On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Zhan Huan Zhou wrote: ... I think it's pretty obvious - the more we rely on another nation's exports, the less likely we are to develop a...
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kpeskin@...
Apr 15, 1999 6:54 pm
FWIW, (speaking as an American) I think that there are a few American schools interested in playing on Canadian questions. I remember that both MIT and Penn...
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David Thorsley
dthorsle@...
Apr 15, 1999 6:54 pm
Because you're all dying to know, here's our game by game results: (Numbers indicate team's final placement) 9. Virginia Tech A 75-180 34....
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kpeskin@...
Apr 16, 1999 7:17 pm
FWIW, (speaking as an American) I think that there are a few American schools interested in playing on Canadian questions. I remember that both MIT and Penn...
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Zhan Huan Zhou
zhzhou@...
Apr 16, 1999 8:26 pm
... When I started up the club at Waterloo, I thought we would be attending at least two tournaments a term. Unfortunately, due to money and transportation...
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Gabriel Desjardins
4gmd1@...
Apr 17, 1999 6:14 pm
... Well, Bruce and I tried a billion different tacts for getting Canada off the ground. Over about 3 years, we got in touch with people at at least 8 schools...
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Bruce Lin
brucelin@...
Apr 18, 1999 9:16 pm
... I definitely agree. People on the qb mailing list always claim that they became the gods they are now (or even the mediocre players they are now) by being...
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Gabriel Desjardins
4gmd1@...
Apr 20, 1999 5:05 pm
... Oh yeah, just like getting beat up every day by kids five years older than you would be a great character-building exercise. Remember Leave it to Beaver:...
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R. Robert Hentzel
topquark@...
Apr 23, 1999 1:50 am
... Zhan (and other Canadian quiz bowlers): NAQT is very interested in helping to develop a Canadian Quiz Bowl circuit that overlaps with, but is not dependent...
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Zhan Huan Zhou
zhzhou@...
Apr 26, 1999 9:16 pm
... <3 points snipped> Though I think that the three points mentioned by Mr. Hentzel would be very beneficial to NAQT, I am unsure how much they would help...
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R. Robert Hentzel
topquark@...
Apr 28, 1999 3:29 am
... I, for one, am very ignorant of Canadian quiz bowl. How many schools are there that play (at any level)? Perhaps 10 is far too ambitious; it was an ...
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David Thorsley
dthorsle@...
Apr 28, 1999 12:00 pm
As the "Canadian Academic Quiz League" was my idea, I should clarify what exactly I thought it would be doing, right now and in the future. Right now, what do...
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David Thorsley
dthorsle@...
Apr 28, 1999 12:01 pm
... Excellent. If we were to run an IM with American questions, I can imagine half the players saying to me, "Why didn't you take out the American questions?"...
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Gabriel Desjardins
4gmd1@...
Apr 28, 1999 5:44 pm
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, R. Robert Hentzel wrote: ... Well-funded: Queen's Funded: Waterloo, Western Un-funded, but somewhat established: Ottawa ...
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Zhan Huan Zhou
zhzhou@...
Apr 28, 1999 9:06 pm
... As I recall, NAQT allowed Waterloo to substitute our own Canadian questions into the IM packs that we bought last year. ... Yes and no, David. What I...
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Zhan Huan Zhou
zhzhou@...
Apr 28, 1999 9:06 pm
... The high school "Reach for the Top" circuit is much larger and more well known than the university QB circuit. I would guess there are several hundred...
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Zhan Huan Zhou
zhzhou@...
Apr 28, 1999 9:07 pm
... I think the focus right now should be forming a solid core of schools and tournaments hosted by Western, Waterloo and Queen's. This will make it much...
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Bruce Lin
brucelin@...
May 1, 1999 3:20 am
Hi everyone. The oracle speaks. Can I be the Al Whited of the Canadian circuit? I'm done with school for the forseeable future so I could write Canadian ...
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Gabriel Desjardins
4gmd1@...
May 2, 1999 5:43 am
Yeah, back in the day, White Castle to the Nile... On Fri, 30 Apr 1999, Bruce Lin wrote: ... Bruce, in case no one noticed, was responsible for quite a few...
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R. Robert Hentzel
topquark@...
May 2, 1999 5:42 pm
... I am interested in hearing more about this...I am remarkably ignorant of the Canadian system of higher education and may be making incorrect assumptions ...
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R. Robert Hentzel
topquark@...
May 2, 1999 11:47 pm
... Just what *is* the CAQL? Does it consist of institutions, clubs, or individuals? Is this list "part" of the CAQL? What are CAQL's aspirations? Does it...
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R. Robert Hentzel
topquark@...
May 2, 1999 11:53 pm
... That is true (as is Gabe's mention that we permitted Canadianization by Queen's at both of their tournaments for which NAQT supplied questions). Such cases...
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R. Robert Hentzel
topquark@...
May 3, 1999 12:25 am
... If NAQT and CAQL collaborated on producing a Canadian high school set for those three schools to host tournaments, would high schools attend in enough ...
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Bruce Lin
brucelin@...
May 3, 1999 12:50 am
Now this is an interesting question, and one which I thought about immediately when the original message was posted. Are we interested in running high school...
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Gabriel Desjardins
4gmd1@...
May 3, 1999 1:38 am
... Well, American quizbowl reflects American schooling as far as I can tell. Accessibility means that there are questions about Western Civilization, American...
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Bruce Lin
brucelin@...
May 3, 1999 5:08 am
... By the way this, apparently, is a joke. Hey, I spent valuable thesis time this weekend updating the RFTT page, everyone should go visit it. I also...
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Bruce Lin
brucelin@...
May 3, 1999 2:51 pm
[I'm sending this to CANADA-QB first. The main qb list will get it tomorrow] I was doing some job research on the NGR Worklink job database and found out that...
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Gabriel Desjardins
4gmd1@...
May 3, 1999 9:06 pm
I already know someone who's doing this. I think she makes $2 a question. ... eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/group/qb-canada http://www.eGroups.com -...
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petermc@...
May 3, 1999 11:10 pm
Bruce <4.1.19990503104514.00c4285-@mail> wrote: Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/qb-canada/?start=57 ... NTN Canada could sure use some good...
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Gabriel Desjardins
4gmd1@...
May 4, 1999 1:30 am
On Mon, 3 May 1999 petermc@... wrote: ... I think the average person in North America, at the very least, should have heard of me. I haven't made...
