Man, I didn't realize the announcement was this long. Anyway, as Paul Harvey would say, here's the rest of the story. PACKET SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: To encourage participation by Division II teams, we prefer questions written in the pyramid structure typical of ACF, but at a degree of difficulty considered easy to moderate by current invitational standards. 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 of biology, physics, and 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 (preferably not more than 1 in a given pop culture category, such as movies, sports, music, potent potables, etc.) General knowledge/interdisciplinary As for the style: Tossups -- average length 3 sentences. We want questions that begin with lesser-known details and gradually get easier. And please don't violate the pronoun rule -- e.g.,, if your first pronoun is "He..." the answer should be the person, not a title. Bonuses -- all bonuses worth a possible 30 pts.; no single-part all-or-nothing bonuses. 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. Finally, it'll make life easier on me if you can submit the packet as either MS Word or RTF, and if you insert the word "Answer:" before each answer. LOCATION: Tournament headquarters is 129 Grote Hall; matches will take place in Grote and Holt Halls on the UT-Chattanooga campus. LODGINGS: This time we've arranged with the Clarion Hotel for discount rooms for those of you who want to stay as close as possible to the campus. The Clarion is holding rooms for us through April 14 for Friday night 4/28 and/or Saturday night 4/29 at the rate of $65 per night plus tax for up to 4 people. Their number is (423) 756-5150; tell them you're entitled to the special quizbowl rate. DIRECTIONS: From Atlanta or Knoxville -- take I-75 to Chattanooga, then I-24 west towards downtown. Once in town follow the freeway splitoff for U.S. 27 N./Downtown. >From 27 N. take the 4th St. exit, within sight of the Tennessee Aquarium. Go right on 4th St. (you have no choice) and follow it for ca. 1 mile. When you reach the Mackenzie Arena, turn right on Mabel St. Mabel St. goes around a curve and becomes E. 5th St. Shortly thereafter, across from a cemetery, you'll reach Holt Hall. Just past Holt Hall turn right to enter the parking lot. Grote is the other building adjoining that lot. * 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. CONTACT: The Moon Pie's tournament director is Charlie Steinhice, coach of UTC's quizbowl team. I can be reached by e-mail (at charlies_at_...), by phone at 423-763-7137 (office) / 423-877-2706 (home), or by mail at 1185 Mtn. Creek Rd. #1801, Chattanooga, TN 37405. No carrier pigeons, please; there are hawks nearby. (*BTW, we should once again note that the term Moon Pie is a registered trademark of the Chattanooga Bakery, Inc., and used with their kind permission.)
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