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Santa Monica went to 4 this past year, including NAQT Nats.

By a newbie at practice the other day:

Wrong: Tupac
Right: Langston Hughes
This after the question said "he penned the line 'A Raisin in the Sun' "

Lee, I may be wrong, but I believe that since NAQT posted the podcasts we are allowed to discuss specific questions now (people playing in the mirrors aren't supposed to view these threads) Now that NAQT has posted the podcasts, we'll follow their lead and ask people who may be playing the mirror to...

You're surprised an NAQT tournament had a dearth of art and music questions?! Perhaps I should be more specific. All the tournaments I have ever played in were played on NAQT questions. All our practices have been on NAQT questions (excepting three on questions I wrote myself that I, obviously, did...

In response to the comment on the increase in politics, current events, and "trash," I did notice that as well, but having thought about it, isn't cultural literacy important in the REAL WORLD? If NAQT wants to change their general distribution, that's fine by me, it's their right to do t...

etchdulac, just out of curiosity, do you remember what team you saw us (santa monica) play? Or, failing that, what room(s) were you moderating in? Thanks for the compliment, by the way, though Cistercian did tear us apart in that game.

Maybe this is just me being bitter, but did anyone else notice that there seemed to be an usually high distribution of current events/politics and pop culture? I think that and the always high geography distribution did us in in the playoffs. Well, that and the fact that we played like crap. In any ...

I'm intrigued because California teams have always stated they can't make the trip out unless it's earlier. (Some of you California teams verify that with us.) For whatever reason, they like an earlier date. I can't speak definitively for the rest of the California schools, but I believe that most ...

I think it's especially difficult to predict performance at HSNCT for west coast teams that haven't played teams from outside their region (i.e. every socal team going to nationals, except for edison who played in one nocal tourney). Whereas the top teams in the midwest/east coast (DCC, State Colleg...

With all due respect, I think that your analogy to Decathlon doesn't entirely fit the situation. I know that Sci Bowl and Ocean Sci Bowl also require fixed rosters from states to nationals, but the difference is that the only way to qualify for nationals is via those state tournaments, which are usu...

Just as an addendum to my previous post: I talked to my teammates and coach and Santa Monica will be attending with at least one probably two teams if the tournament is moved to the 20th. If it remains on the 13th then, as I said before, we will not be attending at all. Incidentally, as mentioned ab...

I'll relay the announcement on Tuesady to our coach, who is currently in D.C. for Sci Bowl Nationals, but I don't know if we can come up with the money anyway; we have to pay for NAQT HSNCT out of pocket. Also, this may be irrelevant since, as I mentioned, I don't know if we can come, but our prom i...

Thanks for the endorsement, bigtrain. I too would like to think that we could contend, probably not win but at least contend. Last year our team finished 20th at NAQT nats and, although none of them are returning, I've been told (I wasn't on the team last year) that this year's team would beat last ...

Yes, Santa Monica will be going to NAQT Nats with one team, assuming we can raise the money for it.

I think you were indeed misinterpreting the idea of "timing". What I assume he was referring to is the debate between NAQT-style rounds where matches consist of two strictly-timed nine minute halves (strictly to the point where a tossup is killed if the clock goes off) and other formats wh...

Santa Monica will be attending NAQT Nats with one team but not PACE. The reasoning for this is a) lack of funding; it should be interesting to see if we can even raise the money we need for NAQT, and b) I don't think our coach has heard of PACE....

blah blah blah, name this partner of Roy Rogers

Answer Given: Fred Astaire
Correct Answer: Trigger

It's been a few days and Dwight hasn't posted anything, so I'll give a few results from the NAQT SoCal State Championship on Sunday for any who are interested (courtesy of the UCLA Quiz Bowl Website). Santa Monica A came in first, finishing 11-0, followed by Edison at 9-2, San Dieguito also at 9-2, ...

Obviously rankings are a matter of opinion (thanks for making me the only Samo player not ranked by the way ;)), so I couldn't say that you ranked them incorrectly with absolute certainty. I put Fionnan first for a few reasons. First, and perhaps the most important, I get to play with him every day,...

Sure, I'll bite. I've only been playing qb for this year, and my rankings are based solely on the USC and UCI tournaments. That said...... Teams (assuming no B teams): 1. Santa Monica (yeah, yeah, I know we lost to La Jolla, but I've said my piece on that one, plus we finished well ahead of La Jolla...

I know that I probably don't have any business posting in an Alabama thread, but in answer to your question NAQT does contain math questions. While there are some "theory" questions where the answer is "derivative" or "limit" or something similar (it's easy enough to se...

Steven, although I personally prefer "A" sets for a variety of reasons (not the least of which is the fact that our A team wins nearly all the inevitable buzzer races on the giveaway clue(s)), I can see why you wouldn't like them. I often find myself thinking of one answer from the beginni...

Thanks to both Steven and the Arcadia player for the respones (hopefully we will be able to live up to those expectations). As for the other teams competing, unfortunately I haven't had a chance to play against (or see at all) Edison A, Hart A, or San Dieguito A, so I can't really say how I think th...

Are you guys expecting any more teams? I talked to La Jolla's coach at the UCI tournament Saturday, and he said that they had a local event that day, but would like to find a way to come to the State Championship, especially after the controversial match between us (Santa Monica A) and La Jolla A. A...

I know Dwight sometimes posts on this board, so, Dwight, I was wondering if you guys have any kind of a field list for the SoCal State Championship on March 12. As I'm sure you all can tell by my number of posts, I'm relatively new to this board, so if I posted this in the wrong section, please let ...

NoahMinkCHS wrote: And this situation worked out especially well in being the last match of the day. Just to clarify, this was not the last match of the day in our bracket. I said that there were twelve teams and each bracket, with each team playing all eleven other teams in their bracket. At the t...

In regards to how the moderator recognized answers the rest of the match, there was no clear protocol for bonuses. It seemed to me that if an answer was clearly (and of course the term clearly is always open to interpretation) directed at the moderator and not at a teammate in the same direction, he...

I know most of the people who post here are located in the midwest or on the east coast, but for anyone who is interested, La Jolla A finished 12-0 including a victory over San Dieguito A (10-2 for the day) in the championship, to win the UC Irvine Baby Anteater Bowl VIII (......I think, it might be...