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Caesar Rodney HS wrote:Did North Myrtle Beach actually come to this tournament? Curious to see if they actually attended one this year finally.

No.

edit: Results are now posted here.

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rjaguar3 wrote:Getting back on topic:

Two pictures from broadcast WRAL Brain Game episodes.

No fair picking on Brain Game. The fruit hang too low. For example, "Humphrey Bogart is a ____."

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Just finally announcing that NCOAST will be held April 25 at T.W. Andrews HS in High Point. Next year will back in the Triangle somewheres. Registration information, format, and other important knowledge will be made available soon. Eric Really? Cmon guys...thats the same weekend as state Science O...

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We all learned a lot from the several repeated questions.

Thanks to the Robinson staff for running an efficient tournament and still giving us plenty of time for lunch.

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cornfused wrote:
Caesar Rodney HS wrote:See if you can guess why a student legitimately thought his answers might be right.
The two parts that make up a lycan, I take it. One of my teammates had a similar wrong bonus answer the other day.

We can be slaves or we can be...Lichens!

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What's going on in NC? Anything new with any tournaments? How are all the teams in the state doing? Joe James Island '10 Our tournament schedule is here , so you can check that any time. As far as teams go, we've got some PACE qualifiers (Rocky Mount, Early College of Guilford, Robinson, Raleigh Ch...

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Just finally announcing that NCOAST will be held April 25 at T.W. Andrews HS in High Point. Next year will back in the Triangle somewheres.

Registration information, format, and other important knowledge will be made available soon.

Eric

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Fred: Please replace Jay M. Robinson with Rocky Mount High School for finishing 4th and thus qualifying at the Raleigh Charter Harvard mirror. Reference here. The error is mine.

Thanks,
Eric

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Well of course Raleigh Charter will roll out of bed and hike down Peace street to be there. As many teams as possible.

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At Cave Spring:

Q:"....this European country..."
A: Canada.

The actual correct answer is irrelevant.

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Great tournament. I had not anticipated that GH would be such a spectator sport, but the lunch battle was epic. Anyone who kicks off with "Hot for Teacher" has some onions. Raleigh Charter had a great time and I'm hoping that my undertaking a pilgramage to Ronde Barber's high school will h...

rchschem · Re: Speedway Shootout III - 12/6/08 (Concord, NC) Stats are listed here.

Stats are listed here.

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Raleigh Charter had 1649.

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...School Policy mandates that in order to represent the school we have to use school transportation (i.e. a bus) and have a school representative chaperone us. Yea, educational bureaucracy. Raise the charter cap! At least the students are innovative enough to subvert the educrats. Power to the Cob...

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I just wanted to say that I am particularly impressed this year with Greensboro Day and Early College of Guilford. I read for both of them at the Bonfire of the Manatees and they are both in the ranks of the top teams in NC. It was great to see so many new teams at this tournament and also to see th...

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DumbJaques wrote:I think a zombie-themed update of the Miracle Worker is just what's needed in this all too unforgiving world.

Zombies shambling around signing "brains...brains..."

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Which program are you using? It's a custom job that uses computers in each match room networked with a mother ship that tallies all results, pairs the next match, and posts the stats. The stats output looks just like SQBS, but apparently there's some kind of bonus tallying error for losing teams in...

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Just an observer who noticed Andrews A's 40 bonus conversion against Cave Springs... Well, that's just weird. The program won't let you give more than 30 for a bonus, so that's some kind of coding burp. I'll let the author know. Thanks. Edit: I found two more instances of ppb errors; we're looking ...

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everyday847 wrote:
7a-11a of much harder questions

Wow.

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Siverus Snape wrote:We have the regular difficulty playoff rounds right now, with the understanding that the harder playoff rounds will arrive in the morning.

What does this mean? I got rounds 1-11; hopefully that's everything.

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Prelim results here; playoff results here.

1. Cave Spring
2. Early College of Guilford
3. Greensboro Day
4. Robinson A

Eric

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Didn't know you wanted them tonight. I'll send off prelims now. As I explained to Georgia, our plan is to have playoffs done by eight, which is when Auburn requested them. There was an option for later than tonight? :grin: I'll be copying in the morning and just wanted to have them in my hands so I...

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Raleigh Charter has not received them.

Eric

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Andy:

Those of us who are mirroring will be receiving the questions electronically on, um, Thursday-ish?

I'm assuming.

Eric

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Threadbump. Field Update (11/8/08) Early College of Guilford 3 Jordan Matthews 3 Andrews 2 Chapel Hill 2 East Chapel Hill 2 Nash Central 2 Providence Day 2 Robinson 2 Cardinal Gibbons 1 Greensboro Day 1 John Holmes High School 1 Johnston County Middle College 1 Northeastern 1 Pasquotank County HS 1 ...

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GARBAGE DAY 216 wrote:It will be similar to KMO, but not as auk-tastical.

What will be the NAQT equivalent of cowboys and glacier vocabulary?

