This is a supplement to Peter McCorquodale's previous post about VETO 2005 and expands on the details of the mirror in Toronto. VETO's Eastern Trivia Open will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2005 at Hart House at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus, Downtown Toronto, Ontario, starting at 9:00 AM. This is the same location as last year. There likely will be a cap of 8 entries placed on the event, which may change depending on the number of rooms that we can procure at Hart House. I already have 3 to 4 teams entered already, so get your spots now to avoid disappointment! Entries will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. As before, the title of Nerd Of The East (NOTE) will be presented to the tournament's leading scorer. Players are encouraged to sponsor a prize of their own. For those coming from out of town, Toronto is easily accessible by airplane, train, bus, and car. There is plenty of affordable accommodation located in the downtown core near the university within walking distance (or you can take the subway). For a map of the St. George Campus please visit: http://oracle.osm.utoronto.ca/map/ Google Maps shows it here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=7+Hart+House+Circle,+Toronto,+Ontario&hl=en If you wanna look around T.O. before and/or after VETO, there are other events to enjoy while in Toronto around July 17th: - Feathered Dinosaurs and the Origin of Flight at the Royal Ontario Museum until September 5th (http://www.rom.on.ca/) - Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival (July 6th-17th) (http://www.fringetoronto.com/) - Beaches International Jazz Festival (July 14th-24th) (http://www.beachesjazz.com/) - Caribana Festival (July 15th-August 1st) (http://www.caribana.ca/) If you're into sports: - The Toronto Blue Jays have the Devil Rays in town from the 14th to the 17th (7:05 start on the 14th and 15th, 4:05 on the 16th, 1:05 on the 17th) - The Toronto Lynx (USL First Division soccer) entertain the Seattle Sounders at 7:30 on the 16th (http://www.lynxsoccer.com/) and the Lady Lynx (USL W-League) entertain the Ottawa Fury on July 17th at 6:00. Toronto Concerts around July 16th - K-OS, July 15th, Molson Amphitheatre - Avril Lavigne, July 15th, Air Canada Centre Details concerning eligibility, format, question distribution and the unique Trans-Canada Championship match can be found in Peter's previous post (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quizbowl/message/15528). As we would like to contribute as many packets to the cause of the two sites, it would be appreciated that teams with question-writing experience contribute a packet to the event. It would also be appreciated if prospective squads that wish to contribute questions submit two old full-length quiz bowl packets, such that the majority of questions in both packets were written by your team's prospective members (as in Vancouver), in order to ascertain the suitability of your team's questions (as there is no central editing). However, the willingness (or unwillingness) to contribute questions will not jeopardize your team's entry into the Eastern mirror. For further information, please contact Andy at (andy at andysthoughts dot com) or watch http://caql.org/events/veto05.html for updates. Hope to see you here!!!
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