Bad Negs Again

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:49 pm

cornfused wrote:Given: defecation
Correct: musical chairs

Oh, and that was after a clue about the Jonas Brothers doing it backed by REO Speedwagon on the Ellen Degeneres show.

Cheynem · Post by **Cheynem** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:55 pm

From CO Trash:

ME: Patrick Roy
ANSWER: Brandon Roy

Kanga-Rat Murder Society · Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:27 pm

Cheynem wrote:From CO Trash:

ME: Patrick Roy
ANSWER: Brandon Roy

Did you say this like "Roy" or like "Wa"?

pray for elves · Post by **pray for elves** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:39 pm

BG MSL Champs wrote:
Cheynem wrote:From CO Trash:

ME: Patrick Roy
ANSWER: Brandon Roy
Did you say this like "Roy" or like "Wa"?

As his teammate, I can tell you he said it like "Roy".

Cheynem · Post by **Cheynem** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:42 pm

I have to give some props to Seth Teitler as reader, who didn't bat an eye instead of doing what I would do as reader and collapse into hapless laughter. Obviously, I should have said the last name, but I was concentrating so much on pulling the dude's name that I was like, "Patrick...Roy, that's it. That sounds right."

pray for elves · Post by **pray for elves** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:56 pm

Cheynem wrote:I have to give some props to Seth Teitler as reader, who didn't bat an eye instead of doing what I would do as reader and collapse into hapless laughter. Obviously, I should have said the last name, but I was concentrating so much on pulling the dude's name that I was like, "Patrick...Roy, that's it. That sounds right."

This should also be a good example to reiterate the lesson to only give the last name at first. Even if you get prompted, you get extra time to think of the first name, and if you're not prompted you avoid possibly embarrassing negs like this one.

Cheynem · Post by **Cheynem** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:07 pm

I'm glad this occurred in our blowout of Team Borglum and not in a close game!

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Fri Jul 31, 2009 12:50 am

At today's summer practice.

Given: Rodney King incident
Answer: Boston Massacre

And Trey had a funny comment afterwards that i won't post, but i'll let him do so if he wishes.

Self-incompatibility in plants · Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:47 am

Dr. Bunsen Honeydew wrote:At today's summer practice.

Given: Rodney King incident
Answer: Boston Massacre

And Trey had a funny comment afterwards that i won't post, but i'll let him do so if he wishes.

They both involved a black guy getting screwed over by authority figures. There, and I'm sure it sounded funnier after it happened...

paulsausville · Post by **paulsausville** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:30 pm

This is more of bad conferring than a bad neg, but still worth it.

"...what event that translates to 'night of broken glass?"
*buzz*
teammate: "I got it! It's Glasnost!"

this being a few questions after a question about glasnost. We couldn't do anything for 5 minutes after cause everyone was laughing.

at your pleasure · Post by **at your pleasure** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:18 pm

Was this a QC set?

Jesus vs. Dragons · Post by **Jesus vs. Dragons** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:48 pm

At my very first tournament:

Given: Oklahoma City Bombings
Answer: Boston Massacre

I'm not sure what made me say this, but it got to the end and said this happened in Massachusetts and a bunch of people got killed and the other team didn't even get it.

paulsausville · Post by **paulsausville** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:31 pm

Anti-Climacus wrote:Was this a QC set?

Quizmaster? no, it was a bunch of year questions our coach wrote.

Joe Romersa · Post by **Joe Romersa** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:08 pm

Cheynem wrote:From CO Trash:

ME: Patrick Roy
ANSWER: Brandon Roy

if you just say "wa", will they accept it for "roy"?
also, why is his name pronounced wa?

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Thu Aug 06, 2009 1:21 pm

It's, like, French, dude.

rchschem · Post by **rchschem** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:12 am

I love the smell of a new quiz bowl season in the morning.

Given this week at practice:

1. NAMBLA for NAACP
2. "...this amendment named for a Pennsylvania senator..."
team 1: 8th
mod: No.
team 2: 13th

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:02 am

Well i don't know about you, but Senator William Thirteen is one of the truly greatest politicians i've ever studied.

Jane Fairfax · Post by **Jane Fairfax** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:37 pm

I had a neg that could be somewhat understandable but was still pretty bad:

Answer: The Birds (Aristophanes play)
My given answer: Banjo-Tooie (classic N64 Game)

this happened because there's a stage in BT called Cloud Cuckooland, and yeah...

AKKOLADE · Post by **AKKOLADE** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:41 pm

Given Answer: Neck
Correct Answer: Uterus

Kid got tripped by that cervix.

Jesus vs. Dragons · Post by **Jesus vs. Dragons** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:31 pm

Question: In 515 (or something) the Emperor Justinian issued this
Teammate Buzzes: Nika Revolt
I zoned out after that, but it involved something being issued, not the revolt. It isn't as bad as some of the other ones, but it was a horrible buzz.

Other buzzes from this teammate:
This Civil War battle
Buzz: Fredericksburg
Answer: This one has actually happened multiple times. He is a Civil War buff and he gets a little excited when he hears those two magical words.

