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Q: It can be computed by evaluating the Gregory-Leibniz series ...
A: Infinity
Q: This play by Agatha Christie...
A: No Exit
A: Infinity
Q: This play by Agatha Christie...
A: No Exit
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Q: This priest who angered Martin Luther...
A: Hentzel.
A: Hentzel.
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LOL.cornfused wrote:Q: This priest who angered Martin Luther...
A: Hentzel.
I literally "laughed out loud" at this one.
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Re: Bad Negs Again
Not THAT awful a neg, but it sticks in my head more than six years later from high school, when I said "Henry Fielding" wrote Moll Flanders instead of Defoe. This was in a game where my HS team was trying to pull a major upset and we ended up blowing a lead and losing on the last question.
Once it becomes cleared, I have a host of awful negs from IO and RMPFest (plus a couple dumb ones from TRASH Regionals) to list.
Once it becomes cleared, I have a host of awful negs from IO and RMPFest (plus a couple dumb ones from TRASH Regionals) to list.
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From IS-73A today at practice.
Me reading: "He later commited suicide after seeing his son Johnathan who was dead before him...
Teammate: Buzz
Given: Nagamasa Azai
Answer: Saul
Me reading: "He later commited suicide after seeing his son Johnathan who was dead before him...
Teammate: Buzz
Given: Nagamasa Azai
Answer: Saul
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That would be an exciting tossup answer!Bakery, State, and Utopia wrote:Given: Nagamasa Azai
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I think Ryan's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" from the Impossible Speedchecks qualifies here.
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That's got to be one of the best I've ever heard of.theMoMA wrote:I think Ryan's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" from the Impossible Speedchecks qualifies here.
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What was the actual answer?William Afham wrote:That's got to be one of the best I've ever heard of.theMoMA wrote:I think Ryan's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" from the Impossible Speedchecks qualifies here.
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Wollstonecraft for "diodes" at ACF Fall, most of the way through the question, too. 15 points to whomever can infer the abortive lateral that produced this.
Grinnell Quizbowl 05-07
University of Minnesota Quizbowl 08-09.
T.....S...E...O
O.....O...R...L
M......D...H...M
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T.....S...E...O
O.....O...R...L
M......D...H...M
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Octopus's Garden.Hilarius Bookbinder wrote:What was the actual answer?William Afham wrote:That's got to be one of the best I've ever heard of.theMoMA wrote:I think Ryan's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" from the Impossible Speedchecks qualifies here.
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That is pretty fantastic.
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Another great one from Impossible Speedcheck:
Brian: Ron Burgundy
Right: Olaf (from "I Sing of Olaf Glad and Big")
Brian: Ron Burgundy
Right: Olaf (from "I Sing of Olaf Glad and Big")
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From ACF Fall
Wrong: Stonewall Jackson
Right: Moses
Wrong: Stonewall Jackson
Right: Moses
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How did that happen?powerplant wrote:From ACF Fall
Wrong: Stonewall Jackson
Right: Moses
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I'm willing to bet he buzzed on the clue about having to hold his arms in the air to win a battle. Stonewall Jackson only felt a need to hold his arms in the air because he was crazy.warpoet wrote:How did that happen?powerplant wrote:From ACF Fall
Wrong: Stonewall Jackson
Right: Moses
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My teammate
Given: Vikings
Answer: Green Mountain Boys
Given: Vikings
Answer: Green Mountain Boys
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That is what happened. I didn't mention that in the first post because I think it makes it less funny.Ukonvasara wrote:I'm willing to bet he buzzed on the clue about having to hold his arms in the air to win a battle. Stonewall Jackson only felt a need to hold his arms in the air because he was crazy.warpoet wrote:How did that happen?powerplant wrote:From ACF Fall
Wrong: Stonewall Jackson
Right: Moses
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From IO: I negged "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" with "Babi Yar"
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How did you manage to do that?
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blah blah blah known as the rubber people
*BUZZ*
Trojans?
Of course, it was the Olmecs.
*BUZZ*
Trojans?
