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10:00 pm
June 16, 2009
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faithylofgren
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I guess the board has been rather deserted lately…I know I haven't logged in for a while. So…let's see if anyone's out there…
What are some of the worst errors you ever made? I will never EVER forget Athens 06 when George Wood was quizmastering and said, (in that southern accent that seems to throw off us NY people) “Quote the verse from Matthew 5 that contains the key word, heel.”
He said ”hill,” of course, but it sounded like heel to me. I was of course majorly confused, then majorly annoyed with myself for slipping with that accent again. AAGH! 
Despite not being able top understand southerners, I somehow managed to make it into the top 25 individually, and as Mr. Wood handed me my medal, he said, “Watch out for them heels, now!” (whether he really meant heels this time or not will always be a mystery)
Anyway…yes, that is my unforgettable heel story. Is anyone out there? Anyone?
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12:08 pm
June 17, 2009
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AH. Definitely the worst error that I ever made was my first year at Nationals in the final three. We were in that blasted room on the OTHER side of BJ. Well we had to have the last four questions to get the middle over New York (Heather and Seth team). Keith got one, I got one and another kid from our team got a quote. Okay, so we have to have the last question and it's “what edifieth in 2 cor. 8?.” I got the jump and drew a COMPLETE BLANK!!! It was SOOO HORRIBLE. My whole team new the answer and thought that we had it won. It was the EASIEST question out of that whole passage! I think I said meats or something like that.
Well, that's my worst error ever…..
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9:59 am
June 18, 2009
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Glory Girl
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Post edited 9:59 am - June 18, 2009 by Glory Girl
Post edited 5:41 pm - June 21, 2009 by Glory Girl
My first year at Athens, in JV.
Mr. Valentine was the quizmaster, and the question was “Quote Matthew 10: 16.”
I got the jump and quoted, “Behold, I send you forth as sheeps in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
Mr. Valentine smiled apologetically and said, “No, I'm sorry.”
That was quite embarrassing and quite aggravating.
(We won the JV that year anyways!)
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7:25 pm
July 3, 2009
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Alex D
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You guys have nothing on me when it comes to worst errors!!!! in fact, I have two memorable ones. The first happened at the Blue Ridge invitational a couple of years ago. It was down to three undefeated teams: pvky, cal fl, and us (open door)
It was 140-130-120 on question 20. the question was: “What does the dog return unto?” i stood up. That was one of the three chapters that I did not memorize, but it was still an EXTREMELY easy question. However, I said, “Folly” !!!!!!!! WHAT AN IDIOT I AM!!!!!!!! And what is worse is the fact that we wound up losing and Calvary, the team that would have taken the low had I used any logic in my answer, won the entire tournament!!!!
However, my worst error was in my first year of quizzing, which was over John. It was a finish this verse question. “For God so loved the world. . . ” i beat up everyone, including Abigail Carbonell, than proceeded to misquote the most famous verse in the entire Bible!!!! I said “That whosoever believeth on Him. . .”!!!!!!!! I guess it was moments like that that pretty much made me a loser in the sight of all Biblequizzers everywhere
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7:36 pm
July 3, 2009
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Learning
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Post edited 7:38 pm - July 3, 2009 by Learning
Hello Alex, welcome to the board.
I see that you feel quite strongly about your mistakes as you used a few exclamation points. In the future you could probably get the same point across with about 1/12 of them. 
Regarding your John answer, that is actually a pretty common mistake regarding that verse. I hear it quoted that way quite often.
What does one do when the question is:
“According to Mark 5:42, How old was the damsel?”
One replies: “Twelve” (and sits down)…
Is that person correct, or incorrect? And why?
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8:57 pm
July 3, 2009
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To me, it has got to be a correct answer. I mean, think about it: when was the last time you asked someone their age, and they responded in months? in measuring age, the year is the unquestioned standard, and therefore in my opinion can be left as understood
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8:59 pm
July 3, 2009
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Alex D
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Could not agree with you more.
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10:04 pm
July 4, 2009
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Learning
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What about these three facts?
1. It is a Chapter and Verse reference question
2. The verse specifically states “12 years”
3. The only other time that a period of multiple years is mentioned in the text (Mark 5:25); the word “years” is again specifcally included.
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1:54 pm
July 6, 2009
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wellsbo
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Just say “twelve years” and remove the headache for quizmasters, coaches, and quizzers alike. 
