Michael Borecki

Back for 2019! PACE NSC Liveblog @Michael_Borecki the other 363 days of the year.

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

For those who may not be familiar with the terminology I use or the format of #pacensc matches:
Games are two halves of 10 tossups each. Both teams have one opportunity to buzz on a tossup, and players may not confer.
(1/3, see replies to this pinned tweet for the rest)

[TJHSST Quizbowl @tjhsstquizbowl]

After a tough two game final with @thsquizbowl, TJ has won the PACE NSC national title for the second year in a row, coming on top out of 96 teams! Congrats good job to all teams that competed! #2peat
@tjhsst_academic @TJAnnB

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

The final tossup is on the "temptation of Christ" and goes to TJ.
Ismail Pasha/Mamluks/UK is 20'd #PACENSC

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

James gets Harlem Renaissance off clues about Christmas presents in a poem;
Bonus is pelicans/Faberge/Barbados as Taylor steals the first two -- TJ bagels #PACENSC

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

William misses with "Edward II" after "Poor Nelly;" Fred waits and knows Charles II after "test act" and "Merry monarch" Bonus on magnification
#PACENSC

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

Thomas Jefferson has clinched the title with 5 tossups to play. This is their 3rd #PACENSC NSC title, and they are the first repeat champion since State College in 2010 & 2011. State College, which also won the first four NSCs, is the only other school to be a repeat champion

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

James gets Tagore for TJ after clues about Yeat's praise of him
TJ gets 20 on American history #pacensc
Ben gets "Chinese" for TJ about 5 words in
Geography bonus on diving, including Micronesia and Papua New Guinea

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

2^p-1 * 2^p-1 are perfect numbers and Fred gets it for 20! 20 on the bonus as both teams miss "high concept" #PACENSC

[Michael Borecki @PACENSC_MB]

William powers Ottoman after clues about Lady Montague's writings
Bonus is on the Algonquin round table: Parker/Screenplay/Ferber is 20'd #PACENSC