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* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=389524#p389524 On Exactitude in Score Clues] was a thread by [[Dan Ni]] from April 12, 2022 that gave a short list of errors that appeared in recent [[music]] tossups.
 
* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=389524#p389524 On Exactitude in Score Clues] was a thread by [[Dan Ni]] from April 12, 2022 that gave a short list of errors that appeared in recent [[music]] tossups.
  
==Philosophy==
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''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet_and_His_Problems Hamlet and His Problems]'' is an essay by T.S. Eliot.
 
 
''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_and_its_Problems The Public and its Problems]'' is a book by John Dewey.
 
 
* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23898 College Nationals and Its Problems] was a thread by [[Dylan Bowman]] from March 13, 2020 meant to draw attention to how the high difficulty of collegiate national tournaments ([[ICT]] and [[ACF Nationals]]) is a contributing factor to low retention among undergraduates and especially underclassmen. This post drew a lot of criticism, some of which came in the form of parody threads when [[AHAN]] opened for the [[pandemic]]:
 
* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23898 College Nationals and Its Problems] was a thread by [[Dylan Bowman]] from March 13, 2020 meant to draw attention to how the high difficulty of collegiate national tournaments ([[ICT]] and [[ACF Nationals]]) is a contributing factor to low retention among undergraduates and especially underclassmen. This post drew a lot of criticism, some of which came in the form of parody threads when [[AHAN]] opened for the [[pandemic]]:
 
** [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23937 College Physics and Its Problems] was an AHAN thread by [[Adam Fine (Chicago)|Adam Fine]] from March 20, 2020 which replaces all mentions of "quizbowl" with "physics classes" and "tournaments" with "exams".
 
** [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23937 College Physics and Its Problems] was an AHAN thread by [[Adam Fine (Chicago)|Adam Fine]] from March 20, 2020 which replaces all mentions of "quizbowl" with "physics classes" and "tournaments" with "exams".
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* [[HSNCT and its Problems]] was a thread by [[Aadi Karthik]] from March 4, 2021 conveying grievances about the quality, pricing, and logistics of [[HSNCT]] and other products of [[NAQT]].
 
* [[HSNCT and its Problems]] was a thread by [[Aadi Karthik]] from March 4, 2021 conveying grievances about the quality, pricing, and logistics of [[HSNCT]] and other products of [[NAQT]].
 
* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=373552#p373552 Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems] was a thread by [[Arjun Nageswaran]] from June 7, 2020 regarding the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Association]] extending an offer for exclusive rights to online mirrors for a number of [[set]]s.
 
* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=373552#p373552 Quizbowl Monopolization and its Problems] was a thread by [[Arjun Nageswaran]] from June 7, 2020 regarding the [[Long Island Quiz Bowl Association]] extending an offer for exclusive rights to online mirrors for a number of [[set]]s.
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''[https://physics.nyu.edu/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity]'' is a hoax paper by Alan Sokal.
 
''[https://physics.nyu.edu/sokal/transgress_v2/transgress_v2_singlefile.html Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity]'' is a hoax paper by Alan Sokal.
 
* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=380420 Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Way to Study Quizbowl] was a thread by Alex Moon from September 22, 2020 outlining the "penalty kicks" study method first popularized among high school Discord servers.
 
* [https://hsquizbowl.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=380420 Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Way to Study Quizbowl] was a thread by Alex Moon from September 22, 2020 outlining the "penalty kicks" study method first popularized among high school Discord servers.
 
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Revision as of 13:12, 30 April 2022

Because quizbowl is a game designed around the accumulation and recall of knowledge and because many of those pieces of information have distinctive and memorable names, it is not uncommon for discussion threads on the hsquizbowl.org forums to be named in reference to a title or work.

The other major avenue where references of this kind appear are in team names at open tournaments.

Literature

"On Exactitude in Science" is a short story by Jorge Luis Borges.

Hamlet and His Problems is an essay by T.S. Eliot.

Philosophy

Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity is a hoax paper by Alan Sokal.