Hello everyone:

I'm interested in attending also, but I'm not sure I can put together a
packet of questions. Stephen, I'd be interested in working with you in
completing a pack (ie: your assistance would be much appreciated). I'd
appreciate being on a team who has some experience in writing packs. There
are certain felds I'm pretty comfortable in putting together some questions,
others not so much.

Regards,
Timothy


>From: Stephen Lalonde <stephen.lalonde@...>
>Reply-To: qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com
>To: qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [qb-utoronto] Re: June tourney
>Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:57:03 -0400
>
>Hi everybody,
>
>Yeah, I'd like to attend, too, if it's not too late. I guess a third
>team would have to be cobbled together, but if I'm reading the rules
>right, pretty much anyone can play.
>
>As far as questions go, I'm going to write some this week, whether or
>not they're needed for VETO. We're in the midst of selling our house
>and everything's a zoo here so I'll get, at most, about a dozen
>questions and boni done...I'd need to coordinate with other people to
>complete a pack.
>
>Stephen.
>
>Quoting j_dickson5 <jason.dickson@...>:
>
> > It starts (at least in theory) at 9 AM. As far as I know, Eric,
> > Chris, Anirudh, and myself will
> > be there (we have formed a team already), Rico, Jessica, Lev and you
> > look posed to make a
> > second. Have you heard from Steve Lalonde?
> >
> >
> > --- In qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan English"
> > <jon.english@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd like to go as well. What time does it start on June 30th, since
>I'll be
> >> out of town the day before. I've also started writing a question pack
>over
> >> the past few months, so I should be able to provide.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> _____
> >>
> >> From: qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com [mailto:qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com]
>On
> >> Behalf Of Jessica Pilkington
> >> Sent: June 7, 2007 3:58 PM
> >> To: qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: RE: [qb-utoronto] Re: June tourney
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, I'm going to be in Toronto, so I was planning on going. Who else
>is
> >> here?
> >>
> >>
> >> _____
> >>
> >>
> >> From: "Eric J. M. Smith" <eric@...>
> >> Reply-To: qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com
> >> To: qb-utoronto@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: [qb-utoronto] Re: June tourney
> >> Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:44:11 -0400
> >>
> >>
> >> On 1-Jun-07, at 6:05 PM, Anirudh Dani wrote:
> >> > Any news about the tournament in June?
> >> Yes, it's on for June 30th. I've attached the announcement from the
> >> qb-canada Yahoo group.
> >>
> >> So if any of you out there are interested in forming teams, now's the
> >> time to discuss it. Note that teams are expected to write questions
> >> (which is good experience for quiz bowl players). It might be an
> >> idea for players who have never written questions to form a team with
> >> someone who has done so. I would suggest Bobby Hsu, Zhan Zhou, Rico,
> >> and myself as grizzled veterans you might want to recruit for your
>team.
> >>
> >> Note that the entry fee in Toronto (which works out to $5/player if
> >> you write a question pack) is to help build up our club's funds so
> >> that we don't have to repeat the situation where the club went into
> >> deficit to send a team to the NAQT championships.
> >>
> >> E.
> >>
> >> NINTH ANNUAL VANCOUVER ESTIVAL TRIVIA OPEN
> >> plus FIFTH ANNUAL VETO'S EASTERN TRIVIA OPEN in TORONTO
> >> SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2007
> >>
> >> The Vancouver Estival Trivia Open (VETO) is the nation's longest-
> >> running annual quiz bowl tournament. Again, there will be a mirror in
> >> Toronto, and we're also hoping to have a championship match between
> >> the site winners. For up-to-date information, check the web page
> >> http://caql. <http://caql.org/events/veto07.html>
>org/events/veto07.html
> >> and the weblog
> >> http://veto. <http://veto.caql.org/> caql.org
> >>
> >> VETO will be run "guerrilla" style, meaning:
> >> * each team must bring an original packet of questions, which will
> >> not be edited by anyone else associated with the tournament;
> >> * participants must moderate and keep score during rounds when they
> >> aren't playing.
> >>
> >> This event is FREE for those playing in Vancouver.
> >> In Toronto, it will cost $20 per team with a packet of questions,
> >> or $40 without a packet.
> >>
> >> Links to detailed reports of VETO in previous years can be found here:
> >> http://caql. <http://caql.org/results.html> org/results.html
> >>
> >> === WHO CAN PLAY ===
> >>
> >> VETO is an "open" tournament in the sense that we don't exclude anyone
> >> because of age, student status, degrees obtained or not obtained,
> >> nationality, etc. However, recognizing that people come to VETO with
> >> vastly different levels of experience, we'd like to give priority to
> >> those who have a history of providing good questions in the
> >> tossup/bonus format.
