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Along with the PACE NSC, I full intend on making my coach take us to NAQT nationals this year. I'm glad they made the tournament announcement early this year. I think it may be a good idea to host the tournament in the same city every year however I think there are quite a few convenient cities that...

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Damn, I was looking forward to playing this year, but I wont be in town again. I hope everything goes well.

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after hearing name this animal, considered man's best friend*buzz
"snakes!"

Was that from the NAQT states packet? That was the worst NAQT set I heard this year and that specific question was probobaly its worst question.

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BuzzerZen wrote:TJ will be hosting its NAQT tournament, the NAQT JIAT 2005 on October 1, 2005 (note date change)

I'm confused, will the date be October 1 or October 15 as is said on NAQT's website?

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As far as I know, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia do not.

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Chris, I'm really pissed that we're going to have to deal with playing you and your team again all year. Why can't you pull a Braun! In all seriousness though, I look forward to another year of fun competition.

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I was wondering if some of the SEMO camp attendees could shed some light on who the top five players in practice room number one are.

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Camp Test High Scores: 1st: David Hoffelmeyer (Savannah, MO) 2nd: Chris Ray (Richard Montgomery, MD) 3rd: Julie Reynolds (Brookwood, GA) 4th: Colleen Powers (Auburn, IL) 5th: Rob Sale (Brookwood, GA) 6th: Ryan Stander (Liberty, MO) Game Show Tryout Test 1st: Colleen Powers (Auburn, IL) 2nd: Chris R...

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In the Maryland/Virginia/DC region, the area will probobaly be five powerful teams in 2005-2006: Blair, Governor's School, Thomas Jefferson, Walter Johnson and Richard Montgomery. Unlike last year when there was that TJ monster of a team taking first at every tournament, this year promises to have m...

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I was wondering, who do you think will be good within each region and on a national level in the 2005-2006 season?

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For those of you who weren't aware, team Maryland is playing without their captain, Michael Braun.

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The neg was completely unjustifiable, I think he may have even buzzed in after Leaves of Grass was given. The question wasn't misleading in any way.

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The record of both Alabama teams at the PACE NSC(both of which we played) is probobaly a factor of the intensely strong field. I think that both of the Alabama teams in attendance will make a strong run in the playoffs in future years considering the young age of their players, especially if they do...

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believe TJ played in a college tournament last year and did quite well, finishing second to Maryland I think. Yes, Jacob Oppenheimer had mentioned his experiences at that tournament to me once. He recalled with affection his appreciation for Chris Frankel's contribution of "pissing" to th...

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Not mine:
Wrong: The Yellow Rose of Texas
Right: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom

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I want to thank the PACE staff for running an excellent tournament. I thought every moderator we had was excellent. Additionally, the questions were by far the best I've ever heard and well exceeded my expectations. Also, congratulations to Thomas Jefferson for winning. State College was a very wort...

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Good luck to everyone! I anticipate having a good time competing, even though we will be without our captain

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I'm interested as well.

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bigtrain wrote: HA HA HA Chris...Our coach has already denied my request to add a question on [upcoming tournament material] among other topics considered "inappropriate." Be prepared though, unbeknownst to our coach, we are considering adding a visual question on a [more upcoming tournam...

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And no, this post is not related to Walter Johnson's decision to run its first player-written tournament this fall. HA HA HA Chris...Our coach has already denied my request to add a question on Rasputin's giant member and its residency in a Russian museum among other topics considered "inappro...

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Has NAQT's website used up all its bandwith? I know I must have reloaded the results page over 100 times over the course of the afternoon yesterday.

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gonzaga

Gonzaga loses Kettler for next year. He is one of the single best players in the country...they wont be a very strong force next year without him.

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How large an area we talking here (like the entire state)? Also, do they "recruit" students based on qb skills? Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology recruits students from a population of about two million people from Northern Virginia in what is probobaly the most educ...

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Montgomery Blair was...well, it was...I'll just describe it.

For the record, Montgomery Blair is missing their number two player.

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Up to date results can be found at http://naqt.com/hsnct/2005/stats.html
I see a lot of unexpected results so far.

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Good luck to everyone going! I'm rooting for the local teams in attendance: Richard Montgomery, Montgomery Blair and to some extent, TJ (even though they live on the wrong side of the river).

