ANNOUNCEMENT: CARDINAL CLASSIC XII

• From: RSBhan
• Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 21:44:21 -0800
• Message-ID: <000TV1CPL.0006P5JM2.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

Hi, all.

CARDINAL CLASSIC XII: Beware the
Esker will be held on Saturday, February 2, 2002 at
Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. CARDINAL CLASSIC
XII, as usual, will be a timed, packet-submission
tournament featuring questions approximating the difficulty
of NAQT Sectionals/ACF Fall. CCXII will be an open
tournament eligible to all teams regardless of composition.
CCXII will also feature recognition of the best
division II team (i.e. teams composed entirely of 1st- and
2nd-year players).

The following
discounts/penalties are applicable to CCXII:

Base Fee
$100
No charge for non-CA teams
-$5 per working buzzer
set
-$10 per competent game official
-$20 if packet
received by Dec. 15, 2001
-$10 if packet received by
Jan. 2, 2002
No penalty if packet received by Jan.
17, 2002
+$10 if packet received by Jan. 24,
2002
+$20 if packet received after Jan. 24, 2002
Minimum
Fee $60

Each team is required to submit a
packet of 30 toss-ups and 30 bonuses. As this is a timed
tournament, please make sure your toss-ups are no more than
4-5 lines of text (12 point Times New Roman or
equivalents). Also, please restrict your bonus lead-ins to 1
line and each bonus part to 2 lines. There should be
no five- or six-prompt bonuses and maybe 1
four-prompt bonus per round.

Despite the fact that the
questions must be on the short side, there is still plenty
of room for lots of clues. Please saturate your
questions with as much information as possible and leave
out bullshit like This novel, noted for its use of
symbolism and imagery, is thought of by critics the world
over as being a good read. As this tournament will
be on the easy side, please make all your questions
answerable by the lowest common denominator. Your knowledge
of 20th century Mongolian dictators or sub-Saharan
philosophers will not impress me, but your ability to write an
excellent toss-up on Andrew Jackson or Richard Wagner
will.

Please adhere to the following distribution when writing
your packet, while varying each category as much as
possible (e.g. science should include physics, chemistry,
biology, et al.):

Literature  6/6
Science 
6/6
History  6/6
Social Science  3/3
Fine Arts 
3/3
RMP  3/3
Sports/Trash/Current Events 
3/3

If you feel you are unable to complete a packet,
please contact me and we may be able to work something
out. Im generally pretty flexible on these things if
theres good reason.

Also, I would be happy to
accept freelance packets in exchange for a set of the
questions.

Finally, many teams and individuals from across the
country have already expressed interest in attending
CARDINAL CLASSIC XII: Beware the Esker, so it should prove
to be a diverse and exciting field. I would highly
encourage teams everywhere to come to this tournament for
just one reason: its in California, and California is
better than wherever you are right now.

If youd
like to register for this premier event, or if you
have any questions, please contact me at
rsbhan_at_.... Looking forward to seeing you all in
February.

Roger Bhan
CCXII TD and Editor