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Who's representing Tennessee at this?

Also, Silberman, you can thank Mike Tyson for that malapropism (sort of).

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My name, like Jonathan Magin's, does not have a long a; Nag (rhymes with hag) - ler (same pronounciation as Lrrr, Ruler of Omicron Persei 8).

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Kit Cloudkicker wrote:There is no question that I will participate in and win this competition.

Edit: Does the entry fee have to be paid in Jew gold?

I'll take you down, Kwartler.

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Tegan wrote:Manheim Township identified IBM as the company behind the Think Pad laptop computer

That's not even true anymore! Lenovo has been making them for the last three years.

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Assuming I make it to Chicago, I'll be moderating, as I've told you.

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For the record, I'm not sure what the underlining was on the requiem TU, but I only said "Requiem" when I could tell it was an unfinished mass (not sure where exactly, probably near where Charlie buzzed or slightly after) and logically deduced it to be this one (since I couldn't think of ...

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Adamantium Claws wrote:stuff

Someone needs to edit this post; questions are being reused at the next phase, apparently. After that, those of us who visited will post more about what we saw, I'd guess.

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I'm going to play, but I'm still looking for a team.

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Gunnells wrote:I love sports, but NAQT overemphasizes sports in their trash questions.

I'm 99.9% positive NAQT has a sports distribution separate from the rest of their pop culture distribution.

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quizbowllee wrote:Kyle, please come over for gay sex.

Are you propositioning Mr. Haddad-Fonda?

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I have known people at Brandeis to triple major in disconnected fields, including one math/music/linguistics major and a bio/music/anthropology major.

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I, having graduated (or rather who will be graduating Sunday) from Brandeis, will be taking a year off to work while I apply to law school, and during the year off I'll be in Knoxville, TN (a.k.a. "home"). I will probably go to a few opens, depending on money, and if someone needs a free a...

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metsfan001 wrote:Only one-tenth of people in America even receive TV One! Why are we even discussing this as a possibility?

I had never even heard of TV One until this thread.

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This morning on an old A-set I 30'd a bonus on "White and Nerdy". The hard part was identifying the "gentrified sport" they were playing in the music video. At Penn Bowl this year, I answered a tossup on "White and Nerdy" on the first clue - that the version of the Sch...

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evilmonkey wrote:I believe TRASH Regionals was looking at November 15, but I may be wrong

TRASH chooses a weekend, so tournaments on the Saturday are not a problem as TRASH Regionals can be on a Sunday.

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I will probably either play or staff this event, with a very small chance I'll miss it.

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I plan on playing this event.

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By the way, I really liked the trash in this tournament. It managed to cover things I was interested in and was probably the right difficulty, although that Led Zeppelin and MASH bonus was really easy. Thanks. I was hoping the MASH bonus was acceptable, because like Dark Eric said, it's a tough sho...

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Regarding the logistics issues, particularly lunch--would it make sense to have lunch provided next year? Are people willing to pay an extra $20/team or whatever it would take to cover this? At Chicago, we have typically provided lunch at tournaments--not in an attempt to spend the infinity dollars...

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...is the spelling of Adam Hallowell's last name as "Halliwell." (I don't mean this as a criticism — I am serious that this is my favorite thing about the stats) To review: Halliwell: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Geri_times.jpg Hallowell (with friend): http://photo...

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Thanks to everyone for coming out to Brandeis, and thanks to Eric Kwartler, Ryan Westbrook, Matt Weiner, and everyone else who contributed to the set for making this tournament great. I had an excellent time splitting my time between playing and staffing, and I'd like to thank everyone who came to s...

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Does anyone know what the expected number of rounds will be (assuming teams don't drop out at the last minute)? Last I heard was 3 brackets of 7, then re-bracketing into 3 brackets of 7, as has been the norm of years late with the surprisingly common field size of 21 teams. From what I've been told...

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Other important info: For parking, consult the map above. You should park in Tower lot (shows up as E lot on the interactive version, which is older). For Friday night, the restaurant is Brazzille , and can be found here . Basically, take the Mass Pike westbound to the Natick/Rte. 30 exit, then go r...

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Okay, so it looks like we will be trying to begin play at 9:30 AM, so please report to Golding (the Judaic center, not the health center) 110 (the auditorium) between 9:00 and 9:15 at the latest. If you need a campus map, look here . For driving directions, consult the travel guide . If you need spe...

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There will be an informal gathering Friday night for dinner at a restaurant called Brazzille in Framingham, MA, and a viewing of Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay afterwards. Getting to the locations will require a car; trying to take the commuter rail out that far will be an exercise in f...

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This is just a bump to remind you that if you have any questions regarding locations, logistics, or other travel/dining/entertainment related questions, feel free to send me an email ([email protected]) or IM, or talk to me in the IRC.

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I'm currently looking to be part of a team. Email [email protected] if you need someone to score Jew points and get trash questions (plus math and CS, somewhat, and various random shit).

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What were the early clues on Tel Aviv? Having spent so much time there last summer I'd expect to have gotten it relatively early. This city's more than 4,000 Bauhaus and International Style buildings made it a World Heritage Site under the nickname of "The White City." Along with Holon an...

