Missouri Quizbowl Message Board

MichaelMenkhus

It's an interesting question. Once upon a time, a coach or team getting somewhere in the range of 35-40 wins in a season would probably be an enormous accomplishment (since so many tournaments were either after schools or were limited-round conference tournaments). If my count is correct, Fair Grove...

MichaelMenkhus

Unfortunately, due to lack of interest, we will be cancelling this event. We hope to host a pre-nationals tournament for the 2021-22 season.

MichaelMenkhus

Current Field: (5/12)

-NKC (1 team, 1 scorekeeper)
-Parkway West (1 team, 1 moderator)
-Patriots (1 team)
-Fort Osage (1 team)
-Raymore-Peculiar (1 team)

MichaelMenkhus

I am pleased to announce the 2021 Missouri Pre-Nationals Tournament (MPNT). This tournament, which will take place online on May 1, 2021, is a higher level difficulty tournament designed to prepare teams for a national tournament. I, Michael Menkhus, will be serving as the tournament director. We ar...

MichaelMenkhus

Yeah, this isn't really strictly related to tournament discussion, but it's unbelievable to me (speaking as someone who virtually never attended a tournament of even 36 teams, much less 48) to see this sort of field cap filled so quickly. Bravo to you, Washington quizbowl.

MichaelMenkhus

Congratulations, Mrs. Whelehon! I'm excited for the future of my alma mater, especially if you drum up interest at OMS.

MichaelMenkhus

the necropost to end all necroposting on the moquizbowl forums

EDIT: oh god! they know i lurk here now!

MichaelMenkhus

The Spieth/McIlroy rivalry should be amazing over the next 15 years or so.

MichaelMenkhus

Max Schindler perked up his ears at the mention of the book prize. "A book from Chadbourne's collection? I must enter the pool in hopes of winning yet another book!" And so it was. Schindler entered the pool, hoping to win another book from a quiz bowl related competition. Will his quest f...

MichaelMenkhus

So, uh, did this tournament happen?

MichaelMenkhus

In my eternal brilliance, I neglected to include one of the ballots in the final results of the postseason poll (Sorry Kyle). Here are the actual results of the poll (again, numbers in parentheses indicate ranks, while points were assigned on a 10-9-8... method with first place receiving 10 points):...

MichaelMenkhus

And here are individual ballots: 1. Ladue A 2. Hallsville A 3. Hickman A 4. Oakville A 5. Savannah 6. Parkway West 7. Priory 8. RB A 9. Hannibal 10. Helias A 1. Ladue A 2. Hallsville A 3. Hickman A 4. Rock Bridge A 5. Oakville A 6. Parkway West 7. Priory 8. SLUH 9. Helias A 10. Hannibal 1. Ladue A 2...

MichaelMenkhus

Eight ballots were submitted, and here are the results. Numbers in parentheses indicate ranks (for example, a 4 indicates that somebody ranked that team fourth). A first place vote was worth 10 points, a second place vote was worth 9, etc. 1. Ladue (1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1) = 80 points 2. Hallsville (2,2,2,...

MichaelMenkhus

One more day!

Actually, one day, one hour, and 41 minutes... but you get the point. Get your ballots in!

MichaelMenkhus

I realized that June 2 may not be the best day after all, so I'll extend the deadline to Friday, June 6, at 11:59 P.M. CST.

We only have four ballots submitted so far, so please send in your votes!

MichaelMenkhus

Hooray, rankings!

Email me at mmenkhus@gmail.com (or PM me) with your list of what you think are the ten best teams in Missouri ranked 1-10 (1 being best, etc). B teams may be ranked.

The deadline for this poll is 11:59 P.M. on Monday, June 2. I'll post results ASAP after that.

MichaelMenkhus

Are you still planning on doing a ranking of the ten best teams, coach Irwin? If not, I can tally up votes if there's enough interest in an end-of-season poll.

MichaelMenkhus

"Medium rare", "flambe", "n-dash", "pressure cooker/double boiler", the previously mentioned YA lit, all of those. Once again, this isn't a criticism of NAQT, because they just write what they're told to. This is a criticism of the absurd distribution that MSH...

MichaelMenkhus

Is NAQT putting YA lit in the regular lit distribution or in the "pop culture" distribution?

MichaelMenkhus

This is more of a complaint stemming from the fact that I've played on (reasonably) good questions for four years and not a critique of NAQT's writing, but why does MSHSAA insist on putting what seems to be 1/1 YA lit in their distribution? Is it just a relic from a bygone age? Or does MSHSAA seriou...

MichaelMenkhus

Oakville defeats Mehlville 600-150, I believe

MichaelMenkhus

Since yesterday was the last invitational tournament of the year, and Oakville is not attending a national tournament this year, my career as a high school quizbowler is virtually over (let's ignore MSHSAA districts, for the sake of this post). Since I will not see many of you until next year, I thi...

