re: Transparency

I think it's more like tossups along the lines of "hm what's something you mine that you really wouldn't want to get in your water supply" This, but also dropping equator in power for the Coriolis force question (in addition to Jacob's regional thing). Maybe you don't mind someone buzzing...
by west neg, new york
Sun Oct 25, 2015 7:01 pm
Forum: College area archives
Topic: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)
Replies: 56
Views: 15906

Re: Specific Question Discussion (Penn Bowl 2015)

To explain why I ask, I and two (three?) other members of the team realized the event being described around where power ended, but two of us sat on it for a considerable time since we didn't remember the target's name. But the third player realized he could just buzz with "umbrella assassinat...
by west neg, new york
Tue Nov 18, 2014 12:07 am
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Question-specific discussion (HFT 2014)
Replies: 53
Views: 8694

Re: Question-specific discussion

Can I see tossups on Tibet, Urals, WWI, Netherlands, Hawaii, Afghanistan War, and Alexander the Great? Thanks This modern-day region was ruled by the Phagmodrupa Dynasty, and its namesake empire lasted from the 7th to the 9th centuries and was founded by Namri Songtsen. Hundreds of soldiers from th...
by west neg, new york
Mon Nov 17, 2014 2:54 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Question-specific discussion (HFT 2014)
Replies: 53
Views: 8694

Re: Question-specific discussion

For what it's worth, Fences was powered quite early in my room, although the team that got it had just read it in English class. Ishiguro is a tough answerline mainly because he isn't read much in high school, but I think that the tossup on him was very much gettable at the power mark (if not before...
by west neg, new york
Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:59 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: HFT IX @ Harvard (11/15/14)
Replies: 105
Views: 67680

Re: HFT IX @ Harvard (11/15/14)

In the email all staffers received a few days prior to HFT, bringing a computer to read questions was mentioned, albeit briefly. That being said, I don't think the availability of laptops would have been a issue at all had the reading snafu not occurred. The packets were sent out to the rest of the ...
by west neg, new york
Sun Nov 16, 2014 7:27 pm
Forum: High school area archives
Topic: Errata (HFT 2014)
Replies: 10
Views: 1965

Re: Errata

This one tripped me up when I read it: round 10, tossup 20, second to last sentence should read "loss of electrons," not "elections."