Trevor's Trivia HS Quizbowl 10/13/01

Steinhice · Wed, 05 Sep 2001 20:43:05 -0700

As briefly announced earlier, the UT- Chattanooga
Academic Trivia Association will host our fall high school
tournament, the 4th annual Trevor's Trivia: Bob Selcer
Memorial High School Quizbowl, on Sat., Oct. 13, 2001. The
field is tentatively capped at 50 teams, which sounds
huge, but we had 42 at our spring tournament, so you
might want to reserve your space
early.

ELIGIBILITY: Players in grades 7 through 12 are eligible to
compete. Any teams with all players in grades 7-10 will
compete for separate Division II trophies, although they
will still have matches against Division I teams.
Also, there will be separate All-Star awards for
players from grades 7-10, even if they play for a
Division I team. 

FORMAT: This will be an untimed
tournament of 20 tossups and 20 bonuses per round with no
bounceback on bonuses. Questions will cover a variety of
academic disciplines, with a small amount of popular
culture and general knowledge thrown in. The field will
be divided into brackets for a round robin followed
by playoffs. During playoffs, non-playoff teams will
have the option of playing consolation
rounds.

Note: Teams may consist of up to 4 players at a time.
Substitutions are allowed between matches only. Once the
tournament begins, rosters for each team are set and a
player may not switch teams (i.e., from the B team to
the A team) during the tournament. 

FEES AND
BUZZER SYSTEMS: Tournament fees are as follows --

Base fee: $60 per team (4 players can play at a time
with up to 3 alternates.)
  $10 discount for each
additional team from the same school 
  $5 discount for
working lockout buzzer system (one discount per team, but
please bring spare buzzers just in case and if we need
to use them we'll knock another $5 off your
fees)
 After the tournament, complete sets of questions
may be purchased for $15. 

LOCATION AND
SCHEDULE: Tournament headquarters will be in 129 Grote Hall
on the UTC campus in Chattanooga, with matches in
both Grote and Holt Halls. Registration will begin at
9 AM EDT on Sat., Oct 13, with announcements at
9:45 and play starting at 10. While a precise schedule
wont be available until we verify the size of the
field, we anticipate finishing no later than 8
PM.

ACCOMMODATIONS: The Days Inn Rivergate has a limited number of
rooms available at a discount rate of $55/night. With a
major church convention in town that weekend, we
suggest you reserve early. The Days Inn number is (423)
266-7331; tell them you're with the academic
quizbowl.

DIRECTIONS: Directions to Grote Hall: Come towards downtown
Chattanooga on I-24. Take the freeway splitoff labeled US 27
North  Downtown Chattanooga. Follow US 27 North to
Exit 1A, 4th St. (Dont worry about which way to turn
on 4th St.  it only goes one way.) Follow 4th St.
about  mile till you see the UTC Arena on your right.
Just past the arena, turn right at the light onto
Mabel St., which goes around a curve and becomes
E.
5th St. When you see a cemetery on your left, look on
the right for Holt Hall. You can either park on E.
5th St. or use the parking lot for Holt, with the
entrance just past Holt. Grote is the building right
behind Holt.

Registration forms are being mailed
to most area schools, but if you have not received
one by Sept. 20 and would like to preregister, please
let me know and I will send you one. Preregistration
and prepayment are not required as long as we know
how many teams you'll bring from your school. If you
have any questions, I can be reached at home
(423-877-2706) or my office (423- 763-7147), or by e-mail at
steinhic_at_.... 

Charlie Steinhice, A.T.A. Coach