Fall Novice Tournament

Inspired by online discussions of A-sets, the 2009 Fall Novice Tournament was a project aimed to create an accessible, pyramidal, and canonical tournament specifically designed for novice teams. Edited by Sarah Angelo, Charlie Rosenthal, and Zhao Zhang, the tossups were written in 12-point Times New Roman and rarely exceeded five lines, with few bonus parts exceeding two lines.

Several mirrors of the set were hosted across the country from September to December 2009, with individual hosts setting different eligibility restrictions. Overall, the set was well-received, with scattered complaints about difficulty outliers.

Contributors

As seen on the first page of the Fall Novice Tournament set:

"Written by: Sarah Angelo(Maggie Walker HS), George Berry (Virginia Commonwealth), Amit Bilgi (Southside HS), Matt Bollinger (St. Anselm’s HS), Stephen Eltinge (Thomas Jefferson HS), Neil Fitzgerald(Eden Prairie HS), Diana Gerr (Thomas Jefferson HS), Douglas Graebner (Whitman HS), Neil Gurram (Detroit Country Day HS), William Horton (Alpharetta HS), Sandy Huang (Paul L. Dunbar HS), Chuhern Hwang (Virginia), Matt Jackson (Georgetown Day School), Gaurav Kandlikar (Eden Prairie HS), Anurag Kashyap (Massachussetts Institute of Technology), Thomas Littrell (Liberal Arts and Sciences HS), Graham Moyer (State College Area HS), Ikshu Neithalath (Clayton HS), Benji Nguyen (Liberal Arts and Sciences HS), Aaron Pellowski (Liberal Arts and Sciences HS), Charlie Rosenthal (Carleton), Donald Taylor (Illinois), Harry White (Virginia Tech), Zhao Zhang (Harvard)

Edited by Sarah Angelo, Charlie Rosenthal, and Zhao Zhang

Special Thanks to George Berry, Charlie Dees, Donald Taylor, Andy Watkins and Dwight Wynne for their oversight and organizational assistance"