QOTC XII Announcement

Chris White <*cwhite2_at_benjaminthedonkey.yahoo.invalid*> · Thu, 08 Jan 2004 20:00:06 -0000

Hi all-

The Swarthmore College Bowl Team is pleased to announce that it will 
be hosting QOTC XII: Poisoning Pigeons in the Crum, its annual mACF 
spring invitatonal, on March 20.  Difficulty will be approximately 
ACF Regionals-level (we hope to challenge teams who need a tune-up 
for Nationals without completely befuddling those with no such 
plans), and a donut and juice breakfast and pizza lunch will be 
served.  

We will run the tournament with as few as seven or eight teams, 
though we hope to reach the 11-13 team range. If there are playoff 
questions, they may be more difficult than the round-robin, but 
we'll try to not make the jump as severe as it was last year.  The 
finals will be tough.  We are also interested in freelancers and 
packet swaps, interested parties should let me know at cwhite [at] 
swarthmore [dot] edu.

Eligibility: (Read carefuly, it's a little different than many 
tournaments.) Anyone currently enrolled in a degree-granting college 
program is eligible to play.  Since March 20 is spring break for 
many area teams, we will allow bastard teams to compete (and may 
allow masters teams as well) in the hope that schools otherwise 
unable to put together a full team because of spring break may 
combine forces.

I am aware that this more lenient policy towards nontraditional 
teams may be off-putting to less experienced teams that wish to 
attend.  To mitigate this, we will offer an undergrad title to the 
highest placing team composed entirely of undergraduate students 
from the same school. (All the teams will compete together.)

Fees:
Base fee: $100
Base fee for undergrad teams: $90
B teams: $80
C,D teams: $70
Buzzer: -$10
Moderator: -$10
Extra Pizza: +$10 (remember, each team already gets one.)

Packet Requirements:  All teams not composed entirely of first-year 
players are expected to submit a full packet.  I am willing to work 
with less experienced teams to fulfill these requirements.

Discounts/Penalties:
-$25 off if turned in by noon, Friday Jan. 30
-$10 off "..." noon, Friday Feb. 6
-$0 off "..." noon, Friday Feb. 20
+$10 extra "..." noon, Friday Feb. 27
+$20 extra "..." noon, Friday March 5
+$35 extra "..." noon, Tuesday March 16.  No packets will be 
accepted after this date.

Guidelines/Distribution:
We are asking for 25 tossups and 25 boni with a difficulty 
approximately equal to ACF Regionals. Basic guidelines can be found 
at http://www.inform.umd.edu/StudentOrg/maqt/acf/documents.html. If 
you have any more questions (about difficulty or style, for 
instance), you can contact me at cwhite2 [at] swarthmore [dot] edu.

Literature- 5/5 (At least 1/1 each on American, 
British/Commonwealth, and non-English lit. Be sure to spread the 
questions over a number of time periods.)

Science- 5/5 (At least 1/1 each on biology, chemistry, and physics. 
At least one question on math, and other disciplines may also be 
included, though are not required. No more than 1/1 science history.)

History- 5/5 (Be sure to spread the questions over a number of 
cultures and time periods. *Serious* current events may be included, 
up to 1/1.)

Religion, Philosophy, Mythology- 2/3 or 3/2 (Roughly even split 
between the three areas; be sure to spread the questions over a 
number of cultures and time periods.)

Fine Arts- 2/3 or 3/2 (At least 1/1 each on classical music and 
visual arts. Serious film, dance, and jazz may also be included.)

Social Sciences/Geography- 2/2 (At least 1/1 must be in the social 
sciences; no more than 1 question per each social science. The 
social sciences include, but are not limited to, psychology, 
ecomonics, sociology, linguistics, archaeology, and political 
science.)

Trash/ General Knowledge/Sports- 2/2 (Try to spread the questions 
out over different subcategories; GK includes interdisciplinary 
questions as well as, for example, tossups with answer "is". Trashy 
current events go here.)

Your Choice- 1/1 (Anything you want. The questions should be in two
different categories; fine arts, r/p/m, and social sciences are 
especially encouraged.)

Format:

Keep categories separated; boni prompts should be marked off
simply by a carriage return and the number of points the prompt is
worth in square brackets; answers should be marked off by ANSWER: 
and a space, boldface all essential parts.

Email them to me at cwhite2 [at] swarthmore [dot] edu.

Thanks,

Chris White
Swarthmore College Bowl