2023 Gopher Fall @ UMN (November 18th, 2023)

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The University of Minnesota Quiz Bowl team is excited to announce the 2023 Gopher Fall tournament on Saturday November 18th, 2023. The tournament will be held at Folwell Hall on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities campus. I, Avery Lembke, will be the tournament director. We ask that all teams arrive by 8:30am so that we can begin the tournament promptly by 9:00a.

Question Set
This will be a regular high school tournament using SHOW-ME More, a house-written high school regular difficulty question set. This set is comparable in both question content and difficulty to other housewritten sets such as SHOW ME (which has been mirrored in Minnesota) as well as NAQT IS sets. We will be playing using modified ACF rules to include powers.

Fee Structure
The fee structure for Gopher Fall will be as follows:
Base Entry Fee: $80
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, November 16th 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.

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 participate, please register through signup form found here. We have a tentative field cap of 24 teams; however, we hope to be able to expand the field if the tournament fills up.

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!