Illinois Novice Tournament - Nov. 23, 2002

dom_of_the_platypus <*no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com*> · Mon, 05 Aug 2002 05:32:28 -0000

This is an announcement for the Illinois Novice Tournament, which will
be held Saturday, November 23, 2002 at the University of Illinois in
Urbana-Champaign. This will be a packet-submission event as per the
guidelines below.

*Who Can Play?

The tournament field is open to teams composed of players in their
first or second year of collegiate competition, all of whom attend the
same school.

*What's the Format?

Each match will consist of 20 tossups with accompanying bonuses,
divided into two untimed halves. The tournament will consist of some
form of round robin followed by a playoff to decide the tournament
champion. (Note: the playoff format will not be single elimination.)

*What about the questions?

Each team participating must submit a packet of questions following
the distribution below. Packets submitted by schools sending multiple
teams must be blind. Assistance in writing from more experienced team
members is encouraged. The question difficulty should lie around that
of a competative non-ACF invitational/NAQT SCT. To aid in question
writing, I will send a copy of last year's round robin questions to
each registered school.

Each packet submitted should follow the following subject
distribution (Tossup/Bonus):

History 4/4 
Science 4/4 (no science biography - put that in "other")
Literature 4/4 
Rel/Myth/Phil 3/3 
Fine Arts 3/3 
Geography 1/1 
Social Sci 1/1 
Other Academic 3/3 
Pop Culture/sports 2/2 (no more than 1 sports question) 
Current Events 1/1 (please avoid story-of-the-moment questions)

Total 26/26

N.B.- No spelling or calculation questions.
- No FAQTP tossups.
- No ordering or multiple choice boni.
- No more than 1/3 of the TU answers should be real people.
- Please be diverse within each distribution category.

All tossups are worth 10 pts and should be no longer than 6 lines; all
boni should be worth a total of 30 pts. 

Packets should be submitted via email to domr_at_... either as
an rtf or text attachment or as text in the body of the email.
Additionally, the entire packet should be submitted as a whole, not
piecemeal, with questions sorted by category. Answers should be
underlined and bolded.

*What's the cost?

Base fee for accepted questions by Sep. 13        $50
Base fee for accepted questions by Nov.  1        $85

Moderator discount                               -$10
Buzzer (working) discount                        -$10
Each additional team                             -$ 5

Packet accepted after Nov. 1                     +$25
Packet not submitted/unacceptable                +$50

There is a $30 fee for any team that registers but then cancels or
fails to show for non-emergency reasons without notifying me via email
2 days in advance.

Please notify me by _Oct. 1_ if you intend to register a team.

*Where can I get more information/register a team/send a packet?

All of the above should be addressed to Dom Ricci, domr_at_....

Hope to see you here in November!

Dom

"A Connecticut Yankee in the Central Time Zone"