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From an old IS-A set:

"There were seven of them..." *BUZZ*
"Crusades"
Out of curiosity, what was the answer?
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Today at practice, on an old A-set:

Given: Small intestine
Answer: Javelin
Whenever "Falkland Islands" is the answer, you know that you're supposed to say "Islas Malvinas" because they truly belong to Argentina.
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brezhnev wrote:Today at practice, on an old A-set:

Given: Small intestine
Answer: Javelin
Something like, "The Women's is 6 feet..."?
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It was men's/women's weights, then a clue about cord grips/heads, then a clue about the length. I think the buzz happened around heads/length.
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Several things from both practice and Del. Fall Open:
BLAH
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Johannes Climacus wrote:Several things from both practice and Del. Fall Open:
Since Delaware Fall Open was run on an NAQT set, it probably isn't wise to post answers from that set.
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A.F. wrote:
Johannes Climacus wrote:Several things from both practice and Del. Fall Open:
Since Delaware Fall Open was run on an NAQT set, it probably isn't wise to post answers from that set.
Aaaaaand I am an idiot.
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I'm starting this one off with saying that both I and the teammate who negged are Jewish...

Given: Amy Winestein
Answer: Amy Winehouse

Me: after we all realize what he said " She's not Jewish"

EDIT: Apparently Amy Winehouse is jewish...
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BGSO wrote:I'm starting this one off with saying that both I and the teammate who negged are Jewish...

Given: Amy Winestein
Answer: Amy Wine House

Me: after we all realize what he said " She's not Jewish"
...She is Jewish.
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Hilarius Bookbinder wrote:...She is Jewish.
Somebody won't be buried among the other Jews!
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Omg your right, she is jewish, wtf
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At New Trier Varsity, I reflex-negged with The Grand Inquisitor for the Bhagavad Gita.
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How'd that happen?
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Anti-Climacus wrote:How'd that happen?
As the writer of said tossup, I'd like to hear about this as well.
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The beginning clues were relatively non-specific (I imagine you didn't want someone saying, "This sounds Indian. It must be..."), so I guess they didn't stick in my head. It was a tight match, so when I heard "part of a larger work," I reflex-buzzed thinking "Grand Inquisitor," then realized that the question mentioned 18 chapters and some other things. That neg was devastatingly bad for me (I've memorized some parts of the Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit).

Edit: After looking back at the question set, here's what really happened.
"It is eighteen chapters long and is found within the 6th book of a much larger work. *buzz*"
It turns out the Grand Inquisitor is actually in the fifth book of The Brothers Karamazov; either way, it still is only one chapter long.
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Siverus Snape wrote:Edit: After looking back at the question set, here's what really happened.
"It is eighteen chapters long and is found within the 6th book of a much larger work. *buzz*"
It turns out the Grand Inquisitor is actually in the fifth book of The Brothers Karamazov; either way, it still is only one chapter long.
That's a pretty terrible lead-in!
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Sir Thopas wrote:
Siverus Snape wrote:Edit: After looking back at the question set, here's what really happened.
"It is eighteen chapters long and is found within the 6th book of a much larger work. *buzz*"
It turns out the Grand Inquisitor is actually in the fifth book of The Brothers Karamazov; either way, it still is only one chapter long.
That's a pretty terrible lead-in!
I agree. In the original tossup I wrote, I had a similar clue as the giveaway (FTP, identify this text, the eighteenth chapter of the Mahabharata.)

EDIT: Nevermind.
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That was my edit. In the original question, Mahabharata was acceptable for about the first half of the question, which I didn't really like. I also didn't like the giveaway, which Donald just quoted, since I don't think it is correct. So I gave it a lead-in that was unique and that I thought would only lead to knowledgeable people buzzing in. It did lead to a knowledgeable person buzzing in during that match, but he gave the wrong answer. However, that was his own fault.
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Shcool wrote:That was my edit. In the original question, Mahabharata was acceptable for about the first half of the question, which I didn't really like. I also didn't like the giveaway, which Donald just quoted, since I don't think it is correct. So I gave it a lead-in that was unique and that I thought would only lead to knowledgeable people buzzing in. It did lead to a knowledgeable person buzzing in during that match, but he gave the wrong answer. However, that was his own fault.
David, get your facts straight. For the first half of the question I wrote, I instructed the reader to *prompt* on Mahabharata, as no clues specifically ruled out to the Gita.

