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As far as I know, Subash simply went through every NAQT packet from the previous years, wrote down the lead-ins and studied only those, using NAQT's irritating tendency to recycle lead-ins to great effect. See also Sudheer Potru's less notable accomplishments in 2004. This is in 2003, I have no idea...

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This tournament was a lot of fun, and a lot more playable than you'd think a tournament written by Westbrook without having to temper the difficulty level would be. Of course, the field being exemplary had a lot to do with it. I think the "draft" idea was a great one, because it required o...

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Can someone please explain the schedule of tournaments for next weekend? I've not even heard whether Westbrook or Hart's tournaments are even going to happen, much less what time they are happening.

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so is this still happening at IO?

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I think we need to remember that we're arguing with not only a Chip sycophant and official lightswitch-flicker, but also the person that allowed this packet into an academic tournament:

http://quizbowl.stanford.edu/archive/uci99/ASU_B.html

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GT: HUR DUR DUR, if anyone wants to play.

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ValenciaQBowl wrote:I thought that guy shot himself after blowing up the bridge in his stoicly heroic but futile attempt to stymie Franco's men.

SPOILER THAT SHIT

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ImmaculateDeception wrote:No.

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Andy Goss already did the "screw" thing in his 2001 Summer Singles tournament.

ANDY GOSS

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7. Choose one team member to perform this task. You will now be handed one envelope and one paper plate. Inside the envelope you will find (1) One pair of disposable chopsticks (2) One box of Gobstoppers. Separate the chopsticks, and pour the candy onto the plate. Using only the chopsticks, *pick u...

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7. Choose one team member to perform this task. You will now be handed one envelope and one paper plate. Inside the envelope you will find (1) One pair of disposable chopsticks (2) One box of Gobstoppers. Separate the chopsticks, and pour the candy onto the plate. Using only the chopsticks, *pick u...

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can i play for Brindlee Mountain

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can someone move these questions to a domain that works?

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In my bracket MLW A was in 1st, Gonzaga 2nd and New Trier 3rd. Yeah that's not really much info

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Wow, they got zeroed by a team that went 3-7 (DuBois Area) and got zeroed themselves by Eden Prairie B. There is a certain level of teams who attend HSNCT that are so bad that I want to know why they even came in the first place. Does anybody else wonder this? I know it's incredibly rude, but it be...

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I would like to play.

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EDIT: While I'm on the topic of bonuses I'll throw in this classic of unfinished editing from Penn Bowl: In his Requiem , this composer was the first to eliminate the Dies Irae movement, replacing it with In Paradisum . More clues I must say I'm a bit confused here. This seems like a perfectly fine...

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This sort of relates back to my original complaint. I don't think question writers should focus on stuff that is "good" or not. That's why there was too much indie music and not enough questions on bands that people hate but at least they have heard of them. It's trash for a reason. There...

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i would be amused to see the bottom end of this list.

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I think this is one of the better TRASHionals that I've attended. Some things that they've improved on: -- more and better video game questions. They asked about games that people actually play, and seemingly a much wider variety than usual. Tossups on Time Crisis, .hack, Tecmo and Bionic Commando w...

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I am pretty sure License to IL should be ranked ahead of my team (Grappling), by virtue of having a better win-loss record (7-2, 3-4) vs. (8-1, 1-6). Also by virtue of kicking our ass.

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i want to

play in a literature singles tournament the weekend of the Chicago Open.

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Some thoughts on the distribution at the tournament: I am completely confused how this tournament could have zero computer science tossups. That is ridiculous. Out of fourteen packets we heard three bonuses on computer science related topics, one of them being on quantum computing which really stri...

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MY GIRLFRIEND

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hint #2

http://profiles.yahoo.com/us/quantumfootball16

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I've been trying to pass with a 3/4 bar of star power recently so I'll correct a few things I said: 1. Never mind what I said about just concentrating on the two primary notes. Just try to hit every note. Obviously, it's too fast, but you'll pick up a lot of accidental HO/PO this way. 2. Don't strum...

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Wow, I didn't expect to see this here. First, make sure you have the main riff down cold. I usually strum the first three notes, then hold down green and tap the yellows, strum the double green note and then hammer on R-Y-B-O-B. The first hard part is the guitar break, the part that goes GRY-RYB-YBO...

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This is too hard guys

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How is it possible that you've been on the circuit for, I believe, 6+ years and not yet seen a question on Bronzino? I've seen at least 5, none of which mentioned this Monty Python clue.

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i do believe i will select the Raiders and Browns

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Steelers, Bucs

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Niners, Broncos

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Titans, Eagles

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Texans, Rams

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I guess I really can write a tossup on Keane (4,246,801 plays scrobbled on Last.fm) and Muse (15,683,750 plays scrobbled on Last.fm), or I could if I had British Aspiration Syndrome. I guess I'll have to settle for writing questions on Air (6,154,304 plays scrobbled on Last.fm) All three of those b...

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OK, so that may be a slight exaggeration on my part; I'm having trouble thinking of anything I heard at TRASH Regionals this year that would qualify as "extremely" obscure, at least offhand. I do recall a few lesser-known indie bands coming up as bonus parts, but I shouldn't really compla...

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Vikings, Bye

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One problem with bringing more post-1990 music into play is that there are now tons of current indie rock questions that are ungettable for about half the people. This is only a problem because sometimes there are questions about extremely obscure bands. It's perfectly reasonable to think that a so...

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I really wish Trash would try to diversify their answer selection a little bit. Maybe this is because they have a similar editing staff every year and no packet submission, but it always seems like the same crap comes up every year. There is so much stuff that can be asked about in pop culture that ...

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Seahawks, Bills

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Falcons and BYE

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Jaguars, Chargers

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Saints & Chiefs

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It's unfortunate that some people's first experiences with the mACF format (albeit hybrid) had to be this tournament. The academic tossups pretty much conformed to the stereotype that college quiz bowl is "impossible" and that only the best players out of high school should even bother att...

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However, to an outsider who doesn't know much of anything about the skills of either team, it just wouldn't look good if a collegiate team lost to a high school team. Who is this mythical "outsider" that we have to worry about placating? I don't think good HS teams would have any problem ...

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Dallas & Miami

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hometown team screws me again!

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Washington. Detroit.

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Baltimore, Indianapolis

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