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NAQT's outreach effort is shown by their offer to provide questions for free to any program looking to run a tournament next year in a state that featured no NAQT tournaments this year. Additionally, they have not picked HSNCT sites in the East in the past few years. This is probobaly due to the pre...

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cdvwightw wrote:those high-finishing Capo Valley and Los Al teams

Didn't one of those teams send a two person team to Yale a few years ago that crushed everyone, including Dorman and TJ.

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I'll give you an elite eight for NAQT, in no particular order....Mission San Jose I wouldn't put Mission San Jose in my elite eight by virtue of the fact that they are located in the "great desert of quiz bowl" and have had almost no experience playing strong teams this year. The southern...

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Seeing as how my team wont be attending this national championship tournament, I thought I might offer some less biased predictions. Lucky top 13 in no particular order: Mission San Jose- I believe they are bringing back all of their A team. They should improve on their playoff performance from last...

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I thought I may charged with crimes against humanity for starting another Illinois thread, so I'll post my question here: Do any of you know about Hillary Clinton's participation on Maine South's "It's Academic team? I found information on it here: http://tinyurl.com/9zdzq Long table-breaking U...

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Walter Johnson High School is tentatively planning to run a tournament featuring house written questions on either September 17, or November 12, 2005.

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Winners in bold:

Thomas Jefferson, Churchill, Walter Johnson

Blair, Blake, National Cathedral School

St. Albans, Gonzaga, Richard Montgomery

Styxman wrote:RM will win by the smallest margin of the three.

RM won by the biggest margin, followed by Blake and then WJ.

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No longer affiliated with Blake It's Ac team :D I've known there was something up with you considering I've had no contact with you for three weeks and you have been absent from a few events your team has attended. I was just wondering what is going on with you. If you don't feel comfortable answer...

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Notable absences so far (at least to me) include .... a few of the good DC/MD area teams (ER, Blake, Gonzaga) From what I've heard, Eleanor Roosevelt is trying to attend ASCN (I have no idea how they came to that decision). Gonzaga is signed up for PACE. Blake seems to be having some team issues ri...

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Syphilis for Sisyphus

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I feel that ALL tournaments need to have some sort of dress code, i.e. nothing sexually suggestive (which I have seen and know of coaches who encourage it) or overly disgusting. I have confidence that all the teams in the area attending Richard Montgomery's tournament have the ability to dress them...

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Georgetown Day, Banneker, Gonzaga.....while they do not compete in many if any other events, they are still a strong component not to be taken lightly. First of all, no one takes any of those teams lightly by any stretch of the imagination. Second, those teams compete very actively in events beside...

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The other "It's Academic" games will be between the following teams: Blake, Blair, National Cathedral School Churchill, Thomas Jefferson, Walter Johnson Richard Montgomery, Gonzaga, Edit: Sorry, St. Alban's beat Holton and is in the semis Perhaps the It's Academic thread in the archives sh...

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but 8 of the 9 It's Academic semi-finalists will be represented on Saturday As I count it, only 7 of the 9 teams in the "It's Academic" semi-finals will be represented because National Cathedral School doesn't show up to non-televised tournaments either. Well anyways, the field seems to b...

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Edit: This discussion has sucked all the intended humor out of the original post.

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This does not exist "lim [x->Pi/2] tan x" As you say, that limit taken by itself does not exist. But in this 'practical' application of pre-calculus(or calculus, I don't remember) it is implyed that you are taking the limit from the left because as far as we know right now, time cannot be...

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Anyways, back to bigtrain's idiotic and futile attempt to downplay the greatness of Illinois quizbowl... Did you actually read what I wrote? why not come around here for a tournament or two during the year. you could leave thursday night, explore chicago friday, and go to a tourney saturday. I alre...

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So next time anyone from other states downplays the quality of Illinois quizbowl, let them know we're doing all right. So which teams from Illinois will be attending nationals to prove your worth at a high school level. You all have no excuse considering there will be two nationals held in your pre...

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DumbJaques wrote:Nero for Diderot (After the player had badly, badly misheard another tell him the answer)

The stupid cheater says I mumble.

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All I see on these boards is that Solon is better than DCC. In fact, the only good posts I see about DCC come from Solon's own Noah Rahman. I have never seen either of these teams play eachother, but I think most of the comparison threads on this forum have come to the conclusion that DCC and Solon...

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