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'''"Golden chicken"''' is a term that originated in the Bay Area college quizbowl circuit of the early 2000s for a player with an exceedingly high ratio of questions gotten to negs [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/lexicon.html]. The term has since been used to describe the highest-scoring player at a tournament who did not put up any negs at all.
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'''"Golden chicken"''' is a term that originated in the Bay Area college quizbowl circuit of the early 2000s for a successful player with an exceedingly high ratio of questions gotten to negs [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~quizbowl/lexicon.html]. The term has since been used to describe the highest-scoring player at a tournament who did not put up any negs at all.
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Its most specific usage is to refer to zero-neg performances on title-winning teams. Three such notable performances are:
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* [[Selene Koo]] at [[2011 Chicago Open]] (7-33-0 in 14 rounds)
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* [[Kevin Koai]] at [[2013 ICT]] (15-21-0 in 14 rounds)
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* [[Nathan Zhang]] at [[2023 ICT]] (11-18-0 in 13 rounds)
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[[Category: Quizbowl lingo]]

Latest revision as of 09:15, 22 May 2023

"Golden chicken" is a term that originated in the Bay Area college quizbowl circuit of the early 2000s for a successful player with an exceedingly high ratio of questions gotten to negs [1]. The term has since been used to describe the highest-scoring player at a tournament who did not put up any negs at all.

Its most specific usage is to refer to zero-neg performances on title-winning teams. Three such notable performances are: