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Chidon 2024

Now that tumblr is my only social media site that I use regularly, I need to belatedly "live"blog the 2024 International Chidon and my impressions of it here.

I still miss Avshalom Kur. It is NOT the same without him. We need him back.

Glad I listened to the PM's speech for the requisite Avner mention

Gotta love how they thanked the English translator after the first American answered... entirely in Hebrew

Cool that they have a Rabbanit on the judges this year, but... significantly less cool that she gives the vibe of not knowing her stuff when she prematurely announces "10 points" for an incorrect answer. Ouch.

I very much like the theme but I very much do not like how many of these questions are worded such that it's not clear what information they're actually looking for. I especially don't like that they prompted some contestants to supply additional information that was not specifically asked for in the actual question.

I cannot BELIEVE that Panama got a Nechemia question AGAIN.

Yay, Canada's in the top 8!

(Sad that MY Canadian / my students' brother / my school's alumnus was not in the top 8 but he did excellently in the top 16, so yay!)

Since when do they do only a top FOUR for those who made it through the computer round? where are the top FIVE? (yes i know top five wouldn't help Canada make it through this time, I'm grumpy anyway)

okay is... anyone going to talk about the extra question that flashed on the screen for a second after they gave the answers to the PM round?

I guess they haven't had the Diaspora Contest yet to give prizes to the Diaspora winner? Are they even HAVING a Diaspora Contest this year? I can't find any info on it.

I don't remember seeing as many wrong answers in the Rosh b'Rosh before...

Two chatanim! Love wins!