https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Freshman_MethodFreshman Method - Revision history2026-10-06T20:07:35ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1https://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Freshman_Method&diff=72736&oldid=prevJoseph Feldman at 12:00, 11 August 20262026-08-11T12:00:07Z<p></p>
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</table>Joseph Feldmanhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Freshman_Method&diff=10352&oldid=prevMatt Jackson: man so much naqt-bashing from like 20072011-07-12T14:33:44Z<p>man so much naqt-bashing from like 2007</p>
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</table>Matt Jacksonhttps://www.qbwiki.com/w/index.php?title=Freshman_Method&diff=2789&oldid=prevfix>QBWikiBot at 22:34, 24 January 20102010-01-24T22:34:39Z<p></p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Freshman Method''' is a buzzing strategy involving buzzing when you recognize any word or clue, then saying something related to that word or clue, even if other clues or the phrasing of the tossup make your answer ridiculous. For example, buzzing on "this empress" and guessing "Catherine the Great" even if the question previously mentioned the person being Chinese or living in the eleventh century BC. The Freshman Method is a result of the acclimation time needed to understand pyramidal tossup structure, and is aggravated by playing [[Chip Beall]] or other bad formats in high school which involve poorly worded questions that do not clearly specify what they are looking for.<br />
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