As previously announced, the UTC Academic Trivia Association will host the 6th annual Moon Pie (TM) Classic* in scenic Chattanooga, TN. This academic quizbowl tournament will be a one-day event Sat., April 24, 2004. The format is modified ACF. Packet submission is not required, but will be well rewarded (see below.) We will follow the Moon Pie Classic with its customary chaser, the 5th annual RC Cola Classic, a packet submission trash tournament, on Sunday, April 25 (more info to follow.) FORMAT: This will be "softcore ACF," untimed rounds of 20 questions. Since the field will include a fair number of Division II teams, we'll be aiming for a lower degree of difficulty than most ACF-style tournaments. Assuming a similar field size to past years, we will have a bracketed round robin followed by playoffs. ELIGIBILITY: The Moon Pie is open to all teams of current collegiate students from a single institution, with no restrictions on grad students. We will award trophies in two divisions, with the second division for teams composed exclusively of players in their first or second year of independent, NAQT, or ACF intercollegiate quizbowl competition. (CBCI and HCASC experience are not counted for the experience limits.) Teams from two-year schools will also be eligible for Division II even if they have players with two or more years' experience. FEES: Base fee per team: $95 Minimum fee after discounts: $55 Discounts/penalties -- Working buzzer: -$5 (1 per team; if you bring a 2nd buzzer and we actually need to use it we'll knock off another $5) Experienced reader: will be given their choice of $10 off the fee, or the same bribe we offer our house readers, dinner at Provino's. (Guess which one they'll take.) Additional teams from same school: -$10 Distance >400 miles (one way): -$15 Packet meeting guidelines below, submitted by Sun., Mar. 28: -$20 Packet meeting guidelines below, submitted after Sun. 3/28 but by Sun., Apr. 4: -$10 Packet meeting guidelines below, submitted after Sun. 4/4 but by Sun. 4/11: +/-$0 Packet meeting guidelines below, submitted after Sun. 4/11 but by Sun. 4/18: +$10 No packet submitted: +$20 Full-time reader for the Dennis Haskins Open (high school) Sat. 3/20: $15 Full-time reader for TRASHionals Sat.-Sun., 4/17-4/18: $15 Full-time reader for the RC Cola Classic Sun. 4/25: $10 IMPORTANT: Entry fee is only $65 for any school participating in their first independent UTC tournament; additional teams from the same school $55. First-time teams are also exempt from the no-packet-submission penalty. SCHEDULE: We will once again be in the shiny new Engineering, Math, & Computer Science Building, with tournament HQ in room 201 (Card Family Auditorium.) Registration will begin at 9 AM EDT, announcements at 9:45, play starts at 10. We can't say exactly when it'll end till we know the size of the field, but we'll be aiming for around 8:30 PM and will definitely finish by 10:00 in time to get to Provino's before it closes. PACKET GUIDELINES: It's not mandatory, but it'll make life easier on me if you can e-mail the packet as either an MS Word or RTF file, if the essential parts of the answer are in bold, and if you insert the word "Answer:" before each answer. To encourage participation by Division II teams, we prefer a degree of difficulty considered easy to moderate by current invitational standards. While not beginning with giveaway clues, most tossups should be answerable by most teams by the end of the question. Bonuses should be such that a novice team stands a good chance of getting at least 10 pts., a good team 20, and the best teams all 30 pts. DISTRIBUTION: To make editing easier, we ask for 25 tossups and 25 bonuses per packet, distributed as follows: Literature 5 Recommended: at least 2 20th century, at least 2 pre-20th century at least 2 U.S./Canadian, at least 2 non-U.S./Canadian Sciences 5 Required: at least 1 each, but no more than 2 each, of biology, physics, & chemistry History 5 Recommended: at least 2 20th century, at least 2 pre-20th century at least 2 U.S./Canadian, at least 2 non-U.S./Canadian The remaining 10 should contain at least 1 each and no more than 3 of: Philosophy/religion/myth Fine arts Social sciences incl. geography Popular culture General knowledge/interdisciplinary STYLE: Tossups -- average length 3 sentences. We want questions that begin with lesser-known details and gradually get easier. Please try to make the first clue something that will uniquely identify the correct answer. And please don't violate the pronoun rule -- e.g.,, if your first pronoun is "He..." the answer should be a person, not a title. Bonuses -- all bonuses worth a possible 30 pts.; no single-part all-or-nothing bonuses. We don't want 6-part boni unless they're very, very short, and even then use sparingly. Also use the 30-20-10 format sparingly. ACCOMMODATIONS: Our usual hotel of choice, the Clarion, couldn't give us a block of rooms for that weekend. If you need help finding lodgings, let me know and I'll see what I can arrange. DIRECTIONS: ***Again, note that we're in the new EMCS Building*** From Atlanta and points south -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 west towards downtown, then follow the freeway splitoff for U.S. 27 North, downtown Chattanooga. From 27 North take the 4th Street exit, within sight of the Tennessee Aquarium. Go right on 4th St. (you have no choice) and follow it for ca. 1 mile. Continue past the UTC Arena on 4th St., which thereafter bends left to become E. 3rd St. You'll pass a cemetery on the right, followed by a very small side street to ignore. Continue to the next cross street, Palmetto. Turn right on Palmetto St. The EMCS Building is on Palmetto between E. 5th and Vine St., in the second block down on the right. Look for the breezeway through the middle of the building and enter the door to the right of the breezeway; Card Family Auditorium is just inside on your left. * From Knoxville and points north -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 West; directions from there same as above. * From Nashville and points west/north: Take I-24 east to Chattanooga. As you round Moccasin Bend (freeway goes alongside river) watch for two exit lanes on the right; take the less rightward of the two, which will have signs above it for U.S. 27 N. Rest of directions are the same as above. * From Birmingham and points southwest: Take I-59 to the outskirts of Chattanooga, where it dead-ends into I-24. Get on I-24 East and follow the Nashville directions from there. WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE: Tournament director (again) will be Charlie Steinhice. If you need directions or have any questions, I can be reached at my office (423-763-7147) or home (423-877-2706), or by e-mail at steinhic [at] bellsouth [dot] net. * The name Moon Pie is a registered trademark, used with the kind permission of Chattanooga Bakery, Inc., which also provides us with those yummy marshmallowy prizes.
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