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Anarch wrote:Isn't Bossick's Basho also being run on the sectionals set? Or is that not happening?

If it happens, it will be run on the sectionals set.

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Nuclear Densometer Test wrote:Just off the top of my head (I may have missed a few)

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I didn't know that Oedipus Rex or Antigone were famous philosophical tracts.

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Also, you can play the same tournament that they're playing in Barrington at a much closer Chattahoochee High School on 3/20.

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One of the 50 U.S. states was purchased in an agreement that was not popularly supported at the time.In fact, the agreement was widely referred to as Seward’s Folly. *What is the capital city of this “controversial” state? So, this question could still ask for the capital city and would not be a ho...

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Here's how some Ohio teams did on the fall novice set:
http://results.scobo.net/SQBS.aspx?org= ... =standings

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If your team found the fall novice set easy, it may be ready for GLRAC, a tournament hosted on an HSAPQ set on March 27th at Case Western. The touranment link is here: http://www.createphpbb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=730&mforum=oac From what I've heard, this year's HSAPQ sets are slightly less d...

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I thought that each component plugged into the central box, but maybe I'm mistaken. It was just interesting that there was a buzzer that I hadn't seen before.

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When I played THUNDER and Trashtastrophe in October, some school (possibly Youngstown State) brought a buzzer system where lights lit up inside a translucent plastic box (I think it was fluorescent purple for one team and fluorescent yellow for the other although there were different lights inside e...

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Is Trashtwostrophe going to be doubles? Regardless of whether it is or not, I would like to play. If it is doubles, I think I might coerce someone else into being my teammate.
EDIT: It looks like I have a teammate.

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It looks like the Noriega guy is just finishing up actively voting in this. Is there a way to lock Google spreadsheets to keep this from happening in the future?

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Had some of the American trash in this set been replaced with British trash?

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evilmonkey wrote:
quantumfootball wrote:Bryce, your new link is just the prelims.
So it was. It is fixed now. Thank you for catching my mistake.

You're welcome.

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Bryce, your new link is just the prelims.

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I think that at least three of the top four were at Tippecanoe, but their A team was at Quaker Bowl while their B team played as "DCC A" at Bowling Green.

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Is this the same Horace Greeley that dominates

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Since non-pre-determined party conventions pop up in packets, wouldn't it be reasonable to include John Glenn in a question about the 1984 Democratic convention?

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I saw that at some tournament this year, Miriam Nussbaum of Cornell played solo. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone knew of any other female quizbowlers who have played solo at a non-singles tournament.

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According to the NAQT website, that round had 20 tossups read.

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If a third room can't be used at the Red Roof, the place where Grayson County is staying is just across the parking lot.

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I mean, if we're going to be sticklers for accuracy here, I should point out that Richard Reid, the president of CBI, and Richard Reid, the shoe bomber, are TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT GUYS! Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh So there were never any shoes given as neg prizes? No, but there was a FREEZE FRAME aw...

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I do think it'll be interesting to see how teams from the two states compare, but there are some big abscences from both states that leads me to believe that it won't be a true read on how each state stacks up against the other. But for fun comparisons, this tournament will be great. As far as I kn...

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If there was an intention of two finals packets that got mixed in with everything else, it seemed that that was about the amount of weird answer choices in the science, which otherwise seemed pretty consistent and mostly at the appropriate difficutly, except maybe some of the CS. I'm not completely ...

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As for who directed the most tournaments, isn't R. Robert Hentzel the official TD of all of the HS tournaments in Minnesota that use NAQT questions? Between that and HSNCT/ICT, it would be hard for others to come close.

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Will this partnership force people to attend SCT only in their ACUI region? If so, there wouldn't be a Canadian tournament, and teams would have to all have passports just to attend when it is held in the other country.

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In addition to what Jonah said about the various Judaism questions, Al-Hanisim is added to the hoda'ah for other holidays, so this is not a uniquely identifying clue. Being a leadin, it would probably make people think, "In what other holidays than Chanukkah is Al-Hanisim recited?". Good ...

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In addition to what Jonah said about the various Judaism questions, Al-Hanisim is added to the hoda'ah for other holidays, so this is not a uniquely identifying clue. Being a leadin, it would probably make people think, "In what other holidays than Chanukkah is Al-Hanisim recited?".

