Bad Negs

blazer06 · Post by **blazer06** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 8:52 pm

not really a question/neg, but bad enough:
(at TJ, 1/15) on a bonus:
Convert 55 to base 2

Me: "one - one - zero - one - one -*pause*- three - one"

bigtrain · Post by **bigtrain** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:39 pm

Me: Steven St. Vincent Millay
Correct: Steven Vincent Benet

Post by **DumbJaques** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 9:47 pm

Seppuku for Tea Ceremony

Rending yourself, enjoying an herbal remedy. . . it's a fine line

DVader · Post by **DVader** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:40 pm

My coach told us the guy that flew the kite with the key was Einstein at practice yesterday.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:53 pm

for as long as you live, never let him live it down

zwtipp · Post by **zwtipp** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:23 pm

Tito for Tojo
My brain fart of the day

Deadweight_Cassius · Post by **Deadweight_Cassius** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:25 pm

Monday at practice, tossup, OAC format, world capitals.

Q:What is the capital of Morocco?

A: Rococo (funny thing is, he tought it was right)

Skepticism and Animal Feed · Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:35 pm

zwtipp wrote:Tito for Tojo
My brain fart of the day

Better than the Toto for Tojo I once did.

Trevkeeper · Post by **Trevkeeper** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:43 pm

Me: Incesticide (as in, special 'relations' between family members)
Correct: Insecticide (as in, the thing that kills insects)

Not like you needed the stuff in the parentheses, but hey, a little clarity never hurt anyone!

steven-lamp · Post by **steven-lamp** » Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:59 pm

Nirvana album versus bug killer....

solonqb · Post by **solonqb** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:31 pm

By a team member at practice (sidar)

blah blah blah, responsible for intelligence in Israel...

Answer: Mossad
Neg: SS

(I have no idea)

Chris Frankel · Post by **Chris Frankel** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 5:48 am

From A&M tournament I read at this weekend:

Wrong: Faggot
Right: A Clockwork Orange

This neg occurred in at least two rooms.

solonqb · Post by **solonqb** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:41 am

Chris Frankel wrote:From A&M tournament I read at this weekend:

Wrong: Faggot
Right: A Clockwork Orange

This neg occurred in at least two rooms.

Since when is Cockney slang for 'Faggot' 'Faggot'? That's just dumb.

MahoningQuizBowler · Post by **MahoningQuizBowler** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:23 pm

Mahoning County League yesterday...

Q: This man turned down the role of Bubba Gump. Since that decision, he has starred in Robin Hood: Men In Tights...

*buzz* Morgan Freeman

...Con Air, You've Got Mail...

*other team buzz* KEVIN COSTNER

The girl who said this was summarily humilated by her teammates.

The right answer was Dave Chapelle, if anyone is curious.

Golden Tiger 86 · Post by **Golden Tiger 86** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:53 pm

Wasn't that part Bubba Blue? I don't think I would have gotten it, but that's kinda misleading. Still, most everybody would have figured out that Bubba Gump, or Blue, was most definitely African American and would almost surely know better than to say Kevin Freaking Costner.

MahoningQuizBowler · Post by **MahoningQuizBowler** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:08 pm

Damn. You're right. The question didn't say Bubba Gump, it was just Bubba. The question before it was Bubba Gump Shrimp Company.
*Slaps self upside head*

zwtipp · Post by **zwtipp** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 10:43 pm

MacInerny for McNamara

BobGHHS · Post by **BobGHHS** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:25 pm

Lol... that MacInerny thing was against us...

But earlier in the day...

Some team our reader was reading for...

The category was on tropisms...

the kid rang in and said Malapropism....

At practice the other day, the question was "Where are the Kings/Queens of England crowned..."

Jon.. our captain mind you (in one of his not-so-bright moments)-- "STONE OF SCONE..."...

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:30 pm

don't call out players, let them admit to their mistakes like i did with the cross of gold

DCCHelmet · Post by **DCCHelmet** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 1:23 am

I don't know if any of your had the pleasure of meeting Pat Hammer DCC class of 2004, he was by far the neg 5 champion.

First observed in China in 1500 BC--

Supernova! (no one remembers what it actually was)

This man fought in his country's civil war before becoming dictator of spain--

MacArthur! (Franco)

These three people are immortilized on Stone Mountian--

Lee, Jackson......Grant!

A Greek Goddess starting with A--

Thor! (Athena)

This is 12 feet by 13--

Canterbury Tales! (Bayou Tapestry)

just to name a few

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:30 am

Is his head bigger due to all the smacks from teammates?

NotBhan · Post by **NotBhan** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:48 am

DaGeneral wrote:Is his head bigger due to all the smacks from teammates?

Hmm. While there is presumably the usual comradery among teammates, I hope they're not that close.

