2005-2006 Season Results

Beaver Bonspiel XIV

Beaver Bonspiel XIV was on February 2, 2008.

The 5th Annual MIT Beaver Academic Tournament

Open to high school teams across the country.

Information about QuizBowl

MIT Quiz Bowl Roster

Tournament Results

Results of previous tournaments hosted by MIT.

Team Stats

Brandeis

September 24, 2005

MIT A finished fifth in their division with a 3-4 record, including an impressive win over Harvard A, the number one team in their bracket. MIT B finished sixth in their division at 2-5. MIT A went 2-3 in the playoff bracket, while MIT B was 0-5 in the playoffs (including a loss to MIT A). Both records include a final-round forfeit, as the teams had to leave early to catch the commuter rail. Both teams played short-handed, with only three people on each.

MIT A

Player	PPG	TU	Neg	TUH
Mark	25.91	31	5	220
Jean	20.91	26	6	220
Jason	11.82	16	6	220

Rd	Opponent	PF	PA	10	-5	P/B
1	Williams B	95	260	6	1	6.67
2	Harvard C	100	30	5	2	12.00
3	Northeastern	280	15	11	2	16.36
4	Harvard A	285	235	10	1	19.00
5	Yale B	50	190	4	6	10.00
6	Brandeis	60	115	4	0	5.00
7	Brown	140	390	4	0	25.00
8	MIT B	350	75	12	1	19.58
9	Harvard C	140	25	9	2	6.67
10	Harvard B	145	310	7	1	11.43
11	Harvard D	15	280	1	1	10.00
T	Total	1660	1925	73	17	13.90

MIT B

Individual stats and game scores are not available for this tournament.

Harvard Invitational

October 15, 2005

The MIT team finished with a 4-6 record.

Player	PPG	TU	Neg	TUH
Jean	24.38	20	1	160
Zach	16.25	14	2	160
Andrew	10.00	11	6	160
Annelise	8.75	7	0	160
Waldo	5.00	6	4	160

Rd	Opponent	PF	PA
1	Brown	110	315
2	Williams A	25	285
3	Columbia B	165	170
4	Brandeis B	100	155
5	Harvard B	150	95
6	Harvard B	275	215
7	BC	50	145
8	Brandeis B	95	80
9	BU	135	105
10	Columbia A	90	125

Points per bonus: 7.92

Beaver Bonspiel XII

October 22, 2005
MIT

The MIT house team finished with a 5-5 record. Detailed results and stats for all teams are here.

Individual

Player	PPG	TU	Neg	TUH
Bobby	30.00	3	0	20
Jean	26.88	24	5	160
Michael	20.00	7	2	60
Jason	19.29	14	1	140
Annelise	18.33	6	1	60
Jessica	10.00	2	0	40
Yihsin	5.00	1	0	40

Rd	Opponent	PF	PA	10	-5	P/B	Players
1	Brandeis	90	120	6	2	6.67	Jason 35, Annelise 15
2	Harvard A	45	295	2	1	15.00	Jean 15, Jason 0
3	Harvard 1	95	170	5	1	10.00	Jean 25, Michael 20, Jason 0
4	Tufts	145	30	7	0	10.71	Jason 40, Michael 20, Jean 10
5	NYU A	165	80	9	3	10.00	Jason 30, Jean 25, Michael 20
6	NYU 1	75	10	6	1	3.33	Bobby 30, Jean 25
7	Brown	110	10	6	0	8.33	Jean 50, Jason 10
8	Brown	55	70	4	1	5.00	Jason 20, Jean 15
9	Tufts	165	50	9	0	8.33	Jean 50, Annelise 20, Jessica 10, Yihsin 10
10	NYU 1	40	125	3	0	3.33	Annelise 20, Jessica 10, Yihsin 0
T	Total	985	960	57	9	8.07

Illinois Open Mirror at Boston University

November 5, 2005

The MIT team finished with a 6-4 record. Both Jean and Annelise finished in the top 10 individuals for the tournament.

Player	PPG	TU	Neg	TUH
Jean	25.50	29	7	200
Annelise	13.00	13	0	200
Waldo	2.00	3	2	200

Rd	Opponent	PF	PA
1	Brown	90	35
2	Harvard	35	390
3	Brandeis	90	155
4	BU	130	30
5	BC	50	-5
6	Brown	40	20
7	Harvard	10	385
8	Brandeis	35	90
9	BU	105	75
10	BC	105	25

Points per bonus: 8.11

ACF Fall at Boston University

November 13, 2005

The MIT team finished with a 1-9 record, and held all opponents under 600 points—a resounding moral victory!

