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From this weekend's state middle/elem school championship...
Neither of these were negs, but they were too priceless not to share anyway.
From the elementary division, in the "a little too precocious" department
Q: <blah blah> name of a soap and the material an elephant's tusks are made out of.
A: ivory
Kid: irony
Must be a sarcastic elephant, I guess.
From the middle school championship...
Q: <blah blah> name the first ghost seen by Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol."
A: (Jacob) Marley
Student: Bob Marley
From the elementary division, in the "a little too precocious" department
Q: <blah blah> name of a soap and the material an elephant's tusks are made out of.
A: ivory
Kid: irony
Must be a sarcastic elephant, I guess.
From the middle school championship...
Q: <blah blah> name the first ghost seen by Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol."
A: (Jacob) Marley
Student: Bob Marley
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Re: From this weekend's state middle/elem school championshi
Someone's seen The Muppet Christmas Carol.ok_quizbowl wrote:From the middle school championship...
Q: <blah blah> name the first ghost seen by Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol."
A: (Jacob) Marley
Student: Bob Marley
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Yes, it appears CBI brings out the aggressively idiotic buzz in everybody. My math skills having completely deserted me, I asserted that six is a two-digit number (correct answer: forty).
I also pulled this classic in the playoffs:
Wrong: Ivy League Graduates
Right: Left-Handedness
Explanation (for added hilarity): The question began by saying that "Al Gore and Bill Bradley are", at which point my answer would have been aggressively correct, only not what the answer on the page was. Unfortunately, I waited until "ten percent of Americans are" to buzz, thus certainly making many people in the room feel better that they had a one in ten chance of being an Ivy League Graduate.
I also pulled this classic in the playoffs:
Wrong: Ivy League Graduates
Right: Left-Handedness
Explanation (for added hilarity): The question began by saying that "Al Gore and Bill Bradley are", at which point my answer would have been aggressively correct, only not what the answer on the page was. Unfortunately, I waited until "ten percent of Americans are" to buzz, thus certainly making many people in the room feel better that they had a one in ten chance of being an Ivy League Graduate.
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Re: From this weekend's state middle/elem school championshi
I've seen high schoolers make the same mistake.ok_quizbowl wrote:From the middle school championship...
Q: <blah blah> name the first ghost seen by Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol."
A: (Jacob) Marley
Student: Bob Marley
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This isn't a bad neg by a player, but it seems to be the forum for this sort of thing.
In a meet yesterday with a first-time moderator....
(BMS is conferring on a bonus question about historical facts)
Kyle (BMS Capt):"Time."
Moderator: "OK, time has been called. Your answers, Kyle?"
Kyle: "I'd like to defer to Jake."
Moderator: "Incorrect."
In a meet yesterday with a first-time moderator....
(BMS is conferring on a bonus question about historical facts)
Kyle (BMS Capt):"Time."
Moderator: "OK, time has been called. Your answers, Kyle?"
Kyle: "I'd like to defer to Jake."
Moderator: "Incorrect."
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Recently, a question mentioned a character being involved in a robbery with Bill Sykes.
Unfortunately, my first thought was of the horse-stealing Bill Ferny from The Fellowship of the Ring and I spent my entire five seconds trying to figure out who might have been involved in that robbery with him. I ended up gasping out, "Sam?" just as time ran out.
My coach gave me a slightly odd look and told me that the answer was, in fact, Oliver Twist.
*GEEK*
Unfortunately, my first thought was of the horse-stealing Bill Ferny from The Fellowship of the Ring and I spent my entire five seconds trying to figure out who might have been involved in that robbery with him. I ended up gasping out, "Sam?" just as time ran out.
My coach gave me a slightly odd look and told me that the answer was, in fact, Oliver Twist.
*GEEK*
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At VCU: Official Jerk Policy:
Pink Taco for Krusty Krab (thought they wanted a real restaurant there...)
I'm surprised that didn't stop the tournament.
Pink Taco for Krusty Krab (thought they wanted a real restaurant there...)
I'm surprised that didn't stop the tournament.
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Sorry, but "Armory Show" for "Auschwitz" was the best there, if only because it came after the part about many people dying there.Matt Morrison wrote:At VCU: Official Jerk Policy:
Pink Taco for Krusty Krab (thought they wanted a real restaurant there...)
I'm surprised that didn't stop the tournament.
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Possible uncleared NAQT question
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actually, the original post makes no mention of where or when it happened. It occured during a practice off a set of old toss-ups. Just because something came up at some point during a NAQT set doesn't mean anything involving that is an uncleared NAQT.Gonzagapuma1 wrote:dude thats from an naqt set that might not be cleared yet
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Feel free to re-edit the post then. In the future, everyone should try to mention where their question is from or at least make clear that it's something not being used anywhere.dsfcaptains2005 wrote:actually, the original post makes no mention of where or when it happened. It occured during a practice off a set of old toss-ups. Just because something came up at some point during a NAQT set doesn't mean anything involving that is an uncleared NAQT.Gonzagapuma1 wrote:dude thats from an naqt set that might not be cleared yet
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house written scrimmage:
Wrong: Commonwealth
Right: Andrew Jackson
Wrong: NAACP
Right: KKK
Wrong: Commonwealth
Right: Andrew Jackson
Wrong: NAACP
Right: KKK
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It said congress had a vote that was close condemning this organizationdsfcaptains2005 wrote:house written scrimmage:
Wrong: Commonwealth
Right: Andrew Jackson
Wrong: NAACP
Right: KKK
and then someone said NAACP...lol great
Oh, here's a bad neg of mine:
Question: Said something about killing rats and destroying churches in London
Neg: The Plague
Correct: The Great London Fire
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Hi,
Apparently, I don't read simple instructions. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
EDIT: My bad.
Apparently, I don't read simple instructions. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
EDIT: My bad.
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In fact I remember this was in my room last Saturday, and I'll have to remember to post this when the IS-set discussion embargo is broken. Now I'll be required to dig through my packets to find the darn question!link5333 wrote:Given: Desperate Housewives
Actual: Unknown answer!
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Given: A refrigerator
Correct: 10 Megabytes
Correct: 10 Megabytes
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Can I post a "bad" bad neg??? From the Antioch Invitational semifinals (junior high):
GIVEN: Chunnel
CORRECT: Channel Tunnel
No amount of protesting changed the mod's mind, either. "It's not on the paper" was all he'd say.
I thought about explaining myself further after the match (rulebook in hand), but thought better of it because every imagined conversation with said mod tended to involve the word "moron."
GIVEN: Chunnel
CORRECT: Channel Tunnel
No amount of protesting changed the mod's mind, either. "It's not on the paper" was all he'd say.
I thought about explaining myself further after the match (rulebook in hand), but thought better of it because every imagined conversation with said mod tended to involve the word "moron."
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Of course, that's shitty question writing too--no one calls it the "Channel Tunnel".BarringtonJP wrote:Can I post a "bad" bad neg??? From the Antioch Invitational semifinals (junior high):
GIVEN: Chunnel
CORRECT: Channel Tunnel
No amount of protesting changed the mod's mind, either. "It's not on the paper" was all he'd say.
I thought about explaining myself further after the match (rulebook in hand), but thought better of it because every imagined conversation with said mod tended to involve the word "moron."
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I have never even heard of the expression 'chunnel' until it was mentoined just two posts above.ecks wrote:Of course, that's shitty question writing too--no one calls it the "Channel Tunnel".BarringtonJP wrote:Can I post a "bad" bad neg??? From the Antioch Invitational semifinals (junior high):
GIVEN: Chunnel
CORRECT: Channel Tunnel
No amount of protesting changed the mod's mind, either. "It's not on the paper" was all he'd say.
I thought about explaining myself further after the match (rulebook in hand), but thought better of it because every imagined conversation with said mod tended to involve the word "moron."
Saying that 'no one' calls it Channel Tunnel is wrong.
I see where the moderator is coming from. I wouldn't have known that the thing is (or 'was', during its construction planning, according to the official website) referred to as the 'Chunnel'.
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I dunno why, but this year, I have heard more and more of that "its not on the paper, and I'm not listening" to you garbage than ever before .... honestly, I hadn't heard that years, and it came up 3-4 times this year (several times in just one tournament with the same moderator). This is why when people have tournaments: it is better to have no moderator than a bad one: two competent coaches can do a far better job than one incompetent person can.BarringtonJP wrote:Can I post a "bad" bad neg??? From the Antioch Invitational semifinals (junior high):
GIVEN: Chunnel
CORRECT: Channel Tunnel
No amount of protesting changed the mod's mind, either. "It's not on the paper" was all he'd say.
Your team got hosed in a big way.
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