> >>
> >> So instead of accepting teams on a "first come, first served" basis
> >> until space fills up, this is what we'll do:
> >> * Any team that has won VETO in a previous year (in Vancouver or
> >> in Ontario) has an automatic invitation to play this year.
> >> * Any other team must apply to the VETO Invitation Committee.
> >> * Applications are simple: just e-mail two OLD full-length quiz bowl
> >> packets (at least 20 tossups and 20 bonuses in each), such that the
> >> majority of the questions in both packets were written by members of
> >> your prospective team.
> >> * If some of your team members have written a lot of questions
> >> separately but you don't actually have two packets to which you've
> >> together contributed a majority of the questions, then just send us 20
> >> old tossups and 20 old bonuses that were all written by your members.
> >> * Within a few days of receiving your application, the Invitation
> >> Committee will inform you of its decision either to accept or to defer
> >> your application. If your application is not accepted, you may appeal
> >> by sending us more old questions that you've written.
> >> * Teams whose applications are deferred, either because they didn't
> >> have enough questions to show us or because their questions didn't
> >> meet our standards, will have another chance. After June 16, deferred
> >> teams will be allowed to play if there is still room. The Invitation
> >> Committee will decide whether each deferred team should write
> >> questions.
> >>
> >> Don't feel intimidated by this application/invitation procedure. The
> >> point is to make sure that the people who will be writing the
> >> questions for VETO have experience writing questions. This is
> >> important because it's a guerrilla tournament, and nobody else will be
> >> editing. As for how high our standards are: the vast majority of the
> >> packets in the Stanford Archive would meet our criteria for
> >> acceptance.
> >>
> >> Even if your team doesn't write questions, we expect you to have
> >> enough familiarity with the quiz bowl format to be able to staff games
> >> during your bye rounds.
> >>
> >> A team can have any number of players, but no more than four can play
> >> at a time. If you don't have a full team of four, we can match you up
> >> with other players. Solo teams are OK, too: we'll set the schedule so
> >> that other teams will have byes and you won't have to staff more than
> >> one room by yourself.
> >>
> >> The size of the field in Toronto is capped at 12 teams.
> >> The cap in Vancouver is 8 teams. There may be room for a 9th team if
> >> it rotates players in and out so that it can supply people to moderate
> >> games in every round.
> >>
> >> === WHEN ===
> >>
> >> Saturday, June 30, 2007, from about 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time.
> >>
> >> VETO will be on the same day as the unrelated Sun n' Fun VIII and a
> >> 1/2 tournament at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and also
> >> the NAQT HSNCT mirror at the University of Maryland in College Park.
> >> But if you are interested in either of those events, you can play in
> >> mirrors in other locations on June 23: a mirror of Sun n' Fun VIII and
> >> 1/2 at the University of Maryland in College Park, and a mirror of
> >> NAQT HSNCT at both the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis-
> >> St. Paul, and the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga.
> >>
> >> If you would like to participate in VETO, please notify us by June 16,
> >> 2007.
> >>
> >> === TORONTO LOCATION ===
> >>
> >> VETO's Eastern Trivia Open will be held in Sidney Smith Hall (100
> >> St. George St.) at the University of Toronto's downtown St. George
> >> campus. Named after the Secretary of State for External Affairs under
> >> Diefenbaker, Sidney Smith Hall is a 7-floor, fully air-conditioned
> >> facility, whose modern design showcases (aside from the Quiz Bowl
> >> team), U of T's Faculty of Arts and Science. It is easily accessible
> >> from West of the city (Gardiner Expressway, exit at Spadina) or
> >> East/West on the 401 (exit at Avenue Road). On-campus parking is
> >> available either at the Rotman Building (second driveway north of
> >> Harbord St.) or along St. George, though many off-campus and nearby
> >> alternatives are possible. Located in the downtown core of Canada's
> >> largest city, Sidney Smith is surrounded by Bloor, Spadina, and
> >> College Streets, all of which offer food and shopping for every taste
> >> and a wealth of other attractions. A quick drive to either Yonge or
> >> Queen St. W will yield more popular stops and diverse cuisine. For any
> >> additional directions or details contact the site coordinator.