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5:30 pm
July 6, 2009
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Learning
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Well, that would have been nice; unfortunately, the quizzer only said “twelve”. Thereby causing this question to be raised.
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6:42 pm
July 6, 2009
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Here's my worst error, somthing I posted several months ago.
One of my worst errors is from Blue Ridge just about a month ago(a lot longer now). George Wood asked the question “What was mingled” and I got up and answered “Wine was mingled with gall” and sat down. Wood called me incorrect and I immediatly challenged and said “I believe according to that verse it says the wine was mingled with… wait, did I say gall? Never mind.” I don't know what happned. I sure looked like an idiot though. I guess I reverted back to Matthew. 
As for the years question, it's going to depend on the quizmasters judgement, I could see some allowing it, others not. I personally think it would be an error due to the fact it's a full reference, but that's just me.
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9:13 pm
July 6, 2009
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faithylofgren
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Alex D said:
However, my worst error was in my first year of quizzing, which was over John. It was a finish this verse question. “For God so loved the world. . . ” i beat up everyone, including Abigail Carbonell, than proceeded to misquote the most famous verse in the entire Bible!!!! I said “That whosoever believeth on Him. . .”!!!!!!!! I guess it was moments like that that pretty much made me a loser in the sight of all Biblequizzers everywhere.
Heehee, too funny Alex!
In Denver my senior year I managed to mangle Romans 8:28. (another rather famous verse) For some strange reason (which I attribute mainly to the lack of oxygen of Colorado) I finished the quote like this…”to them who are the called according to Christ Jesus.” This was probably the third awful error I'd had in that quiz, and the quizmaster just kinda raised his eyebrow at me. Then he said something about the time change and how it was probably affecting me…this further assured me that I was not up to par that evening.
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6:51 am
July 7, 2009
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Post edited 6:52 am - July 7, 2009 by D.JThomas
I suppose that considering the multitude of my own errors, I would be able to come up with something…
Lets try this:
During my Junior year of quizzing, my team (Amsterdam) got the oppurtunity to quiz down at Parsippany in New Jersey. And, somehow, we managed to make it all the way to the final 2-way quiz. Now the team we faced was none other than Heritage 1, so you can figure that we were expecting to lose.
Well, it was about midway through the quiz, with scores about even, that we got a breakthrough; one of the Heritage quizzers jumped slightly to soon on a 50/50 and got it wrong. You can imagine our excitement at the anticipation of this score swing.
Quizmaster: “According to Romans 16:9, who is my beloved?” (Heritage jumped on 'who')
David-to-teammate: “Stachys, the answer is Stachys.”
My teammate jumps and answers: “Zachis”
David would like to sink through the floor…
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12:15 pm
July 10, 2009
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Glory Girl
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This wasn't an error, but it should have been.
In the same tournament that I mentioned earlier, one of my teammates jumped on “Quote Matthew 6:19-21.” (the verses about your treasure in heaven)
She butchered it horribly. Really, it was terrible. But Mr. Valentine called her correct!
One of the opposing teams immediately challenged but was overruled because Mr. Valentine didn't hear anything wrong.
(This quiz was in the playoffs)
That's what I call “divine intervention”! 
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11:30 pm
July 17, 2009
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Silas
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Post edited 11:31 pm - July 17, 2009 by Silas Miller
Post edited 11:33 pm - July 17, 2009 by Silas Miller
My worst error was at Nationals in Napp's room. The initial question was asked (or so I thought) and the team errored and I was first up on the tossup, but something seemed funny because nobody else had moved ,then Napp informed me that it was a free to the other team. oops!!
What happened was we had errorred the initial ,but I got confused and thought the tossup was a new question.
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11:32 pm
August 12, 2009
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Cassy_Abbott
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My worst error (that I can think of anyway) was in Matthew. We had made it to the JV finals at the Detroit quiz. We needed the next question to stay in the quiz so I jumped up. The question was ” What do scribes devour?” I had absolutely no idea so I said the first thing that came to mind. “Men's flesh?” Not even close! I was reminded of it when they asked the same question this year, but I got it right this time!
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9:56 pm
August 13, 2009
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david poston
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Those cannibal scribes!
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2:33 pm
August 16, 2009
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Glory Girl
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Post edited 2:33 pm - August 16, 2009 by Glory Girl
One thing I do a lot is add or leave out an important piece of info…usually against my better judgment. But I do it anyway.
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