Post by **Unicolored Jay** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:39 pm

At practice today:

Given: Sacajawea
Answer: York (William Clark's slave)
The question began with "this man" and someone buzzed soon after.

Given: assassinated
Answer: TIME Magazine Person of the Year
The first several clues included "Winston Churchill in 1940 and 1949" and "Hitler in 1938" and other things like that.

at your pleasure · Post by **at your pleasure** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:53 pm

Answer: York (William Clark's slave)

How is this even remotley tossupable?

Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-TN) · Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:57 pm

It is to a bad writer.

Whiter Hydra · Post by **Whiter Hydra** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:23 pm

Reading some bad speedchecks in practice:

Given: Satanic Verses
Answer: Indira Gandhi

Post by **Unicolored Jay** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:52 pm

Doink the Clown wrote:
Answer: York (William Clark's slave)
How is this even remotley tossupable?

Oops, that wasn't a tossup.

Edit: While I'm at it:

Answer: IMF
There were two given answers before somsone came up with the correct one. After clues about how many countries formed it and the words "lend money" someone buzzed and said "UN", and right after that someone else buzzed and said "United States."

wexs883198215 · Post by **wexs883198215** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:33 pm

Some horrifyingly bad local stuff.

Name this Austrian composer, who wrote the Tragic....

Obviously there's more than one, and of course the answer there is Schubert instead of Mahler

Jesus vs. Dragons · Post by **Jesus vs. Dragons** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:29 am

chemqueen2 wrote:my co-captain: "the devil wears prada" for "the bell jar"
It really made sense at the time.

This is from a longggg time ago, but I felt the need to quote it because I did the exact same thing. It involved something along the lines of "Interns for a fashion designer" or something like that, and I naturally buzzed and said the devil wears prada.

Blah Blah Blah Hexagram, Sliver, breaking the seal
Teammate: Werewolf
Answer: Pope

kayli · Post by **kayli** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:21 am

Speaking of popes:
Question: Blah blah blah studied music blah blah blah liked cats. BUZZ
Given: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Correct: Pope Benedict XVI

Jesus vs. Dragons · Post by **Jesus vs. Dragons** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:10 pm

Arsonists Get All the Girls wrote:Speaking of popes:
Question: Blah blah blah studied music blah blah blah liked cats. BUZZ
Given: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Correct: Pope Benedict XVI

Meh, that one makes fairly good sense depending on the questions you were using. Although if that was anywhere but the end of the questions, it is still pretty bad.

Golran · Post by **Golran** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:44 pm

From practice last night on ACF Fall 2002:

Given: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
ANSWER: The 400 Blows

Tirth only went on the skipping school clue it seems.

Jesus vs. Dragons · Post by **Jesus vs. Dragons** » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:12 pm

All from the same round of practice thursday on an NAQT round.

Given: Refrigerator
Answer: Traffic Light

Given: Oscar Robertson, after it said "this man was drafted by an Israeli Baseball league"
Answer: Sandy Koufax I buzzed off of U of Cincinnati graduate

Given: Paper
Answer: Scrapbooking

Given: Ventriloquism

answer: Bonsai

Adventure Temple Trail · Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:24 pm

From an eager sophomore in practice earlier this week, on IS-70something:

"Krist Novoselic played the bass -" *buzz*
Given: Chicago Black Sox
"...and Dave Grohl played the drums -"
Answer: Nirvana

To his credit, he thought it was a "base" and not a "bass"...

The King's Flight to the Scots · Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:01 pm

On Gonzaga 2008 at practice on Thursday:

Given: Marco Polo
Answer: John Cabot

after clues saying that he was "born in Bristol" and "never reached Asia".

Kwang the Ninja · Post by **Kwang the Ninja** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 6:55 pm

Somebody on our team on an naqt set at practice the other day...

Given: ventriloquism
Answer: bonsai

Me on a clue about a place where you always wanna go in a song

Given: Cheers
Answer: Home (by Daughtry)

Maxwell Sniffingwell · Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:15 am

Kwang the Ninja wrote:Given: ventriloquism
Answer: bonsai

Excellent.

Boeing X-20, Please! · Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:35 am

Blah Blah Blah...Vishnu Schist
*buzz*
Given: Kuiber Pass
Correct: Grandy Canyon

Jesus vs. Dragons · Post by **Jesus vs. Dragons** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:53 pm

cornfused wrote:
Kwang the Ninja wrote:Given: ventriloquism
Answer: bonsai
Excellent.

In my defense, it made total sense.

swwFCqb · Post by **swwFCqb** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:27 am

2008 MUT Packet #7, Question #22

After the first sentence...

Given: Oath of the Horatii
Answer: That picture of Chris Ray barging at the Stanford Cardinal Classic

I kinda wanna see this picture now.

Frater Taciturnus · Post by **Frater Taciturnus** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:41 pm

swwFCqb wrote:2008 MUT Packet #7, Question #22

After the first sentence...

