The Bergen County Academies Quizbowl Team is pleased to announce its first-ever housewritten packet for our tournament, the second Bergen Academies Spring Quizbowl Tournament (BASQT). This set will be head-edited by senior Zachary Stier and written by members of the Bergen team at regular-season high school difficulty.
We would be looking for potential mirror sites for tournament dates beginning February 1st, 2016. To request the set for mirroring at a rate of $10 per team in attendance, please contact [email protected] with your school name, location, planned date and estimated field. It is expected that mirror sites use standard tossup-bonus format. The PACE-NSC format to be used at the Hackensack site is not necessary.
In addition, we would be grateful for any test-readers with editing experience who could aid us in finalizing the set before then to ensure a great experience for all those involved.
The distribution will be as follows:
4/4 Literature
>1.5/1.5 US
>1.5/1.5 Non-US English-language
>1/1 World
4/4 History
>1/1 US
>1/1 Europe
>2/2 World and Non-Traditional [common link, etc.]
4/4 Science
>1/1 Biology
>1/1 Chemistry
>1/1 Physics
>1/1 Math/Computer Science/Other [no computation math]
3/3 Fine Arts
>1.5/1.5 Visual
>1.5/1.5 Audio
1/1 Religion
1/1 Mythology
1/1 Philosophy/Social Science
1/1 Geography/Current Events
1/1 Trash
(1/1 Tiebreaker, distributed among Literature/History/Science/Fine Arts)
There will be 14 packets, each containing 21 power-marked tossups and 21 bonuses (1 of each for tiebreaks).
BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
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BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
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Rebecca Rosenthal, Bergen County Academies '16, Swarthmore College '20
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Re: BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
The 1/1 World lit distribution includes Continental Europe as well?
Eric Wolfsberg
Bethlehem Central High School 2016
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Bethlehem Central High School 2016
University of Delaware 2020
Stanford 2025 or whatever
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Re: BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
Yes, "World" here means anything not originally written in English.Xochiquetzal wrote:The 1/1 World lit distribution includes Continental Europe as well?
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Re: BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
12 of the 14 packets for BASQT have now been written and we are still accepting mirror requests. Here are the current sites (last updated January 4):
Mirror Sites:
Huskie Bowl at NIU, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL - January 31st
Halsville, MO - February 6
BASQT II, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack NJ - March 5th
Final Countdown Invitational, Miami Valley, Dayton OH - April 2
Mirror Sites:
Huskie Bowl at NIU, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb IL - January 31st
Halsville, MO - February 6
BASQT II, Bergen County Academies, Hackensack NJ - March 5th
Final Countdown Invitational, Miami Valley, Dayton OH - April 2
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Re: BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
The last scheduled mirror of this event is our tournament on March 5. If other groups would like to run our set this spring, please contact me or Rebecca in the next week; otherwise, we will post the set shortly after our tournament.
Jon Pinyan
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11
"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
Coach, Bergen County Academies (NJ); former player for BCA (2000-03) and WUSTL (2003-07)
HSQB forum mod, PACE member
Stat director for: NSC '13-'15, '17; ACF '14, '17, '19; NHBB '13-'15; NASAT '11
"A [...] wizard who controls the weather" - Jerry Vinokurov
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Re: BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
Our final mirror will be this Saturday at Miami Valley School's tournament in Dayton. If you would still like to mirror this set, please contact me immediately. Otherwise BASQT will be posted publicly shortly after April 2.
Rebecca Rosenthal, Bergen County Academies '16, Swarthmore College '20
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Re: BASQT 2016: Available Starting February 2016
The final edition of our set is now available for download.
Thank you to Mr. Pinyan, Ben Zhang, and Alex Dzurick for their help in reviewing the set and to our mirror sites for sharing this set with some great teams.
Thank you to Mr. Pinyan, Ben Zhang, and Alex Dzurick for their help in reviewing the set and to our mirror sites for sharing this set with some great teams.
Rebecca Rosenthal, Bergen County Academies '16, Swarthmore College '20
PACE, Director of Communications
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PACE, Director of Communications
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