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I just wanted other people to post interesting things people have said at some point that was during a scholar bowl (or whatever you call it) related thing.
For example:
"Make love, not war" said by Danny at JV state, much funnier in context, but maybe i shouldn't include the context here...
Aboard which spacecraft did Grissom, White, and Chaffey (sp? on those three names?): at this point Alex, who had been spaced out, buzzes in and says "DANDRUFF!!" apparently he heard white and chaffey and got a little overexcited...
so, just post whatever you want, just something random, and preferably funny.
For example:
"Make love, not war" said by Danny at JV state, much funnier in context, but maybe i shouldn't include the context here...
Aboard which spacecraft did Grissom, White, and Chaffey (sp? on those three names?): at this point Alex, who had been spaced out, buzzes in and says "DANDRUFF!!" apparently he heard white and chaffey and got a little overexcited...
so, just post whatever you want, just something random, and preferably funny.
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Personally, I prefer to paraphrase KC and the Sunshine Band:
Do a little dance, make a little buzz, Quiz Bowl tonight.
I got a lot more where that came from.
Do a little dance, make a little buzz, Quiz Bowl tonight.
I got a lot more where that came from.
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And everyone thought "Sc0lr Boi" was over the top... :rolleyes:
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Oh, I'm so over the top I can't even see it anymore!
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"I try to stay away from non-alcoholic beverages."
If you didn't see this when I posted it about a year ago, guess who said it. Otherwise, don't talk.
Oh, and should this be moved to Misc? It is about academic competition though...
If you didn't see this when I posted it about a year ago, guess who said it. Otherwise, don't talk.
Oh, and should this be moved to Misc? It is about academic competition though...
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Well let's see. Always a fave: I think we should build a parkway between Liberty and Kirksville and call it the Kyle Hill Memorial Parkway.
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No, that's the Northeast Pancakes Memorial Parkway!!
Although, if I have my way, an extension of US-69 in Liberty west through a new interchange with I-35, past the new high school, replacing NE 104th Street to 291, and eventually snaking its way to Shoal Creek Parkway, would be named after me. The roadway ASAP, the moniker not too soon.
Although, if I have my way, an extension of US-69 in Liberty west through a new interchange with I-35, past the new high school, replacing NE 104th Street to 291, and eventually snaking its way to Shoal Creek Parkway, would be named after me. The roadway ASAP, the moniker not too soon.
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I remember you posting that Jeff, but can't recall who said it. And I still maintain Viburnum needs a parkway or multi-lane road at least
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Beat the everloving crap out of Sierra Club members that protest the idea and you might get it.
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I was making a reference to the first memorial parkway my dear Exchequer, not the most recent one. Heck, we've built about 100 or so memorial parkways since Regionals.
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Ahh, yes. How many of those only lasted for about thirty feet?
And who's up for that parkway between circles of hell? Which was Maddog's idea, I should add.
And who's up for that parkway between circles of hell? Which was Maddog's idea, I should add.
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I looked in the Misc section, and nothing even vaguely resembled academic competition, so I decided to put this here.ScoBo1987 wrote: Oh, and should this be moved to Misc? It is about academic competition though...
Besides, if a topic titled "Scholar Bowl <3" can go under discussion, so can this.
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i prefer ryan's collaboration at maple woods
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Oh yeah, the father-son pair of physicists who both won Nobel Prizes 50-some years apart.
Ryan: "I know this... one of them did something!"
Yeah, this thread belongs on this board. I realized it just after I posted it but kept the question there anyway.
Ryan: "I know this... one of them did something!"
Yeah, this thread belongs on this board. I realized it just after I posted it but kept the question there anyway.
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"Caitlin, you're WORTHLESS!"
-Michael at Maple Woods.
shouting for all the room to hear.
lmao
-Michael at Maple Woods.
shouting for all the room to hear.
lmao
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What state was the senator from?”
“Go with California, we have a better chance.” ---Boonville to me
“What kind of Nerd are You?”----Me
“The Sexy kind!!” ---tracy
“Go with California, we have a better chance.” ---Boonville to me
“What kind of Nerd are You?”----Me
“The Sexy kind!!” ---tracy
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A couple years ago:
"To what religion did Anne Frank belong?"
My answer: "Methodist?"
I never lived that one down. :rolleyes:
"To what religion did Anne Frank belong?"
My answer: "Methodist?"
