THIRD (FINAL?) ANNOUNCEMENT [This announcement is intended for pre-registered teams as well.] The Duke College Bowl team announces it will host the 2003 Duke High School Celebrity Shoot Biography Tournament on Saturday, November 1, 2003, for interested high school academic teams. While the emphasis for our field falls within the state of North Carolina, any interested academic team within the region may apply to compete. The only teams ineligible to compete are those attending the Case High School Celebrity Shoot tournament the weekend before in Cleveland, Ohio. Format: This format is similar to the NC Public Libraries Quiz Bowl competition in that no buzzers will be used. Specifically, here is the general format: 1) All questions will pertain to biographical information about an individual in an academic or non-academic field. 2) All answers will be written and submitted. No buzzers are needed. 3) The team competition consists of three events in which all students compete against the same set of questions. No match play. a. Individual preliminary test (all four team members individually take a written test) b. Foursomes team round (all four team members can consult when answering questions) c. Category relay (one of the four team members [at a time] answer a series of questions related by category) 4) An individual championship will be determined by taking the students who scored within the top 64 in the preliminary test and placing them in one-on-one non-buzzer single-elimination matches. Announced awards Top 4 teams get a trophy. Top 4 individuals overall get a medal. Top 4 freshmen/sophomore scorers on the preliminary test get a trophy. If there are 2 or more teams consisting of students from different schools set up by the Tournament Organizers on the day of competition, the best chimeric team will get a trophy for each of its members. Additional awards may be awarded at the discretion of the Tournament Staff as warranted. Entry fee structure $35 for the first team of exactly four students, $5 for each additional student (alternate). $20 for new schools to register their first team after October 21 [anyone who registered one team prior to October 21 can add additional teams with no surcharge]. Checks may be submitted at on-site registration. Checks should be made payable to Duke College Bowl. Pre-registration All teams that pre-registered should submit the names of their students and grade levels (9-12) by October 28. At on-site registration we will confirm your rosters and assignments. We prefer that you separate your students into four-person groups and clearly state which students are your intended alternates. All rosters submitted will NOT be considered final or fixed until after on-site registration is complete. Please note: all "alternates" will be competing. For the computer savvy, if you submit your rosters, I would prefer submitting them as a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel or as a three- column table in Microsoft Word: Name, Team, and Grade, being the headers. The following information is needed in separate columns. For "Team" please just use your school's name unless you are submitting more than one team (in which case list [School name] A or B, etc. Any coaches that wish to compete should also list themselves on this roster, with your "Grade" being "13." Coaches are NOT charged for competing, but obviously they are ineligible for any of the announced awards. Location and schedule Teams competing at the 2003 Duke HSCS should convene at White Lecture Hall Auditorium (Room 107) by 8:45 am. White Lecture Hall is located on Duke's East Campus next to East Duke Building. This is the same building we used for Duke Academic Festival last semester. We expect that we should be complete with the entire tournament by 6:00 pm. Directions to East Campus can be found at http://www.oit.duke.edu/CMSsub/maps/maps.html . At this point we do not expect to be providing lunch, but we are two blocks away from Ninth Street, which has a lot of places to eat. Emil Thomas Chuck, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center
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