ANNOUNCEMENT: CARDINAL CLASSIC XII

• From: RSBhan
• Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 19:13:22 -0800
• Message-ID: <000U10CUI.001DRN84D.12170551-quizbowl_at_...>

I've posted the original announcement below with
a few minor changes:

1) There is now a CCXII
website. It's pretty much the same thing as this
announcement.
<a href=http://www.stanford.edu/group/CollegeBowl/CCXII.html target=new>http://www.stanford.edu/group/CollegeBowl/CCXII.html</a>

2) In accordance with Cardinal Classic tradition,
there will be power marks in the TUs. You can put them
in yourself if you want, or I'll take care of
it.

3) Also in accordance with CC tradition, the
questions will be posted on the Stanford College Bowl
Question Archive after the tournament. Thus, my promise of
a free set of questions in exchange for freelance
packets is invalid. However, if you'd still like to
submit one send me an e-mail and we'll see if we can
work something out.

4) Finally, please note
that out of state teams are still required to submit a
packet despite the fact that they play for
free.

The early packet deadline is in a little over a week.
Hope to see you all in Palo Alto this
February.

***Original Announcement***

Hi, all.

CARDINAL
CLASSIC XII: Beware the Esker will be held on Saturday,
February 2, 2002 at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.
CARDINAL CLASSIC XII, as usual, will be a timed,
packet-submission tournament featuring questions approximating the
difficulty of NAQT Sectionals/ACF Fall. CCXII will be an
open tournament eligible to all teams regardless of
composition. CCXII will also feature recognition of the best
division II team (i.e. teams composed entirely of 1st- and
2nd-year players).

The following
discounts/penalties are applicable to CCXII:

Base Fee
$100
No charge for non-CA teams
-$5 per working buzzer
set
-$10 per competent game official
-$20 if packet
received by Dec. 15, 2001
-$10 if packet received by
Jan. 2, 2002
No penalty if packet received by Jan.
17, 2002
+$10 if packet received by Jan. 24,
2002
+$20 if packet received after Jan. 24, 2002
Minimum
Fee $60

Each team is required to submit a
packet of 30 toss-ups and 30 bonuses. As this is a timed
tournament, please make sure your toss-ups are no more than
4-5 lines of text (12 point Times New Roman or
equivalents). Also, please restrict your bonus lead-ins to 1
line and each bonus part to 2 lines. There should be
no five- or six-prompt bonuses and maybe 1
four-prompt bonus per round.

Despite the fact that the
questions must be on the short side, there is still plenty
of room for lots of clues. Please saturate your
questions with as much information as possible and leave
out bullshit like This novel, noted for its use of
symbolism and imagery, is thought of by critics the world
over as being a good read. As this tournament will
be on the easy side, please make all your questions
answerable by the lowest common denominator. Your knowledge
of 20th century Mongolian dictators or sub-Saharan
philosophers will not impress me, but your ability to write an
excellent toss-up on Andrew Jackson or Richard Wagner
will.

Please adhere to the following distribution when writing
your packet, while varying each category as much as
possible (e.g. science should include physics, chemistry,
biology, et al.):

Literature  6/6
Science 
6/6
History  6/6
Social Science  3/3
Fine Arts 
3/3
RMP  3/3
Sports/Trash/Current Events 
3/3

If you feel you are unable to complete a packet,
please contact me and we may be able to work something
out. Im generally pretty flexible on these things if
theres good reason.

Finally, many teams and
individuals from across the country have already expressed
interest in attending CARDINAL CLASSIC XII: Beware the
Esker, so it should prove to be a diverse and exciting
field. I would highly encourage teams everywhere to come
to this tournament for just one reason: its in
California, and California is better than wherever you are
right now.

If youd like to register for this
p