I never lived that one down. :rolleyes:
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that was good warren, real talent there
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That is a good one. I'll try not to forget that.Octoguy wrote: A couple years ago:
"To what religion did Anne Frank belong?"
My answer: "Methodist?"
I never lived that one down. :rolleyes:
Do you remember what tournament it was you said that in?
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Andrew: I think it was at Iberia my sophomore year. I smacked myself right after I said it.
Mark: I don't see you averaging over 16 toss-ups in a tournament.
Mark: I don't see you averaging over 16 toss-ups in a tournament.
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Question: What is the common name for beetle larva?
A guy on my team Freshman year: Dolphin
A guy on my team Freshman year: Dolphin
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Was that the game we played you? I remember something like that happening now but can't place it. I might also be remember something one of our players did that was similar.Octoguy wrote: Andrew: I think it was at Iberia my sophomore year. I smacked myself right after I said it.
Mark: I don't see you averaging over 16 toss-ups in a tournament.
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i don't see you memorizing all the capitals of the world and the periodic table.Octoguy wrote: Mark: I don't see you averaging over 16 toss-ups in a tournament.
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You obviously don't know me, Mark.libertymark wrote: i don't see you memorizing all the capitals of the world and the periodic table.
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Yeah, that's what I was going to say.
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Next thing you know Warren will be memorizing the the major cities too.Octoguy wrote:You obviously don't know me, Mark.libertymark wrote: i don't see you memorizing all the capitals of the world and the periodic table.
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Who says I haven't? Ha ha ha.
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Scholar Bowl is more than world capitals and elements. No wonder why there's never a lightning round on them! Move on to learning something else now. I think Warren wins, and I haven't even met him in person...
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I have and he knows a lot to say the least. He also is a real nice guy.
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Jeff: I inspire that much faith?
Andrew: Thanks! You're not too bad of a guy yourself.
Keep those compliments coming!
Andrew: Thanks! You're not too bad of a guy yourself.
Keep those compliments coming!
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Well, considering you were on Eugene's state team last year, I'm sure you're more experienced than Mark. But then again, maybe I'm completely wrong.
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Hmm, I suppose we'll never really know.
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There's always college bowl!
CEE! BEE! AYEEEEEE!
(This is not an actual cheer.)
Addendum: SWEET PATRONS OF RED X! THIS WAS POST #12,345!!
CEE! BEE! AYEEEEEE!
(This is not an actual cheer.)
Addendum: SWEET PATRONS OF RED X! THIS WAS POST #12,345!!
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Jeff, I noticed nobody posted Arthur's great quote...
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What was it? I don't remember.
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I think it was as follows:
"I don't have a uterus!"
but I could be mistaken...
"I don't have a uterus!"
but I could be mistaken...
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I think that is correct.johnboy81918 wrote: I think it was as follows:
"I don't have a uterus!"
but I could be mistaken...
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Yes, it was, on the birds and the bees bonus in the Liberty vs. Eureka game. Apparently Arthur was trying to explain why he didn't get one of the answers . . . all I heard over the din was a male voice saying, "I didn't know, I don't have a uterus!" Maybe it was one of those, "you-had-to-be-there" sort of things.
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Oh, yeah, that's it.
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it sounds funny whatever it was
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I can't think of a quote. Team members let me have it for answering William Jefferson Clinton on a question rather than Bill Clinton or Clinton.
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Hi, Jon! It's been a long time since we've talked. I'm glad to see that things seem to be going well for you at UMKC. You didn't quite give your quotation about Bill Clinton justice, though. We gave you a hard time because of the entire context. This should go in the funniest/worst answers thread, because I maintain that it is the funniest bad answer in the history of quizbowl. I should add that this happened in Jon's first ever round in his first JV tournament and that he had not had much practice prior, but had lots of talent and was in no way shy about buzzing in.
As I remember it the question began "This president...." A player on the OTHER team buzzed in and answered "Bill Clinton" That answer is bad enough considering that the question had not given any other information at that point. As the moderator reset the system, Jon banged his buzzer and exclaimed (without being recognized as I remember) "William Jefferson Clinton!" He was ruled incorrect with the answer being James K. Polk, or something. It's funny for so many reasons. If you know Mr. Allen, you know that it's sometimes hard to get a big laugh out of him. If he gets really tickled by something, he will take off his glasses, turn bright red, put his head on his desk, and laugh uncontrollably. I have never seen him laugh so hard as when he recounted this story to the varsity team (I was a senior at the time). Jon had no where to go but up from there and went on to become one of NKC's best players ever, but it couldn't have started with started any worse.
