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by bt_green_warbler
Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:30 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Outstate Missouri Academic Rendezvous at Moberly HS 3/21/15
Replies: 11
Views: 4694

Re: 2015 Outstate Missouri Academic Rendezvous at Moberly HS

Also, teams in the top 15 percent which meet NAQT's definition of a small school can qualify for NAQT's Small School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia April 25-26. For clarity: the qualifiers for SSNCT are the top 15 percent of the small schools (not the overall field). This mean...
by bt_green_warbler
Tue May 06, 2014 7:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: All-time Nationals-leading states
Replies: 4
Views: 2289

Re: All-time Nationals-leading states

Jeffrey Hill wrote: 3 of 4 - California [all but Small School/SSNCT]
There's a difficult goal to set myself. (Educational policy out here favors big consolidated districts. Of the 31 teams at Berkeley's fall tournament, two of them were small-school-eligible.)
by bt_green_warbler
Tue May 06, 2014 7:07 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Chip Beale made an appearance at Sectionals…
Replies: 6
Views: 1184

Re: Chip Beale made an appearance at Sectionals…

IIRC from reading that question it says fairly early on that its a 6x6 grid. It's still a what the??? moment but it wasn't like you make it out. A style point Jeff when you read this since I assume you are en route from Minnesota, the Sandra Day O'Conner tossup should replace the word "judge&q...
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:20 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2014 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 1711

Re: 2014 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

A doctor who calls himself Roger Chillingworth discovers Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale's affair with Hester Prynne in what novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne? What technique, used in desserts like crepes Suzette, cherries jubilee, and {bananas Foster}, involves dousing food with alcohol and setting it on fi...
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:13 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2014 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 9
Views: 1711

Re: 2014 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Young adult literature is classified as literature.

Regular IS sets have 2/2 such literature per 14-packet set; Introductory sets have 6/6 per 12-packet set.
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:33 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)
Replies: 19
Views: 5984

Re: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)

All of the waitlisted teams from everywhere are now in. There are now 11 Missouri teams in the field: De Smet Hallsville Helias Hickman Ladue North Kansas City Park Hill South Parkway Central Rock Bridge Savannah Tuscumbia We have a handful of spaces available, if more Missouri teams would like to j...
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:38 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Truman Bowl V (4/5/2014)
Replies: 10
Views: 3057

Re: Truman Bowl V (4/5/2014)

Seven teams, so indeed both Kirksville and Clark County qualified for HSNCT.
by bt_green_warbler
Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:07 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)
Replies: 19
Views: 5984

Re: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)

Thomas Jefferson (Joplin), North Kansas City, and Clayton are now registered. 217 teams have signed up for the 2014 HSNCT.
by bt_green_warbler
Tue Feb 11, 2014 12:35 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)
Replies: 19
Views: 5984

Re: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)

Add Hallsville.

As of this morning, 195 teams are registered for the 2014 HSNCT. Qualified teams should register as soon as possible to secure a spot in the field!
by bt_green_warbler
Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)
Replies: 19
Views: 5984

Re: 2014 NAQT HSNCT (May 30-June 1, Chicago)

Add Ladue and two Hickman teams.

And Rock Bridge brings us to 150 registered teams!

(That's 106 remaining spots, minus some number of reserved berths for state champions. Qualified teams should go ahead and register here.)
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Sep 30, 2013 4:34 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: University of Kentucky Fall Championship - 11/16/2013 (BISB)
Replies: 14
Views: 4931

Re: University of Kentucky Fall Championship - 11/16/2013 (BISB)

Uncertain. I emailed Coach Allen at Hallsville this morning to ask about their plans.
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Sep 30, 2013 1:32 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2014 NAQT Small School NCT: May 3-4, Minneapolis
Replies: 43
Views: 11436

Re: 2014 NAQT Small School NCT: May 3-4, Minneapolis

Jeffrey Hill wrote:If I'm reading this correctly, they do not have to be in the top half of the overall field as was the case for the small school bid to HSNCT. I think this means that if a tournament has only one small school, they automatically get a bid no matter where they finish.
Correct on all counts.
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Mar 06, 2013 1:03 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier - March 2 at Mizzou
Replies: 21
Views: 8379

Re: 2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier - March 2 at Mizzou

This makes sense to me; this is how I ranked the other championship teams in the combined stat report on hsquizbowl. (If you don't break the ties in some way, you could theoretically end up with a situation where you have no ties in one bracket and a 4-1, 3-2, and four 2-3 teams in the other; no ti...
by bt_green_warbler
Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:28 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier - March 2 at Mizzou
Replies: 21
Views: 8379

