Sun 'n Fun TRASH - 3/18/01

• From: TTUMC_Webmaster
• Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 12:03:44 -0800
• Message-ID: <000T7BJ50.001A4M4SO.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

This is an official announcement that USF will
host a TRASH tournament on March 18 following the Sun
'n Fun Quiz-in. Cool name TBD. Tournament Director
will be Anthony "Nap" Napolitano (aka Fred
Sanford).

Teams playing in the Sun 'n Fun on Saturday will
receive substantial discounts.

FEES: Base team fee
is $75. (Minimum fee with all discounts:
$30)

Discounts:
* Second team: -$10
* Third team: -$15
*
Fourth+ teams: -$20
* Attended Sun 'n Fun: -$20
*
Packet received in good order by 2/16/01: -$20
*
Packet received in good order by 2/23/01: -$10
*
Working buzzer system: -$10
* Bring competent
moderator: -$10

Only first teams have to provide a
packet. Second+ teams may provide a packet for additional
discounts.

Penalties:
* Packet received in good order by 3/3/00: +$0
*
Packet received after 3/3/00, or if you do not wish to
write a packet: +$25

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QUESTION GUIDELINES:
Packets will consist of 25
Toss-ups/Bonuses. Please conform as closely as possible to the
following distribution and rules:

 Number
Category
 2 - 4 Movies
 2 - 4 TV
 2 - 4 Sports
 2
- 4 Music
 2 - 4 Trashy "literature"
 2 - 4
Trashy current events
 No more than 2 each:

Computer games & other computer stuff
 Comics
 Junk
food
 Potent potables
 Board
games

FORMAT:
All packets are expected to be submitted in Times New
Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch margins; all line
limitations below are in those terms.

TOSSUPS:
No
spelling tossups. No "For a quick 10 points" (FAQTP)
tossups. Tossup texts should not exceed five lines, and
must not exceed six lines. Please do not mark power
points in tossups. The Tournament Director will mark
these.

BONI:
All boni must be worth 30 points. No one-part,
all-or-nothing boni. No bonus may contain more than four
prompts. Bonus lead-ins should be kept as short as
possible. Place answers after each bonus part, not all at
the end of the question. We may use visual boni in
the prelim rounds; if you wish to submit a visual
bonus, please e-mail the tournament director for
instructions.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Please sort questions by category.
Do not randomize your packet. You may send tossups
and boni in the same file or two different files, but
please do not intersperse tossups and boni. Use boldface
and underlining to indicate minimally accepted
answers. If you submit files in text format, please
enclose the minimal answer in _underscores_. Please do
not use unnecessary italics or
capitalization.

Please indicate the start of a bonus part by placing its
value in brackets: [15], [30], [10], even if they are
all the same. Please do not use any other
marking(s).

Please submit your packet as an attachment to an e-mail
message, in the following order of preference: 1) MS Word
(preferred), Rich Text Format (RTF), plain text/ASCII (least
preferred). The header must contain the
following
information: school, team(s), and the names of all question
writers for that packet. 

Email packets to:
anapolit_at_...