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TLEberle

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« Reply #30 on: May 27, 2010, 09:12:12 PM »
[quote name=\'mmb5\' post=\'241510\' date=\'May 27 2010, 05:44 AM\']Why wouldn't they?  If you win the Stanley Cup, you're not disqualified from playing again.  And NAQT doesn't care if you played on Jeopardy.  At one time they actually had a list of NAQT players who appeared on a game show.[/quote] I was addressing Henke's awkwardness in calling someone a "one time Teen Tournament champion" or some such, as if you could win that particular tournament more than once.

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OK, that certainly makes sense, though if the lead in is "This character bought the pubic hair of an eighth-grader for $16.12," well, if you haven't seen that episode of South Park, you're up Excrement Creek, aren't you? Or haven't read that book. Or taken that computer programming class.

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Jeremy Nelson

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« Reply #31 on: May 28, 2010, 12:12:44 AM »
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'241554\' date=\'May 27 2010, 08:12 PM\']OK, that certainly makes sense, though if the lead in is "This character bought the pubic hair of an eighth-grader for $16.12," well, if you haven't seen that episode of South Park, you're up Excrement Creek, aren't you? Or haven't read that book. Or taken that computer programming class.[/quote]
Yeah, there are some things you just won't know off the first clue, and you have to hope like hell that the question is still up for grabs at the gimme clue. Other things, you just won't know. It happens.

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TLEberle

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« Reply #32 on: May 28, 2010, 12:21:18 AM »
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/Wikipedia surfing doesn't hurt, either.[/quote]You sir? Win.
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« Reply #33 on: May 30, 2010, 02:54:54 PM »
Just an update if anyone's wondering - currently in the quarter finals at Reach National Championships - results are on facebook.com/reachforthetop, KVHS from Quispamsis, New Brunswick is the first semi finalist.  Having a great time... stories to come!

Ryan.