Hello all; I sent a message to the email address listed on the SA Club
site, and Eric Smith got back to me very quickly.  Thanks for that.  I
am a first year student split three ways between social sciences,
humanities, and life science, and I'd love to get involved in this
trivia club.  I played "varsity" Reach (LOL) with my high school and
would love to carry on.  I hope to meet some of you soon.

Stephen

Thanks, Eric.

I actually want to congratulate all teams.

I also want to take this opportunity to say Thank You to all the
competitors who participated this Fall term and I hope to see
everyone again in the winter 2007 term when we "kick some quizbowl
ass!" at the upcoming sectional in St. Catherines.  And a special
thanks to Eric and Bobby Hsu for organizing and moderating the games.

But for now GOOD LUCK on your assignments & exams, and have a
wonderful holiday season.

See ya in the NEW YEAR!

Rico

--- In qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com, "UofT Trivia Club"
<uoft.trivia@...> wrote:
>
> Congratulations to Team H, which ended the season in first place
with
> a 6-1 record; their only loss being at the hands of Team C, who
> finished second with a 7-3 record.
>
> Sinan Ulusoy of Team D got the highest individual score (71.2), with
> Team C's Jeremy Weiss as runner-up (63.6).
>
> Special thanks to Rico for going above and beyond the call of duty
in
> keeping the club going this year.
>
> When we resume in January, the focus will be on preparing teams for
> the Sectional in St. Catharines on Saturday, February 10th.  We
> probably have the resources for 3 Division II (undergrad) teams and
1
> Division I team (grad) team.
>
> Good luck on your exams, and see you next year.
>
> Eric
>

Congratulations to Team H, which ended the season in first place with
a 6-1 record; their only loss being at the hands of Team C, who
finished second with a 7-3 record.

Sinan Ulusoy of Team D got the highest individual score (71.2), with
Team C's Jeremy Weiss as runner-up (63.6).

Special thanks to Rico for going above and beyond the call of duty in
keeping the club going this year.

When we resume in January, the focus will be on preparing teams for
the Sectional in St. Catharines on Saturday, February 10th.  We
probably have the resources for 3 Division II (undergrad) teams and 1
Division I team (grad) team.

Good luck on your exams, and see you next year.

Eric

--- In qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com, "Beth H" <aoiro.buki@...> wrote:
>
> Can friday's pub be perhaps...one with a kitchen so that those of us
> underage without proper identification can actually get in?
> Cause i'd like to come, but i run into slight problems as I don't
> drink.

Not a problem.  After the match ends (between 7:30 and 8:00), we'll be
heading over to Gabbie's, which is on the north side of Bloor St, just
west of Avenue.  They have decent food, as well as NTN.

Eric

Hey everyone,

I won't be available on Friday but, as a special treat on Thursday,
I'm planning to set up a little "game show" which combines a bit of
quiz bowl and picture puzzle solving.  As a thanks to everyone who
attended the games this term, I'm planning to give away some
interesting prizes this Thursday especially for this "game".

So if anyone can make it on Thursday, feel free to drop in and WIN!!!!

Hope to see you then.

Rico

--- In qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com, "UofT Trivia Club"
<uoft.trivia@...> wrote:
>
> This will be the final week of trivia for this term.  There are a
> couple of players who are only available Fridays, so we'll schedule
a
> Friday evening game so they get at least one chance to play.
>
> Everybody is welcome to join in on Friday.  To mark the end of term,
> after the match we will adjourn to a local pub.
>
> Thursday, November 30th @ 6:00 (SS2114)
> Team B (John Ashbourne, aoiro.buki, Daniel Lee, Lev Vaismans)
> Team C (Avery Miller, Jeremy Weiss, Kevin De Andrade)
> Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)
>
> Friday, December 1st @ 6:00 (SS2114)
> Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, Misha Teramura)
> Team F (Rowena Almeida, Jon English, Patricia Lee, Stephen Lalonde)
> Team I (Jeremy Dyodel, Adam Bishop and anyone else who wants to
play)
>
> As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
> know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.
>
> Thanks and good luck!
>

This will be the final week of trivia for this term.  There are a
couple of players who are only available Fridays, so we'll schedule a
Friday evening game so they get at least one chance to play.

Everybody is welcome to join in on Friday.  To mark the end of term,
after the match we will adjourn to a local pub.

