FOGHAT Trash Tourn. Announcement

• From: OneEyed_Squirrel
• Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 07:09:55 -0700
• Message-ID: <000SQFJTJ.000CHI430.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

It is my pleasure to announce an open trash quiz
bowl tournament called FOGHAT (Face-Off Gauging High
Achievement in Trash) to be held on October 15, 2000 at the
beautiful campus of the University of Missouri-Rolla
(located oddly enough in Rolla, Missouri). This is the day
after Live Aid/Rollapalooza, the open academic
tournament to be run by the UMR Academic Competition
Organization. Since you are already coming to Rolla, stay for
the trash. What follows are answers to some questions
you might have about FOGHAT...

Who is running
FOGHAT?
Two alumni of the University of Missouri-Rolla
Chemical Engineering Department, namely Chris "Partho"
Taylor, who currently makes nuclear weapons and nuclear
weapons accessories for Honeywell and little ol' me,
Jeremy White, an engineer for Quaker Oats. I am serving
as tournament director and writing the pop culture
and NASCAR questions. Chris is writing questions on
the various less important sports. The UMR ACO will
be coordinating the logistics at Rolla and providing
some of the game officials.

What's the
format?
Presumably a round robin followed by a playoff of some type.
Exact details will be published once field size has
been determined. Questions are being written by Jeremy
and Chris and will consist of trash toss-ups and
bonus split up roughly evenly between the five major
trash categories: film, TV, music, sports and all else
trashy.

Who is eligible to play?
It is an open tournament,
so anyone can play (well, except the tournament
authors).

What will it cost?
The team fee will be $60, but we
will offer a $10 discount if your team brings a buzzer
system or competent moderator (maximum of two $10
discounts per team). Just so you are aware, I plan to have
lunch brought in to keep the tournament moving along
(especially as it is on a Sunday) and would request each
participant contribute $5 to having that brought in. If you
find that unreasonable or offensive for some reason
let me know, but for the moment plan on contributing
$5 for lunch.

What if I cannot find a
team?
E-mail Jeremy (jmwhite_at_...) and he will be happy to
play "matchmaker".

Will Jeremy be providing a
hearty breakfast of high quality Quaker Oats
products?
Of course.

Will Chris be bringing samples
from his worksite?
I certainly hope not.

Are
there mirror sites if I am unable to make it to
beautiful Rolla, Missouri?
None firm yet, but the other
Live Aid sites have been offered the opportunity to
mirror FOGHAT and have first priority. If you are
interested in mirroring FOGHAT please let me know and we
will try to work something out.


Prizes:
They will be given and they will be trashy.

How
do I register or ask questions not answered
here?
Send an e-mail to Jeremy ( jmwhite_at_...
).

Are you through yet?
Yes.


Thanks and I
hope to see you at FOGHAT,

Jeremy M.
White
Chemical Engineer, Quaker Oats R&D