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59. If you are unsure of the answer, and his nationality is Greek, the correct thing to say is always Testicles.
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60.) Artifact + 1799 = Rosetta Stone
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61. There is only one "disgruntled office seeker."
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swwFCqb wrote:59. If you are unsure of the answer, and his nationality is Greek, the correct thing to say is always Testicles.
I prefer the ancient philosopher "Paratesticles."

Pronounced: Pair-uh-test-uh-cleez
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62. Sometimes the answer is "Smith". ( or Jones or Brown or Johnson)
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63. People have different sense of humor.
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64. Only one thing was ever drawn on a napkin
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65. The ONLY stone that will ever be an answer is the Rosetta Stone.
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Ugly wrote:65. The ONLY stone that will ever be an answer is the Rosetta Stone.
Blarney Stone, Stone of Scone, Stonehenge have come up as answers.
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dtaylor4 wrote:
Ugly wrote:65. The ONLY stone that will ever be an answer is the Rosetta Stone.
Blarney Stone, Stone of Scone, Stonehenge have come up as answers.
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66. Lists blow.
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ImmaculateDeception wrote:66. Lists blow.
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67. People falling asleep in audience around question 20.
68. Throwing hats and bowling pins on floor for good luck.
69. Going to tournaments to check out other schools chicks.
70. Complaining about a question that you got right.
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500. This thread stopped being interesting about 60 posts ago.
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499. Chris Ray never has anything productive to do or anything informative to say. Ever

*back on topic*

71. Practice is very different from real tournaments.
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Only 427 to go, I guess.
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72. Spilling water on the desk is only lucky for some people at some times in some tournaments on some days.
73. It is important to have a well regulated bladder if you are going to spill water for good luck.
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74. There is no "The" in Messiah or "s" in "Revelation" (Book of).
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75. It is not, nor ever was, Marcus Surilius.
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[quote="rchschem"] 74. There is no "The" in Messiah

76. And that will never matter.
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rchschem wrote:74. There is no "The" in Messiah or "s" in "Revelation" (Book of).
The Sue Korosa Corollary: It's still "Stopping by woods on a snowy evening" by Robert Frost ... no "the" there.

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77. Kant = categorical imperative.
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78. No matter how many times you implore your team to learn the works of Saul Bellow, they will not in fact sweep a Saul Bellow bonus until it has come up for the 4th time in a season.
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79. But once they get to college, their teammates will wonder why they know so much about Saul Bellow.
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Tegan wrote:78. No matter how many times you implore your team to learn the works of Saul Bellow, they will not in fact sweep a Saul Bellow bonus until it has come up for the 4th time in a season.
False.
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quizbowllee wrote:
Tegan wrote:78. No matter how many times you implore your team to learn the works of Saul Bellow, they will not in fact sweep a Saul Bellow bonus until it has come up for the 4th time in a season.
False.
80. Some teams are dumber than others.
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cornfused wrote:
quizbowllee wrote:
Tegan wrote:78. No matter how many times you implore your team to learn the works of Saul Bellow, they will not in fact sweep a Saul Bellow bonus until it has come up for the 4th time in a season.
False.
80. Some teams are dumber than others.
80b. Teams that are constantly beaten by coaches in black rubber suits, and are chased down the street with a jet powered car, will learn Saul Bellow faster than teams who do not.
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80b(I). Said teams may also need therapy after said beatings.
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LOL. Saul Bellow is one of the few things I feel confident that we would get thirty on.
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quizbowllee wrote:LOL. Saul Bellow is one of the few things I feel confident that we would get thirty on.
Yeah, that and Bertolt Brecht.
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81.) Berating a moderator insures that said person gets assigned to your sectional by the IESA.

82.) Never assume a question about a limited answer space of 'a' possible answers has a 1/a probability of being wildly guessed correctly. As in, Los Angeles for a U.S. state, Ben Franklin for a president, etc.

83.) Somedays your B team plays better than your A team.
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84. If no one on your A team knows anything about math or science, there will [inevitably] be someone on your B team who does.
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85. In any given year, you will either have too few talented players or too many talented players to field an ideal team.
86. Quiz bowl question writers will include questions about dubious Disney Channel tween shows and Pokemon in the same packet as questions about quantum theory and artists with blood type AB- who live in France. This is called balance.
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If you cant do math and noby on both teams can answer the math question buzz in and say zero
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88. And if the other team does that and gets it wrong, just buzz in and say one.
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NMBlumberjax wrote:If you cant do math and noby on both teams can answer the math question buzz in and say zero
If you haven't the faintest idea of a bonus part, and your best guess is assuredly wrong, stating an answer that will make your team laugh. Of course, this really only applies to teams in over their heads.
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Joshua Rutsky wrote:86. Quiz bowl question writers will include questions about dubious Disney Channel tween shows and Pokemon in the same packet as questions about quantum theory and artists with blood type AB- who live in France. This is called bad quizbowl.
Fixed.
NMBlumberjax wrote:If you cant do math and noby on both teams can answer the math question buzz in and say zero
Beyond fixing.
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89. TJ is always the best team in the country - even when it doesn't seem like they are.
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