Thursday, November 30th @ 6:00 (SS2114)
Team B (John Ashbourne, aoiro.buki, Daniel Lee, Lev Vaismans)
Team C (Avery Miller, Jeremy Weiss, Kevin De Andrade)
Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)

Friday, December 1st @ 6:00 (SS2114)
Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, Misha Teramura)
Team F (Rowena Almeida, Jon English, Patricia Lee, Stephen Lalonde)
Team I (Jeremy Dyodel, Adam Bishop and anyone else who wants to play)

As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

Thursday, November 23rd

Team A vs. Team C: 195-180
Team A vs. Team F: 175-350
Team C vs. Team F: 150-230


Week's high score: Lev Vaismans (66.7 points/game).

In week 7, Team C (Avery, Jeremy, and sometimes Kevin) falls into 2nd
place in the standings with losses to Team A and Team F.

To accommodate people's schedules, we'll switch Teams C & F with Teams
B & H from Thursday.  So the new schedule is as follows:

Monday, November 20th @ 6:00 (BA2179):
Open matches to try out ACF-style questions instead of the NAQT
questions we've been using so far. Everybody welcome.

Wednesday, November 22nd @ 6:00 (BA2139):
Team B (John Ashbourne, aoiro.buki, Daniel Lee, Lev Vaismans, John
Koziar?, Ryan Goldsworthy?)
Team E (Matto Mildenberger, Erick Bousman, Laura Kim, Ran Tan?,
gorilla_grip7?, briabjohn?)
Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)

Thursday, November 23rd @ 6:00 (BA2159):
Team A (Ragini Srinivasan, Matt Kopas, James Ferguson, Michelle DeIrish)
Team C (Avery Miller, Kevin de Andrade, Jeremy Weiss)
Team F (Rowena Almeida, Jon English, Patricia Lee, Stephen Lalonde)


As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

Even though it seems like everyone's Wednesday nights are full, I hope
that everyone is still planning to give ACF questions a try tommorrow
(Monday) night--6:00PM in Baden rm. 2179.  The questions are actually
from a junior-bird tournament meant for 1st and 2nd year players (so
they're a bit easier), but they're still very solid ACF questions, and
there's still some trash!

Hope to see you there,
Erick B.

Note that all the games this week are in the Bahen Building.  That's
the glass-fronted computer science building on St. George, just north
of the Bookstore.

Monday, November 20th @ 6:00 (BA2179)

Open matches to try out ACF-style questions instead of the NAQT
questions we've been using so far.  Everybody welcome.


Wednesday, November 22nd @ 6:00 (BA2139)

Team C (Avery Miller, Kevin de Andrade, Jeremy Weiss)
Team E (Matto
Mildenberger, Erick Bousman, Laura Kim, Ran Tan?,
gorilla_grip7@...?, briabjohn@...?)
Team F (Rowena Almeida, Jon English, Patricia Lee, Stephen Lalonde)


Thursday, November 23rd @ 6:00 (BA2159)

Team A (Ragini Srinivasan, Matt Kopas, James Ferguson, Michelle DeIrish)
Team B (John Ashbourne, aoiro.buki@..., Daniel Lee, John
Koziar?, Ryan Goldsworthy?)
Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)


As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

1) The official announcement has been made for the NAQT Sectional
tournaments.  The event in our region will be held on Saturday
February 10th at Brock University in St. Catharines.  Teams which
qualify at the Sectionals get invited to the North American
championships in April.

2) The Duke of York (just north of St. George subway station) has a
Pub Trivia league on Tuesday nights at 8:00.  Is anybody interested
in forming a team for this?  Unfortunately, I'm not free Tuesdays, so
somebody else will have to take the lead on this.  Any volunteers?

Thanks,

Eric

Wednesday, November 15th
Team D vs. Team E: 205-245
Team D vs. Team F: 135-250
Team D vs. Team F: 215-145

Thursday, November 16th
Team A vs. Team C: 160-225
Avery & Michelle vs. Stephen & Daniel: 90-215
Avery & Michelle vs. Stephen & Daniel: 150-185

Week's high score: Sinan Ulusoy (58.3 points/game).

On 11/12/06, johncodringtonbampfylde <apallaxomai@...> wrote:
>  So, for those intrepid souls who wish to join me on a challenging
>  academic journey and throw their conserved angular momentum into the
>  accretion disk of the Quasar of Incomparable Genius, I invite you to
>  keep Monday evening the 20th of November free in your schedules, and
>  meet me at a yet undisclosed--but forthcoming--location for an
>  exhibition night of ACF-style questions.

For those who are interested in trying out ACF-style questions with
Erick, we now have an official room-booking.  Our ACF session will be
at 6:00 on Monday the 20th, in BA 2179 (BA is the Bahen building,
which is on St. George, just north of the Bookstore).  This session is
an experiment, but if people like the ACF format, we'll make it a
regular event.

