ANOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2022

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ANOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2022

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Hello! We are very excited to announce Penn Bowl 2022 (Penn Bowl XXX), which will be jointly written by Penn and the University of Florida. We plan to run this tournament at Penn on October 22.

QUESTIONS

This year's set will be head-edited by Taylor Harvey. Alex Moon and Talia Coopersmith will serve as set coordinators. The tournament will be written by members of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Florida. The subject editors are as follows:

Taylor Harvey (Head Editor, European Literature)
Tracy Mirkin (Classical Music and Opera, Painting and Sculpture)
Emmett Laurie (American History, World History, CE/Trash)
Leo Law (Physics, Other Science)
Justine French (British Literature, World Literature)
Ani Perumalla (Other Fine Arts, Geo/Misc)
Gerhardt Hinkle (Biology, Chemistry, Religion)
Darren Petrosino (American Literature)
Jeremy Tsai (Myth)
Erik Christensen (European History, Other History, Philosophy, Social Science)

There will be 14 packets of power-marked questions not longer than 7.25 lines (including bolding for power), as well as a tiebreaker packet. The target difficulty is roughly the same as past Penn Bowls.

The distribution we are using is as follows:
4/4 Literature (1/1 American, 1/1 British, 1/1 European, 1/1 World)
4/4 History (1/1 American, 1/1 European, 1/1 Other, 1/1 World)
4/4 Science (1/1 Biology, 1/1 Chemistry, 1/1 Physics, 1/1 Other)
3/3 Arts (1/1 Classical Music and Opera, 1/1 Painting and Sculpture, 1/1 Other)
2/2 Belief (1/1 Religion, 1/1 Myth)
1/1 Philosophy
1/1 Social Science
1/1 Geography, CE, Pop Culture, and Miscellaneous

Each packet will also have a tiebreaker tossup from literature, history, or science.

HOSTING

At the main site, we will use the following fee structure:
Base fee: $120 per team
Working buzzer discount: $5 each
Approved moderator discount: $15 each
Travel discount: $10 (more than 200 miles one way according to Google Maps)

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

METHOD OF PAYMENT (borrowed from Cody Voight)

All teams must pay by the day of the tournament. We prefer to accept payment in person right before the tournament starts, but we will accept checks by mail ahead of time if your procedures require it. Teams who do not pay by the day of the tournament will be charged a $25 penalty and will have two weeks to pay their total amount before we start mailing letters to your school administration about it.

We can accept cash, personal checks, or checks from school, school district, or quizbowl club funds. We have no ability to process purchase orders or credit cards, but we will accept Paypal and Venmo. Bringing forms of payment outside of the three listed will be considered nonpayment and subject you to the $25 late payment penalty.

All checks must be made out to either "Alex Moon" or "Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania". If you bring a check not made out to either "Alex Moon" or "Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania" and have no other method of paying for the tournament, you will be subject to the $25 late payment penalty. If you address your checks to "Penn Quizbowl", we will not be able to accept them. If you require a pre-tournament invoice or W9 in order to have a check cut, let us know early enough for your school to process the payment. We can generally send you an invoice the same day.

MIRRORS

We are looking for mirrors in all regions. The mirror fee will be $40 per team. Mirrors of this tournament should aim to be run on either October 22nd or October 29th. If you are interested in running a mirror, please fill out this form.

MIRRORS:
Playtest Mirror: Online (9/3)
Great Lakes: University of Pittsburgh (10/22)
Lower Mid-Atlantic: Duke University (10/22)
Midwest: University of Chicago (10/22)
Northeast: Harvard University (10/29)
North: University of Iowa (10/29)
South Atlantic: University of Georgia (10/22)
South Central: UT Austin (10/29)
Florida: University of Florida (10/22) [ONLINE]
Canada: Queen's University (10/22)
UK: University of Warwick (10/29)

High school and Open Mirrors TBD
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Re: ANOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2022

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This is a reminder that Penn Bowl 2022 is currently looking for mirrors. Check the original post to see available regions. If you are interested, please fill out this google form. Thank you!
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Re: ANOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2022

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Registration for Penn Bowl 2022 Mainsite is now open! To register, please fill out this Google Form and send an email to [email protected]. Registration will close on Wednesday, October 19th, at 11:59 PM.

FIELD (Teams/Buzzers/Staffers)
John Jay College (1/0/0)
Maryland (2/0/0)
Columbia (2/1/0)
Swarthmore (1/2/0)
Princeton (1/1/0)
Johns Hopkins (2/2/0)
Rutgers (2/1/1)
Cornell (2/0/0)
Cedar Creek (1/0/0)
Haverford (2/1/0)

Total Teams: 16
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Re: ANOUNCEMENT: Penn Bowl 2022

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Thank you to everyone that attended Penn Bowl 2022. Congratulations to UMD A for winning the tournament with a record of 10-3. Stats can be found here. We hope everyone had a wonderful time!
Alex Moon
Georgetown Day School '20
University of Pennsylvania '24
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