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D. I am moving to DC next month. Coordinating all aspects of our Nationals will be much easier (including finding qualified readers and training them above all) being based out of Dupont Circle, as opposed to Northern New Jersey. I highly urge you to get actual history teachers with a track record ...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

I'll write 10/10 whatever.

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mzhang13 wrote:there is no reason why 5 seconds should be allowed after a buzz.

Um this is pretty standard, actually.

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Oh listen to either of these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSS5dEeMX64
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lb3MTlIrC4

I played these two on loop the night before HSNCT playoffs.

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Mewto55555 wrote:I run around the halls.

Shouldn't that be "levitate around the halls?" I mean, Mewtwo does float.

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Also, you should develop a pre-match ritual that gets you into the mood. I believe that the one I did with Phil and Sameer has reached some cult status.

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Hi Spencer, are you from the Saratoga High in California? If so, give me your/your coach's email so that you can come to more tournaments that Berkeley (and Stanford) will host. I personally just listen to music or zone out before a game and try to avoid mental tasks or strain. It might take you a b...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

MasterYster wrote:Thanks for all the responses. Just to follow up, which packets do you think I should start with, as in represents the canon of stuff I should definitely know?

Start with LIST, SCOP, and Fall Novice.

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Also, why are there tryouts for your team? Adjustments to teams should be made based on who does work and gets better and demonstrates excellence throughout the year. It should not be set in stone based on a single event at the beginning of the year. Quiz bowl is fundamentally different from athleti...

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I've always found note carding to be the best strategy. Try to find clues that come up multiple times especially, you'll find that they will continue to come up in whatever set you do for tryouts. You don't need to use notecards to become good at quiz bowl. That's just another form of rote memoriza...

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What about putting YMIR after ANFORTAS to make a super helping of myth on Saturday (for those who want that)? I can see it going really late, though.

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bt_green_warbler wrote:Marin Catholic (spring tournament; mid-February?)
Riordan (fall tournament; early December)

Are these going to be run on good questions? If not, we should really jump on the opportunity to get more HSAPQ/good housewrites run in the Bay Area.

Also, is BAAL finally going to use standard format?

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Cheynem wrote:He didn't--that's an option too I guess, although I'm not sure how many of the attendees have played it already.

Not many would have. Matt Jackson and Libo, I think, are the only staffers to have played in either NSC or NASAT.

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Did Ben talk to you about mirroring YMIR at KABO? I believed he wanted it to be run either at KABO or CO (or maybe both).

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Oh right. The second clue was from the baths in Britain, but for some reason it flew over my head. The curse tablets said things like "I suspect X of having stolen my beloved cloak. If X does not return it tomorrow, may Sulis cause eternal impotence upon him." Sulis as in Aquae Sulis, the...

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Anyway, I think a tournament like this is a golden opportunity for media outreach and sponsorship, as teams will be more likely to come if they can claim to represent their state and appear in a newspaper (not to mention having their costs paid), while newspapers themselves are more likely to sponso...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Oh right. The second clue was from the baths in Britain, but for some reason it flew over my head. The curse tablets said things like "I suspect X of having stolen my beloved cloak. If X does not return it tomorrow, may Sulis cause eternal impotence upon him."

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There was much to love in this set, like the films mentioned earlier, even if a bonus entirely on Cronenberg is IMO too much of a 0-30 proposition. The tossup on the Tito-Stalin split I think was way too vague and hard to parse, even with the Informbiro clue early on. I particularly loved the tossup...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

10. Identify the following about tanks, for 10 points each. [10] The first combat use of tanks was at the village of Flers during this World War I battle, which also included the South African defense of Delville Wood. ANSWER: Battle of the _Somme_ [or _Somme_ offensive] [10] Although around a thou...

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The Eighth Viscount of Waaaah wrote:On the other hand, I wouldn't view your library's catalog as the most trustworthy source.

To many high schoolers, that would be THE most trustworthy source on stuff like this.

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If we're going to go by the dictum "don't penalize people who only have a certain bit of knowledge from having read something," then partial last names should be prompted, since many who aren't used to compound last names simply use the last name when writing about a person, as demonstrate...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Buzzer-based competition is always disastrous when you can only buzz in following the conclusion of the question and you have 8 different kids who all know the answer, thus making the competition a test of reflexes rather than actual knowledge. You might as well model this on the National Geographic...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Tokyo Sex Whale wrote:I'm going to write an actual good Mike Cheyne style packet on Star Wars in the near future.

All my Bakuran nectar shall be yours.

