Cross-posting on behalf of Max Krawczyk from Palo Alto quizbowl:
The Palo Alto Quiz Bowl Team will be hosting a novice quiz bowl tournament on October 4th, 2014 at Palo Alto High School, in Palo Alto, CA! The tournament will be run in order to provide an introduction into quiz bowl without any prior experience necessary and to demonstrate what a truly fun activity quiz bowl is! We highly encourage teams from around the Bay Area to come.
The tournament set will be National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ (NAQT) Invitational Series 139-A, which is aimed at teams with little to no experience. We have rented out space for a field cap of 30 teams (15 rooms) and strongly encourage all eligible teams to sign up! All players/teams will be eligible, except for those who have played at any national quiz bowl tournaments (HSNCT/PACE NSC). Teams will be restricted to at most 6 players, with 4 players playing at any given time and 2 on the bench. Please be aware that the majority of teams will be teams with new players.
Tournament Logistics: The tournament will be held at Palo Alto High School at 50 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, CA, 94303 in the second floor of the 800 building, in rooms 850-864, located at the northeast of the campus near the train tracks. The control room will be in 850. Here’s a printable map of the Palo Alto campus.
We project that the tournament will run from 9 until about 4:30pm, with a break for lunch in between. Depending on the number of teams who register, we will change the format of our brackets; however, we will try to get all teams to be able to play at least 8 rounds of quiz bowl throughout the day, either in a round robin or some other format. During lunch, there are many wonderful locations across the street from Paly at the Town and Country Village for food options.
On the day of the tournament, please report to the control room (850) by 8:30am. We will have a brief introduction to quiz bowl for novices, and we plan to begin the first round by 9:00.
Fees
base fee: $50 per team
–$5 for all additional teams from the same school
–$20 for teams composed entirely of students that have not competed at a pyramidal quiz bowl tournament before the 2014-15 school year: “pyramidal quiz bowl” does not encompass other academic/trivia competitions like Science Bowl or Quiz Kids
–$10 per working buzzer
–$10 per staffer (must stay whole day)
For payment, please bring cash or checks made out to Palo Alto High School.
We urge teams attending to bring buzzers and staffers if available. Though we do not expect that teams have played tournaments previously, we will enforce all the gameplay rules as they are written in Sections D-H of the official rules of the Academic Competition Federation, so all players must fully familiarize themselves with these rules before proceeding. Pay special attention to timing, pronunciation, and protest guidelines.
Registration: email me (Max Krawczyk, max.j.krawczyk@gmail.com) before Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 with the proper information (team name, roster, how many teams, number of buzzers/staffers to be brought, the amount to be paid, and contact info).
We look forward to seeing you there!
