UKAT 2000-2001 NQT
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DePauw (With a W!) Open, Team "Ride the Snake"
| Player |
Games |
Power Tossups |
Tossups |
Interrupts |
TU/I |
Total Pts. |
| Kelly |
7 |
8 |
21 |
11 |
2.64 |
275 |
| Seth |
7 |
4 |
20 |
4 |
6.00 |
240 |
| Robert |
7 |
6 |
16 |
9 |
2.44 |
205 |
| Scrotch |
7 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
5.00 |
50 |
DePauw (With a W!) Open, Team "Fun Lovin' Pack of Wild Dogs"
| Player |
Games |
Power Tossups |
Tossups |
Interrupts |
TU/I |
Total Pts. |
| Neal |
7 |
0 |
26 |
6 |
4.33 |
230 |
| Steven R. |
7 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
14.00 |
135 |
| Christopher |
7 |
0 |
7 |
6 |
1.17 |
40 |
| Lou |
7 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
1.67 |
35 |
At lunch on the Friday before leaving for this tournament, misgivings were expressed about how
much fun could be had at it; after all, it would be an inaugural effort, it would be Modified
NQT (at which the UKAT seems to do well, though it does not give the same pleasure as ACF),
the field would be quite small, and many of the packets would be written by a young Depauw
team. Sadly, many of these misgivings turned out to be realized; while many of the submitted
packets were good, as were the playoff packets, several of the question sets were just
dreadful, and the moderating corps seems to have been largely unfamiliar with game procedures.
The "A" team of Kelly, Seth, Robert, and Steven Gayhart ended up with second place, and the "B"
team, ably led by Neal with help from Steven Richardson, Christopher, and Lou, finished third;
congratulations to Iowa, who won, and we hope DePauw has better success with future
tournaments.
NOTE: Stats compiled from the Depauw's website.
Michigan MLK Memorial
| Player |
Games |
Power Tossups |
Tossups |
Interrupts |
TU/I |
Total Pts. |
| Kelly |
13 |
-- |
74 |
10 |
7.40 |
690 |
| Robert |
13 |
-- |
34 |
3 |
11.33 |
325 |
| Seth |
13 |
-- |
33 |
3 |
11.00 |
315 |
| Neal |
13 |
-- |
7 |
1 |
7.00 |
65 |
In a conversation which took place among the UKAT in the moments before the start of the
tournament it was resolved that, NQT being what it is and the team being what it is, no one
be surprised by anything that happened in the course of the tournament itself. Hence, it was
unsurprising that the packets weren't done, and the last two rounds were read as twenty
untimed tossups; that the questions were largely written by the Michigan team and that those
questions were generally good; that the team defeated Illinois A and Chicago A but lost by 10
points to Chicago B; that despite finishing with the same record (12-1) as the latter and
crushing them in points-per-question, the tournament was decided on head-to-head and the team
was accorded second place; that Kelly was awarded third place in scoring before the last game,
whose stats probably would have elevated him to second; and that no trophies were given out
for these achievements. Also unsurprising is the fact that the team had a good time;
highlights other than those mentioned above were the discussion of AC theory on the way up;
Blaaaatch (don't ask); lima beans, tomatoes and cauliflowers; and the Chump Jump; lowlights
include the binder clamp incident.
NQT Southeast Sectionals, Team A
| Player |
Games |
Power Tossups |
Tossups |
Interrupts |
TU/I |
Total Pts. |
| Kelly |
13 |
20 |
32 |
12 |
4.33 |
560 |
| Seth |
13 |
19 |
28 |
7 |
6.71 |
530 |
| Robert |
13 |
11 |
37 |
15 |
3.20 |
460 |
NQT Southeast Sectionals, Team B
| Player |
Games |
Power Tossups |
Tossups |
Interrupts |
TU/I |
Total Pts. |
| Steven R. |
13 |
6 |
28 |
9 |
3.78 |
325 |
| Neal |
13 |
6 |
28 |
10 |
3.40 |
320 |
| Scrotch |
13 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
7.00 |
85 |
In a moment between games a player from Florida asked Seth why the UKAT came to NQT events,
seeing as how we obviously do not dig the whole format and basically hate every second of
playing in it. Indeed, from the opening minutes of the car-ride down to Chattanooga the team
had more-or-less resigned itself to having a wretched time, and there was much in the "packs"
(lack of non-English literature, overflow of Shakespeare, overwhelming paucity of myth and
Art, and a liquid brown squirt of trash stinking up each game) [Don't forget
the steaming brown pile of January 2001 current events. -Ed.] to ensure that very thing. With
two losses incurred in the round-robin (and a third which had been resulted from a faulty
game tabulation and was credited to the team without its knowledge, though this would later be
overturned in an exceedingly civil and fair manner), and the prospect of winning it remote,
this year's Sectionals looked like another titanic waste of time.
As it turns out, however, this tournament turned out to be perhaps the most fun of any the
team had ever played; there was the whole winning it (as it turns out, all the classics had
been herded into the playoff "pack", on which the team played against and defeated Florida for
the win), but that was almost secondary to hanging out with South Carolina (misery loves
company) and being graced with the presence of the delightful Julie Singer, whose company
(especially at lunch) made the tournament for us. Other highlights include Robert's inspired
[And incredibly ass-wrong... -Ed.] answer "Uncle Jemima's Mash Liquor" (the correct answer was "azeotrope"); the team's individual ppg (43 for Kelly, 40 for Seth, 35 for Robert);
the Duke game; Raj Duwhalia's guess of "NAMBLA" [That's the North American Man/Boy Love
Association for the uninformed. -Ed.] for "The Shriners"; and Neal and Richardson's
excellent play; lowlights (other than the horrible distribution of the "packs") include more
of Mase; "unfortunately"; the presence of a certain someone; the "Malevolent Presence"; the
lack of individual accolades for Kelly; and not taking Singer up on her offer to ditch the
tournament and go to Lookout Mountain with her. So, we had a great time.
PS: Thanks for hanging with us, Julie. Seriously, though, don't retire; the Southern circuit
needs you.
NQT Nationals at Washington University in St. Louis
| Player |
Games |
Power Tossups |
Tossups |
Interrupts |
TU/I |
Total Pts. |
| Kelly |
15 |
22 |
51 |
18 |
4.06 |
750 |
| Seth |
15 |
15 |
44 |
6 |
9.83 |
635 |
| Robert |
15 |
5 |
35 |
9 |
4.44 |
380 |
Having come to recognize what it will be getting when it chooses to play NQT, and fortified
by the attitude that anything can happen in NQT and that play in this format reflects nothing
about the skills of the team, the UKAT played loose and relaxed at Nationals and managed to
shamble into eighth place overall. For the most part the team had a good time at the
tournament, thanks largely to the efficient staff, friendly teams, and pleasant weather.
Highlights include decent personal performances (like it matters), “sightseeing” during the
Princeton, Oxford, and Williams games; excellent moderating, and top-notch hosting on the part
of WUStL; lowlights include the Alexander III Bridge mess, the “John Malkovich” room, the
“Neopolitan Milkshake”, and the damned interminable St. Louis news spot.
Robert adds: Seth, you forgot our highlight from the gas station in the middle of
nowhere. Picture this: a hearse, emblazoned with "Praise the Lord" across the top of the
windshield, two Confederate battle flag vanity license plates on its front bumper, being
driven by an African-American. It gave us quite a chuckle.