I will read 20 tossups (and ideally some bonuses) on the former USSR. This is currently tentatively scheduled for Friday 7/28 on Discord.
The focus will be economics, science/math, politics, and history/art/culture broadly. (Including material culture and political jokes.)
Answers to a typical bonus might be: Alexei Stakhanov (hard), Boxer from Animal Farm (middle), coal mining (easy).
And a tossup on the KGB/NKVD might mention the Lubyanka (and the joke about seeing Siberia from its basement), Chekism, Yezhov and the great purge, Felix Dzerzhinsky, etc.
Set On Very Interesting Economic Times
Set On Very Interesting Economic Times
Arnav Sood
"We're not going to pay you to come to our tournaments" --- Paul Kasiński
NYU, 2014-2018
University of British Columbia, 2018-2020
Carnegie Mellon, 2021-
"We're not going to pay you to come to our tournaments" --- Paul Kasiński
NYU, 2014-2018
University of British Columbia, 2018-2020
Carnegie Mellon, 2021-
Re: Set On Very Interesting Economic Times
Reminder: If you're interested, this will be held tomorrow 5 PM on Discord.
(And based on people's advice, I decided to do all tossups.)
(And based on people's advice, I decided to do all tossups.)
Arnav Sood
"We're not going to pay you to come to our tournaments" --- Paul Kasiński
NYU, 2014-2018
University of British Columbia, 2018-2020
Carnegie Mellon, 2021-
"We're not going to pay you to come to our tournaments" --- Paul Kasiński
NYU, 2014-2018
University of British Columbia, 2018-2020
Carnegie Mellon, 2021-
Re: Set On Very Interesting Economic Times
Is that 5 PM Eastern?
Eric Chen
Dougherty Valley HS '15
UC Berkeley '19
pre-1900 Chadian history specialist
Dougherty Valley HS '15
UC Berkeley '19
pre-1900 Chadian history specialist
Re: Set On Very Interesting Economic Times
Yeah. We're doing a rerun of this tomorrow at 5 PM EST
Arnav Sood
"We're not going to pay you to come to our tournaments" --- Paul Kasiński
NYU, 2014-2018
University of British Columbia, 2018-2020
Carnegie Mellon, 2021-
"We're not going to pay you to come to our tournaments" --- Paul Kasiński
NYU, 2014-2018
University of British Columbia, 2018-2020
Carnegie Mellon, 2021-