I, Charles Hang, will be Tournament Director. To register, or if you have any questions, please email our team at [email protected].
Eligibility
High schoolers are exempt from the usual requirement that players and teams play under their actual personal and team names. High schoolers are also welcome to form open teams, contingent on my approval.The original tournament announcement wrote:Only undergraduate and high school students can play this tournament. "Undergraduate" in this case does not follow the traditional ACF definition--fifth-year (or greater) undergraduates with no bachelor's-level degree are still eligible to play.
Less-experienced grad students (i.e. grad students who have not played a tournament before this school year, with slight exceptions granted at our discretion) can request permission directly from us to play the set (by contacting [Young Fenimore Lee] at [email protected]), and if granted will be able to play at a mirror. Otherwise, they will not be allowed to play.
Time
Tournament check-in will begin at 8:30 AM, morning announcements will be at 8:50, and play will begin at 9:00.
Location
The tournament will probably take place in Eads Hall (Building 31 here). Due to construction on our campus, we advise that you park at the Simon Lot here.
Registration
To register, please e-mail our team at [email protected] with the following information:
1/ The number of teams you will bring
2/ The number of buzzers you will bring
3/ The names of your players on each team
4/ The number of staff you will bring
5/ A cell phone number for someone attending the tournament so that I can reach you the day of the event in case of emergencies
Fee Structure
Base fee: $110
Buzzer systems: -$5 each
Staffers: -$10 each
Travel: -$10 for every 200 mi. traveled
Minimum Fee: $40
Checks should be made out to "Washington University Quiz Bowl;" we can also take cash payments, but greatly prefer payment by check.
Questions
The tournament will be use the Stevenson Memorial Tournament set, a spiritual successor to past years' Minnesota Undergraduate Tournament (MUT) sets and last year's Eisenhower Memorial Tournament (EMT) set. Past MUT sets and the EMT set can be found here.
Field (To be updated as registrations and expressions of interest appear)
WUSTL 4 (3 buzzers, many staffers)
Illinois 2 (4 buzzers, 1 staffer)
Missouri 2 (1 buzzer, 0 staffers)
Louisville 1 (2 buzzers, 0 staffers)
Truman State 1 (1 buzzer, 0 staffers)
"Scholar Quiz A" 1 (0 buzzers, 0 staffers)
East Central College 1 (0 buzzers, 0 staffers)
We are tentatively capping the field at 12 teams due to staffing limitations.
Please feel free to share this announcement with any schools that you think would be interested in attending.