2017 World Quizzing Championships
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2017 World Quizzing Championships
I'm sure a lot of you competed today (this was my first time). Triviawayne and I graded each other's papers. Other boardies I recognized (either from TV or the sign-in sheet) were TheSunWillComeOut, Vermonter, ThreeIfByAir, slam, and maybe a few others. I was the skinny guy at the end of the counter who barely looked old enough to go to a bar.
Results are still coming in. I got an 81, which for a test of that extreme difficulty is decent.
Results are still coming in. I got an 81, which for a test of that extreme difficulty is decent.
Hoping for a third lap
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59.
Good to meet you, didn't know you were a boardie
Good to meet you, didn't know you were a boardie
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I got to grade half of 1999 ToC winner Dave Abbott's test today. Four years ago, I happened to grade half of Steve Perry's. I wonder what other prominent quizzers I'll have the honor of grading in the future.
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Anyone know if the questions are available somewhere? I'd quite like to look up some of the ones I missed...
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Quite a few friends and familiar names in the top 100.
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I really wanted to take the quiz for the first time this year but couldn't justify the eight hours round trip I would've had to go to take it in Little Rock. Maybe next year.
I would prefer not to.
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In the past they sold the questions after the competition.
Congrats to everyone who paryicipated! One of these days I'll get my act together and travel or set up a site here.
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Our proctor (Madison, WI venue) returned the tests less the cover sheets to those who so desired after he had entered our scores (yeah, you bet I took him up on it). In fact, I seem to recall somewhere among the fine print on the cover sheet that our tests would/could be returned to us this way.
I will be tied up most of today, but if you have questions about some of the, uhh, questions, please PM me.
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And, for what it is worth: Just for S&G, I answered "brothel" to the q about the place in Damascus that could serve 6000 people.
If you have no chance of winning, giving one point up for humor is sometimes not a bad thing...
If you have no chance of winning, giving one point up for humor is sometimes not a bad thing...
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How about that Jakob Myers, who got 142 and just graduated high school?
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Mine was "public restroom." Others of my answers:AlphaDummy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:31 pm And, for what it is worth: Just for S&G, I answered "brothel" to the q about the place in Damascus that could serve 6000 people.
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I always thought that Steve Perry (IMO the best quizzer this side of the pond) is the best bet to break the stranglehold of the Europeans. But looks like America now has a new star.Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:48 pm How about that Jakob Myers, who got 142 and just graduated high school?
After last years' event, I was telling Sven that a score of 140 might be achievable if one has enough time and willingness. Keeping aside the other-worldly scores of the great Kevin Ashman and Pat Gibson, 140 is something to be proud of at any age. But 142 after graduating high school? Mind boggling! I will be following the trajectory of Jakob Myers in the years to come.
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Jakob is really, really, good at quizbowl, by the way.Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:48 pm How about that Jakob Myers, who got 142 and just graduated high school?
In the history-focused History Bee/Bowl, he won the single-player Bee twice in a row and, playing by himself, finished fifth place in the (team) Bowl this year and eight last year.
In the all subject NAQT HSNCT (High School National Championship Tournament) last year, he finished third, losing only to the second, fourth, and fifth place teams. https://www.naqt.com/stats/team-perform ... _id=115133 is the link to his team's performance. Notice how he gets almost everything for his team. He seems not to have played two years ago, nor did he play in the other nationals.
In other words, Jakob knows his academics, and I'm not surprised to see him do this well if he was able to get non-quizbowl stuff (if there was any).
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It's too bad he'll be spending the next four years in East Lansing instead of Columbus. On the other hand, it sounds like his knowledge overlaps a lot with Chris Ray's anyway, so it won't be as big of a loss.
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Plus I woke up with a backache, so I am feeling obsolete all over.TriviaBug wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:18 pmI always thought that Steve Perry (IMO the best quizzer this side of the pond) is the best bet to break the stranglehold of the Europeans. But looks like America now has a new star.Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:48 pm How about that Jakob Myers, who got 142 and just graduated high school?
After last years' event, I was telling Sven that a score of 140 might be achievable if one has enough time and willingness. Keeping aside the other-worldly scores of the great Kevin Ashman and Pat Gibson, 140 is something to be proud of at any age. But 142 after graduating high school? Mind boggling! I will be following the trajectory of Jakob Myers in the years to come.
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My friend said he got his questions back in past years. Alas, I forgot to ask the proctor before he left.AlphaDummy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 2:17 pmOur proctor (Madison, WI venue) returned the tests less the cover sheets to those who so desired after he had entered our scores (yeah, you bet I took him up on it). In fact, I seem to recall somewhere among the fine print on the cover sheet that our tests would/could be returned to us this way.
I will be tied up most of today, but if you have questions about some of the, uhh, questions, please PM me.
If you have the time and inclination to scan them that would be superb; otherwise, I imagine I can wait to purchase them (although something about buying the questions for a quiz I took rubs me the wrong wrong).
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PM sent.rpg wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:54 am My friend said he got his questions back in past years. Alas, I forgot to ask the proctor before he left.
If you have the time and inclination to scan them that would be superb; otherwise, I imagine I can wait to purchase them (although something about buying the questions for a quiz I took rubs me the wrong wrong).
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One reason they sell them is that it's their work and it's a lot of hard work to make a question set. Just a thought.
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Nothing like the new kid in town lighting a fire under the old pro. Look forward to seeing you hit 180 next year and best those pesky Europeans.Austin Powers wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:17 amPlus I woke up with a backache, so I am feeling obsolete all over.TriviaBug wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:18 pmI always thought that Steve Perry (IMO the best quizzer this side of the pond) is the best bet to break the stranglehold of the Europeans. But looks like America now has a new star.Cat Hammarskjold wrote: ↑Sun Jun 04, 2017 7:48 pm How about that Jakob Myers, who got 142 and just graduated high school?
After last years' event, I was telling Sven that a score of 140 might be achievable if one has enough time and willingness. Keeping aside the other-worldly scores of the great Kevin Ashman and Pat Gibson, 140 is something to be proud of at any age. But 142 after graduating high school? Mind boggling! I will be following the trajectory of Jakob Myers in the years to come.
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