THIRD ANNUAL VANCOUVER ESTIVAL TRIVIA OPEN SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2001 The Vancouver Estival Trivia Open (VETO) is the nation's longest-running annual quiz bowl tournament. Watch the web page <a href=http://caql.org/events/veto01.html target=new>http://caql.org/events/veto01.html</a> for updates. In most respects, VETO 2001 will be similar to VETO 2000 (check the web page <a href=http://caql.org/results/veto00.html target=new>http://caql.org/results/veto00.html</a> for a report). It will use questions donated by NAQT, with Canadian content added by the participants. === WHEN: Saturday, July 14, 2001, probably starting late in the morning and ending late in the afternoon. In order to allow enough time to arrange teams and packets, please notify us by June 23, 2001, if you would like to participate. === WHERE: Vancouver, B.C., Canada, or a nearby suburb. Exact location to be determined, depending on the number of players and their preferences. By road, Vancouver is about 3 hours from Seattle, 6 hours from Portland, 12 hours from Calgary, 17 hours from San Francisco, and 50 hours from State College, Pennsylvania. Vancouver International Airport is served by more than 40 air carriers offering direct flights from 41 locations in British Columbia, 10 cities elsewhere in Canada, 21 cities in the United States, 12 cities in Asia/Pacific, and 3 cities in Europe. === WHO: We welcome participation from anyone who has not heard or seen questions from NAQT's Invitational Series #25. These were used in the following events in the year 2001: Michigan State University High School Tournament, Raider Academic Challenge, Tennessee Academic Coaches Association State Tournament, NAQT New England Championship, and NAQT State Championships for California, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Florida, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. If you don't have a full team of four, we can match you up with other players. The field is limited to six teams. The tournament director is Peter McCorquodale, petermc_at_... . === FORMAT: VETO 2001 will be run without central editing and will be staffed by players. Last year we had four teams, which was nice because it required only one play area and one buzzer system. In each round there were two teams playing, one staffing, and one spectating. If we get five or six teams, then we'll have two simultaneous games in each round, requiring two moderators from each team. Most teams will be responsible for bringing two or three packets (see Question Packets and Canadian Content below) and reading them to the other teams. We'll likely play a double round-robin. Games will be conducted according to NAQT rules, except that matches will be untimed, with a fixed number of tossups per round. === MIRRORS AND TRANS-CANADA CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH: Negotiations are in progress for a mirror tournament to be held in Ontario the same day. If this takes place, then the Canadianized packets will be shared by the two tournaments, with teams from both contributing questions. Also, if there is enough interest, there may be a Trans-Canada Championship Match conducted via telephone between the winning teams from the two sites. We'd like to have other mirrors, too, in parts of the country where quiz bowl has not yet made inroads. These mirrors may also be included in any Trans-Canada Championship Match. Contact us if you would like to host a mirror.
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