Of course, it was the Olmecs.
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"A channel has a depth of 10 fathoms"
BUZZ
"MARK TWAIN!" The capitalization is very important in the way it was said.
Answer: 60 feet
BUZZ
"MARK TWAIN!" The capitalization is very important in the way it was said.
Answer: 60 feet
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This is what happens when computation questions sneak up on unsuspecting quizbowlers.Sonic the Hedgehog and the Fox wrote:"A channel has a depth of 10 fathoms"
BUZZ
"MARK TWAIN!" The capitalization is very important in the way it was said.
Answer: 60 feet
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Who wrote these questions? Don't all computation questions usually have "paper and pencil ready" or some variant at the beginning.Sonic the Hedgehog and the Fox wrote:"A channel has a depth of 10 fathoms"
BUZZ
"MARK TWAIN!" The capitalization is very important in the way it was said.
Answer: 60 feet
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Triple Q. The only place at which I know them to be used is the University of South Carolina. They're...funny, some of them.swwFCqb wrote:Who wrote these questions? Don't all computation questions usually have "paper and pencil ready" or some variant at the beginning.Sonic the Hedgehog and the Fox wrote:"A channel has a depth of 10 fathoms"
BUZZ
"MARK TWAIN!" The capitalization is very important in the way it was said.
Answer: 60 feet
Not funny haha. Funny weird.
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Today at practice:
Answer given: Connecticut Yankee
Correct Answer: Satan
Answer given: Connecticut Yankee
Correct Answer: Satan
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You want funny questions, try this one from Great Auk:Sonic the Hedgehog and the Fox wrote:Triple Q. The only place at which I know them to be used is the University of South Carolina. They're...funny, some of them.swwFCqb wrote:Who wrote these questions? Don't all computation questions usually have "paper and pencil ready" or some variant at the beginning.Sonic the Hedgehog and the Fox wrote:"A channel has a depth of 10 fathoms"
BUZZ
"MARK TWAIN!" The capitalization is very important in the way it was said.
Answer: 60 feet
Not funny haha. Funny weird.
Complete this epitaph: Here lies Jim the atheist. All dressed up and nowhere to ____.
Answer: go.
This is what I had to put up with all through high school.
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FANT-AUK-STIC!You want funny questions, try this one from Great Auk:
Complete this epitaph: Here lies Jim the atheist. All dressed up and nowhere to ____.
Answer: go.
This is what I had to put up with all through high school.
It's amazing that no matter how overused those bad Auk puns are, they're still funny.
And you're right, that contest has some real winners at times.
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No, no they are not. TJ didn't win 7 KMOs in a row by reading puns. We skipped them with extreme prejudice.BobGHHS wrote:It's amazing that no matter how overused those bad Auk puns are, they're still funny.
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From ACF Fall
Wrong Answer: The Prince
Right Answer: Stravinsky
Wrong Answer: The Prince
Right Answer: Stravinsky
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At Practice:
Answer Given: Simón Bolivar
Correct Given: Simone de Beauvoir
Answer Given: Simón Bolivar
Correct Given: Simone de Beauvoir
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During practice a while back on an old NAQT set, I said Seven Men Against Thebes *facepalm*
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Whoever was reading clearly didn't understand the concept of substantive adjectives.warpoet wrote:During practice a while back on an old NAQT set, I said Seven Men Against Thebes *facepalm*
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Yeah. That's correct, isn't it?Sir Thopas wrote:Whoever was reading clearly didn't understand the concept of substantive adjectives.warpoet wrote:During practice a while back on an old NAQT set, I said Seven Men Against Thebes *facepalm*
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Depends on the langauge, but in Greek, I'm going to say yes.cornfused wrote:Yeah. That's correct, isn't it?Sir Thopas wrote:Whoever was reading clearly didn't understand the concept of substantive adjectives.warpoet wrote:During practice a while back on an old NAQT set, I said Seven Men Against Thebes *facepalm*
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I mean, it's a translation. Greek certainly uses substantives.everyday847 wrote:Depends on the langauge, but in Greek, I'm going to say yes.cornfused wrote:Yeah. That's correct, isn't it?Sir Thopas wrote:Whoever was reading clearly didn't understand the concept of substantive adjectives.warpoet wrote:During practice a while back on an old NAQT set, I said Seven Men Against Thebes *facepalm*
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Argh inability to type. But yeah.Sir Thopas wrote:I mean, it's a translation. Greek certainly uses substantives.everyday847 wrote: Depends on the langauge, but in Greek, I'm going to say yes.
