Quaker Fall Open II @ Penn [WHAQ/SCOP] (12/3/16)
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:26 am
The quizbowl team at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announce our second-annual Quaker Fall Open, to be held on the Penn campus in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, December 3rd.
Divisions and Questions: This tournament will have two divisions: Open and Novice. The Open division will use the WHAQ question set while the Novice division will use the SCOP question set.
The Open division is open to any high school team. The Novice division has the following eligibility rules:
1. Any 9th or 10th grade player is eligible
2. Any player who has never played a weekend tournament primarily on pyramidal questions before is eligible (IU competitions of any kind do not count against this)
3. Any player who has never averaged more than 20 PPG for the whole tournament at a pyramidal quizbowl tournament before is eligible
All players on a Novice team must be eligible for the team to compete in the Novice division. Let us know if you have any questions about eligibility; we are happy to address those on a case-by-case basis.
Fees:
$80 per team in the open division (guaranteed at least 10 rounds)
$70 per team in the novice division (guaranteed at least 8 rounds)
-$25 for a competent, experienced moderator who can stay all tournament
-$5 for each fully functional buzzer set
-$30 for the first team from a school that has not played at a pyramidal weekend quizbowl tournament (IU competitions do not count against this) since September 1st, 2014
Payment: Checks should be made out to our co-president, "JinAh Kim" (preferred) or "Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania." We can provide invoices in advance to teams that need them as well as a mailing address (available on request).
Field Size: Our field cap and absolute room limit is 42 teams total, with ideally an 18-24 open/novice split. A school may register up to 3 teams (total) initially. Any additional teams will be placed on a waitlist. Last year, our field filled quickly and we had a waitlist 15 teams deep at one point, though the waitlist later cleared as teams adjusted their numbers.
To Register: Please contact us at [email protected] for further information or to register. To register, please email us your school's name, the number of teams that you are bringing, the number of (working) buzzer systems that you can bring, and any moderators that you can bring. Before you register, be sure that you have talked to all team members who might be in attendance and confirmed that they are available to attend the tournament on that date. This is an SAT date.
Please let us know if you can help moderate! We will seek to have outside moderators reimbursed for the full cost of travel in addition to providing a light breakfast and lunch for all moderators (including school-provided ones).
Full logistical details will be sent to registered teams closer to the tournament date.
Thank you and hope to see you at our tournament in December!
Divisions and Questions: This tournament will have two divisions: Open and Novice. The Open division will use the WHAQ question set while the Novice division will use the SCOP question set.
The Open division is open to any high school team. The Novice division has the following eligibility rules:
1. Any 9th or 10th grade player is eligible
2. Any player who has never played a weekend tournament primarily on pyramidal questions before is eligible (IU competitions of any kind do not count against this)
3. Any player who has never averaged more than 20 PPG for the whole tournament at a pyramidal quizbowl tournament before is eligible
All players on a Novice team must be eligible for the team to compete in the Novice division. Let us know if you have any questions about eligibility; we are happy to address those on a case-by-case basis.
Fees:
$80 per team in the open division (guaranteed at least 10 rounds)
$70 per team in the novice division (guaranteed at least 8 rounds)
-$25 for a competent, experienced moderator who can stay all tournament
-$5 for each fully functional buzzer set
-$30 for the first team from a school that has not played at a pyramidal weekend quizbowl tournament (IU competitions do not count against this) since September 1st, 2014
Payment: Checks should be made out to our co-president, "JinAh Kim" (preferred) or "Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania." We can provide invoices in advance to teams that need them as well as a mailing address (available on request).
Field Size: Our field cap and absolute room limit is 42 teams total, with ideally an 18-24 open/novice split. A school may register up to 3 teams (total) initially. Any additional teams will be placed on a waitlist. Last year, our field filled quickly and we had a waitlist 15 teams deep at one point, though the waitlist later cleared as teams adjusted their numbers.
To Register: Please contact us at [email protected] for further information or to register. To register, please email us your school's name, the number of teams that you are bringing, the number of (working) buzzer systems that you can bring, and any moderators that you can bring. Before you register, be sure that you have talked to all team members who might be in attendance and confirmed that they are available to attend the tournament on that date. This is an SAT date.
Please let us know if you can help moderate! We will seek to have outside moderators reimbursed for the full cost of travel in addition to providing a light breakfast and lunch for all moderators (including school-provided ones).
Full logistical details will be sent to registered teams closer to the tournament date.
Thank you and hope to see you at our tournament in December!