For clarity, this is the question I wrote, with pronounciation guides removed:
This work recommends the path of devotion, or bhakti-yoga, for those who choose to worship a personal god, since eventually the devotee will choose to perform actions for that god. It claims that one goes to heaven for as long as one's punya is not used up, but that the ultimate goal is moksa. Stemming from one figure's initial decision to not fight(*) his own relatives, the backdrop of it is a conversation between Arjuna and his charioteer, Krishna. FTP, identify this text, the eighteenth chapter of the Mahabharata.
ANSWER: Bhagavad-Gita [prompt on Mahabharata until (*), do not accept afterwards, as the Bhagavad-Gita is part of the Mahabharata]

The lead-in in the final version of the tossup is a bad lead-in because a) it's trivial compared to the rest of the clues, and b) once you get "It's part of another work" and "It's Indian," the number of players who could lateral that is greater than the number of people who should buzz on the second line of a good tossup.
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My mistake on the prompting rather than accepting, but I believe that there is more than one book that recommends bhakti-yoga and mentions punya and moksa. I also believe that a lot of Hindu religious works are parts of larger works, since the Mahabharata, Upanishads, and Vedas each contain lots of sections.

EDIT: I am going to be without computer for the next few days, so if Donald or anybody else has a half-decent response to this post, then I've lost the argument. I may have lost it already.
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I'm stupid for not noticing this. Not only is the lead-in you put in a bad clue, it's factually incorrect. According to the source I used for the entire tossup, the Gita is only one chapter (the eighteenth chapter, as noted in the original tossup.) For the sake of disclosure, my source was The Eternal Self and the Cycle of Samsara, the primary text used in my course on Asian Mythology.

There may be more than one text that recommends bhakti-yoga. That is why I included the personal god condition in the clue. The Gita also recommends the other two yogas (jnana - knowledge, karma - action) under different conditions for different reasons, as no one path is given special treatment.

Also, the Upanishads and Vedas do have other sections. A search of the QBDB (thanks, Jerry) reveals that the Atharvaveda was tossed up at Gaddis and was the hard part in a bonus at 2006 Regionals. Also, the Rig Veda has been an answer at PACE NSC at least twice. Given the importance and uniqueness of such individual parts of larger texts, I think that they are certainly able to be asked about.
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So, to wrap this up:
More people should write questions on Indian stuff, so Indian-sounding names don't create transparency(As in "military-sounding historical event. Indian name. BUZZ. Sepoy Mutiny. FIFTEEEEEEEN). Also, chapter number/postion of work in larger text makes a terrible clue.
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Anti-Climacus wrote:Also, chapter number/postion of work in larger text makes a terrible clue.
That's a point I'd like to make: does including that stuff actually increase conversion beyond where it'd be if you say "it's part of the M; FTP name this conversation between Arjuna and Krishna?" I sort of feel that if you don't know that it's a conversation between Arjuna and Krishna, you shouldn't get the tossup--and if people can't get it off that easiest nontrivial clue, then the tossup subject is too hard (and I don't think it is).
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Anti-Climacus wrote:So, to wrap this up:
More people should write questions on Indian stuff, so Indian-sounding names don't create transparency(As in "military-sounding historical event. Indian name. BUZZ. Sepoy Mutiny. FIFTEEEEEEEN). Also, chapter number/postion of work in larger text makes a terrible clue.
Aren't there other notable Indian events that come up in quizbowl, i.e. the Battle of Plassey? Also, I agree with you about the chapter clue, which is why I put it at the end. I don't like giveaways that are like "FTP, identify this Hindu text." I wanted to put some sort of clue there, so I included that it was part of the Mahabharata.

