Gopher Fall Tournament @ UMN (SHOW-ME, October 22, 2022)

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The University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl team is excited to announce the 2022 Gopher Fall Tournament on Oct 22, 2022. The tournament will be held at Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus, and it will use the SHOW-ME question set. I, Shardul Rao, will be directing this tournament.

Question Set
SHOW-ME is a high school regular-difficulty question set. It is comparable in difficulty to RAFT III and CALISTO II (both of which were mirrored by UMN last year), as well as to NAQT Invitational Series (IS) sets.

Fee Structure
The fee structure for Gopher Fall will be as follows:
Base Entry Fee: $75
Buzzer Discount: -$5 for working buzzer system
Staffer Discount: -$10 per staffer with laptop
Long Range Discount: -$10 for each 100 miles traveled one way

Minimum Fee: $50 per team

Discounts will be awarded on a first come first served basis depending on the number of teams and the supply of house staffers. We will notify all teams on whether or not they will be receiving a discount they have requested at least 7 days before the tournament.

Teams registering for this tournament (or any other UMN tournament) will be invoiced by the University of Minnesota’s finance department with instructions on how to pay as the date of the tournament nears.

Any team cancelling their registration after 11:59 PM on Thursday, October 13 will be expected to pay their team’s full registration fee.

Chaperones
The University of Minnesota’s minor policies requires that all minors must be accompanied by an adult chaperone at all University or on-campus events. In line with this, we require each school (though not necessarily each team) to bring at least one adult chaperone that remains present throughout the duration of their team’s time at the tournament.

COVID-19 Policy
Starting in Fall 2022, the University of Minnesota no longer requires masks or face coverings at on-campus events. However, if any player or coach tests positive for COVID-19 in the week preceding the tournament, we ask that you inform us and that individual do not attend the tournament.

Roster Size
There will be a maximum of 6 players per team. We recommend that teams that have more than 4 players consider splitting into multiple teams.

Registration
To register, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/xGvGaBahaN7Pnus19. There will be an initial field cap of 16 teams that will be expanded if there is interest.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to contact University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl at [email protected]. We hope to see you at Gopher Fall!

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Current Field
Wayzata (5)
Irondale (2)
Mounds Park (2)
Hudson (2)
Eden Prairie (2)
St. Paul Academy (1)

14/16

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Thank you to everyone who attended the tournament!

Congrats to Irondale A for winning and Wayzata A for finishing second, as well as to Anthony Troullier (Mounds Park A), Puna Ekka (Irondale A), Colin Will (St. Paul Academy), Samarth Ram (Wayzata A), and Ai Xing (Wayzata A) for being the top individual scorers! The full stats can be found at this link.

The next tournament UMN will be hosting will be Gopher Fall on December 3rd, so please sign up for that if you are interested!