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General question here. I love this tournament, regardless of whether it is viewed as proper quizbowl or not. But I have a rules question. Why is there no consistency in the specification of first names or first initials across the rounds? For example, in the prelim test Lighthorse Harry Lee required...

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Field Update (11/8/08) Early College of Guilford 3 Jordan Matthews 3 Andrews 2 Chapel Hill 2 East Chapel Hill 2 Nash Central 2 Providence Day 2 Robinson 2 Cardinal Gibbons 1 Greensboro Day 1 John Holmes High School 1 Johnston County Middle College 1 Northeastern 1 Pasquotank County HS 1 Richmond Cou...

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Tournament name now changed to the Bonfire of the Manatees. Too many people thought this was a humanities only show despite its Harvard Fall mirror-ness.

Eric

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Voltaire for Pancho Villa. (IS-75A)

After ..."best known for raiding Columbus, NM, in 1916..."

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The Tar Heel Cup went very well on Saturday. It was nice to see some teams I haven't seen in a while, like Chapel Hill, and some new teams, like Early College of Guilford. It's too bad there were so many conflicts with other events (band, Brain Game), so we didn't see Robinson. The tournament was ef...

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Yes, a lot closer to NAQT (regular, not A sets) than PACE. It was a very accessible set for moderate high school players.

We are working on a better NCOAST date. And format. And a new location. And...

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It's not that the teacher become certified, in the way that "teacher certification" usually is meant, as in National Board Certification or the like, but that the course's syllabus must be approved by The College Board. The syllabus is linked to the teacher, in that if you have a new teach...

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OK! The NCATA web site is now up and current, including a new tournaments page with updated listings for this year. There are several new tournaments this year, and I hope you can get to as many as possible. Important short notes: 1. Duke Celebrity Shoot - 11/1 2. Bonfire of the Humanities (Harvard ...

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Raleigh Charter will bring 4 teams and 4 buzzers.

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NC people: 1. Sorry about not updating the NCATA schedule yet. Please expect that this week, now that I have regained FTP access to the page. 2. Quick date update in the meantime: 9/27 - Tar Heel Cup @ UNC-CH 11/15 - Bonfire of the Humanities (a mirror of Harvard's fall tournament) @ Raleigh Charter...

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Do you mean RR within pools? Or are you really not expecting that many teams?

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With Robinson changing their tournament date to December 6th, it looks like November 1st may work for Tar Heel Cup (when I was checking the football schedule for away games, I failed to notice that there was no game at all on November 1st); would this date pose any problems for North Carolina teams...

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The questions are so bad that you can buzz before the question is read, like, not disastrously? Please tell me that you have categories read before the question. Categories like CHEMISTRY : GAS LAWS : BOYLE'S LAW. Or else I will be very confused. Good luck with that rule change; it seems to be a te...

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Crossword puzzles?! The transition from a 9th-10th grade game in a weak quizbowl market to something respectable is tough. You have to learn to fall down before you can walk. Note the addition of an arts category. And the big problem with "pre-emptive buzzing" is more of one where players...

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Those of you who love Brain Game (and who doesn't?), hold on to your shorts. The following changes have been announced for the fall 08-09 season: Format and Rules Changes 1. Students in all high school grades (9-12) are now eligible to play Brain Game. We have eliminated the age restriction. 2. Ther...

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Hmm...I thought we already had a thread. Anyway, I heard a rumor that the Tar Heel Cup will be helld 9/27. I am posting this here for the UNC club to refute. We're already planning to take our A team to Wofford that day, so it would be really nice if this was not actually the date for the THC. I mis...

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Raleigh Charter is planning to bring one team.

Eric

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mrsbear1024 wrote:Is this an invitational, or open to any interested school? Sara Baker, Christian Academy of Knoxville

Totally open, Sara. We'd be happy to have you. You can contact me off list for travel options.

egrunden AT raleighcharterhs DOT org

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I have the CD from the fall 2007 competition but didn't write down the password. Can anyone supply it?

Contact me off list, please - egrunden AT raleighcharterhs DOT org

Thanks.

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wexs883198215 wrote: Science -
1. Peter Megson
2. Arjun _________
3. Saumill ___________ (???)

Saumil Jariwala. Used to be at Raleigh Charter, now at NC School of Science and Math.

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All questions will be sent, at which points teams will be given a choice of several compensation options due to the lateness, based on advice from people in the community and feedback from coaches. I am content to receive the rest of the questions. I don't fault you for trying to run such an enterp...

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To be totally honest, most high school players should not yet be writing questions. This is true, but it is also a very good reason to teach them how. As was mentioned earlier, writing is a great way to learn, both content, and how to "feel" questions that others have written. Editing is ...

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There's a private school in my area that comes over to our parking lot on the day of our lottery (students are accepted by lottery) and puts flyers on the windshields of the visitors' cars while they're inside waiting on results. Brass. ACtually the word that comes to my mind isn't brass ..... more...

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Waaaaiiiiit. Are you saying that a private school in your area put an ad in your own school paper to draw students???? And the school permitted this?? I'm trying to think if any private schools in our area would have the cahones to do this ... I don't think they would. There's a private school in m...

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