EDIT: I kan spel gud.
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dtaylor4 wrote:the Battle of Plessy?
I believe you overdramatize the good Mr. Tourgee's foray into the legal system on my behalf. Perhaps you mean Plassey?
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dtaylor4 wrote:I'm stupid for not noticing this. Not only is the lead-in you put in a bad clue, it's factually incorrect. According to the source I used for the entire tossup, the Gita is only one chapter (the eighteenth chapter, as noted in the original tossup.)
Actually, Reinstein was right. The Gita is divided into 18 chapters and is included in the Bhishma Parva (the sixth section) of the Mahabharata. Obviously, there's some ambiguity about the word "chapter," but I'm pretty sure that the Gita isn't the eighteenth anything of the Mahabharata.

Starting the question with "Part of the Bhishma Parva, this work..." would have solved most of the problems of both versions of the question. The problems that remain (some ambiguity/non-specificity, a lack of concrete detail) are probably a function of Donald understandably not having firsthand knowledge of the source and Donald trying to keep the length of the question down.
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Siverus Snape wrote:Starting the question with "Part of the Bhishma Parva, this work..." would have solved most of the problems of both versions of the question. The problems that remain (some ambiguity/non-specificity, a lack of concrete detail) are probably a function of Donald understandably not having firsthand knowledge of the source and Donald trying to keep the length of the question down.
Could you clarify what you mean by "source"? If you're referring to the Bhagavad Gita, I concede the point, as I have not read it. If you are referring to the work I cited as my source, then I must disagree.
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I meant the Bhagavad Gita, definitely.
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Siverus Snape wrote:I meant the Bhagavad Gita, definitely.
I figured. I may actually read the Gita at some point, but indeed I have not yet.
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Practice today on UIUC Early Bird 2005

...Something about Holy Roman Emperor Charles V... condemned Luther...Protestant Reformation...some year in 1500s

Frequently negging teammate buzzes
I say for God's sake don't guess Nicaea because that is many centuries off
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In practice:
Moby Dick was this animal...
*Buzz*
Narwhal.

Edit: This may have been on a worksheet. Nevertheless...
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Last year on some old IS set, I gave comets for snowflakes
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From middle school practice today:
"Table salt is often fortified with this element[BUZZ]"
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Woody Paige wrote:From middle school practice today:
"Table salt is often fortified with this element[BUZZ]"
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Practicing HSAPQ set #2 today:


A poem about this place urges the reader to “arise with me, and be born.” For 10 points each:
[10] Name this place whose “Heights” name the seminal poem from Canto General.

"Uh... Brooklyn?"

ANSWER: Macchu Picchu [accept “The Heights of Macchu Picchu”]
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In practice from a 2006 NAQT set:
"...Mistakenly appeared on many posters along with Osama Bin Laden..."
me: "Zacarias Moussaoui?"
answer: Bert (from Sesame Street)
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Given: The Origins of Totalitarianism
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At Dorman:
Given: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Correct: Pope Benedict XVI
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At Gunpei Yokoi this past summer:

Given: Andy Goff
Answer: Andy Goss

What makes it so bad: Dan Goff was on the opposing team.
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At Dorman last weekend:

Given: The Red Scare
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kldaace wrote:At Dorman:
Given: Andrew Lloyd Webber
Correct: Pope Benedict XVI
It was the cats thing, right?
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Mike,
Refresh my memory on the rules here, can I post bad answers that are listed on the page (from a vendor) as correct? Or do the negs have to be "player-powered," if you will?
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Woody Paige wrote:Mike,
Refresh my memory on the rules here, can I post bad answers that are listed on the page (from a vendor) as correct? Or do the negs have to be "player-powered," if you will?
Uhm... I guess bad wrong answers is okay. The point of the thread isn't for that, though; maybe a new thread is in order ("Wrong Right Answers?")

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Meant to post this a while ago:

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Given: Stanford Prison Experiment
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given: william churchill
answer: winston churchill

Me, today

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answer: king kameheameha I
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Practice today on an old packet.


Given: Human and Wolf
Answer: Plants and Fungi


See if you can guess why a student legitimately thought his answers might be right.
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Caesar Rodney HS wrote:See if you can guess why a student legitimately thought his answers might be right.
The two parts that make up a lycan, I take it. One of my teammates had a similar wrong bonus answer the other day.
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Re: Bad Negs Again

Post by Down and out in Quintana Roo »

Ha, nice. I feel better knowing it was done somewhere else too...
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