CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
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CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
CALISTO (CALIfornia Spring TOurnament), a regular-difficulty high school set, will be available for mirrors starting January 4, 2020.
Writers/Editors
The set will be written by various Californians, and head-edited by Justin French. Our editing team also includes Shahar Schwartz, Avinash Iyer, Jeffrey Ma, Anishka Bandara, and me, Alistair Gray. Production will be overseen by Ankit Aggarwal and James Malouf. I will be handling set logistics.
Set Details
The set will be 15 packets of 20/20 power-marked tossups and bonuses, including a packet of tiebreakers and extras. Tossups will be capped at six lines of 10-point Times New Roman.
Our distribution is:
4/4 Literature (1/1 Long Fiction, 1/1 Poetry, .75/.75 Drama, .75/.75 Other Literature, .5/.5 Mixed)
4/4 History (1/1 US, 1/1 European, 1/1 World, .5/.5 British, .5/.5 Classical/Ancient)
4.5/4.5 Science (1/1 Physics, 1/1 Chemistry, 1/1 Biology, 0.5/0.5 Math, 1/1 Other Science)
3/3 Fine Arts (1/1 Visual, 1/1 Auditory, 1/1 Other)
2.5/2.5 RMPSS (0.75/0.75 Religion, 0.75/0.75 Mythology, 0.25/0.25 Philosophy, 0.75/0.75 Social Science)
2/2 Other (0.5/0.5 Geography, 0.5/0.5 Current Events, 0.5/0.5 Mixed Academic, 0.5/0.5 Popular Culture)
Mirrors
The mirror fee will be $10 per non-house team playing the set. We're looking for mirrors in all circuits; please email me at [email protected] if you would like to mirror, or if you have any questions about the set. Thank you!
edit 6/22: We've added Anishka Bandara as an editor and changed the distribution to have .5/.5 more Other Science, taking that space away from Philosophy.
Writers/Editors
The set will be written by various Californians, and head-edited by Justin French. Our editing team also includes Shahar Schwartz, Avinash Iyer, Jeffrey Ma, Anishka Bandara, and me, Alistair Gray. Production will be overseen by Ankit Aggarwal and James Malouf. I will be handling set logistics.
Set Details
The set will be 15 packets of 20/20 power-marked tossups and bonuses, including a packet of tiebreakers and extras. Tossups will be capped at six lines of 10-point Times New Roman.
Our distribution is:
4/4 Literature (1/1 Long Fiction, 1/1 Poetry, .75/.75 Drama, .75/.75 Other Literature, .5/.5 Mixed)
4/4 History (1/1 US, 1/1 European, 1/1 World, .5/.5 British, .5/.5 Classical/Ancient)
4.5/4.5 Science (1/1 Physics, 1/1 Chemistry, 1/1 Biology, 0.5/0.5 Math, 1/1 Other Science)
3/3 Fine Arts (1/1 Visual, 1/1 Auditory, 1/1 Other)
2.5/2.5 RMPSS (0.75/0.75 Religion, 0.75/0.75 Mythology, 0.25/0.25 Philosophy, 0.75/0.75 Social Science)
2/2 Other (0.5/0.5 Geography, 0.5/0.5 Current Events, 0.5/0.5 Mixed Academic, 0.5/0.5 Popular Culture)
Mirrors
The mirror fee will be $10 per non-house team playing the set. We're looking for mirrors in all circuits; please email me at [email protected] if you would like to mirror, or if you have any questions about the set. Thank you!
edit 6/22: We've added Anishka Bandara as an editor and changed the distribution to have .5/.5 more Other Science, taking that space away from Philosophy.
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
Current Mirrors:
- Pennsylvania: HVQR @ State College HS -- January 11 (cancelled)
- Ohio: SHATEYAHRONA @ Olentangy Berlin HS -- January 11
- Illinois: Loyola Ultima @ Loyola Academy -- January 18
- Northeast Missouri: PAWS @ Palmyra HS -- February 8
- Southwest Missouri: MARS @ Fort Osage HS -- February 8
- Northern California: California Cup 3 @ Evergreen Valley HS --- February 29
- New England: MIT Spring @ MIT -- March 1
- New York City: Columbia Spring @ Columbia -- March 7
- Mid-Atlantic: RM March @ Richard Montgomery HS -- March 22 (cancelled)
- Southern California: ReKT @ Westview HS -- March 28 (cancelled)
- North Carolina @ UNC -- April 18 (cancelled)
- Michigan @ DeWitt HS (cancelled)
- Online (Texas) -- March 22
- Online (General) -- May 16
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
Can you comment on the reasoning behind the unorthodox distribution of this tournament?
