Beer Bowl IV mirror at the University of Iowa!

dr_pookman <*dr_pookman_at_dr_pookman.yahoo.invalid*> · Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:29:17 -0000

     ~~BEER BOWL IV~~

Who: University of Iowa Academic Quiz Club*
What: Beer Bowl 4 (mirror)
Where: Iowa City, Iowa
When: Sunday March 22, 2004

   This mirror of Beer Bowl 4 will be a non-packet submission 
tournament.  If you would like to submit a packet, however, you will 
receive a discount.  Packet submissions and packet questions should 
be directed to USF's Rob Fernandez (gamaliel8_at_...).  

   UIAQC will also be hosting a mirror of USF's Sun `N'
Fun Academic 
Tournament on Saturday, March 21.  If you would like to come to 
either (or both) mirrors, please contact Andrew Juhl 
(dr_pookman_at_yahoo,com). 

Tournament director(s): 

     UIAQC (mirror) = Andrew Juhl (dr_pookman_at_yahoo,com)   
     USF (actual BB4) = Rob Fernandez (gamaliel8_at_...)

Fees:

     First team: $50
     Second team: $40
     Third team: You get the idea
     Buzzers: -$5 for each
     Minimum registration fee: $25**

Packet guidelines: 

   22 tossups and 23 bonuses

   3-4 TV (no more than 2 from the same decade)
   3-4 Film (no more than 2 from the same decade)
   3-4 Music (no more than 2 from the same decade)
   3-4 Sports (no more than 2 from the same sport or decade)
   3-4 Trash Literature (including at least one tossup and one bonus 
on comic books or strips per packet)
   3-4 Misc. (computer games, board or role playing games, food, 
drink, trash current events, etc., anything that doesn't fit the 
other categories)

   Try to avoid dry questions which are primarily someone's
résumé 
(i.e. "This person was born here, grew up here, went to school here, 
won this award no one's heard of...") unless those facts are 
distinctive or interesting. Visual bonuses are strongly encouraged.
If you have a question which requires something other than paper to 
pull off, run the idea by us, and if it's cool and remotely feasible, 
we'll probably do it.

Freelance packets: 

   We want them. We'll give you a free set of BB4 questions. Last 
year's tournament was 11 rounds, so you get plenty of trash. We can 
also bribe you with academic packets from our other tournaments, beer 
or other potables, or some of our less useful players.

*mirroring the University of South Florida
**unless you submit a packet, then we'll go lower

++Andrew Juhl, Pres. UIAQC