> >>
> >> === FORMAT ===
> >>
> >> VETO 2007 will be run "guerrilla" style, without central editing and
> >> will be staffed by players. We'll play at least a full round-robin, as
> >> many rounds as packets from the two sites, likely ending in a site
> >> final (which some may consider an unfair format).
> >>
> >> Games will be conducted according to NAQT rules, except that matches
> >> will be untimed, with 20 tossups per round, and there will be no
> >> 15-point "power" tossups.
> >>
> >> === QUESTION PACKETS ===
> >>
> >> Detailed question guidelines are on a separate web page:
> >> http://caql. <http://caql.org/events/veto07q.html>
>org/events/veto07q.html
> >> which includes a section with many, many useful reference links
> >> categorized by subject.
> >>
> >> Rounds will be untimed, with 20 tossups played in each. But you will
> >> have to write more than 20 tossups and 20 bonuses, because you may
> >> need tie-breaking questions, or you may end up having to throw out
> >> some questions because of game errors or because they ask for
> >> information that already came up in somebody else's packet.
> >>
> >> So your packet should include (at least):
> >> * 24 tossups, each worth 10 points -- no 15-point "powers";
> >> * 22 bonuses, each worth 30 points -- but no single-part,
> >> single-answer questions.
> >>
> >> Use the following subject distribution for both tossups and bonuses:
> >>
> >> Science, Math, Technology 3 -- 4
> >> History 3 -- 4
> >> Literature 3 -- 4
> >> Geography 2 -- 3
> >> Current Events 2 -- 3
> >> Fine Arts 1 -- 2
> >> Religion, Philosophy, Mythology 1 -- 2
> >> Social Science 1 -- 2
> >> Popular Culture, Games, Sports 1 -- 2
> >> General Knowledge 0 -- 3
> >>
> >> Canadian content quota:
> >> Of the first 20 tossups, at least 4 must refer to Canadian people,
> >> places, things, events, and created works. The same goes for the first
> >> 20 bonuses. But overall, don't exceed 50% Canadian content in your
> >> packet. Your Canadian questions should also cover diverse subject
> >> areas and not be clustered in Geography or Literature, etc.
> >>
> >> Tossups should include at least two separate clues, preferably at
> >> least four. Multiple-choice bonuses should be used sparingly, if at
> >> all, and should provide at least four choices.
> >>
> >> In order that we can keep to a reasonable schedule, questions must not
> >> be too long:
> >> * No tossup question, and no part of a bonus question, should exceed
> >> 6 lines if using a fixed-width font with 79 characters per line.
> >> * No bonus question should ever require more than four separate team
> >> conferrals.
> >>
> >> To promote fun and variety, teams are encouraged to bring multimedia
> >> questions (visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, gustatory). These
> >> tend to work better as bonuses than as tossups. Let us know if you
> >> plan to have any audio questions, so that we can arrange enough of the
> >> proper equipment to play them.
> >> Every packet must contain at least one multimedia question: It can be
> >> as simple as presenting a printout of a picture you found through
> >> http://images. <http://images.google.com/> google.com and asking a few
> >> questions about the picture.
> >>
> >> For our further amusement, we encourage rounds with hidden themes.
> >> Last year, for example, in one round, every tossup answer was also the
> >> name of a school that had participated in the SmartAsk TV game show;
> >> in another round, every answer contained the name of an animal.
> >>
> >> Aim for a difficulty level approximating that of NAQT sectionals.
> >>
> >> === PRIZES ===
> >>
> >> The leading individual scorer at VETO in Vancouver will take over the
> >> title of West Coast Dominatrix of Relevant Knowledge (WC-DORK).
> >> The leading individual scorer at VETO in Toronto will take over the
> >> title of Nerd Of The East (NOTE).
> >>
> >> Anyone may sponsor a prize and select a winner according to any
> >> criteria. Last year, there were at least seven prizes awarded to
> >> individuals and teams in Vancouver.
> >>
> >> === CONTACT ===
> >>
> >> If you are interested in participating, please contact the appropriate
> >> site coordinator by June 16, 2007.
> >> Vancouver: Peter at pmcc@ (pmcc at alumni.sfu.ca)
> >> Toronto: Jason at j_dickson5@ (j_dickson5 at yahoo.ca)
> >> Toronto16, 2007, at
> >>
> >> Updates will be posted on the web page
> >> http://caql. <http://caql.org/events/veto07.html>
>org/events/veto07.html
> >> Also check the weblog
> >> http://veto. <http://veto.caql.org/> caql.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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