MichaelMenkhus

Let's do this madness all over again! Link here for interested parties.

Password: moquizbowl

Good luck, everyone!

MichaelMenkhus

I'll be going to Truman, ~~and I'm unsure about whether or not I'll be playing in college.~~

EDIT: Yeah, I'll probably be playing and staffing at tournaments in Kirksville and Columbia (and even St. Louis, if the TD happens to be really nice/my HS coach/Sean Phillips).

MichaelMenkhus

The Blues getting Ryan Miller AND Steve Ott, while dumping Halak/Stewart.

Thank you Doug Armstrong.

MichaelMenkhus

I won't be able to make it this year, but I hope this tournament runs excellently (as always). Good luck and safe driving to all involved.

MichaelMenkhus

After a slight delay, playoff stats are posted here. Thank you to all of the staffers (both moderators and scorekeepers) that helped with our tournament, including Sean Phillips, Frank Corley, Matthew Griffith, Peter Kahn, Marshall Mullins, Brandon Daake, David Gerding, Rachel Scott, Tommy Bauer, an...

MichaelMenkhus

On a personal level, reading packets is the best way to get better quickly, in my experience. While this kind of practice alone won't make your team competitive at the top national level, it's the best way to rise through the ranks on the local circuit very quickly. At the team level, we've tried mu...

MichaelMenkhus

Speaking of albums, Vampire Weekend's new album is pretty good.

Sperber: I'm not really a fan of house/techno, but I actually liked some of the tracks on Random Access Memories.

MichaelMenkhus

Does this mean that Andy Sun came in second place?

MichaelMenkhus

Adam: If I'm looking at the stats correctly, it appears that Hickman A won the tournament with a two-game advantage over Hallsville B, who came in second. Maybe Itamar can clarify how the tournament was run?

Also, if anyone is interested, stats for the singles tournament can be found here.

MichaelMenkhus

I am looking for a team, if anyone wants to form a team of free agents.

MichaelMenkhus

Good luck to all teams competing at state tomorrow!

MichaelMenkhus

On a slightly less "I'm stupid" note, what is the distribution of non-trash "miscellaneous" questions (driver's ed comes to mind) in a standard MSHSAA match?

MichaelMenkhus

I suppose that most of that was due to my lack of real science knowledge and my reflex-buzzing on "photoelectric effect".

MichaelMenkhus

Also, I was kinda peeved at the wording of the Hertz tossup (I negged with Einstein on the first clue). After a protest, we determined that even though Einstein is famous for the photoelectric effect research, he didn't discover it. Maybe a "He's not Einstein, but..." kind of thing would h...

MichaelMenkhus

Is there a private discussion forum for the questions at Districts/Sectionals?

MichaelMenkhus

Oakville over Poplar Bluff 450-310, 500-260.

MichaelMenkhus

So Sectionals are happening tonight. Good luck to all involved!

MichaelMenkhus

Oakville beats Vianney something like 530-170.

MichaelMenkhus

The doc should be editable now. Apologies for my stupidity.

MichaelMenkhus

Here's a doc to post teams, etc.

Right now, I'm a free agent.

MichaelMenkhus

What is the field for this tournament?

MichaelMenkhus

I will probably be attending, but I may need to join somebody's team.

MichaelMenkhus · Re: WUHSAC XV (February 16, 2013) For anybody wondering, here are prelim stats.

For anybody wondering, here are prelim stats.

MichaelMenkhus

As Sean puts the final touches on stats and other formalities, I would just like to say something about the tournament today. WUHSAC has undergone a 180 degree turn. Coming into this tournament, I was skeptical that Sean would be able to point WUHSAC in the right direction, especially after all of t...

MichaelMenkhus

Is there a structural reason that charter schools are so much less prominent on the educational scene in Missouri than lots of other states? I can't speak for the rest of the state, but St. Louis has not only about 20-25 public high schools (Oakville, Ladue, Clayton, etc.), but just as many, if not...

MichaelMenkhus

In the Bee portion of today's tournament, there were two divisions (JV and varsity). In JV, Michael Prablek of Ladue won, with Jake Tarr of Clayton coming in second. In varsity, Ben Zhang of Ladue won, while I came in second. In the Bowl portion of the event, Ladue A defeated Clayton A in the finals...

MichaelMenkhus

The field above will be the field for today, barring any drops. This should be a competitive field and a great tournament!

I will post results for both the Bowl and Bee portions tonight, as long as I can remember them.

MichaelMenkhus

According to the History Bowl website, this is the current field. I will update this semi-regularly. As Mrs. Whelehon stated, teams that want to register should contact Rodney Gerdes at gerdesr@mehlville.k12.mo.us. High School: Oakville (2) Lebanon Hancock Clayton (2) CBC* Ladue (2 teams, 1 JV) Rosa...

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