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On January 28, 2006, Chiles HS in Tallahassee, Florida held its first ever high school tournament. Fifteen teams competed, with the top eight making it to the playoffs. In the finals, Leon defeated Eastide B. Other teams that deserve recognition for making the playoffs include Lincoln, Rickards, Eas...

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Each week, I would keep track of which tossups had been missed; after about two weeks, I would then bring the previous weeks' packets and simply re-read the tossups that had been missed again. I think this is a great idea, and something I'll try at our practices. Nothing fancy goes on at Florida St...

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Yes, I think Raj correctly interpreted my comments in a more gentle way. I was a bit frustrated after this tournament, so I really didn't mean for what I wrote to have such a scathing tone. In the future, I'll probably wait a day to comment, so I can simmer down. Now, instead of being so negative, I...

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Thank you UF for supplying some superb 2-*sentence* tossups and having Div2 play 7 rounds total. Well worth the $100 entry fee, I say.

Billy
FSU

edit: I changed the word line to sentence.

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I'll take the bait. Will Jonathan Thompson be playing on this team?

--BB

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Matt Weiner wrote:Mackinder has been asked about for a long time.

Correct. A quick search shows a tossup on Mackinder from the 1996 Terrapin Invitational. The last words in the tossup are The Geographical Pivot of History.

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Also, that bonus on Mackinder is incredibly hard. Mackinder probably needs to be the third part of a bonus. Asking about his book, however well-known it might be among geographers, is probably not appropriate even at a high-level tournament. I'm currently taking a 1000-level geography class here at...

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Well, I know very little about college bowl, but I wass just wondering, what's the buzz (pardon the potential GT pun) about schools in GA, namely UGA, GA Tech, Emory, and Berry? I'll answer regarding NAQT/ACF tournaments (CBI don't count in my book). Despite having gone to around twenty or so acade...

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If Napier is defending Robin, the Apocalypse must be near.

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Noah (or anyone else affiliated with UGA),

I was just curious...how many academic tournaments has UGA been to this year (that weren't held on the UGA campus, that is)?

Thanks,
Billy

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The all-girls school in Washington D.C.?
That's kind of neat...

--Billy

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Listed below is a link to some of the tossups I wrote for the 2005 CotKU tournament. If you have time, feel free to look over it. http://www.geocities.com/fsucollegebowl/Criticism.rtf If any of you sageful veterans have any constructive criticism about the packet, please let me know, either on here,...

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Partial Results:

Div 1:
1) Vandy A
2) Florida State A
3) Seth Kendall
4) Georgia Tech A

Vandy beat FSU (280-240) in an exciting match that came down to the last question.

Thank you Charlie and the rest of the UTC crew for putting on another great tournament.

--Billy

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Eigteen teams participated in the first ever FSU HS Tournament. After the 7-round swiss-pairing prelims, the top three teams were: 1) Florida High 2) Maclay 3) Pensacola A The top 8 then made it to the playoffs. In the first semifinals match, fourth seeded Rickards A upset Florida High, and in the s...

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*bump*

Update #3

--Check update field.

--Only pop culture and current events questions left to be written.

--C'mon FSU, Marshall, Miss. St., Oklahoma, Duke, UT, 'Zona!

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I never *wanted* to write a packet, nor did I ever renege saying I would.
The only thing that is funny is how badly UF played today. I know we can agree there.

-BB

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I was looking over the Tulsa mirror and teams attending there don't have to submit a packet. C'mon Robin, you should do that. I don't feel like writing a packet, but I also don't want to pay an extra $40.

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Packet? Sure, why not. Expect it around the 21st though.
I have a feeling this tournament would be over by 3:30 or so...

--BB

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Florida State will send a team.

--Billy Beyer

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Update #2 --The field has been updated with some new editions. --The definition of a JV team can be stretched a bit. For example, if you have an 11th grader who has never touched a buzzer before, feel free to have him on a JV team. --The early registration period was stretched by a couple days. You ...

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Florida State A won the 2005 edition of GT's Heinrich Boll tournament. Kentucky placed a close second, and Florida finished third overall, and first in Div2. Top individuals were Seth Kendall, follwed not so closely by Doug of Florida, Travis from Florida, and Billy from Florida State, who finished ...

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Update #1

--An updated list of teams has been posted.

--If you're interestied in coming to moderate, let me know.

--Duke has suggested mirroring this tournament. If any other high schools or colleges are interested, let me know.