As I remember it the question began "This president...." A player on the OTHER team buzzed in and answered "Bill Clinton" That answer is bad enough considering that the question had not given any other information at that point. As the moderator reset the system, Jon banged his buzzer and exclaimed (without being recognized as I remember) "William Jefferson Clinton!" He was ruled incorrect with the answer being James K. Polk, or something. It's funny for so many reasons. If you know Mr. Allen, you know that it's sometimes hard to get a big laugh out of him. If he gets really tickled by something, he will take off his glasses, turn bright red, put his head on his desk, and laugh uncontrollably. I have never seen him laugh so hard as when he recounted this story to the varsity team (I was a senior at the time). Jon had no where to go but up from there and went on to become one of NKC's best players ever, but it couldn't have started with started any worse.
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I'd totally forgotten the context. I thought it was the way I exclaimed William Jefferson Clinton. I remember buzzing and saying it as loud as I did because I thought there was no way I could be wrong.Awehrman wrote: Hi, Jon! It's been a long time since we've talked. I'm glad to see that things seem to be going well for you at UMKC. You didn't quite give your quotation about Bill Clinton justice, though. We gave you a hard time because of the entire context. This should go in the funniest/worst answers thread, because I maintain that it is the funniest bad answer in the history of quizbowl. I should add that this happened in Jon's first ever round in his first JV tournament and that he had not had much practice prior, but had lots of talent and was in no way shy about buzzing in.
As I remember it the question began "This president...." A player on the OTHER team buzzed in and answered "Bill Clinton" That answer is bad enough considering that the question had not given any other information at that point. As the moderator reset the system, Jon banged his buzzer and exclaimed (without being recognized as I remember) "William Jefferson Clinton!" He was ruled incorrect with the answer being James K. Polk, or something. It's funny for so many reasons. If you know Mr. Allen, you know that it's sometimes hard to get a big laugh out of him. If he gets really tickled by something, he will take off his glasses, turn bright red, put his head on his desk, and laugh uncontrollably. I have never seen him laugh so hard as when he recounted this story to the varsity team (I was a senior at the time). Jon had no where to go but up from there and went on to become one of NKC's best players ever, but it couldn't have started with started any worse.
The fact that Mr. Allen would laugh takes it to another level. The fact that he told the story in practice and started laughing is over the top for him.
I learned my lesson about when and when not to buzz in. I didn't know it was my first tournament. It had to have been at Savannah because of the ugly yellow walls. NKC didn't look much better. NKC had a dungeon full of dark grey walls. I haven't seen the inside of the school since it was fenced off several years back.
This semester's been good, except for the schedule. I have class from 7-8:15 on Tues and Thurs. evening and had a class that took up my recreation time on Sat and Sun from 8:30-4:30. I guess I'm getting acquainted with working in the nonprofit sector by taking a nonprofit class that meets on 3 Saturdays and Sundays.
I hope I will get a supplemental instructor position at UMKC next semester. I hope it's in American History since 1877 and not biology. Getting paid for helping students in classes you got A's in the past is quite cool. I wuuld just have to attend their class and hold 3 one-hour sessions after class each week.
Where is the apartment over Lake Michigan? Evanston, Lake Forest or on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive? I've got an apartment on 47th St. a block from J.C. Nichols Fountain and the Nelson Art Gallery. I've got an awesome view from the seventh floor of the American Century towers that look like ziggurats at the top. There was a giant picture of Lance Armstrong on the south tower last spring.
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I may have left out an even better one. I was a freshman when this happened. I told Adam "Nixa" Hill that he was going to die because of Y2K when he played for NKC. I then brought in an article from the KC Star a few days later that had a quote from "Arkansas Bob" of all country bumpkins.
Pryce Davis let me have it for that one. I then started wearing some new shoes that looked like I had gone to the moon or something. I then brought in a book about the stars of the TV sitcom Dawson's Creek. The space shoes and the Y2K really signalled that I was quite the freshman. I was the Screech of the team.
At least I was right on one thing: Adam Hill disappeared from NKC. The traitor went to Nixa.
Pryce Davis let me have it for that one. I then started wearing some new shoes that looked like I had gone to the moon or something. I then brought in a book about the stars of the TV sitcom Dawson's Creek. The space shoes and the Y2K really signalled that I was quite the freshman. I was the Screech of the team.
At least I was right on one thing: Adam Hill disappeared from NKC. The traitor went to Nixa.