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Uighurs are awesome, and I too have written a paper on them. One of my friends is finishing off a thesis on them, too. And shouldn't China or Japan or Korea get at least one tossup from the 20th century? BUT THE TREATY OF SHIMONOSEKI IS 1895...THAT'S PRACTICALLY 20TH CENTURY :kenj: :kenj: :kenj: Wha...

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I attended an organizational meeting at the beginning of my sophomore year of high school after hearing about the club through a few acquaintances/friends. Since people seem to be commenting on middle school quizbowl's existence, I only ever came into contact with middle school teams fleetingly, as...

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I attended an organizational meeting at the beginning of my sophomore year of high school after hearing about the club through a few acquaintances/friends. Since people seem to be commenting on middle school quizbowl's existence, I only ever came into contact with middle school teams fleetingly, as ...

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AndyShootsAndyScores wrote:I prefer quiz bowl, but Scholar's/Scholars' Bowl is much more common down here than the other two.

In high school (in East Tennessee), Scholars' Bowl was the name of the public television competition/show, but it was also used as a general term.

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I don't want to get caught up in the technicalities either (there's a lot of the set yet to discuss). My impression, from both my own studies and from what I checked up while writing, was that anyone who'd actually studied this stuff would naturally respond with Zorn, because it just makes more sen...

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I expect to be there, and support the idea of a draft (so I can have a teammate who's better than me).

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I once got a question off: "In 1971, he led the majors with 48 homers." The answer was Willie Stargell That's not really that shame-worthy. I mean, you might know that stat, Stargell might be your favorite player, etc. At TRASHionals, I got a tossup on Devin Hester based on the first clue...

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Perhaps I should clarify, as Fred seems to have missed what I was trying to say: I wasn't trying to complain that there wasn't enough hockey. I was actually just trying to make the observation that hockey seemed greatly reduced from past TRASH sets for the benefit of people who weren't there, since...

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Perhaps I should clarify, as Fred seems to have missed what I was trying to say: I wasn't trying to complain that there wasn't enough hockey. I was actually just trying to make the observation that hockey seemed greatly reduced from past TRASH sets for the benefit of people who weren't there, since ...

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text adventures can't be asked about They absolutely can be worked in as third parts of bonuses, or a general bonus on them; you could have a bonus on things related to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with a hard part on something from the text adventure like the collection of four different k...

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Okay, now that I've slept and I am once again coherent, I'll post some of my thoughts. Note: of questions I didn't hear, for the most part if a bonus was placed after #16 or 17 in a packet I wasn't likely to hear it. So, if there are numerous counterexamples to my points in those unheard questions, ...

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Assuming I can make the CO weekend (which I have every intention to do), I'll definitely play this tournament, and I'll need a team of course.

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I would be interested in playing in this tournament, but less interested in editing this tournament as I'll be writing another trash tournament the month before. I believe Matt Weiner still owes people a trash tournament, so, uh, maybe he could do it? I think I heard from Matt that he is working on...

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Indulge this goyeh one second, but doesn't "chametz" refer to Passover/Pesach (in that chametz is leavened stuff that needs to be removed before the holiday)? If it was in the Rosh Hashanah question, I'd consider it a completely wrong clue... Two different questions: one on Rosh Hashanah,...

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Matt, in Hebrew the title is Moreh Nevuchim, which has no article at all and is usually translated as Guide to the Perplexed . Wasn't this work originally written in Arabic? I can certainly attest that, as a speaker of neither language, "Guide for the Perplexed" is the more common title b...

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Matt, in Hebrew the title is Moreh Nevuchim, which has no article at all and is usually translated as Guide to the Perplexed for whatever reason. Also, I think it was originally written in Judeo-Arabic and not pure Arabic, so you'd really need a scholar to answer that question (perhaps I could ask a...

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More complete results. Any chance of getting round report? Also, this was a great tournament, good questions and run very well. Thanks! I'll see if I can get Robert to compile a round report. Round Report is an option in SQBS. Just check off the option when you generate the web report and it will b...

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Quick results: Novice division: After a round robin followed by a double-elimination playoff, Harvard A (Manny, Meryl, Andy) from the winners bracket wound up playing Brown from the losers bracket in an advantaged final, with Harvard A winning a three-tossup tiebreaker on the third tossup to win the...

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Klonoa wrote:25ai. You will generally get beat to (or neg on) tossups about the school you go to itself.

25ai1. ...or professors from your school.

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I would definitely want to be in on this if possible.

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The Holiday Inn Express in Waltham is the official party hotel of ACF Nationals 2008. It's just two miles from campus and costs like $70 per night, plus all the cool kids are staying there. Note: if you consult my travel guide you'll see that most of the hotels I recommended are in the immediate vi...

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Strangely enough, it's claimed that Penn Bowl 2008 prelim stats are included, but it only has me for ACF Fall and ACF Regionals -- I guess that's because I'm "Evan Nagler (UG)" in the Penn Bowl stats rather than just Evan. Basically, I think you'll have to edit names by hand to match them ...

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