Player	PPG	TU	Neg	TUH
Jason	16.00	17	2	200
Annelise	20.00	20	0	200
Waldo	10.00	11	2	200

Rd	Opponent	PF	PA
1	Harvard C	15	575
2	Harvard A	70	505
3	Yale A	50	410
4	Brown	225	120
5	BU/Brandeis	130	350
6	Harvard B	180	295
7	Yale B	70	310
8	Williams	110	350
9	Yale B	165	310
10	BU/Brandeis	125	260

Points per bonus: 14.17

BUTT (Brown University's Terrific Tournament (at Brandeis))

March 19, 2006

The MIT "team" finished with a 2-9 record, another moral victory considering that the two-person team had to wake up at 7:00am, and didn't eat breakfast.

Detailed stats to follow.

Player	PPG	TU	Neg	TUH
Bobby				220
Jason				220

Rd	Opponent	PF	PA
1	Eric Kwartler	260	120
2	Brown	100	90
3	Columbia	130	180
4	Browndeis	115	130
5	Eric Kwartler	100	160
6	Columbia	130	325
7	Browndeis	90	275
8	Eric Kwartler	135	320
9	Columbia	90	165
10	Browndeis	90	255
11	Eric Kwartler	50	145

Terrier Tussle 15

April 22, 2006

MIT swept the opening round robin for a 7-0 record, earning the top seed in the playoffs. The team finished at 11-1 overall, defeating Dartmouth A in the finals to take first place in the tournament. The team took home fabulous prizes for their performance, including but not limited to the following classic literary works:

Walden Two by B. F. Skinner
Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
Coming of Age in Samoa by Margaret Mead
Eugene V. Debs: The Making of an American Radical
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider by Dave Stern, based on the screenplay by Patrick Massett and John Zinman, and adapted by Simon West
Is Your Crush Crushing Back?: 20 Love Quizzes to Set Your Heart Straight, published by Alloy Books

There were several special rules in effect for this tournament. Toss-up questions contained two power marks, one for the normal 15 points, and an even earlier one for a "super power" 20 points. The lightning round is a 60-second-long round in which a team answers 10 related questions, earning 5 points for a right answer and losing 5 for a wrong answer. Additionally, each team was allowed to declare one bonus as a "50-or-nothing," earning 50 points if all parts of the bonus were answered correctly, and 0 points otherwise. (This might help to explain some of our unreasonably-high bonus conversion rates.)

Statistics through the round robin (the first 7 rounds):

Player	PPG	20	15	10	-5	TUH
Annelise	8.46	0	0	6	1	130
Jason	17.69	0	3	7	0	130
Jean	42.14	0	4	25	3	140
Mark	44.29	2	2	24	0	140
Michael	20	0	0	2	0	20

Rd	Opponent	PF	PA	20	15	10	-5	LR	P/B	Players
1	BC	415	45	0	4	10	0	40	15.36	Jean 90, Mark 45, Jason 15, Annelise 10
2	Brown	385	130	0	0	12	0	25	20.00	Jean 60, Mark 30, Annelise 20, Jason 10
3	Rutgers	280	185	0	1	8	1	25	18.33	Mark 40, Jason 25, Jean 25, Annelise 0
4	Amherst	305	230	1	0	8	1	45	20.56	Mark 80, Annelise 10, Jean 5, Jason 0
5	Olin	290	80	0	3	4	2	40	25.00	Mark 45, Jean 35, Jason 0, Annelise -5
6	Dartmouth B	380	75	1	1	13	0	10	13.67	Jean 50, Jason 45, Mark 40, Michael 20, Annelise 10
7	Dartmouth A	370	345	0	0	9	0	50	25.56	Jean 30, Mark 30, Jason 20, Annelise 10
8	Dartmouth B	235	130	0	2	8	2	35	10.00	Mark 50, Jean 25, Jason 20, Michael 10, Annelise -5
9	Dartmouth A	255	290	0	2	6	3	40	17.50	Mark 25, Jean 25, Annelise 20, Michael 5
10	Brown	340	245	1	1	6	0	20	28.12	Mark 45, Jean 40, Annelise 10, Michael 0
T	Total	3255	1755	3	14	84	9	330	18.42

Special statistics for this tournament: 20 = super power; LR = lightning round (out of a possible 50 points)

Individual Stats Key

TU: Number of tossups answered correctly. Each is worth 10 points.
Power: In some tournaments if you get a question really early, you get 15 points for "powering" it.
Neg: A five-point penalty is assessed for answering the question incorrectly while it is being read. No penalty is given after the question has be read in its entirety.
TU/Neg: Ratio of Tossups answered versus Tossups answered incorrectly while the question is being read.
TUH: Toss-ups heard. This is the total number of toss-ups during which a player was in the game.
PPG: Points per Game
Bonus conversion: Team's success at getting bonus questions. Equal to the total points scored on bonus questions divided by the total possible points (30 points per toss-up correct).
PF: Points for
PA: Points against
P/B: Points per bonus