Re: CBI Region 4 Results

> Just as some teams (no names) do not attend the Terrapin 
Invitational 
> Tournament just because it contains Enver Hokxa questions, other 
> teams (I cannot speak for the other teams above) do not 
participate 
> in CBI because of its bloated bureaucracy, mediocre questions, 
> antiquated rules and high cost.  Plus, we need some format to 
roast 
> in our lexicon.

<i>Just as some teams (no names) do not attend the Terrapin 
Invitational 
Tournament just because it contains Enver Hokxa questions, other 
teams (I cannot speak for the other teams above) do not participate 
in CBI because of its bloated bureaucracy, mediocre questions, 
antiquated rules and high cost. Plus, we need some format to roast 
in our lexicon.</i>

High cost?  I never thought of that.  For Pitt this is the only 
tournament all year that is fully paid for.

I like Enver Hoxha questions.  I'm the all-time leader in making <a 
href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-
8&q=enver+hoxha+site%3Abaseballprimer.com">references to Enver 
Hoxha</a> on baseballprimer.com.  Not questions about the Enver 
Hoxha of 16th-century Mali, though.

This was my first CBI.  Are there always this many questions about 
historical women nobody's ever heard of?  Historical women probably 
accounted for 75% of the questions that fell dead in our matches.

And how about that bonus: 
MODERATOR: The small Eastern European nation of Lithuania...
MY BRAIN: Yes!  I know all about Lithuania.
MODERATOR: ...leads Europe in the percentage of its energy that 
comes from nuclear sources.
MY BRAIN: Yes!  I've been to that power plant.  Ask away!
MODERATOR: For ten points, what nation leads North America in the 
percentage of its energy that comes from nuclear sources?
MY BRAIN: (explodes)

At least all the spelling boni let you know they were spelling boni 
ahead of time instead of just stating a nonsensical sentence, asking 
which word had the most E's, and not stating the sentence again.

Michael davies
mld6_at_...

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