ACF Newsletter IV.7 Apr 1998 Gaius Stern Editor This issue has results from ACF Results from the NAQT event in Nashville Results from CBI event in Tx An invitation to the UC Riverside "the Quickening" News on 2 summer tournaments in CA Results from Cal Classic III (High Schoool) (Please remember that I did not attend ANY of the April events since I am still in Rome. If I make an error, feel free to send me a correction) ----------- VIRGINIA WINS ACF NATIONAL INVITATIONAL, HARVARD 2ND The Academic Competitiion Federation held its National Invitational tournament at UMD-CP. Virginia won their second straight national title, defeating Harvard 2-0 in the finals to win the championship. Because Harvard was undefeated in the prelims, Virginia had to beat them twice in the finals to take the title, which they did. Congratulations to Andrew, Alice, and Brian. Maryland finished third, Oklahoma finished fourth, and Georgia Tech finished fifth. Last year VA won over Chicago, MD, Ga Tech, and Ill. Complete standings, stats, and comments will follow next issue when John Sheahan has a chance to do the write-up. A summary should also appear at the ACF website, http://www.glue.umd.edu/~maqt/acf/Welcome.html STANFORD WINS NAQT INTERCOLLEGIATE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT Stanford won NAQT in a 48 team tournament held in Nashville, at Vanderbilt University. Chicago, Harvard, and Berkeley came in the top 5 (sorry I am vague on teh details). BYU and Caltech also placed in the top twelve. In the next issue, a full summary will appear, courtesy of Steve Lin. MICHIGAN WINS CBI, CORNELL 2nd, STANFORD 3RD At CBI's national event at UT Dallas, Cornell (15-0) replayed Michigan (12-3) in a fresh 2/3 and was beaten, giving Michigan back-to-back CBI titles. Michigan won this slot in the finals by beating Stanford (12-3) 245-225 in round one. UT-Dallas took 7th, Washington took 11th, and ASU - playing without Brian Moore - was last. The Stanford team of Jesse, Alan, Josh, Ken, and Adam had a high number of close matches, beating Chicago by 10, Minnesota by 15, South Carolina by 5, and losing to Cornell by 20, and in the last round -- thus missing the finals - to Florida by 15. UC RIVERSIDE TO HOST "The Quickening" on 8-9 May All teams are invited to UCR's first foray into hosting a QB event. At the moment, sopace is available for college and HS teams of any level. If turnout is low, a ful round robin will be played among all participants. "The Quickening" will use a special format. Each match will consist of three un-timed rounds: One hopes to keep each match under 30 minutes, according to the following description: Round 1: 10 tossup-bonus questions Round 2: Give and Take Round 3: 10 tossup-bonus questions The new format should provide some variation to the game. Contact the TDs with any questions. Scott Silverman (contact) Derrick Lee (909) 787-3473 (909) 787-3383 E-mail: collegebowl@usa.net E-mail: collegebowl@usa.net leed06@student.ucr.edu (personal) http://www.student.ucr.edu/~armstd02/collegebowl The fees are as follows $70 Base Fee per team -10 discount for each functional buzzer system -10 discount for submitting a question packet according to specifications on web site -10 discount if your team is novice ($30 minimum fee per team) SUMMER TOURNAMNETS 1998 Rachel M. has expressed tentative interest in holding a second BASQUE event over the summer for all interested players. Just as last year, any one may play. Each team will be asked to submit a fresh round. More details will be coming (probably from Rachel). In addition Caltech will also host a summer tournament in the minimalist BASQUE tradition of "guerrilla quiz bowl". Announcing QUiz Event -- Summer Action Down In Lovely Los Angeles * June 20, 1998 (tentative: if you don't like the date say so) * three-person teams * open admission -- masters welcome * bring copies of your own packet: 24 tossups / 24 bonuses for info write mason@robby.caltech.edu MISSION SAN JOSE HS DOMINATES CAL CLASSIC III Mission San Jose won the annual Berkeley tournament by taking 1st, 2nd, and 4th place. Thirteen teams attended, four from MSJ. Benicia HS came in 3rd. Because fo the odd number of teams, eight games were guarenteed to all the attendees. Some teams played nine rounds. Special thanks are due to Rob Hentzel and the other outside help. Most questions were written by David Levinson, editing was mostly by David L and partly Gaius Stern. The UC Berkeley club is interested in running a Fall HS event, and also would like to have a So Cal partner for next year's Cal Classic IV. If you have any questions, or would like to purchase the questions from Cal Classic, contact David L at . The last Berkeley club event of the year is the contest for HS Latin Students on 9 May. Contact Philip for info at hello@uclink.berkeley.edu.