UTC will host the Big Lots Clearance Open on Sun., Oct. 20, 2002. This will be a mirror of UM-Rolla's FOGHAT, with questions by Jeremy White with help from Ben Lea and Charlie Steinhice. Therefore: NO PACKET SUBMISSION IS REQUIRED. However, teams can still earn a packet discount by writing academic questions for us to use in either our high school tournament on 10/12 or our collegiate tournament (COTKU) on 10/19. There will also be a K-Tel Hell-style music game included, run by Stephen Bahnaman and Jake Armstrong. This game will feature more contemporary music than most of our past music games. TIME & PLACE: To help our long-distance friends, we'll begin registration at 8:30 AM EDT on Sun. 4/28/02, with play starting at 9 AM. Based on typical field sizes, we may finish as early as 5 PM and surely no later than 7:30. Tournament headquarters will be Holt 124, unless we get a bigger field and have to move to Grote 129 (we'll post signs telling you which.) Either way, it's adjoining the same parking lot on the UTC campus. ELIGIBILITY: This tournament is open to anyone; an opposable thumb is helpful but not required. Teams do not have to have any academic affiliation. If you want to play, and you tell me in time, and you submit a packet or make arrangements otherwise, you're in. If you want to make yourself available as a free agent to join a team -- or if you have a partial team in need of free agent help -- let me know and I'll hook you up. FORMAT: 20 questions per round, untimed. Again, there's no packet submission. Teams will be four players each, with alternates OK as long as there are no substitutions in mid-match. Depending on the number of teams, the format will be round robin or bracketed round robin. This of course means I need to know the number of teams in advance. FEES: Base fee $90 per team Minimum fee after discounts: $50 per team [*except* that discounts for Trevor's Trivia readers or questions can drop the fee further, to a minimum of $35] Discounts: Newcomer discount: Teams composed entirely of first-time trash players will receive a $10 discount Reader discounts: - $10 for an experienced reader for Big Lots itself (*or* said reader can join us for dinner at Provino's after COTKU Sat. night 10/19 if they'd prefer, and who wouldn't?) - $15 for each team member who officiates at the Trevor's Trivia: Bob Selcer memorial HS tournament on Oct. 12 [unless the same discount was applied to COTKU fees] - $5 for a working buzzer (additional $5 for a second buzzer if it turns it's needed) - $15, plus a free set of questions, for each original packet (or equivalent) written for Trevor's Trivia and sent to me by 10/6/02. If you're interested and need packet specs, e-mail me. ACCOMMODATIONS: The Clarion Hotel has a limited number of rooms available at a discount rate of $66/night for Friday night 10/18 and/or Sat. night 10/19. They're holding that rate through Sat. 10/5/02. The Clarion's number is (423) 756-5150; tell them you're with the academic quizbowl. WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE: Surprise, surprise. Tournament director will be Charlie Steinhice, with Dorothy Morisch as official stats goddess. Contact me at steinhic_at_... for further details.
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