Charter Academic Bowl

Lexicon

Here's a list of terms from years past

• The Austin Challenge: (after Austin Zheng '06) To buy a two-liter-sized mug available at Jersey rest stops, fill it with a beverage and consume the entire contents. The catch is that you are not allowed to use a restroom until the bus reaches its destination. Failing the Austin Challenge can result in a fate similar to Tycho Brahe's
  
  
• Bowlll A phrase that descirbes bad questions, moderating, and tournament directing. You know who you are. Originally comes from a "Goron Christmas Story", a YouTube video about Counterstrike.
  
  
• Beryl's Mom: (after Beryl Schragger '04) Impolite joke started by Jason Chu ('04), given as an answer when the team had no clue. Now associated with Gropius because once when Gropius was the answer and a team answered "Beryl's Mom" the moderator said "Well, maybe". By the way, we like Mrs. Schragger; she helped us serve lunch at tournaments and invited the team to Beryl's graduation party.
  
  
• Sasquatch A nickname for Byron Pierce ('08) after an infamous neg five on a tossup. The correct answer was The Magic Flute, but Byron answered "Sasquatch"
  
  
• SBP (coined by Terry Wu '07) "Spontaneous Butt Pull", or when you come up with an answer out of nowhere.


• (To do a) Alan Threefoot: (after Alan Threefoot '05) (a) To not show up for the bus the morning of a tournament. To compound the error, to not turn in your permission slip so we don't know what number to call to see if you are on the way. (b) During a bonus part to say "The answer starts with" some letter. (c) To horribly whiff on a tossup. For example, buzzing in with "Albert Einstein" when the answer is "green".
  
  
• The Veber-Gorman diagram: Similar to the Hertzsprung-Rusell diagram. On one axis, the number of profanities uttered is measured. On the other axis, one plots the awfulness of the questions. Due to the fact that certain formats are more lame than others, there exists a main sequence of points on the diagram.
  
  
• Waiting For Raja: A proposed drama in which Neeraj and Byron sit in the car and wait for Raja to show up in the morning.