Hope to see you there,

Eric (without a 'k')

Since two-thirds of Team H has indicated that they will be unable to
play this week, we'll schedule Team C in their place.  Sorry about the
inconvenience.

Wednesday, November 15th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, Misha Teramura)
Team E (Ran Tan, gorilla_grip7@..., briabjohn@..., Matto
Mildenberger, Erick Bousman)
Team F (Rowena Almeida, Jon English, Patricia Lee, Stephen Lalonde)

Thursday, November 16th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team A (Michelle DeIrish, Matt Kopas, James Ferguson, Ragini Srinivasan)
Team B (John Ashbourne, John Koziar, Ryan Goldsworthy,
aoiro.buki@..., Daniel Lee)
Team C (Kevin de Andrade, Avery Miller, Jeremy Weiss)

As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

For those of you who were at the match last Wednesday, I voiced, as a
newcomer to QB at UofT, my observations about the differences between
the NAQT style questions (which have been the norm at UofT) and ACF
(which is the style I am used to).

The most significant difference is a matter of depth of knowledge.  In
ACF, questions are formed in such a way that a depth of knowledge
about the subject is necessary to score tossups and points on the
bonuses.  Although ACF is, in general, more difficult for those used
to ACF, the benefits are clear: you learn more from each question,
points are rewarded based on actual subject knowledge (not just making
associations), and it provides an opportunity to grow and expand your
academic abilities.  You could say this is less fun.  But, in my
admittedly biased opinion, if I should desire merely to have "fun"
with trivia, I would stay at home and watch Jeopardy with my friends
over a cold "one".

So, for those intrepid souls who wish to join me on a challenging
academic journey and throw their conserved angular momentum into the
accretion disk of the Quasar of Incomparable Genius, I invite you to
keep Monday evening the 20th of November free in your schedules, and
meet me at a yet undisclosed--but forthcoming--location for an
exhibition night of ACF-style questions.

--Erick Bousman

Wednesday, November 15th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, Misha Teramura)
Team E (Ran Tan, gorilla_grip7@..., briabjohn@..., Matto
Mildenberger, Erick Bousman)
Team F (Rowena Almeida, Jon English, Patricia Lee, Stephen Lalonde)

Thursday, November 16th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team B (John Ashbourne, John Koziar, Ryan Goldsworthy,
aoiro.buki@..., Daniel Lee)
Team C (Avery Miller, Kevin de Andrade, Jeremy Weiss)
Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)

As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

Our two UofT teams have just returned from a very successful
expedition to the TRASH pop-culture tournament at Brock University.

Toronto A (Eric Smith, Adam Bishop, Rico Catibog) finished 4th overall
with a record of 8-3-0.  Toronto B (Lara Hasan, Tim Mikkelsen, Jon
English, Stephen Lalonde) also finished with a winning record, at 6-5-1.

Full results can be found at
<http://www.andysthoughts.com/TRASH2006/2006_TRASH_Regionals_standings.html>.

Wednesday, November 8th

Team C vs. Team D: 70-425

Thursday, November 9th
Team A vs. Team H: 200-230
Team A vs. Team H: 65-130


Week's high score: Sinan Ulusoy (120.0 points/game).

In week 5, Team D ends Team C's winning streak thanks to a strong
performance by Sinan Ulusoy, who moves back into the scoring lead.

Wednesday, November 8th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team C (Avery Miller, Jeremy Weiss, Kevin De Andrade)
Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, Misha Teramura)
Team F (Rowena Almeida, Jon English, Patricia Lee, Stephen Lalonde

Thursday, November 9th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team A (Ragini Srinivasan, James Ferguson, Matt Kopas, Michelle DeIrish)
Team B (John Ashbourne, John Koziar, Ryan Goldsworthy, aoiro.buki,
Daniel Lee)
Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)

As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

Thursday, November 2nd

Team A vs. Team C: 95-200
Team A vs. Team E: 120-235
Team C vs. Team E: 255-50


Week's high score: Jeremy Weiss (85.0 points/game).

In week 4, Team C (Avery, Jeremy, and Kevin) continues their winning
streak with a perfect 6-0 record.  Jeremy Weiss edges out Sinan Ulusoy
for the individual lead.

Wednesday, October 25th

Team B vs. Team D: 120-285
Team B vs. Team E: 195-100
Team D vs. Team E: 230-220


Thursday, October 26th

Team C vs. Team F: 230-220
Team C vs. Team H: 215-185
Team F vs. Team H: 170-260


Week's high score: Tim Mikkelsen of Team H (72.5 points/game).

