ANNOUNCEMENT: OQBA Fall Challenge

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The Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance is pleased to invite all high school academic bowl teams to the OQBA Fall Challenge IV, to be held on Saturday, October 30, 2004, on the campus of Redlands Community College in El Reno OK (about 20 minutes west of Oklahoma City). High school teams from Oklahoma and beyond will participate in this event. Registration will begin at 8:30 AM, a general meeting will be held at 9:00 AM, and matches should begin by 9:30.

There will be six preliminary rounds against randomly-selected opponents before the top sixteen teams will advance to double-elimination playoffs. All teams should expect to play until at least 2:00 in the afternoon. Matches will be played according in tossup-bonus format according to standard NAQT rules <http://www.naqt.com/rules.html>, except that matches will be played as two untimed halves of 10 tossups each with bonuses. IMPORTANT: This tournament does not use standard OSSAA rules. Please review the rules and format carefully before deciding to attend.

The entry fee is $50 per team. Each school will receive one copy of the questions, which may be picked up after the conclusion of the final match. Schools are limited to two teams per school. Each school is also requested to bring at least one buzzer system and one person per team (nonplaying student, team alternate, or adult) to serve as a scorekeeper. If this will be a problem, please let us know in advance. The entry deadline is October 21st.

Entry fees or purchase orders should be made out to OQBA and directed to (note this is a new address):

OQBA
PO Box 1428
Norman OK 73070-1428

If you have additional questions, please contact us at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you in El Reno on October 30!


Sincerely,


Eric Bell
on behalf of Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance