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Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 2:17 am
by naturalistic phallacy
Wrong: East Jerusalem
Right: West Germany

I know... I am challenged.

Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:53 pm
by The Logic of Scientific Disco
From NAQT NJ State in 2006:

[Question describing a cape]
Neg: Cape of Good Horn

Q: The greatest number reside in Ohio, where in 2000 they voted overwhelmingly for--
Neg: Homosexuals
--President Bush...
Answer: the Amish

Neg: Space Needle
Answer: DNA

And one of mine, from last weekend at BU:

Neg: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Answer: The Great Train Robbery

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:37 am
by marcuskdowling
Oh my...It's Academic TV quarterfinal, GDS, 1996, inexplicably 30 points down with two minutes left against Sidwell Friends and another long since forgotten foe...

Mac McGarry (host of show): British prime minister from 1916 (BUZZ)
Marcus to captain Micah Myers: DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Captain Micah Myers in heat of moment giving answer: DAVID HYDE PIERCE
Mac McGarry: No!

Yes, David Hyde Pierce, famous as Niles on NBC television program, "Frasier"

Same day, three hours later, It's Academic TV quarterfinal, GDS, 1996:

Mac McGarry: Stars with Kelsey Grammer on TV's "Frasier" (BUZZ)
Marcus to captain Micah Myers: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
Micah: Mac, I defer to him (me).
Marcus: DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
(Mac McGarry laughs)

Best negs ever.

- Me.

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 8:50 am
by BobGHHS
From the Ohio Academic Competition State Finals this week...

Question:
Blah-blah, name this Western state...

Our Answer: Arkansas

In the State Championship Match:

Category: American Literature
Question, fill in the blanks to complete the poetic line, it is also the title of the poem...

"You're a braver man than I am, ____ ___ "

Our Answer: Charlie Brown

(I almost slammed my head in disgust after this one... but settle for pulling on my hair)

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:10 pm
by dxdtdemon
From some OAC tournament ~2002?
Neg:Diego Garcia
Right Answer:Diego Rivera

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:40 pm
by evilmonkey
Wrong: Rush Limbaugh
Right: House MD

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:33 pm
by Stained Diviner
Matt Weiner



Joined: 11 Apr 2003
Posts: 1711
Location: Richmond, VA
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 3:38 pm Post subject: STOP POSTING ANSWERS FROM THIS YEAR'S NAQT SETS

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Matt Weiner



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Posts: 1711
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:02 am Post subject:

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The above post must have been unclear or something since people are still doing this, so I'd like to politely remind everybody to STOP POSTING ANSWERS FROM THIS YEAR'S NAQT SETS.

Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:48 pm
by Frater Taciturnus
from VCU's HS tourney

Wrong: "The Gold Bug"
Right: Master Sword

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:19 pm
by catsasslippers
Playing off old PACE packets in practice:

Wrong : Circumcision
Right: Holy Communion

Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 9:35 pm
by Mike Bentley
dsfcaptains2005 wrote:from VCU's HS tourney

Wrong: "The Gold Bug"
Right: Master Sword
Like from Zelda?

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:58 am
by Frater Taciturnus
ikillkenny wrote:
dsfcaptains2005 wrote:from VCU's HS tourney

Wrong: "The Gold Bug"
Right: Master Sword
Like from Zelda?
yes, like from Zelda. Because its SO similar to a Poe short story.

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:43 pm
by The Toad to Wigan Pier
Me at practice:
Wrong: Abstinence
Right: Drug Testing

Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:16 pm
by vcuEvan
tachyonwill wrote:Me at practice:
Wrong: Abstinence
Right: Drug Testing
Which was really funny as the question went on to talk about how it was used in 5% of middle schools.

Re: From this weekend's state middle/elem school championshi

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 11:57 pm
by Nav
StPickrell wrote:
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
I've seen high schoolers make the same mistake.
blah blah blah... Name this past leader of the Soviet Union (I can't remember the question... it was a few years ago):

Given: John Lennon
Answer: (Vladmir) Lenin

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:08 am
by pray for elves
In the same vein as the last ones, I've seen this at least four or five times:

Given: David Bowie
Correct: Jim Bowie

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 8:59 pm
by Kyle
Similarly, Neil Diamond for Neil Simon is always funny.

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:45 pm
by mistermoravian
Paraphrased from a consolation round at last year's NAQT HSNCT:

"Bertha Pappenheim was the first person to undergo this procedure..."

*BUZZ* Um, pap smear?

:shock:

Correct: psychoanalysis

Well, at least I got a laugh!

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:08 pm
by The Atom Strikes!
In practice: "The Koufax awards are given to liberal ones..."

Me: Jewish baseball players

Answer: Blogs

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 8:08 pm
by Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN)
A pretty retarded one from my legendary 33 at HSNCT was in our game against Shady Side. The first tossup was on polar bears and for some reason I said "arctic bears."

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:26 pm
by mistermoravian
Charlie, don't beat yourself up too much because I blurted out something equally atrocious at PACE:

The question was getting at Bank of America, and we were playing against Robinson. Both the Bank of America and Robinson are headquartered, so to speak, in North Carolina. When I realized what the answer was going to be, I buzzed and proudly exclaimed, "The Bank of the United States!"

Yeah, not exactly the same bank... :oops:

Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:57 pm
by gonzagaeagleahy
charlieDfromNKC wrote:A pretty retarded one from my legendary 33 at HSNCT was in our game against Shady Side. The first tossup was on polar bears and for some reason I said "arctic bears."
That should have been accepted. I actually think they prefer to be called arctic bears.

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 12:40 am
by DrakeRQB
My captain at PACE...

Blah blah blah, name this Georgia port city...

Wrong: Atlanta
Right: Savannah

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:41 am
by First Chairman
catsasslippers wrote:Playing off old PACE packets in practice:

Wrong : Circumcision
Right: Holy Communion
As opposed to the classic neg answer:

Wrong : The Circumcision
Right : The Burghers of Calais

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:00 am
by Tegan
Fom HSNCT:
wrong: dragonflies
right: cicadas

This from a Midwesterner playing a team from a non-infested area, and after the clue on how loud they get.

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:41 am
by Stained Diviner
We were talking about cicadas just before the round with that question started, but for some reason our team did not to buzz in on that question.

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:02 pm
by NotTheGoose
From one of my teammates in the prelim games during HSNCT:

Neg: Rosaries
Correct: Habacus

Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 10:46 pm
by jonpin
From the Maryland HSNCT Mirror:
Wrong: Gluttony
Right: Theramin

The person misheard the lead-in "Among the people who have had this device are ... Homer Simpson."