After 3 weeks, the only undefeated team is Team C (Avery, Jeremy, and
Kevin), with a 4-0 record.

We have a reduced schedule this week due to midterms.

Thursday, November 2nd @ 6:00 (SS2112)
Team A (Ragini Srinivasan, James Ferguson, Matt Kopas, Guourey Wong???)
Team C (Avery Miller, Jeremy Weiss, Kathryn May???, Kevin De Andrade)
Team E (Ran Tan, gorilla_grip7, briabjohn, Matto Mildenberger)

As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

This is the midterm season, so it's hard to accommodate everybody.
But we do our best though.  The new schedule switches team C and team
E.  Everybody else is unaffected.


Wednesday, October 25th @ 6:00 (SS2115)

Team B (John Ashbourne, John Koziar, Ryan Goldsworthy, jaded_octopus,
Beth)
Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, Misha Teramura)
Team E (Ran Tan, gorilla_grip7, briabjohn, Matto)


Thursday, October 26th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team C (flirkingshnit, Jeremy Weiss, kathryn_may99, Kevin De Andrade)
Team F (Jon English, Stephen Lalonde, kyrie_pat, groovykatc)
Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Suzi Truong, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)

As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

Monday, October 16th

Team D vs. Team E: 355-175
Team D vs. Team F: 170-185
Team E vs. Team F:  90-195


Thursday, October 19th

Team A vs. Team H: 85-230
Team A vs. Team H: 65-290


Week's high score: Sinan Ulusoy (65.0 points/game)

Two databases have been added to the Databases section of our Yahoo
group, if you're interested in keeping track of team and individual
results.

Wednesday, October 25th @ 6:00 (SS2115)

Team B (John Ashbourne, John Koziar, Ryan Goldsworthy, jaded_octopus,
Beth)
Team C (flirkingshnit, Jeremy Weiss, kathryn_may99, Kevin De Andrade)
Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, Misha Teramura)


Thursday, October 26th @ 6:00 (SS2115)
Team E (ran_tan, gorilla_grip7, briabjohn, cool_dude219)
Team F (Jon English, Stephen Lalonde, kyrie_pat, groovykatc)
Team H (Jessica Pilkington, Suzi Truong, Tim Mikkelsen, Michael Chua)

As always, if you can't make the game, let me (and your teammates)
know, so that we can make alternative arrangements.

Thanks and good luck!

This is a message to gauge interest in the upcoming TRASH (pop
culture) tournament on Saturday, November 11th at Brock University.
If you are interested in participating, email me at
<uoft.trivia@...>, so I can get an idea how many teams we will
be sending.

We will have an organisational meeting some time closer to the actual
tournament date.

Thanks,

Eric

Thursday, October 11th

Team A vs. Team B: 110-195
Team A vs. Team C: 45-95
Team B vs. Team C: 75-135

High score:  John Ashbourne (105)

Monday, October 16th @ 6:00 (SS621)

Team D (Jason Dickson, Sinan Ulusoy, Lara Hasan, m.teramura)
Team E (aoiro.buki, ran_tan, cestmoilah, gorilla_grip7)
Team F (Jon English, kyrie_pat, Stephen Lalonde, groovykatc)


Thursday, October 19th @ 6:00 (SS2128)

Team A (Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Ragini Srinivasan, Guoruey Wong, James Ferguson)
Team G (rowenaalmeida, salman_k16, irishswordsman11, toronto_christopher)
Team H (suzi.truong, yanspace, tmikk99, michael.chua)

As always, if you can't make a scheduled game, let your teammates know.

Wednesday, October 11th @ 6:00 (SS2101)

Organisational meeting for road trip to Ontario Bowl.  Anyone who is
interested in taking part in Ontario Bowl MUST attend.  Meeting to be
followed by a pickup (non-team) trivia match.


Thursday, October 12th @ 6:00 (SS2128)

Team A (Gurpreet Dhaliwal, Ragini Srinivasan, Guoruey Wong, James
Ferguson)
Team B (John Ashbourne, John Koziar, Ryan Goldsworthy, jaded_octopus)
Team C (flirkingshnit, Jeremy Weiss, kathryn_may99, Kevin De Andrade)

Everybody should have got the mailing from Lara.  But if you didn't
our first general meeting will be Wednesday, October 4th at 6:00 in SS
1074.

I'll post an agenda here this weekend.  If anybody has items they want
to raise at the meeting, please email me and I'll add them to the agenda.

Eric J. M. Smith
UofT Trivia Club