Re: FACT High School Tournament at Yale--October 15: RSVP by 10/5/05

• From: jesusmathlatin <Overlorrdd_at_jesusmathlatin.yahoo.invalid>
• Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:54:23 -0000
• Message-ID: <dha57v+q72h_at_...>

An addendum to Mike's post:

Please RSVP by October 5, 2005.

Thanks,
Andrew Uzzell,
Co-President, Yale Quiz Bowl
(andrew . uzzell _at_ yale . edu)

--- In quizbowl_at_yahoogroups.com, mikewormdog <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> Yale Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce the return of its Fall Academic
> Tournament (FACT). FACT, which will take place on October 15, 2005,
> will be an official National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC (NAQT)
> event. This means that the tournament will use questions produced by
> NAQT (Invitational Series #53A), and that it will also provide an
> opportunity to qualify for the 2006 NAQT High School National
> Championship Tournament, which will take place in Chicago from June
> 2-4, 2006. This tournament will follow official NAQT rules, which can
> be found in entirety at http://www.naqt.com/rules.html, with the
> exception that it will feature untimed rounds.
> 
> In the past, FACT was only open to teams from Connecticut. Due to
> demand from other states, this year, the tournament will also be open
> to teams from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
> However, Yale Quiz Bowl has only purchased geographic exclusivity for
> the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island.
> 
> This means that NAQT will not allow another tournament hosted in
> either Connecticut or Rhode Island to use Invitational Series #53A.
> However, this set of questions may be used in tournaments hosted in
> other states, including New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
> 
> This is the fee structure for the tournament:
> 
> Base fee: $75
> Working buzzer system: -$10
> Moderator: -$5
> Nth team from a school: -$5*(N-1)
> Minimum fee: $50
> 
> Please make checks payable to: Y. Student Academic Competition 
> 
> For further information contact either Andrew Uzzell (andrew . uzzell
> _at_ yale . edu) or Brett Lazer (brett . lazer _at_ yale . edu)
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike Wehrman, Yale