Thanks,
BB

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Currently, there are 20 teams signed up. [I'll keep updating this post as more teams signup] Branford - 1 Varsity Chiles - 2 Varsity FSUS - 1 Varsity Hardee - 2 Varsity & 1 JV Lincoln - 2 Varsity Maclay - 1 Varsity & 1 JV OWC - 1 Varsity Pensacola - 1 Varsity & 1 JV Rickards - 3 Varsity ...

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Florida State High School Tournament Tallahassee, Florida Saturday, October 15, 2005 INTRODUCTION: Your school is invited to enter a team or teams in the Florida State High School Tournament, to be held on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday, October 15, 2005....

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It seems like GT has a knack for trying to hold tournaments the same day other schools do...
Florida State is planning to hold a HS tournament on 10/15/05, fyi.
It's been posted on here, and is on the GATA calendar.

Just commenting,
Billy Beyer
FSU

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One other interested situation came up in the 15-point round (I believe). There was a question asking players to fill in the missing word of literary titles. The first one, for example, was The Unbearable _______ of Being by Kundera. The fourth and final one was read as Of Human ______ *buzz*. Maryl...

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Don't most PAC finals end up like this? When each team is only getting a few questions, there has to be a huge variance on the possible outcomes -- much, much moreso than in the other formats anyways. In my experiences with PAC, surprisingly not. Last year for example, Virginia had a relatively com...

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Despite the fact I don't like the PAC format, today's final match was actually really exciting. The top four teams all had a legit shot to win. For example, on one 15-point question, Team Florida buzzed in and said A Member of the Wedding (by Carson McCullers) instead of The Member of the Wedding. T...

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E.T. Chuck wrote:(PACE on the other hand is happy to give its question sets out on request to teams that register for the NSC.)

Why aren't PACE questions allowed to be viewed by non-registered NSC people?

--BB

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At one of the NAQT events my team attended this past year, both Nigerian authors and organic chemistry were bonus topics, neither of which is on a par with high school knowledge. I'd have to disagree. I read Things Fall Apart in 10th grade. While I went down the physics route for science, many of m...

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quiz4life wrote:Can you give me a call?

Gladly, if you give me your cell phone number.

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To: Anyone

If the NAQT-run Friday night scrimmages aren't enough for you, let me know if you'd like to play on some questions Thursday night as well (after ~8pm).
I'd be happy to read for your teams, play against you, etc.

--Billy Beyer
386.334.4109

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I, Billy Beyer, am playing with Boris Nguyen and Jamie Delmolino of Valencia, and the infamous Nathan Freeburg.

--Thanks

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Did you mean to exclude non-operatic vocal music?

I hope not, since there are plenty of important and well-known oratorios, requiems, lieder, etc.

--BB

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Sounds like an awesome idea!
My obvious piece of advice: just don't make it the same time as the Fine Arts Singles tournament, and you'll be all right.

--Billy Beyer

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Edit:
some desperate team actually took me!
Good luck to all those at the CO.

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If a team is really, really, really desperate for a player, I'd *love* to come and play. I might even be able to get a fine arts question here and there.

--Billy Beyer
Florida State University
[email protected]

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Florida State University is planning to have a high school tournament on October 15, 2005.

Thanks,
Billy Beyer
[email protected]

DATE CHANGED!!
(silly ACF Fall...and FSU home football schedule)

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On April 2nd, 2005, Rickards High School, in Tallahasee, held a 9-team high school tournament using NAQT IS-50 questions. In the finals, Lincoln defeated Leon. Chiles did very well, but was upset in the playoffs. Other teams in attendance included Munroe, Sail, Wesley Chapel, and Wakulla. On an exci...

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QB Community,

Would anyone be so kind as to send me the packets from ACF Regionals?
I played on them at the USF site, and the USF folks said they would pass them along, but even after a reminder or two, they have yet to.

Thanks in advance,
Billy Beyer
Florida State University
wfb04 at fsu dot edu

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Hey, my name is Billy Beyer and I go to Florida State. I'd love to swing on down and either helping reading, or do stats (or whatever else you need. Let me know if my assisstance is needed/wanted.

--BB

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Buzz: Pamela Anderson
Answer: Rally Monkey

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Is Taylor County HS is planning to compete at the VCC Two-Year Sectional Championship?
If yes, do you know if there are still spots open?
Anyone?

Perhaps I should contact Chris Borglum...

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