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Mnemosyne

Ted Mosby brought the pain those last two games. In fact, he seems to be a pretty impressive guy. According to his wikipedia page, he won a major poker championship before graduating from Yale. http://pnimg.net/w/articles/1/552/e715659ed7.png http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Paley+Center+Media+Cel...

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luigibeatsmario wrote:Final Stats

These are just the lunch stats again.

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I didn't notice this live, but apparently the Parmagianino bonus gives the alternate answer with St. Jerome in it (needs a "do not read" warning), then gives the title for Vision of St. Jerome in the second part, then asks for Jerome for the third part, by describing Vision of St. Jerome.

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The Culhwch and Olwen bonus says both "this story" and "this man". I said Culhwch and was thankfully prompted, but that could cause trouble somewhere.

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Stats: http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/tournament ... standings/

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Congratulations to Tulane A for winning Louisiana Tech's VCU Novice mirror! Tulane A went 9-1, followed by Louisiana Tech B at 7-3, clearing the field in a double round robin. Tech C's Jeb Houston was the top individual scorer with 61.0 PPG, followed by Tech A's Alex Gras with 60.50 PPG. Thanks to e...

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Any update on a southern mirror?

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The Louisiana Tech Quiz Bowl Team will be hosting a mirror of VCU Novice on 10/03/15. Information about the set can be found here : Cost : The fee for this tournament is $15 per player ($60 for a team of 4). Discounts : -$5 per buzzer system (2 systems max) -$5 per staffer (maximum to be determined,...

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What school do you attend? The first thing you need to do is find a teacher/sponsor for the club. Then, go to tournaments. I don't think any high school tournaments have specific dates set for this year, yet. When they do, I (or someone else) will make sure to contact you about them! Feel free to as...

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I maintain my vote for CO Visual Art.

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Nick Collins, Alex Gras, Jeb Houston, + ???

We also need to decide if we're drafting or not.

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I always make sure to mention that it's academic, not trivia, and that a question can be asked about anything you can take a college class on (which is almost true).

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The fact that I have to write questions doesn't worry me too much. What does worry me, though, would be other members who are inexperienced with writing questions, even more so with people who are new to quiz bowl in general. How should I go about teaching the art of question writing to others for ...

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I will be attending the University of Louisiana - Monroe in the fall, which means that either A) I'm done with quizbowl or B) I'll start a team (probably not as a freshman) or C) Maybe do something with UL-Lafayette (unlikely) If anyone here is at ULM, get in contact with me, because quizbowl was f...

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I think DII ICT champion Texas should at least be up for consideration, considering Chicago B and Stanford B are both in the OP.

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Hey everyone, I'll be reading the unheard-by-everyone-but-Stanford-B-and-UIUC Finals 2 packet on the IRC at 8:30 pm Central tomorrow night. Come to #quizbowl; I'll announce the room we'll actually be reading in there. This is happening tonight, Wednesday, right? (It's kind of vague since you posted...

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This set had the most enjoyable math questions I've played in quiz bowl. Pretty much every question I heard was completely in line with the stuff I've learned in my undergrad math classes (apparently excluding the statistics question that I didn't hear, but would have known from a grad-level statist...

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Our site also had a neg and a near-protest (unnecessary due to game result) regarding Nunavut not being a province.

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From the perspective of a team who normally just breaks 10 PPB, I thought the bonuses for this set rocked. I felt like the 10s and 20s were significantly easier than the other tournaments from this year. I don't have much to say about the hard parts though, for obvious reasons.

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At the end of bonus 9 in packet 3 (Rice/Dartmouth), it says "ed, but looking for another clue for the last part"

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Congratulations to Rice for winning our mirror of STIMPY! Thanks everyone for coming. Stats are here.

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Through 4 rounds:

Rice (4-0)
ULL (2-2)
Louisiana Tech (2-2)
Harding (0-4)

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Is anyone going to be taking this over or is it dead?

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What if a PADAWAN writer wants to play the set? Will you just eliminate the questions from that writer since they're so spread out between writers?

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Can I see the anthropology bonus on Marvin Harris? I gave myself a huge quiz bowl crash course on anthropology this week and was shocked that apparently one of the few anthropologists I didn't study came up. EDIT: Also, the trickster gods bonus you mentioned in the other thread. I think that was fro...

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Having to discuss in a private sub forum is negligible compared to not releasing the set to anyone for two months. Getting to review the set you played while its somewhat fresh is a pretty big part of quiz bowl, at least for me. I guess I (and others) will just be writing down every single answer li...