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We elected to have a smaller than usual amount of philosophy (.25/.25) because we believe that philosophy is not commonly learned in high school classes and is not a large area of amateur interest among high schoolers. Note that .25/.25 still comes out to 4/4 over the whole set, so philosophy will still be noticeable, just as a minor category rather than a major category.ansonberns wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:27 am Can you comment on the reasoning behind the unorthodox distribution of this tournament?
In place of philosophy, we are asking a greater amount of computer science, astronomy, and earth science since those categories are all either taught in school, have a large amount of amateur interest, or both. Although this makes science 4.5/4.5, upsetting the symmetry of the so-called "big three," science is such a diverse category that (in our opinion) it necessitates being larger.
The only other abnormality in the distribution is that we are distributing literature by genre rather than geography. This has been done by multiple previous HS tournaments, and, given the small askable range of geographies at this level, makes a lot more sense than a geographical distribution.
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
justinfrench1728 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:54 pm We elected to have a smaller than usual amount of philosophy (.25/.25) because we believe that philosophy is not commonly learned in high school classes and is not a large area of amateur interest among high schoolers.
While it is a good idea to include more "relevant" science and show love to categories which are underrepresented in quizbowl, I'm worried that it comes at the cost of other categories. For example, Math, Geography, CE, Social Science, and Trash have a greater distribution than Philosophy.justinfrench1728 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 3:54 pm In place of philosophy, we are asking a greater amount of computer science, astronomy, and earth science since those categories are all either taught in school, have a large amount of amateur interest, or both. Although this makes science 4.5/4.5, upsetting the symmetry of the so-called "big three," science is such a diverse category that (in our opinion) it necessitates being larger.
In my admittedly limited opinion, this might not be a good idea. Geography, Current Events, and Trash aren't really taught in school. Math and Social Science aren't taught (in high school) in a way thats naturally conducive to quizbowl.
I can't suggest a distribution that better either.
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
This distribution is good. It's not the only way to do things, but neither is any other distribution. I would prefer making the math 1/1 and the other science .5/.5, or making them both .75/.75, but it's not my tournament, and these are things that reasonable people can disagree on.
.25/.25 philosophy for regular high school difficulty is enough philosophy. If somebody else wants to do .5/.5, that can be done, but I think that Justin's assessment of philosophy is accurate. In higher difficulties, there should be more philosophy than .25/.25, but I don't see the need for more at regular high school difficulty.
.25/.25 philosophy for regular high school difficulty is enough philosophy. If somebody else wants to do .5/.5, that can be done, but I think that Justin's assessment of philosophy is accurate. In higher difficulties, there should be more philosophy than .25/.25, but I don't see the need for more at regular high school difficulty.
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There is a lot of extracurricular interest in these categories (and also in math and parts of social science), unlike philosophy, which has a fairly small amount of extracurricular interest at this level.Hypersmart wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:00 pm In my admittedly limited opinion, this might not be a good idea. Geography, Current Events, and Trash aren't really taught in school.
I don't think this is true— anecdotally I've gotten lots of buzzes from high school math and economics, and we are writing our questions specifically to reward knowledge that is taught in school.Hypersmart wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:00 pm Math and Social Science aren't taught (in high school) in a way thats naturally conducive to quizbowl.
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
CALISTO is 68% complete, and still looking for mirrors in many regions!
We have also decided, on Ankit's suggestion, to waive the mirror fee for teams that hosts would charge $10 or less from schools classified under Title I of the ESEA; we hope that this policy will help hosts in efforts to expand quizbowl to high-poverty schools that might be priced out.
We have also decided, on Ankit's suggestion, to waive the mirror fee for teams that hosts would charge $10 or less from schools classified under Title I of the ESEA; we hope that this policy will help hosts in efforts to expand quizbowl to high-poverty schools that might be priced out.
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
I would like to know what set is similar to CALISTO, so that way I can accordingly study those packets.
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
Check out sets labelled "(2)" on https://quizbowlpackets.com/ (i.e. WHAQ, LIST, etc.) - those should be around the same difficulty level.adhvaithr7 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:09 pm I would like to know what set is similar to CALISTO, so that way I can accordingly study those packets.
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Re: CALISTO (Regular HS, 2020)
All mirrors have finished and the set has been posted.
I'm glad to hear the overwhelmingly positive response to the set, and would like to thank all the writers and editors who made it as good as it; in particular, Justine was an excellent head editor and contributed tons of labor to this project. I hope the set will serve as a model for high-quality questions at high school regular difficulty in years to come.
I'm glad to hear the overwhelmingly positive response to the set, and would like to thank all the writers and editors who made it as good as it; in particular, Justine was an excellent head editor and contributed tons of labor to this project. I hope the set will serve as a model for high-quality questions at high school regular difficulty in years to come.
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