2023 SITH I (HS Regular)

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SITH I
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

4/4 Literature

• 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

4/4 Science

• 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

3/3 Fine Arts

• 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

2/2 RMPSS

• 0.5/0.5 Mythology

• 0.5/0.5 Religion

• 0.5/0.5 Philosophy

• 0.5/0.5 Social Science

3/3 The World

• 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)

This set will be written by the above editors in addition to Pranav Aiyar, Dwij Bhatt, Bryce Cruise, Saptak Das, Brodie Henry, Charles Heydt, Heather Ledford, Eric Mukherjee, Aiden Oykar, Kevin Peng, Rahul Jogadhenu, Arjun Vivekraj, Kevin Wang, Andy Yu, and Steven Yuan.

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.

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Confirmed Tournaments:
USN Snowball Fight (Nashville, TN) - Jan 13, 2024
Palmyra Academic Winter Showdown (Palmyra, MO) - Feb 3, 2024
Sullivan Spring Academic Tournament (Sullivan, MO) - Feb 3, 2024
ReKT VII (San Diego, CA) - Mar 2, 2024
Scholastic Organized Academic Rounds (Eden Prairie, MN) - Mar 2, 2024
Virginia Tech Spring (Blacksburg, VA) - Mar 16, 2024
Liberty North Eagle Spring Tournament (Liberty, MO) - Mar 16, 2024
Cal Cup #4 (Saratoga, CA) - Mar 24, 2024
Revenge of the SITH (Downingtown, PA) - Apr 6, 2024
Hillcrest Academic Tournament (Springfield, MO) - Apr 6, 2024

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As the set is nearing completion, we are looking for playtesters. Any individuals interested in playtesting the set who have graduated from high school should fill out the following form:

https://forms.gle/sf6khwxfVd1WDd4CA

Also, we are still looking for mirrors, so please reach out to [email protected] if you are interested.

Thanks!

[Joshua Li]

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