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I had a good time playing with Joe, Geoffrey, and Bob, and felt that the other teams thought that the tournament was pretty well-run. Many of the teams were amazed that this tournament started at its announced time, and that ten rounds with tossups of this length could be done by 4:30. It was good t...

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Since it says on the HSAPQ website that their league sets can be configured into 28 20/20 packets, and that tournaments rarely use all fifteen packets, would it be possible to chop the league set into two 14-packet tournament sets for parts of the country that don't have HSAPQ leagues?

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Apparently, the board couldn't send my private messages to various members of the teams playing this tournament, but due to the people that I was going to play with backing out, I'm still a free agent. At this difficulty level, I think I can get some questions in physics/astronomy/math/religion/geog...

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I would prefer to play it Saturday evening, but should be able to make it in either case.

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I would like to be a free agent if open teams are allowed.

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I am also having problems with the forum.

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I remember that when I was in high school, when I found out that the SAT was going to conflict with either OAC Regionals or State, the guidance counselor said that there is an option of taking the test on a weekday for an additional fee in the counselor's office. I'm not sure if they still do that. ...

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So... who's left? Georgetown Day, Maggie Walker, State College, Wilmington Charter, Dorman, Hunter, Southside... LASA?... Mission SJ?... Hoover? (really?)... That's my guess at what teams are left, and that's in no order (actually, it's in the order i thought of them, nevermind). Several of them wi...

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Would it be possible to post the mitzvah tossup from IS-85, round 13? I think it defined what a mitzvah was in power.

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How many area codes does Cairo, Ohio have? Northwestern Ohio used to all be in the 419 area code, but instead of splitting it up, they just gave newer people 567 numbers. This is a really small village that just has a bar, a gas station, and a grain elevator, and depends on other towns for services...

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That is one of the correct area codes for a phone number in Cairo, Ohio.

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When I was in high school, on one of the afternoons when most people would skip school (like right before Thanksgiving or something like that), the A team would play some faculty members, and the B team would play against a selection of students who had bought raffle tickets. In addition to selling ...

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I wonder if :chip: 's regisnation has anything to do with the fact that while the company is based in Ohio, no one in Ohio currently uses their questions (except for maybe some TV tournaments), and now that it seems that the governor wants to start a competition somewhat equivalent to KAAC Governor'...

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I didn't mean you guys. Ohio University was supposed to have gone to the mirror in Hamilton.

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Having looked at the Canadian message board, one field update had that a team from Ohio University was coming. I was wondering if some regular VETO participant is now at OU, or what, since they've only done CBI in recent years.

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Would this be the same T.C. Williams as the one whose football team was portrayed in Remember the Titans?

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Also, for "maximizing the margin of victory", it should be margin per 20TUH so that teams who are really blowing out someone shouldn't have to really pile it on the other team by bonus blitzing and stuff like that to speed up the game.

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I think the right policy solution for NAQT is to have our writers and editors crack down on overly difficult material in next year's A-series leadins. I'd like to point out that some tossups in A sets were too difficult for that level, such as the Strindberg tossup in IS 82A. How many novice teams ...

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I don't know about other people, but I had thought that the issue was less about the cross-disciplinary giveaways in the tossups, and more about bonuses with two parts of it in one subject, and the other part in a third (usually trash), and having them be tagged as a bonus for the subject that the o...

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Well, I'd assume that, if these are continued, Byko would start from scratch next year and this year would be a hole in the record. This year being a hole in the record!? Sounds great! But I would also like to help, as I would also want to see this year's stats up, even though they aren't very pret...

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Also, could you find out at some point during the day if Brush is the one from Lyndhurst, Ohio?
EDIT: Sorry about the multiple post. My computer is acting up.

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Since it seems that Jonah has disabled comments, do you know how Defiance did against Zionsville A?

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Here's confirmation that Copley did "win" the Washington phase of this tournament.
http://www.qunlimited.com/national.htm#wash

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Is there any chance that the 1970's marathon runner bonus get nominated for an Elephant Molar award? I think that one thing that Matt Weiner did right for Fake TRASHionals that the writer of this bonus didn't do is realize that just because something is an easy part at the time it occurred doesn't m...

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