MLafer · Post by **MLafer** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:50 am

From ACF Regionals today:

Right: Get Fuzzy
Wrong: Berryman's Dream Songs

Person shall remain anonymous.
(not me)

Captain Sinico · Post by **Captain Sinico** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:38 am

Also from ACF:
Wrong: Sean of the Dead
Right: Yojimbo.

I swear this happened. I seen it.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 2:25 pm

Did the question have anything to do with video games?

solonqb · Post by **solonqb** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:01 pm

ImmaculateDeception wrote:Also from ACF:
Wrong: Sean of the Dead
Right: Yojimbo.

I swear this happened. I seen it.

For God's sake, tell me they didn't neg with that after A Fistful of Dollars was mentioned (I'm assuming that was a clue).

At Copley this weekend:

Right: Four Horsemen of Notre Dame
Wrong: Four Hunchbacks of Notre Dame

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:45 pm

If a girl negged on the nd, it's ok, but only a diehard hater of football should neg on that (in that case he shouldn't go in to begin with)

bulldog09 · Post by **bulldog09** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:56 pm

I negged on

Magic the Gathering (Wrong)

for

Warcraft 3 (Right)

:(

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:57 pm

Dude, did you blow it on a name or something?

DH TTHS · Post by **DH TTHS** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 4:58 pm

On that question our captain, (Zack Witeof) buzzed in and said The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

bulldog09 · Post by **bulldog09** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:01 pm

When they read the question, they were talking about installments, and orcs, and elves and such, but instead of "made by Blizzard", I heard "Wizard" (Wizard the Coast that makes Magic) so I said Magic the Gathering.

Meh.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 5:03 pm

On wizard, i would have said magic based on the previous creature types, but the 4 horsemen, don't see the connection

solonqb · Post by **solonqb** » Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:57 pm

He was talking about the neg I mentioned.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 11:06 am

I know this, but from what you said about the question, I don't see where someone could come up with the 4 horsemen

solonqb · Post by **solonqb** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:16 pm

It mentioned their names.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:17 pm

You mean a question about warcraft mentioned famine, war, pestilence and death (sorry if i sound like an idiot, i don't play warcraft)?

zwtipp · Post by **zwtipp** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 4:37 pm

No, the question about the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame mentioned the players' names and the fact that they played in South Bend.

alch2 · Post by **alch2** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:44 pm

Charlottesville for Chancellorsville, Mercalli for Mercator, Brook Farm for Animal Farm, Indian for Hindi, among others.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:48 pm

sorry bout my comments, i got the two negs mixed up (warcraft and 4 horsemen)

Deadweight_Cassius · Post by **Deadweight_Cassius** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 1:45 pm

Q. This country borders Algeria, Chad, and Maurtania.

A. Algeria

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:11 pm

for clarity, what was the right answer?

Trevkeeper · Post by **Trevkeeper** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:16 pm

I'd guess Morocco, but I'm probably wrong.

My answer: Marco Polo
Right answer: Machiavelli

That answer is especially terrible after the question started out, "This 16th century Italian diplomat...."

zwtipp · Post by **zwtipp** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 7:16 pm

I think it was Mali.
That was me, i wasn't really paying attention and forgot they had said that in the question, but my teammates had no idea.

No Sollositing On Premise · Thu Mar 03, 2005 7:58 pm

An old one that I realized wasn't on this. During practice last year

Her answer: Rasputin
Correct answer: Professor Harold Hill (from "The Music Man")

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:07 pm

did it mention anything about the multiple successive attempts to end his life?

No Sollositing On Premise · Fri Mar 04, 2005 11:15 am

No, it was more ambitious then that. It mentioned that his real name was Gregory, at which point she buzzed in confidently with Rasputin. It then details how he travels to River City, Iowa and creates an artificial demand for a boys marching band while hitting on the town librarian. By then her face was buried in her hands in shame.

dtaylor4 · Post by **dtaylor4** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 1:01 pm

if she knew that it was a fine arts question, then she should be shamed

STPickrell · Post by **STPickrell** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:16 pm

DaGeneral wrote:if she knew that it was a fine arts question, then she should be shamed

Not many tournaments around here announce the subject in advance.

I wonder why VA/MD/DC evolved that way, anyway.

bigtrain · Post by **bigtrain** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:33 pm

A freshmen unintentionally adding humor to practice:
wrong: Continental movement syndrome
right: Theory of continental drift

Also, on a clue asking about the disease Jane Austen suffered from:
wrong: Feminism
right: Addison's Disease

steven-lamp · Post by **steven-lamp** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 5:56 pm

Various negs from practice:

Wrong: The Marriage of Gandalf Arnolfini...
Right: ...yeah

Wrong: Homeless Guy To Galaxy (Intended to be Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
Right: On The Road

What country owns Greenland?

2 seconds pass
BUZZ: GREENLAND! It's a trick question!