Tom Waters & the Perfect Game (was Re: a question)

• From: Stephen Webb <sdwebb91984_at_sdwebb91984.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2002 14:18:09 -0000
• Message-ID: <aq5vj1+muji_at_...>

That's a lot of talent, but buzzing in on this stuff is very luck 
oriented, and requires more guessing power than deep knowledge. Our 
dear Mr. Vishnubhakat up here at GT once got 4:33 (John Cage) in high 
school when the moderator checked his watch. The tossup called for 
him to have thirty seconds of silence (it lasted around five) and 
then say something like "What you have heard is an excerpt blah blah 
blah blah blah blah For ten points blah blah blah John Cage."

Just my little input.
Stephen

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., allythin <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> > Tom had already secured his place in legend with the "called 
shot" -
>  
> > the academic competition equivalent of Babe Ruth's pointing to 
the 
> > outfield and then homering to the spot. Coming down the stretch 
in 
> a 
> > match, Tom had announced he was going to buzz in on the next 
> question 
> > after one word. After hearing "Extremism" he rang-in with "Barry 
> > Goldwater," and nailed it. Though not the quickest correct buzz 
> I've 
> > ever heard of (there was a player at Michigan State in the early 
> 80's 
> > who signalled after one syllable - "Nim" [pron: Neem] with the 
> > answer "denim")I think it's the most impressive.
> 
> At FOGHAT, someone playing for Iowa buzzed in on a the last tu with 
> the answer of UHF after the moderator said "tossup the last".  
> Granted this was a round that had a theme which one could 
reasonably 
> deduce the final answer would be UHF, but having the balls to 
> actually buzz in before a syllable is uttered is fairly impressive 
in 
> my book.
> 
> Sean Phillips