Re: 2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier - March 2 at Mizzou

Update: NAQT's current policy is to rank teams in parallel playoff brackets by within-bracket order of finish, and then consider teams tied with the teams of the same rankings in the parallel bracket. Thus Parkway West and SLUH are tied for 5th (both qualify), Rock Bridge A and Hallsville are tied f...
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:07 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier - March 2 at Mizzou
Replies: 21
Views: 8379

Re: 2013 NAQT Missouri Qualifier - March 2 at Mizzou

The top 5 teams at this tournament qualified for the NAQT High School National Championship Tournament, to be held Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta. Because this tournament was platinum certified by PACE, the top 8 teams qualified for the PACE National Scholastics Championship on June 8-9 at the Uni...
by bt_green_warbler
Sun Jun 10, 2012 7:49 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 Villa Duchesne (2/25)
Replies: 20
Views: 4517

Re: 2012 Villa Duchesne (2/25)

This has now been fixed on naqt.com.
by bt_green_warbler
Sun May 06, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 MSHSAA State question discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 2569

Re: 2012 MSHSAA State question discussion

In the U.S., these financial structures are insured by the PBGC, while in Australia, one version is referred to as Superannuation. They may be classified as "defined contribution" or "defined benefit"; a (*) 401(k) plan is an example of the former, while Social Security is an ex...
by bt_green_warbler
Sun May 06, 2012 5:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Split infinitives are not a grammatical error
Replies: 4
Views: 2484

Re: Split infinitives are not a grammatical error

2012 MSHSAA states round 1 wrote:In Reed-Kellogg sentence diagramming, which three of the traditional eight parts of speech can appear on slanted lines beneath the words they modify?
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:11 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 2732

Re: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Is there something that makes "R" only promptable on correlation coefficient? All of the math people in my room said they had used R and the correlation coefficient the same way. Symbols commonly used for mathematical and physical quantities (e.g. S for entropy) are rarely acceptable and ...
by bt_green_warbler
Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:32 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 2732

Re: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

The 1803 case Marbury v. Madison was the first time the Supreme Court declared a law to have a certain status. A. Name that status of conflicting with a certain document central to U.S. law that was applied to the Judiciary Act through John Marshall's ruling. answer: _unconstitutionality_ or _uncon...
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:06 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 2732

Re: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Principal component analysis is a technique of transforming data into orthogonal variables with a value of zero for this property. Its value ranges from negative (*) one to positive one. For 10 points--name this coefficient symbolized R that indicates how closely a line fits the data. answer: _corr...
by bt_green_warbler
Tue Apr 17, 2012 11:03 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 24
Views: 2732

Re: 2012 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

This artist sings "I am not a girl that can ever be defined" and "I came to win, to fight, to conquer, to thrive" in her song (*) "Fly." In her biggest hit, she sings about backing "coupes up" and repeats "boom, badoom, boom." For 10 points--name th...
by bt_green_warbler
Tue Apr 17, 2012 7:42 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2012 MSHSAA Districts general discussion
Replies: 7
Views: 2290

Re: 2012 MSHSAA Districts general discussion

U. Lou Sthagaim wrote: I'll set up a private question discussion forum assuming I get the go-ahead from Jeff Hoppes/NAQT.
Please do.
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:26 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Clayton Invitational November 12
Replies: 21
Views: 9158

Re: Clayton Invitational November 12

OakvilleHSCoach wrote:My understanding is that Oakville's second place finish at this event qualified us for ... NAQT Nationals, correct?
Correct (barring extreme record errors in the posted standings).
by bt_green_warbler
Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Middle Schools are being banned by MSHSAA from Nationals
Replies: 12
Views: 4264

Re: Middle Schools are being banned by MSHSAA from Nationals

L-Town Expatriate wrote:Registration is Friday night, meaning teams would likely miss one day of class in travel, and return Sunday evening.
Teams are welcome to register Saturday morning (if they notify us in advance), so no Missouri school would need to miss any class time at all to attend MSNCT.
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Jun 15, 2011 8:35 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2010-11 NAQT sets: question-specific discussion
Replies: 3
Views: 996

2010-11 NAQT sets: question-specific discussion

NAQT's 2010-11 sets are now open for discussion.
by bt_green_warbler
Mon May 09, 2011 1:44 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA States question discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 1856

Re: 2011 MSHSAA States question discussion

Most hybrid cars have "regenerative" examples of what systems that normally convert rotational kinetic energy to heat by holding a "pad" against a wheel? Answer these questions about non-intersecting lines: A. In a plane, any two non-intersecting lines have what relationship of ...
by bt_green_warbler
Sun May 08, 2011 5:25 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA States question discussion
Replies: 11
Views: 1856

2011 MSHSAA States question discussion

Discuss (sorry this is late; MSNCT).
by bt_green_warbler
Thu May 05, 2011 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are NAQT's computational math questions too easy?
Replies: 2
Views: 1697

Are NAQT's computational math questions too easy?