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Any update on the set? My school's electrical engineering club totally wanted to do something with this.

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Any update on the field, specifically regarding the number of teams from each school? We will only be bringing one team.

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TulaneKQB wrote:Can we get a field update?

Looking at the previous responses on the ACF registration form, I'd say the unofficial field is Texas A&M A and B, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, ULL.

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The Louisiana Tech Quiz Bowl Team would like to announce a mirror of STIMPY, a power-marked, regular difficulty, packet-submission tournament written by Maryland and Yale, on March 14, 2015. The original tournament announcement can be found here: http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=...

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Louisiana Tech IS IN.

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I don't really like complaining on these boards, but since it appears no one else is going to comment on this tournament, I feel like I need to express my dissatisfaction in how it all turned out. I really appreciate Alabama hosting since it was such a good location and so many teams got to particip...

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Dear Coaches: Louisiana Tech University is proud to announce that we will be holding our second annual Louisiana Tech Winter Tournament on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Registration/check-in for the tournament will take place from 8:00-8:30 a.m., with a welcome meeting for coaches & players at 8:...

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I started our team last year, and I've had the biggest success by finding intelligent quiz bowlish people in my classes, talking to them a few times so they know me a little better, and then personally asking them to join the team. I think we're at 50% people I asked to come, and 50% people who read...

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Sadly, this tournament has been cancelled.

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Stats

Big thanks to Tulane for making the trip up to (the apparently boring city of) Ruston. Our players definitely enjoyed the competition, and we hope to host larger events in the future. Thanks to the writers/editors of the set as well.

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The Louisiana Tech University Quiz Bowl Team is pleased to announce the North Louisiana Middle School Kickoff! This tournament will be held on the campus of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana on October 25, 2014 . The tournament is targeted at students in grades 6-8, though any student i...

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This tournament has been rescheduled to October 4th in Woodard Hall.

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So, am I understanding these rankings correctly that LASA got 9 1st place votes for 225 points, and then the other 3 votes averaged them at #5 for 60 points? Seems legit.

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I've been meaning to post about this for like the last two years. Basically, everyone in Shreveport donates used books to Centenary College, who annualy hosts this massive book fair called the Centenary Book Bazaar. It's an entire basketball gym filled with tables of books, which are constantly refi...

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Louisiana Tech will be hosting a mirror of the Introductory Collaborative Collegiate Set (ICCS) on September 20th, 2014. The tournament will begin at 10:00 AM, with registration starting at 9:30 AM at location to be determined. More details about the set can be found at http://hsquizbowl.org/forums/...

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I can't speak for everyone involved, but my PADAWAN writing experience was 100% positive. I learned a lot and definitely felt I improved as a writer. As I've continued to write questions the last few weeks, I'm regularly using tips that I learned, and I fully expect to be a useful contributor at lea...

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I can't speak for everyone involved, but my PADAWAN writing experience was 100% positive. I learned a lot and definitely felt I improved as a writer. As I've continued to write questions the last few weeks, I'm regularly using tips that I learned, and I fully expect to be a useful contributor at lea...

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Will this set be power marked?

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I started playing my junior year of high school, just random LAAC competitions. I never naturally knew a lot of stuff, but I'm smart and very competitive, so I was always annoyed that I wasn't any good at quiz bowl. I found this website at the end of my junior year, and spent that summer learning ba...

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Since this set is being mirrored later, if there's any errata that can be fixed between now and then I'd appreciate that being posted here or sent to me. Out of the 7 rounds I saw, I know one round had 2/2 myth (Oisin and Amphitryon), one had 2/1 myth (Gjall and mares of Diomedes), and it seemed li...

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Are there discussion threads for either VCU Open or DISCO (TQBA set)? I'm wondering how the sets were received, but it doesn't look like anything's been posted about either of them.

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I actually thought it was common sense/universal knowledge to spaz out while frantically waving your hands saying "buzz, buzz, I'm trying to buzz!!" when a buzzer doesn't work. That's how it's always been in my games since probably the first tournament I ever went to.

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This happened over the weekend. Was fun. I'm sure stats will be posted at some point in the future for Penn Bowl and trash. The trash finals were of course the pinnacle of the weekend.

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How is the information for the entering freshman contact list collected? I know I got two people last year from this list, and both were thoroughly shocked that I found them. I also see that I was on the list two years ago, and I don't really see how.

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