2023 SITH I (Downingtown STEM Invitational Tournament Housewrite) is a 14-packet HS Regular set, with additional tiebreaker and replacement questions. Each packet will consist of 20 pyramidal powermarked tossups between 500 and 600 characters and 20 3-part bonuses. There will be no computational tossups or bonuses.
SITH I will use the following question distribution:
4/4 History
- 1/1 American History
- 1/1 World History
- 1/1 European History
- 1/1 Ancient/Other History
- 1/1 American Literature
- 1/1 World Literature
- 0.67/0.67 British Literature
- 0.67/0.67 European Literature
- 0.67/0.67 Ancient/Other Literature
- 1/1 Biology
- 1/1 Chemistry
- 1/1 Physics
- 1/1 Other Science
- 0.25/0.25 Astronomy
- 0.25/0.25 Mathematics
- 0.25/0.25 Computer Science
- 0.25/0.25 Earth Science
- 1/1 Auditory Fine Arts
- 1/1 Visual Fine Arts
- 1/1 Other Fine Arts
- 0.67/0.67 Performing Arts
- 0.33/0.33 Architecture
- 0.5/0.5 Mythology
- 0.5/0.5 Religion
- 0.5/0.5 Philosophy
- 0.5/0.5 Social Science
- 1/1 Current Events
- 1/1 Geography
- 1/1 Pop Culture
Editors:
- Head Editor(s): Ryan Smith
- Literature Editor(s): Ryan Smith (American, European, Classical/Other); Jonathan Shauf (British); Eric Chang (World)
- History Editor(s): Jonathan Shauf (American, European, World); Lukas Koutsoukos (Ancient/Other)
- Science Editor(s): June Yin (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Other Science)
- Fine Arts Editor(s): Fierro Grey (Auditory); Eric Chang (Visual, Other)
- RMPSS Editor(s): Eric Chang (Religion, Mythology); Ryan Smith (Philosophy, Social Science)
- The World Editor(s): Yaj Jhajhria (Geography, Current Events, Modern World)
- Pop Culture Editor(s): Eric Chang, Ryan Smith, Yaj Jhajhria (Sports, Contemporary Music, TV & Film, Other)
Mirror Information:
The set should be available for mirrors starting this December. The mirror fee will be $20 per attending team, including house teams. Do not alter content without prior approval, and do not leak or discuss information regarding the set outside of the discussion server until the set is cleared. Please reach out to me at [email protected] if you have any questions or would like to request a mirror.
I’ll make another post about playtesting as the set approaches further completion.