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I dunno, I think it was one of those "Do Not Accept..." things. I've always heard it as Seven Against Thebes
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I would be inclined to be nice about that, but I'm more supportive of the "Be liberal about translations" school of thought.
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I mean, like, the packet is objectively wrong, then.warpoet wrote:I dunno, I think it was one of those "Do Not Accept..." things.
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Oh, I just thought it was a dumb mistake on my part
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It was a misstep, but one that's nevertheless clearly a correct response. TAKE THAT, NAQT.warpoet wrote:Oh, I just thought it was a dumb mistake on my part
Re: Bad Negs Again
I believe that standard ACF (don't recall NAQT) rules say that if you answer in English for a title that is originally in a foreign language, you have to use a form in which that title has actually been translated and published and not just a plausible reading. Since I get exactly one Google hit for "Seven Men Against Thebes" (i.e., this thread), I think that response would generally be deemed incorrect.Sir Thopas wrote:It was a misstep, but one that's nevertheless clearly a correct response. TAKE THAT, NAQT.warpoet wrote:Oh, I just thought it was a dumb mistake on my part
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yoda4554 wrote:I believe that standard ACF (don't recall NAQT) rules say that if you answer in English for a title that is originally in a foreign language, you have to use a form in which that title has actually been translated and published and not just a plausible reading. Since I get exactly one Google hit for "Seven Men Against Thebes" (i.e., this thread), I think that response would generally be deemed incorrect.
This seems to imply that "Seven Men Against Thebes" would be ACFceptable. G3 goes on to note, however, that "players are encouraged to give non-esoteric or traditional English translations, or the original-language title, in order to avoid complicated protests over translated answers". The rule is presumably intended to avoid punishing players who have only read a work in the original language and haven't the foggiest idea what it's called in English, so when Andy Watkins buzzes on a No Exit tossup, thinks Huis clos, and says "Closed Door", he won't get negged. Or else he will get negged, file a protest, and have it resolved in his favor.ACF Rules wrote:G3. When the title of a work not originally written in English is the answer, titles in the original language are generally provided in the packet. Those titles in the original language are acceptable, as are idiomatic or literal English translations and any titles under which a translation of the work has been published in English.
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I don't think I've ever said anything but Huis clos, mostly because "huis" was last used out of a literary context to mean "door" about a billion years ago, so it wasn't until I googled it about ten seconds ago that I confirmed that it means "door." And "clore" is weird and irregular (clos is the past participle) and everyone says "fermer." I don't know what twist of the imagination makes that into In Camera. But I never really trusted that the French title and the English translation were even the same thing until now.
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"Behind closed doors" as an idiomatic translation of Huis Clos turns into In Camera pretty quickly...everyday847 wrote:I don't think I've ever said anything but Huis clos, mostly because "huis" was last used out of a literary context to mean "door" about a billion years ago, so it wasn't until I googled it about ten seconds ago that I confirmed that it means "door." And "clore" is weird and irregular (clos is the past participle) and everyone says "fermer." I don't know what twist of the imagination makes that into In Camera. But I never really trusted that the French title and the English translation were even the same thing until now.
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OH. Hello, Latin.cdcarter wrote:"Behind closed doors" as an idiomatic translation of Huis Clos turns into In Camera pretty quickly...
Andrew Watkins
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Good job, Andy.everyday847 wrote:OH. Hello, Latin.cdcarter wrote:"Behind closed doors" as an idiomatic translation of Huis Clos turns into In Camera pretty quickly...
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