Given: Oath of the Horatii
Answer: That picture of Chris Ray barging at the Stanford Cardinal Classic

I kinda wanna see this picture now.

I still think Im the only quizbowler to get points on that question in an actual game

Lapego1 · Post by **Lapego1** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:32 am

PN News wrote:
swwFCqb wrote:2008 MUT Packet #7, Question #22

After the first sentence...

Given: Oath of the Horatii
Answer: That picture of Chris Ray barging at the Stanford Cardinal Classic

I kinda wanna see this picture now.
I still think Im the only quizbowler to get points on that question in an actual game

Noted Chris Ray teammate Mike Bentley got this against us.

Post by **DumbJaques** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:05 am

Noted Chris Ray me not only didn't get this tossup, but still has not seen the photo (although I have seen, and heartily approve of, some of Evan's photoshops setting me against the background of batman or 9/11).

I once again reiterate that lots of these things don't count as bad negs. Even the Oath of the Horatii buzz probably wasn't that bad - Charles Meigs's tossup on the Nude Picture of Vanessa Hudgens induced Venus of Urbino/Olympia negs in at least 3 rooms at Penn Bowl 08.

marnold · Post by **marnold** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:11 pm

Here is the original.

Ethnic history of the Vilnius region · Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:07 pm

Lapego1 wrote:
PN News wrote:
swwFCqb wrote:2008 MUT Packet #7, Question #22

After the first sentence...

Given: Oath of the Horatii
Answer: That picture of Chris Ray barging at the Stanford Cardinal Classic

I kinda wanna see this picture now.
I still think Im the only quizbowler to get points on that question in an actual game
Noted Chris Ray teammate Mike Bentley got this against us.

Yeah. I moderated that round. For whatever reason, that question made me laugh uncontrollably. I don't even think Mike Bentley gave the correct answer, but I accepted it anyway. I still feel bad about not throwing that one out; my horrible moderating combined with the unfair fact that Chris Ray's team was playing in the match made it really unfair to the Penn team. Of course, I had never encountered a similar situation before or since. They funny thing is that I have a personal peeve against moderators foreshadowing answers with commentary or reactions before the questions are finished. It's something I try never to do. Anyway, a definite lapse on my part that can be heard here.

Jesus vs. Dragons · Post by **Jesus vs. Dragons** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:36 pm

Today while going over some study stuff:

Who lives at 221B Baker Street?
I say the Prime Minister of Canada with 110 percent confidence.

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:18 pm

Duke The Dumpster Droese wrote:
Lapego1 wrote:
PN News wrote:
swwFCqb wrote:2008 MUT Packet #7, Question #22

After the first sentence...

Given: Oath of the Horatii
Answer: That picture of Chris Ray barging at the Stanford Cardinal Classic

I kinda wanna see this picture now.
I still think Im the only quizbowler to get points on that question in an actual game
Noted Chris Ray teammate Mike Bentley got this against us.
Yeah. I moderated that round. For whatever reason, that question made me laugh uncontrollably. I don't even think Mike Bentley gave the correct answer, but I accepted it anyway. I still feel bad about not throwing that one out; my horrible moderating combined with the unfair fact that Chris Ray's team was playing in the match made it really unfair to the Penn team. Of course, I had never encountered a similar situation before or since. They funny thing is that I have a personal peeve against moderators foreshadowing answers with commentary or reactions before the questions are finished. It's something I try never to do. Anyway, a definite lapse on my part that can be heard here.

1) I love being able to tell when The Judge is being used in a game just by hearing it.

2) Pretty funny stuff.

3) Ouch... on that Third of May, 1808 answer...

Post by **DumbJaques** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:28 am

Wait a minute, that's the picture? It's a candid crowd shot. . . how can you barge into a candid crowd shot? Man, you guys had me feeling bad for the last year and a half for dickishly walking in front of a team photo or something. Barging doesn't even seem that accurate of a description - I guess it's somewhat better than "Chris looking like a snapping turtle," but stI AM BARGING INTO YOUR POST CHRIS RAY

Post by **Susan** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:11 am

DumbJaques wrote:Wait a minute, that's the picture? It's a candid crowd shot. . . how can you barge into a candid crowd shot?

Perhaps most people couldn't, but clearly you are one talented guy.

Joe Romersa · Post by **Joe Romersa** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:15 am

has someone uploaded the chris ray 9/11 photoshop anywhere?

Post by **Unicolored Jay** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:36 pm

On some NAQT A-set packet:

Given: Tropic of Cancer
Answer: Chile

After clues like "it is X number of miles wide at its widest" and naming some cities.

Down and out in Quintana Roo · Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:41 pm

Bird Sonata wrote:On some NAQT A-set packet:

Given: Tropic of Cancer
Answer: Chile

After clues like "it is X number of miles wide at its widest" and naming some cities.

On a related note, in one of my freshman World History classes this year, in the first week of school as we were reviewing geography/map terms, one of my kids asked me how wide the Equator was. It actually led to an interesting discussion.