CARDINAL CLASSIC XIII

rsbhan <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Wed, 09 Oct 2002 00:06:22 -0000

Hi, all.

This is the official announcement for CARDINAL CLASSIC XIII: The 
Legend of Zwarte Piet, a packet submission tournament to be held on 
Saturday, February 1, 2003 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, 
California.

CARDINAL CLASSIC is the West Coast's premier quizbowl event. 
This 
announcement is coming out extra early so all you out-of-state teams 
can begin making your travel arrangements as soon as possible.  Last 
year, CARDINAL CLASSIC hosted teams from as far away as Chicago and 
Texas and we're expecting a larger, much more diverse field this
year.

CARDINAL CLASSIC XIII will differ slightly from previous 
installments.  It will be an untimed tournament featuring rounds of 
20 TUs.  The questions will approximate the ACF Fall Tournament in 
terms of difficulty, but will approach the NAQT distribution.

Just like last year, there will be prizes for several of the top 
teams, as well as a prize for the best team composed entirely of 
first- and second-year players (if enough of these teams choose to 
participate).  Individual prizes will also be awarded.  CARDINAL 
CLASSIC is open to teams of all kinds: masters, bastard, collegiate, 
apocryphal, whatever.  We don't care.  We just want your money.

Speaking of money, the fee structure is as follows:

Base fee: $100
Out-of-state teams: -$100 (no other discounts apply)
Packet received by 12/1/2002: -$30
Packet received by 12/15/2002: -$20
Packet received by 1/2/2003: -$10
Packet received by 1/15/2003: no penalty
Packet received after 1/15/2003: +$50
Buzzers: -$5 per working set
Moderators/Officials: -$10 per competent body
Minimum Fee (except for those outside CA): $60

Packets: EVERY TEAM MUST SUBMIT A PACKET of questions in order to 
participate in this tournament.  The absolute last deadline to submit 
a packet (with a $50 penalty) is January 23, 2003.  If you need more 
time after this date, you must make prior arrangements with me.  If 
you feel like you are unable to comply with the packet submission 
requirement, please get in touch with me ASAP and we'll try to
work 
something out.  Each packet must contain 26 toss-ups and 26 bonuses 
distributed thusly:

5/5 Literature
5/5 Science
5/5 History
3/3 Fine Arts
3/3 Religion, Mythology, Philosophy
3/3 Trash (sports, pop culture, current events, etc.)
2/2 Social Science/Geography

Please make sure there is lots of diversity within each major 
category (e.g. science should contain 1 physics, 1 biology, 1 
chemistry, and 2 others from astronomy, math, computer science, 
etc.).  Please follow the ACF guidelines for question writers, which 
can be found at www.acf-qb.org.  TUs should be no more than 5-7 lines 
of Times New Roman 12-point font (or equivalents).

As far as difficulty goes, this tournament should be accessible to 
everyone.  I don't want any canon-expanding material or anything 
outrageously obscure (i.e. no packets by Anthony De Jesus and Nathan 
Freeburg).  As I stated in last year's announcement, it is much
more 
desirable to have questions on Andrew Jackson and Goethe instead of 
Peter B. Porter and Klopstock.

Please send me an e-mail at rsbhan _at_ hotmail.com if you:
a. would like to register for CCXIII
b. would like to submit your packet
c. have any questions regarding CCXIII
d. really miss me
e. think Joon Pahk is just too sexy to be real

Dude.  This tournament is going to be the shiznit.  I kizzid you 
nizzot.  If you have any money and any sense of what is right and 
wrong in the world, you will make an effort to come to CARDINAL 
CLASSIC XIII: The Legend of Zwarte Piet.  I look forward to seeing 
you all here next February.

R. Bhan
CCXIII Editor