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"You're sure the tracking beacon is secure aboard their ship? I'm taking an awful risk here, Vader. This had better work." Seriously, if you do finish this packet, please don't spoil it or anything--just put it up here in document form. At least two Bellarmine players will come to blows wh...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

Yeah even though I do swear during matches, I made a conscious effort not to do it on camera. I don't think Nikhil, Sameer, or John are responsible either, as they generally don't drop the f bomb when swearing.

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The latter is superior, generally speaking (Adam Silverman is an extraordinary case). IMSA and Hunter exemplify this. Also, define well-rounded. Do you mean 4 people who can each buzz in on every category or 4 specialized individuals?

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Oh and also Chimney Sweep is not the same thing as Chimney Sweeper. The first is from SO Innocence, the latter from Experience, and the first should definitely be acceptable as an answer. We ran into this exact same problem on 2011 Regs where only Sweep was accepted, so we made sure to say Sweep thi...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

The Herb wrote:The Golden Sun bonus part made me cry tears of joy.

As did the tossups on Misty, lightsabers, and George Costanza.

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I actually did get that bonus part on 36-30, and I did learn it in APUSH. But it's the kind of one-off thing that you can easily forget and is generally a function of memorization rather than actual understanding of the topic under question, which should be the golden standard of quiz bowl. I also a...

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I really liked the tossups on "actual" historical things like newspapers, gold, and iron, which better adheres to the kind of "trend" history emphasized in survey courses in high school. There should be a reward for having studied those things along with the specific person/place...

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Why use a single elimination playoff format at all? You could double bracket it the way HSNCT does and still have a relatively small number of rounds in the playoffs.

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Andrew Chrzanowski suggested earlier in this thread that an alternate source of volunteers would be preferable. I'm curious what he has in mind. If quizbowl experience is necessary, and if you remove from the pool all the coaches of teams that are playing at the event and who would prefer to stay w...

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I felt that a Paul Simon tossup may not have been converted enough. Everything else was fine to write on except perhaps the Dick Cheney hunting incident, which I feel was overhyped and should be relegated to the annals of sensationalized media coverage.

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I was originally going to post this in the thread about 60-second rounds but on further thought decided to make this a general constructive criticism of the tournament. I'd like to start by complimenting HSAPQ on what I considered a fantastic set, with excellent variety across all historical themes ...

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Berkeley teh quizbowls.

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I got a St. Francis of Assisi tossup because my brother attended a high school named after him. It had a yearbook called Poverello and Poverello came up as a clue in the first line of the tossup.

i never see pigeons in wheeling

I've actually wondered why NAQT doesn't allow teams to outright discard bonuses. It is their prerogative whether they want to receive points from it or not (since the bonus is solely theirs). If they truly are desperate enough that they will resort to that, then I think they should be allowed to do ...

i never see pigeons in wheeling

In addition to all the aforementioned ways one could creatively expand methods of writing film clues, I think you could add circumstances of production (type and method of film used, impetus for making the film in the first place) as well as additional commentary by famous film critics and historian...

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I believe that it was actually Berkeley who wanted to host on 3/31. I never heard anything about Bellarmine potentially hosting MUT.

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Cheynem wrote:I hope to see some folklore questions.

Like local legends and somesuch? We did originally have some, but they were too hard for this level, and we're having trouble representing all world peoples as it is. There will be some curveballs, however.

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At first glance, this idea seems to be a very creative work-around for teams that aren't willing or able to shell out the money necessary for a buzzer system instead of the $.99 per device that this app would cost. However, several practical limitations kind of get in the way of its utility for prac...

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Bellarmine will still do much of the (great amount of) editing required, but please pull any mention of our school's name from association with this set.

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Oh oh wait I got this I got this...
Is this going to be LADUE?!?!?!?!?!

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If I might make a recommendation, expand your outreach for this by directly mailing to school administrations.

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I do not think that money especially dilutes the motivations of kids to be involved in this, considering how hard it is and how much dedication is required to actually win at this event in comparison to an intramural. I mean, just looking at geography bee and spelling bee champions, who also receive...

i never see pigeons in wheeling · Re: BAAL Descartes at Bentley, 2/11/12 Will stats be posted?

Will stats be posted?

i never see pigeons in wheeling

I think a good idea would simply be to make QBCentral open-source or allow others to work on it. Sharad might have a hard time dealing with the issues posed by QBCentral and our constant requests, so defraying the work to others with significant programming experience might make the whole thing easi...

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14. The narrator of this work extolls the “via media,” a middle way of living, shortly before overhearing two arguments: One between a group of beggars that Father Clause will presumably arbitrate, the other between a band of gypsies. In one scene from this work, a milkmaid named Maudlin sings Marlo...

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You might also be interested in knowing that Bellarmine (finally!) has a stat line (from BARGE).

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Stats through round 4.

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