My prediction for all the tournaments is that state records are going to fall because these questions, in my opinion, are way TOO EASY. I hope the state questions show a higher difficulty. In particular, the math questions that tell you how to solve them are ridiculously easy. I have complained to ...
by bt_green_warbler
Wed Apr 20, 2011 2:11 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

The bonuses will be somewhat more difficult (because they are converted from the easy/medium parts of regular Invitational Series instead of Introductory Invitational Series).
by bt_green_warbler
Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:49 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Sectionals question discussion
Replies: 6
Views: 1871

2011 MSHSAA Sectionals question discussion

Discuss. Ditto last week's warning that question-posting will be erratic (this time because I'm playing ACF Nationals this weekend).
by bt_green_warbler
Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:56 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Fixed. Thanks for the correction.
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:35 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Districts round 2 wrote:Lord Melbourne was the first British prime minister during the reign of what consort of Prince Albert who ruled as queen from 1837 to 1901?
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:27 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Nothing in round 3 matches that description.
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:35 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

christino wrote:There was one tossup in the 2nd or 3rd round that began "this british...", which made it sort of obvious to anyone who had cursory knowledge as to what was being said.
I can't find this one in the set; what was the obvious answer?
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:33 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

"Torx" is the trademarked name for one variety of these components that has a six-pointed star on its head; that indentation contrasts with the flat "slot" and plus-shaped "{Phillips}" head. A {helical} ridge forms the outside thread of what fastener tightened by a nam...
by bt_green_warbler
Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:32 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Mewto55555 wrote:Do you have the text of the Pynchon tossup from round 2 I believe? I though it was extra-vague but maybe that's just me.
Districts round 2 wrote:What author of ~Against the Day~ described a mysterious postal organization in ~The Crying of Lot 49~ and created Tyrone Slothrop in ~Gravity's Rainbow~?
by bt_green_warbler
Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:33 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

Thanks; found it. The words and phrases "lariat," "hoi polloi", "alcohol," "lacrosse," and "alligator" all incorporate foreign language versions of this common English word. "Die" and "der" are German words that translate to what ...
by bt_green_warbler
Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:29 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

ChippytheSavage wrote:Is it true that the 2nd and 4th quarter toss-ups are going to be IS Sets at State? I have heard different things from different people.
Yes, those tossups will be from IS #105.
by bt_green_warbler
Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:27 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

Re: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

In round 2, there was a tossup on "water" that had "drip irrigation" as a clue. In round 4, there was a tossup on irrigation with the "drip type of this" as a clue. In agriculture, what substance measured in "acre-feet" is conserved through the use of plastic...
by bt_green_warbler
Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:38 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion
Replies: 28
Views: 5280

2011 MSHSAA Districts question discussion

OK, here's your thread to discuss question content from this year's district set.

(Warning that I won't be very active here today because I'll be spending most of my afternoon on a plane from Chicago back home to California.)
by bt_green_warbler
Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:40 am
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: Keep questions secure! Note the set your event will use!
Replies: 12
Views: 17216

Re: Question security is important!

This is a reminder about question security for the upcoming MSHSAA Districts, Sectionals, and State sets. Unlike previous years, these questions are being used for later tournaments outside of Missouri. Therefore: please do not discuss specific question content. Once NAQT's competition year is over,...
by bt_green_warbler
Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:14 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 NAQT Missouri Qualifier (3/5/2011 at Mizzou)
Replies: 48
Views: 22626

Re: 2011 NAQT Missouri Qualifier (3/5/2011 at Mizzou)

Oh, I forgot: with the 21 team field we had today, the top 4 teams (Savannah A, Helias A, Rock Bridge A, Villa Duchesne) all received bids to NAQT HSNCT and PACE NSC, if they didn't have them already. To my knowledge Helias had not previously qualified for HSNCT, so the top-team-that-hasn't-yet-qua...
by bt_green_warbler
Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:44 pm
Forum: Tournament Announcements and Discussion
Topic: 2011 Villa Duchesne Tournament
Replies: 12
Views: 3758

Re: 2011 Villa Duchesne Tournament

I'm looking into it. If it's not up this weekend I'm going to have words... I got a copy of the SQBS for the playoffs, and am trying to figure out the problems with it right now. (Notably: how Helias B is listed as playing two games at the same time in round 9). Update: fixed the bug; one game in r...