Hey! Are you interested in doing packet sharing again for this tournament? Just wondering. Thanks! aNNa --- Charlie Steinhice <steinhic_at_...> wrote: > (Apologies in advance for the dreaded but inevitable > cross-posting.) > > The UTC Academic Trivia Association will host its > 8th annual Moon > Pie Classic on Sat., Apr. 22, 2006, on the > UT-Chattanooga campus. > This is a collegiate academic quizbowl tournament. > Your genial > quizmaster Charlie Steinhice will serve as > editor-in-chief. > > [A side note: Including collegiate, high school, > open academic, and > trash tournaments, Moon Pie 2006 will be the 100th > tournament hosted > by UTC A.T.A. since it started in the fall of 1997. > It will be > followed closely by #101, the RC Cola Classic trash > tournament, on > Sun. 4/23/06.] > > ELIGIBILITY: This tournament is designed for teams > of current > college students, with all players on a given team > affiliated with > the same university. If space permits, we will > accept mixed- > affiliation or purely open (i.e., non-collegiate) > teams. However, > the field is limited to 36 teams, and collegiate > teams will be given > first priority. > > The tournament field will be divided into two > divisions for separate > play and awards. Division II will be limited to > players in their > first and second year of intercollegiate quizbowl > play, with an > extra year of eligibility allowed for teams from > 2-year schools. > (Note: due to the difference in formats, prior > experience in College > Bowl Inc., Honda Campus All-Star Challenge, or > tournaments > restricted to junior colleges will not count as > prior experience > when determining Division II eligibility.) > > REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS: All we need to know in > advance is how > many teams you will bring, and in which division(s) > they will > compete. Teams are composed of up to four players, > with alternates > allowed as long as there is substitution only > between matches. We do > not need to know who's on which team until the day > of the > tournament, but please note that once the tournament > starts, a > player may not switch teams. Prepayment is not > required; payment > may be made the day of the tournament. > > Note: If your team includes players with > disabilities or access > issues, it will simplify things if you let us know > in advance. That > way we can take it into account when scheduling > (building changes, > etc.) > > LOCATION AND SCHEDULE: Tournament headquarters will > once again be > Grote 129 on the UTC campus; see below for > directions. Registration > will begin at 9 AM EST on Sat. 4/22/06, with > announcements at 9:45 > AM and play beginning at 10 AM. We hope to be into > playoffs by 7:30 > PM and finished by 9 PM, but scheduling is an > inexact science. > > PACKET SUBMISSION: We are asking each team to > contribute a full > packet in a timely manner. It is not mandatory, but > we will add > surcharges for teams that contribute partial packets > or none at all. > If full packets are received from the first two > teams from a given > school, any additional teams from that school will > only be required > to submit a half packet (13 tossups and 13 bonuses.) > Schools making > their first appearance at a UTC tournament are > exempt from packet > submission requirements. See below for detailed > packet > specifications. > > FEES: > Base fee: $80 per team; assumes you submit a full > packet (25 tossups > and 25 bonuses) by midnight Thurs. 3/30/06. > Discounts: > - $5 for a working buzzer system (one discount per > team unless we > run short of buzzers) > - $5, plus your choice of dinner at Provino's or a > free set of the > questions, for providing a competent full-time > official (for either > the Moon Pie Classic itself or the RC Cola Classic > trash tournament > on Sun. 4/23/06) > > - $20 for each full-time official you provide for > the Dennis Haskins > Open high school tournament on Sat. 3/4/06 > - $20 for each full packet, or $10 for each half > packet, of original > questions you submit by Sun. 2/26/06 for the Dennis > Haskins Open > high school tournament on Sat. 3/4/06 > > - $10 for each additional team from the same school > - $10 for a half packet submitted by 3/30/06 from > any school making > their first appearance at a UTC tournament > - $10 if at least half the team members are also > playing > > Minimum fee after discounts: $60 for the first team > from a school, > $50 for each additional team. [Exception: Discounts > for officials > and/or questions for the Haskins can reduce fees > below the minimum, > all the way to zero if you provide enough!] > > Penalties: > + $10 for A and B teams submitting a half packet > (13/12) by the > 3/30/06 deadline > + $10 for submitting a full packet (25/25) after > 3/30/06, but by > midnight Tues. 4/11/06 > + $20 for submitting a half packet (13/12) after > 3/30/06, but by > midnight Tues. 4/11/06 > + $30 for full packet submitted between 4/11/06 and > 4/16/06; > accepted only if extension is requested by 4/11/06 > + $40 for no packet submission for A and B teams > from the same > school > + $25 for no packet submission for subsequent teams > from the same > school > > PACKET SPECIFICATIONS > > EXCLUSIVITY: > First and foremost, *the questions you submit must > be blind to all > other teams, including other teams from your > school.* In some > cases, when the teams will be in different > divisions, we can make an > exception, but PLEASE check with me first. Since > they'll be used at > other locations, we also need to be sure they're > blind to teams > elsewhere in the country. Please do not play-test > them online in > advance. > > DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: Because we expect at least > half the field to > be Division II teams, we want questions considered > moderately easy > by current 4-year invitational standards. While not > beginning with > giveaway clues, most tossups should be answerable by > most teams by > the end of the question. Bonuses should be such that > a novice team > stands a good chance of getting at least 10 pts., a > good team 20, > and the best teams all 30 pts. If you're just dying > to ask > something that's pretty obscure, at least confine it > to one bonus > part. Anyone who would like sample questions, please > let me know and > I'll e-mail you some. > > FORMAT: > === message truncated === ==== Visit us on the web! http://www.depauw.edu/student/orgs/ducks/index.htm __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0: Sat 12 Feb 2022 12:30:48 AM EST EST