Please, call me Will.Papa's in the House wrote: William Alexander?
And yeah, I'll definitely be around for this. And unless any team has some serious pop culture/art deficit they'd like to see filled, I guess I'll be staffing!
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Please, call me Will.Papa's in the House wrote: William Alexander?
There are only 9 packets.Papa's in the House wrote: In an effort to keep a tally of who's coming, I started a field update below. I foresee a four-team quadruple round robin (maybe a six-team triple round robin) being held where stats are completed in between rounds.
That's us, if Ladue is sending a team, but I doesn't matter.WilliamofOrange wrote:some serious pop culture deficit
the QUIZMASTER wrote:DISTRIBUTION: For a full packet, we ask for 25 tossups and 25 bonuses per packet, distributed as follows.
A) Literature: 5 tossups, 5 bonuses. Of these, at least 1/1 must be on European works/authors, and at least 1/1 on World (specifically, Asian, African, South American) works authors.
B) Sciences (including math): 5/5. Of these, at least 1/1 each of biology, physics, and chemistry. If you have a second question from any of these categories, try to make them from a different subcategory (e.g. two physics bonuses would be fine, but two on thermodynamics would be sub-optimal).
C) History: 5/5. Of these, no more than 2/2 on US history; at least 1/1 on events/people in the 20th/21st century, at least 1/1 pre-500 CE, and least 1/1 non-Europe/US.
D) Philosophy/religion/myth: 3/3. Of these, not more than 1/2 or 2/1 philosophy; at least one question (tossup or bonus) apiece religion and mythology.
E) Fine arts: 3/3. Of these, at least one question (tossup or bonus) must be on either sculpture or architecture, and no more than 2/2 painting, film, or classical music.
F) Social sciences: 1/1
G) Geography: 1/1
H) Your choice: 2/2. Anything goes, provided the minima amounts above have been provided for. This includes pop culture, current events, or other topics in which you may have already made your maximum.
STYLE: You probably already know the basics, but just in case: --- Tossups -- average length 3 sentences. Please include a unique clue early to avoid any ambiguity. We want questions that begin with lesser-known details and gradually get easier. And please don't violate the pronoun rule -- e.g.,, if your first pronoun is "He..." or "She...", the answer should be a person, not an object or the title of a work. --- Bonuses -- each bonus worth a possible 30 pts., preferably with 3 or 4 related answers.
Kent is going to be playing with me and Matt. And for the record, the team name will be Los Vendidos.Team Name TBD (Matt Chadbourne/Jacob O'Rourke/Kent Buxton?/Ben Zhang?)
So an update would be:Papa's in the House wrote:I'm hoping that the entry fees will still be similar to the above.Charbroil wrote:The cost would be something like $15-20 per person, with generous discounts for staffing and buzzers (also, let's not kid ourselves--if you really don't have the money but want to play, we're not going to bar you at the door).
In an effort to keep a tally of who's coming, I started a field update below. I foresee a four-team quadruple round robin (maybe a six-team triple round robin) being held where stats are completed in between rounds.
Attending
Team Name TBD (Matt Chadbourne/Jacob O'Rourke/Kent Buxton?/Ben Zhang?)
Rock Bridge (1-2?)
Illinois (me, Mark Taylor, Billy Busse, David Garb) [2, maybe 3 buzzers]
Likely Attending
Ladue (Ben Zhang et al; else Ben will play with Matt et al)
High School Collective (Sabrina Fritz and others)
Unlikely
Sam Haynes
Tuscumbia High School?
Free Agents
Kent Buxton? (might be with Matt et al)
William Alexander?
Staffers
Gordon Arsenoff
Charles Hang
William Alexander?
Any word on this?Mr. Chekhov wrote:Oakville may be sending a team of some sort to this, but we're also open to having students from other schools on our team. (Your move, Will Alexander.)
The second floor of the Danforth University Center (building # 27 at http://www.wustl.edu/community/visitors ... rthmap.pdf).Mickey0R0urke wrote:
Also, Gordon, do we know what building this is going to be in?
So we'll just wait around the Fun Room until someone opens the doors for us?Charbroil wrote:The second floor of the Danforth University Center (building # 27 at http://www.wustl.edu/community/visitors ... rthmap.pdf).Mickey0R0urke wrote:
Also, Gordon, do we know what building this is going to be in?
We'll be there already, and we'll give you a room to report to in the morning to get information. We could also have the pre-tournament briefing in the Fun Room, since you mentioned it--it's big and not that many people will be there at 9 AM.christino wrote:So we'll just wait around the Fun Room until someone opens the doors for us?Charbroil wrote:The second floor of the Danforth University Center (building # 27 at http://www.wustl.edu/community/visitors ... rthmap.pdf).Mickey0R0urke wrote:
Also, Gordon, do we know what building this is going to be in?
I call reading it.Papa's in the House wrote:Mike Bentley has also offered his VETO packet for our use after Moon Pie. Take it as you will.
I have a team of two players, however, the rest of the team has been slow to reply. If I cannot get a team together, I may staff.Mickey0R0urke wrote:Any word on this?Mr. Chekhov wrote:Oakville may be sending a team of some sort to this, but we're also open to having students from other schools on our team. (Your move, Will Alexander.)
Also, Gordon, do we know what building this is going to be in?
They could join Caleb Robbins and Jason Loy (if those two are willing to have them).Mr. Chekhov wrote:I have a team of two players, however, the rest of the team has been slow to reply. If I cannot get a team together, I may staff.Mickey0R0urke wrote:Any word on this?Mr. Chekhov wrote:Oakville may be sending a team of some sort to this, but we're also open to having students from other schools on our team. (Your move, Will Alexander.)
Also, Gordon, do we know what building this is going to be in?
If anyone else would like to join us, that would be good. We still have an open spot on the team.KentB wrote:As far as I know Los Vendidos still could use a fourth player. Is this correct, Jacob?
Alex Smith wants to be our fourth player if that works for you two.Mickey0R0urke wrote:If anyone else would like to join us, that would be good. We still have an open spot on the team.KentB wrote:As far as I know Los Vendidos still could use a fourth player. Is this correct, Jacob?
DeckardCain wrote:Alex Smith wants to be our fourth player if that works for you two.Mickey0R0urke wrote:If anyone else would like to join us, that would be good. We still have an open spot on the team.KentB wrote:As far as I know Los Vendidos still could use a fourth player. Is this correct, Jacob?
We have those. I can staff the trash event(s).Papa's in the House wrote:
We will also need two more buzzer sets. If WUSTL provides two buzzers, then we should be set.