Berkeley Quiz Bowl is pleased to announce the eleventh annual Western
Invitational Tournament. WIT XI: Jingoistic Self-regarding Conquer
Monkeys will be an ACF-style packet-submission tournament held at the
University of California-Berkeley on Saturday, October 18, 2003.

Eligibility: Any team consisting of anyone who wants to register.
Only teams that consist of currently enrolled students will be
eligible for the playoffs.

Rules: ACF rules ( http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/rules.html ) will
be in effect with the following exceptions:
1. Non-verbal conferring will be allowed.
2. Bonus answers will be read after each part.

Submission:
The first team from each school (and any non-affiliated teams) will
be required to submit a packet. Second and subsequent teams may be
required to submit packets at the discretion of the tournament
director. Please ensure that your packet has not been seen by the
other teams from your school. We encourage newly formed and
inexperienced teams to attend WIT XI; please contact us if you have
any questions about packet submission.

Please submit your packets to the editor, Jeff Hoppes (jthoppes (at)
socrates (dot) berkeley (dot) edu ). Microsoft Word is preferred.

Distribution:
Category: Tossups/Bonuses:
History 5/5
Literature 5/5
Science 5/5
Religion/Myth/Philosophy3/3
Fine Arts 2/2
Social Science 2/2
Geography 2/2
Current Events 1/1
Trash 2/2

Total 27/27

Conformance with the ACF question writing guidelines and supplement
( http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~paik/acf/columns.html ) is encouraged.

Fees and Deadlines:

Base Fee: $120
Each subsequent team: -$20
Subsequent team with packet: -$35
Working buzzer system: -$10
Packet submitted on or before:
September 4: -$40
September 20: -$20
September 27: $0
October 4: +$10
October 9: +$30

To register, please contact me at (jthoppes (at) socrates (dot)
berkeley (dot) edu ).

Jeff Hoppes
Berkeley Quiz Bowl
Tournament Director, WIT XI