The University of Chicago College Bowl Team is proud to announce the Chicago Deep Bench Tournament, to be held Oct. 18-19. An overview of the Deep Bench format can be found at http://www.student.carleton.edu/orgs/quizteam/format.html . Fee structure: Base fee $100 Packet in by Aug 31 -$40 Packet in by Sep 14 -$20 Packet in by Sep 28 no penalty Packet in by Oct 5 +$20, unless your academic year doesn't start until Sep. 30 or later, in which case no penalty Packet in by Oct 10 +$60 Packet in after Oct 10: you most likely don't get to play Buzzer: -$10 per working buzzer Tournament staff: -$15 per person Minimum Fee: $30 To make the tournament possible, each team of 8 players must submit a larger packet than usual. In each packet there must be 48 tossups and 24 boni, distributed as follows: Field Tossups/boni Science 8/4 Literature 8/4 History 8/4 Fine & Applied Art 6/3 Religion/Mythology/Philosophy 4/2 Social Science 4/2 Pop Culture/General Knowledge 4/2 Current Events 3/1-2 Geography 3/1-2 A more detailed distribution can be found at http://bowl.uchicago.edu/cdb/ , where a web page will be up momentarily. Registration: To register, email both Peter Onyisi (peonyisi_at_...) and Susan Ferrari (srferrar_at_...). Initial registration will start at 5 teams; if there's a wait-list, we will add teams as necessary to keep the size of the field odd, up to an absolute maximum of 9 teams. And also: If anyone on the east or west coasts wants to mirror (boy, that would make it a busy weekend) let us know.
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